Being allowed to see members of the opposite sex without a faculty chaperone or many of the other rules associated with Handbooks past is, most would agree, a good thing. One change that may not have been foreseen by the Artist Series Committee when deleting those lines, however, is questionable in its worth. That little paragraph established guidelines, if not codes, for dress at the concerts and performances of Artist Series, and its elimination creates a bit more uncertainty in that area. Truthfully, there has almost always been a bit of a rebellion to the dress-up nature of Artist Series. Tuxedos are hardly to be seen, except by those guys from a musical ensemble wishing to get a bit more mileage from their polyester duds.
Evening gowns are almost as rare.
Even the semi-formal wear of suits and dresses is thinning, faced with growing numbers of open collars and pantalooned women. One gentleman at the last Artist Series was seen sporting a crisp Asbury College T-shirt. In all truthfulness, there isn't one. These experienced folk remember days when one hardly thought of going out without a tie or dress, and when one never went to church in anything but one's Sunday Best. Now, though, we wear underwear as outerwear, just like Superman, and go to church in shorts and T-shirts.