| Show CONDUCT RULES USELESS r J c D r 4 J Dd ca r J Dd r J c r DO J r b DA J I CHICAGOANS CRITICISE LAWS That Dean Lucy Van Cotts Cott's suggested suggest suggest- ed rules for the conduct of University of Utah coeds has attracted wide attention attention at at- attention there can be no doubt The following ing editorial was clipped from the Chicago Examiner for March 17 Here is the editorial under the caption caption cap cap- tion Stern Rules for the College Girls The women students of the University University University sity of Utah have just repeated an repeated oft-repeated mistake that mistake that of laying down a set of hard fast rules forthe for forthe forthe the many on questions of conduct that should be settled by the individual The coeds of this college have resolved resolved resolved re re- re- re solved that they will not deface public property that they will not use perfume perfume perfume per per- fume excessively that they will not wear dresses that are too low at the i iI top or too high at the bottom and that I I they will not do a number of or other things which nobody expected them to todo todo todo do in the first place One of their resolves is Js' Js that they will not use cosmetics If this means that the girls will refuse to put means cold cream on their complexions and powder powder powder pow pow- der on their noses well noses well frankly we dont don't believe bellev it Nor does anybody expect them to deny themselves this purely feminine privilege It would certainly not be a mark of common commonsense commonsense commonsense sense nor of anything e else se save needless needless needless need need- less and Spartan self-denial self if ir they thep should so abstain i As for the other rules It seems a pity that they should have thought it necessary to lay down such regula regula- The girls of American colleges do not have to read a set of rules in order to know how to behave themselves themselves themselves them them- selves either In public or private Whether the Examiner read the rules in the Chronicle is a matter of conjecture Certainly the Chronicle was the first to publish the cause of the Chicago papers paper's yowl the rules appearing in the student body publication publication publication tion on February 26 The article of that date follows At a well attended meeting held on the campus last spring the women of the University adopted a set of resolutions resolutions reso reso- resolutions I to be bo followed b by the coeds Following are some of these as drawn up and unanimously adopted We Ve the women of or the University of Utah resolve that we will exert our influence against 1 All objectionable features of social social social so so- cial dancing 2 Whispering in public places or leaving before the the- completion of the program 3 Defacing public property 4 Carelessly scattering debris ii 5 o. o Loitering in the halls on the campus or in public places G. G The use of or cosmetics 7 Excessive use of perfumery 8 S. Wearing of dresses immodestly low or Immodestly short 9 Wearing of of party clothes to school 10 Going through town without ha hats ts 11 Loud laughing and talking Miss hiss Van Cott dean of women has been well pleased over the attitude of the coeds on most matters of or conduct She Sho Is desirous however of again publishing these rules with the idea of or bringing them to the attention of or orthis this years year's student body bOd- and securing their adoption |
