New England bulletin., 1949-04-30
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 Doors Are Not Closed
 The problem is not one of the
 doors of institutions of higher
 learning being closed to any parti-
 cular racial, religious or national consequences to the quota bound
 racial, religious, or national origin
 group. It is rather a prob lem of HOW FAR the doors are open; whether all applicants re- ceive equal or limited considera- tion, or whether some are permit ted only an occasional peek within. Recognizing that admission prac- tices vary from virtually no re- strictions through various degrees of limitation, the fact still remains that in totality the opportunities of certain groups of applicants are not equal to those of other groups, particularly in the private non-de- nominational institutions.
 A special ssurvey of the dlstr1- button of students by race and re- 1ipion at all institutions of high CT learning in Connecticut revealed that private non-denominational colleges had an estimated 75 per cent Protestants, 15 percent Catho- lie, and 10 percent Jewish. There is some variation in these per centages within specific institu- tions. Private denominational col 1eges within Connecticut had 94 percent Catholic five percent Protestant, and one percent Jew ish students. No date were avail. able on religious distribution of students at Connecticut constitute approximately 20 percent. In all 1n- stitutions, Negroes constitute about one-half of one percent.
 An analysis of the application forms used by 15 private colleges and universities (excluding semi naries) in Connecticut revealed that 27 percent requested trace" of the applicant; 60 percent requested <sreligion;" 33 percent requested nationality" 80 percent requested <ebirth-place;" 73 percent requested a photograph; and 40 percent were Interested in the maiden name of the applicants mother. Among five tax-supported institutions, all re- uuested 'ebirthplace;" and one re- uuested nationality"
 Tn all institutions of higher learn ing within Connecticut, the propor- tion of undergraduates drawn from private preparatory schools ranges from eight percent in the public institutions, to II percent in the Junior colleges, to 29 percent in the denominational colleges, to 55 percent in the pr1- vate, non-denominational colleges.
 Preparatory School Survey
 Because of the fact that private non-denominational colleges m Connecticut draw more heavily upon private preparatory schools in their admissions, a special sur vey was made of the racial and religious distribution of students in the preparatory schools.
 Denominational pre- p a t ory 1 schools had 76 percent Catholic, 23 percent Protestant, and one per cent Jewish students. Non-denom- national preparatory schools had 68 percent Protestant, Fl percent Catholic, and nine percent Jewish In all of the preparatory schools, 99.7 percent were white, 1 two-tenths of one percent Negro, and one-tenth of one percent were Chinese.
 Among 31 non-denominational schools, ten stated di- rectlv that they would admit Ne groes; six stated that they would not admit Negroes; and fifteen stated that they had received no from Negroes, or omit ted an answer to the question. Among IS denominational prepar- atory schools, 12 stated that they would admit Negroes; three stated ] that they would not admit Negroes; and three said that no applica- tions had been received from Ne groes; or omitted an answer to the question. On the whole, private preparatory schools had more l- beral policy toward the admission of Chinese students than toward the admission of Negro students. i Also, on the whole, the private pre- ] paratory schools practiced a more liberal policy toward the admls- sion of foreign students than toward the admission of Negro stu dents.
 BRASS CITY