An Abbreviated List of Women’s League Rules Found in the Archives

• Always sign out on your Out-Of-Town card when leaving campus.
• Men are not allowed at the Women’s League Cabin at any time. Dates may not escort you to the cabin.
• Drinking beer, wine, or hard liquor is not allowed in the cabin.
• If you smoke inside or outside the cabin, be sure your cigarettes are entirely out. Don’t smoke in bed!
• All freshmen, sophomores, and juniors must return to their dorms before 10 pm each night – senior women may return at 11:15 pm. After 11:15 pm, dorms will be locked.
• Permission to stay at a hotel while a student at Carleton must be obtained from the Dean of Women’s Office. 
• Male students may be in Women’s dormitories except during meals. 
• Women are only allowed into Men’s dormitories for special occasions. 
• Alcoholic beverages in any form shall not be possessed or permitted on the college campus or at college-sponsored events. 
• No delivery of food or other items may be accepted into dorms.
• Only at an appropriate time of day, and upon securing permission from her RA, a student may escort male family members to her room.
• Slacks, shorts, or jeans are not to be worn downtown, to classes, to the library, or in dormitory dining rooms. 
• Warm slacks or ski pants may only be worn when temperatures are below zero.
• Pantyhose and dress shoes with a dress or suit will be worn to dinner on Sunday and Wednesday.

The Women’s League rules changed several times over the decades. Women in the league began their term with ten points, and each infraction incurred a loss of one or more points depending on its severity. If a student lost all of their points, they would be “campused,” meaning that for a period of up to three weeks, they would be sequestered in their dorm beginning at 7:00 pm. During this time, there would be no phone calls and no visitors and the “campused” women were required to submit a list of extracurricular activities to the house president. In addition, they were prohibited from participating in these extracurricular activities for the duration of the “campusing.” The rules do stipulate, however, that a senior who was “campused” during the last month of school may appeal to the Women’s League Court for permission to attend senior functions. 

In the Women’s League Court, the offending student’s peers would settle issues regarding the campusing system. This “women-against-women” atmosphere eventually led to the downfall of the Women’s League, as students began to protest the restrictive rules enforced by their peers.