Title

Hopkins to Professor J. P. Richardson, 6 December 1920 See all items with this value

Description

Hopkins transmits the question of Black students' athletic eligibility to the Athletic Council through J. P. Richardson, chairman of its faculty committee, rather than to the Council's president, because any action would have so many ramifications. He assumes Richardson has read Lothrop Stoddard's The Rising Tide of Color, published that year, and calls it a very impressive book. He distinguishes between correspondents born and reared in the South, such as Green of Dallas and Ed Knight, and recent arrivals such as Earle Van Kuren Willson. He recalls the Princeton team that objected to Bullock playing end in 1903 on the grounds that it was largely Southern, and observes that the most violent drawers of the colour line on the day were the captain, Dolly Dillon of South Lawrence, Massachusetts, and others from communities well north of the Mason-Dixon line. He states that he has no patience with the theory, that he knows he is in the minority and will not set his opinion against the Council's, and that he agrees with the men in Atlanta and Texas that the handicap is almost insuperable to sending students to Dartmouth from those sections if there is any considerable or even occasional use of Black athletes on College teams. See all items with this value

Creator

Hopkins, Ernest Martin See all items with this value

Date Created

1920-12-06

Timeline Date

1920-12-06

Citation Information

Hopkins, Ernest Martin. Letter to J.P. Richardson, December 2, 1920. Dartmouth College. Office of the President (1916-1945: Ernest Martin Hopkins) records, DP-11, Box 6767. Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. See all items with this value

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