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...quota limiting the number of Jewish students at the University of Pennsylvania was asked of the Office of Admissions by a group of students representing Penn fraternities in a surprise move late last month. An Penn is now out on vacation, no official reaction could be obtained last night by the CRIMSON...
...Racial or Religius Quota...
...group demanded, it did write, "A three-man delegation was appointed to consult with the Office of Admissions on present University policy." This sentence was followed immediately by a statment from William H. DuBarry; Penn's acting president, that the University has never had a racial or religious quota and does not intend to change its policy...
...demand for a quota followed a secret meeting of unofficial representatives from 20 Christian fraternities. "According to the official minutes of the meeting, public relations were discussed and suggestions included personal interviews for admissions, various projects undertaken by alumni and fraternities to alleviate the problem, as well as hometown University-sponsored publicity departments to spread the name of Penn to a greater number of college prospectives," claimed the Pennsylvanian...
Provisions like these have led Senators Humphrey and Lehman to propose another bill, as praiseworthy perhaps for its new ideas as for its opposition to the McCarran clauses. For example, it recognizes the fact that separate quotas for each country have resulted in actual immigration of only half the number the overall quota allows. Countries like England have larger quotas than prospective immigrants. The Humphrey-Lehman bill, suggest "pooling" these quotas, so that the slack of countries like England can be taken up by Italy or Greece, where prospective immigrants now peer hopelessly in the windows of the Immigration Service...