This booklet describes Madison College, and the benefits of further education, to prospective students. They include a section on “Happy Living” and claim that Madison realizes “the desire of every young girl for a personalized ‘room I can live in’” where girls could find themselves “happily involved in hanging curtains and establishing your stuffed animals on the bed.” Stuffed animals were consistent and common room decorations, and remain so today.
Creator
Madison College
Source
James Madison University Special Collections Exhibit Material
Publisher
James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies
Date
1947
Rights
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"Madison College Offers Abundant Opportunities for Happy Living"
Subject
Madison College, residence hall, students
Description
An inner page from the "After High School What" booklet describes resisdence life at Madison College.
Creator
Madison College
Source
James Madison University Special Collections Exhibit Material
Publisher
James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies
Date
1947
Rights
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Format
300 dpi jpg
Type
Still Image
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Dublin Core
Title
“Listen Freshman,” Booklet
Subject
Madison College, residence hall, dress code, students
Description
Given to freshman girls to help ease the transition to dormitory life and the Madison College experience, this booklet addressed key concerns for the attendees. These included what to pack, appropriate dress for various situations, dormitory regulations, advice on how to live with a roommate, and information on how a Madison girl should conduct herself.
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Creator
Madison College
Source
James Madison University Special Collections Exhibit Material
Publisher
James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies
Date
ca. 1960s
Rights
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Format
PNG
Language
English
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While dormitory rooms were more private than public areas like the parlors or reception rooms, even these still had strict guidelines and etiquette. Requiring all lights to be extinguished by a certain time was a way of ensuring order. Quiet hours still remain today at James Madison University, but the “lights out” policy has been abolished [Quote from: Student Handbook, 1941-1942, Madison College, p. 109.]
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Dublin Core
Title
1940s Student Handbook
Subject
Madison College, students, handbook, residence hall, curfew
Description
The Student Handbook was, and still is, a major reference for students to find information about school. Dormitory regulations and dating rules are particularly interesting in this handbook from 1941. All students had to register with the Dean of Women if they were to be off campus after 6:00 p.m. and curfew for freshmen and sophomores was set at 10:15 p.m. or 10:30 p.m., depending on the day. Older students were allowed to be out until 11:00. At 11:00 p.m., it was time for lights out; this meant no reading or studying--just “absolute quiet.” Juniors and seniors had slightly different rules, to allow them to study longer as fitting their more rigorous class load.
While dormitory rooms were more private than public areas like the parlors or reception rooms, even these still had strict guidelines and etiquette. Requiring all lights to be extinguished by a certain time was a way of ensuring order. Quiet hours still remain today at James Madison University, but the “lights out” policy has been abolished [Quote from: Student Handbook, 1941-1942, Madison College, p. 109.]
Creator
Madison College
Source
Iris Alina Ruiz Collection, SC#5051
Publisher
James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies
Date
1941-1942
Rights
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