Council Makes Racial Ruling

Dear Editor,

It has come to our attention that one of our students has been the object of discrimination because of race when he entered Doc’s Barber Shop for service.

This student, a member of the Negro race, was denied service strictly because of his race and we feel that as fellow students the entire studentbody should protest such discrimination to the utmost of our ability.

It is a tradition at the Brigham Young University that men be accepted for their worth and not for the color of their skin. We want to continue this tradition and build it to the full power of its promise. Only by such a guiding principle can we achieve all the greatness that is in this institution individually and as a group.

We would like the studentbody to help us let the proprietor of this barbershop know that we do not feel such discrimination as he displayed has a place here. He may have the right to deny service to students who are uncouth and crude, but we do not feel that he can reserve to himself the right to discriminate because of race.

There have also been reports come to us of unkind remarks made by unthinking students to certain other students because of race and we, as a council, feel that such students should be made to realize the seriousness of their unkindness.

We as students can best handle this situation by proper group attitudes.

Sincerely,

The Legislative Council

The Executive Council, ASBYU.