2008 Woodie Awards
Livin' at the 'Mont
Old Piedmont rules
by Tim Suda
Issue date: 2/11/08 Section: Features
The changes in the visitation policy in Mayflower Hall are going smoothly, according to Drew Davis, dean of student affairs. Students are finally getting the change that they have wanted for a while.
Fortunately for the current generation of students, none of us have had to endure extreme rules like those that used to be in place. Alumna Marie Williams Scarborough ('80) remembers a time when the rules were much worse. According to Scarborough, whose daughter is a freshman, in the eighties the rules were much more strict for the women than the men.
Women had to sign in just like you still have to do in Purcell and Getman-Babcock. Women couldn't have male visitors anywhere in the dorm except in the general TV area and the lobby. Back then it was lights out by 11:00 p.m.
Rules dealing with dorm life were not the only ones that have changed. According to a previous article, Wrapped around Religion, Piedmont doesn't force students to attend any religious service.
When Dr. Mary C. Lane was chaplain in the eighties, students had to be on campus by Sunday night at 7 p.m. to attend the vespers service in the Chapel. They had to be around for the Wednesday night service, as well. "[Lane] was very strict about this," Scarborough says.
There have been many complaints about the change in the college attendance policy this year. At one time, a similar policy was in place where students could not miss more than four total classes each semester unless you had an excuse from the doctor. If you missed class because of illness, the administration would send the school nurse over to check on you. According to Scarborough, "You better be sick and in the bed or she would rat you out."
These are only a few of the major rule changes that have happened since Scarborough was a student here. The other major changes that have happened since the eighties have been numerous.
"There is a lot more communication between professors and the students," says Scarborough, "The school as a whole is much more concerned about a student's well being. They still have a lot of rules at the dorms, but it just seems to me that students have more freedom now."
Fortunately for the current generation of students, none of us have had to endure extreme rules like those that used to be in place. Alumna Marie Williams Scarborough ('80) remembers a time when the rules were much worse. According to Scarborough, whose daughter is a freshman, in the eighties the rules were much more strict for the women than the men.
Women had to sign in just like you still have to do in Purcell and Getman-Babcock. Women couldn't have male visitors anywhere in the dorm except in the general TV area and the lobby. Back then it was lights out by 11:00 p.m.
Rules dealing with dorm life were not the only ones that have changed. According to a previous article, Wrapped around Religion, Piedmont doesn't force students to attend any religious service.
When Dr. Mary C. Lane was chaplain in the eighties, students had to be on campus by Sunday night at 7 p.m. to attend the vespers service in the Chapel. They had to be around for the Wednesday night service, as well. "[Lane] was very strict about this," Scarborough says.
There have been many complaints about the change in the college attendance policy this year. At one time, a similar policy was in place where students could not miss more than four total classes each semester unless you had an excuse from the doctor. If you missed class because of illness, the administration would send the school nurse over to check on you. According to Scarborough, "You better be sick and in the bed or she would rat you out."
These are only a few of the major rule changes that have happened since Scarborough was a student here. The other major changes that have happened since the eighties have been numerous.
"There is a lot more communication between professors and the students," says Scarborough, "The school as a whole is much more concerned about a student's well being. They still have a lot of rules at the dorms, but it just seems to me that students have more freedom now."
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