CUC History: Dormitory Open Houses

Florence and Hilda Jasman wore matching print dresses
for the ladies' Open House in 1950.

The first record found of a dormitory Open House at CUC is December, 1927, when the young men of West Hall invited the ladies of East Hall to inspect their rooms. The men delighted the ladies with supper and a variety musical program. 

The ladies returned the favor in April, 1928. While the men wore what was then standard classroom attire of neck ties and suit coats, the women proudly donned new print dresses. It was common for roommates to wear matching dresses. 

By 1946 Marilyn Brown raised the question, “Do we have to wear print dresses?” What a contrast to 2014 Open House attire!

The men's dormitory in 1927 was CUC's "first" West Hall.

Bertha Leiske and Norma Summerton in their matching print dresses
in 1935.

1937 room mates Ruth Brown and Margaret Jolin

Marilyn Brown, in 1946, wondering who started the tradition of room mates
wearing matching print dresses for Open House.