Comstock Posts Rules for Dating

Girls in Comstock Hall found the following announcement on their bulletin board this week:

"Irate residents of Cambridge have already protested strongly against the behavior of couples (consisting of one male and one female) who have been seen acting improperly while in the Quad. After an initial warning, any girl seen behaving improperly will receive a social pro.

"Although other dorms may have different definitions of improper behavior, Comstock's House Committee will work under the following rules: If you are lying down, there should be no physical contact whatsoever; if you are sitting up, there should be no necking (i.e. you may hold hands).

"Good-night" Permitted

"Nothing about this ruling should be construed as an attempt to strike at the honored custom of saying `Good-night' on the front steps. If we can bear this ordeal, so can Cambridge."

The document was signed, "Colin"--Colin McR. Squibb '62, President of Comstock.

One student (sex undeterminable by typewriter printing) remarked, "Spring is here, and the Radcliffe Dorm Presidents are on the prowl with flashlight and memo pad. . . . I think this should be brought to the attention of all Harvard men so that they know the full story when their true love refuses their fondest wish."

Interested readers are referred to the Crimson Review, Friday, April 28, 1961, ff.