Call Number:

000.004

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

12 items (1 oversized folder)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Haverford College Rules for Freshmen collection (HCQ.000.004) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1897-1932 (inclusive)

Creator:

Haverford College. Class of 1899, Haverford College. Class of 1906, Haverford College. Class of 1907, Haverford College. Class of 1908, Haverford College. Class of 1909, Haverford College. Class of 1910, Haverford College. Class of 1903, and Haverford College. Class of 1931

Abstract:

This collection consists of "Rules for Freshmen" made by the Haverford College Classes of 1899, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1931 at the start of their sophomore years. There is also one undated set of rules.

"Rules for Freshmen" was a tradition amongst Haverford sophomores. They are a large list of rules made by the sophomores for the new freshmen in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were written at the beginning of the school year in the fall. The rules detailed things that the freshmen could and couldn't do, all dictated by the sophomores.

This collection consists of "Rules for Freshmen" made by the Haverford College Classes of 1899, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1931 at the start of their sophomore years. There is also one undated set of rules. All of the rules are professionally printed, many on paper the size of a small poster. The rules written by the Class of 1931 are a photocopy of the original document. Many of the rules are similar between years, notable repeats being the "no hissing" rule and the rules that require freshmen to give precedence to upperclassmen.

Materials are arranged chronologically within the folder.