Introduction

  Life at School

  Regulations

  Camp
       Stories

  Collecting
       History

Bouvé students were, on the whole, focused and dedicated to their studies and profession. But they were also young women, often of high spirits, who sometimes objected to the rules laid down for their conduct. Interaction with men was closely regulated, even when aiding servicemen at the USO club. Marriage was grounds for dismissal from the program until 1941, when one student made a direct plea for an exception.

One student, when recollecting being in school during the "Roaring Twenties," remarked that "we who were living then didn't roar too much." Nonetheless, the School felt the need to take a strong stance on the subject of smoking, as it was becoming acceptable for women to smoke in public and a mark of the modern woman.

To read the statement on smoking from 1923, click on the link above.