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2 Marines kicked out of graduation
School officials say the Elkhart High grads, in military uniforms, failed the dress code.
Associated Press
June 08, 2001
ELKHART, Ind. -- Two Marines were turned away from their high school graduation ceremony because they arrived wearing military uniforms.
Elkhart Memorial High School officials said Pfc. David Hobbs and Pvt. Josh Beam violated responsibility agreements for graduation both had signed that described what students were to wear.
The agreement states that males must wear socks, a shirt with collar, tie and slacks, said school Superintendent Fred Bechtold.
"We didn't mean any disrespect to the uniform. (The military) is an honorable undertaking. But we have a uniform too for about an hour and a half (at graduation)," Bechtold said.
Hobbs and Beam recently finished three months of basic training in San Diego and returned to Elkhart to graduate with their peers.
Hobbs said when he and Beam entered the Joyce Center at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend for the graduation ceremony Tuesday night, neither expected a problem.
Hobbs said he thought his uniform would be acceptable.
"I thought I was wearing what was in the dress code. They were going for a respectable look under the gown. I had a respectable look under the gown," Hobbs said.
But Hobbs said he was pulled aside by school officials and given a choice on his attire.
"They said I either had to take my (jacket) off and put on a shirt and tie or put a tie on my military uniform."
Hobbs said he told school officials that neither one would be possible because military personnel can neither wear an incomplete uniform or add anything to it that is not part of the uniform.
"I told him several times that I was going to wear the cap and gown," he said. It was at that time Hobbs said he and Beam were asked to leave and escorted out of the Joyce Center.
Carolyn Cook, Elkhart Memorial High School's principal, said although she was not present at the time, the students' removal was not directed by Memorial personnel.
"They did not get forcibly removed, but if they (were asked to leave) we didn't direct it. If it happened it was Notre Dame and not at our direction," she said.
Both students have yet to receive their diplomas.
Some area Marines were angered by the decision.
"In the Marines, dress blues are a very dressy uniform. It's about as dressy as you can get," said Sgt. Jared Cobb, an Elkhart recruiter with the Marine Corps.
from: http://www.indystar.com/print/cityst...marines08.html
2 Marines kicked out of graduation
School officials say the Elkhart High grads, in military uniforms, failed the dress code.
Associated Press
June 08, 2001
ELKHART, Ind. -- Two Marines were turned away from their high school graduation ceremony because they arrived wearing military uniforms.
Elkhart Memorial High School officials said Pfc. David Hobbs and Pvt. Josh Beam violated responsibility agreements for graduation both had signed that described what students were to wear.
The agreement states that males must wear socks, a shirt with collar, tie and slacks, said school Superintendent Fred Bechtold.
"We didn't mean any disrespect to the uniform. (The military) is an honorable undertaking. But we have a uniform too for about an hour and a half (at graduation)," Bechtold said.
Hobbs and Beam recently finished three months of basic training in San Diego and returned to Elkhart to graduate with their peers.
Hobbs said when he and Beam entered the Joyce Center at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend for the graduation ceremony Tuesday night, neither expected a problem.
Hobbs said he thought his uniform would be acceptable.
"I thought I was wearing what was in the dress code. They were going for a respectable look under the gown. I had a respectable look under the gown," Hobbs said.
But Hobbs said he was pulled aside by school officials and given a choice on his attire.
"They said I either had to take my (jacket) off and put on a shirt and tie or put a tie on my military uniform."
Hobbs said he told school officials that neither one would be possible because military personnel can neither wear an incomplete uniform or add anything to it that is not part of the uniform.
"I told him several times that I was going to wear the cap and gown," he said. It was at that time Hobbs said he and Beam were asked to leave and escorted out of the Joyce Center.
Carolyn Cook, Elkhart Memorial High School's principal, said although she was not present at the time, the students' removal was not directed by Memorial personnel.
"They did not get forcibly removed, but if they (were asked to leave) we didn't direct it. If it happened it was Notre Dame and not at our direction," she said.
Both students have yet to receive their diplomas.
Some area Marines were angered by the decision.
"In the Marines, dress blues are a very dressy uniform. It's about as dressy as you can get," said Sgt. Jared Cobb, an Elkhart recruiter with the Marine Corps.
from: http://www.indystar.com/print/cityst...marines08.html
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