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COMPLETES AREA STUDIES:
Southern Asia Curriculum To Begin

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vited to each open house as special
guests,
President Alexander Ruthven
started the student open houses
early in his 22 years of office. The
teas soon became a tradition.
Custom Introduced
The custom of having men and
women students serve as hosts and
hostesses and introduce guests to
the president and his wife started
later when the social committees
of the League and Union took over
the task of organization.
The President's home, the oldest
building on campus, has a long
and varied history.
Built in 1850, it is located on the
original 40 acres of the campus.
Style Popular
Designed by an eastern archi-
tect, the house resembled the style
popular in this region in the

1800's. The "Widow's Walk," a
small fenced area on the roof of
the house was intended for the
sailor's wife who anxiously waited
for the first glimpse of her hus-
band's ship as he returned from
sea.
The President's home was one
of five houses built in 1850 costing
$45,000, a sum considered extrava-
gant by many in those days.
All except one of the five build-
ings, known as faculty houses,
were torn down to make room for
expanding classroom needs.
The house was used as Red Cross
headquarters for a short time dur-
ing World War I.

By CAROL FELDER
This fall for the first time stu-
dents will be able to concentrate
their studies in the field of South-
ern Asia, Prof. Robert I. Crane of
the history department, chairman
of the Southern Asian Studies
Committee announced recently.
Creation of the Southern Asian
Studies Committee last March has
distinguished the University as one
of the five major United States
universities where such a program
exists.
"It was an attempt to rational-
ize, expand, and develop the
courses dealing with South Asia
that are available both to gradu-
ates and undergraduates," Prof.
Crane said.
Cites Reasons
There were three important
reasons for its development. The
University already had well-de-

veloped programs of study in the
Near East and Far East. The new
program for Southern Asia was an
attempt to round out Asian studies
and fill in the gap between these
two.
Resources on Southern Asia were
in existence at the University,
which needed organizing and ad-
ditional strength in order to make
them effective for training pur-
poses.
Also important was the growing
conviction among Asian specialists
at the University that Southern
Asia was an area that deserved
much more careful understanding
because of its importance in the
world, Prof. Crane added.
Obtain Funds
At this time Congress passed the
National Defense Education Act

President and Mrs. Hatcher;
their two children, Robert
Anne Linda, have occupied
house since 1951.

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Housing Certification Project
To Enter Reinspection Stage

which included Hindustani as one
of the major languages of critical
importance to the United States.
Under the Act the University re-
ceived fellowships and counterpart
government money for costs of
instruction to expand and.develop
its program of studies on Southern
Asia.
The committee has set up three
goals for the Southern Asian pro-
gram, Prof. Crane explained.
It should provide a rounded pro-
gram of instruction in various
fields of South Asia from freshmen
to graduate levels.
This not only allows the special-
ist to train for a career in the field
of Southern Asian studies, but it
offers the nonspecialist or unde'r-
graduate a chance to receive a
basic understanding of the civili-
zation and culture of South Asia
to make him a better informed
citizen.
New Courses
The program should also create
or expand the facilities for serious
scholarly research on South Asia
and attempts to build up and im-
prove the facilities here in the
University libraries.
Next fall there will be nine new
courses offered through the South-
ern Asian Studies Committee in
the fields of language, political
science, history, geography,. and
fine arts.
The faculty members on the
planning committee of the South-
ern Asian program are Prof. Cha-
varria-Aguilar of the Near Eastern
Studies department and Prof.
Crane of the history department.
Also included are Prof. Peter
Gosling 'of the geography depart-
ment and Prof. Richard L. Park
of the political science department.

The University-Ann Arbor hous-
ing certification plan is moving
into its third stage, according to
Peter A. Ostafin, Asst. Dean of
Men and Director of Housing.
Originally, the plan called for
inspection of all multiple local
housing for safety and sanitation
factors, Ostafin revealed, but now
reinspections are being made to
deal with the well-being in the
housing.
Though this is a "delicate mat-
ter," Ostafin said, students gen-
erally welcome the inspections be-
cause they lead to improvement
in living conditions.
Primary emphasis in inspecting
is now put on egress, sanitation,
fire safety of heating facilities,
cleanliness, wiring and parking
areas.
In the recent inspections, Osta-
fin said, almost all of the Univer-
sity housing units filled specifica-
tions and most of those which did

not had only minor repairs to
make.
In addition to requiring repairs.
be made to obtain necessary certi-
fication, there is a law requiring
any unit making capital improve-
ments also make alterations to
bring its physical plant up to new
standards.
Ostafin particularly emphasized
the cooperation between Univer-
sity and city officials and carrying
out the inspections. The laws re-
quiring and defining inspection are
city ordinances and state housing
law, he pointed out.
Summing up, Ostafin called the
plan "educational."

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