UIHistories Project: A History of the University of Illinois by Kalev Leetaru
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STUDENTS AND STUDENT LIFE

of rooms for general social purposes was also marked. One parlor usually served seven or eight girls, and at week-ends all but one, if so many had callers, had to take their guests walking. Of four of the best rooming houses in the towns, one landlady reported "little social life in the house, but the girls go out some"; another, "little social life inside, girls go out a good deal"; two, "very little social life either inside or outside." It is an eloquent fact that approximately onethird of the girls were found to have changed their addresses during the college year. Of late, the supervision of rooming houses has been very strict, and matters have improved. But general university experience has shown that residence halls may easily be made self-supporting, and there is no doubt that the first one at Illinois will be welcomed by both the students and their parents. As sorority members have sometimes made felt their condescension to students outside, the fact that a large number may now elect to live in the Residence Hall rather than in sororities will be also a salutary restorer of democracy. A large number of girls at the University are subjected to the temptation to attend more parties than are consistent with preservation of their scholarly standing or health, for the proportion of girls to men is one to five, and the attitude of the men one of greater friendliness than at most coeducational institutions. The temptation is usually resisted, and on the whole coeducation has proved a success. The mingling of the sexes accentuates and confirms the manliness of the one and the womanliness of the other; certainly there is no affectation of effeminacy among the men, as at some men's colleges, or of mannishness among the women, as, at some women's colleges. The preponderance of women