But students found creative ways to escape these rules.
Some sent messages to the opposite sex through Morse code in the form of flashing lights across campus. A higher education boom The 1950s and 60s saw a surge in political and civil rights debates in America, with the college campus taking center stage. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined his plans for Affirmative Action in a graduation speech at the historically black Howard University. Meanwhile, huge state and federal spending led to a boom in dorm construction, as minority and disadvantaged students began flocking to campuses nationwide. In 1958, the University of California's nine campuses could house only 2,900 students.