Evening journal., 1922-06-03

alterations IN the government OF the
said university as shall be conducive
10 It's advantage and the interest OF
the republic Of letters in as full a
manner as might have been done by
the Legislature OF the late province
OF the Massachusetts, Bay"
II there was any doubt as 10 the
supreme authority OF the Harvard
President and Fellows because OF
the wording OF this last article or OF
the right OF the Legislature 20 inter
fere in administrative policies, this
was dlssipated forever through a
ruling Of the United States Supreme
Court in the so-ca1led Dartmouth
College case. BY the decision the
corporate rights OF chartered insti-
tutions was made safe from such in
reference. The circumstances were
as follows:
The trustees OF Dartmouth had
forced the resignation OF President
John wheelock and had elected
Francis Brown in his stead. The
! Legislature OF New Hampshire IA
vored Wheelock and passed a bill
| reorEa nizing the institution. enlarg.
ing the board OF trustees 10 21 ami
changing the name OF Dartmouth
University.
The college, however, refused 10
recognize the university. The college
secretary and treasurer went over to
the State side OF the controversy
and took with him the great college
seal, the records and the property OF
the college.
This act later furnished the basis
for legal action. Suit was begun for
recovery OF the property. The New
Hampshire courts decided against
the college. Following a plea Of
Daniel Webster the justices OF the
United States Supreme Court rem
dered its decision favorable 10 the
college in 1919. This decision Is
precedent which confirms supreme
college administrative authority TO
the president and fellows. the cor
porate body Of the college.
President Lowell. Boston Jews say,
has left no intelligent man 10 doubt
as TO his attitude against the Jew
ish people in college or out of It.
He opposed confirmation OF Louis
Brandels as Justice OF the United
States Supreme Court, according 10
Rabbi David II. Shohet, OF Roxbury.
He refused TO make allowance for
Jewish boys compelled to take en-
trance examinations on their day OF
atonement. according 10 a host OF |
He declined 10 recognize |
the sanctity OF the Jewish New |
Year when It conhicted with the |
regular college schedule, according |
to Representative Coleman Snbert /
The Day OF Atonement incident /
goes back TO September, 1918, and |
from that time the Boston Jews /
date the anti-Semite drive at Har- !
ward.
Rabbi Shohet said that under Lo-
wells presidency. Harvard had be-
come "the center OF passions OF |
racial prejudice and hatred"
President Eliot made Harvard |
great" continued the Roxbury |
President Lowell will /
make II small"
Rabbi Shohet terms President
Lowell an "autocrat,' and says that /
undergraduates have |
aiken a leaf from his book for their |
own mode OF conduct.
President Lowell would not be in |
terviewed. Lesser officials announced !
hat Il Is ridiculous to say that the |
OF enrolment plan is di-
rected against the Jews. They say
he plan on which restriction OF stu
ients will be effected has not been
worked out, although they do not
deny that there is a strong feeling in
,ertain quarters to enforce such re-
striction along racial lines.
Dean Park. Of Radcliffe, taking
notice OF the Harvard proposal,
said:
Radcliffe Is under no compulsion
TO follow Harvard in a matter such
as this. I believe that on such ques-
ton as Latin credits their rulings
must be ours. But, though we fire.
quently do follow their policies on
other matters. II is In no way nee
essary or traditional. as our own
conditions must determine our ac-
tions in the end.
Conditions at Radcliffe make no
such regulations necessary as those
which have been suggested for Har
ward. Our enrolment is unlimited, |
but we are not overcrowded, and |