When Haverford
College opened in 1833, the 21 students (all male) were expected
to live in housing provided on the second and third floors of
Founders Hall, the College's first (and for many years only)
building. The rooms, all singles, measured 9 l/2 feet by 5 l/2
feet (!) and were constantly under the watchful eyes of resident
faculty and staff. Barclay Hall, the College's first separate
dormitory, was built in 1877 and designed to accommodate over
100 students in a variety of less meager room configurations.
In 1904 the College dispensed with dorm proctors, expecting
students to take full responsibility for their own conduct in
the dorms, and the orginal dorm rooms in Founders were converted
to office space many years ago.
Today the
College provides housing for approximately 1100 women and men
in a variety of settings. (The number varies slightly each year
depending upon enrollment). There are six houses ranging in
capacity from 5 to 18, seven large dormitories ranging in capacity
from 62 to 153, and twenty-one two story, dormitory apartment
buildings (each of which can accommodate up to 24 students).
The apartments, known collectively as the Haverford College
Apartments--HCA--house approximately
430 students, 112 of whom are first-years.
Although
only first-years, transfer and exchange students are required
to live on campus, most upper-class students choose College
housing, with generally fewer than three percent living off
campus each year. First-year rooms are assigned during the summer
and confirmed in August. Upper-class students appy for housing
through two separate lotteries. The main lottery, simply called
Room Draw, is held each spring
for housing for the following year. A much smaller lottery,
called the Mid-year Room Draw,
is held in December for returning students and those currently
enrolled students interested in trying to change their rooms
for Semester II.
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