TUESDAY, JANUARY 6,1959 THE MICHIGiAN DAILY .... . New Parking Ordinances Approved by Zomng Board By JOHN RICKELk At a meeting on Dec. 29, the Ann Arbor Zoning Board passed a new off-street parking ordinance. The new law requires increases in the amount of parking space, provided by various landowners according to Graham Conger of Honor Group To Iuitiate Eight University faculty mem- bers and 243 students will be ini- tiated into Phi Kappa Phi schol- astic honor society at 8 pn. to- morrow in Rackham Amphithea- tre. Featured speaker at the initia-i tion ceremony will be Dean Roger W. Heyns of the literary college. His topic will be "The Proper Cli- mate for Scholarship." Prof, J. Philip Wernette of the business administration school Will preside at the ceremonies. ini-1 tiates will be presented by Dean Fedele Fauri of the social work school, vice-president of the local chapter. The new members include grad- uate and undergraduate students from 16 of the University's schools and colleges. Five are seniors at Flint College, the first to be ini- tiated from Flint. New faculty members of the so- ;iety will be Prof. Paul J. Alex- ander of the history department, Dean Stephen S. Attwood of the engineering college, Dean Kenneth E. Boulding of the economics de- partment and Prof. Stuart W; Churchill of the chemical engi- neering department. Also to be initiated are Prof. E. Lowell Kelly, chairman of the psychology department; Prof. Rensis Likert, director of the In- stitute for Social Research; Prof. Cilbert Ross of the music school and Prof. William B. Willcox, act- ing chairman of the, history de- partment. the University Investment Office and secretary of the Alumni Inter- Fraternity Council. The law affects both businesses and fraternities, Conger said, but since the law applies only when expansion or additions are under- taken, businesses will probably be the first to notice its effects. Parking Space Required Under the old zoning laws, fra- terities were required to have one parking gace for every six beds in the building, while the new law requires one parking space for every five beds in undergraduate fraternities and one off-street parking space per three beds in professional fraternities. Sororities are required to have one parking space for every six beds. Mr. Conger said that there was less opposition to the change than one might have expected, May Seek Exceptions He said zoning laws, once made, are extremely difficult to have changed. Some groups, he said, like professional fraternities, ex- pected .to be hardest hit by the new ruling, may try to get excep- tions made by contacting the Zon- ing Board ofhAppeals. "Since there are few driving permits issued to undergrads, and there are a proportionally small number of seniors in the fraternity houses," Conger continued, "only about six of the undergraduate fraternity houses are likely to have any trouble complying with the law in case of expansion." Land at Premium Assistant Dean of Men William Cross stated that "any groups con- templating major changes will be hardest hit" and he further noted that "the situation is not likely to become easier as more people come to campus. The difficulty in conforming to the parking ordi- nances is that land, especially in the campus area, is at such a premium." Cross suggested that "the North Campus area will greatly help to solve this land problem if a fra- ternity development ever occurs there." 'U' Receives $480,000 NSF Grant The University has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct an experi- mental summer institute program in science and mathematics. Part of the $480,000 grant shall be used for stipends to elementary supervisors and teachers who will use the institutes this summer. Prof. Joseph N. Payne of the education school, has been chosen to direct the summer institute in arithmetic at the University.. 'The Institutes will offer courses and activities especially designed to meet the needs of elementary school supervisors and teachers in presenting science and mathemat- ics courses," said Alan T. Water- man, NSF director. "Supervisors and teachers will be given opportunity to learn about recent advances in science, to update their earlier training in science and mathematics, and to study fields in which their train- ing is lacking or inadequate." Former Professor of Medicine Dies Dr. Herman H. Riecker, former, many cases of rheumatic fever Dr. Riecker was a member of associate professor of internal wr o en igoe ssc. medicinet he Univ , ied ere not being dianosed as such, the American College of Physi- Suday ate a brieilned Serves as Chairman cians, Diploniate of the Board of Sunday after a brief illness at He had sered as chairman of He hd srve ascharma ofInternal Mfedicin~e, past president St. Joseph Mercy Hospital where the committee, which supports he had been practicing medicine projects to train doctors to recog- of the Washtenaw County Medical since 1942. nize the disease, organize diag- Society and member of the Michi- since . ~~~nostic centers and provide care, gnHatAscain Dr. Riecker, 63 years old, was1- gan Heart Assciation. born in Pennsville. O.. and earned his AB degree at Marietta College in 1917. He received his MD degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1923. Instructor at 'U. He became an instructor in in- ternal medicine at the University in 1926, later becoming an as- \ sistant and, in 1935, an associate professor. He resigned from the medical school staff in 1942 but \ continued to work with the Uni- versity's post-graduate medicine department until 1947. Instrumental in the establish- ment in 1944 of the Rheumatic Fever Control Committee of the Michigan State Medical Society, Dr. Riecker had said he considered \ the program essential to bring the disease to the attention of doctors. Surveys at the time indicated that \\ Slavic Language Department To Offer Three New Courses A special Russian reading course and two literature courses of cur- quence if they plan to enter gradu- rent interest will be open to non- ate school in the fall, he said. concentrates for the spring semes- Russian 124 deals with Soviet ter, according to Prof. Deming literature, for which no reading Brown, chairman of the Slavic knowledge of Russian is required, languages and literatures depart- Boris Pasternak's Nobel Prize ment. novel, Dr. Zhivago, will be studied For the first time, Russian 11, in detail. the reading class, is being offered Of interest to -students of com- in the spring. The course is de- parative literature and others are signed for non-concentrates who English readings and lectures on desire to attain a reading knowl- Dostoevsky, Russian 156. Discus- edge of Russian for their special sion evolves around Dostoevsky's fields in a short time. major works with stress on their A two-semester sequence with relationship to Western European Russian 12 is advised. The latter literatures. course will be offered in the fall next year to provide a full se-. quence for students starting now. Interested second semester sen- g iors may continue with the se- JANUARY HUNDREDS OF AOfEYSUXAVIEG)/ALUES &VU11mW - eSUITS 0 COATS * DRESSES * JACKETS * BLOUSES " HANDBAGS * WESKITS " SWEATERS " HATS * SCARFS " JEWELRY " SKIRTS It's Your Chance to Save up to 50% and More of Your Christmas Gift Money 530 S. Forest Ave. Between S. U. and Washtenaw Parking in Rear CAMPUS TOGGERY 1111 S. U. near E. U. I BUSINESS HOURS: 9:30-5:30 Monday-Saturday l _......... . 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