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...primary aim of the program is to aquaint Negro students with the legal profession. Louis A. Toepfer, director of admissions at the Law School and director of the program, said last night...
...Toepfer, who is also director of admissions at the Law School, attributed the change in the makeup of the class to increasingly stiffer competition for a fixed number of places...
...according to Toepfer, 2300 students--including 238 Harvard graduates--applied for admission to the Law School; this year, 2699--217 of them Harvard men--applied. The total number of applications thus rose by 17 per cent, and many Harvard students whose qualifications were merely good found themselves facing outstanding applicants from other schools...
...Toepfer said "it is perfectly clear in our eyes" that a Harvard graduate 'has had a superb undergraduate education." "C's at Harvard," he explained, "mean something other than C's at Old Overshoes University...
Nevertheless, Harvard graduates are given no special consideration during the admissions process, and the admissions office does not even keep a running count of the number accepted, Toepfer said. "I was surprised to see that we came out where we did," he added...