The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16

privilege of putting up church sign on
the front of Stiles Hall, while they permit
ted the Christian Bible Seminary, which is
occupying the same building, to do so.
The Unitarians are wroth because they
have been tabooed from exercising the
same privileges as another religious sect
which is holding meetings under the same
roof. and both are paying rent for the use of
their particular portion of the building.
They consider that a slur has been cast
OF their good name by being thus tabooed,
and have risen to defend their'honor and
to demand equal rights with other tenants
of Stiles Hall.
For the last two Sundays the mem bers
Of the church have assembled the stone
steps leading to the vestibule of the hall
and have been confronted with the huge
gilt-lettered sign, Berkeley Bible Sem
mary" which is nailed To one OF the pill
lars of the northwest wing. The sight Of
this sign brought back to their memories
the time, about year and half ago,
when the trustees requested the Uni
tarians in a quiet way to remove their
newly painted sign, which had been up
for only few days. The thoughts of these
! things have been ranking in the breasts
of the Unitarians and they are now prepar-
OF their sningle.
Rev. DIR. Edward B. Payne, pastor of the
Unitarian Society, SAID to-day: "Yes, We
have been decidedly Disseminated against.
We have been paying the trustees of Stiles
Hall $500 year since March, 1895, for the
use OF the upper auditorium OF the build
| ing as a place for holding our regular Sun
day services. When we became tenants of
the building we supposed that we would
be treated as such, and accordingly put up
a small, neat sign, calling attention to the
fact that services of the Unitarian Church
were held within. The sign had been there
! for only short time when we were re-
quested to remove 1t, as there had been
some talk on the outside about putting a
university building to the use OF church
denominations
'AIl this time, however, we were per.
mit,ed to continue our serv ces, and the
| authorities not for once refused the rent
when it came due. We were allowed to
hold our meetings just the same, but were
not permitted to have a few words
tackled up on the building to guide the
stranger. We took down the shingle, as
requested, have continued ever since with
out one, and have said nothing about it
until now.
''When the Christian Bible Seminary
people rented portion of the lower part of
the building short time ago they at once
Eung up Il uuRe DOdrd CaillnR aLLenLlOu TO
the fact that they held classes there.
"We have since been waiting patiently to
see If their sign was to be ordered down
also but 1t still hangs there. claim that
the discrimination between the two organ
| izatIons is unjust in the extreme. We are
both tenants, and are, according TO ali
reason, entitled to equal privileges. unless
under contract to the contrary. lsuppose
the trouble lies in the fact that we are a
heterodox denomination and that the
seminary people are orthodox. Doubtless
the same old fight will be brought about
again against US Unitarians. and the old
controversy as TO the right of any church
to hold services in the university building
be again precipitated."
A Freshman Socialist.
BERKELEY, CAL. Oct. 15.-Wllliam
Edlln of the class OF 1900 at the State Uni
yersity has announced himself as So
cialist and has sent challenges for debates
to both the Student Republican and the
Brvan clubs. EdIin wants to debate with
member from the Republican club on
the tariff question and with a member of
the Bryan club on the silver question. He
! wishes to take the opposition of both
able OF stir in debating circles because of
| his great interest for and success in foren-
sizes. He speaks nearly every night in
| San Francisco on Socialism and recites at
Berkeley during the day.
Berkeley Miscellanies.
BERKELEY, CAL. Oct 15.-An effort is
| being made by the town officials to in