ND in general had a relatively high Jewish population
by ShermanOaksND (2019-06-10 16:53:16)

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and also a high Latino population in the 1920s and 1930s. Sadly, ND did not admit African Americans until after World War II.

e.g., Marty Brill, who had a big rushing day in 1930 vs.
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his ex-teammates: the Penn Quakers.

The " Gentlemens Agreement" as I understand kept a
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lot of worthy Jewish kids from obtaining higher education at certain institutions.
There was similar discrimination among law firms
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Many blue-blood big firms had zero Jewish attorneys until the late 1950s, or even later. That's the main reason why many other firms were almost exclusively Jewish -- rather analogous to the need for historically black colleges.

Some of those stories seem almost unbelievable today -- such as Sandra Day O'Connor, despite graduating third in her Stanford Law School class in 1952, only being offered legal secretary jobs. But they're true.