Editor's Note (Letter to the Editor)
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Editor's Note (Letter to the Editor)
Subject
The author responds to the article regarding an SAA poll on students' comfort with racial integration at Middlebury and calls for the Middlebury administration to do more than lecture about the harm of segregation, and instead work to racially integrate the Middlebury student body.
Description
Volume 42, Number 22
Creator
Bernard Z. Friedlander
Publisher
The Campus
Date
05/24/1945
Contributor
Bernard Z. Friedlander
Coverage
"There is a substantial group among the students which is far from liberal as far as racial discrimination is concerned."
"True understanding between Negroes and Whites cannot be achieved through classroom lectures. Actual social contact must be made possible so that each group learns to appreciate the fine points of the other group...Therefore, it can be clearly seen that if Middlebury College wishes to turn out intelligent, well-rounded leaders it has the responsibility of making such contact possible. If the Administration wishes to discharge its responsibilities to the students, and thereby the nation, it must be part of the policy of the college to include a group of Negro men and women in each entering freshman class."
"True understanding between Negroes and Whites cannot be achieved through classroom lectures. Actual social contact must be made possible so that each group learns to appreciate the fine points of the other group...Therefore, it can be clearly seen that if Middlebury College wishes to turn out intelligent, well-rounded leaders it has the responsibility of making such contact possible. If the Administration wishes to discharge its responsibilities to the students, and thereby the nation, it must be part of the policy of the college to include a group of Negro men and women in each entering freshman class."
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Bernard Z. Friedlander , “Editor's Note (Letter to the Editor),” Archives of Anti-Racist Activism, accessed October 27, 2026, https://twilightprojectantiracistrecords.middcreate.net/items/show/69.