For the first time in the 151-year history of Baylor University, dancing has been allowed on campus at the Southern Baptist school.

Baylor's president, Robert Sloan Jr., decided in February to lift the ban on dancing, which is still considered morally harmful by some strict Baptists.

But he warned students against being "obscene or provocative." No pelvic gyrations; no excessive closeness; no "Dirty Dancing."

On Wednesday night, Mr. Sloan, clad in a tuxedo, and his wife, Sue, wearing a sequined evening gown, stepped into the street in front of the student center and danced to a Beethoven minuet.