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Pursuant to a decision of the Board on July 8, 1949, a special meeting of the Board of
Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia was held on this date at 2 p.m.
in the office of Mr. Thomas B. Gay, Richmond, Virginia, with the following present: The Rector,
Barron F. Black; President Colgate W. Darden, Jr., of the University of Virginia; Visitors Anderson,
Carrington, Gay, Gravatt, Mears, Miller, Smith, Trout, and Willis. Absent: Visitors Barksdale,
Garnett, Talbott, and Wailes.

TRAFFIC LIGHT AT RUGBY ROAD AND 250

President Darden presented a request from the City Manager, Mr. James Bowen, for permission
to install two thirty foot telephone poles on University property as shown by a sketch prepared by Mr.
Bowen and shown to the Board. The installation of these poles will make possible changes in the traffic
light at the intersection of Rugby Road and Route 250 which will enable the traffic to be handled
more efficiently. The Board approved the request as presented.

NCAA REGULATIONS

Guests: Mr. Hunter Faulconer, Mr. Charles Fenwick, Capt. Norton G. Pritchett, Mr. Roger Rinehart,
Mr. Nicholas Wilson, Mr. Robert D. Hatcher, Mr. William D. Camp, Mr. J. Malcolm Luck, and Mr. I.
Oppelman.

Mr. Wilson, President of the Alumni Association, reviewed for the Board a trip which he and
Mr. J. Malcolm Luck, Secretary of the Alumni Association, made to Washington and Lee, William and Mary,
V.M.I., V.P.I., and the University of Richmond. At William and Mary, the University of Richmond, and

Washington and Lee, the three schools which have already signed the NCAA Code, they discussed with
officials the procedures being established to comply with the Code. Some of the athletes at these
schools will qualify for scholarships; others will be given jobs about the campus. V.M.I. and
V.P.I. have made special requests to the NCAA, because of the military program it is impossible
for their students to work while attending college.

President Darden stated that he feels if the University of Virginia cannot comply with
the NCAA Code we should so advise the NCAA officials and resign. There was a general discussion
of the possibility of establishing jobs at the University which would enable our students to earn
enough to pay their way through school and at the same time play football. Mr. Darden stated he
did not believe a student could work, play football, and at the same time maintain acceptable academic
standards. The guests then departed

After discussion, the Board having considered the matter of compliance with the "Sanity
Code" of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the following resolution was unanimously
adopted:

RESOLVED that the general policy and the program of the University with respect to
athletics are as reflected in the questionnaire heretofore submitted the National Collegiate
Athletic Association and the correspondence of the President and Mr. Clarence P. Houston, with
respect thereto, and that while the University will give further consideration to the matter of
compliance with the conditions of such "Sanity Code," it has not as yet found it practicable to do
more than what has already been indicated in the aforesaid questionnaire and correspondence

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On motion, the meeting was then adjourned