NEGROES AT HARVARD.
ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION. HEATED CONTROVERSY AROUSED. ': Australian and, N.Z. . Cable Association. . (Reed. 4.30 p.m.) ' ! NEW YORK./ Jan. 13. . A. sensation ; has been: caused by alleged discrimination . against a ' hegro:: at;- Harvard University, the premier educational institution ;in ■ the United ;'- States. Many: of the most ; prominent "American /.negroes are graduates 'of Harvard, /which hitherto has accorded equal, treatment to whites 'and-blacks. "'The -University/ recently adopted a "plan that- all first year -men must reside in a special dormitory campus.;. The son of ."anegro; graduate applied for admission, but • the president, Dr. A. L. : Lowell,/replied that negroes could not ~be admitted to this dormitory. He said: that young/men from the Southern. States -would not- reside in the same bouse with negroes, and i- pointed out that there were other, dormitories where .negroes; would be admitted. ; A 'controversy has / arisen,,, arid letters from graduates all oyer the ; country are pouring in to Dr. Lowell. ,'Some protest and some approve ofhis attitude. The press/is also taking sides./ Some of the Northern /:; papers/ bitterly -. assail -■- Dr. Lowell, and lament the downfall of Harvard ideals. ' ' ■ .'../ '•
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7
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