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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RALEIGH, N. C.
JANUARY 23, 1933.

The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina met at 8 o'clock on the above date, with the following present;

Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, who presided
Josephus Daniels
Charles Whedbee
Walter Murphy
S. B. Alexander
Haywood Parker
Leslie Weil
Clarence Poe
I. B. Tucker
John Sprunt Hill
Mrs. Julius W. Cone
Miss Easdale Shew.

A letter was read from Judge John J. Parker expressing regret at his inability to be present.

President Frank P. Graham was also present.

The minutes of the meeting of November 14th were read and approved.

Mr. Daniels, in the absence of Ex-Governor A.W. McLean, reported for the special committeee for recommending a Vice-President for the Chapel Hill unit, stating that the committeee recommended the election of Dr. L. R. Wilson, former University Librarian. He stated, however, that he, himself, was still of the opinion that it was unnecessary and unwise for a Vice-President to be elected; that during these hard times consolidation was the more imperative and that duplication should be cut out. He thought that this additional money for a Vice President at Chapel Hill should not be expended. Mr. Haywood Parker expressed the view that consolidation was the best for the ultimate success of higher education in North Carolina, that we should go forward united and win a victory out of defeat. He agreed with Mr. Daniels that this question of a Vice-President for the Chapel Hill unit be deferred, that the financial situation did not justify it.

Mr. Parker moved that the Executive Committee recommend to the Board of Trustees that the matter of election of a Vice President for the Chapel Hill unit and carried be deferred for future action. Seconded and carried.