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Navy Dance, 1945
Women's Regulations at Iowa State
1925-1971
By Becky Jordan
1925
Monday-Thursday: All women were to be in their residence
halls or sorority houses by 8:00 p.m. unless they were at the library.
If they were at the library, freshmen needed to be home by 8:30 p.m.,
upperclassmen by 9:30 p.m. Senior women with a grade point of 82.5 or
above could "make suitable use of their time" until 10 p.m. However, if
a woman was to be away from her residence after 6 she needed the
approval of the chaperone. Lights were out at 10:30.
Weekend hours for women were: Friday at 10:30 p.m.;
Saturday at 12:00 midnight; Sunday 10:00 p.m.
If a women had an above average grade point, special
permission from the chaperone and house president could be given to
attend movies on weeknights, two or three times per quarter.
Men callers could be received in the parlor from 4:00
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
No woman could enter a fraternity house unless a
housemother was present.
No woman except mothers could enter a men's rooming
house.
When a woman was leaving Ames she needed to secure an out
of town permit from her chaperone.
Women could attend only college sanctioned events. A
list of sanctioned events was sent out each week by the Dean of Women.
1931
The grade point average for senior women to stay out
until 10:00 p.m. dropped to 80.
When a woman was to be away from the hall or house after
6:00 p.m. she had to "sign out."
Lights out in the freshmen dormitory was at 10:30,
however, eight light cuts per person were allowed per quarter.
Weekend hours for all women were: Friday at 11:00 p.m.;
Saturday at 12:00 midnight; Sunday at 10:00 p.m.
Men callers could be received in the parlor from 4:00
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The list of college sanctioned events was now being
provided by the Director of Social Life.
1933
The Library provision was dropped from weeknight hours.
Freshmen were to be in by 8:45; sophomores and juniors by 9:45 and
seniors by 10:00. Seniors no longer needed a particular grade point to
stay out until 10:00.
Men callers could be received from 12:00 noon on Saturday
and Sunday, as well as 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday.
Men could call for senior women before 8:00 p.m. on Monday through
Thursday, but could not be entertained in the parlor. Men could call
for any student prior to 7:30 on weeknights.
1935
"Parents are requested to write to the hall director
giving their permission for their daughters to ride in automobiles."
"When a woman is leaving Ames at any time she must secure
an out-of-town permit from the hall director. Letters of approval
for out-of-town trips should be sent by parents to the hall director.
Final approval, however, rests with the administration."
The list of sanctioned social events were now listed
daily in the student newspaper, The Student (now the Iowa State Daily).
1938
No woman could enter a fraternity house unless the
house-mother or an approved chaperone was present. This could only take
place during the hours men could enter women's places of residence.
Men could call for women students before 7:30 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and after 9:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, but could
not be entertained in the parlors at these times.
"When a woman is leaving Ames at any time she must secure
an out-of-town permit from the residence director. Letters of
approval for out-of-town trips and all automobile trips should be sent
by parents to the residence director. Final approval, however,
rests with the administration."
1941
Men can now be entertained in residence parlors from 4:00
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4:00 p.m. until closing hours
on Friday, and 12:00 until closing hours on Saturday and Sunday.
1946
"No social functions for students are allowed in any
house except in those where a house-mother is employed by the college."
1948
Weeknight hours were 8:45 p.m. for freshmen and 10:00
p.m. for upperclassmen. Weekend hours for all women were Friday at 12:00
midnight; Saturday at 12:30 a.m.; Sunday at 10:00 p.m.
1952
Late permissions could be arranged for with the
house-mother far in advance of a specific occasion.
Graduate or special students living in Barton Hall (then
a graduate dormitory) were not required to keep special hours. However,
if graduate students lived in a sorority house or an undergraduate
dormitory, they were to conform to the undergraduate regulations.
1956
Weeknight hours were 8:45 p.m. for freshmen during Fall
and Winter Quarters and 10:00 p.m. Spring Quarter. Upperclassmen were
10:00 p.m. all year. Weekend hours for all women were Friday at 12:00
midnight, Saturday at 12:30 a.m.; Sunday 10:30 p.m.
Women's extended hours were available to upperclassmen,
but this could not be later than two hours after closing on weeknights
and one hour after closing on weekends. Sophomores got four late
hours per quarter, juniors six, and seniors eight. "Any woman
wishing a late-hour privilege shall obtain the standard late-hour form
prior to 7:00 p.m. of the desired night. The president or
vice-president [of the dormitory] shall act in the absence of the
residence director."
Mothers and sisters were now permitted to enter men's
residences in the absence of a housemother or chaperone.
1957/1959
All freshmen women were required to live in the dormitory
for three quarters, even if they had pledged a sorority. All
undergraduate women were required to live in residence halls (including
sororities) unless special exception was made by the Director of
Residence.
1959/1961
Extended hours (now called late cuts) are permitted for
freshmen, two hours per quarter. Late cuts remain the same for
upperclassmen. Rules and regulations for social events have been
expanded and the advance time for registration for each type of event is
listed, as are the number of chaperones required for each occasion.
"A student working toward any undergraduate degree or a degree in
veterinary medicine is not acceptable as a chaperone, nor is his or her
wife or husband."
The statement regarding women students attending only
college-sanctioned events has been dropped.
1961/1963
"All undergraduate women (except those 23 or over) are
required to live in residence halls or sororities, unless special
exception is made by the Director of Residence."
Hours for freshmen were 9:00 p.m. weekdays fall and
winter quarter. Third quarter freshmen and upperclassmen were to be in
by 10:00 p.m. Monday and 10:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Weekend
hours for all women were Friday, 12:00 midnight, Saturday 12:30 a.m.,
Sunday 10:30 p.m.
The late cut form now had to be in prior to 7:30 p.m. on
the night the cut was desired.
Men and women could be entertained in each other's
residences from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, from
4:00 p.m. until closing hours Friday and from 12:00 noon until closing
hours on Saturday and Sunday.
1963/1965
"All undergraduate women, except those 21 years of age or
over, or who have made special arrangements with the Director of
Residence are required to live in residence halls or sororities."
Freshmen women were required to live in residence halls, even if they
had pledged a sorority. Upperclassmen who had pledged a sorority could
move before or after their initiation, as long as they abided by their
residence hall contracts.
Hours for freshmen were 10:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday.
Hours for upperclassmen were 12:00 midnight Monday-Thursday. Weekend
hours for all women were Friday and Saturday 1:00 a.m. and Sunday 12:00
midnight.
1965/1967
Second and third quarter freshmen and upperclassmen who
had pledged a sorority could move into their sorority before or after
initiation provided they abide by their residence hall contracts.
Senior women moved to self-limited hours in winter
quarter 1966, although if they were under 21 years of age they needed
parental permission to participate. The program was extended to all
upperclass women in fall 1967. Closing hours for the residence halls
were 12:00 midnight Sunday through Monday and 1:00 a.m. on Friday and
Saturday. Those not participating in self-limited hours were due back
in the dormitories by these times. Magnetic locks were installed on one
entrance door of each women's residence during the spring quarter of
1966 and those with self-limited hours were issued key cards for these
doors.
1967/1969
Instead of a case by case letter of request from parents
for women to leave Ames, all women students under the age of 21 were
asked to send a parental approval letter to the Department of Residence
permitting absences. These letters served for the woman's entire
college career and were kept on file by her residence director.
Men and women could be entertained in each others
residences 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4:00 p.m. to
1:00 a.m. Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Saturday and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
midnight Sunday. Men could enter the lobby of a residence to call for
dates up to closing hours if the residence had voted to permit this.
Social events still needed to be registered with the
Social Office in the Office of the Dean of Students. The word chaperone
is no longer used in conjunction with these events at instead a certain
number of "invited guests," such as residence directors, faculty, or
couples is suggested for each type of function.
1969/1971
Men and women can be entertained in lounges, recreation
areas and rooms of the residence halls provided the residence has
voted to permit this under the rules of their residence organizations
and it has been approved by the Department of Residence.
Men and women can be entertained in fraternity and
sorority residences, provided the residence has voted to permit this
under rules of their governing bodies and it has been approved by the
University Committee on Fraternities and Sororities.
All-University events needed to be registered with the
Social Coordinating Commission and scheduled through the Dean of
Students Office.
Residence events which used University facilities needed
to be scheduled in accordance with the rules of the individual residence
group.
The 1969/1971 student handbook was the last one to
address hours for women.
The 1969/1970 school year was the first year there were
women's houses in Friley Hall, which was previously all men.
The 1970/1971 school year was the first year there were
women's houses in the Towers residence halls, a group of four buildings
south of campus, which was previously all men.
1971/1973
The student handbook contains only a listing of the
various residence organizations and no rules for women students appear.
This is the last year that the catalog states that undergraduate women
under 21 must live either in residence halls or sororities.
1973/1975
The first on-floor co-ed housing began fall of 1974.
Bibliography
The Chart: A Handbook for Iowa State Students.
Ames: Iowa State College, 1956-1973/1975.
College Regulations. Ames:
Iowa State College, 1920-1955.
General Catalog. Ames:
Iowa State University, 1880-present.
ISU Information Handbook.
Ames: Iowa State University, 1975.
Schilletter, Julian Claude. First 100 Years of
Residential Housing at Iowa State University, 1868-1968. Ames:
Iowa State University, 1970.
Schilletter, Julian Claude. Papers. Record
Series 7/4/12, file 17/14, Women's Hours. Iowa State University
Archives, Iowa State University Library.
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