Bursar Warns Car Renters Against Surrendering Cards

The 75 students who rent cars each week from R. S. Robie Co., and leave their bursar's cards as security, are violating University regulations, Roy V. Perry, University Bursar, stated yesterday.

Perry explained that under University regulations, students must have their bursar's card in their personal possession at all times, and are not permitted to give them to anyone, including Robie.

He added that the University would not pay a student's indebtedness to Robie, whether the firm held his bursar's card or not. "No one outside the University can receive payment from the $500 security posted for a bursar's card," he said.

"Of course, they can always see the Dean if they feel a student is not living up to his moral obligations," Perry continued.

College students reported, however, that Robie employees had said that they could use bursar's cards to collect the amount of unpaid bills from the student's $500 bond. One student said that when he refused to pay for damage that occurred while he was driving a Robie car, the firm kept his bursar's card until the end of the school year. Robie's still has the old card but has not tried to collect on it, the student added.

Although no official of the company could be reached, local employees yesterday said that the firm, whose rentals to College students "run into the thousands per week," requires a $20 deposit from everyone except these students. "We do them a favor and allow them to leave us their bursar's cards instead," they said.

Meanwhile, a spokesman at Robie's main office said that "the University established the bursar's card so that students could obtain fast credit, and we oblige them." Only Harvard students were permitted to rent without a cash deposit, he added.