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I TO ORGANIZE CATHOLIC FRA-
I UNITY ON NON-SECTARIAN
!• \SIS DUE TO OBJECTION TO
JEWISH FRATERNITY AT
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Providence—(J. T. A.)—A new de
velopment in fraternity life at Brown
University which was recently brought
to public attention by the forced dis
solution of the Brown chapter of Pi
Lambda Phi fraternity, composed
principally of Jews, is the announce
ment by Edward DeV. O’Connor, of
providence, president of Phi Kappa,
a Catholic fraternity, that plans are
underway to change the charter of
the organization to put it on non-
sectarian basis.
This announcement followed closely
a speech by Dean Otis E. Randall, of
Brown, at New Haven, in which he
defended his action in refusing to al
low Jews who are students at Brown
to organize a fraternity.
The stand was taken, he said, be
cause the primary mission of fraterni
ties is to bring into closer contact
people of widely dissimilar viewpoints
and that any concentrated homogene
ous group must inevitably defeat the
privilege. He said that any similar
group would have met w'ith the same
denial, and stated that if he had been
dean when the Catholic fraternity was
organized, he would have withheld his
permission.
President W. H. P. Faunce, of
Brown, has hailed the announcement
of Mr. O’Conner of the abandonment
of the Roman Catholic character of
Phi Kappa ‘‘as a step in the breaking
down of racial and sectarian discrimi
nations in American college life.”
"That’s what I want with all my
heart. That will mean the breaking
down of another barrier. Only during
the past year at Brown there is the
case of admission of an Oriental stu
dent to one of our fraternities. The
barrier between the Occident and the
Orient has been broken down.” If all
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such barriers were removed it would
be in accord with the ideals and poli
cies of the university.
‘‘\\ hat I want is the removal of all
restrictions as to race and religion.
Men must be judged on their merit,
on their scholarship, personality and
individual ability rather than on such
narrow’ bases.”
Mr. O’Connor’s announcement was
made in commenting on Dean Ran
dall’s speech at New Haven. He said
that the formation of Phi Kappa had
been made at Brown in 1891 because
Catholics were not at that time ad
mitted to fraternities. Catholics are
now admitted to almost all of the
fraternities at present, he said.
JEWISH ARTISANS’ WORLD
CONFERENCE CALLED
Initiative Taken By German Organi
zations.
Berlin (J. T. A.).—At the initiative
of the Central Federation of Jewish
Artisans in Germany, a world confer
ence of Jewish artisans was called for
May 20 and 27 to be held at Beuthen,
Upper Silesia.
The purpose of the conference is the
establishment of a world federation of
Jewish artisans. Representatives of
Jewish artisan organizations in Po
land, Lithuania, Latvia, Czechoslo
vakia, Roumania and Belgium have
signified their intention to attend.
MRS. JULIUS ROSENWALI) DEAD
Established Fund to Provide Day
Nurseries for Colored C hildren—
Interested in Tuskegee
Chicago—(J. T. A.)—Mrs. Augusta
Nusbaum Rosenwald, wife of Julius
Rosenwald, Chicago philanthropist,
died May 23, at her home, 4901
Ellis Avenue. She became seriously
ill more than a week ago. For the
last two days her condition had been
critical, and a zone of quiet had been
maintained about the house by order
of the Health Department. She was
00 years old.
Ever since undergoing an operation
in 1927 for the removal of a cancer,
Mrs. Rosenwald had not enjoyed good
health. During the last year she had
been under the care of Dr. Maurice L.
Goodkind, who, with Dr. Alfred
Strauss, was attending her at her
death.
At the bedside was her husband, to
whom she was married here in 1890,
and three of her five children, William
R. Rosenwald, of Philadelphia, Mi’s.
David M. Levy, of New York, and
Mrs. Alfred K. Stern, of Ravinia, Ill.
Two other children, Mrs. Edgar B.
Stern, of New Orleans and Lossing
Rosenwald, of Philadelphia, were on
their way here.
Mrs. Rosenwald was born in Platts-
burg, N. Y. She was married to Mr.
Rosenwald five years after he had ar
rived in Chicago and started a mer
cantile business. She was active in club
work of a wide scope, shared her hus
band’s interests and was known for
her many philanthropies.
The latter included the establish
ment of a fund to provide day nur
series for colored children, to which
she was one of the principal donors.
Her chief interest, however, was the
G’irl Scout movement, which had her
assistance and co-operation for many
years. In this organization Mrs. Ros
enwald held the office of national
vice president. She was also the hon
orary commissioner for Chicago and
Cook County.
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