Ruling in Mississippi

A federal judge ruled that the state of Mississippi need not close down the Mississippi Valley State University to encourage desegregation and also dismissed the need for the merger of the Mississippi University for women, which is predominantly white, into the Mississippi State University. The judge directed the state to start courses on law, engineering and pharmacy in the Jackson State University, a black university. However, black leaders are worried that the judge's ruling that merit should be the criteria for admissions in four-year colleges might result in discrimination against blacks.