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A uniquely female incident occurred in the spring of 1924 when Miss Gertrude Brown had her hair bobbed in the fashion of the day. Associate Dean Jennie Spaeth reacted as if the cutting vied with the cropped hair troubles of the Biblical Samson. The dean asked President Ezra Tipple to zero in on Miss Brown, who, in the dean's mind, lacked maturity and dignity. . Tipple abstained. The dean sought help elsewhere, particularly after saucy Miss Brown said Drew could not thwart a girl who wanted to be a missionary in India, simply because of her snipped off hair. The dean sought help from Miss Brown's fiance, Warren Sheen. His attitude, Dean Spaeth reported to Tipple, was "most unpleasant." Openly stalling, Tipple asked for the allegedly wayward Miss Brown's record. She had excellent grades, including an A+ n a course called "Original Play". Miss Brown stayed in school, married the staunchly supportive Mr. Sheen, and graduated in 1925. President Tipple surely breathed a sigh of relief; the bad hair days were over.
When Leonard and Arthur Baldwin founded Brothers College in 1929, it was implicit that the brothers intended an all-male student body. But when Arthur Baldwin was asked in January 1929, whether the college forbade women, he expressed a wish for it to be all male, adding "but it is not binding on the trustees." So the Brothers College set sail. A few students met female secretaries or other clerks on campus and happy marriages resulted. Most of the undergraduates met young women in their hometowns or in downtown Madison, wooed them at church socials, the Madison movie house, and a variety of mixers on campus. It worked well, with the added advantage of their being able to retreat to Rogers House, where residents came as close to "good old boy" status as a young educated male could get on Drew campus.
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