Permission to Leave Campus
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Title
Permission to Leave Campus
Date
December 13, 1904
Creator
Alabama Girls Industrial School
Description
The independent freedoms that students enjoy today at the University of Montevallo are quite different than the freedoms during the 1904 era. The school, then called the Alabama Girls Industrial School, required students to remain on campus unless they had the schools permission to leave. The above letter, drafted by the parents of a student, requests Dr. Peterson, the President of the school, to allow their daughter to come home for the “Christmas holidays.”
The protection of the girls attending the university was the responsibility of the school in 1904. Dr. Peterson was charged with the welfare of the girls while they were away from home attending school, and he was looked upon like a father figure by the students and parents.
Parents being required to ask for permission for their own children to return home when school was not even in session would thought of as crazy by today's standards.
The protection of the girls attending the university was the responsibility of the school in 1904. Dr. Peterson was charged with the welfare of the girls while they were away from home attending school, and he was looked upon like a father figure by the students and parents.
Parents being required to ask for permission for their own children to return home when school was not even in session would thought of as crazy by today's standards.
Language
En-US
Rights
University of Montevallo
Subject
A parents request for a student to be allowed to come home for Christmas.
Source
Presidential Papers
Contributor
DDenney
Publisher
University of Montevallo
Relation
Presidential Papers
Format
jpeg
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
Wacoochee, Ala. Dec. 13th 1904
Dr. Peterson,
With your consent we desire our daughter Annie Laurie should come home for the Christmas holidays.
Yours truly,
H.G. & M.S. Jones
Dr. Peterson,
With your consent we desire our daughter Annie Laurie should come home for the Christmas holidays.
Yours truly,
H.G. & M.S. Jones
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
Alabama Girls Industrial School, “Permission to Leave Campus,” Archiving Montevallo, accessed May 16, 2024, https://carmichaeldigitalprojects.org/archivingmontevallo/items/show/114.