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There are exceptions found in all parts of the U.S., however, and many of them are church-oriented schools or military academies. A nearby college that keeps watch on student activities is Gordon College, a small nondenominational Christian school in Wenham, Mass. Drinking, smoking and social dancing are entirely prohibited on campus, although students often do all three in town. Despite the seemingly tight codes, students prefer the rules that way, Steven W. Larson, associate dean of students, says. A poll conducted last year showed that half of the students did not want even dancing on campus. "We come from...
...Most Gordon students are satisfied with the rules, or they chafe a little and go along with them," Stuart J. Foster '81, who transferred to Harvard from Gordon last year, says. He adds that because many Gordon students routinely follow the school's regulations without thinking about the underlying Christian principles the school is trying to instill, they never have a chance to develop personal responsibility...
...Gordon students also attend compulsory chapel twice a week, and a convocation on Friday afternoons. Their dorms are basically single-sex, with hours for visits by the opposite sex scheduled three or four times a week from supper until midnight and on Sunday afternoons...
...Gordon's parietal hours seem almost decadent compared to those of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla. At ORU, where resident advisors check every student room at midnight on weekdays and 1 a.m. on weekends, visiting hours for the opposite sex are held once a month, for two hours...