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ATHLETICS AND THE FACULTY

The Rector referred to the contention made at the meeting on November 11th by representatives
of the Senate that the Board's action on intercollegiate athletics in June 1953 had abrogated
former faculty rulings and stripped the Faculty of its proper authority in this field. In
response to the Rector's proposal that an answer to this assertion ought to be made by the Board,
President Darden requested a delay until he could hold a deferred conference on the subject with
Professor Gooch, from whom this argument came. Mr. Darden said that he disagreed with Mr. Gooch's
interpretation and thought that a discussion between them might reconcile the two points of view.
Consideration of a reply was accordingly deferred.