Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Coeds tn livp nff pamnus unless thev lived with their parents or with special permission from the dean of women. AWS was granted the right to> administer discipline for infraction of campus rules affecting women. To try cases of violated rules judicial councils were set up. Violations of dormitory rules were heard by the* Dorm Council. More flagrant violations were heard by Major Judicial. "Here we were in the sixties in the midst of such radical issues as ^ Stritiff ftiflinrs J to teach fifth graders 7 alumni named area directors Seven USC alumni in Columbia houo hoon namoH arpn rlirprtnrc in the newly-organized alumni admissions aide program. The seven area directors are Richard W. Chewning III, John F. Hamilton, Paul L. Ross, Robert F. Berry, Karen D. Bergeson, E. Praia U/nitPC :>nf\ Unrnoc 11J || j S | U Vietnam and the women's movement, and we were told to experience as college women 'living on our own.' Yet we were _:^i:?1?..^ n..iAn i? uuiiucu uic muai i mituiuua i uics iu guide us throughout the day 'to help us live on our own,' " an alumnae said. According to Cynthia Forest, 1971 AWS president, "It was so obvious to us that women were living under the double standard. We realized that we had more freedom at home than at school and that many of our parents were Applications are being accepted 1 from fifth grade students wishing ( Project to study violin, viola, cellc Participating students will study i majors. There is no charge for tl students usually rent their own inst music. Students will also be added to t through the program. Applications are available from ment of Music. Jeffries profei USC English professor Matthew J. Bruccoli, a leading authority on the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, has been named the initial holder of the Emily Brown Jeffries Professorship in the USC Department of English. The Jeffries professorship, providing a salary supplement for a distinguished faculty member, was established last year in the hHHI more liberal than the university." ? r _ 11 ? ? * * _ ' 1 1 a _ in ian i?/i major .juaiciai seni a letter to the administration stating they thought existing penalties for infringement of the rules were too harsh. They also stated, "We, the Major Judicial Council, foresee the coming of no regulations which pertain only to women residents. We feel the most effective Judicial System at that time will be the establishment of District Courts composed of both men and women." AWS's major concern was to jy project director, John Bauer, Lo participate in the USC String > or bass. twice each week with USC string tie 40-minute lessons; however, ruments and purchase their own I he orchestras as they progress | the USC String Project, Depart- J ssor chosen Chair Endowment Club of the USC Educational Foundation through gifts from Jeffries' father, the late Sen. Edgar A. Brown, and from other family members and friends. a i?4Z graduate 01 tne university, Jeffries was vice chairman of the Board of Women Visitors at USC at the time of her death in April 1975. igT?^pTi7X9V7Tf^| |V3VTT7V \ 1M ml J| ?1 mm ^ i V+A B I^L^I j j jj jj j j j ^ > J jj j j jj ? nk/\l?nU IMII AP /^icnrimmafnrir I dUUlian I uita u o v i i in i mi ivi j against women. Before such I matters as curfew and open house 1 could be attacked, rules such as .? 'women may not wear hair rollers < outside the residence hall for any I roaenn" hnrl tn Ko phnnopH "The expectation that women students conduct themselves in a manner which reveals good taste and reflects a high degree of integrity and morality in every facet of university life is important, for only when women prove to be responsible citizens of the community can they expect to receive more responsibility and more personal freedom through more liberal rules," said a USC administrator in 1968. Each woman in a residence hall had an engagement card. She had to sign in and out giving the date, the time out, her destination, her estimated time in and the actual time in. When a student signed out for the holidays or after exams she had to i 1 A I pui on ner engagement caru wuere she would be. If she went anywhere other than home, her parents had to give written permission. Also, the code stated women of Carolina were not allowed to remain overnight in a single woman's apartment or in motels and hotels in the Columbia vicinity unless they were with their parents. As for dress women were expected to dress "appropriately and neatly at all times." Bermudas and clar'kQ nnnlH nnt hp wnrn tn placc nr in any USC buildings. The discipline guidelines varied. For being late five minutes or less * J "41 From Page I j Kmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmamrnmammmmmmmmmmmmm lor curlew meant a restriction of three nights for the first offense. Kor a more serious infraction a f| student was "campused" and I Lould not leave campus at any j lime. j "We did not need to be protected. We rallied together to get rid of I these rules that the men did not j have to put up with in any way," Forest said. "We were really ! j dedicated and prepared surveys to j justify all of our demands. "We j had to go before a body called the Board of Women Visitors who ! wouia approve or veto our demands and then make recommendations to the Board of Trustees." "It was a slow process but the rules were finally abolished," she added. "AWS was a powerful lobbying force and well respected. It also set up Capstone as a u/nmr?n'?: hnnnrs Hnrm ami maHp I birth control an issue on campus. It was responsible for getting the Health Center to dispense birth control pills." By fall 1972 open house rules had been standardized throughout campus, curfew had been abolished and judicial councils concerned with rules only for women had been abolished. "With these rights the main functions of AWS have also been outdated," Jean Hart, president of AWS said. "In the vears 1972 to the present the main emphasis of AWS I has been programming for I residence halls and carrying out I programs that explore a woman's I HH mm i HHHHHHBHHHHH - i mm S8| PI - -" B ? * : ,. : f - ' - - - . . . ' . 1' 'A:1-4 I