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The Red ond Slock Thursday, Sept. 24, 1970 Page 15-A
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Women discriminated against
' ‘-‘By NANCY HALL
News editor
(Editor's note: The follow in*
article appeared in the spring
1970 edition ol the Georgia
ImprSSsion.)
Female applicants to the
University must have a higher
high school average, a higher
ranking in their high school
class, a higher predicted aca
demic college average and
higher SAT average scores than
their male counteroarts to be
accepted for admission
Dr. M O. Phelps, director for
admissions, estimated that if
freskmen applicants had been
considered on an equal basis
last year, there would have
been approximately 300 more
females accepted than males
instead of the over 150 more
male's’that were accepted In
ectence. the University rejects
female appbcants with higher
averages than male students
who are accepted
A MOTION CALLING for
the ,University to equalize ad
missions criteria for male and
female applicants was vetoed
by the Student Senate in a re
cent meeting. A special Senate
committee on admissions,
composed of Paul McBride
(Graduate School). Norah
Whailen (Arts and Sciences)
and Terry Sullivan (Arts and
Scieijges), investigated admis
sions requirements and proce
dures to determine if inequities
ip admissions existed and re
ported their findings to the
Senate
Freshman female applicants
to the University are required
to meet higher entrance stand
ards Tor acceptance than fresh
man male appbcants. accord
ing to the committee's report
Applicants to the University
freshman class are judged on
the appbcant s high school av
erage; rank in his class. SAT
scores and projected college
average In all but the SAT
scores, females have a higher
average, according to pubhca-
tions from the Admissions Off
ice
SINCE THE QUOTAS are
balanced between the sexes,
the conclusion of the commit
tee was that "approximately
300 qualified applicants were
rejected from the freshman
class only because they were
female "
The basis for freshman ap-
' pbcattf acceptances is divided
into dour categories, said
Phelps These categories are:
male in-state appbcants. fem
ale in-state applicants, male
. out-of-state applicants and
female out-of-state appbcants
There is different criteria for
acceptance for each of these
groups, Phelps stated Male
appbcants must have a 2.5 av
erage in high school with ap
proximately 950 on their col
lege jfbards and females must
with » 960 SAT score Out-of-
state appbcants who averaged
state students must have
scared 100 points higher on
their SAT, he said.
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According to figures which
the Admissions Office has
compiled, the high school aver-
age of 2937 male applicants last
year was a 2 68. the average of
the 2468 women applicants was
3 04 The average of the 1304
enrolled male applicants was
2 88 while the average of the
/ 1151 enrolled female appbcants
was a 3.24
FRESHMAN FEMALE ap-
r pbeants. both in-state and out-
> of-state. must have a higher
average than male appbcants.
out-of-state applicants must
have a higher average than in-
J state appbcants Therefore, a
female out-of-state applicani
must have approximately a
whole point higher average to
be accepted than an in-state
male student, McBride said
Phelps said the University
accepted for 1969, female in
state apolicants wo average
3 28 in high school and male in
state applicants who average
2.93 in high school Other infor
mation which Phelps provided
about 1969 appbcants accepted
by the University included:
In-state —
•Predicted college average
females 2.57, males 2.40
•SAT verbal score, females
512; males 497
•SAT math score, females
521; males 549
•Engligh achievement, fe
males 542 ; males 498
•Math achievement, fe
males 501; males 523.
•Language achievement,
females 432; males 405.
•Rank in class, females 48 of
240, males 71 of 238
Out -of-state-
•High School average, fe
males 3.08; males 2.56.
•Predicted college average,
females 2.52; males 2.13.
•English achievement, fe
males 523: males 524
•Language achievement,
females 477; males 429
•Rank in class, females 48
of 240; males71 of 238
cants being admitted
Several delenses of the pre
sent admissions policy were
offers!, according to the Sen
ate report It was asserted that
high schools are matriarchal
and that the predominance of
female teachers acts to the
detriment of male students
It was also suggested that
the University must adjust its
admissions policy to meet the
manpower requirements for
the state Phelps pointed out
that female and male appli
cants score about equally on
the SAT when both verbal and
math scores are considered.
"THE COMMITTEE finds
none of these arguments very
convicing." the report stated
The nroblem of matriarchal
nature of high schools is ex
tremely complex, the report
said. "It seems unjust to test
applicants according to high
school performance and class
rank and then hold one group
strictlv accountable to the test
while giving another group an
arbitrary advantage
"In any even, high school
performance is onlv one item
out of eight which the Universi
ty has set as admissions criter
ia.If high school criteria is
used, it should be applied equal
ly. If not. high school perform
ance should be admitted as
faulty criteria and should not
be considered for admissions,
the committee concluded
THE HIGH SCHOOL avera
ges of rejected students were:
2 34 for in-state females. 196
for in-state males. 2.32 for out-
of-state females and 1.92 for
out-of-state males.
"Really, the idea of discrim
ination against females is a
myth at the University," said
Phelps He gave the reasons for
these differences in criteria as
"girls make better grades in
high school: they are more set
tled and mature than boys.''
Phelps indicated that boys were
discriminated against in high
school by women teachers.
"The boys cannot help it if they
are not settled and mature." he
said.
Dr George Parthemos, Uni
versity vice president for in
struction, stated, “we have
never viewed these admissions
requirements in terms of dis
crimination When compared
with most state institutions. I
think you would find less at the
University than any other I
know," he said
Parthemos stated that he
hoped nothing that could be
classified as discriminaton
could be found in practice at
the Universitv.
PHELPS SAID if the Univer
sity did not have different
standards for these groups, it
could conceivably become a
predominately girl school or
out-of-state students' school
Phelps said that since the
percentages of acceptances and
rejections are approximately
the same each year, there is no
discrimination Freshman ac
ceptance are fixed at about 1250
males being admitted and 1250
females being admitted rather
tlwi a set number of 2500 appb-
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tion which the courts should
consider
STUDENT SENATORS cited
such reasons as "since males
are the bread winners" the
University should allow more
men the opportunity to get an
education; the admissions poli
cy must allow for women stu
dents who will drop out to get
married and "senators should
know their place and they
siiould not try to tell the admin
istration what to do, for voting
against the proposal of the
committee
Another University law pro
fessor noted that the unequal
admissions criteria may be in
violations to the Fourteenth
Amendment, the equal protec
tion clause
The first paragraph of the
clause states:
'All persons bom or natural
ized in the United states and
subject to the jurisdiction
thereof are citizens of Die Unit
ed States and of the state wher
ein they reside No state shall
make or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges of
immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any
state deprive any person of life,
liberty, or property without due
process of law; nor deny to any
person within its jurisdiction
the equal protection of the
laws '
THE PROFESSOR NOTED
that the real test of the question
The cu.'mittee felt that
the admissions policy con
tributed to and even
magnifies one of the ine
quities of American socie
ty which is "punishingly
discriminatory against
women" in order to meet
state "manpower require
ments."
The committee reported that
the argument of manpower
requirements presented "dis
turbing implications." If the
University must function pri
marily as a funnel of persmrel
to fit into the state and corpo
rate structure, then what has
become of the concept that a
citizen has the right to choose
freely his own vocation accord
ing to his own interests and tal
ents?" the committee asked
THE REPORT ALSO ques
tioned whether the University
must make it more difficult for
a person to study to be a social
worker, a musician or a linqu-
ist. since the-state demands
scientiss. mathematicians and
business executives.
The committee felt that the
admissions policy contributed
to and even magnifies one of
the inequities of American so
ciety wich is "punishingly dis
criminatory against women" in
order to meet state "manpower
requirements "
One of the Unversity law
professors stated that if dis
crimination truly does exist,
the question is of pressing im
portance "The assertion that
high schools are matriar
chal should be empirically veri
tied and not just presumed If
the schools are found to be dis
criminating against males then
perhaps, all high school criteria
should be disregarded rather
dian trying to compensate for
the discrimination in the col
lege admissions procedures"
he said.
The professor said if it is
true that the reasons for the
discrimination are arbilary.
then it is unjustifiable and clar-
ly unconstitutional, and on the
surface, it seems to be a situa-
Aii’itilon
Attention
Attention
would come if some of the girls
who had better averages but
were rejected brought the ques-
tinn before the courts.
The stricter requirements
for freshmen women applicants
may have started when Miss
Ann Wallis Brumby, then dean
of women, stated in her annual
report for 1928-1992: "If the pol
icy of receiving freshmen and
sophomore girls is to continue,
the wisdom of which I seriously
question. I would urge that a
rigid selection be practiced;
that no girl be received into
either of these classes unless
she can show proof of high
scholarship, and furnish relia
ble testimonials as to character
and studiousness
However, in the same report
Miss Brumby also had favora
ble comments about the women
at the University. " . . . while
women number approximately
one-fourth of the total registra
tion. more than one-half of
those who are eligible for hon
ors in the senior class are
women Up to the present time
a woman has the highest aver
age in the senior class for the
first time. Of twenty highest
grades, twelve are held by
women, and of seventeen stu
dents invited to join Phi Beta
Kappa. nine are women
IN AN UNPUBLISHED Mas
ter's thesis, “The History of Co
education at the University of
Georgia. 19181945 Miss An
nie Laura Ragsdale noted that
"certain changes" were notice
able to University professors
with the coming of coeducation
"Conduct in the classrooms
has become much better Pro
fessors attest that it is easier to
command the attention ol the
students. Boys who are naturally
boisterous and more difficult to
control are less likely to make
noise or create any disorder in
the presence of the young wom
en. Girls who as a general rule
make better grades, have scho
lastic competition keener, the
paper stated.
During the four academic
years between 1965 and 1968.
Phi Beta Kappa, the highest
scholastic honor fraternity at
the Uiversity (or liberal arts
students, initiated 177 men and
217 women into the' fratemitv
•1965 - 41 men. 33 women
•1966 — 40 men. 73 women
•1967 — 49 men. 53 women
•1968 47 men, 58 women
According to the March 9.
1970 "U S. News and World
Report", women's discrimina
tion does not end with the Uni
versity In a lisiting of the aver
age starting salaries that ma
jor companies plan to offer this
year's college graduates, the
magazine quoted a survey by
Frank S. Endicott. placement
director of Northwestern Uni
versity.
The survey showed that male
engineering graduates could
expect an average salary of
$10,465 a year while female
engineering graduate rould
expect only $10,130 Male ac
countants can expect $9,985 a
year with women receivingonly
$8,950 a year
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initiating several programs to
assist students in voting
The first service, available
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