THE NEGRO PROBLEM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18761, 15 January 1923, Page 5

THE NEGRO PROBLEM

NEW LAWS AT HARVARD. Press Association—By '.elegrcph—Copyright NEW YORK, January 13. (Received Jan. 14, at 11.25 p.m.) A real sensation has been produced by the action of Harvard University, America’s premier educational institution, in its alleged discrimination against the negro. Many of the most prominent American negroes are graduates of Harvard, which lias been Known hitherto to accord equal treatment to whites and blacks. The University recently adopted a condition that all first-year men must reside in a special dormitory. The son o f a negro graduate applied for admission, but President Lowell replied that negroes could not be admitted to this dormitory. He said that southern young men would not reside in the same house with negroes, and pointed out that there were other dormitories where negroes would he admitted. A wide controversy immediately arose. Letters from graduates all over the country poured in to President Lowell, some protesting anil some approving. The press throughout the country is also taking sides. Some northern papers bitterly assail President Lowell, lamenting the downfall of Harvard ideals.—A. and N.Z. Uablc.