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...unlikely that Harvard will join Yale and Duke and adopt a tuition deferment plan, according to Chase N. Peterson '52, dean of Admissions and Financial Aids...
Though many fishermen and most high school graduates could answer "four" in a flash, it was not so easy for 13 black laborers in North Carolina who wanted the Duke Power Co. to promote them to coal handlers. In fact, the company insisted that they take a general intelligence test full of verbal and mathematical puzzles. The men scored low and remained where they were...
Last week the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the test amounted to unlawful racial discrimination. The record showed that Duke had employed blacks only in menial tasks before the 1964 Civil Rights Act took effect. As soon as it did, a group of blacks sought better jobs and were promptly confronted by a battery of promotion requirements. Workers had to have either a high school diploma or pass the intelligence test, which obviously had little to do with a man's ability to unload coal. The 13 blacks failed the test but were smart enough to challenge the legality...
...Duke, North Carolina, Louisville, and Purdue joined twelve other squads to complete the 16-team tournament slate...
Under the Duke program, selection priority will be given to those students whose academic field most assures a sound post-graduate income...