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Primary document
Title:
Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees Minutes, October 11, 1856 [Containing Resolutions Regarding
Benjamin S. Hedrick's Actions]: Electronic Edition.
Author: University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Board of Trustees. Executive
Committee
Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill supported the electronic publication of this title.
Text transcribed by
Bari Helms
Images scanned by
Bari Helms
Text encoded by
Sarah Ficke
First Edition, 2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 12K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005
The electronic edition is a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill digital library, Documenting the American South.
Languages used in the text:
English
Revision history:
2005-11-11, Sarah Ficke finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: Records of the Board of Trustees of the University
of North Carolina (#40001), University Archives, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees Minutes, October 11, 1856 [Containing Resolutions Regarding
Benjamin S. Hedrick's Actions]
Author: Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees
Description: 2 pages, 2 page images
Note:
Call number 40001 (University Archives, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Originals are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
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Any hyphens occurring in line breaks have been removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line.
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All double right and left quotation marks are encoded as ".
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Indentation in lines has not been preserved.
For more information about transcription and other editorial decisions, see the section Editorial Practices.
Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees Minutes, October 11, 1856 [Containing Resolutions Regarding Benjamin S. Hedrick's
Actions]
Actions]Page 1
Raleigh
Oct 11, 1856
Executive Committee met.
Present
Present
- His Excy. Gov.
Bragg
, Prest
J. H. Bryan
D. W. Courts
C. L. Hinton
Ch. Manly
B. F. Moore
R. M. Saunders
The Prest laid before the Committee a political essay of
Prof. B. S.
Hedrick's
published in the N. Carolina Standard of the 4th instant together with sundry letters & papers
relating thereto, whereupon
published in the N. Carolina Standard of the 4th instant together with sundry letters & papers
relating thereto, whereuponResolved that the Executive Committee have seen with
great regret the publication of Prof. Hedrick
in the Standard of the 4th inst.; because it violates the established usage of the
University which forbids any Professor to become an Agitator in the
exciting politics of the day; & is well calculated to injure the
prosperity & usefulness of the Institution.
in the Standard of the 4th inst.; because it violates the established usage of the
University which forbids any Professor to become an Agitator in the
exciting politics of the day; & is well calculated to injure the
prosperity & usefulness of the Institution.Resolved that the prompt action of a majority of the Faculty of the University on the 6th in. meets with the cordial
approbation of this Committee.
Page 2
Resolved that in the Opinion of this Committee Mr Hedrick
has greatly, if not entirely destroyed
his power to be of further benefit to the University in the office which
he now fills.
has greatly, if not entirely destroyed
his power to be of further benefit to the University in the office which
he now fills.The President also laid before the Committee a supplemental
memorial & statement of Mr H. Herrisse
the Instructor in
French, in addition to that of the last meeting, setting forth a want of
discipline & maladministration of the affairs & government of
the College by the Faculty; & he submitted also a copy of the
Journal of the Faculty in pursuance of a Resolution of the last meeting
& other papers relating to this subject, when it was ordered that the
whole matter be laid upon the Table.
the Instructor in
French, in addition to that of the last meeting, setting forth a want of
discipline & maladministration of the affairs & government of
the College by the Faculty; & he submitted also a copy of the
Journal of the Faculty in pursuance of a Resolution of the last meeting
& other papers relating to this subject, when it was ordered that the
whole matter be laid upon the Table.Ordered that the Secretary furnish the President with a copy of the foregoing
minutes to be laid before the Faculty—
Committee adjourned.