Council Urges Probe of Club 100 Racial Policy

"I think you boys are taking the wrong attitude on this whole thing," John B. Jarvis, owner of the Club 100, protested from behind his glass-top desk when showed the Student Council, resolution suggesting action against the clubs alleged racial discrimination against two Negro undergraduates.

Presented by Council President Richard G. Axt '46, who was ushered into the thin, balding operator's sanctum by a new addition to the staff, the resolution stated:

Council Resolution

"The Harvard Student Council deplores racial discrimination either in the college or in public places. While we recognize the legal right of bona fide private clubs to restrict membership in any way they see fit, we feel that any public place should be open to all persons, regardless of race or color.

"Testimony presented to the Council has convinced us that the Club 100, while ostensibly operating as a private club, has actually been so lax in the enforcement of its rules that non-members have habitually patronized the club without ever having been asked to prove their memberships.

Only Case Presented

"The only case of anyone being asked to show a membership card which has been called to the attention of the Council has been recent case of two Negro undergraduates who were refused admittance on the grounds of their not being members of the club.

"We feel that this method of enforcing membership rules has been in effect nothing more or less than racial discrimination. We strongly suggest that an all-University committee be set up to investigate this situation and take what action it deems necessary."

Removing his Corona cigar, Jarvis asked for a copy of the proposal "to show a friend." "I've been running high class spots for years, and I know my way around," he boasted, "I spent three years in the Army," Jarvis added, "in Tennessee."

A second doorman, admitting he "just got the job," suggested to a CRIMSON photographer on the scene, "For your sake, for my sake, and for the sake of your camera, you'd better leave."

Meanwhile, several undergraduate organizations have already given the green light to the Council suggestion.