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'Another small 'school ' where· 'differences '. 8e~m :to . have been·' resolv.ed with the same un· . ,~:: .." usual go'od \Villis Swarthmore College, Swarth· :.. more; Pa:, with 1,030 stude'nts, There, black ';,:i students extracted concessions after seizing the \.;"':i.adniinistraUon offices In ··January, . : Faculty ", : members met In alrriostcontlnl1.ous session for : . -/ t~ree '.. days;· and finally .agreed to raise Negro 'f:"I ·enroliPlent. They 'also agreed to accept a num= :'i ,.ber of ."rlsk" black"students who wouldn't ordl; . 11i~i1yqualify for admission. " . .:' ,. / , .'. ~{ ·'Black ... · students . made : gains ' Inside ' the .. :1powe( .structure," says Robert Savage, an as· .' t . " " .;. . '. ''':;''' ' mille , graduates arid three _fi,fths of the women . '. At both schools ,there. are signs of tif!enlng t go "on' to: 'g iaduate school. Brandeis has room resistance among professors, with' moderates .~;' :;{{ ~oro'Jiy one 'Of every six applicants seeking ad- less 'inclined to tolerate disruptive mQves in the ~,"~ :O!.·'~:inisslo'n. 'Swa,rthmor~, 'foUnded 105 years ago ,by future; ," For a few days forces ·repre.seritillg the ~ -:; ;+;~ ihe SocletY ,of Friends, has a long tradition of outsideworId' marchedin;'and '1t vias all very : .. /: .': academic, excellence as well as social concern. edUCating," says AI~x Weingr.od, chairman of :·,'i-k',·.. ·.,B y th~ liberal standa~d~ ' of Brand'els ' and Brandeis' anthropolog~ ·department. "But a ":.;" ... Swarthmore, tho provocative moves .of black school, lik.e our~ can't stand these, crises fo.r '. " - < ,>;" "." ' \ . ;:: 'studehts'!'whilc upsettlrig to 'mimy-weren't very If;mg.'' ;· ::~~c~nsldered espeeially .r ash. Indeed, some"white " Tire Brandeis faculty is said to be split be· t.>?. ·~tudents 4efend the militancy. "Black stu4e.~t!j ,tween "dove.s'~ urging additiona! concessions to ;·:· ·fiJdld absol)ltely no damag:e to the admiss!on~ ol- Negro students and "~V?ks~" ' urginga st~onger ;.:;:.!'!Jl~e-theyknOw that des~ructivenes~ isn't ,thesta:ndby the adnii~ll!tration."J>eqple have be~ ;'~"" SwarthJnoreway,,, says 'a stUdent at the Penn- come hostile , and 'stisplcious :, 'foward ' each :'... ' ·, ~ylvanla. 'schoo1. A pretty coed remarks; ·"The other," observes' a profe'ssor. oli-affiance lant,::';. '.\>lac~/I, ~V~ vacuumed t!le .office, fioor .before, guag!,!s. , ' :: ~. , : t ~ ; ,.' / ,._) . ;::;.:{» ;;.; : .', '~ .l eavmg and ,left ~e place c].e,~er,~a"n the~ , ). ,At .~warthmore. some '!aculty, ~:':
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