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"Big Ten" Leads Nation

The conference with the highest
Negro enrollment is the Big Ten,
which also has the highest number
of Negroes on athletic scholarships.
Michigan State alone, for
example, has 50 Negroes in attendance
on athletic scholarship.

At the other end of the spectrum,
predictably, are the Southeastern
Conference and the Southwest
Conference. The SEC has
nearly 2000 Negroes in its universities
and 11 Negroes on athletic
scholarship. The SWC, with a
Negro student population percentage
of only .65%, has issued 16,
grants to Negroes.