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Raleigh, North Carolina
July 16, 1951

An Emergency Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University was held
in the State Capitol, Hall of the House of Representatives, Raleigh, at 11:00 A.M.,
on Monday, July 16, 1951. In the absence of Governor Scott, the meeting was
called to order by the Secretary, Arch T. Allen, and on roll-call the following
members were present:

Wade Barber
Samuel M. Blount
Victor S. Bryant
John W. Clark
Collier Cobb, Jr.
George S. Coble
John G. Dawson
Joseph C. Eagles
Reid A. Maynard
Glenn C. Palmer
J. Benton Stacy
Kenneth S. Tanner
William B. Umstead
H. D. Bateman
Ben E. Fountain
O. Max Gardner, Jr.
A. H. Harris
John H. Kerr, Jr.
M. C. Lassiter
J. Spencer Love
H. B. Marrow
L. P. McLendon
Rudolph I. Mintz
Rosa B. Parker
Clarence Poe
John W. Umstead, Jr.
John G. H. Geitner

David Clark
B. B. Everett
Harry A. Greene
B. F. Royal
G. N. Noble
Thomas J. Pearsall
H. L. Riddle, Jr.
John C. Rodman
C. Wayland Spruill
Mrs. Mary McIver Stanford
John P. Stedman
W. Frank Taylor
Mrs. May L. Tomlinson
D. L. Ward
Arch T. Allen
Kemp D. Battle
Wm. C. Barfield
Dr. W. T. Harris
Dr. Paul E. Jones
Claude W. Rankin
Wm. P. Saunders
Fred I. Sutton
Herman Weil
R. Lee Whitmire
Hill Yarborough
J. Robert Young

Messages were received from the following expressing regret for
their inability to attend:

John Sprunt Hill
Charles A. Cannon
F. J. Blythe
J. T. Pritchett
Kemp B. Nixon
Nancy Hall Copeland
Edwin Pate
F. E. Wallace
R. E. Little
Laura Weil Cone
Mrs. Sue Ramsey Ferguson

J. Hampton Price
J. E. Ramsay
Virginia T. Lathrop
Ira T. Johnston
Wilbur H. Currie
R. L. Harris
W. G. Clark
James H. Clark
James S. Ficklen
A. L. Monroe
Miss Gertrude Carraway

Mr. John W. Dawson was nominated to preside at the meeting. The nomi-
nation was seconded and Mr. Dawson was elected by acclamation.

On motion of Mr. Frank Taylor, duly seconded, the reading of the minutes
of the last meeting was dispensed with, copies having been sent to all members
of the Board.

The Chairman stated the purpose of the meeting which was to consider the
report of the Special Committee appointed "To confer with a similar committee
from the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina College in the hope of making
adequate and satisfactory provision for Negro graduate students * * * ".