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faculty member may at any time withdraw his request for hearing and consent to the discharge, or he may be discharged upon a finding by the faculty committee that, at any stage of the proceedings before the faculty committee or the Trustees' committee, the faculty member, after requestinga hearing, has, without adequate cause, failed to appear.

Section 2-6. QUORUM

Mr. Whitehurst referred to Section 2-6 of the Revised Code, as adopted, entitled "Quorum", and after some discussion it was voted that the Secretary would draft a resolution recommending to the next session of the General Assembly that the General Statute 116-8, G.S. 116-6, be amended to provide that "at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Trustees, any number of trustees, not less than 20, shall constitute a quorum and shall becompetent to exercise full power and authority for the accomplishment of the business of The University of North Carolina except at a regular meeting when the Board exercises the power to remove one of its own members, at which said meeting at least 50 members of the Board must be present.

National Association of Governing Boards and State Universities

Governor Sanford announced that Mr. Roy Rowe had recently been chosen President-elect of the National Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions. Mr. Rowe received a round of applause.

Report of Special Committee appointed to study proposals for additional campuses of the University and other related questions

Mr. Pearsall was recognized and he presented the following report:

"I am privileged to bring to you at this time a report of progress from the Special Committee of the Board of Trustees which was appointed by our Chairman, Governor Sanford, on July 23. The purpose of this committee, as set forth in the Governor's letter of appointment, is to consider proposals which have come to the University to establish campuses in other areas of the State and, along with this, to study other related questions pertaining to the University's future.

"From its inception the committee has made a special point of keeping the members of the Board of Trustees fully apprised of its activities and wherever possible to enlist their active participation in