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I have an unusual reference questions that relates to a minor controversy
in many schools.  As you know baseball type caps are all the rage with
kids, and many students prefer to wear them all day long.  A number of
teachers, and especially administrators are not comfortable with this
practice.  Some schools have banned hats altogether.  My wife, who
teaches 4th grade, prefers to let her students wear their hats in class.
It does not offend her sensibilities at all.  She believes that there
must be  some archaic story behind the notion that
wearing hats indoors is a sign of disrespect.  She would like to bolster
her case with the "true story" about why polite people are supposed to
take off their hats indoors.  Is there a reference librarian who can
uncover the origin of the hats off custom?

                                Henry Gordon
                                Library Media Teacher
                                Samuel Jackman Middle School
                                Sacramento, CA
                                hgordon@ctp.org


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