Repository: UIHistories Project: Booklet - Handbook of Student Housing (1950) [PAGE 20]

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The outside of the house should appear neat and attractive. Front and back yards should be free from anything that might attract vermin or insects. All entrances, halls, and stairways must be clean, unobstructed, and well-lighted as a safety precaution. Buildings should be painted often enough to look attractive. The lawns and hedges must receive regular care. All of this care is the responsibility of the house director. House Director's Responsibility The house director must be a responsible person, approved by the Director of Housing, and by the Dean of Men, or Dean of Women. The house director is the person in charge of an Approved Student Home. She is expected to supervise the home efficiently, to see that approved standards are maintained, and to be careful about letting strangers into the house. She is supposed to be of good health and character, and temperamentally suited to her job. She should have a record of business integrity, be emotionally stable, and have the understanding needed to work with young men and women. She must not be working at any other place, or have obligations which might take her away from the home for any regular period. In University-operated housing, she must be under the sixty-five year age limit set for retirement. It is recommended that the same age limit be observed by directors of other approved homes.

HOUSING REGULATIONS

HERE ARE THE GENERAL REGULATIONS Y O U SHOULD K N O W : ?. About "quiet hours1'

"Quiet Hours" is a phrase used by Illinois students to designate those times set apart for study and quiet, when no one is supposed to talk loudly, turn up the radio, or make other noises which might disturb the sleep or study of others. These quiet hours apply to students, guests, and members of the resident family. Regulation times for quiet hours are: 8-12 in the morning; 1-4 in the afternoon; 7:30-10 at night. After 11 at night people wishing to sleep must not be disturbed.

2. About?liquor and gambling

You are not allowed to bring any kind of intoxicating liquor into a student residence, and gambling in any form is prohibited. The reasons for these rules are probably obvious. Officially, the University calls gambling or the use or possession of liquor in student houses "undesirable and prejudicial to the best interests of the University Community." If anyone breaks these rules, he is liable to disciplinary action from the University, and possible arrest by city police.

3. About entertaining guests

If you want your guest to stay overnight with you, you must have permission from the house director. Men students are not allowed to have women guests in their rooms, of course, without approved chaperones. Naturally, this last rule doesn't apply to your mother, sister, or other members of your immediate family.

4. About protection of property

Lounge — Cooperative Home

You will have to make some kind of agreement with house director about the protection of your property. You ought to check on what coverage the house director's insurance provides. If necessary, you might want to take out some insurance of your own.

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