[DeltAlum]

This is one of those, "I had to walk three miles to school in knee deep snow and uphill both ways," posts.

When I was in school, (1965-69), there were no co-ed dorms -- except for a private dorm that had men and women living on different floors, and elevators that only stopped on male or female floors.

The internet hadn't been invented, so there was no computer wiring. There was one phone in the hallway per floorsection. It rang differently for every room. There were no phones in rooms at all. TV's, fridges, hotplates, etc. were either highly discouraged or against the rules.

The rooms were pretty small and had painted concrete block walls. The beds were triple bunks. No "lofts" or anything like that allowed.

The ADA hadn't been passed yet, and there were no elevators in the university dorms. Also, no air conditioning.

Dorm food was awful. The kind where you could eat the Jello with a fork. If you lived in a dorm, you had no choice of where you ate -- it was whichever cafeteria (or commons) your dorm was assigned to. You had to dress fairly nicely in the cafeterias. No hair in curlers, flip flops, etc. You pretty much had to dress like to would for class -- which was somewhat more formal then than now. On Sunday evening, you had to wear coat and tie to dinner and the girls had to wear dresses, etc. Breakfast rules were a little less stringent. There were no snacks, etc. between meal periods.

The worst thing, though, was women's "hours." A woman under 21 had to be in by 10:30 PM Sunday through Thursday, and 12:30 AM on Friday and Saturday. The could get two 1:00 AM "lates" per semester.

If men or women under 21 decided to get a room or apartment, it had to be "university approved" and the same rules (hours, etc) applied.

Oh, and there were NO opposite sex members allowed in those rooms or apartments at all, except on "open houses" (maybe once a quarter), and in those cases both parties had to have at least one foot on the room floor. That led to some creative acrobatics.

Finally, there was NO beer or liquor allowed in dorms or approved housing, even though the drinking age was 18 (for beer) in Ohio in those days.

Is it any wonder us old guys are warped?