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is to be a Liberal Arts Institution of distinction and excellence.
This aim ought to be re-affirmed and ennobled. The College has
the resources to be such an institution; the State has demonstrated
its willingness to support such an institution; our people have
the right to demand the benefits of such an institution.

Respectfully submitted,

W. D. Carmichael, Jr., Chairman
W. M. Whyburn
W. W. Pierson"

3. Letter of Resignation from Chancellor Graham:

"May 15, 1956

"Dear President Friday:

"I should like at this time formally to submit my resignation as
Chancellor of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina,
effective at the end of the present academic year.

"As I reported to you some weeks ago, I have concluded that a resolution
of the serious and deep-seated cleavage within the Faculty is the
primary problem with which the College has to contend, and that a chance
in administration is clearly necessary as the first step toward achieving
the degree of campus unity and confidence which is essential for the
College to move ahead.

"It is my conviction that the College has a great future that will be wisely
built upon her sixty-four years of distinguished service to the State, and
that as part of the University, she will grow in stature during the
challenging years that lie ahead.

"For the interest and the understanding of you and your colleagues in the
Consolidated Office, and for the assistance which has been given to the College
by the Consolidated Office and the Trustees, I am profoundly grateful. We
shall always follow with keenest interest and every confidence the course of
the College and the University, and we shall take with us many happy
memories of our years here.

"Cordially yours,

"Edward K. Graham, Chancellor."

At the request of students from the Woman's College, Mr. Allen read the
following resolution which was passed by members of the Student Legislature:

"Being fully aware of the present investigation of our Chancellor, Edward
Kidder Graham, we as representatives of the student body wish to express our
feelings before an official report is issued. We therefore would like to
commend Mr. Graham for the administrative leadership he has given, the
judgment he has shown and the service he has rendered to the Woman's College
of the University of North Carolina."

Mr. Bryant made the following statement and motion which were unanimously
adopted:

"Your Excellency, Governor Hodges, Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the
Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina:

"I wish to ask that the Board of Trustees express its regret at the
resignation of Edward Kidder Graham, Jr., Chancellor of the Woman's College,
and that we as Trustees acknowledge our appreciation of his services
rendered the University of North Carolina as Chancellor of the Woman's
College branch of the University.

"Those of us on the Board of Trustees who have had the privilege of working
closely with Chancellor Graham know and have seen him demonstrate his superior
knowledge in educational matters, his uncompromising demands for high