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Carroll Hall
Campus of the University
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
October 28, 1963

The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University met in Special Session in the office of the Dean of the School of Business Administration, Carroll Hall, on the campus of the University at Chapel Hill, at 10:30 o'clock, Monday, October 28, 1963.

Members present were: Mrs. Burgwyn, Mrs. Lathrop, Messrs. Pearsall, Hill, Maynard, Taylor, Umstead, Mintz, Barber, Wicker and Bryant; Arch T. Allen, Secretary. Absent: Mr. G. N. Noble.

President Friday, Vice President Anderson, Secretary Weaver, Chancellors Aycock, Singletary and Caldwell were present.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the proposed resolution concerning the "Speaker Ban Law". The resolution was discussed, paragraph by paragraph, and after a few changes, it was unanimously adopted and recommended to the full Board in the following form:

"WHEREAS, the 1963 North Carolina General Assembly enacted a statute 'to regulate visiting speakers at State supported colleges and universities'; and

"WHEREAS, the statute violates an essential principle of university existence to which The University of North Carolina has adhered steadfastly for more than a century and a half; and

"WHEREAS, the faculties and officers throughout the entire University are uncompromisingly opposed to the statute; and

"WHEREAS, the statute is detrimental to the standing of The University among institutions of higher learning, and adversely affects its ability to retain and continue to attract faculty members of excellence; and

"WHEREAS, the responsibility and authority for educational policy-making should remain vested in the Board of Trustees:

"NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

"1. The Board of Trustees of the consolidated University of North Carolina deplores this legislation as a departure from the tradition of our State.

"2. The Chairman be directed to appoint a special committee of fifteen members of the Board of Trustees to determine and implement measures to remove this legislative impairment of intellectual freedom and preemption of the authority and prerogatives of the Board of Trustees. "

The Committee then adjourned to meet with the full Board in the Auditorium of Carroll Hall at 11:00 o'clock.

Arch. T. Allen [signature]
Secretary

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