The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Charges Discrimination At Michigan Normal College
SCHOOL COURSE
is DENIED TO
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Calling for q speedy 0.usren,
OF . case az Discrimination stN ne
Michigan State Normal College. the
NAACP this ~eek pressed FOR ad-
ritisnce o. Mss Wv ar Stew ar
to Clinical facilities IN Connection
with q course In physical nerspy.
Although the Michigan state lsa
states that al persons within me
jurisdiction az tie safe are en-
t.tled 20 equal accommodation
facilities. and advantages q al
public education Institutions o!
the state, Mss stewart. graduate
az West Virgin. Safe College
found that ahtr sse applied 10
Michigan SAFE Normal College FOR
o course n p-yAosl thC-sTy, she
Immediately Became problem
ea.!d"
Color Hats Her
Mss Steusrt enrolled az ire col
ieSe las; Monesy. bit Vss Informed
hy D. y. z LORD direct o. Hor-
zee z. Rsckhsm Seaool o, SPECIAL
Education. ard N.Ss 7 ney. resi-
oert physical therapis.. That she
would De Unable 20 get e. nicsl
courses due - hcT color Mss Stew
art wSs asked Vhy abe I'D rot in
form the college 81 her race IN or
der mat arrangements could have
been made
According 70 Mss Stewart .
charming and beautiful girl who
taught sw inning al IVES; Virginia
STATE for the past tao wears, physi-
Cal therapy 10 much needed fo- the
returning soldiers. The physical
thersp.st caTrles out the doctors
order m aiding rehabilitation OF
men who have been wounded or
injured Michigan State Normal.
located a. Ypsilsnti, has one OF the
best courses offered in the country
Since her application was &C
eepted, she though that she would
be treated like, the rest o! the stu
dents who mst.iculsted this fall.
Reports Case To NAACP
In reporting her case 10 the
EAAcP. Miss Stewart declared tina,
according 10 the college bulletin,
some OF the clinical work is done
si the State Hospital for Insane In
Ypsilsnti. the T B. Hospital IN
Lansing. Ann Arbor Hospital. an
Orthopedie Hospital in Detroit and
two Detroit general hospitals.
When she arrived at the college
Sept. Is. Dr.. Lord stated that he did
rot know she was q Negro. and had
he known before, he would have
told her the dificulty involved In
making arrangements for Negro
girls in clinic work.
The clinic work Is an orientstlon
course which allows the prospective
therspud.st 10 become acquainted
with thcrapy and the college 10 de-
terrnine the applicants ability. DR..
Lord told Miss Stewart that there
was need for Negro girls in the field
and that he did not want 10 dis
courage her.
Mss Stewart stated he referred
her 10 the resident physical thera-
DIST, Miss T.mey, who Informed her
that she could ret the theory but
not the clinical work. The reason
given was that the college had not
made arrangements for Negroes In
the clinics Miss Stewart wss ad-
vised 10 take the theory and later
transfer 10 another school for the
clinical part Of the course. The cur
riculum selected by Miss Stewart
did not include q clinic course, al.
though white students enrolled az
Ter she did. were sent 10 clinics.
In q letter 10 Or. Munson, presi-
dent OF Michigan State Normal
College, Closter q. Current, exec
utive secretary NAACP, declared
that there is no reason for unusual
treatment or special co1siderstion''
in Miss Stewards case. The NAACP
communication pointed out that
sthe college has a responsibility 70
n AXE available equal facilities IA
oil students regardless OF race or
color. and this should not entail
any special difficulty."