The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THE PROVINCIALISM OF CATHOLIC WOMEN'S COLLEGES

THERE WAS THIS FRESHMAN AT MARYGROVE WHO WAS GOING TO
ATTEND HER FIRST DANCE THERE WITH HER STEADY BOYFRIEND
FROM HIGH SCHOOL. THE NUN THERE TOLD ALL THE GIRLS
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONLY COLLEGE MATERIAL FOR
DATES, SINCE THEY WERE MARYGROVE GIRLS. HER DATE WAS
A PERFECTLY NICE GUY WHO WORKED FOR HIS FATHER'S
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, BRICKLAYING OR EXCAVATING OR
SOMETHING.
COMES THE NIGHT OF THE DANCE, THE NUN LINES UP ALL THE
GUYS TO CHECK THEM OVER AND MAKES SUCH A STINK ABOUT
THE FELLOW THAT THE TWO OF THEM LEFT. I UNDERSTAND
THE GIRL'S FATHER WENT DOWN TO MARYGROVE AND RAISED HELL
SINCE THE BOYFRIEND WAS PERFECTLY NICE. I HEARD HE
PULLED HIS DAUGHTER OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE HE WAS SO
MAD ABOUT THE COLLEGE MATERIAL BUSINESS.

Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY AN EX-MARYGROVE STUDENT, WHO WAS A
FELLOW-TEACHER AT ST. ISAAC JOGUES AND A PART-TIME
STUDENT AT U. OF D.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00001961 OR 1962