Word: baldwinism
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...Baldwin said that the main problem was the all-night party and the overly free mingling of the sexes in the late hours of the evening. He cited incidents in which a couple would just find a spot in the fraternity and "lie on the floor together all night...
...want to separate the women and the men at a definite hour and see that they stay separated," Baldwin stated. "If the women go to bed in private rooms, the men will soon go to their quarters too. The women set the standards at such affairs...
...Baldwin further added that there should be adequate chaperonage from 9 p.m. on, although 8 p.m. is a rather arbitary line. "I suppose a fellow could take his girl up to his room anytime before that for two hours if he wanted to. But the line has got to be drawn somewhere just as it does in determining what hour the parties should close...
According to Theresa Humphreyville, chairman of the Committee and professor of Home Economics, the committee felt "the whole social situation needs further investigation." The committee will now decide what changes in the social code will be necessary and this means that the suggestions made by Dean Baldwin will probably be adopted...
Freedom at Cornell, as would seem inevitable at any university, will be a legislated freedom, working within set bounds. Although Dean Baldwin states that "we have faith in our students to do the right thing," this faith will be a much more certain one when the inevitable limits are legislated...