Charges that Jewish students were rejected by the medical school of the University of Manitoba were denied here by Justice A. K. Dysart, chairman of the Board of Governors, who appeared before a special committee of the Manitoba Legislature.
The charges were contained in a brief presented by Hyman Sokolof, of the Avukah Society, an organization of Jewish students. The brief claimed that “in the admission of applicants to medicine a vicious and bigoted system has been adopted and practiced for 12 years.”
Justice Dysart answered the charges by claiming “that a quota system limiting the number of medical students became effective in 1962.” He asserted that no complaints had been made to the board of governors, adding that the university now has a total of 2,400 students, including 368 Jews, the Jewish student body representing 15.3 percent of the whole.
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