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EDITORIALS
■The views expressed in these columns
are those of the writer and not necessarily
a reflection of the policy of The Voice.—
Pub.
BOOK REVIEW
Interracial Programs of Student YW’s
By Yolanda Wilkerson
159 Pages
Reviewed by Gladys P. Graham
for ANP.
“Interracial Programs of Stu
dent Y. W. C. A.’s” by Yolanda
B. Wilkerson, published by
Women’s Press, is a unique con
tribution to intercultural under
standing. I
The study is an inquiry into
the interracial programs of stu
dent Christian Associations and I
represents one in a whole series
of steps being taken by the Na
tional Student Y. M. C. A. to
enhance the effectiveness of its
work in the interracial field.
The author and her colleagues
working in the field were inter
Rep. Dollinger Seeks
Dala for Bill Against
College Bias
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Rep.
Dollinger (d., N. Y.) disclosed here
last week that he is gathering
evidence of discrimination in ad
missions by colleges and univer
sities against Jews, Negroes, Cath
olics and others, to support a pro
posed joint resolution to withhold
federal funds to any institution
which refuses admittance to a
, qualified applicant because of his
race or religion. He is also study
ing the aid given by these insti
tutions to fraternities which prac
tice similar discrimination.
“The bigotry of r»ce and re
ligion is practiced and encouraged
by some of the country’s most
respected institutions of higher
education,” the representative
said, adding that his son,'Edmund,
16, had asked several colleges for
admission blanks and on almost
every blank, the applicant was
asked to state his religion.
Some of the applications ask
for the birthplace of parents and
even grandparents. Some wanted
information about the family’s
social position ,and indicated data
about Dun and Bradstreet or the
Social Register.
Dollinger charged at many col
lege fraternities foster similar
discriminations and give students
ested in what the students were
doing on their campuses to put
across effective interracial pro
grams and that started the study.
Interracial problems are de
fined by Wilkerson "as those
special problems of prejudice and
discrimination which are faced
! by Negroes, Jews and Americans
J of Japanese descent in their as
sociations on college campuses
and in neighboring communities,
j These three groups are consid
ered represenetative of f minori
ties.”
Some 222 colleges and univer
sities replied to a questionnaire
sent them regarding any prob
lems of minority group discrimi
nation.
an "unwanted man” feeling not
easily shaken off in later life. He
said many students left at the
end of the freshman year because
the college and fraternities made
it clear they were not really
wanted but tolerated. All fra
ternities exist with college sup
port and endorsement.
Pointing out that under the GI
bill the federal government is
now contributing $2,109,000,000 to
educational institutions and that
in normal times, $84,000,000 is
given to 60 "land grant” institu
tions, he said:
"If I can get hearings on my
resolutions, I expect to be armed
with plain facts and mention
names and places. These promise
to be a revelation to many who
believe our universities and col
leges are turning out students
imbued with the best American
ideals.
"I support ardently fair em
ployment and non-segregation
laws, but I am beginning to think
that these may be futile measures
if we permit our federal and
state-supported schools to turn
out thousands of graduates every
year confirmed in their belief
that they are superior to other
Americans because of birth.
"We should attack discrimina
tion everywhere and certainly at
its breeding place in some of our
most respected schools,” he as
serted.
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STATS SISTOSICAL SOCIITT
Much history can be learned
from a study of place names, and
two of the most, interesting books
ever written about Nebraska are,
Nebraska Place Names, by Lillian
Fitzpatrick; and The Origin of the
Place Names of Nebraska, by J. T.
Link. Both of these were pub
lished by the University of Ne
braska, the former in 1925 and the
latter in 1933.
These works show statistically
a fact which is fairly apparent
to anyone traveling about Ne
braska or studying a map of the
state—that by far the greatest
number of Nebraska’s counties,
towns, and eities were named
after individuals.
Of the 93 counties, 68 bear per
sonal names. Those most fre
quently honored have been presi
dents of the United States, and
12 Nebraska counties bear presi
dential names: Adams, Arthur,
Fillmore, Garfield, Grant, Hayes,
Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison,
Pierce, Polk and Washington.
Nebraska’s towns showed the
same tendency in selecting names,
although instead of presidents,
railroad officials and employees
were the persons most frequently
honored. Many Nebraska towns
were laid out by the railroads
and it was customary for railroad
companies to name stations after
faithful employees. According to
Dr. Link, more than 150 Nebraska
communities were so named.
Indian names are used much
less frequently than one might
expect, although the name of the
state itself is derived from either
an Omaha or Oto word meaning
“flat water.” Both tribes were of
the Siouan linguistic stock and
their names for the Platte river
were similar—one is about as
close to “Nebraska” as the other.
The French translated the work
to “Plate” or “Platte” on their
early maps of the region.
The name Nebraska for the re
gion through which the river runs
was first officially suggested by
William Wilkins, Secretary of
War to President Tyler, who is
his report for 1844 urged the
creation of a territory between
the Missouri river and the Rock
ies and suggested that, “the Platte
or Nebraska, being the central
stream leading into and from the
Great South Pass would very
properly furnish a name for the
territory.”
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“During these years important
constitutional questions grew out
of the encroachment of slavery
and its haughty pretension to na
tional precedence. By 1830, the
abolitionists had become unusu
ally aggressive and were organ
izing throughout the country to
make a bold attack on that in
stitution. They were then pre
senting to the state legislatures
and congress various petitions
asking, among other things, for
the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia. These peti
tions at first were received and
then were refused favorable con
sideration.
In the first course of time they
had been easily disposed of by
merely being referred to a com
mittee which permitted them to
die a natural death. However,
upon the occasion of the petition
of John Quincy Adams, long
known as the only spokesman in
behalf of free speech in Congress,
the House voted to refuse the
petitioners a hearing. This im
plied that a reasonable portion of
the citizens of the United States
were denied the right of petition
guaranteed by the Constitution of
the United States. Adams con
tended that these petitions must
be received, heard and referred
to a committee; but when he in
sisted that there should be a re
port from a committee and a vote
i upon that report, it looked too
much like an insult from the
anti-slavery party. He was, there
fore, threatened with censures in
the house in 1837.”
munication second Tuesday ADJ.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Tapp.
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