normal expenditure from her budget." She used the money, she argued,
only
for "financially handicapped but intellectually promising students."97
Troxell also established co-ops for clothes and book exchanges; girls
could swap texts and coats rather than purchasing them new. In addition,
stu-
dents established Eating Clubs where food from farms and gardens or cooking
chores were deducted from meal costs. Troxell made many loans to these
clubs, but noted their struggles due to rotting food and the decrease in
state
agricultural output.98 Tuition at the university was $100 for out-of-state
stu-
dents and only $27.50 for semester fees for Wisconsin residents. But room
and board costs amounted to about $300 per year, or $275 in a co-op dorm,
so all forms of savings, employment, or government grants were needed by
students to meet expenses.99 Women's housing facilities, long inadequate,
were finally improved during the 1930s with the construction of Anne Emery
Hall and Elizabeth Waters Dormitory.
Besides administering her own special loan funds, Troxell handled the
New Deal programs for campus women. The National Youth Administration
channelled money through deans' offices to fund campus jobs. Women ap-
plied for these subsidized positions as librarians and clerks or academic
assis-
tants.100 In a report to University President Dykstra, Troxell noted sadly,
"My
time in office... has seen material effects on students of another nation-wide
catastrophe. The clinic was reporting cases of students living on near starva-
tion diets... we gave milk, clothing, and money... some girl students were
not only self-supporting, but sent money home."10' Dean Troxell helped
many students to secure jobs and conducted a survey of campus employment
in 1937-38. There were 264 graduate women enrolled, one-fourth of whom
worked part-time and almost one-half of whom were completely self-support-
ing. A third of the 3,080 undergraduate women worked part-time, but only
seven percent were completely self-supporting.102
Despite the economic hardships of the 1930s, the number of women stu-
dents remained fairly stable on campus. In 1932-33 there were 550 senior
women; in 1933-34 the number dropped to 509; 1934-35 to 484; in
1935-36 it rose to 517; 1936-37 to 522; 1937-38 to 524; 1938-39 to 591;
and 1939-40 to 631. All was not gloom during these post-prohibition years
at Madison. By the end of the 1930s, the WSGA and Men's Union had
merged to form the university's student government association - the Union
Council. In 1939, the first woman student was elected to preside over the
Senior Class and women continued their progress in other campus administra-
tive positions. Only in athletics did separation imply inferior expenditures
and
facilities. Yet, intramural sports remained popular in newly-remodeled
Lathrop Hall and a Girls' Glider Club was begun in 1930, inspired by the
new
hobby of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.'04
Women who worked were more on their own and began to demand fewer
university regulations hemming them in. In 1930, the WSGA succeeded in
adding an extra 12:30 night for senior women and Dean Troxell agreed to
allow the use of keys for more freedom on those later nights. Underclass
women continued to be more closely supervised and 10:30 weeknight hours
remained in effect despite sporadic protests.'05 Troxell commented on the
Depression's effect on campus activities, noting the toll on the former
freedoms: "Social life is vastly different .. students were [in the
twenties] in-
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