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REPORTS BY STANDING COMMITTEES

Mrs. E. Alton Parrish, Chairman of the Mary Washington College Committee, reported that the 10 year Self-Study report will be presented to a visiting committee on December 9, 1971 and she requested the Mary Washington College Committee to be present.

Mr. C. Stuart Wheatley, Chairman of the Educational Policy Committee, reported that his Committee is attempting to resolve the question of whether need can legitimately be a criterion in the awarding of the Bayly-Tiffany Scholarships. He reported also that the President's committee to nominate candidates for the position of Chancellor of George Mason College had met with the Educational Policy Committee, and that procedures leading to nominations are proceeding satisfactorily.

Dr. Edwin Kendig, Chairman of the Medical Committee, reported that his Committee has heard reports on a plan for prepaid health care for University Employees, that a masters degree program in nursing has been approved, and that a committee is at work to select a new Dean of Medicine.

Mr. W. Wright Harrison, Chairman of the Student Affairs and Athletics Committee, reported that his Committee heard from the Director of Athletic Programs, Mr. Eugene Corrigan, and that Mr. Thomas Collier, President and Mr. Peter Gillespie, Vice-President of Student Council, had made constructive contributions to the Committee meeting. The Rector requested the Legal Adviser to prepare a legal opinion on the legality of procedures currently in use to support student publications at the University.

Mr. William S. Potter, reporting for both Buildings and Grounds and Finance Committees, advised that the Finance and Buildings and Grounds Committees had heard from Mr. Harold Young and Mr. A. J. G. Priest with respect to the sale of the Hobbs Gas Company, a part of the Moyston Estate. The Committees also authorized the construction of a building to be used by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.