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ATHLETIC MATTERS

Mr. Gay stated that he felt the Board should go ahead with its plan to establish a
control body to administer the athletic program of the University. He pointed out that the
committee of the Board was working on this matter at the time of the Gooch report.

Mr. Carrington pointed out certain features of the present athletic program which he
felt should be reviewed and which only an athletic council of the type proposed by the committee
of the Board would be in a position to handle.

Mr. Black said that he felt that it would be inopportune for the Board to take any
action on this matter until the several faculties had acted on the Gooch report.

The President stated that he believed the Board would be in a far better position to
make a decision in this matter after the American Council on Education completed its study and
made a report, which report he understands will be available in the early spring. He also feels
it advisable to wait until the several faculties have acted on the Gooch report. After discussion
the following resolution was adopted:

BE IT RESOLVED that the Rector be asked to appoint a committee of the Board to study the
type of organization which should be established for the control of athletics, and also to report
on the question as to whether the action should be taken in the near future on this matter, or it
should be deferred until after the Faculty Senate passed on it.

Mr. Gay and President Darden both expressed the feeling that the same committee which
had studied the matter previously should be reconstituted. While no resolution was adopted, it
was the sense of the Board that in carrying out the above resolution the Rector should reconstitute
the Special Committee to Study Athletic Policy, with the same membership. But in the final analysis,
it was agreed that the matter of who should serve on the Committee should be left to the Rector.