The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-05-09
PRES ROOSEVELT Reminded OF UNCHECKED LyNCHINGS
STUDENT SUES
UNIVERSITY
OF TENN.

MEMPHIS-William B. Redmond,
III, of Nashville, graduate of Ten
nesee A. & L. State College, class
Of 1888. today sought a mandamus
against DR.. o. w. Hyman, execu-
tive and administrative officer of
the University of Tennessee, and
acting dean of the school of phar-
macy of the university and against
the board of trustees of the univer-
sity, to compel DR.. Lyman to re-
ceive and consider his application
for admission to the school of phar-
macy.
Redmond had applied last De-
cember for admission to the school
OF pharmacy but DR.. Hyman had
rejected his application on the
ground of color. He appealed to
DR.. John d. Hoskins, president of
the University Of Tennessee, and
to the board of trustees of the Uni
versity of Tennessee. DR.. Hoskins
approved Dean Hyman's action and
cited the statutes of Tennessee pro-
hibiting education of black and
white in the same institution. The
secretary of the board of trustees
answered that Redmond's appeal
would be laid before the board at
its meeting next July.
The regulations governing adj
mission of students to the school
of pharmacy of the University of
Tennessee state that since the lab
oratory facilities in the school are
limited, the classes are restricted
and applications are accepted in
the order in which they are aprov-
ed by DR.. Hyman, the administra-
tive officer In view of the fact
that the secretary Of the board of
trustees had announced his case
could not be heard until July, Red
mond brought mandamus to force
immediate action on his applica-
tion
The University of Tennessee has
l
majority of the departments Of the
university are located there. The
schools of public health, including
the school of pharmacy are locat-
ed in Memphis.
| The Tennessee statute Of 1868
provides that no citizen Of Ten
nessee shall be excluded from the
privileges Of the university on the
ground of race or color provided
that it shall be the duty of the
trustees to make such provisions as
may be necessary for the separate
accommodation or instruction of any
Negroes who may be entitled to adj
mission. The trustees have made
\ no provision of s9y natpre for Ne
|groes. Hean Hyman notified Red
mond in rejecting his application
that admission to the School Of
Pharmacy was limited to white stu
dents only.
Redmond is twenty-seven years
of age, and a native Of Tennessee.
In 1881 he married Miss Lillian B.
Jones, while both were students at
Tennessee State A. e l. College.
They have two children. Redmond
is a property holder in the city of
Nashville, and both he and his wife
are voters.
Redmond is represented by At
torneys u. Alexander LOBBY Of
Nashville, Tennessee, and Charles
II. Houston of New York, special
counsel of the n. A. A. G. p. Their
work in Memphis was greatly faci-
litated through the friendly assis-
lance of Attorney Josiah T. Set
tie and Robert r. Church, Republi-
can leader Of Memphis. Both the
national office of the N. A. A. G.
p. and the Memphis branch are
supporting the case.
Argument on the application for
mandamus has been specially set
by the Chancery Court of Shelby
County, sitting in Memphis, for
MONDAY, May II. The date has
caused Mr.. Houston temporarily to
abandon an extensive trip in North
Carolina where he had been invit-
ed by prominent citizens and law
yers OF North Carolina to investi-
gate the exclusion of Negro stu
dents from the University Of North