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office. In our judgment the problems of personal conduct should not be divorced
from the other problems and activities that go to make up the life of
the student. Let us illustrate. A student may be doing unsatisfactory work
in the classroom. The reason for it may be that he fails to keep study hours
or that he spends his evenings in town. The Disciplinarian could discipline
more intelligently and effectively if he knew of the kind of class work which
the student was doing; or the Dean could be more effective in dealing with the
class work of the student if he had the information which the Disciplinarian
has. We are of the opinion, then, that disciplinary problems should be handled
through the Dean's office. Of course, the Dean could delegate some of these
problems to an individual, but there need be no public acknowledgement, the
psychology of which is to put the Administration on the defensive.

VII. We feel quite certain the operating income of the North Carolina
College for Negroes is sufficient to carry out a program of work such as has
been recommended. We are convinced, also, that this program would constitute
a partial realization of the function of the institution as set forth in the
Preamble to the Act which created it. In our judgment, during the next three
years the college should use its energy and effort on standardizing its work
and in perfecting the program that has been outlined. In the end, the institution
will serve itself best by doing a few things well. If it should develop
that all available resources would be required for doing the work that has
been recommended, future expansion would come through convincing the Legislature
of the the need for further expansion and the securing of additional appropriations
for definite objects of expansion. If we should venture a suggestion as