Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have a more informal basis for reception of women guests in the Houses. Therefore at a meeting of the Masters in the fall of 1931, it was decided that the old regulation should remain in force in the Yard and college supervised rooming houses, but that a now rule, applying only to the Houses should be passed...
...above rules pertaining to the Houses alone were formulated in a strictly informal manner, with no definite votes being taken. The whole idea of having a separate rule for the Houses was generally regarded as an experiment...
...rule was administered differently by the various Masters and tutors. Some Houses adhered strictly to the "three or more" phrase. Others allowed this gradually to fall into disuse, and it became the ordinary custom for permission to be granted without the necessity of having a third person present...
...plan worked smoothly for the first few years. Then a series of events occured, culminating in the Foster case of last year, which, while it had nothing to do with the reception rule, focused outside attention on the entire parietals...
...result, in February of this year the question came up again at a meeting of the House Masters. The result of this meeting was to reaffirm the "three or more rule", and to demand a uniform interpretation by all Masters...