THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONFERENCE GROUP



(Board of Trustees Meeting, March 16, 1969)



The President attempted to summarize the discussion in terms

of his request for the establishment of a Conference Group as

proposed in his memorandum of February 19, 1969. This memorandum

weeWas accepted by the Board of Trustees with the following

provisions. It was provided that there be four student members

instead of two students in the Conference Group and that at least

one of these students should be a woman, It was agreed that the

Conference Group would not be concerned with individual personnel

matters, but would turn its attention rather to policy questions

aimed at the improvement of the College. The Board also reiterated

its position that the President continue in his role as the only

member of the College with direct responsibility to the Board, as

provided by the By~Laws.



With these agreements, members of the Board unanimously

indicated their approval of this proposal, as stated above, and



commended the President for moving ahead with it.