Entering Blacks to Double in Fall
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Weather Partly cloudy and warm There will be a meeting of the through Tuesday with Dimei Pub Board at 7 p.m. thunder showers likely tonight in the Board Room, •nd floor Allen Building. summer chronicle Monday and Tuesday. Highs in mid 80"s, lows in DUKE'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER mid 60*s. Volume 2, Number 5 Durham, North Carolina Monday, June 19, 1972 ENTERING BLACKS TO DOUBLE IN FALL By Steve Letzler Duke University will be admitting almost twice as many black students than ever before in its entering freshmen class, amid some concern that a disportionate number of women to men would accompany the increase. One hundred and forty-two blacks were accepted by Duke, and although the figures are still somewhat tentative, 82 have elected to attend the University. Of these, 34 are men and 48 are women. Concern had been expressed by Harold Wallace, an assistant dean of undergraduate education and the advisor for black students, about the possibility of an unbalanced ratio of women to men, since the University's acceptance figures had shown that 79 women had been accepted, while only 63 men had been. Black women have generally been more likely to come to Duke than black men, according to Thuretta Brown, the admission counselor in charge of minority admissions. Wallace had placed the possible result of such admissions acceptance as high as 60 women to 20 men. ~ Better than anticipated "We're pleased to find the situation better than we thought," Wallace said. "It is necessary to be mindful of things like this (the social situation) in admissions policy, especially with minority groups, be they black, Japanese or Indian." Wallace said that he would like to see an admissions policy which accepted a similar number of each sex for minorities, "given the kind of social situation at Duke." There had been charges that Duke was deliberately accepting more black women in an attempt to substitute a "social problem" for a "political problem." Robert Ballantyne, director of undergraduate missions, denied that there had been a conscious effort to admit more black women, and said that the only basis for acceptance had been "academic admissability to the institution." Ballantyne noted that more black women than black men had applied to Duke in previous years, and that this year had followed past patterns. According to Brown, there are presently 19 more black women enrolled in the University than black men. She said that 20 more women than men had accepted enrollment this year, but that the number of men might increase due to athletic enrollments still not finalized. Same acceptance rate Brown said that acceptance rates for blacks was about the same as whites, with about half of the applicants being accepted for admission, and about half of the accepted candidates becoming enrolled. Applications to Duke from blacks doubled this year. Brown said, although she said she did not know why. Ballantyne also could give no explanation for the increase, although he noted a general increase in all applications this year. Brown also noted that the men who were accepted but declined to enroll generally were those who got into the prestigious Ivy League schools in the Northeast. While some black women also got into the Northern colleges, most preferred to remain in the South or apply only to Southern schools. Most of the black applicants to Duke come fr^m the South, Brown said. 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Call 2373 to have ; necessary to be a member of the which they are in, and on campus mail for you. revealed last week that his public, but only $70,000 was Thursday, June 22, campaign for the presidency listed with their contributors June 10 and Sept. 10. The list was "some $200,000 to in his financial report made must include all contributors I AND AMERICAN e discussed by Mary W. Published every Monday of the 1st two University summer $300,000 in debt," despite public June 10, and there was who have given over $100 ssistant Head, Perkins session* except during University holidays and exam $431,031 in contributions no other list of contributors since the April 7 deadline, •• Dept. Everybody periods by the students of Duke University, Durham, N.C. Second class postage paid at Durham, N. C. De lire red by and a $300,000 loan. available from newspapers or and must also include an malt at (2.00 per summer. Subscriptions, letters and other Sanford had -spent over the General Accounting itemized list of expenditures. inquiries should be mailed to Box 4696, Duke Station, Office in Washington, D. C. Sanford's list contained none Durham, N. C. 27706. $700,000 as of June 10, but Folklife Festival $300,000 was a loan from Sanford is not required by of the $10,000 or $100,000 Mrs. H. Frank Forsyth, a civic law to list the names of his type contributions which The Duke Folksong S leader with ties to R. J. contributors or the amounts appeared on the other candidates' reports. The of Reynolds Tobacco Corp. given, if the funds were American Folklife on the mall : THE PROOF IS IN THE EATING That loan was to be repaid collected before April 7, $300,000 loan from Forsyth Washington. June 29-July 4. 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We Are Told-Orer Md Over That We Have Sanford said that the list candidates for federal offices received "any substantial The Greatest Assortment of Fine Wines salary," Sanford said that Domestic and Impark*—Vintage and Non-Vintage there were some workers, & including students, who received some reimbursement > IVY ROOM RESTAURANT Wicker may be in addition to their expenses. amputee. Needs brush up wori Cosmopolitan Room A Delicatessen first year college Physics a M. (km 7 D*T-*:n AM. UN tl:** KM. Ph. tfMM . Calculus. Call Dr. Sob Mi Is R«r Asrtlnn ft Bn-ftMa* Lat After J P.M. a SvMni Some of the students who evenings 489-390 2. received money were: Tom Drew, $950; Bill Blue, new Duke prof $1,756; Fred Butner, $1,569; Curt Moffat, $495; Chuck Bunn, $288; C. G. Newsome, THE Daily Crossword by Anthony Morse By Steve Letzler writing at least one column $550; and West Covington, Tom Wicker, an associate from Durham. $292. 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