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the plaintiff alleges a long standing and systematic policy on the part of the Univer-
sity to exclude Negroes because they are Negroes. He said that he felt now it was
essential to have the answer to the question "Do we exclude Negroes because they
are Negroes?" in order to file an appropriate reply in the suit.

President Gray pointed out that it was his understanding of the law that Negroes
must be taken into a graduate or professional school in cases where the State does
not seek to provide an equal educational opportunity in a separate institution within
the State.

Mr. Gray pointed out that this matter had been specifically studied by the Admis-
sions Advisory Committee which by majority vote had recommended a statement of
policy to be presented to the Executive Committee. He indicated that there had been
full discussion and that when the recommendation was adopted Mr. John Clark
vigorously opposed it and cast the only dissenting vote.

President Gray stated that it was his opinion that if the Executive Committee
vished to proceed with the consideration and adoption of the statement of policy it
should do so with clear understanding that the matter must be passed upon by the full
Board of Trustees. He pointed out that it had been suggested to him that in the event
the Board of Trustees approves the recommendation, the Governor as Chairman of the
Board should advise the Legislature as to the action of the Board. President Gray
then said that he wished to make a statement about the Advisory Committee for the
record. He said that his understanding was that the Advisory Committee was advis-
ory to the President and therefore could meet at the President's call. He said that
he felt, however, that the Committee could also serve in an advisory capacity to the
Executive Committee and could meet at the call of the Executive Committee. He,
therefore, anticipated that there may be occasions when the Advisory Committee
would make recommendations in which the President might not concur. He suggested
that it should be clearly understood for the record in the interests of future procedure
that the Advisory Committee and the President may not see eye to eye on a matter
which might come before the Executive Committee.

He then stated that in this case he approved the recommendation of the Advisory
Committee, which reads as follows:

"On June 2, 1948, the Board of Trustees adopted the following resolution:

'BE IT RESOLVED by this Board that it is premature for it to consider
any application of a Negro for admission to any University Graduate School
until after the individual qualifications and competitive standing of the appli-
cant have been determined in the usual customary manner.'

"Now, the Trustees' Advisory Committee on Admissions, deeming it
desirable that explicit clarification be given to the resolution of June 2, 1948,
recommends to the Executive Committee, for its consideration and endorse-
ment to the Board of Trustees the following:

"(1) The Dean of each graduate or professional school shall be responsi-
ble for the formulation of rules and standards of admission for student applicants.