Bowling Green State University - Key Yearbook (Bowling Green, OH)

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facial expressions by the 1969 aws president, bea smith. story by io hinshaw. photography by mark brag fNo Hours For Womeni I s A Success While a i967 AWS survey showed 52 per cenT of The women favoring The exisTing closing hours and only 37 per cenT for no hours, iT was The revision in governmenT policy ra+her Than The no-hours program ThaT seemingly produced The greafer parT of The opposiTion To The plan. Dean Keller, advisor To AWS, sTaTecl she was amazed aT The amounT of dissenT expressed againsf The righT of personal choice of governmenT. The plan was almosT defeaTed because of This issue, she added. ln spife of The dissenTion To The proposal, iT was evenfually passed: Thus allowing any upper- class woman To choose The Type of dorm sysfem she wished To live under, subiecf only To parenfal permission for no hours. Once The plan was passed, such a vasT ma- ioriTy of The women regisTered for no hours ThaT iT proved impracTical To place sTudenTs wiTh hours in separafe dorms. ProuT was designafed as a no governmenT dorm, wiTh The oThers To be governed by whaTever sTrucTure' The residenTs would choose. The program proved To be very smoofh- running, causing few problems for The women or The adminisTraTion. A residenT wiTh no hours had only To presenT her 'D To be admiTTed To The dorm afTer hours. The only problem posed for The adminisTraTion was ThaT of finding com- peTenT nighT clerlcs To checlc The women inTo The dorms. l-lowever, These clerks served a double purpose by providing beTTer dorm securiTy, Thus relieving some of The responsibiliTies of The hall direcfors. A few addiTions To The program were made during The year To increase iTs comprehensive- ness. GuesTs were granfed no hours privileges when The hosTess is on no hours. Too, affer only a few' changes, a bill allowing Third-quarfer fresh- men To parTicipaTe in The no-hours program was approved, To be evacuaTed aT The end of The year. WiTh well over 80 per cenT of The upperclass women regisTered Tor no hours beTore These ad- diTions became effecfive, The success of The no- hours program could hardly be quesfioned. IT is a much more sensible policy, and one definiTely more in lceeping wiTh The maTuriTy and respon- sibilify ThaT are oTherwise expecTed and de- manded of college women. While perhaps less dramaTic in iTs effecT, The revision in governmenTal sTrucTure was also gen- erally well received. ProuT was described as more lilce a woman's hoTel wiTh The no-govern- menT sysTem appealing parTicularly To Greek women as iT ofTered a minimum of conflicfs be- Tween dorm and sororiTy obligaTions. Govern- menTal sTrucTures in each of The oTher halls differed subsTanTially, each governmenf dealing wiTh The needs of The respecTive dorm and aT- fording The residenTs greafer leadership oppor- TuniTies and increased freedom in managing Their own affairs. lT seems unlikely The Four PoinT Plan will meef any difficulfy in gaining approval for confinu- ance: for iT is seldom ThaT a new program is so well received by boTh sTudenTs and adminisTra- Tion.

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Four Point Plan Residence l-lalls should provide an educa- lional experience lor sludenls. nor iusl a place lo eal' and sleep, commenled Associalion ol Women Sludenls' Presidenr Bea Smilh. This con- cepl seemed lo have provided lhe basis lor lhe major change which occurred Jrhis year in Bowling Green Slale Universi+y's policy concerning on- campus living. The movemenl lowards increased governmenlal au+onomy among lhe dorms and a more malure hours policy for women found ex- pression in The newly adopled Four Poinr -Plan. Research on Jrhis program began in May, l967. Bea Smilh, lhen a class represenlalive To AWS. headed l'he research 'ream and Jroolc charge of sending oul' queslionnaires lo 'rwenly universilies wilh exisling no-hours policies. The queslions asked included The lype and size of 'rhe universily, 'rhe need 'lor no hours, and lhe procedure employed in carrying oul lhe pro- gram. Each of lhese programs was 'rhen eval- ualed in lerms of similarilies loelween lhe respec- 'five universily and Bowling Green. and a pro- gram bes? suiled lo lhe needs ol BG coeds and +he Universily slruclure was ser up. By combining a revision in dorm governmenlal slruclure wi+h 'rhe proposed no-hours policy, a Four Poinl Plan consisling of The lollowing dorm syslems was developed: ll no hours-no govern- menl, 2l hours-no governmenl, 3l no hours- governmenl, and 4l hours-governmenl. This plan was 'rhen submirled +o fhe Board ol Re- genls and lo lhe women 'rhemselves for approval.

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entertainment by josh white fr. photography by dave ottney and dave miller. Josh Jr. Stcirts The School Yeor. Josh White Jr. returned to Bowling Green State University this year. And like a good wine, he gets better with age. Singing to a predominantly treshman audience during tall orientation, Josh became the tirst en- tertainer to pertorm in the torum ot the Student Services Building. The Student Activities Ottice sponsored the concert, which was tree to the more than 700 students in attendance. Josh, who stayed and sang here tor a weelc last year, sang encores to two standing ovations given him by the students. Mixing his versatile voice and guitar playing with a sharp humor, Josh started the entertain- ment season ott in time tashion. But more than anything else, the son ot one ot America's great tollc singers gave the tresh- men a good example ot college lite.