The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-14
AAore About Haryard a7d The Jews.

short ago the county agog with the news that
Harvard University oldest ard generally considered most liberal
American educational institutions was barring its entrants on
Of The agitation died down for time but the Lit
eraly Digest again brings attention by making public
excerpts article printed by The Nation in which the
Of eighty three students members of the class in Social
Ethics expressed their to The question: us
college justified in limiting certain percentage the num-
Der particular who admitted to the freshman class
each year?p
OF the number fortyone believed the policy justified
circumstances hyour believed that it mas never
justified and eight had no definite opinion.
Among the opinions of those who favor restriction find
the following:
zone accusation has to with scholarship In harmony
with their policy getting all they for little possible
Jews incidentally take majority of the scholarships Thus they
deprive many worthy of other of chance Here how
eyer we must inere Is q OPINION sn
that he the whole mentally able than his critics He
does nothing but grind Is i surprising chat he should make
student who made very low grade in examinations says Fney
ship 50 high that others with high degree of but
less parrot knowledge prevented from attaining representa-
tive grade"
Among those oppose the restriction find opinion in
part as follows:
The only requisite for college student should be the ab
y to pursue his studies with profit college is founded
those who deserve it. The moment it is hint
ed that there some other purpose more important than develop
ue new and lesser role Certainly the aim Of an education
institution not to be desirable collection of pleasing people
every applicant it commended should have the cpportun
until he himself worse college should be the home
tolerance of which racial restrictions the spiritual negaon
To maintain that is inferior is nothing short Of rid
euous says Jew Inferior what Pin intellectual culture? Or
merely in opportunity? Who tell Every has its bad
well its good Each tends consider itself because
it excels those things which values Often the excellence is
apparent than rea In number of papers the point
that differences between individuals of the
than those between In short the anrestrco
lists that Objectionable individuals must be eliminated not
We must seek ability independent of of SEX
If under fair examinations Jews predominant among the
entrants be due only the aznes lack of talent of
those who fail If Christians unable to compete intellectually
with jews they fail to take the advantage of their oppo
unes then the Christians should suffer- not the Jews the
traditions Harvard not able to inspire her nonewsh
sons excel intellectually then those traditions must They
not be used stone wall protect the mental infants of
future the ncusions of enlightened alien race
As to the desire of the resconists to keep the college
fairly representative of the country large the equally
ephac An educational institution should not be representative
Of all people but only Of those with ambition and ability to do its
work This has nothing to do with and religion TO tell
Cohe whose the college bpard examinations go
that he not enter because there too Jews already
while grade of 68 will pass Murphy of 62 Morgan
hardly In line with the real interests of the college,
Whether not the policy of restriction still being employ
ed by Harvard We however lean strongly to the
college is founded basis of service to those who
deserve The it is limited that there is other
purpose important than developing The intellect and char
acter of the community it assumes new and lesser role