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The Importance of Hallmates
In a few short months, dorm
life brings many new
influences into a girl’s Hfe.
Suddenly Mother's good
advice Is replaced by the
advice of thirty or more
hallmates. These new people
become fashion coordinators,
secretaries, dlet-and-health
advisors, and gossip
columnists.
HallnBtes are probably the
best fashion coordinators in
the world. Personal opinions
really m£rf(e no different when
an Individual is dressing to
Impress. Raiher, the overall
opinion of everyone on the
halt dictates the make-up to
wear for a cert^n effect, the
sash be\{ to complete an outfit
(usually It will pick up one
minute fleck of color from the
outfit, maybe a single stripe or
the polo man from a shirt), or
the shoes to keep a sundress
from being "too dressy for
ladles' night."
Hallmates also become
secretaries for each other.
Their phone-answering
techniques range from polltci
to sexy^ to annoye^ or
downright mean. Messages
may not always be conveyed,
but for the most part these
secretaries are quite helpful.
Imagine, for example, that
some pesky memb^ of the
male race Is due to call. The
usual procedure is to have a
haiimate-secretary answer the
phone and inform the caller
that whoever he is calling has
moved to Outer Mongolia. He
probably will not call again.
Hallmates are excellent diet
and health advisors. A large
rrajority of the women here
are constantly on diet^ and
hallmates usually have the
ability to detennlne for these
individuals the exact number
of calories In the cafeteria's
starchy edibles. These
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Pro and Con
Meredith College is an advancing women's college, adapting to
the norms of society and changing rules and regulations as
deemed necessary. One of the policies which I feel needs
updating concerns n^le visitation. As the Meredith community
grows, emphasis is increasingly placed on a woman’s active role
in society and her position as a leader. In order for women to
acquire such roles, interaction with men as well as women is
necessary. This interaction and communication is a skill
achieved through personal relationships as well as fonnal
business relationships. As with any skill, communicating must
t)e learned. I believe that college Is the opportune time for this. It
is with these ideas in mind that I present to you some of my views
in favor of male visitation.
One of the major reasons that we should be allowed to have
male visitation is the lack of adequate visitation facilities on
campus. It is difficult to have a personal conversation at Cate
Center when almost everyone else is there to socialize. The dorm
parlors present the same problem. As a result, the girls usually
resort to returning to the guys’ rooms. I have nothing against that,
but I tjelieve the girts should share in this responsibility instead of
depending on the guys to provide a place for conversation. Our
rooms are our natural living environment - literally our ‘‘living
rooms” whi le at school, and I bel leve that guys should be a part of
our living environments. I am not speaking of open male
visitation. The visitation 1 am advocating Is afew hours on Sunday
afternoons - a regulated visitation period for male friends,
brothers, and boy friends. I do not believe that such a short period
of time would cause roommate conflicts, as communicating with
your roommate and respecting her rights are of utmost
importance.
These are just a few ideas supporting male visitation. I tieiieve
that the students of Meredith College, as well as Meredith as an
advancing institution of higher learning, can benefit from such
regulated male visitation.
Susan B. Wrenn
Business-Economlcs - French
advisors always know the
perfect exercises for weight
reduction, as well as
remedies for such minor
ailments as sunburn or hang
overs.
Yet another common
function of many hallmates is
that of a gossip columnist. On
a hsdl, there is such a
variety of people that gossip
from most any area of life on
campus can be discussed.
Hallmates are great sources
for keeping tabs on who's
dating who (as well as whether
the relationship will end up
with a house in surburbia, 2.3
kids and an American made
ca^or if It will end within the
next two weeks), which frats
should be avoided at all costs,
and which teachera would be
the t)est to choose.
Do a lot of these influences
s(Hjnd familiar? Well, be sure
to listen to their advice no\^
because a few years from now
^1 this advice and help will be
costing an awful lot!
Recently at Meredith Col lege a proposal has been made to allow
male visitation in the dormitories on Sunday afternoon for two
hours. Although at first glance the proposal seems harmless, a
close examination of all aspects of the intended situation raises
many objections to the policy on practical as well as doctrinal
grounds.
First, monitoring male guests would t>e almost impossible. The
needed enforcement would present additional responsibilities for
an already overtaxed security and advisory staff.
Secondly, the privacy and rights of roomnnates and suitemates
need to be considered. If your roommate has a male guest, so do
you. The relaxed atmosphere of the dormitories vwuld be
changed for all residents.
Problems could also occur if both or all three roommates have
male visitors at the same time. One student cannot demand that
her roommate leave her own room.
Thirdly, even though such a policy allov^ a girl to visit her
steady, It also opens the door to unsavory characters who, after
meeting the student at Ed’s the night before, want a tour of
Meredith. With the admission of such undesirables to campus,
vandalism and theft could t>ecome major problems.
The doctrinal issue is not whether a Christian women's college
should allow male visitors in the dormitories. We already have the
privilege of choosing or refusing the right to entertain male
guests in first floor parlors, along with many other places on
campus. The guestlon is whether allowing its students to have
male guests in their t>edrooms is in keeping with the moral
atmosphere a Christian institution wishes to foster. Obviously, it
is not.
The most important objection to a more lenient guest policy is
the injury that it would do to Meredith's tradition of a private
community of women, a community valued by students choosing
this school. This community isoneof the most tieneficiai aspects
of campus life that Meredith College offers. In this tight-knit
community, women learn to depend on one another; such
learning in preparation for depending on women as financial,
business, and emotional resources later in life. Certainly this is a
valuable attribute that Meredith students would not want to lose.
In conclusion, for this as well as the other reasons already noted,
the traditional policy should not be revised.
Felicia Godwin
Major: English
Joanne Carswell
Major: Business Managemeni- English
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