Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-06-24
NEGRO EXCLUSION ISSUE STITS
HARVARD.
University Turning Into Southern
institution One Student Com
plains.
ALUMNI BACKING PROTEST
Colored Athletes OH Track Team Caus.
ell Other Colleges to Discriminate.

ward University, scarcely having rGCGN
cred its calm and dissatisfaction fo..
lowing the fury over the admission Of
Jewish students, was called upon to
face another charge today that Negroes
were barred from her million dollar
freshman dormitories.
: Harvard is turning into Il Southern
institution. the colorcd man IS 10
wanted and every distinction that can
he made to make us drop out is being
made. declared George McKinnon, a
prominent member Of the Nile Club. 70
day:
The Nile Club is composed OF the
colored students at the Cambridge in
stitution, and the club members view
ed with satisfaction the action of the
alumni in starting drive to send 70
the Harvard authorities Il countrywide
protest against any discrimination
against colored mon.
During the war Edwin B. Jou"dan,
now student in the college Of bust
ness administration. has admitted to
Standish Hnlla freshman dormitury.
Jourdain states that he was treated
with courtesy and no distinction was
shown.
After he left the freshman class,
three colored students attempted to
gain admittanCc to the freshman CORN
tory, but were told it was full, ana
thoy had to room elsewhere. Last sum
Nor Cecil Blue Of Washington and VII.
liam Knox. Jr., Of Now Bedford, were
excluded from tho freshman dormitor-
les. me presence Of JOurdain and Me-,
G0urdtn, Harvard'S world record broad
jumper, caused Annapolis and Virginia
TO cancel track meets with Harvard in
1921.
The committee, which is asking Hn,
ward graduates to sign petition that
this race distinction will be abandoned
is headed by the Rev. William Chan.
ming Gnnnett Of Rochester, N. Y. as
tinguished Unitarian clergyman AMI
author and Moorficld Storey, SO O,
Boston
Mr.. Storey was private secretary tc
Charles Sumner, just after the civil
war. having been president Of the Mas
sachusctts Bar Association and over
seer at Harvard, and is now president
Of the National Association for the AL
yancemcnt of Colorcd People. The Rev.
Mr.. Cannot matriculated at Harvard
with the class Of 1860 IN tho very heat
OF the aholitionist movement.
REPLIES FROM ALUMNI
FAVORABLE.
Since last Saturday the seven Har-
ward graduates who have constituted
themselves n committee to bring pres
70 7 y
Harvard to force him to rosc!nd the
order that no Negroes may live in the
freshman dormitor'es at Cambridge.
have received sixty rcplies to letters
scnt to other alumni. All INIT four or
tive or these letters uphold this COM
ndttce. which contends that Harvard
has resorted to Jim Grow tactics 10 dis
courage the Negro from attending AMI
pler"to the whites who decline to oc--
cupv the same dormitories and cat I'm
tho snmc mess halls with the blacks.
1t was declared that the committee
hogan mailing It's letters to the alumni
."st on" week ago and that It hopes 10
nave 500 signature, to the memorial It
VIII nros"nt TO DR.. Lowell ut tho next
meeting OF the Harvard corpora tion.
Inc intention is to have the petition
ers represent the older graduates 10.
the most part, and 1t will be clearly
stated that this protest, has nothing 70
40 with the recent agitation concern
Ing Jewish matriculation
Only two Of the Harvard overscers
could be located in New York City ye.,
terday and neither Of them would talk
about the matter. Federal Judge Julian
w. Mack declared he would have
nothing to say about Harvard" The
other overseer insisted his name be
omitted even from mention Of his re.
fusal to talk.