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...anyone trying to enforce them. For a Cliffie to take advantage of the protection the sign-out system supposedly offered her, she would have to designate a realistic time of return. But because the rules required that she be back by the time she designated, the wrath of the dorm committee would descend if she were late. The logical way of avoiding any chance of punishment was to sign out every night until eight in the morning. But this, of course, defeated the purpose of the whole system...
There are very good reasons for a person of any sex to let someone else know where he is going for the evening. And it is certainly convenient for a Cliffie to have the dorm signout book to use for this purpose. But if for some reason she prefers not to do so, why should she have to? Society considers women just out of high school who have gone to work grown up enough to look after themselves...
...ideal deteriorates, however, when we examine student groupings within these dorms. One sophomore, now living in a fraternity, noted that during his freshman year in a dorm he met very few people. He had come to Cal with several friends from high-school, and had been so overwhelmed by the size of his dorm that he rarely moved outside his small group...
...spending all her Radcliffe weekends in the same dorm, the traveling student could come to feel at home there. She could develop many friendships and readily attend Harvard's weekend activities--from parties to poetry-readings--as well as dorm and House functions. And during the week she might eat lunch in "her" dorm or visit friends there between classes...
...linen fee could be eliminated by allowing commuters to bring sheets from home. The cost of weekend meals could be provided by house or dorm treasuries if commuters were unable to pay, and the College might even consider reducing meal rices for these students...