Introduction

  Dorm Life

  Rules To
       Live By

  Honor Code

  A Sound Body

Bouvé's code of student conduct was fairly strict, although not out of line with those of other all-women's schools of the same time periods. Dress codes, curfews, academic honesty - all were covered by the Honor Code. Unusually, the Honor Code was completely self-policing; students were required to turn themselves in for infractions. Students did not inform on each other; instead, students who witnessed an infraction were to encourage the offender to turn herself in to the Honor Board.

The Honor Code was presented to the incoming freshmen both as a printed pamphlet and as a series of sketches and presentations made during Orientation Week. At the end of the week, the freshmen took a quiz to ensure that they understood the code and how to live by it.

To read an Honor Code quiz from the 1960s, click on the image above.