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Dean Whitney Claims
Co-Education Natural

tion is "much more natural, and
it gives you self-confidence."
One girl complained that the
present situation, one in which
most girls at McKim who date
travel to other boys' colleges,
does not enable them really to
"get to know people."

Another girl explained that
the "casual level" of a coeducational
relationship "would be
much more constructive than a
one night formal date." One girl
proposed a program in which
girls would be admitted to the
college after the first two years
at another school.

'Wouldn't Look Right'

Not all the girls who were
interviewed, however, thought
that coeducation would be beneficial.
"It wouldn't look right,"
said one girl. "It would ruin the
intellectual atmosphere and lower
the standing" remarked
another. Still another girl felt
that if girls were admitted to
the College there would be a
problem in admissions, and consequently
be unfair to the men.

New Dormitories

Whatever their view all the
girls agreed that the limited
facilities now available would be
an enormous problem: new
dormitories would have to be
built and new professors found.

One girl spoke up, saying
"The first thing that has to
change is the attitude toward
girls already at the University.
Boys here have this stereotyped
view of nurses that they are all
fat, stupid and ugly. It simply
is not true."