Dating, Dancing, and Riding in Cars
A Scrapbook Archive of Teen Culture in the 1930s
1 Jane Logan
2 Boone, N.C.
3 Students Information
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6 Appalachian State Teachers
7 College
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9 BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA
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12 Each student is expected to keep a copy of this
13 INFORMATION BOOK.
14 The first copy is free. Additional copies with cost
15 ten cents each.
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21 Boone, N.C.
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34 Jane Logan
35 Kings Mountain
36 North Carolina
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38 Miss Mary Jane Logan
39 500 West Gold Street
40 Kings Mountain
41 North Carolina
b.1.6-9 Appalachian State Teachers College: The Appalachian State Teachers College (ASTC) was a four-year teacher training institution located in Boone, North Carolina. The college existed from 1929-1967, until it was transformed from a teacher training school into a multipurpose university and was renamed Appalachian State University. During the years that Jane attended the college (1933-1935), there were approximately 900 students enrolled in the college each year.
b.1.39 500 West Gold Street: This is Jane’s parents' address and the house where she was raised in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
1 SUGGESTIONS AND RULES FOR STUDENTS OF
2 APPALACHIAN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
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4 GENERAL
5 1. Each student is expected to own and study this
6 booklet.
7 2. Students may visit home twice during a Sem-
8 ester. They will go by common carrier or by a
9 conveyance sent from home.
10 3. Young women are privileged to go up street on
11 Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, after the
12 close of the two-thirty class period.
13 4. No smoking is allowed in Administration build-
14 ing or on campus.
15 5. Young women are not expected to ride in auto-
16 mobiles, except in going to and from home.
17 They are not expected to stand by automobiles
18 for extended conversations.
19 6. Every student is expected to join a literary
20 society.
21 7. Every student is held responsible for damage
22 to property of any kind.
23 8. Parents may take their daughters out for meals
24 in town.
25 9. Students should not have their parents make
26 requests for them not in accord with the regu-
27 lations of the college.
28 DORMITORIES
29 1. Students in dormitories are held responsible for
30 any damage to their rooms. No tacks, nails or
31 pins are to be put up in the walls or doors of the
32 rooms. No pictures are to be pasted in rooms.
33 2. Trash should be placed in receptacles in halls.
34 Do not sweep up trash in the halls and leave it.
35 ABOVE ALL do not put trash or waste in the
36 commodes.
37 3. Students are expected to furnish scrubbing pow-
38 der and soap and keep tubs and basins clean.
39 4. At the ringing of the bell at 7:00 p.m. students
40 are expected to go to their rooms. When the
41 7:15 o’clock bell rings everyone is expected to
42 be ready to observe study hour.
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b.2.10 street: likely refers to either College Ave. or Central Ave., which were two main roads running through campus. Going “up street” would take the students into town, where they could visit shops, see movies, and hang out with friends.
b.2.15-18 see note "Riding in Cars" in exhibit l.
exhibit b.
student handbook
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1 5. No student is expected to spend the night in
2 town. Students are not expected to be away
3 from the campus at any time without first see-
4 ing the lady in charge of her dormitory.
5 6. In case of absence, leave in the office of your
6 dormitory your name and the address where you
7 may be found.
8 7. The school does not furnish medicine for students.
9 8. Chaperones will be furnished for long trips.
10 9. Morning watch may be conducted in the society
11 halls of the respective dormitories.
12 10. Each student is expected to see that her room
13 is clean, neat and tidy and lights turned off be-
14 fore 8:00 o’clock a.m., except on Sundays when
15 the hour may be 9:00 o’clock.
16 11. No electric irons or other heating equipment may
17 be used in the rooms.
18 12. No student is expected to call out or talk out at
19 the dormitory windows.
20 13. Students are not expected to entertain visitors
21 in the dormitories overnight or in the dining
22 room for meals without first securing the per-
23 mission of the matron in charge. It is under-
24 stood that both visitor and student abide by dor-
25 mitory regulations. Meal tickets should be se-
26 cured before taking visitors into the dining
27 room for entertainment.
28 14. All students when going away from the dormi-
29 tory on permission, for any cause or returning,
30 will go directly from, and return directly to the
31 dormitory, not stopping in town.
32 DINING ROOM
33 1. Students are expected to be ready and prompt
32 at meals.
33 2. A warning bell will be given thirty minutes be-
34 fore each meal, except the noon meal.
35 3. Everyone comes in quietly and stands until the
36 blessing is asked.
37 4. When a student is assigned a seat at the table,
38 he is expected to keep this place at meals until
39 changed to another.
40 5. There should be no loud or boisterous talking or
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1 laughing.
2 6. Everyone is to observe the laws of good eti-
3 quette.
4 7. a. At the ringing of the first bell, the boys re-
5 tire promptly and quietly.
6 b. At the ringing of the second bell, the girls re-
7 tire promptly and quietly, leaving the campus.
8 c. No one is expected to leave the dining room
9 until the signal bell rings, without permission.
10 8. No food or equipment of any kind shall be taken
11 from the dining room without permission from
12 the supervisor of the dormitory and the matron
13 of the dining hall, and the equipment thus taken
14 out shall be charged to the person taking it, who
15 shall be held responsible for its prompt return.
16 9. Young women are not expected to be about the
17 fountain or in front of the administration build-
18 ing for ten minutes following supper.
19 10. Students may bring friends to meals provided
20 they secure meal tickets a sufficient length of
21 time ahead so that arrangements can be made.
22 CAMPUS
23 1. The campus is free to all at given times.
24 2. When general or special meetings come to a
25 close, the young men will leave the campus—
26 young women do not attend them on the way.
27 3. Do not walk on grass so as to make new paths
28 across campus.
29 4. Students do not drive cars through campus or
30 about dormitories.
31 5. Students do not collect or stop or loiter on Cen-
32 tral Avenue.
33 6. Young women do not collect on College Avenue
34 or sit on walls along avenue or along highway.
35 7. Steps and walks, leading to Demonstration
36 school are not places for assembling or visiting.
37 8. Young women attend those athletic games that
38 are announced at the chapel.
39 CARE OF PROPERTY
40 1. Every student is held responsible for damage to
41 any property of any kind. In case of damage to
42 property, report of the damage should be made
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1 promptly. Failure to so report will be looked
2 upon seriously.
3 2. College property belongs to the state and is held
4 for the common good. No college property should
5 be used without permission from the one in
6 charge.
7 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
8 1. All students are expected to be prompt at rec-
9 itation.
10 2. Young women, when not on recitation, may use
11 the North section of the Auditorium, the Lib-
12 rary, or the Reading Room for study.
13 3. Young men when not on recitation, may use the
14 south section of the Auditorium, the Library or
15 the Reading room for study.
16 4. Students are not expected during school hours
17 to assemble on the porch, in the halls, or in front
18 of the Administration building, or to carry on
19 social conversation, but each student is expect-
20 ed to adjust and use the periods when not on
21 recitation for additional study and research per-
22 iods.
23 5. Students, during transition periods, are expect-
24 ed to go promptly from one classroom to ano-
25 ther, or from classroom to study place, walking
26 on the right side of the hall. They do not linger
27 in the halls.
28 6. All students are expected to attend chapel each
29 school day, being in their seats promptly.
30 LIBRARY AND LABORATORY
31 1. Students will observe printed regulations posted
32 in Library, Reading Room and Laboratories.
33 STUDY PERIOD
34 1. It will be the duty of every student in the Col-
35 lege to lay out a schedule for study. It should
36 vary from night to night to fit the respective
37 schedules. Students will be called upon for these
38 schedules. As much as two hours should be spent
39 on an average for each recitation.
40 2. The time between 7:15 and 10:00 o’clock p.m.
41 is set apart as a special study period. Each stu-
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1 dent is expected to be in his own room after the
2 ringing of the study bell at the beginning of
3 this period.
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5 SUNDAY
6 1. All students are requested and expected to at-
7 tend Sunday School and morning preaching at
8 the church of their choice. A record of this at-
9 tendance will be kept for recommendation pur-
10 poses.
11 2. In the afternoon from 2 to 4 o’clock a social
12 hour is provided. A visiting list will be recorded
13 in the college office. Those eligible for this list
14 are:
15 a. All young men enrolled in the College.
16 b. Other young men who have friends in the
17 school or who are invited to attend the socials.
18 For these visitors tickets are provided. Upon en-
19 tering the grounds visiting young men will call
20 at the college office and secure a ticket for the
21 occasion to be presented to the lady in charge
22 of the dormitory.
23 4. At night the Y.W.C.A. and the Y.M.C.A.
24 meetings will be held.
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26 THE FOLLOWING IS THE POLICY OF THE AP-
27 PALACHIAN STATE TEACHERS COL-
28 LEDGE FOR RELIGIOUS ENDEAVOR
29 Each student is requested to attend preaching and
30 Sunday School each Sunday at the church of his
31 choice.
32 On Sunday night at the Chapel, at the dormitory
33 for men, under the supervision of the faculty, re-
34 ligious programs will be given for the young wo-
35 men.
36 Religious organizations on the campus shall be
37 held separately for young men and women.
38 The school welcomes ministers and church wor-
39 kers of any and all denominations as follows:
40 1. At the Chapel exercises each day of school at
41 ten o’clock in the Auditorium.
42 2. In the chapel in the Women’s dormitory for one
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1 hour following supper, any minister of church wor-
2 ker may call a meeting, or a church group meet-
3 ing, as he may wish, beginning promptly and
4 closing on time. (It is not practical to carry the
5 student body out at night. We desire to keep
6 our study periods intact.
7 3. In consultations, the school will designate the day
8 that the chapel may be used by each person.
9 4. Any pastor may have recitation room any day
10 at 3:30 o’clock for religious conferences of any
11 kind, approved by the College.
12 5. One church social at each church in the fall will
13 be approved, provided, that such socials can be
14 held at the different churches at the same time.
15 6. At the revival meetings at any church, the vis-
16 iting minister will be invited to use our chapel
17 period at the Auditorium, and if Church Servi-
18 ces are held at three-thirty o’clock students will
19 be invited and requested by the faculty to attend.
20 Approved by the Faculty.
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