Thursday, September 22, 1949 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE his life as he sees fit. He can tion that he seeks, and learn to conform to the conventional pat- make the kind of life that he de- terns of campus Jewish life, or sires for himself. he can strike out on a broader scale. He will meet anti-Semitism, manifested in subtle ways—he will be refused admission to a fraternity, he will be told at a rooming house,"Sorry, no Jews allowed"; he may find profane remarks about himself scribbled on the statue of a great American ' liberator; but if he is equipped to cope with the realities of the world in which he lives, he will not be unduly disturbed. find the kind of educa- He ce JWV Weis VFW College Pupil Need 'Cry (Continued from Page 26) someone unique, whether he be Jewish, Gentile, black or white. The Jewish student on this campus will find very few doors' dosed to him, in the field of ex- tra-curricular activity. Green!, A,Es He may become editor of the daily newspaper, president of the _ theater group, chairman of one of the numerous political organi- zations, or of a university-spon- sored committee, or president of the student government—all of which has happened in the last two years on this campus. L'SHONO TOVO • • • CHOOSES OWN WORK HE IS FREE to choose his ac- tivity and work at it to the best of his ability, with the knowledge that if he proves himself, he will not be denied an important posi- tion because he happens to be a Jew. Such a type person on the whole emerges from his partici- pating experience as a well- rounded individual, with a broad field of interest and contact which will serve him to great advan- tage when he leaves the univers- ity atmosphere. TI KOSEVU LITTLE RELIGIOUS INTEREST ANY ANALYSIS of the life of the Jewish student on a mid- western campus would not be complete without some mention of the part that religions or specifically "J e w is h" activity plays in it. Organized religion, per se. holds little interest for the major- ity of students, Jewish or Gen- tile, "collegiate" or intellectual. The student religious groups have thus far failed to provide an attraction for the members of On this occasion we extend sincere New Yeor Greetings to All our Relatives and Friends MR. and MRS. 410E EHRLICH 2752 BOSTON BLVD. EN er-Krisp DORN FRUIT Food Products Company ' PRODUCE CO. WHOLESALE FRUITS Myer Dorfman of St. Paul, Minn., national commander of the Jewish War Veterans, is shown, right, with Lyall Beggs, retir- ing national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, at the VFW's 50th annual convention in Miami Beach. 2615 RUSSELL ST. a desire to assimilate or reject their background. It is more at- tributable to the fact that they have not known the "positive" aspects of being Jewish, and facilities for teaching this are at a minimum, once the college level has been attained. Recognition and respect in the Jewish community and in the campus community as a whole, comes not from active participa- tion in Jewish affairs, but rather, On the campus we have been from a broader, more generalized discussing, Hillel has played an participation in the affairs of the unfortunately minor role. Its larger community. • • • High Holiday services are crowd- LIVES OWN LIFE ed beyond capacity. ON THE WHOLE, the Jewish Other than this once-a-year function, it has been a losing bat- student on the mid-western cam- tle to attract more than a small pus is relatively free to make handful of students to take part in the yearly activity. This is in some measure due to the high caliber of campus activity, and to the almogt unlimited oppor- tunities for expression in the gen- eral campus community. Those students who had Jewish or Zionist interest before their arrival on the campus generally continue it. 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Such a person is not a "ghetto- ized" Jewish student, though he may live with, and have his prim- ary social contacts with the type mentioned earlier. Academically, the Jewish stu- dent faces few problems that his Gentile co-student is not required to meet. A Jewish student may feel that he is being discriminated against if he receives what he feels to be an unwarrantedly low grade, but upon investigation, it has usually been found that this is hyper- sensitivity on the part of the student. Mainly in the field of graduate work, and especially in the pro- fessional schools, is there cause for alarm and discouragement on the part of the Jewish student. It is common knowledge that- it is very difficult for a Jew to get into a medical school, regardless of his undergraduate record. On the surface then, the Jew- ish student leads a life similar in most respects to that of the non-Jew. The difference lies only in the fact that his life, like that of the Gentile, is self-contained. 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