Ban on dancing

I got the following from a friend.

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Here's an interesting tidbit that was in the Des Moines Register's "Back In The Day" column in Sunday's paper:

February 18, 1962: Luther College in Decorah appeared to be ready to lift its ban on social dancing, which had been in place since the campus opened in 1861. The sentences to be stricken from the college catalog read:

"Social dancing is not included in the social program of the college, on or off campus. Dancing is not in harmony with the standards of Luther College."

The school's Board of Regents approved the change 3-1/2 months later. On a side note, square dancing had been allowed because it was considered folk dancing.
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