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Mr. Lassiter moved that these recommendations be approved. The motion
was seconded by Mr. Stedman and unanimously carried.

VISITING COMMITTEE REPORT - Student Automobiles

Mr. Saunders, Chairman of the Visiting Committee, called on Mr. Yarborough
who read the following:

At its meeting on May 16, in Raleigh, the Visiting Committee of the
Board of Trustees accepted a report from the University Administration
embodying specific recommendations made by the students concerning
student automobiles at Chapel Hill. The Visiting Committee adopted a
motion that the Board of Trustees be requested to approve a resolution
permitting the recommendations of the students to be carried out.

It is understood that some of the recommendations will require consulta-
tion between the Town of Chapel Hill and the University Administration
before they can be finally implemented.

The student recommendations are as follows:

1. Freshmen entering the University in the fall of 1956 and thereafter
be restricted from having an automobile during his first academic year
at the University.

2. This restriction shall also be applied to all Sophomores in the
academic year 1957-58 and thereafter who shall not attain a "C" average
during their Freshman year. A proposal to lift these restrictions should
be evidenced immediately after circumstances indicate it as practical.

3. Commuters, Veterans, and physically handicapped students shall be
excepted from this rule when so designated by the Office of Student Affairs.

4. Violators of the restriction regulations, persons whose automobiles
do not display a registration sticker, persistent violators of Chapel Hill
regulations shall be tried by an established Traffic Court, and an
ascending scale of punishment and fines should be applied with all fines
placed in the Student Government General Surplus. Such punishment and
fines should be enforced by the University Administration.

5. All students legitimately having cars at the University should pay
a registration fee of $2.50 per year for same. Stickers should be
issued at registration and fines for automobiles parked anywhere on campus
without stickers shall be imposed. It is understood that monies received
from these fees will be used primarily towards establishing parking
facilities for students. If it is found necessary to use part of these
funds for adequate policing, then it shall be done. The University
should be charged with the duty of detecting registration violation.

Mr. Yarborough moved that the recommendations of the students at Chapel
Hill be approved, with the understanding that the Visiting Committee will study
the situation again in the fall of 1956 to determine the effectiveness of the
recommendations. The motion was duly seconded and it was unanimously approved.

In connection with the above, a substitute motion reading as follows made
by Mr. Wallace, was on motion of Mr. Pearsall, duly seconded, referred to the
Visiting Committee for further study:

"No student, member of the faculty or employee of the University shall
own or operate an automobile on any campus of the Greater University of
North Carolina unless said automobile is covered with liability
insurance of not less than $5000 and property damage insurance of not
less than $1000."

On motion of Mrs. McCain, it was voted to instruct the Chairman of the
Board to write a letter of appreciation to the President of the student body