University of Virginia Library

WOMEN GUESTS

The seven institutions (Amherst, Bowdoin, Harvard, Princeton, Wesleyan, Williams, and Yale)
show no uniformity in their regulations relating to women guests in students' rooms. Amherst and Bowdoin
prohibit women guests in the dormitory rooms at any time. The latter (and presumably the former) permits
them in the social rooms of fraternity houses until 9 on week nights and until 12 on Saturday and party
nights. Only when accompanied by their own or the students' parents or guardians are they permitted to
visit a student's upstairs quarters.

"Harvard permits women guests in a student's room only between the hours of 1 and 7 P.M. and
then only with the permission of the housemaster or the dormitory proctor. A chaperone is also required.

"Williams allows women guests in students' rooms only with the express permission of the Dean
and then only between the hours of 1 and 6:30 P.M.

"Princeton permits an "attended woman guest" in a student's room between the hours of 12 noon
and 6 P.M. Yale likewise permits women guests in students' rooms but only between the hours of 12 noon
and 6 P.M. unless written permission for a longer visit is first secured from the Dean or housemaster.
Wesleyan permits women guests in students' rooms between the hours of 2 and 6 P.M. with the permission
of the dormitory proctor, who incidentally, is an undergraduate."