2/6/2010:
While today, many young adults consider college a time to become independent, in the early 1900s, college was a different sort of experience, and on this date in 1908, the University of North Dakota announced a new rule for co-eds: if they wanted to go downtown after 6, they needed written permission from their parents!
This rule came to pass because one night, a number of students went to the theater instead of a law school dance, and a member of the faculty saw them there and reported them.
Today, college students would scoff at such a rule, but more than a hundred years ago, college was simply home away from home-curfews and all.
Dakota Datebook written by Sarah Walker
Sources:
Cavalier County Republican, February 6, 1908, p.3