Student on Phone

Student on Phone

James Madison University, residence hall, students, technology

Technology has greatly influenced our daily lives, and technology has likewise been incorporated into dormitories. This image from a residential living brochure shows a student conversing on a rotary phone in her own dorm room. Previously, students had to travel to the public hall phones, or one located in Alumnae Hall, to receive phone calls. The rules stated that they were limited to three or five minute conversations and calls had to be received before 11:00 p.m. Today, many colleges are removing landline phones all together in dormitory rooms. Their minimal use by students today, who communicate on personal cell phones or on their computers, does not justify their cost. Still, while technology changes the rules and the use of space in living areas, stuffed animals are a consistent presence. [Information from “Listen Freshman,” Booklet, ca. 1960s; and Constitution and By-Laws of the Student Association, State Normal School, Alice Virginia Kellam Scrapbook, 1923-1925, SC#5004.]

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1979

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