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University Hires Negro For Admissions Office

Council To Demonstrate
For Positive Coed Decision

By Mike Russell
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

With little dissent, the Human
Relations Council voted
overwhelmingly last night to
participate in a demonstration, at
noon today in front of Pavilion
VIII, expressing their support of a
positive move towards coeducation
on the part of the Board of
Visitors.

The demonstration which is
expected to coincide with the
beginning of the Visitors' meeting
this weekend, was conceived in
order to represent student
solidarity on the subject of
coeducation. As of yesterday, some
3,000 students had signed a
petition supporting immediate
coeducation at the University. The
Council strongly urged that all of
these people take part in what was
termed to be, "a peaceful
demonstration of student
sentiment."

Reactions to the announcement
that the University had hired a
part-time Black recruiter were
mixed. Most of the members were
surprised by the announcement,
and subsequent discussion centered
around who Fred Stokes is, and
what his qualifications are

No one in attendance was
familiar with the man or his
qualifications, and how of such
information the Council expressed
its confidence in the
administrations choice, hoping that
it was a sincere effort to alleviate
the inequities that presently exist.
The Council decided to extend to
Mr. Stokes all the aid that they
could possibly offer in order to
make his position effective.

Further discussion made it clear
that the Council would not relent
in its efforts to increase the number
of black students at the University
just because their demand for a
Black recruiter had been met.
Indeed, they felt that with this
move on the part of the
administration should come a
corresponding increase in the
activities of the Council in the
entire area of integration.

Plans for a conference in
February to discuss the separate
but unequal facilities in the state,
were debated. As of the present,
Julian Bond of the Georgian
Democratic Party has been
committed to be the keynote figure
at this conference,
institute but unequal facilities in
the state, were debated. As of the
present, Julian Bond of the
Georgian Democratic Party has
been committed to be the keynote
figure at this conference.

The Office of Admissions has
granted permission for a group of
University students to begin
recruiting on their own in 60-70
black high schools in the state. Bud
Ogle, temporary chairman of the
Council, expressed the Council's
need for people with cars who
would be willing to devote one day
in the month of January to driving
this student committee to some of
these high schools.

Judy Wellman, chairman of the
housing committee, called for
people to help in the Council's
efforts to publicize and enforce the
University's policies on
non-discrimination in student
housing.

Coeducation again dominated
the meeting as James Miller, the
chairman, presented the case of two
women, originally admitted to the
School of General Studies with the
understanding that they could take
a full, 15 hour, course load, and
upon arriving at the University were
informed that they could not take a
full load and would have to leave at
the end of the semester. It was
decided to correspond with
President Shannon asking him to be
flexible in this case, and in lieu of a
favorable decision, to bring the
ACLU into the situation and
institute a suit against the
University.

Fund raising was another area of
concern. Money is needed for the
scholarship fund and the fund to
help poor students pay their
applications fees. Relief for this
problem was seen in the offers of
the University Union and the IFC
to co-sponsor concerts in the Spring
for the benefit of these funds.