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When I was in college, small private school, mid-80s, our campus had a very strict curfew for the women. Freshman women had to be in the dorms by 10 PM weeknights and Midnight on weekends. Upper-class women had curfews of Midnight weeknights and 2 AM on weekends. RAs did bed check at 10:01 PM and 12:01 AM.

You could get 2-hour extensions to your curfew, which had to be filled out prior to check out. Freshman got 6 per semester and Upper-class women got 10 per semester. There were four carbons and one of those was mailed to your parents.

We could only have male guests in our rooms once a month on a certain day. It was usually 6 PM – 10 PM on a Friday or Saturday night. You could only have two guests per visit and the doors had to be completely open.

If you were not waiting for your date in the lobby, the front desk would announce that you had a visitor on your floor’s PA system. Nosey girls would call down to the front desk and see who was picking you up. If you looked up at the windows when you were leaving, you could see all the faces peeking out. I was one of the few girls who had a private phone line. Those who didn’t had to use the hall phones.