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Show 0‘) The Board of Trustees was present on invitation of the Board of Regents pursuant to action taken at its meeting of September 5, 1950. Following the luncheon and introduc- tion of the members of each Board by the respective chair- man, the meeting was called to order by Chairman Sterling PURPOSE OF MEETING W. Sill. He. prefaced his introduction of the subject to be discussed by saying that this was the first time in ten years, according to his knowledge, that the two Boards had been able to meet together and he felt that there should be more such occasions. He then explained'that for a long time the University had contemplated filing a suit to clarify its rights as a constitutional corporation; that during the past summer Trustee Skeen had called him and asked for the appointment of a committee of Regents to meet with a similar committee from the Board of Trustees to discuss constitutional questions, particularly as they pertained to a bond issue by the College to finance the construction of a Union Building. The committee appointed by the Regents consisted of Regents Ballif and Cox and President Olpin with Dean William H. Leary, associated. Last Thursday evening the Regents listened to a report from its Committee and learned about the filing of the Spence action, the meetings which had taken place between the two committees and their appearance before the Supreme Court and the fact that Dean Leary had received permission to file a brief as amicus curiae in the Spence action and an extension of time until September 9, 1950, in which to file a petition in intervention by the University in the Spence action. The Regents Committee also reported that the College Co,mmittee was very anxious that no petition be filed since it would have a tendency to delay the decision of the court, the sale of the bonds and the construction of the Union Building during this year. Since the University has no disposition to hinder or delay the college in the construction of its building, it was suggested that a joint meeting of the two boards might result in some unified action and that is the purpose of the present meeting. C HAIRMAN ISAACSON ADDRESSES BOARD He then called upon Chairman Isaacson who stated that the college had spent about $150, 000 of student building fees and contributions from donors in putting in a foundation for the Union Building; that the present building, which was being used as a Union Building, actually belonged to the domestic science department which desperately needed the additional space; that if the unprotected foundation was sub- |
