PRESIDENT HOPKINS DENIES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST JEWS

Replying to the charges alleged to have been made by Adolph Lewisohn, Gustavus Rogers and others that leading institutions, including Dartmouth, are discriminating against Jews, President Ernest M. Hopkins stated recently in a telegram to the New York World that "The statement of these gentlemen in so far as Dartmouth is concerned has no semblance of truth and no basis of fact."

The President's statement was in reply to the following telegram:

President or Department of Public Information, Dartmouth University, Hanover, N. H.

Adolph Lewisohn, Gustavus A. Rogers and other prominent Jews in meeting today declared leading universities including yours were discriminating against Jews in filling quotas from preparatory schools. Do not charge effort at complete exclusion but say concerted effort on to reduce percentage of Jews in colleges unless they are irreligious Jews of highest social type. Charge this being done through fear of general revolt by Christian students and Christian parents. We will appreciate telegraphic reply at our expense giving briefly your views on this.

The World.

The following is President Hopkins' reply:

Hanover, N. H., April 29, 1926.

The World, New York, N. Y.

Replying your telegram concerning assertions Lewisohn, Rogers and others in regard to policy concerning Jews can only speak in regard to Dartmouth where I know conditions. However, believe that universities in general discriminating against Jews to be false and the reasons ascribed for this to be ingenious hypothesis but nothing else. Statement of these gentlemen in so far as Dartmouth concerned has no semblance of truth and no basis in fact. Aim becoming somewhat impatient at gratutious interpretation of entrance systems of respective colleges from different groups who see in these systems principles never existent and purposes never considered. Five years ago we began restriction of enrollment to two thousand the number then enrolled beyond which we could not go without diluting educational advantage which Dartmouth could offer. This has necessitated refusal of hundreds of applications each year and for present year applications for admission to freshman class number more than eighteen hundred and represent ratio of three to one to number which can be accepted. There are undoubtedly many Jews in number declined but we have no reason to suppose and do not believe percentages varies from percentages declined in other groups. Increasingly I have found tendency on part of friends of every man refused admission to ascribe to college some concealed motive and some subtle procedure antagonistic to group represented by applicant refused. With necessity of declining applications of twelve hundred men many such assumptions of prejudice are made and so far as I am concerned these latest charges are simply adding some more of the same without knowledge of .actual conditions and apparently without any inclination to seek facts readily obtainable.