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Similar provisions shall be made in appropriate buildings on the other campuses of the University for alumni and alumnae of the respective institutions.

NOTE: Item 2 above describes duties assigned to the Committee on Memorials. It is recommended that the duties of the Committee on Memorials be combined with those of the Committee on Naming Buildings.

(g) COMMITTEE ON HONORARY DEGREES

The Board shall elect seven of its members to act as a Committee on Honorary Degrees. Each member shall serve for a period of four years.

It shall be the duty of the Committee on Honorary Degrees to consider nominations for honorary degrees made by the faculties of the institutions comprising The University of North Carolina, and to make recommendations to the Board of Trustees at its winter meeting concerning the awarding of the honorary degrees to the proposed recipients. The honorary degrees to be conferred by any institution in any one year shall not exceed five in number, this maximum not to apply in exceptional circumstances such as the celebration of an anniversary or other notable event. The honorary degrees which may be conferred by the respective institutions are:

At the Woman's College: Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Humane Letters.

At the University at Chapel Hill: Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Science, Doctor of Divinity.

At North Carolina State College: Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Science, Doctor of Humanities.

In exceptional circumstances a more specialized honorary degree may be conferred.

This Committee shall not be empowered to initiate nominations for honorary degrees, as this is a prerogative conferred by law upon the faculties of the institutions comprising The University of North Carolina. (See G.S. 116-16)

(h) COMMITTEE ON O. MAX GARDNER AWARD

The Board of Trustees shall elect five trustees to act as a Committee on the O. Max Gardner Award. Each member shall serve for four years.

It shall be the duty of this Committee, after conferring with the Chancellors of the institutions comprising The University of North Carolina, to select annually "that member of the faculty of The Consolidated University of North Carolina who, during the current scholastic year, has made the greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race," in accordance with the terms of the will of the late Governor O. Max Gardner.

The Committee shall make its recommendations concerning the recipient of the award at the winter meeting of the Board of Trustees.

NOTE: It is recommended that the duties assigned to the Committee on Memorials be combined with the duties of the Committee on Naming Buildings under a new committee to be named Committee on Memorials and Naming Buildings (f).