In 1924 there were only 29 students at the College, all of them boys and young men.
Rules and regulations were made very clear and strictly enforced. But with the influx of girls in 1927 it became necessary to spell out yet another rule for the boys to observe.
Rules and regulations were made very clear and strictly enforced. But with the influx of girls in 1927 it became necessary to spell out yet another rule for the boys to observe.
‘Correspondence with girls other than sisters is not allowed. The association with girls is permitted only in family circles or in public gatherings which have been approved of by the Faculty.’
Agnes Nagaorcka from the class of 1927 remembers that it was forbidden to talk to the boys both in class and at recess time, and that meeting in the street by arrangement was a very serious offence. Yet, she continues, ‘we still found ways of communicating with the boy we liked or who showed that he liked us by frequent looks and smiles… My diaries from 1929 and 1930 have frequent references to thrills received from being noticed in a special way by some boy I liked at the time.’
By the 1950s the attitude had relaxed just a little. Agnes Nagaorcka from the class of 1927 remembers that it was forbidden to talk to the boys both in class and at recess time, and that meeting in the street by arrangement was a very serious offence. Yet, she continues, ‘we still found ways of communicating with the boy we liked or who showed that he liked us by frequent looks and smiles… My diaries from 1929 and 1930 have frequent references to thrills received from being noticed in a special way by some boy I liked at the time.’
‘Since the College is a co-educational school, boys and girls associate with one another on many occasions. Normal association between boys and girls at the College is not discouraged; but excessive association with one particular person of the other sex is forbidden. Meetings outside of the College, except at approved gatherings, are not permitted.’
Note: The photo from 1927 shows Concordia's first girls in Sunday dress.
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