Word: lockstep
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...Tammany mismanagement. During the reign of Dr. George J. Ryan, longtime (1922-36) president of the Board of Education, there were complaints that school officials wasted millions on school sites, buildings, furniture, by overpayments to favorites. Promotion went by political favor; pupils were strictly regimented: they had to march lockstep; some principals went so far as to make their girls wear uniforms (bloomers and long black cotton stockings) to make them less tempting to boys...