I didn\u2019t think anything about these rules when I arrived at IWU as a freshman in Sept 1967 at age 18. Those were the rules, so those were the rules.\u00a0 Both the 1967 and 1968 IWU student handbooks had the same closing hours listed for Women (but not for men students!) (Men had NO closing hours.)<\/em><\/p>\n (click any image in this post to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n WOMEN STUDENTS HAD TO BE INSIDE BY 10:30 pm DORM BED CHECK? AFTER 10:30 pm IF YOU WERE LATE: LATE MINUTES! One Saturday night I signed out for a 2 o\u2019clock, but was late just 2 minutes getting back inside Pfeiffer Hall. This was considered very serious. (And whoever was working the desk had to wait up until you came in.)<\/p>\n – Pfeiffer\u2019s House Council voted to restrict me to the dorm for the entire next weekend, only being allowed to go for a short visit to the commons to eat meals. It was called \u201cdorm pro\u201d for probation.\u00a0 I was also required to contact the house mother regularly, proving I was in the dorm.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I thought this restriction was extreme and absurd, so I called the house mother every hour throughout the weekend and even late into the night to report in, hoping frequent calls would make a point.\u00a0 (They did.)<\/p>\n IN THE SPRING of 1968<\/u><\/strong>,<\/u> the idea of changing or getting rid of \u201chours\u201d was a topic of discussion everywhere. Was the university really supposed to be in the role of parenting, and supervising students who were of age?\u00a0 Student Senate made motions, there were \u201cuniversity studies\u201d and a growing frustration among students.<\/p>\n May 15, 1968 handout, Q&A about hours & a protest<\/p><\/div>\n POSTERS<\/u><\/strong> were hung up around campus and talk of having an after-hours protest was everywhere.\u00a0 The protest was to be at 10 pm Thursday, May 17, 1968 and last until 11:30 pm\u2014AFTER HOURS!\u2014 We would definitely be breaking the rules!\u00a0 And think of it: more than 60 LATE MINUTES?<\/p>\n While I agreed 100% with the cause and the protest, it made me nervous.\u00a0 I knew what late minutes meant, and we would all be more than 60 minutes late if we attended the protest.<\/p>\n Note: I have this original handout (above) and poster (next image) 8.5×11\u201d paper. Copies were made on an old fashion ditto duplicator machine in purple lettering. (not old fashion at the time.)<\/p>\n May 17, 1968 Original poster, 8.5×11\u201d ditto<\/p><\/div>\n That night I heard many students encouraging others to attend saying \u201cthey can\u2019t make the late minutes stick\u201d which matched the posters that were also all over campus.<\/p>\n It was a time to think for yourself, and support what you believed in.\u00a0 I was still very nervous walking over, even with so many others, to the outdoor stage of McPherson.\u00a0 I recall Wenona Whitfield encouraging everyone in the group I was with while walking over to the protest.<\/p>\n IWU ARGUS newspaper story May 17, 1968 \u2013 note both stories<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n May 17, 1968 Hours Protest, after hours- IWU Archives<\/p><\/div>\n Women students and men students attended the hours protest, even a few IWU staff.\u00a0 There was a band, and 4 students spoke: Vicki Wentrcek, Marcelle Wilkins, Brian Spears and Connie Husson.<\/p>\n WERE YOU THERE?<\/u> Did you stay out 1 hour past \u201cHours\u201d and get any \u201clate minutes?\u201d Please share your stories and memories about\u00a0hours\u00a0in the reply box below.<\/em><\/p>\n ~ Watch for the stories of what happened next\u2026.. ~ SEE you at our 50th<\/sup> Class of 1971 reunion in October 2021!<\/p>\n The actual posters shown here, MORE artifacts and photographs from this time will be on display at our 50th IWU Class of 1971 reunion October 2021.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0~author Judith Schulz, Pfeiffer Hall resident, IWU class of 1971(and in the crowd in the photo above) written June 2021 for the Class of 1971 Alumni newsletter<\/em><\/p>\n Research info from Judi Kasper Ballard, Mark Sheldon, IWU archivist Meg Miner, Vicki Wenger Warren, and Judith Schulz<\/p>\n Images from Judith Schulz\u2019s collection and IWU Archives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Editor’s note: This story was published in the June 2021 Class of 1971 newsletter\u00a0 “Remembering our College Days” and is reprinted here with the permission of the author. Guest post by Judith Schulz, Class of 1971 In our 1967-68 student … Continue reading ![\"excerpt](\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2021\/08\/1968-69-IWU-student-handbook-closing-hours.jpg\")
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\n<\/u><\/strong>On weeknights we had to be inside our residence hall\/dorm by 10:30 pm, Friday & Saturday by 1 am, Sunday night by 11 pm. It didn\u2019t matter to me anyhow during my first semester as I was tired, had homework or was working late hours in the Dug Out as a short order cook\/ order taker.\u00a0\u00a0 Men did not have any of these rules, just we women. (hmmm.)\u00a0 Obvious double standard. HOURS were an issue at many colleges around the USA at the time.<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/strong>I lived in Pfeiffer Hall, second floor East wing and right after 10:30 there was a \u201cbed check\u201d where an assigned student living in the dorm came around and checked your name against the list to make sure you were in your room.\u2026 we didn\u2019t actually to have to be \u201cin bed.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Just writing this on paper, I mean on the computer<\/em>, makes we wonder why we didn\u2019t question this.<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/strong>Sometimes after the bed check there would be a \u201chouse\u201d meeting, party, holiday activity or gathering in the first-floor lounge. (I see they called it a \u201cparlor\u201d in the handbook, but we called it \u201cthe Lounge.\u201d)\u00a0 These after- hours gatherings helped us to make friends and become part of the residence hall \u201cfamily,\u201d but it also functioned to distract you from the fact that we were under a strict curfew, even though we were of adult age.<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/strong>And if you were late coming into your residence hall, after hours, \u201clate minutes\u201d resulted in punishment.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>
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