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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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A federal court in Philadelphia upholds the will of Stephen Girard, restricting Girard College admissions to poor white male orphans, denying applications from two Negro boys. The decision distinguishes the private institution from public desegregation cases.
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animous decision of the six lower court judges.
The majority decision ruled that the beneficiaries of Girard's charity "were not determined by the state of Pennsylvania, the city of Philadelphia, nor the court. but solely by Girard himself in the exercise of his undoubted right to dispose of his property by will, and to say who should enjoy its benefits."
The court pointed out the case was entirely different from so- called "desegregation cases"in the United States Supreme Court.
The federal court cases related to public schools and colleges, and the Girard case is a "purely private institution which had been constructed and since maintained for well over 100 years by the Girard estate," the court said.
Girard's will provided that those admitted to the institution in Philadelphia be "poor, white, male orphans."
The ruling was on the application for admission by the mothers of two Negro boys.
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majority decision upholds girard's will restricting beneficiaries to poor white male orphans, denying admission to two negro boys.
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The court ruled that beneficiaries of Girard's charity are determined solely by Girard in his will, distinguishing the private Girard institution from public desegregation cases. The ruling addresses applications for admission by mothers of two Negro boys to the institution in Philadelphia, which has been maintained by the Girard estate for over 100 years.