Curfews

Presidents' Council Minutes: Big Changes to Dis 'N Data
Minutes

During the Presidents' Council (Women's Interdormitory Council) meetings of April 18 and 25 and May 16 1962, significant changes were introduced to the Dis 'N Data (women's handbook for social rules/dorm regulations):
April 18

Date: April-May 1962
All terms: 1960-1969, Conser, Ann, Curfews, Dean of Women, Dean of Women's Office, Dis 'N Data, Dorm rules, Health and hygiene, House Council, House mothers, Lindstrom, Carol, Metzger Hall, President's Council, Residence halls, Social codes/rules, Student resident advisors, Women's Interdormitory Council
Presidents' Council Minutes: Dress Codes, Cold-weather Exceptions, Smoking, and Frat-Parties
Minutes

During the Presidents' Council (Women's Interdormitory Council) meeting of January 10, 1962 several important issues were brought up involving dress code, curfews, and late permissions, as well as women smoking:
 

Date: January 10, 1962
All terms: 1960-1969, Conser, Ann, Curfews, Dean of Women, Dean of Women's Office, Dining room, Dress codes, Health and hygiene, Metzger Hall, Morgan Hall, Party, President's Council, Residence halls, Student resident advisors, Wishmeyer, Barbara, Women's Interdormitory Council
President's Council Minutes: Cut Classes, MP Late Permissions, Dress and Drugs
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During the Presidents' Council (Women's Interdormitory Council) meeting of November 15, 1961, the Council discussed a variety of topics including women excusing missed classes with illness and then going out, "late permissions" for women Mermaid Players working on productions, "appropriate" dress for campus functions, and prescription drug sharing:"Sickness and Illness Excuses: Presidents' Council discussed the problem of girls receiving illness  excuses from a house director to cut classes during the day and then going out that night. It was 

Date: November 15, 1961
All terms: 1960-1969, Brubaker, David, Conser, Ann, Curfews, Dean of Women, Dean of Women's Office, Dress codes, Drugs, Health and hygiene, House mothers, Mermaid Players, President's Council, Residence halls, Student resident advisors, Wishmeyer, Barbara, Women's Interdormitory Council
President's Council Minutes: Concerns Over Class Trips/Lateness to the Dorms
Minutes

During the Presidents' Council (Women's Interdormitory Council) meeting of November 1, 1961 the issue of women arriving back late to their dorms due to a class trip was discussed and the question of excusing the "late minutes" was raised, as was possible actions to avoid a similar situation:

Date: November 1, 1961
All terms: 1960-1969, Biddle House, Conser, Ann, Curfews, Dean of Women's Office, Dorm rules, President's Council, Residence halls, Social codes/rules, Student resident advisors, Trips, Wishmeyer, Barbara, Women's Interdormitory Council
President's Council Minutes: Curfews and Late Hours
Minutes

During the Presidents' Council (Women's Interdormitory Council) meeting of October 11, 1961 specifics of women’s curfews and the possibilities of taking “late” hours was discussed and debated. Drayer and Biddle Halls put forth dorm specific suggestions:
"Correction to October 4 minutes: When a girl has signed up for two late hours and arrives back at the dorm 19 minutes or less after the first late hour is up, she may take the extra minutes as late minutes rather than take the second late hour.

Date: October 11, 1961
All terms: 1960-1969, Biddle House, Conser, Ann, Curfews, Drayer Hall, McIntyre House, President's Council, Residence halls, Student governance, Student resident advisors, Women's Interdormitory Council
Presidents' Council Minutes: Changes in Curfew Rules/Dis 'N Data
Minutes

During the Presidents' Council (Women's Interdormitory Council) meeting of October 4, 1961 a variety of suggestions were put forth in regards to curfew and rules, particularly those within the rule book/advice guide given to women students-Dis 'N Data:

Date: October 4, 1961
All terms: 1960-1969, Conser, Ann, Cooper, Susie, Curfews, Dis 'N Data, Drayer Hall, Handbook, President's Council, Residence halls, Student governance, Student resident advisors, Women's Interdormitory Council
Late Late Late! Curfews for Women in the 1960s
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Tardiness required suitable excuses or punishments were inevitable! This is report to the House Council in Barbara Wishmeyer's (the Dean of Women) Scrapbook for Zelda Clutch on January 4th, 1963. She was 5 minutes late on this Friday night for curfew because she had an argument with her date.

Date: January 4, 1963
All terms: 1960-1969, Clutch, Zelda, Curfews, Dating, House Council, Metzger Hall, Residence halls, Scrapbook, Student housing, Wishmeyer, Barbara
The Social Situation: For the Guidance of Dickinson Women
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Found in Marion Bell's personal scrapbook from her years at Dickinson College (1941-46), this document of six pages outlines female regulations in dress and socialization in games, bars, dancing, and dining, with a special section regarding social possibilities on Sundays. It also includes rules regarding curfews, tardiness, noise disturbances, and distinctions between freshman women and upperclassmen not "on rules- those having a 75 average." It even provides a section for transfer students.

Date: c. 1943
All terms: 1940-1949, Alcohol, Bell, Marion B., Curfews, Dating, Dress codes, Fashion, Metzger Hall, Residence halls, Scrapbook, Social codes/rules, Student housing, Temperance
Women's Interdormitory Council Revises Dorm Rules for Freshmen
WIC Extends Curfew for Freshmen Women

According to an article in The Dickinsonian entitled "WIC Revises Dorm Rules for Freshmen," the Women's Interdormitory Council voted to extended freshmen women's curfew to 11:30pm Sunday through Thursday. Freshmen women, reports the article, had complained that it was difficult--nay, nearly impossible--to return from Mermaid Players rehearsal, see a late movie, or go to the snack bar if they needed to return to their dorms by 11pm.

Date: January 12, 1968
All terms: 1960-1969, Curfews, Dickinsonian, Residence halls, Women's Interdormitory Council
Women in Fraternities
New Social Rules Changes Result from SREC Efforts

An article in The Dickinsonian, "New Social Rules Changes Result from SREC Efforts," explained some of the changes adopted that the Social Rules Evaluation Committee proposed, including unchaperoned visiting hours for women in fraternity houses as well as more permissive visiting policies for men in sorority houses. The SREC's proposals also resulted in increased late hours and car privileges for upperclass women with a minimum grade point average.

Date: September 21, 1961
All terms: 1960-1969, Curfews, Dating, Dickinsonian, Fraternities, Residence halls, Social codes/rules, Social Rules Evaluation Committee, Sororities, Transportation