Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-01-20

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permit his SON 10 live In q dormitory
because OF his color. DR.. Grant saAd
that - he read the letter ne couldn't
tell whether It was written by Mr..
Bruce. coloreda or by the President
Of Harvard himself.
The trouble with Harvard. said DR..
Grant. II that It has always been rul.
cd by State Street." the financial dis
trict OF The city. He said that pfior to
the appointment OF Supreme Court Jus
tice Brandels, . Harvard graduate.
some of the influential Bostonians
went to Warrington to fight the nomt-
nation. He wns one Of the brightest
graduates Of the university and was
made lecturer in equity, said the
preacher.
Harvard Is an oi:-.s .hioned univer
sity," said DR.. Grant, and he asserted
that too much time IL devoted by the
gentle students In athletics. They go
In for football. baseball. hockey ano
other sports. while the Jewish students
are more interested in tho devslop-
ment Of their minds. The Christians
realize said DR.. Grant that the stu
dents Of the Jewish faith are excellfng
In scholarship.
Or. Grant predicted that Harvard
will either have to change its mothods
and become more democratic, or II
Will be taken over by the state and be-
come State university, or the State
Will start another university in oppo-
sitton to It which will be most detr!-
mental to Harvard
There is nothing to fear for the fu.
tnre. however, said Dr.. Grant. Many
liberal graduates Of the university. he
said. regard this whole thing ms
sheer nonsense and Madness
REFERS TO MRS. LYDIG.
He said he saw "Loyalties" recent
ly with Mrs Lydig, to whom he said
he was engaged and OF whom he said
"she is the most intelligent lady
know" She criticized the play severe
~. said DR.. Grant. because it tends to
create race prejudice in the minds Of
the audience.
I'VE needn't fuss about the whole
thing. It win come out all right. You
must remember that Harvard now has
It's first corporation President, a man
who is very wealthy and whose name
Immediately calls to our minds the in
dustriai centres Of Lawrence and Low
ell"
DEPLOREs HANGING OF WOMEN
In his speech, DR.. Grant denounced
the hanging last week of Mrs. Thomp-
son in London and, in reply to ques-
ton later advocated two kinds Of JUS
tice-one for men and one for women.
L am sure 1t will not be long be-
fore the people Of England will look
with horror at hanging a woman on a
scaffold. as we regard England's early
practice of putting to death one person
who stole four shillings"
If the people of England "can SOIL
their hands that way,v DR.. Grant said
he was inclined to place credence in
the reports OF Great Britainis treat
ment of the people in India and Egypt
Justice and freedom must go hand
in hand, he said. The relationships be-
tween man and wife and the children
In family must change. Greater free
dom must be given to every member
OF the family. Children, he said, must
not be treated AZ possessions but as
persons.
He also asserted that justice cannot
be expected In the courts. How can
you expect Justice" he asked, when
the Judge is pledged to political par
ty or capitalistic group. The Judge
has got to be free man or the people
are not going to get Justice"
One man, who disagreed with DR.
Grant after his address, was character
ICED by the minister as 'the pet Of the
old Ascension Forum, with the loud
voice" 1t was through this mans dis
cussions. said DR.. Grant. that the
Bishop ruled against holding the for
urn. DR.. Grant said the man was a
rember of the National Security Lea.
que. When he attempted to reply the
speaker asked him tn give some one
else a chance" Later in the evening
DR.. Grant apologized for becoming
Personal,