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At the meeting of the Board held December 14, 1951, the following resolution was adopted

The undersigned constitute the committee appointed by The Rector pursuant to this resolution.
In the discharge of its functions the Committee has had the benefit of all recorded actions
by faculty and other groups interested in the problem and has given careful consideration to and,
in many respects, has profited by their views and recommendations.

The White Committee, which reported to the President of the University in December, 1934,
recommended institutional control of inter-collegiate athletics, intramural sports and physical
education. We understand that this fundamental principle has prevailed in theory since the White
report was approved, but that changing conditions have brought about some changes in administrative
functions. Furthermore, in our opinion, present circumstances make it advisable to specify more
particularly the functions of an Advisory Council as set up in the White Report, now known as the
3-3-3 Committee. Since the death of Captain Pritchett, the Director of the Department of Athletics
has not held faculty status. We approve the fundamental principle stated in the White Report. We
believe that the institutional control therein recommended is the proper form of control to be
exercised over the Department of Athletics.

In order to implement this principle, we recommend the following.

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(1) That responsibility for administration of the Department of Athletics shall be
placed on a Director of Athletics, who shall have faculty status and the pay of a Department Head,
and that the Director shall be responsible to the President of the University

(2) That the faculty shall, as heretofore, have the responsibility of setting the
standards required for the maintenance of acceptable academic standing for students in general,
that students who maintain such standards shall be eligible to represent the University in athletic
competition, subject to such regulations as may be established by the administrative authorities of
the University, including the Board of Visitors, regarding eligibility in respects other than that
of acceptable academic standing. The policy of the University concerning scholarships which may be
awarded to students who participate in inter-collegiate athletics is reserved for decision by the
Board of Visitors, which may act with the benefit of recommendations from the administrative authorities,
the Student Aid Foundation, and the Advisory Council hereinafter mentioned.

(3) That an Advisory Council on Athletics be established which shall consist of

• (a) Three members from the Faculty, appointed by the President.

• (b) Two members from the Alumni Association, elected by its Board
  of Managers, and

• (c) Two members from the Student Body, elected by the Student
  Council,

that this Advisory Council shall be authorized to select its own Chairman and to adopt rules or
regulations governing its sessions and the transaction of its business, that the Advisory Council
shall be required to meet once in each calendar quarter and at such additional times as may appear
necessary, on call of its chairman or of the Director of Athletics, that the Director of Athletics
shall be required to report to the Council at each meeting concerning his administration of the
Department and to suggest to the Council for its discussion and for advisory action any questions
then existing or anticipated by the Director as likely to arise prior to the next regularly scheduled
Council meeting, that this Council shall have the function of advising with the Director of Athletics
concerning all major decisions affecting the administration of his Department, of referring to the
Board of Visitors, through the President, for its consideration questions of policy deemed by the
Council to be appropriate for Board action, and of recommending in like manner to the Board of
Visitors action on any question concerning the Department, referred by the Board to the Council.

(4) That the administration of the Department of Athletics shall be under the supervision
of the President and administrative authorities of the University, and that decision on all
questions involved in its operation shall, as in other phases of the University's activities, be
subject to review and final determination by the Board of Visitors.