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ACTION ON NEGRO STUDENTS' APPLICATION DEFERRED

Referring to the Board's consideration on April 14th of an application of a Negro student for
admission to the College, Chancellor Simpson said that the applicant's transcript from Morgan
College had now been received, and that the Admissions Committee had found the applicant qualified
for admission. The Chancellor reported also that the College had received a second application
from a Negro for the 1956-57 session and several from prospective Negro day students for the 1956
summer session.

The Board, which had received earlier in the meeting an opinion from its Attorney favorable
to the admission of this applicant, and had considered at great length a parallel application
from a Negro student for admission to the College at Charlottesville, resolved by a divided vote
to defer action on the application until the next regular Board meeting on October 13th unless
there shall be a called meeting in the interim.

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On motion the meeting was then adjourned.