The Denver Jewish news., 1922-07-19
Columbia College Turns
The Corner
BY GERSHON AGRONS'kH.
CJewish TeleGraphic Agency
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graphically described ny one ol 'hI-
umbia University's representative
Jews" is not Il new movement. 1t l.
as old MS the "Golus." To at.ract n
Gentle" class 10 the University. this
representative Jewish student told the
World" recently. it was decided /"
eliminate "A certain type of foreign
Jew. but to include the high type of
American Jew" This enlightened rep
rcsentative further tells us that the
majority of certain types of reformed
Jews in New York city and on side
of New York" are in sympathy with
this movement which aims to place
columbia College on a higher foot
ing"
The movement. one learns inferen-
TALLY if not directly. is of at least n
couple of years standing. For two
years ago Jews wera AT the head of
the college puhlica ions. We're ON the
Student Board and Kings Crown.
Then certain fraternities and senior
organizations started movement Ia
arrest the Jewish activities ON the
campus" This has been accomplish
ed. we are told
But that ma iority of certain types
of reformed Jews in New York city
and ont side of New York" did not oh
ject or protest. Far from ii. They
approved The movement had their
sympathy Tie arrested Jewish ac-
tivitics had their sympathy. 1t was
4 movement to place Columbia col
lege on higher footing" They joined
that movement They joined it heart
ily. And columbia College turned
the corner for the better: whereas at
one time there was a 40 per cent.
Jewish population in Columbia Cot
lege. today Jews cons itute about 20
per cent The process of eliminating
that certain type of foreign jew
thus auspiciously begun was accom-
panied Icy the elimination from student
artivities of that high type of Ainefi-
can Jew This at leaS. was some
thing that ma jority Of certain types
Of reformed Jews in New York and
outside of New York had not eNpect-
ed. But of course even this unpleas-
ant result CAUSED no controversy on
the campus" Certainly not. higher
types OF American Jews" never en-
gage in controversy. No. never No
NAH yofcsSnib" in all of our goius
history over did engage in controversy.
So when Columbia took that famous
turn of the former for the better.
certain types of reformed Jews took Il
turn for the worse.
Having agreed to the elimination of
that "cctrain type of foreign Jew
from Columbia. without rejecting for
n moment if aad where that class OF
Jew iS to go they had later had to
agree for the good of their future
alma mater" to the elimination of 'th"
high type of American Jew" from the
coveted student activities. What else
could YOU expect?
In face of this. what lew will find
/. in his heart to condemn President
Lowell of Harvard for suggestin. thHt
"A way ont of the anti-Scmitic wave
would h" for all colleges to limit the
number of Jewish students? And
who will dare quarrel with that plati-
iudiuoua windy statement of Harold
X Chadwick. assistant director of uni
vcrSity admissions who. Scorning the
suggestion that Columbia places the
Jew under the ban argues that the
'particular Characteristic of he
student body ut Columbia College had
robbed ii of its popular standing
To n mind like Chadwick's certain
typc of foreign Jew is Synonymous
with the particular characteristics of
the studcn, body" But why blame
Chadwick? Why blame Lowell? Why
blame anybody hut ourselves and that
high type of American lew"
After nII the weeks drives. CON
fcrcnccs and congresses we have, been
having. what is more natural than
Il Longevity Congress? To attend all
the Congresses tho average life should
be extended mt lcas. to tho l2o years
allotted to man in the Bible 1t has
become Il sheer necessity. The present
span is not anywhere near adequate
to 90 through the health drives. the
foot weeks the baby weeks the hoy
weeks the cleanup weeks. fire-prc-
vcntion weeks hair-bohhing weeks
crime weeks not To mention two years
of sclf-dcnial inflicted 10y Nolstcad.
Persons who have frctted because in
the thrcc-scorctcn they could not pos
Sihly accomplish all they planned and
all .hat was planned for them will he