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university must have a careful regard for the whole plan and system of education in the State, and that it must influence the total pattern of education through positive leadership. He gave us thoughtful and candid advice and, above all, showed us how the central purpose of his administration and his actions has been to maintain and build upon the excellence of the University of California as a necessary condition of the progress of the State.

"After this conference we were privileged to observe the Coordinating Council for Higher Education in its first meeting in Berkeley and join this group at luncheon. This afforded the opportunity to talk with the President and Director of the Council, with the President and another member of the Board of Trustees of the State college system, and with other public and professional members of the Council. This experience was a fitting climax to our visit for we could see a sample, at least, of the problems which are deemed appropriate to pass before representatives of all the institutions of higher education in California and the way they grappled with them around the council table.

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"What we learned from the California experience is on our notepads, hopefully in our minds and, no doubt, some of it will find application in the issue of our studies. I have already indicated that the most recent meeting of the committee was on October 14 when the California subcommittee made its report to the whole committee. At that time the committee continued its discussion of the principal matters before it and adjourned to meet at a future date, now fixed for November 18. Then we will come to grips again with one of the main questions before us, the question of expansion of the University. We must determine confidently what the University's responsibilities are in this respect. The principle is clear. The State University must make its resources accessible, must make them effective in the life of the State. But there are unanswered questions of means, of criteria for determining the best and justifiable locations, of conservation of standards. Any decision to expand the University into new areas must be supported by sound resolution of these questions.

"There are many important things with which our committee has