On October 15, 1954, the joint administrative committee of the Department of Nursing met to discuss several policy and administrative issues related to the new department. This included discussion of what policies should be followed concerning Black registered nurses and male nurses who apply to the Department of Nursing. At the meeting, the "Committee unanimously recommended" that the university president's "permission be sought for permitting colored nurses to enroll." Dean Stiles, School of Education, stated that if Black nurses "are enrolled in the Department within the University they may take any class that is required as a prerequisite for the program in which they are registered." John Stacey, Hospital Director, suggested "that male applicants in the basic program be advised to go elsewhere as we have no housing facilities and such schools as the very excellent Mills School have been developed especially for male nurses. Dean Stiles "felt the registered male nurse could enroll here and obtain a satisfactory program."
October 15, 1954
ECBCNHI, UVA SON Curriculum Undergraduate Box 1
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