et of Sign over Kelsey Museum Revealed j -Daily-Allan Winder UM OR IJORMITORY? -- "Newberry Hall" reads the late over the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology on State St. resent museum was formerly used to house the Students' an Association, the YWCA and University classrooms. discussions of the possibility of Newberry, class of 1847, whose History, English and philosophy was named the Francis W. Kelsey admitting women to the Univer- widow gave $18,000 of the total classes replaced religious and so- Museum of Archaeology. taken until 1870, the SCA was cost of $40,000. cial meetings until 1928, when the Now the only religious aspect of prepared to welcome women as Along with general offices and University adapted Newberry Hall the building rests in several of prepred o wecomewome asthe Museum's artifacts, with stu- "Christian and beloved brethren committee rooms, the new build- for use as a museum under the dent religious affairs big con- of the Association." ing became the social headquar- classical studies department. In ded in aHarB etrg con- SAM Nestens for the SCA. But after only- ducted in Lane Hall. But the tar- 15Myears o service to the SCA 1953, the museum, now a separate nished blue letters are still there In the expanding University they s sde re to teSA unit belonging to the University, to puzzle onlookers. In th expadingstudent religious group leased many needs were met by the SCA, Newberry Hall to the YWCA. The which were later to become of- building gradually decreased in ficial services of the University usefulness, and at a Regents meet- or functions of some other stu- ing in 1921, the SCA offered it to dent organization. With no Orien- the University for classes, with tatonWek te CAsposoedexpenses being borne by the Uni-.r~ its forerunner, the New Students' A..nbrnb hUn Social, and published the "M"vrsty Handbook or "Freshman Bible," as seen in Harpers Bazaar a guide to the campus and to Ann Arbor. The SCA also initiated an em- ployment bureau and, a few years later, launched a room listing service for students. Its publica- tion endeavors centered around a card directory of all University students, which grew into the first student directory. ; r International Students, pointer ca Other pioneering work done by the SCA was in aiding interna- operas: tional students, including teaching h English to many of them. These choose the services were in addition to the PLUS heel shot major religious program of the organization, which included reg- ALL THESE con't break... ular Sunday morning chapel serv- ices and Sunday evening discus- F EE heelEp t sion meetings. FE ha ee The SCA, with its broad pro- EXTRAS gram, was apparently in constant E Tneeds need of space and physical facili- ties. In 1883, during its 25th an- repiacing! niversary celebration, an urgent appeal was made for a building Fast Service fund. It was not until.1887, how- 95 ever ,that sufficient funds were Minor Repairs available for construction. Named for Judge Newberry Buttons Replaced President James B. Angell laid the cornerstone in March, 1888, Trouser Cuffs and the remaining funds were collected in time for the dedica- Brushed & tion, free from -debt, in Jurre, 1891, The building was named Newberry Tacked Hall in honor of Judge John S. r. I 'fl fV f1 nor hp n n, n 1 Tb ri pv r 4 "'"--=-. ARLAINE ACKERMAN ' Hall - the tall, blue r down over State St. facade of the Kelsey Archaeology.. ning misnomer origin- e early history of the e structure when, as rs for the Students' Christian Association (SCA), it served as a 'counterpart for to- day's Union, League and Student Activities Building. The SCA evolved from what was perhaps the first college YMCA in the country. Its establishment during the winter of 1857-58 was primarily in respohse to current * The DEL RIO, Known for. its. good PIZZA FTI also * RAVIOLI . STEAKS * CHOPS * CHICKEN SPECIALS SERVED DAILY DELIVERIES MADE IN HEATED OVENS Sunday through Thursday 6:00-12:00 P.M.-. Friday, Saturday 5:30-12:30 A.M. W. Washington St. Phon s i iali li ne NO 2-9575 , t clearance of Winter Coats Vassar Man Says College Act of Faith "College is an act of faith," Prof. Robert H. Bonthius of Vassar Col- lege told a group of incoming' freshmen at the §pring Orienta- tion Convocation Thursday night. Speaking on "The Religious Di- mension of College Life," the in- structor of religion and chaplain at Vassar asserted that one's col- lege education, often thought of as the acme of rationality, actually rests on faith. "Faith makes possible your edu- cation from the standpoint of your parents' financial contributions, your high schools' recommenda- tions, the University's acceptance and your assurance that you can achieve a first-rate education worth your time and money," he said. "Faith in our context has noth- ing to do with believing in certain propositions but is embodied in venturesome action," Prof. Bon- thius continued. "The disturbing fact about many college students is that they lack enthusiastic com- mitment and involvement in both their studies and their outlook on life." "The religious dimension of col- lege," he said, "is that total ex- perience in school which increases and enriches your sense of what makes life worthwhile." Every ex- perience is constructively religious, he explained, which helps the stu- dent to discriminate between the effervescent and the lasting. "Many questions with which the student is confronted-who am I? What am I living for? What is the meaning of my vocation? --have religious dimension because they deal with things that have su- preme value in life," Prof. Bon- thius asserted. 12 off Fur trimmed and untrimmed styles. 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