PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, DEC. 1, 1939 PAGE TWO FRIDAY, DEC. 1, 1939 Heller To Talk For Religious Lecture Series Rabbi's Speech To Be Last Of 'Current Problems' Group Given By SRA Rabbi James G. Heller, of the Isaac M. Wise Temple, Cincinnati, will dis- cuss "How Can Religion Be Saved in the World Today?" at 8 p.m. Sun- day in the Rackham Lecture Hall. This lecture will be the final in the "Religious Aspects of Current Problems" series sponsored by the Student Religious Association. The .series was designed to approach many problems and many viewpoints of social interest today, and may be- come an annual lecture feature on campus, according to Kenneth W. Morgan, director of the SRA. Rabbi Heller, who spoke in Ann Arbor during the Religion Parley last summer has served as chairman of the. executive committee of the Zionist Organization of America, and on the Board of Governors of He- brew Union College. He is a gradu- ate of Tulane University and has a master's degree from the University of Cincinnati. A noted Zionist and authority on the history and practices of Juda- ism, Rabbi Heller's talk follows pre- vious discussions on "The Churches' Stand On War," and "Pope Pius XII and the Modern Democracies" 1r Auto Ban Rule Was Opposed At Its Outset By WILLIAM ELMER Thirteen years ago, the Univer- sity Regents adopted a resolution that the oeration of automobiles: by Michigan students should be re-t stricted to upper-classmen, files of The Daily of 1926 reveal. To enforcef this resolution, a committee of six students and two faculty members met together to discuss violations of the ruling and to make special allowances to students having real needs for an automobile. A year later, the Regents decided, despite wide-spread student opposi- tion, that the system was not work- ing too well, and that violations were out of control. At first sophomores were denied the privilege, and fi- nally in June, 1927, after the stu-! dents had left town for summer va- cation, the Regents passed a rigid ruling that no students at the Uni- versify could operate a motor vehi- cle. With modifications, this ruling has persisted to the present day. During the school year, 1927-28, papers of that year show, student opinion was definitely against the ban. An editorial appeared in The Daily in October, 1927, deriding the rule and describing the reasons ad-j vanced in its defense as pure rub- bish. In fact, until the first semes- ter of 1930, there was continuous clamor for revision, if not retire- ment of the rule. But today, there are few, if any, student remonstrances against the ban, and outside of the few days before and after vacations, and the J-Hop week-end, the only students who drivercars in Ann Arbor today must observe strict regulations and must have good reason for demand- ing the privilege. Airmen Leave Fra tern ities Wa d Five-Year Fi t On ayton rip , Wge . . - -ear - gh To Gain RecognitionFrom Un iversity Equipment At Wright Field1 Is Center Of Interest I By EMILE GELE T: More than 65 air-minded engi- Persons who think the fraternityl neering students, members of the ogre is still a menace to the opera- Lion of Americancollege shouldcs Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, are leaving by automobile for Dayton today to see Wright Field, a materiel division of the United States Army. (An added attraction of the trip, according to some, has been the sign- ing up of two female aeronautical students.) At Wright Field the group will find 6,000 acres and well over 30 build- ings to explore. It will have the pleasure of inspecting some of the newest aircraft equipment, research developments and testing devices. The students will visit the airway field Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, and then return Saturday afternoon. It is interesting to note that the Aeronautics Institute, which is pro- moted by various manufacturing and research organizations in the coun- try, has its largest undergraduate' membership in the Michigan branch. their perspective back over the Uni- versity Faculty Minutes and Regents Reports of the 1840's, as recorded in the Michigan Historical Collec- tions at the RackhamaBuilding, to realize the ominous background of this problem. The mysterious "secret societies" that struck terror in the hearts of staid faculty members sprang from innocuous literary clubs. Merely to prevent the organization'of too many literary societies the faculty included in the Code of 1847 the passage, "No student shall be or bebome a mem- ber of any society connected with the University, or consisting of stu- dents, which has not first submitted its constitution to the faculty and received their approbation." Upon the emergence of Chi Psi and Beta Theta Pi as innocent Greek letter societies in 1845 the faculty had invoked the rule that new stu- Classified Directory dents must pledge not to join any unapproved society, and hoped the nuisance would become stagnant and disappear. But refusing to be ig- nored Alpha Delta Phi submitted a constitution in 1847 and demanded that it be approved or rejected. The faculty did not choose to jump on either side of the fence and stated, "the faculty have no authority to legalize them as a society in the Uni- versity of Michigan." The alert "Greeks" gleefully observedhthat the faculty had simultaneously denied themselves the right to prevent the societies. 'Prohibition Of The Law' The conservative faculty, however, reasoned otherwise. When a frater- nity asked University approval in 1848 it was told that it came "under the prohibition of the law." What law, no one knew. The following year four students were expelled for belonging to the formerly ignored Chi Psi. Then the battle began in earnest. Ann Arbor citizens became exas- uerated with the bickering and or- ganized a group to lobby in the legis- lature for an entire new University administration. The Greek letter men of the state protested the in- tolerance of University officials, con- demning the anti-fraternity law as "an abridgement of the rights of man." But not to be deterred, the faculty submitted to the Regents a long analysis of the problem which contained the accusations (1) "the history of the societies is a detail of obliquities," and they are also (2) "a monster power which lays its hand upon every college faculty in our country." The societies are (3) "oligarchic in selection of members and oppressive towards all not in the organization." (4) "Meetings of these societies are liable to become and often are lawless and convivial," (5) "poor student is cajoled and perse- cuted into the societies and wastes education money on badges, etc." (6) "These societies are the sources of mutual intrigues and jealousies." Other Inclusions Among other inclusions of the re- port were solicited statements from sundry eastern college presidents. Typical complaints were that the societies possessed an undeniable I I immoral influence and were collec- ! tively the greatest enemy known to all college gcvarnments. One presi- dent flared, "The fraternity is a giant evil which in secret is blasting the hopes of many parents." The 1Egents approved the report and made ready to pass it on to the legis- lature. In the meantime, however, two students with dispositions similar to that of the modern "Lee Grant" managed to filch the faculty report and revise its phrasing so that it was scarcely becoming to dignified faculty members. The facetious stu- dents then presented the report to the unsuspecting senator from the University district who duly took it to the legislature. The hoax was soon discovered, but not before it had made an indelible impression on the legislature. Accusations Denied While the legislature was in ses- sion, the fraternity boys emphatically denied all accusations made by the faculty. On the other hand, 15 in- dependents demanded that the legis- lature leave the matter to the Uni- versity and affirmed the faculty's capability of settling the dispute. And again the Ann Arbor citizens raised their cry for a shakeup in the Uni- versity administration. But all the contention was for naught; for the state senate refused to commit itself on the controversy and dismissed the arguments of both sides. VAULT Call us for quotations on All Popular Brands of Domestic and Imported WINES in Single Bottles or Cases DELIVERY SERVICE Day or Night Dif 8 n200 303 N. Fifth Avenue Le Cercle Francais Presents Comedy "Un Arriviste," a one-act comedy, was presented by the members of Le Cercle Francais at their meeting yesterday in the Romance Languages Building. The cast was directed by Robert Sethian, Grad. Heading the cast were George Kiss, Grad., as Georges, Jean Gardiner, Grad., playing Mme Maillart and Georges Sabagh, '42, as M. Maillart. The part of Eugenia was taken by Eugenia Paprin, Grad., Mme. Bernadin by Betty Ramsey, Grad., and Mme. Julet by Fay Hoot- kins. '42SM. Members of the faculty of the Romance languages department were especially invited to hear the per- formance of the play by Miguel Zamacois. SPECIAL GROUPS!! Reserve Tables Now for PANHELLENIC DINNER The Haunted Tavern 417 E. 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