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SCHOOL AND DEPARTMENT

President Darden pointed out that confusion constantly arose in this University because
of the use of the term School and Department in exactly the opposite sense followed by other institutions.
For example, we speak of the Department of Law and the School of Chemistry, and in
other institutions the names would be School of Law and Department of Chemistry. The University
Senate, at the request of the several faculties of the University, asked the President to present
to the Board a proposal to change these names in accordance with nomenclature followed elsewhere.
Thereupon, a resolution was adopted approving the change.