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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 12, No. 9. August 10th 1949

[Introduction]

The atmosphere of an institution of higher learning somewhat diffuses the glare of the American caste system in which negroes, American Indians, Mexicans, Orientals, Jews, and Italians occupy positions of ascending order, the community fostering the institution keeps these groups focussed in the harsh light of a supposed inferiority.

Here the people boast segregation is unknown. True. There isn't even a place for negroes in the scheme of things in the South, a negro has at least somewhere to go.

A survey taken by some white students shows that none of the city's 15 hotels will accommodate strange negroes. Two say they will if registration is properly arranged or recommended by a white person. Fifty per cent, of restaurants in central Eugene reserved to serve negroes. Another 25 per cent, "discourage" negro patronage.