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We, the u n d e r s i g n e d m e m b e r s of the B o a r d of Regen t s of The University of Texas, hereby ratify and approve all actions taken

at this meeting to be reflected in the Minutes.

Signed this the 16thday of May , 1964, A.D.

A. G. McNeese , J r . , V i c e - C h a i r m a n

Wal te r P. B r e n a n , Member

H. F. Connally, Jr. , M.D.,~ IM~mber

Frank C. Erwin, Jr., Mem

( M r s . ) J. Johnso . . ~ I I , Membe

Wales H. M/~dden, J r . , M e m b e r

Lev i A. Olan, M e m b e r

John S. Reddi t t , M e m b e r ,¿,

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MAY 16, i964. - - T h e B o a r d of Regen t s of The U n i v e r s i t y of Texas convened in r e g u l a r s e s s i o n in Room 212, Main Bui ld in E, on F r i d a y , May 16, 1964, at l l : 0 0 a . m .

ATTENDANCE.--

P r e s ent Ab s e nt

Cha i rman Heath , p r e s i d i n g Regent B r e n a n Regent Conna l ly Regent E r w i n Regent ( M r s . ) J o h n s o n Regent Madden Regent Olan

Vice- C h a i r m a n McNee s e, Excused

Regen t Reddi t t , Excusecl

Chance l lo r R a n s o m S e c r e t a r y Thedfo rd

Also p r e sen t among the U n i v e r s i t y p e r s o n n e l were the fol lowing:

Mr. L a n i e r Cox, V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r ( A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Se rv i ces ) Doctor N o r m a n H a c k e r m a n , V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r (Academic Affa i r s ) Doctor L. D. Haskew, Vice-Chancellor (Developmental Aífairs) Mr. Graves Landrum, Assiltant to the Chancellor Doctor WilsonStone, System Advisor for Graduate Program

The following P r e s s R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s w e r e in a t t endance :

Neil Addington, r e p r e s e n t i n g the Hous ton P o s t David Anderson+ r e p r e s e n t i n g United P r e s s In t e rna t i ona l Paul Bol ton, r e p r e s e n t i n g KTBC Mrs . Ahi ta B r e w e r , r e p r e s e n t i n g the Aus t in A m e r i c a n - S t a t e s m a n Miss C a r o l y n Coker , r e p r e s e n t i n g the D a i l y Texan S tewar t Dav is , r e p r e s e n t i n g the Hous ton Chron ic le J a c k K e e v e r , r e p r e s e n t i n g the A s s o c i a t e d P r e s s Miss C h a r m a 7 n e M a r s h , r e p r e s e n t i n g the "Daily Texan Miss M a r g a r e t M a y e r , r e p r e s e n t i n g the Dal las T i m e s - H e r a l d Dave McNee ly , E d i t o r of the Daily. Texan.. Ha r l ey P e r s h i n g , r e p r e s e n t i n g the F o r t Worth S t a r - T e l e ~ r a m Mrs. He len Yenne, r e p r e s e n t i n g the Dai l 7 _Texan

INVOCATION. - - R a b b i Olan, Chapla in of the Boa rd of Regen t s , o f fe red

the invocat ion.

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Chairman Heath presented the following report of the Committee of the

Whole:

The Comrnittee of the Whole met this rnorning and has author-

~zed me to report the following:

MEDICAL BRANCH: PERSONNEL CHANOES, EFFECTIVE MAY 15, 1964.--Upon recommendation of the Administration, Doctor John B. Truslow, Executive Dean and Director of the Medical Branch, was given a research assignment as Professor of Adrninistrative Medicine for the period May 15-August 31, 1964, at the same salary rate he was receiving (including pay- rnents on annuity) payable from Medical Branch Unallocated 5alaries and Current Restricted Funds available for this purpose.

Doctor Truman Blocker was appointed Acting Executive Dean and Director of the Medical Branch for the period May 15 -

August 31, 1964.

HOSPITAL (150 BEDS) TO BE BUILT BY THE SEALY AND SMITH FOUNDATION: SITE SELECTION, ETC.--With reference to a proposed 150 bed hospital for private psychi- atric and medical patients t¿~e built in Galveston by The Sealy and Smith Fcundation and affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch, the Committee of the Whole approved the following recommendations which had been presented at the April meeting but on ~vhich no action had been taken:

i. The proposed hospital should be physically con- nected, ir architecturally, economically, and operationally £easible, to the existing University hospitals of the R. Waverly Smith Pavilion, which has the approval of The Sealy and Srnith Trustees.

Z. Architectural p~i'¿ns of the proposed hospital rnust have the approval of the Chairman of the Departrnent of Medicine, and the Chairrnan of the Departrnent of

Neurology and Psychiatry.

3. The professional staff of the hospital should be appointed by and under the control of the Iv[edical Branch and the assignment of interns, residents, and medical students should be under the direction and control of the respec:;

tire Medical Branch departments.

4. The hospital should be operated in such a manner so as not to affect adverse]y the financial operation of

the Medical Branch.

5. • ti The operation of the hospital facility should be under

an agency-type contract with The University of Texas as the operator and with the Foundation entitled to any

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profits and responsible for any losses in the hospital

operation.

The University and the Foundation, in the contract, should agree on the accounting practices and pro- cedures that will govern in deterrnining the type and amount of expenses to be charged to the opera- t[on oí the hospital to assure complete conformity with existing statutory provisions and restrictions.

The University of Texas, in the contract, will agree not to change substantially the allocation of hospital beds between clinical departments without first having the concurrence of The Sealy and Smith Foundation.

Chancellor Ransom and his delegated representatives shall be authorized to continue negotiations with The Sealy and Smith Foundation for the construction and operation of the proposed 150 bed hospital, and to submit to the Boardof Regents ata subsequent meet- ing the proposed terms of a contract to be made hy the Board of Regents with the Foundation.

The Committee further recommends that there be conveyed to the Foundation such portion of the land described in Senate Bill No. 475, Chapter 257, 55th Legislature, Regular Session, 1957, as may be required for the construction oí the proposed hospi- tal, subject, to and in accordance with the provisions and limitations of Senate Bill 473. (A complete chronological report of the special committees, meetings thereof, and recommenda- tions previously made ate in the Secretary's Files, Volume XI,

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MOODY STATE SCHOOL HOSPITAL: EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS- OF-WAY FOR ROAD AND FOR FILTRATION PLANT.--The Committee of the Whole also concurred in the recomrnendation of Mr. Walker and Doctor Blccker that The University of Texas should advise the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools that the Board of Regents of The University of Tex&s has no objection to the proposed easements and right-of-way íor the road and filtration plant on the present Iv~oody State School Hospital. As the record reflects, the Board of Regents is join- ~ng with the Board íor Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools in submitting a bill for consideration of the 59th Legislature to transfer the MoodyState School from the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools to the Board of Regents of The

University of Texas.

PROPOSED PRISON HOSPITAL BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO BE OPERATED BY THE MEDICAL BRANCH.-- The matter relating to a proposed prison hospital by the Depart-

ment of Corrections was postponed.

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MEDICAL BRANCH: APPROVAL OF REVISED PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR FLOORS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX OF

¥ T OUTPATIENT_CL!NICA/L DiAGNOSTIC BU_LD,NG. -- At the Kegents' meeting held March 14, 1964~ all bids receivid irebruar Y ii:. 1964,'were rejected íor l~]oors Four, F]ve and Six of the Outpatien, ~t-Clinic,~l Diagnostic Build~ng at the Medí- cal Branch, and the.~Associate Arch:tects were .~nst~-ucted to revise the plans and specifícations to fit the project within the íunds ava]lable. At 'this same time, authorizat]on was glven for the Execut~ve Cbmmlttee to approve these revised plans and specifications áfz'er approval by the proper administrat'~ve

offic~als.

The C o m m ' ~ t t e e of the W h o l e a p p r o v e d the r e v i s e d p l a n s and s p e c i f ~ c a t l o n s t h a t had b e e n c o m p l e t e d and a p p r o v e d by the M e d : c a l B r a n c h F a c u l t y B u i l d i n g C o m m i t t e e , M r . W a l k e r for D o c t o r T r u s l o w , C o m p t r o l l e r S p a r e n b e r g ~ and C h a n c e l l o r

Ransom.

S T U D E N T T E A C H I N G IN A U S T I N P U B L I C S C H O O L S , MAIN U N I V E R S I T Y . - - T h e C o m m i t t e e of the W h o l e i n s t r u c t e d the A d m i n i s t r a t i o n to r e q u e s t t he C o l l e g e of E d u c a t i o n to s t u d y and r e c o m m e n d w h a t s h o u l d be d o n e a b o u t p r a c t i c e t e a c h i n g in the f u t u r e 5f a r r a n g e m e n t s f o r s a m e c a n n o t be rnade wi th

the A u s t r o I n d e p e n d e n t S c h o o l D i s t r i c t .

B U D G E T A R Y A M E N D M E N T (Main U n i v e r s i t y : V i n c e n t DíNino) . - . A m e n d the 1 9 6 4 - 6 5 B u d g e t f o r M a i n U n i v e r s i t y on P a g e 33 by c h a n g l n g the a n n u a l s a l a r y r a t e of V i n c e n t R. DiNino to $16 ,000 and by c h a n g i n g M a i n t e n a n c e , O p e r a t i o n : and E q u l p -

m e n t to $6:000.

S C H E D U L E D M E E T I N G O F T H E B O A R D . --. The J u n e m e e t i n g

was se t to be h e l d i n Aust~n on J u n e 2 6 - 2 7 , 1964.

S T A T E M E N T BY C H A I R M A N . - - C h a i r m a n H e a t h at th is point said t h a t he h a d a s t a t e m e n t he w i s h e d to r e a d in c o n n e c t i o n wi th a n o t h e r ac t~on of the C o m m l t t e e of the Whole , w h i c h is incorporated therein. On the following pages Is Chairman

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S T A T E M E N T BY C H A I R M A N H E A T H

The B 0 a r d h a s t a k e n the f i n a l s t e p u n d e r i t s p o l i c y of " i n t e g r a t i o n w i th all del~berate speed," and all teaching and non-teaching personnel, houslng and other facilities, and units of the entire University of Texas

sysIern are now ordered completely integrated. The units are:

T h e C e n t r a l Adrn in i s t r a t i o n T h e M a i n U n i v e r s i t y a t A u s t i n The M e d i c a l B r a n c h a t G a l v e s t o n T h e S o u t h w e s t e r n M e d i c a l S c h o o l a t D a l l a s 5ou th T e x a s M e d i c a l S c h o o l a t San A n t o n i o T e x a s W e s t e r n C o l l e g e a t E l P a s o T h e D e n t a l B r a n c h a t H o u s t o n M. D. A n d e r s o n H o s p i t a l a n d T u m o r I n s t i t u t e a t H o u s t o n T h e G r a d u a t e S c h o o l o f B i o m e d i c a l S c i e n c e s a t H o u s t o n T h e M c D o n a l d O b s e r v a t o r y a t F o r t D a v i s The I n s t l t u t e of M a r i n e S c i e n c e a t P o r t A r a n s a s

i ~Since the d e l ¿ y o c c a s i o n e d b y the two a n d o n e - h a l f y e a r o ld F e d e r a l Cour t l i t i g a t i o n to f o r c e i n t e g r a t i o n of d o r m i t o r i e s h a s n o w e n d e d w i t h

i, d i s m l s s a l b y p l a i n t i í f s o f t h e i r su i t , t he B o a r d of Regen t s~ i r r e s p ' ~ c - i}tive of p e r s o n a l c o n v i c t i o n s of t h e i n d i v i d u a l m e m b e r s , f e l t o b l i g e d to

i t ake th i s f i na l s t e p n e c e s s a r y to c a r r y out t h e a s s u r a n c e s t h e B o a r d m a d e in g o o d f a i t h in 1961 t h a t i t w a s o b e y i n g and w o u l d c o n t i n u e to o b e y

~!the C o n s t i t u t i o n a l M a n d a t e , a s i n t e r p r e t e d b y the S u p r e m e C o u r t of t h e Un i t e s S t a t e s in t he B r o w n C a s e " t o i n t e g r a t e w i t h a l l d e l i b e r a t e s p e e d . "

Therefore, the Board today amended its rules as follows:

BE I T R E S O L V E D b y t h e B o a r d of R e g e n t s of T h e U n i v e r s i t 7 of T e x a s t h a t P a r t T w o of t h e R e g e n t s ' R u l e s a n d R e g u l a t i o n s b e

a m e n d e d a s f o l l o w s :

1~ S t r i k e out and e l i m i n a t e in i t s e n t i r e t y S e c t i o n 8

o f ' C h a p t e r X of P a r t Two . t ,

Z. Add the f o l l o w i n g n e w S e c t i o n 5 to C h a p t e r I of

P a r t T w o , to wi t :

Sec . 5. P o l i c y A g a i n s t D i s c r i m i n a t i o n

" W i t h r e s p e c t to t h e a d m i s s i o n and e d u c a t i o n of s t u d e n t s , w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e e m p l o y m e n t a n d p r o m o t i o n of t e a c h i n g and n o n - t e a c h i n g p e r s o n n e l , w i t h r e s p e c t to s t u d e n t a n d f a c u l t y ¿ c t i v i t i e s c o n d u c t e d on p r e m i s e s o w n e d o r o c c u p i e d b 7 the U n i v e r s i t 7 , a n d w i t h r e s p e c t to s t u d e n t and f a c u l t y h o u s i n g s i t u a t e d on p r e m i s e s o w n e d o f o c c u p i e d b y t h e U n i v e r s i t 7 , n e i t h e r T h e U n i v e r s i t y of T e x a s n o r a n 7 of i t s c o m p o n e n t i n s i t u t i o n s s h a l l di s c r i m i n a t e e i t h e r in f a v o r of o r a g a i n s t a n y p e r s o n on a c c o u n t o f b i s o r h e r r a c e , c r e e d ,

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':A rev:ew oí ,h,~ h;stor.v of integrar]on of the Unlversity "with..,%ll dehb..

~erate speed' shows that in July, 1961: aft.er previous integratlon of

i~classrooms, rh~ Board of Regents rece~ved pent:ons from the student ~bodv and Th:- f~cu]ty to integrate var~-ous facilities, except the facultles

i;wh~ch wer~ ,-oi ment~oned, and the Board on July ZZ, 1961, replied that

i ',,whelher of r:ot we agree with the decisions oí the Supreme Court on racial :nlegratlon. we shall In good fa~th proceed and have heretofore

iproceeded =]o,~g th~.s path 'with all deliberate speed'." The Board ~ then considerably in advance of other unlverslties ~po n1~d ou we were

~n Texas and ~hroughout the South and that we had a heavy responsibility

~to perform. The Board also asked that our judgment be trusted and assured a|l concerned 'kve shall contlnue to move forward with due and dehberate speed as we th~nk advzsable under all circumstances which

"ex~sT from T:me To t.-me." Then: ~n September 1961, the Boardpro- v;ded for =ppea!s to the Chancellor and then to the Board oÍ Regents.- by

~any studenl d~ssatished with his dormitory ass:gnment. No such appeal

has ever been made to the Board of Regents.

i As a result of continued agitation= the Board of Regents announced i publ~clv ~hat :t would revlew the entire rnatter at its Novernber ii~ 1961:

:~rneel~ng. The day prlor to the scheduled review~ wlth considerable

i facult V and s:udent encouragernent, a c:vil suit was brought in the Austin Federal Court on behalf of three negro students seeking to cornpel their adrn.~ss:.on :,o certa.ln dorrnitor~es. What injury would have resultecl frorn

k wa~t~ng un~,.! the next day when the Board would have reviewed the rnatter

! and announced ;ts dec~sion is still not clear; especially cons~dering that ~~: two and one.half vears later, no relief had still been obta~ned frorn the

su~t wh~ch h=snovJbeen dismissed onplantiffs' rnotion'.

On November ii, 1961, following íiling of the suit, the Board of Regents

rnade the follow~ng staternent: "W~th reference to student housing, we w-sh to s=v ~hat :n v~ew of the filing of a lawsuit on th~s quest~on, we deem :~ :mproper t o cornrnent of take ¿ction ¿t this time on this que8t~on pendtng hnal dec:s~on by the Court." Th:s, together wíth the fact that

those favor~ng dorm~tory ~ntegrat~on obviously chose to leave the rnatter

to a Court of the~r select:on rather than to the Board's aesurances o~ ":ntegrat:ng w~th all deliberate speed" has been largely responsable for

the dorrn~tory situation being left as the last step in "integr¿ting with all

dehberate speed."

The var~ous steps taken slnce November~ 1961--integration of the sta- d~um, some oí the rnen's dorm~to~ies, Texas Rel¿ys, Longhorn Band,

inlerco]]eg:ate athlet~cs; scholarship awards~ and the faculty-.-, as po:ntedly stated by the Board last November: "the only exception relates

to dorm~-tory res'.'dences and this is the subject matter of litigation now

pend~ng ~n the 9-ederal Court waiting the jurisdiction of that Court

~nvoked aga:nst the Board of Regents the day before it announced ít

would rev:ew the entire subject matter."

Under our oaths of office to up'hold the Constitution of the United States.~

our only cholce has been that of timing the 'deliberate speed'. Some feel we have heen too slow, others that we have been too fast. In this exerc~se of judgment we have concluded that the completion of Jntegra- t~on should come at the close, rather than in the early part: of a school

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The dormltory suit having been dismissed and all other steps toward complete ~ntegratlon having been previously taken, the Board today completedits task of ,,integration with all deliberate speed" as prom- isedin ]q61, and without troops, marshals, violence of bloodshed.

(The amendment to the Rules and Regulations as set out above was ad0pted by the Board. Vice-'------Chai---~man McNeese and Regent Redditt were absent and dld not participate in this decision, l~egent Brenan

v0ted"No. ' The rem¿ining members voted "Aye.")

Adoption of Keport oí Committee o'~ the'\Whole. --Upon motion of Regent M-~n, seconded by Regent Olan, the ioreguing report was unanimoasly

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REPORTS BY CHANCELLOR RANSOM.--Chancellor Ransom reported

receipt frorn Greg Lipscomb of the " Student ReRqrt on Academic Pro- gratas in University Dormitories." He statedlíe would circulate in ~p writing reports on development projects to be resented in full in June.

BROADER ARTS AND LETTERS PROGRAM, PRE~~~~.D_: ICALLEVEL" --Regent Connally asked that a communication from Do~r~Rü 'ssell L. Dieter regarding Broader Arts and Letters Program, Premedical Level, Maln Umversity, be referred to the Academic and Developmental Affairs Committee. ~Vithout objection, it was so ordered by the Chair-

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Madden, the Board adjourned at 11:30 a.m.

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