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Second Student Group
Voices Concern To State

By Brian Siegel
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

For the second time in two weeks.
University students met yesterday with
aides of Governor Linwood Holton
concerning the Board of Visitors, du-
cation, and other matters relating to the
University.

In the meeting arranged by I. Baxn
Wy, Professor of French, four University
students presented the opposite point
of view to that of the first group that met
with Governor Holton's aides.

Staige Blackford, one of the aides who
met with the students, described the
group as "a fairly conservative group who
claimed to represent that segment of the
University that was not represented in the
first meeting."

"They had no particular recommendations
to make, but just wanted to show
that they didn't agree with the group
before," Mr. Blackford added.

The four students. Vigen Guroian
(fourth year College). Joel Howell
(third year College). Donald W. Lovell
(fourth year engineering), and Gary M.
Nuckols (third year Commerce). expressed
their views on four ma issues

Contrary to the first group's recommendation
calling for a student member
of the Board of Visitors, yesterday's
group stated in the letter to the
governor that they "endorse the present
procedure for selection Board members, and
recommend that you [the governor] reject the
concept of student membership on the Board
of Visitors."

'No Child's Play'

They and that "Running a university is no
child's play ny decision that h a body
makes can affect profoundly the educational
future of many thousands of young people.
Because we believe that experience co we
oppose any moves to place students as voting
members on the Board of Visitors of the
University."

The first group of students who met with
Mr. Blackford and John Ritchie were Coun-
len Bud Ogle. m Roebuck Paul Hodle and
om Gardner.

On February 28 terms of seven of the 16
Board members expu Since three of these
seven are completing then second and final
term, new members will have to be appointed
by the governor

Board members are appointed for terms of
six years and in order for the governor to
appoint a student to one of these posts a
change in the state's laws would be required by
the legislature, according to Mr. Blackford.

Younger Visitors

Mr. Blackford commented that although the
group that he met with yesterday opposed
the appointing of a student to the Board, they
did not object to the appointing of younger
Board members.

Unlike the first group, when the aides asked
for specific recommendations of possible
appointees, the second group had no specific
names to suggest.

Another recommendation of the first group
to which yesterday's students took exception
was the Student Council's request for complete
coeducation within one year.

The students letter to the governor said
"the present plan for coeducation of the
University initiated by the administration and
the Board of Visitors is a reasonable and fan
plan" The students also wrote "we end this
plan and hope that you [the governor] will
agree with us that the Student Council demands
for complete coeducation at the University by
1970 are not only un also
potentially hand to the educational process
at the University."

The students letter also deal with standards
of admission to the University. It stated that
they "support the Administration and the
Board of Visitors in that we lee they are
working with all possible and reasonable haste
to increase the level of education and
educational opportunity at the University."

They further stated. "we believe that any
move on then [the administration and the
Board of Visitors] part to ply with Student
Council's demands at the p of the
University's high standards would be
mistake."

Quota System

The fourth discussed by the students
yesterday concerned the ed of a
quota system at the University they ad
"quota systems in dun procedures are a
mistake."

"The students are wed about the use of a
quota system." Mr. Blackford said. "but they
don't know if it is o will b "

The students lea that the quota systems
proposed would "of ne
lowering of admissions standards in d to
meet unoable quotas."

They opposed the use of quotas because
"the lowering of educational standards and the
psychological anguish of students unprepared
to complete with then allow students are two
very possible n of quota systems

According to Mr. Blackford the students
did not express any um opinion on the
Department of Health education and We
fare's accusation of imbalance at the
University.

HEW Letter

HEW said in a letter sent in December to
then Governor Mills Godwin. "It is not
sufficient that a
non-discrimination admissions policy it the
student population continues the
ormely de of that
tion."

The Board of Visitors began meeting
yesterday at Many Washington College
Fredericksburg and will continue in then
session until Saturday.