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The motion carried by a vote of 60 to 15.

Secretary Allen stated that he had received a letter from Mrs. McCain stat-
ing that she could not be present but wished to be recorded as voting for the recom-
mendations. There was no objection to this, and it was ordered to be so recorded,
thus making the vote 61 to 15.

Thereupon, the following resolution was declared to have been adopted:

WHEREAS, 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 applicant
have been determined in the usual customary manner; and

"WHEREAS, the Trustees' Advisory Committee on Admissions, deem-
ing it desirable that explicit clarification be given to the resolution of June 2,
1948, recommended to the Executive Committee, for its consideration and
endorsement 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 applica-
tions. Such rules and standards shall be consistent with the purposes and func-
tions of the consolidated University of North Carolina as disclosed in the State
Constitution and statutes and shall include scholarship, residence and character
requirements. In each case, the rules and standards shall be submitted to and
approved by the Chancellor and by the Chancellor submitted to the President of
the consolidated University for his approval.

"(2) In all cases of applications for admission by members of racial
groups, other than the white race, to the professional or graduate schools when
such schools are not provided by and in the State of North Carolina for such racial
groups, the applications shall be processed without regard to color or race, and
the applicant accepted or rejected in accordance with the approved rules and
standards of admission for the particular school; and

"WHEREAS, the Executive Committee recommended to the Board of
Trustees that said policy be adopted by the University of North Carolina;

"NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA that said recommendations of the Advisory
Committee on Admissions and of the Executive Committee, as amended, be, and
the same are, hereby approved, and the following is adopted as the policy of the
University as to the matters herein mentioned:

(1) The dean of each graduate or professional school shall be responsible
for the formulation of rules and standards of admission for student applicants.
Such rules and standards shall be consistent with the purposes and functions of
the consolidated University of North Carolina as disclosed in the State Constitu-
tion and statutes and shall include scholarship, residence and character require-
ments. In each case, the rules and standards shall be submitted to and approved
by the Chancellor and by the Chancellor submitted to the President of the consoli-
dated University for his approval.

(2) In all cases of applications for admission by members of racial groups,
other than the white race, to the professional or graduate schools when such
schools are not provided by and in the State of North Carolina for such racial
groups, the applications shall be processed without regard to color or race, as
required by authoritative judicial interpretation of the Constitution of the United
States which is the supreme law of our State and Nation, and the applicant
accepted or rejected in accordance with the approved rules and standards of
admission for the particular school.

The following members were not present at the meeting:

Clyde A. Erwin
Charles A. Cannon
Thurmond Chatham
A. M. Dixon
Charles A. Jonas
Mrs. Sadie McB. McCain

Vernon G. James
Rudolph I. Mintz
George M. Stephens
James H. Clark
James A. Gray
R. L. Harris