Word: monro
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dean Monro, enlisted the aid of University Health Services (UHS) psychiatrists in the fight for strict parietal rules. Carl A. L. Binger '40, Consultant in Psychiatry at the Harvard Health Service, conducted a study of Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates that supposedly revealed that students were having sexual relationships out of lustful whims and desires...
...Monro said that the College was looking out for its own welfare as well. The Deans were anxious to avoid scandals similar to those the conflict would eventually produce...
Also, the Deans compared their role to that of hotel proprietors. Monro argued that the Houses were not individual apartments that allowed students to carry on as they wished. He said that as educational establishments the Houses could dictate moral behavior. "We are legitimately interested in their use," Monro said...
Most students said they felt that it was absolutely none of the College's business what went on behind the bedroom doors. Monro told reporters that, "When we talked to the students we found a prevailing attitude that what went on in the rooms during social hours was none of the College's business...
Though Deans Watson and Monro stated vehemently that the tabloid scandal would in no way affect the considered changes in parietal rules, the conflict between students and officials continued to be an item of interest for the rest of the year...