courtship in 20th century America: greek side

[ADqtPiMel]

Originally posted by roqueemae
We had the skirt rule when I was in High School '95-'99. It applied to shorts and skirts.

My high school had this rule too, and I graduated in 2002.

[LightBulb]

Originally posted by alphaalpha
I have heard of public high school dances were shapperoned and the shapperones were there to inforce distance rules, ie girls and guys had to dance a certain distance apart.

I've been to Catholic schools all my life, and when I was in high school I got a few service hours with my youth group for chaperoning junior high dances. Everyone always jokes, "Leave room for the Holy Spirit!" (Not that we ever had to break anyone up... fun times.)

[roqueemae]

Originally posted by LightBulb
I've been to Catholic schools all my life, and when I was in high school I got a few service hours with my youth group for chaperoning junior high dances. Everyone always jokes, "Leave room for the Holy Spirit!" (Not that we ever had to break anyone up... fun times.)

I got put in a corner at a catholic school dance when I was in Jr High.

[LightBulb]

Originally posted by roqueemae
I got put in a corner at a catholic school dance when I was in Jr High.

lol.. silly girl!

[Tom Earp]

OMG, this is to funny.

But some of You Brazen Honeys of GC are embaressing me!

Johnny Dares, A KC Bar, via (THE KC DJAY) has Catholic school girl out fits for the Bar/waitress Ladys!

Oh, You Poor Roman Catholics!

Being Anglican was much more fun!

[AchtungBaby80]

When my stepdad was at college (late '50s, early '60s), they had "dorm checks" every so often and you got in trouble if your room wasn't clean. They also had curfews. When I was at school, all the dorms I lived in had curfews--I think it was midnight during the week and 2 on weekends, but after those hours the outside doors were locked and you had to beat and bang on the door to get the desk clerk's attention so she'd come let you in...otherwise, you were out of luck.

[Taualumna]

Originally posted by roqueemae
We had the skirt rule when I was in High School '95-'99. It applied to shorts and skirts.

We had one too. Our uniform skirts couldn't be shorter than three inches above the knee kneeling. It wasn't enforced my final year, when girls were wearing their skirts really shoort.

[roqueemae]

Originally posted by Taualumna
We had one too. Our uniform skirts couldn't be shorter than three inches above the knee kneeling. It wasn't enforced my final year, when girls were wearing their skirts really shoort.

Ours was officially 2inches but it usually wasn't enforced unless it was indecent

[Taualumna]

Whoops...my post should have said "it wasn't enforced UNTIL my final year...." hope it makes more sense!

[Corsulian]

I think our school board started talking about skirt lengths when I was a senior and the freshman girls discovered the newest fashions of Hollister and Abercrombie

On school regulations from 'back in the day'--be glad you don't go here: Bob Jones University

[alphaalpha]

Originally posted by Corsulian
I think our school board started talking about skirt lengths when I was a senior and the freshman girls discovered the newest fashions of Hollister and Abercrombie

On school regulations from 'back in the day'--be glad you don't go here: Bob Jones University

Also, Liberty University in Virginia. They have these weird wacky rules about having room checks, where rooms have to be clean and the one that really gets me is that a guy and a girl can not be out late at night alone together, so if a guy is being a gentlmen and wants to protect a women from would be attackers and walks her back to her dorm from a parking lot then they could both get in trouble, I mean, hello just because a guy and a girl are alone does not mean they are doing anything that the bible says is a nono.

[SquirrelGirl]

My old highschool is only 5 years old and DEFINATELY has skirt/shorts length rules as well as rules about shirts (including no strapless tops). It is very strictly enforced and you are made to wear a long white lab coat or leave school if you can't change. I got in trouble one time for shorts my sophmore year and never wore any shorts again after that!

As for current colleges that I find waaaay to strict, check out Bob Jones University in South Carolina. I think that college students need to learn how to be on their own and this is certainly not the way to do it! http://www.bju.edu/prospective/expect/general.html

Here are some excerpts:

A student must live in one of the University residence halls unless he is living with parents or other close relatives (approved by the Dean of Men's or Dean of Women's office), is 23 years old or older, is married and over the age of 20, or is a graduate student.
For the sake of accountability, students must "check out" when they leave the campus.

Students are required to be in their own rooms and quiet at 11 pm. All lights must be out by midnight.

Music must be compatible with the University's music standards:
New Age, jazz, rock, and country music is not permitted.
Contemporary Christian music is not permitted.

Residence hall students may not watch videos above a G rating when visiting homes in town and may not attend movie theaters.

Classroom/general dress consists of a dress or top and skirt; however, pants may be worn for some recreational activities.

Hose must be worn for all professional-type activities including class, church, and recitals.

...with this in mind that we chaperon campus activities where men and women students are present and require a chaperon when students date or interact in a mixed group off campus.

Students may work in town until 10:25 pm on weekdays and midnight on weekends. Freshmen must have a prayer captain, assistant prayer captain, or upperclassman with them.

ETA: haha Corsulian, I was composing while you posted. Whoops!

[ZetaGirl22]

I think Liberty is a Southern Baptist school, thus the regulations do make sense-one of my sisters who was Southern Baptist had tole me once that her parents had really been pushing her to go to Liberty.

My brother went to Notre Dame and they were not allowed to have someone of the opposite sex in their room after 2am, and if they were cought, you were put on probabtion for a semester.