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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

quests the opinioli 

8 whloh may be oonu&g grior npproathe Attorney Oem.raX,, 

rips lRYolYing txavthe Hiate, OQ the part 

eduoational inetituCollege upon the.an!iual meeting or the Amerioan 

Asaooiation 0r University women at Topeka, xansae, 

may bo approved and paid by the State Comptroller. 
I 

Honorable S. A. Bill, Pago E 

There Is no requirement In HOUSO Bill m, ‘apse, that tbo approval of the State Conptroller, t& Attoiney General, or other 8tate ofrloer, shall be -6 

prior to the making of any trip by emplo~ems of tb atate 

eduoatlonal inrtitutlons of higher loamking, lml&.I5g 

the prmldent, ln~olring traveli5g expenres payable by 

the State, otherrise allowable. Or ooume, the state 

oomptrolhm, berore payment of any olai.8 rm a5y *a 

fund8 is made, mu8t nooeasarlly approve auoh, and ny, i5 

detsrmiPlng the question of pcryment, oeoure the o~iz&aa 

0r the Attorwby Genera& a8 to the legality or such jeymnt . The tinal approval, however, resta not apoa the 

abeenoe or etlstenoe of a prior approval beiora the aDense8 are lnourred, but upon the legality or tb e.Uin 

itrelr. 

By way ot parenthesfe, we me~ntlo5 that nrk 

prior approval 18 required in Oertsiin instanoes mdu the 

Departmental Appropriation Bill pertaining to Uquzaaat~ 

or Itate, whioh, of oourse, ha8 no applioatlon to m in8tltutlon. 

There are eertaln requIremMt8 In House 3U.l 255, 

8tlpa, a8 to the Rppt'OYal Oi trip8 and expensss br t3e 

goveming olflOial8 0r the instltutlo58, with rhiek N am 

8Ilre you RM familiar and oonoerning whioh you m 5o viaW-Y. ror oxample,~yNo. traveling expenses hall k ixourred by any employee 0r any 0r the 80hools, or othsr 

agenole6 named herein, outeide of the bOU5darie6 of fb 

State of Texas, exoept ror State business, a5d u-5 l 9m 

advanoe written oonsent oi the 8ohool*8 Board of Kege5ta 

or DireOtOrs." A& again, The expanroa or Regeetts, 

prerldenta, and Auditor8 of those State edmatiomi tytltution8 and.agenoiee 8hould be approved by the Ccm~trollrr 

oi the State, Prealdent of the goveining board, Frtside5t 

or the Uollege or Inetltution and'college Auditor krsr8 

payment irom either State or Looal funds.* 

With reference to your eeoond qwstlon, m qaote 

as iollows from your oo5mu.nioatlonr 

-would your ruling with rerarence to attendanoe at the Southern Aesooiation of Colleg88 and Seeondery Sohools at Atlanta, Geow, 

be applloable aleo to our attendanos of the Gnual iaaetlng et the Amerioan Assoaiatios Or 

Dnlyerrlty Women at Topeka, Kansas? This organization, too, IS a atandardiziing age5cK; la2 
'Bohorable J.A. Hill, Page 9 

we have been aaewiate msmbers tar 8oms riftean 

Jears. Stxaq two or more pare ago m applied 

ior full msabership in this organization, and 

have reason to:be&ieve that our application will 

be a@proved eltZher ,this year or next, @ravided 

weean send our repreeeatatlve to oonrer with 

the officers of that organization about our institution. and ita program. I should like to 

send otv Dean of Woman to that meet$ng.w 

In reply.to ourrequest for. additlonal:iuformahx~tauohing.t3& func~lon and slgaifloenoe of the haterlain lssoole~l~~~of~Unive~sity Women, we were, under 

date of Xay 20, idvised~ by you as f ollowsr 

-or your information, the AmerloamAasooiatlon of UniteraWiy Women Is, as the#ium innplies, a~ nation-wide organizatibn whioW&eks 

to pr.amotk .Wie standards for the eduoation or 

womun, and..%-pro&U aongenlal lacal and 8tqt.e 

units fork gpduet&s'of~reoogniaed oollegas and 

universities, The preelffent of the Texas branch 

of'that as8oclatlol~'fa &:Aana Irlon Powell, 

+?ofessor at Hi8tWy,tiorth 'km58 State Teacher8 

College, Dento& Tsrae; and there are local 

branoh in .8haost every town in ~Texss. 

eV+omen graduatea~or a recognized instSt.utlon 

are eligible ror ma&srshlp in these local orgsn12at10lls. Graduateis of institutions which are 

uot accredite~d by the Uaerloan Assool&tion of 

University Wlomsn are not eligible to membership 

in the looaX A.Ad7.W. organizations. Eaturally 

our girls desire'to have the same recognfitiou as 

graduate8 of~other 'first class institutions, and 

rallura.to .gaIa admlgslon to any local uuit 13, 

omiPdem3djeckind 0r,~mm3ctian upon the ailsllcant*s.alas nrerter,~; S!heae local unita are not-~ 

only soola2 but higbly~cultural orgsnlzatlons, 

aud undertake quite a.good number of educational 

projsots, suoh as the establishment of 'soholarships and loan funds-at institutions of higher 

learning. 

'Y?he~ larger organ&cstion sets up certain 

atandards~whiOh~mu& be met by an Institution 
&faze it oa+ be moqsgaiaod by the national body. 

Theso stsndarde haye to 40 ulth suah things a@ the 

eaholrslrahip of the tam&y, the cjorplfl;ory faailitieee, th4 nurdhal BBPe or students, the saolal 

,pmae ml ~arbut3 c~thsr iaatcma that have to 

0 with the quality af work whloh a oouege ar uQi* 

versity may do.” 

St is OUT wxle.rat8nding, also, that the oolleges.and 

UII~Y~~E~~~OS-EUVI 00t~bem Or the km0ax~1 ASSOO~~~~JI or univezslty mmen uo not pay dub theawto end have 00 valoe in or 

ofiliobal a%Sihatiti with such Assoodiok Rather, the Assswiatian is :lna8gcndent of t&8 sohoole, &!mrely8ettlng up, 0% itselr, 

oerbain azbitrapp stawlarda touw the sahools whfoh are determinatzvs of thhs ctlfSibiJ.ity or .~tos therem r0r nerabershlp:in tha looukunlts~ol the~basooiatloa. 

prola than8 raacrts, we are unable &tar aaraful oonsiderati& to. peeraeivve whsrain the atten&mas by the Dean 

ot Somen of your institution upon the annual mWLng of the 

Amrloq hseoaistion of Uaiooraity Wmi at Topeka, Kanaaa, 

would hrvs auah a reasonable substantial or dlreat relntion 

to the %unetlan ai epvwnmnt entrusted to ymr institution 

ae~ to constitute atate business. St appears that the rooognition oi your institution by this association, -with the advantagee pointed out by you, is not predlwated upon attenCanoe at its 

annuakPsetlngs by a repreoentativs, but only ugm~ the minda.rb?l 

EIaintained by the ~Ohoolr 3x6 fu3ly a~jmalate ymr dosire to 

aohteve for the graduatea of tho sohool this advaatfqp?~ to then 

after grmlu6tio.n and 3ur waXi0r that the likelihood of the 

aohool@e b8w reoo$r~ f sad by~tha q+saooi.a#on w1l.l ba Fseat-sr 

Lf the Ban of Woman ie present zt’this aaetinz to urgs tho ap 

proval 0r your Sast1tution. ~otwlthstanbi~ whioh, the iaot 
2G4 

&=imaWe that the oxpimditure inaldeat thsrdm ia not neooasarpto suahoad,and the *her faetthattio objootto 

be gpu.ned 40 sot, on8 d3,rootly relating ta the wldc of the 

sahoolitaolf,bu~rather am sslatingtotlst~&iahulll 

be open to the mia8a af'tox- they ohall Late lost the instl- 

~&&a, pu?talnin& tynrslabertip in an indogmdmat wxanfm- 

. 

It ia Werefore, cnac mnsidorod 

t&h8%eOtXJ#O&8 aqawl Eb88ta &tLbehB~ 

inbnthatat- 

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0% Uaiv~sity lflaarer, PC Topeka Eatmao, 

Uarpsn of t!aoWoet Te+ Stat0 L0lbea-a Co 

the Doen olt 

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