Word: willingness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The black students at the college had little difficulty understanding why Wellesley might not appeal to blacks, but they were not willing to watch the black community on campus remain a small and isolated off-shoot of a major women's college.
But if black students were willing to let the October 7 meeting pass without incident, H. Paul Santmire, chaplain to the college, was not. Immediately following the meeting he gathered in his office a group of 35 white students to discuss the meeting. No black students were invited because Santmire...
Nevertheless, it seems strange that most Wellesley students were willing to support the COWI proposals. For when Nancy Schneibner speaks of admitting a diversified group of students to Wellesley, she is saying that most of the girls who are currently enrolled in the college should not be there.
Both Ethos and COWI are willing to work independently of each other for apparently different reforms. Their goals, however, are inter-related. If COWI does succeed in changing the type of student that attends Wellesley, Ethos will find its task easier. Black students will not feel alienated from a student...
But the administration is willing to make some concessions to the demands that black students presented last spring. Joan B. Melvin, dean of students, explained that since a director of special programs is needed, that might be a good place to add a black administrator. Yet such an action is...