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-1 will thank you to advioc ma the oarreot en6ww to mka to this lettor.r 

& ami lntonsed that et a regular meeti& the 

Board of Hq.ents of the 3tate Tesohero Collq~r cdoptad the 

following reoolu.tlon: 

"1:3OLVZD, That due to ths Snot that (I) 

the kc Houston Stots Toacbors Oollefle .le engased ln*Luakilq piane ror t!w oontlnul¶tlon 41 

a Ylold Liahool in Puebla, LIeriao; (2) the 

Southwest Texas State Teaohors College ia plann&q to open a Field Sahool.in Guadslejrra, 

M0x100;thin lnlmmr; (3) the Gil Ross state 

Teaohers Collec,4 ia planning &,,qmn a Flold 

.SOhol.ln Chihua@ua, Xexiao,,. 

(4) all thr Texas State t 

his s-r) end 

Tee&h IB OoUe1ge8 are 

dfrfiatly Interopted In t$b emhan@ of rbudonte.wiW~ Mexioor 

?'THiXSFOiIiS, BB IT Hs~OLVZD~ ThaVths 

Board of Rqentcr OS ths Texas :;tato Teeohera 

Colle~s and the President8 OS these lwtltutlon8 ahall hold. 8 meet- dnrlng the Xastsr .~ ._ .- 

bolldays, 1944, at Ylotorl+,~tiexlao,~ or l onn '_ - . 

muiteble pleas in UIaxioo to confer ulth the 

0irbiids of the Teaohm- Trrinlng xn*tltutloAi 

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of MexIoo relative to the problem@ irrdloeted.?. ~ 

WI em also lnfommd:thet plans ma now la pro&rosa 

for the opening of a Field Yohool by, the north Tsxxw 8tate 

Taaobera College at Xorella, WX~OO~ aml.by. the 8tOpllcln:F. ' 

Austin Stato Tssehetr Qollego~af~Bin.Luis Poto81, ~Ybxfoe.~ The 

operation of those FLeld sehoola hra been delrarfbeb.by Mr. 

Xarmon~Lowmn, Presldont or the Sm Houston State Taaohorr 

colle$#J, 88 f011ows: 

"The oolls~o studonts intweeted in the 

'field sob001 ro&ter ond pay the fee8 on our 

CeapUa prior t0 pObIF to IIbex~Oo jwt (18 OUr 

regular students aetrioulste. our lastruotor8 

aooocPpsny thorn to Idexlcor The ?dexloan'oftlolals 
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Hon. 000. H. Sheppard - page 3 

furnish ua clasarooma frea of charge. Thla 

auazmr we pleu to off4r Cpanish itcnguace, 

Mexican nusfo, IXM Latin Americen history 

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tba otudents raoelve ragultlr oollaqb 

juat aa In the 0896 bf resident St&- 

-dents . . .6tlr lnstitutiona 00nduot fheb. 

.~ohoals lndapendently of the Y!exiogn col-, 

lot?-* 96 ara~grentad the 'free use of theI+ 

raoilltiaa. The propoood trip 1s to 0rranp.e 

gor the free uw 02' these L&exlo&n frroilitles ~ 

end LLnfer into dlaoossjons relative to l$vltqqaartera for atudonto ahd the like . . .* . 

Art. 2649 (6) v.b.Cs., pr.ovidca in port'~a'~fdilors~ 

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*& boord sha$l'emet eacbpar iu'Aust&, ; : 

on .#s firat Xonday in May, os'$s so?n thqmaafter as.prsotloab;le, far the Granaeetlon of - , ... ; - 

bualnasa pcrtair;lug to tbe affaira of tha 

St&a normal eohools,~end at such ot.ber times:~ . 

..and~plaoes 58 n.mjorit# of th6 membera of. ..'.< $: 

the board deem neoersary for ths Walter6 of 

SOid 00118&a. . ." 

~~ Ifthe ~oetln~: ln Xoxioo were to be a *boaQmaa'meatix&P of the ty&e aooered by the above Artfale, se~ser%Oaaly 

doubt whether ouah meatlug oould la&ally be?'held,,sinoe alause? 

auoh as "and et auoh &her t&as and plaoes aa a'meJor$t~'iir 

the board shall doam neoesaLtryn havo generally bean limlt& aa 

If they read *'at such other pleoq ~ithlu the 2tate.* Bee 

bw.wlou~h VS. soott, lee xd c. 865, 109 3. '3. 788. Xowavar, 

it appears that the proposed *moktf.ng is net in fsct a bualneaa aeetlng of the type oonte;lplate+ in Artiole Z647 (6), but 

ratner that it la in the nature of a.joint oonferanoe batweon 

the board and the presidents on tha ona hbnd and the Mexioan 

offiaiala on the other. 

eluded &II this *metln@ 

The taot that tha presidents era tiatrengthaos our belief that the &atherIn(: is not a buaiueoo aeetiu[! of tbo board of the type m&wehended by Artlols Eat9 (6). 

Gubseotio~ (6) of the Ocnoral Provialona of the Educational kppro riatlon Bill, 8. B. 33, dote of the 48th Legislature, R. S., P 49, prooidee in part 618 r0ii0ns: 
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I!on. Ceo. IL Shes.?;:rd - j~a@ 4 

* . . . fro traveling cxponese shall,,be 

12ourred by board members, heeds or lnetitutlons, or by any employee of any of the schools, 

or other s~enoles named herein, lnelde or out- : 

side of the bounderlea oi ths Potato of Texas, 

orocpt'for 3tste busiinesa . . . im 

The lcglslaturea of Texas have never undertaken‘to 

define w8tnte buslnese" as that term hoe been employed in oontorte elmllar tc the% above. In peneral the government of the 

verlcufi eduoatlonal lnstltutlone ha&been entrusted to~the respeotlre boarda of recents, end t6 suoh boards have been deleeated brood and oomprehanslre p&era. It IS manifest, that tihe 

boards are in a superlar positloh tc know anb undoretenb, a& 

to aooompllsh, the auooessful msna~ment and govemumnt oi.their 

lni4t.1tut10nfJ. The presumption i8 ~1~~9s in favor of, the re.s6anableness and le<y of that rhloh they do. As vies seSd.by the 

CommUoion cf Aqcals ln the ease oi Folqy ~6. Benedlot, 56 

S. X. (26) 805, the oourte will not lnteriere therewltb ln.the 

abaenoe of IS clear fthcwiap. that they hove aoted arbltrsrll9 or 

have abused the authority rested In them." Thi8 department har 

always ooneidered Itself rostralkied, aa are the courts, .$a overturnin& the deliborate and'consldered act8 OS tbo8e entro8ted 

with, and peoullsrly equip ed for, the rdminlrtrotlon~ot~the 

.varlow State oduoatlonal % stltut~cns. In our oplnlon 100. 

O-1196 we atstedr -' . 

W*3tatela burlness*, a8 relater to the au- ., 

thority of 6 depsrtmont to inour traroline. oxpcnsas to be paid by the 3tats, seems to embody 

at l908t tbs r0ii0ag elements: 

"1. A reasonable, oubstantlal, and dlreat 

rela;lon between the business to be transaoted 

on the tslp and the aoaompliahmant of tkm funotlons of ~ovurnment entrusted tc the partloular 

dspartment~ 

"i?. A rea6ouable, rub,atantial, and dfreot 

relationship between the methcd by uhloh the 

partlaular business ti intended to aooompllah 

the funo tlon of ~otsrnmont entruetod to *the 
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dapstment , !x~il tho poicara Franted the de- 

~~rtmnt by 1~2 for t&a sooompliahmt?nt 4f 

such sunotlo.u3* 

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*Of o&e, a* between trctwo airtrimiiii;‘. i 

there rauet necessarily be dome tone of doubt, 

*here the Judmnt of,the.dsppsr.ta~t’be~aa;’ 

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uqdar-the nenotionab::thoir"oiiloUl-o$bhr) : :> : " _: 

beoorio.tbir onl~iprrotlosblr.or~~rlon’~b~~~~ 1 ? ; ..-: 

%hloh ths guastlan :wbether the’State*s butiQesrs Is lnvol~ed .Jn the prwtiaular trip ;ik6y .~ , ,-i;;r. 

be deter&md.+j 1' i :--. : : Lo..' ',- 

AOtln$ on these prinolp1e~~%&! dspertment has ruled 

that thd head of a otete oduoati.eniX %itZti&lon:‘iv’aU ‘on’BiS‘iiat.e*s 

,busiaess rhile aitwdi.ng a’ mestlngqti Atlanki’r~.Oo~gis;‘bS”‘th4. 

SoWixwn’Ao~o2~tlon of Qolle~es~an4 8soaadrrf,‘Eohaolis~(‘bp~ion 

Ko. &2084), ttct tiho head of a State sohool OS enp.inooripgnao 

on StatoVa business wh$.ls attend&g:,& meting .&I Kew YO?k Oity 

dl tb herlo6n Zoofoty of Mochanlaal Enogtneera (Opinion lao. 

C=4fS7), that tha had of the husbandry departaunt of e L$+tts 

.~ohocl eras on :;ti:?.e*s bualncss ahlle atten&a 2x1 Td~onti, 

Canada, an Inter-&erioan ounfareno!, for the d+iry industq 

(Opinion no. c-4755), that a professor of adf.xhsl husbandry’in 

a date school wan on State's buslneae wh21e ettending the 

Merioan kopal Livestock Show (Cpinian 100. O-1195), and *iat a 

professor in the .:tete University ivas on Sta‘tWa business while 

ottending in Pnn Fmnoleoo a n~ca+~~ of.ths Adult fduoatlon 

.:ootlon OP. -319 W!:tlonal YduOr?.tlou jrs~oclation. (Opinlon.!TW-; 1 

O-4337). I 

The prgoned~oonferenoe lo for. the purposes of dlsousslnp, tho problem OS the exohrn~e of students wfth lLex200 

.ana OS the ~stabl2stmmnt and cont2nuauae of Eurxner Nield Schoolsart. m3E4 (e)-eptcffl~ally euthor2zea thz ~ovsrnk~~ boerde oi 

tho various sducsticnal 2nstitutlons to exempt oortnin students, 

fro3 ot&r mtiont: af the ;:mricm oontinunta trim the payxnnt of tuition ffizs. T& F,Cr;snoy clause of this leplslGt2on 

-(:ots 19cJ, 47th j.::~., I!..s., p. 3? ch. 9 (2) express08 a 

ls~islatfvs belici' tkst "by +mi&q $h;:ifm2l2t2ea Ot the 
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am. cco. 11. r;!ia;..:4xd - p3~0 6 

.b.f;:'i.er &UCC~~GII~ InstitutlJnS of thfit COWltry tt ZtUdantS 

0: oiikr mtJcnS, e mutual respx3t on6 understen@?np of th9 

wople of tlir oountrg a@ of the other natione of the oontlnmt liill ke fostered." nt80r0r ae the proposed oonfer.~nce robtcs to a di:;&xuion of WI exchenm of students 

xltl; ls;oxlco, tin feel that it oloorly is state business. 

Jn vicn of the broad wi-8 posmmsed by,the lkard 

cf !lo~ente ova the ourrlol;la of tim &ete feaohoi‘s Collegea 

end t&i 1atituCe with wkloh the oourtrc hew intnrpreted these 

poxnrs, we arc unable to soy that travollng exgensos inour:-ed 

ln oonneotion alth the establishing OIp mein~ain$n& &-the 

sumor Field :iohoola are not lnourre&I~~ conmotion @tl?.. 

SiBto business. 

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._ ~.Conseguentlp, you ardij?sE#peotrul3J adri.ie$ thai 

?ierronts amy bo is+ed In jxyxmht of traveling: expensea inourrcd in oomeotloa with the aonterenos l bote tllsouessd. 

mustIn& thtbt the r0+0w answer% your inquiry, 

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Yours iory.truly 

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'kl'TCfWtY. C2!IX?Al, OF '2j;L.S 

By T /*i 

It. Dean ?loorheed 

Aarslstant