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Positive Step

"Mr. Shannon recognizes
positive good in personal effort,"
countered Mr. Evans, "yet falls to
take the positive step of hiring a
Negro admissions officer who could
recruit on a personal level."

The answer from the
administration was that several
Negro faculty members were
scheduled to be added this fall. Mr.
Shannon noted that "It is my
intention to enlist their assistance
both for the advising of our own
Negro students and for recruiting
visits to predominantly Negro high
schools in the fall."