Girard Estate

Re: Application of William Ashe Foust

Bolger, J., Hearing Judge,

William Ashe Foust, age 8, hereinafter called the applicant, a Negro orphan boy residing in Philadelphia, by his mother, has filed a petition in this court seeking a review of the resolution of the Board of Directors of City Trusts, trustee of the will of Stephen Girard, hereinafter called the Board, in dismissing his application for admission to Girard College, hereinafter called the College, solely because he is not “white”. Hon. Joseph S. Clark, Jr., Mayor of Philadelphia, and Hon. George Schermer, Director of the Commission on…