Applications From South Lagging Here

A stepped-up program to attract more qualified Negro students has not resulted in a significant increase in applications to Harvard, Fred L. Glimp '50, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, said yesterday.

To intensify the recruiting efforts, Harvard and the other Ivy Schools for the past year have participated in a joint "Talent Searching Program" to attract economically and educationally deprived students. Charles E. McCarthy Jr., assistant admissions director at Yale, serves as the paid representative of all of the colleges, establishing contacts and talking to students in communities and schools that would not normally be visited.

Both Glimp and Henry P. Briggs '54, Director of Freshman Scholarships, said they believed the program would eventually result in a net increase in applications, although Glimp stated that it was "unrealistic to expect dramatic results" after only one year.

Aid May Be Problem

According to Biggs, the financial aid that the accepted students will require could become a problem in the future. But he gave the program "high priority" and said aid would be sought from the federal government, foundations, and private donors.

Margaret E. Stimpson, Director of Admissions at Radcliffe, Briggs, and Glimp all emphasized that the search was not just for Negro students, but for all talented students, particularly in the South. All said they were unable to tabulate resulting increases in the number of Negro applicants since the Massachusetts Fair Education Practice Act forbids reference to race, color, or creed on applications, although the Columbia Spectator has reported that Harvard admits more Negroes than any other Ivy school.

Glimp and Briggs envisioned future recruitment programs by colleges "with roughly comparable standards." Glimp declared 15 schools by themselves could not be regarded as "saviors of the talented young." Neither predicted immediate plans for change of the present program.