Scope and Contents: The committee was formed in 1964 and disbanded in 1968. (It was succeeded by the Social Policy Task Force, which was in turn succeeded by the Social Policy Committee.) According to the 29 June 1966 "Report of Committee on Social Policy," the group was formed to consider and formulate responses to student demands for changes in women's dormitory hours, liquor and drug policy, dormitory open houses (i.e., intervisitation), and other social behavior.
The series of Committee Papers is arranged chronologically for the most part. Intervisitation was the primary topic during 1966, with the liquor policy dominating discussion in 1967. The Undated folder contains, among other things, a sociology student's analysis of "The Carleton Student Body: A Preliminary Report." The Secondary Material folder contains articles covering the "social upheaval" at other campuses. The papers of Director of Development David Lavender deal primarily with negative alumni reactions to changes in Carleton's social policies.
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