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FOOTBALL AND THE SENATE

Referring to the Board meeting of November 11th with representatives of the University Senate,
and to his own projected exploration, through other presidents, of institutional attitudes in the
Atlantic Coast Conference area toward a greater stress on the amateur spirit in football and a
reduction in recruitment, President Darden said that he had found President Gordon Gray, of the
University of North Carolina, receptive to a discussion, and they were planning to hold one.
Mr. Darden reminded the Board of his statement on November 11th that this exploration would take
not less than two or three years, and said he wanted it understood that he could only undertake
this task as a long-term effort. He added that he was now in conference with the Senate on the
subject, if the Senate desired more immediate action, he would have to refer the project to the
Senate itself for prosecution by a Senate Committee