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The Board
of Trustees of Western Carolina College met in called session
at 11:00 a.m. March 10, 1966, in the Conference Room of the Bird
Administration Building with the following members present:
Jonathan Woody,
Chairman
J. R. Buchanan, Vice-Chairman
Morgan Cooper
Frank Forsyth
Arnold Hyde
Tom Mallonee
Boyce Whitmire
E. J. Whitmire
Modeal Walsh
Members absent:
Sam Ervin,
III
Mrs. Dan K. Moore
Dr. Charles 0. Van Gorder
Others present:
Paul A. Reid,
Secretary
Frank H. Brown, Jr.
Dean W. N. Turner
Dr. Guy Burchfiel
Taylor L. Huskins
James E. Kirkpatrick
Ned J. Tucker
Anna D. Parker
Chairman Woody
called the meeting to order and presented the minutes of the last
meeting of the Board of Trustees which was held on October 21,
1965. After some discussion a motion was made by Mr. Forsyth,
seconded by Mr. Cooper, unanimously approving these minutes.
President
Reid then presented the minutes of the Executive Committee held
on January 27, 1966. A motion was made by Mr. B. Whitmire, seconded
by Mr. Hyde, unanimously approving these minutes for the permanent
record book.
Upon motion
by Mr. E. J. Whitmire, seconded by Mr. Buchanan, the following
action taken by mail ballot was unanimously approved:
"I approve
the Speaker Policy as submitted by the Speaker Ban Commission."
Upon motion
by Mr. B. Whitmire, seconded by Mr. Mallonee, the following action
taken by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees was
unanimously approved:
BE IT RESOLVED
by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of Western
Carolina College, empowered under the by-laws of the Board to
act for the Board between sessions, that Mr. James E. Kirkpatrick,
Business Manager, Western Carolina College, be hereby designated
as the official spokesman for the Board and the said Mr. Kirkpatrick
is authorized to represent the governing board and to sign all
documents and correspondence required in developing Project
#NC-431 of the North Carolina Medical Care Commission.
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED that Mr. Charles L. Rush, Chief Accountant, Western
Carolina College, be hereby designated as Treasurer to handle
all funds in connection with Project #NC-431 of the North Carolina
Medical Care Commission.
President
Reid next introduced the four division heads and other administrative
personnel with each giving an oral report on the current building
program; faculty housing; land purchase, enrollment prospects
for fall quarter 1966; enrollment prospects for summer school
1966; and prospective faculty (New) for 1966-67, accompanied by
mimeographed reports.
Upon motion
by Mr. Mallonee, seconded by Mr. Buchanan, the Board unanimously
approved the following Audit Report:
MINUTES OF
MEETING OF AUDIT COMMITTEE OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WESTERN CAROLINA
COLLEGE ON JANUARY 14, 1966.
A meeting
of the Audit Committee called by the Chairman, Boyce A. Whitmire,
held in the Conference Room of the Bird Administration Building
on the campus of Western Carolina College on 14 January 1966.
In addition to the Audit Committee consisting of the Chairman,
Morgan Cooper, and C. 0. Van Gorder, the following were present:
Dr. Paul Reid,
President of the College
Frank H. Brown, Vice-President
James E. Kirkpatrick, Business Manager
Charles Rush, Bursar
The Audit
Report was read. This was discussed as each integral part was
read.
The entire
reports were unanimously approved by the Committee and the meeting
adjourned on schedule.
/S/ Charles
0. Van Gorder
President
Reid presented a request to the Board of Trustees for approval
of the development of the following programs leading to the baccalaureate
degree:
A. It is
requested that the Board of Trustees approve the development
of the following program leading to the baccalaureate degree
as follows:
- B. S.
in Education with a major in Library Science
The
college has for many years offered courses in library science
leading to certification and a committee is currently exploring
the development of a program in library science leading
to a degree.
-
B.
S. with a major in Nursing Education
A committee
is currently conducting a study of programs in nursing education
and, if permissible, will develop a program.
-
B.
S. in Education with a major in Physics and B. S. with a
major in Physics
The
Science Department has the programs already prepared and
hopes to present requests to the State Board of Higher Education
by October 15, 1966.
B. It is
requested that the Board of Trustees approve the development
of the following programs leading to the masters degree as follows:
- M. A.
in Chemistry
Our
young and vigorous chemistry staff is currently working
on such a program and the State Board of Higher Education
has agreed to finance an inspection and evaluation visit
by a group from outside the college. This program will parallel
somewhat the application for the M. A. in Biology, which
is to be re-evaluated during the Spring Quarter.
-
M.
A. in Psychology. General-Theoretical
M. A. in Psychology-Clinical
M. A. in Education, a two ;ear program in clinical psychology
M S in Education a two-year program in school psychology
The
above programs in psychology will be in a good position
with the development of the local clinical facilities.
In all the
above programs it is requested that the Board grant permission,
not only to develop, but to start the programs beginning with
the Fall, 1967, contingent upon approval by the State Board of
Education, where involved, and the State Board of Higher Education.
Upon motion
by Mr. E. J. Whitmire, seconded by Mr. Mallonee, the Board unanimously
approved the development of these programs as listed above.
Upon motion
by Mr. B. Whitmire, seconded by Mr. Mallonee, the Board unanimously
approved the following resolution:
WHEREAS
the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College proposes to
issue, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 847 of the 1963
Session Laws of North Carolina, $3,022,000 Dormitory System
Revenue Bonds of 1964 dated May 17 1964, and for the purpose
of authorizing the issuance of said bonds said Board has adopted
on March 10, 1966, a resolution entitled "Resolution authorizing
the issuance of $3,022,000 Dormitory System Revenue Bonds of
1964 of the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College",
and has requested that the Advisory Budget Commission of the
State of North Carolina give its approval to the issuance of
the bonds and the provisions of said resolution and approve
the Project to be constructed from the proceeds of said bonds,
and
WHEREAS,
a copy of said resolution and a description of the project have
been certified to the Advisory Budget Commission by the Secretary
of the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College, and the
Commission has given due consideration to said resolution and
said Project; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED
that the issuance of the bonds authorized by said resolution
and the provisions of said resolution and said Project be and
they hereby are approved by the Advisory Budget Commission.
A motion was
made by Mr. Walsh, seconded by Mr. Mallonee, approving the Resolution
Authorizing the Issuance of $3,022,000 Dormitory System Revenue
Bonds of 1964 of the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College.
(See Exhibit #1 on file in the President's Office
Next order
of business was the consideration of resolutions concerning the
issuance of $3,022,000 Western Carolina College Dormitory System
Revenue Bonds of 1964.
Trustee Arnold
Hyde moved the adoption of the following resolution:
WHEREAS,
the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College desires to
adopt a bond resolution authorizing the issuance of $3,022,000
Western Carolina College Dormitory System Bonds of 1964, consisting
of $390,000 the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College
Dormitory System Revenue Bonds of 1964, Series A, $432,000 the
Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College Dormitory System
Revenue Bonds of 1964, Series B, and $2,200,000 the Board of
Trustees of Western Carolina College Dormitory System Revenue
Bonds of 1964, Series C, and
WHEREAS,
the Board of Trustees has caused to be prepared a bond resolution
authorizing such bonds; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED
by the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College as follows:
The bond
resolution entitled "Resolution authorizing the issuance
of $3,022,000 Dormitory System Revenue Bonds of 1964 of the
Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College", is hereby
adopted.
Trustee J. R. Buchanan seconded the motion and the resolution
was unanimously adopted.
Trustee Arnold
Hyde moved the adoption of the following resolution:
WHEREAS
the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College has heretofore
adopted a resolution entitled "Resolution authorizing the
issuance of $3,022,000 Dormitory System Revenue Bonds of 1964
of the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College",
and
WHEREAS
the issuance of the bonds thereby authorized must be approved
by the Advisory Budget Commission of the State of North Carolina,
and
WHEREAS,
the Project to be constructed from the proceeds of said $2,200,000
Series C Bonds of said issue must be approved by said State
Advisory Budget Commission; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED
BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the Western Carolina College as
follows:
(1) The
Advisory Budget Commission of the State of North Carolina is
hereby requested to give its approval to the provisions of said
resolution and to the issuance of the $3,022,000 Bonds thereby
authorized and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Western
Carolina College is hereby directed to submit a certified copy
of said resolution to said Advisory Budget Commission for its
consideration.
(2) The
Advisory Budget Commission of the State of North Carolina is
hereby requested to give its approval to the 1964 Project, consisting
of two new Dormitories, each with necessary appurtenant facilities,
to house approximately 400 men and 400 women students, to be
constructed from the proceeds of said $2,200,000 The Board of
Trustees of Western Carolina College Dormitory System Revenue
Bonds of 1964, Series C, and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees
of Western Carolina College is hereby directed to submit a certified
description of said Project to said Advisory Budget Commission.
Trustee J.
R. Buchanan seconded the motion and the resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Trustee Arnold
Hyde moved the adoption of the following resolution:
WHEREAS,
the Loan Agreement dated as of March 1, 1965, made by the College
with the Housing and Home Finance Administrator requires that
the $3,022,000 bonds be issued in accordance with said Agreement
shall be sold at public sale; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED
by the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College that sealed
bids for the purchase of said bonds shall be received by the
Business Manager at his office in Cullowhee, North Carolina,
at a time to be set by the Business Manager with the approval
of the Housing and Home Finance Administrator, and that the
Business Manager be and he hereby is authorized to publish in
The Daily Bond Buyer, a financial newspaper published in the
City of New York, State of New York, a notice of the sale of
such bonds in such form as shall comply with the conditions
prescribed by said Loan Agreement and to award the bonds to
the successful bidder therefore in accordance with the terms
of the notice of sale.
Trustee J.
R. Buchanan seconded the motion and the resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Trustee Arnold
Hyde moved the adoption of the following resolution:
WHEREAS,
Western Carolina College has entered into an agreement dated
March 1, 1965, (herein referred to as "Loan Agreement")
with the United States of America Housing and Home Finance Agency
Community Facilities Administrator, providing for the financing
of the cost of erecting two new dormitories, including necessary
appurtenant facilities (Herein referred to as "Project
Dormitories") suitable to house approximately 400 men and
400 women students, and the Loan Agreement requires the College
to establish and maintain throughout the life of the loan to
be made by the United States of America pursuant to the Loan
Agreement, such parietal rules, rental rates and charges for
the use and occupancy of both the Project Dormitories and also
the six existing dormitories referred to in said agreement as
Reynolds Hall, Moore Hall, Madison Hall, Robertson Hall, Buchanan
Hall, and Albright-Benton Hall, as may be necessary to (1) assure
maximum occupancy and use of such dormitories and (2) provide
(a) the operating and maintenance expenses of said facilities,
(b) the debt service on the bonds to be issued pursuant to the
Loan Agreement and the reserve therefore and (c) the repair
and replacement reserve required by the Loan Agreement, and
it is desired to take measures to comply with the Loan Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED
by the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina College as follows:
(1) In order
to assure maximum use and occupancy of the Project Dormitories
and the six other dormitories herein before referred to, the
College in providing dwelling accommodations and dining facilities
for its students, shall give preference to the facilities afforded
by the Project Dormitories and six other dormitories over any
other such facilities afforded by the College.
(2) Until
changed as hereinafter provided, the rental rates or charges
made to each student dwelling in the Project Dormitories and
six other dormitories for use and occupancy of space therein
shall be at the rate of $162 per student occupant during the
regular term and $56 per student occupant per summer term.
(3) The
College agrees to increase such rental rates or charges whenever
such increase is necessary in order to provide revenue adequate
for the making of payments required by the Loan Agreement to
be credited to the Western Carolina College Dormitory Revenue
Fund Account of 1964, the Western Carolina College Dormitory
System Bond and Interest Sinking Fund Account of 1964, and the
Western Carolina College Dormitory System Repair and Replacement
Reserve Account of 1964 which the Loan Agreement requires to
be established and maintained in accordance with the provisions
of the Loan Agreement, in addition to the revenue adequate for
the making of payments required by prior issues of bonds of
the College secured by the revenue of any or all of said Dormitories.
(4) No student
shall be permitted to occupy any of said dormitories without
paying the prescribed rental or charge for his use or occupancy.
Trustee J.
R. Buchanan seconded the motion and the resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Upon motion
by Mr. Cooper, seconded by Mr. Buchanan, the Board unanimously
approved the following resolutions:
That the
Board of Trustees go on record as approving the 800-bed dormitory
project and that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the
chairman or vice-chairman to enter into negotiations and to
execute agreements in behalf of the Board of Trustees with revenue
bankers and/or fiscal advisors for the purpose of providing
for the issuance of $2,400,000 of revenue bonds of Western Carolina
College to finance said project and to execute revenue bonds
of Western Carolina College issued for the purpose of financing
said project.
That the
Board of Trustees go on record as approving the faculty housing
project and that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the
chairman or vice-chairman to enter into negotiations and to
execute agreements in behalf of the Board of Trustees with revenue
bankers and/or fiscal advisors for the purpose of providing
for the issuance of $280,000 of revenue bonds of Western Carolina
College to finance said project and to execute revenue bonds
of Western Carolina College issued for the purpose of financing
said project.
That the
Board of Trustees go on record as approving the Addition to
the Health and Physical Education Facilities Project and that
the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the chairman or vice-chairman
to enter into negotiations and to execute agreements in behalf
of the Board of Trustees with revenue bankers and/or fiscal
advisors for the purpose of providing for the issuance of $430,000
of revenue bonds of Western Carolina College to finance said
project and to execute revenue bonds of Western Carolina College
issued for the purpose of financing said project.
A motion was
made by Mr. Buchanan, seconded by Mr. Walsh, unanimously approving
a leave of absence for Professor John Bell.
Upon motion
by Mr. Hyde, seconded by Mr. Cooper, the Board unanimously authorized
the continuation of the same plan, which has been followed heretofore
in the naming of the new buildings on the campus. (Three members
from the Board of Trustees, three members from the Alumni Association,
and three members from the Faculty)
Upon motion
by Mr. E. J. Whitmire, seconded by Mr. Cooper, the Board unanimously
approved the following recommendation of Retirement Policy by
the Special Trustee-Faculty-Administration Committee of the Board
of Trustees:
A. The effective
date of this retirement policy shall be July 1, 1967.
B. Unless
they elect to retire earlier under provisions of the Teachers,
and State Employees' Retirement System, faculty members will
retire from full-time teaching at age 65. A person who becomes
65 during the academic year may continue in a full-time capacity
for the remainder of that academic year.
C. The Board
of Trustees, upon recommendation of the Head of the Department,
the Dean, and the President of the College, may
(1) Continue
the employment of faculty members, full-time or part-time,
on a year to year basis, from age 65 to the end of the academic
year during which the 68th birthday is reached.
(2) Continue
the employment of faculty members from age 68 to the end of
the academic year during which the 70th birthday is reached
with an assigned teaching load not to exceed 662/3%.
D. Employment
for teaching shall not extend beyond the age of 70 and service
to this age shall be as provided in Section C.
E. Faculty
members performing administrative functions will relinquish
their administrative duties at the end of the fiscal year within
which they attain age 65. They may continue on the instructional
staff as provided in Section C.
E. Administrative
personnel without academic rank shall relinquish administrative
duties at the end of' the fiscal year during which the 65th
birthday is reached. Such personnel may continue in the employment
of the college, full-time or part-time, on a year to year basis,
to the end of the fiscal year during which the 68th birthday
is reached. Such employment will be subject to the recommendation
of the Business Manager, the President, and with the approval
of the Board of Trustees.
G. Non-academic
personnel, subject to the Personnel Act, shall retire at the
end of the fiscal year during which the 65th birthday is reached.
Such personnel may continue in the employment of the college,
full-time or part-time, on a year to year basis, to the end
of the fiscal year during which the 68th birthday is reached.
Such employment will be subject to the recommendation of the
Business Manager, the President, and with the approval of the
Board of Trustees.
A motion was
made by Mr. B. Whitmire, seconded by Mr. Cooper, that the Board
approve the 1966-67 College Catalog. This motion was unanimously
approved.
There being
no further business, the meeting adjourned.
Respectfully
submitted,
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Jonathan Woody, Chairman
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Paul A. Reid, Secretary
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