| Show No Small Matter Discrimination On It is surprising and disappointing to see what seems a progressive move on the part of student government discouraged by a conservative administration which sometimes tends to be too conscious of public opinion and too little concerned with student We refer to statement Thursday that the government has magnified Salt Lake's civil rights problem and its relation to University students beyond the proportions it While such an attitude seems out of harmony with efforts being made all over the to promote civil it has a familar Members of the state legislature have avoided passing civil rights legislation for years partially on the grounds that racial minorities in Utah are small and discrimination against them not blatantly as it is in the It is well known that racial discrimination does exist in our and it is not hard to The comparatively smaller size of our problem does not make it less especially when our own students are the objects of The Exec Council's liberties project might not only perform a real service for the University's Negro it could also be an important step forward in student This year's council hopes to carry out and pass on to next year's officers a philosophy of student activity in the Civic consciousness is one of the most valuable things a student can gain in and it is a shame that the administration should discourage these The validity of the president's position might be clarified by more expression of student especially from our Negro and foreign One Negro student has responded and others are welcome to do We do not advocate an extreme position and do not want to see student government antagonize community proprietors any more than the administration but we believe that so far the student leaders have acted with tact and good and we encourage them to keep their project |
