The wimmin-folk wearing britches, in the picture I posted in post #64 of this thread, are almost certainly not HAC students. The reason I posted the picture is because, since such a picture has been posted on the official HAC web site, it may indicate a less militant and harshly judgmental attitude on this issue on the part of the HAC leadership. Then again, it may not.
Normally, any church or college that takes a militant, uncompromising position of opposition to women wearing slacks is not going to post a picture of any women, even visitors, wearing slacks, or publish such in their magazine or promotional literature.
Most IFB churches and colleges dropped the ban on women's slacks 20 or 30 years ago, and I think that's a good thing. However, if such churches and colleges continue with a harsh, judgmental policy of shaming and bullying people over other issues that are not even sin, it may not do them much good to allow the women to wear pants while continuing to bullyrag and condemn women, and men, on other similarly picky and inconsequential issues.
One other thing to consider is that the HAC administration may believe, rightly or wrongly, that they will lose considerable donations and even enrollments if they "go liberal" and allow the women students to wear slacks. We may regard the no-slacks rule as silly, and I certainly do, but HAC may possibly have a small but loyal hard core of supporters who regard to slacks ban as a vital fundamental of the faith, and who are willing to put their money where their mouth is.
[My apologies to the FFF constituency for making a post that does not insult anyone's mother or raise innuendos about anyone's sex life]
