Princeton, NJ resident Bill Stephenson graduated from the
University of Oklahoma in 1954 and lived in the Delta Upsilon
fraternity house. Herein he shares his thoughts on haircuts and
grooming products during the heyday of the Ivy League Look.
Back in the day, undergraduates throughout the US looked pretty
similar when it came to hairstyles, just as they did with
standard campus apparel. Haircuts looked the same in Berkeley,
Columbus or Hanover — take a look at ’50s yearbooks and you’ll
see.  The cut was usually referred to as a Princeton and was
short on the back and sides and neat on top. We had no idea what
clipper size was used and never asked. Fine clippers were used
on the sides, and scissors on top. The back was always tapered.
To have a haircut that was boxed in the back would be like
walking around with your fly unzipped.  The guy with the Ivy
look considered it very important to get a haircut religiously
every two weeks. Haircuts didn’t cost much in those days, and
frequent haircuts were sine qua n