The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-12
TIME LIMIT ON LOVE.
COLLEGE STUDENTS MUST TELL OF
THEIR CALLS ON SWeETHsARTS.

New Order In Coeducationai insttutioh
Makes Trouble Girls Are Unhappy
When They Think of How the Records
Will Look-some sample Entries.
The young women who are studying
at the Northwestern university, Evans
ton, Ills, where coeducation obtains,
are very unhappy. A dozen of them
gathered on the campus one day recent
ly. Their faces were flushed and their
eyes were flashing. Any one rude
enough to listen would have heard these
pettish ordinations:
Suppose the clock stops?"
"You know, Emily. dear, how time
slips by under some circumstances.
''I'd like to know how frankie can
explain his visits.
Hateful old Rogers!''
II don't care. / shan't send Archie
away until he's ready to 60. / never
do"
"I'll let Rogers understand that mann
ma trusts to my discretion. She knows
me. Rogers-poohP
These indignant young scholars were
complaining about the newest rule pro-
mulgated by President Henry Rogers Of
the university. They we'll know there
is no sentiment in President Rogers
soul, but they are sure they can study
Latin and algebra by day and receive Wis
itors in the evening. They are confident
that even walk in the moonlight will
not interfere with their instruction in
astronomy. President Rogers had al
ready forbidden the "coeds" to attend
late parties. He believes q young wom-
an cannot dance until dawn and assimi-
late Greek at 10 that morning. The
"coeds" unwillingly obeyed him, and
If one is out Of bed at IL o'clock now
she is supposedly burning the midnight
oil over difficult problem or learning
from Xenophon just how many para
sangs the army marched.
But the fair scholars are almost
ready to revolt against the new rule
which is in effect.
Any man who visits female student
must fill out blank that will be pro-
yided. He must give his name, the
name of the student on whom he calls
and the purpose Of his visit He must
also enter ON the blank the time Of his
arrival and the time of his departure.
These blanks. thus filed. will be copied
into a book provided for that purpose
by the faculty.
There's the rub, "copied into a
book" That hateful book will, Of
course, be indexed. A member Of the
faculty need only turn to certain pages
to learn exactly how often Willie and
frankie visited the indignant young
women who were protesting on the
campus and exactly how late Willie
and frankie remained at each visit.
Necessarily the young men who visit
the goods are truthful, else the goods
would not receive them, for they could
not believe them, and so it would be
waste Of time to permit their visits.
So, in their minds eye, the unhappy
goods see this book, provided by the
faculty, filled with such entries as this:
MR.. CHARLES CoURTLEY
Wishes to see
MISS HATTIE STUDIANS.
Purpose Of visit: To propose.
Time Of arrival: 7:90 p. m.
Time of departure: II :43 a. III.
Or this:
MR.. EDWIN SOPHTHEADE
Wishes to see
MISS HELEN PRIMROSE.
Purpose OF visit: To demand return
of his letters
Time Of arrival: S:45 p. m.
Time of departure: 20 p. IN.
Or even this, which strictly tells the
truth:
MIR. THOMAS NJ. ASKER
Wishes to see
MISS GIDDIE FIIRTLEIGH.
Object of visit: To lay siege to her
affections.
Time Of arrival: 100 D. m.
Time Of departure: 90 a. m.
1t is entirely probable that there will
be trouble at the Northwestern univer-
sity unless that order is rescinded. .-Ex-
change.
Whot Holm VRulI Uaufa.