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sense of the Board that the State College at Raleigh should be continued as a full four-year college and no intention to remove the School of Engineering to the University." Mr. Murphy offered an amendment-no intention on the part of this Board to amalgamate the School of Engineering at Chapel Hill and State College. Mr. Wilson said that he was opposed to this and that the Board should accept the statute as it is and adopt no resolutions at all. Mr. Sutton said that he was in agreement with what Mr. Parker and Mr. Murphy said, as amended. Mr. Battle moved as a substitute that the Trustees of the University declare it to be their purpose to observe both the letter and the spirit of the legislative mandate to preserve the integrity of the institutions at Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Greensboro. Mr. Hill moved that the word "loyalty" be put in Mr. Battle's motion. Mr. Blount said that he thought this motion very necessary because it would rest the fears of the people at State College. Mr. Lewis said that he heartily agreed with Mr. Battle and his resolution. Mr. Poe said that he agreed with Judge Parker and Mr. Daniels, that is, should say that the School of Engineering at State College will be maintained. Mr, Hartsell agreed with Mr. Battle's resolution, Mr. Daniels moved that Mr. Battle's resolution be amended as follows: "it is the sense of the Board of Trustees that the high standards heretofore maintained shall be strengthened and that the School of Engineering at Raleigh shall be maintained". Governor Gardner appointed a committee of five to prepare a resolution on the above matter and bring it back to the Board as follows: Judge Parker, S. B. Alexander, Josephus Daniels, R. A. Doughton, and Kemp D. Battle. The Committee presented the following resolution: "RESOLVED, that the Trustees of the University declare it to be their purpose to observe with full loyalty both the letter and the spirit of the legislative mandate to preserve the integrity of the institutions at Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Greensboro, and declare it to be the sense of this Board that the high standards at these institutions shall be maintained and, specifically, that there is no intention to demote any of the institutions to the rank of a junior college or to discontinue the schools of engineering at Chapel Hill or at Raleigh."

On motion, the above resolution was adopted.