A Houston, Tex. mailman walked into the registrar's office at the University of Texas last week and handed the registrar about the biggest problem he has ever had. The mailman wanted to enter the University. And he was a Negro.
His application was in order; he was a graduate of a small Southern college, had studied a year at the University of Michigan.
Acting President Theophilus Painter "tentatively" turned him down, then hastily appealed to Texas Attorney General Grover Sellers for backing up. Wrote Painter: "It has never been the policy of this institution to admit Negroes as students. ... To my knowledge,...
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