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The Ohio Daily Express
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
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Trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY, formed a committee to study admitting Negro students after a petition from 714 of 754 white students (94.7%) supported it, arguing the Nashville Negro seminary is inadequate and it violates Christian principles. Action postponed for a year.
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Admission Of Negroes To Southern Baptist Seminary Studied
LOUISVILLE, Ky (ANP)- Trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary have a special committee looking into the matter of admitting Negro students in response to a petition from white students at the close of the last term. it has been announced.
The admission of Negroes came about after the students conducted a poll among themselves to ascertain the attitude of those attending the seminary. of 754 students, 714 or 94.7 percent voted for admission. There were 13 negative votes and 27 "no opinion."
The idea back of the petition was that the Negro seminary at Nashville is inadequate to train college level men. Information showed the Negro is the only race not allowed to attend the seminary. The students felt that "true Christian principles were not being carried out" by refusing Negroes the right to attend the seminary.
When first appointed, the committee recommended that Negroes be admitted on a graduate level. However, after discussion, the trustees voted to postpone action for a year so that the committee could make a more detailed study and report.
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Louisville, Ky
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the trustees voted to postpone action for a year so that the committee could make a more detailed study and report.
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Trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary have a special committee looking into the matter of admitting Negro students in response to a petition from white students at the close of the last term. The petition followed a poll where 714 of 754 students (94.7 percent) voted for admission, with 13 negative votes and 27 no opinion. The students argued the Negro seminary at Nashville is inadequate for college-level training and that excluding Negroes violates true Christian principles, as they are the only race not allowed. The committee initially recommended admission on a graduate level but the trustees postponed action for further study.