Chosen for Ability
Should well-qualified Negroes be invited to teach in our Northern colleges? The question is raised by FRED G. WALE, Director of Education of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, In June, 1946, Mr. Wale wrote to over 500 college and university presidents in thirty Northern states. “ It would be wrong,” the letter stated, “to appoint an unworthy person just because he was a Negro, but it would be equally wrong to turn down a worthy candidate because he was a Negro.” The presidents of 400 colleges never replied. But the inquiry persisted. Today 43 Northern colleges and universities have added Negro teachers to their staffs.