enPrior to 1971, issues related to coeducation came up many times. From the rules governing dorm visitations, known as parietals, to planning social events with both coeducational and women’s only schools, the logistics around these became part of the discussion as Providence College considered coeducation. This set is comprised of materials documenting the college’s decision making process regarding coeducation.
Clipping from the Friar Crier, Providence College alumni newsletter, dated December 10, 1969. The article summarizes the results of the extensive alumni survey which received more than 3,400 responses from individuals.
Cover of When the Girls Come, and interview with Father Lennon. Though initially Fr. Lennon was skeptical of the college admitting women students, he eventually did change his mind.
Students from Providence College and Salve Regina University sit in a classroom at PC in 1968. Both schools were single-gender at the time and orchestrated coeducational days where students from each school visited and took part in classes and social activities.
Infographic of the student survey results. Student Congress polled the student body in fall 1969 on their feelings towards Providence College becoming a coeducational institution.
Clipping from the Providence Journal, November 8, 1969. The article summarizes the survey results for the poll taken by current Providence College students in the fall of 1969. Overwhelmingly, students were in favor of the college becoming a coeducational institution.
Clipping from the Providence Evening Bulletin dated October 2, 1969. The article includes interview statements from students at Providence College regarding the plan to make the college a coeducational institution.
Clipping from the Providence Evening Bulletin dated October 2, 1969. The article includes interview statements from students at Providence College regarding the plan to make the college a coeducational institution.
Clipping from the student newspaper, The Cowl, titled Coeducation Plan Slated for Study. The article names academic vice president, Rev. Paul van K. Thomson as the chairman for the Committee to Study Feasibility of Coeducation.
A typescript document outlining the arguments for and against coeducation at Providence College. The arguments listed are a consolidation of remarks and reasons given by Providence College alumni on the coeducation survey distributed in 1969.
