Word: watchman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There isn't much fraternization between the floors--or "entries," but because of this lack of cohesion, Claverly can achieve the "academic seclusion," Vanger describes. As for social activities, House parietal rules extend completely to Claverly, and are benevolently administered by a fire-and-theft watchman...
Piecework. In Eagle Pass, Texas, the News Guide carried a classified ad: "WANTED AT ONCE-Am desperate account of continued livestock thefts. Need watchman that can shoot. Will pay by hour or by head...
...Council rejected the recommendation for restoration of the honor system at Claverly on the grounds that it "might be misinterpreted," and because "the resentment over the night-watchman would pass with this generation of Claverly residents." The University instituted a night watchman in Claverly early last fall after violations of the parietal rules under the original honor system...
Monks said the main objection to the watchman by Claverly men had been for "aesthetic reason." They did not mind his presence in a place where he could see entering members, but disliked his position immediately in front of the door where "they always have...
Since the original decision to make Claverly an "in-house" and de-stigmatize its residents, the University has made successive changes designed to equalize the status of the men assigned there. First, full membership in respective Houses was instituted. Resident tutors followed, and a watchman was even added, to assure regular House members that there was no super-equality concerning parietal rules...