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Originally Posted by oldu
I know this may be hard for some of you to imagine but I was in school during the late 1950s, and campus life was decidedly different then. I was at a major midwestern university but our codes were pretty typical to most institutions. First, we had to wear a coat and tie to dinner each night (Friday was casual) and, as a result, many wore coats and ties to afternoon classes. Women still had to maintain "hours:" 10:30 weeknights and 1:00 on weekends, although there was some scurrying up the fire escape sometimes by the braver ones. Singing was a big deal for both fraternities and sororities, and servenading another group was popular after Monday night chapter meetings. In fact, there seemed to be much more musical talent then because we, and several other fraternities, had in-house combos that were actually very good. Greek sings and talent shows were big, so huge at Northwestern that theirs ran for several nights and tickets were scalped like at athletic events. The opposite sex was never allowed above the main floor of any chapter house, and all but the tiniest groups had house mothers. Ah, for the good old days!
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NORTHWESTERN! I knew it! I love to visit this campus - to check out the Pi Phi house there though it's been years since I helped with rush, Northwestern was "redistricted." One of my brothers was an Evans Scholar there. The quads are still absolutely beautiful (although I hate to admit that admit I prefer U of Chicago for its "total intellectualism"). Northwestern still maintains an "old' feeling -there is too much ivy around there for it to ever feel new. The art library is tucked away in a little corner and still feels like you never left the 1930's or 40's. The older buildings are still there and being used. They have not been torn down & rebuilt like some college campuses.There are still Greek sings and talent shows there. Don't all the sorority houses still have housemothers???? Some things never really change, they just get better with age. Northwestern University is just one of those things.
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