Carson, Mary F.

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Social Opinion Survey of the Women's Group
Social Opinion Survey

The newly-formed Women's Group issued the "Social Opinion Survey" in the hopes of learning "the opinions of students concerning the social atmosphere, the academic situation, and housing" as well as "the relationships between the sexes." The Group claimed to be issuing the survey in conjunction with Dean Mary Francis Carson. Some examples of questions in the survey include:
All other things being equal, would you prefer your present dorm to be coed in some form?
Do you feel there is a set standard or pattern for relationships with the opposite sex at Dickinson?

Date: 1971-72
All terms: 1970-1979, Administration, Carson, Mary F., Dean of Women, Social codes/rules, Social Opinion Survey, Women's Group, Women's rights movement
Social Opinion Survey and the Women's Lib Movement
Dear Sam

President of the College Howard L. Rubendall responded to Samuel W. Witwer's letter in regards to the Social Opinion Survey of the Women's Group. He assures Witwer that Dean of Women Mary F. Carson had nothing to do with the survey and was offended by it. He adds that the Women's Group is not part of the mainstream or the sorority group at Dickinson College and was considered by peers to be "stupid and ridiculous." The president also tells the story of a Commencement speaker who inquired after the presence of the Women's Liberation Movement on campus.

Date: August 29, 1972
All terms: 1970-1979, Carson, Mary F., Dean of Women, Faculty, Female Faculty, Rubendall, Howard L., Social codes/rules, Social Opinion Survey, Witwer, Samuel W., Women's Group, Women's rights movement
President of the Board of Trustees on the Social Opinion Survey
Dear Bud

The president of the Board of Trustees, Samuel W. Witwer, wrote to the president of the College, Howard L. Rubendall, in regards to the Women's Group "Social Opinion Survey." Witwer had heard complaints about the survey but had ignored them until he received a copy of the questionnaire. He referred to the survey as "cheap, tawdry, ill mannered, and bad taste [sic]." He suggests that members of the Women's Group "must be totally preoccupied with matters of sex." He insists that the College does not permit a wide variety of sexual conduct.

Date: August 16, 1972
All terms: 1970-1979, Carson, Mary F., Rubendall, Howard L., Social codes/rules, Social Opinion Survey, Witwer, Samuel W., Women's Group
Women's Group Questionnaire - the Aftermath
Not in the Mainstream

Paul E. Kaylor reported his meeting with Dean Mary Carson regarding the Women's Group Social Opinion Survey in a memorandum to President Howard L. Rubendall. Kaylor gives the background of the Women's Group, stating that students "not normally in the 'mainstream' of campus life" formed it the previous year. As a student organization, the group does not fall under rigid administrative control, though, according to Kaylor, the administration had been working to channel the group's efforts.

Date: August 21, 1972
All terms: 1970-1979, Bicentennial Seminar, Carson, Mary F., Classes, Kaylor, Paul E., Residence halls, Rubendall, Howard L., Social codes/rules, Social Opinion Survey, Voices of Today's Woman Seminar, Women's Group, Women's rights movement
Rubendall's Response to Schafmeister
Letter from Rubendall

President Howard L. Rubendall responds to Vincent Schafmeister's second letter of March 23 on behalf of Mary Frances Carson. Rubendall does not specifically cite the Social Opinion Survey or the Women's Group in his response, instead writing that Schafmeister's choice to inform the President of the Board of Trustees about his concerns was "most appropriate."

Date: March 29, 1972
All terms: 1970-1979, Administration, Board of Trustees, Carson, Mary F., Committee on Student Affairs, Dean of Women, Office of Student Services, Rubendall, Howard L., Schafmeister, Vincent J., Social codes/rules, Trustees, Witwer, Samuel W., Women's Group, Women's rights movement, Zug, Harry C.
Social Opinion Survey FLAK
Some Flak

Alumni Trustee Vincent J. Schafmeister, Jr. wrote to Dean of Women Mary Francis Carson requesting a clearer copy of the Social Opinion Survey distributed by the Women's Group. Schafmeister expresses his concern over some of the questions in the survey, claiming that he would be "compelled to speak to this business at the Commencement Weekend meeting of the Board of Trustees."

Date: March 10, 1972
All terms: 1970-1979, Board of Trustees, Carson, Mary F., Commencement Weekend, Dean of Women, Schafmeister, Vincent J., Social codes/rules, Social Opinion Survey, Trustees, Women's Group