THE MICHIGAN DAILY -n~m lu TaoIks Listed United States Minister Visits City Of Flint After Release Mrs. Ruth Wendt To Open Lecture Series Tuesday Five talks on subjects ranging from China to carillon playing will feature the Deutscher Verein's an- nual lecture series, all given in Ger- man, which starts off this year with a talk at 8: p.m. Tuesday by Mrs. Ruth L. Wendt, resident counsellor of Mosher Hall, on "Persoenliche Erlebrnisse. in China." PerciTal Price, University caril- loneur, will give the second in the series on Jan. 9, entitled, Einiges ueber das Glockenspiel," or items of interest on carillon playing. The third talk, on March 5, will be "Die Schmucksteinschleifer von Idar-Oberstein," by Dean Edward H. Kraus of the literary school. Prof. Henry W. Nordmeyer of the German depgartment will give the fourth in the series on "Rom'antische deutsche Malerei," on April 2. Fifth and last in the series will be a talk entitled "Aus dem Leben ber- uhmten Forscher des 19. Jahrhun- derts," by Dr. Werner F. Striedieck of 'the German department. Admission will be free to members of the Verein, and students of. Ger-, man who wish to attend may obtain tickets either from their professors or through the German department, International Dinner Draws 400 To Union (Continued from Page 1) sity of Beirut replied for the foreign students; indicating "deep appreci- ation of the kindness tendered here." In spite of the great troubles prev- alent all over the world, he said, "We are filled with hope that ulti- mately idealism and kindliness will tiiumph over selfishness and greed. You have strengthened our faith in humanity," he continued. Mr. Ku- rani pointed out that justice, free- dom, kindness and understanding must be the bases for world pro- gress and happiness. Professor Nelson outlined the his-1 tory of the Center and the dinners. "These dinners are a tradition of 15 years, taking on more significance each year," he said. Indicating that the purpose of the dinner was "to make foreign students among us feel at home," Professor Nelson claimned that the affair was not only an ex-, pression of University welcome, but also an expression of welcome by the community. He' also evplained this year's recreational program of the International Center 'and concluded his talk by thanking the League, the Union, the University and the stu- dents themselves for "their invalu- able cooperation."' The dinner' was officially opened by the saying of grace by one of the students 'present. The prayer itself. indicated the cosmopolitan atmos- phere of the affair by its address to "the Father of all of us." A program of American folk danc- ing. performed by both foreign' stu- dents and representatives of the League officially concluded the eve- ning's ceremonies. The groups pre- sented both the Quadrille and the Virginia Reel. I I 11 - Ann Arbor Here Is Today's News In Summary Christmas shoppers in Ann Arbor will split up a $260,000 jackpot in. Christmas club savings, tyo banks announced yesterday. That amount represents the total cash which will be distributed in club savings ac- counts on Dec. 1. A charged electric wire caused the death of Harry Durliam, 49 year old citizen of Platt, hile he was working for the Detroit Edi- son Company near Frains Lake yesterday morning. Durham, who is a line foreman for the company, caught 'hold of a line carrying 4,800 volts 'and was electrocuted. Suomi Club Meets Friday At Lane Hall The film on modern Finland origi- nally scheduled to be shown at thq Suomi Club meeting 8 p.m. tomor- row in the upper room of Lane Iall has been postponed. to a later date; according to Toivo Liimitairen, '41E president. The program committee, consist- ing of Mrs. Reino Takala, Williai Sahi, '40E, and Liimitainen, are ar- ranging a social hour instead. Mein- bers who attended the showing of "Finland Today" given Tuesday at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, wi lead a discussion on the film. Coffee will be served. Mrs. J. Borden Harriman (left), United States Minister to Norway, is shown aboard; the American freighter City of Flint at Bergen* Norway, as she called to see Capt. Joseph A. Gainard (right) after Nor- wegian authorities interned a German prize crew and returned the ship to Capt. Gainaxd. . (Associated Press-Paramount News photo). Men Stormed Agains! The Admission Of women---But That W as In 18671 " Ann Arbor's Community Fund campaign yesterday reached $51,- 539.82, which brings the total $19.82 more than the final 'figure of the 1938 drive. The Fund was still $3,- 470 short of its goal of $55,000 but Stanley G. Waltz, general campaign manager, said that he was encour- aged because the 1939 contributions had gone over last year's top. * * * Don't expect the mailman to- day, because Thanksgiving comes on Nov. 23 for all federal em- ployees. N~ail service will be suspended today, but Nov. 30 is just another day of toil 'for the carriers. A tire and wheel of a trailer-truck driven by Clarence Hillborr of Jack- son was set ablaze by friction last night on M-17. Sheriff's officers extinguished the fire, * * * A suit asking damages of $5,- 000 has been filed in circit'court here by Emanuel Luckhardt, of Lodi township, against Laurence Weber. Luckhardt claims he was in- jured and his car was damaged i an accident involving Weber's car near Ann 'Arbor last Aug. 6. k By EMILE GELE From 1851, when the first sugges- tion was made that women be al- lowed to enter the University, until 1870 when the Board of Regents passed a resolution admitting both sexes, one of the most contentious controversies of the University's his- tory took place. Public and private papers filed in the Michigan His- torical Collections in the Rackham Building vividly reflect the heat of this struggle over women's rights. Some young men during this per- iod became furious at the possibility of women usurping male privileges. An editorial in an 1867 Chronicle fumed, "Right-minded men admit that since the gun-powder plot no more mischievous plan has ever been set on foot than that modernly christened. 'women's right'." Trac- ing the course of women's evil do- ings, the writer began with Eve, "In the Garden of Eden this fallacy sprang, armed arnd equipped, from the head of the serpent, and the. ruin of the race was its first result." The degradation of John the Bap- tist, Joseph, and Mark Antony by women was noted, and the decline of Rome was paralleled to "ascend- ing female influence". 'The writer quoted St. Paul, "Let your women keep silence in the churches", and suggested that this rule be extended elsewhere. The editorial concluded with the dramatic warning, "Man's, right to be called the Lord of cre- ation has been put in peril." Published Report In 1858 A slightly more objective commit- tee of three Regents published a re- port in 1858 which warily observed, "Opponents insist that to admit la- dies to the University would be an innovation never contemplated by its founders or its patrons, destruc- tive to its character and influence, and ruinous to the ladies who might avail themselves of it." Prominent among methods inl which ladies would destroy the Uni- versity's character was their inevi- table use of the school for a mar- riage bureau (Miss Madelon L. Stockwell, the first woman to enter the University, did marry one of her classmnates). Another embarrassing situation that was pointed out was the conduct of anatomy and physio- logy classes in the presence of both sexes. Some professors insisted that separate classes would have to be held. Wrote To Horace Mann Regent Donald McInvyre, a mem- ber of the 1858 investigating com- mittee, wrote to Horace Mann of Antioch, saying, "A question has arisen in the University of Michi- gan by the application of several young ladies for admission to it ... and asking how the system had fared at Antioch. Educator Mann promptly replied o.ffering his full approval of the co-ed system with the warning," ... very serious dan- ger must attend the introducing of such a system ... We have conduct- ed the system for five years, without a disaster . . . I believe that schools for both sexes can be conducted safely, that when so conducted, the intercourse of the sexes is mutually advantageous; that daily intercourse, with young ladies refines the man- ners of the young men, and actual association with young men, and a knowledge of character, and the du- ties of like has a strong tendency to, expel all girlish romance and to ex- ercise the miserable nonsense which comes from novel reading.", With such encouragement in ad- dition to constant pressure from women groups the Board of Regents passed the resolution on Jan. 5, 1870, admitting women without even men- tioning them, "Resolved, that Board of Regents recognize the right of every resident of Michigan to the enjoyment of the privileges afforded by the University, and that no rule exists in any of 'the University sta- tutes for the exclusion of any person from the University who posses the requisite literary and moral qual- ification." And soon after Miss Mad- elon L. Stockwell took advantage of this resolution to become the Univer- sity's first woman student. Published I etrospective Edition In 1899 when women's status was becoming more secure, the girls pub- lished a retrospective Women's Edi- tion of the Daily outlining the prog- ress of co-education and marking the absurdity of former objections to it. They revealed that the opin- ions maintaining women's physical and mental incapability of higher education were merely foggy preju- dices. Beliefs that ladies would ruin the moral- atmosphere and turn the, University into a female seminary were likewise disparaged. The co-eds of '99 summed up, "It is very curious to note that not a single prediction, of these wise and learned men in our University faculty, turned out to be well founded." Not satisfied with debunking old objections the girls further gloated, "now women are uniformly of better character than the men ... Intellec- ually they have proven themselves far superior in everyrespect." Then, after 4coffing at the predictions of the learned faculty of the 60's, the young ladies ventured a prediction of their own, "When the women of this nation shall obtain the 'higher education, and also the trades and professions or bread-winning pow- ers, and the ballot, they will then make'the same demands of rien in regard to a high moral standard as the men now make of them, and their demands will be duly appre- ciated and regarded." That was'40 years ago. l t s t i t IDon't f iij to vjiithe N w SONJA SHO. which h s just Qgened! 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