The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23
\ Thought For Today
Bigotry in the Colleges

In city like Waterbury where not only IS race pre3uur s minimum, but courageous high school sIHuemss like the D AR it is difficult to appreciate the tu Wpolt of the recent report submitted by the Committee ot ohS in New York City. ,u,;o
 This committee established by former Mayor laGuardia and headed by Charles Evans Hughes, Jr recently com peted extended study which led them to ne f conclusion that racial discrimination agahSt appSaS & o colleges and professional schools was the rue ra'het the exception in the institutions ot New ork CS au t where In the report declared that quota S is being applied against Catholic Jewish and Negro students
 Responsibe officials several colleges openly admitted the existence of such quota; law school dean frankly Jewish stuents in his school From 1925 to l95 the nun her f graduates of the College of the City of New York who applied successfully for admission to medical Schoos fell from 5S percent to l5 percent
 The report leaves unacceptable the conclus that the very institutions which enjoy tax exemption DN reason their making an unpreiudiced contribution to the higher learning the states citizens guilty of eNclualng rom their classes racial alone, sons o the very ~ payers who make the financial burden ol the eo"eseS lighter
 Woud-be medical students are chosen in the light of considerations which would credit to Hterian Germany The American Medical Association under the guSe or pro tecng medical standards has gained throttle hold on the medical schools of the country that in the S years from 1905 to 93 the number of medical schools Shank from 6O to 77 In 1905. 5606 students graduated rom medical school. in lq43 only 5223 graduated. Nor this due to the war and medical students largely draft exemp for in the pewar of l93S but 5l9l students graduated from medical schools.
 Tn the same 3S year period the population of the cou try increased from approximately S4o00000 to 135OOOOOO
 percentage gain of than 60 percent In l9oo tel there medical graduate to each lo'VVV In 1943 there doctor graduate to each 26oOO persons would that the arbitrary hmlt whlch group anxious protect its ranks against too great co petition the scope of medical school operation is very considerable responsible for the current shortage of doctors in the country.
 As an outgrowth of the Committee on Unity report de- mand for the establishment of New York state university has greater bill designed to provide such uh- versity the Stengut- Mahoney Bill is in the Finance Committee of the New York state legislature. Governor Dewey is establishing committee to make a years study of the State University proposition.
 Connecticut citizens would do well to consider the ad visibility of strengthening their state university ana broadening the education facilities it offers At present there is but medical school in the entire state The Hughes Committees report and the experience of New lok students may indicate the need for including Schoo or Medicine in the StOrrS institution.
 If medical students fail to meet exactng standards as their education they should not be codded ana allowed to continue But to deny any ambitious youngster educationay qualified the right to acquire graduate tram ing medicine dentistry law merely because of hls an eesry is reprehensble and egregiously un-American