OFFICEOFTHE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS

AUSTIN

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Or A N&loatien soot1 tlon, ?ebruaxy 21- expenairbe pal.43 Printing

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**be** paid fYom the Malntenauoe,Travsl'aab Prlntlng Fnadrr 0r khe zb3kmtrrorme.” :Honorable Qeorge~R. SheppaM, Page 2

The othur ir rmm Dwn shulby, rddms*ed to the slxtu ~o$~trbr, dumorlblng the purpowr Qr th6 propored trip aa

“ 1 an 6aoloribg a lottur miii 8eo*t&y aspw of thr, Bwrd of Rogenti in vhieh they ha*6 approved 8 trLp vhbh I have plaamd to make to se0 Fraaois~ao to addrem the Adult **Ndwmtlon metion**  **or** the Hational ikltwatloa

AawclrtZonr Febmaavy a-26, 8xpamer to bo gei&'rraar

the Malabenoace,Travel end Prirrtlng mad of tht~ flB~~'8

**0rme.** I uaderstead that in some 0~6s thwe trlgr, uhn vouahers ~hsvo baen dray21 agrlnnt stat0 Fa&d~,have besn dlssllovad. I UI, thez9fore, vritiag to got a zwllng on thismttor b&ore the trip In nude. Th6 ~folloving

are the faotsvlth reference to thematter:

% large portionor the Eztwiari ~rarvioo .ofthe tmlvsrsity

of 40x8s aomw uadez. ths clar8Ufaetion

of Adult Eduacrtloa, aad, in ordm thatve nay keep up. vith the best dovalopnants in the field of Adult Eduaatlon,~ and may be able to rendm? the most effootivs wrvioe 3.n the war effort in th%s aoaaa&ilcm, it is Pot ealy desirsblo but necewary thrt those0r w rerpoasfble for thb pr0grmf ehs)cLw-a mtioslal oawing0 and 009 ~bst is bulag dose 3.a other institutioan and la othm Gates. I, regularly,hmm taught8 ooursein Adult Edusstiaa -in the UaJniveraity hwe, and, ror thu last two yeam, I have 'held, End rar this year am pli3lwng to hold, a southveot ?@&CUUl t%llftW6Xl66 .oPAdult IfdUC8btiQlh Fhi8, Of COUFBO, ahusaitater our keup2ng: up uith,the

best of the latest thoughts,’

la this field,

,~ 'ASI k member ot the Bmartm~t &f Adulb~Eduaation of then lfatloaal

EduaationAash?lfitiqua, I 818 rsked oa this progrmi **to~,vork out**  ror the oomld6ration 0r thd group a plan iOr:i~JgrofeapiOnsl’Ad~lt ~ucatlOa #orkera Aaaooiatioa, a ,X&ion-wide, order. I think It pan easily be **aald,** then, that thismeetlag,snd. my part in it, ahou$d be regspdodas m impertont aad ersent+l psti or the work that I am m%lled

upon to do.” .’ Ia response

to our requestfor additionsl~~lafommtioa regarding

the benefitsfrom the trip,IMan Shelbyhas vrltteathis deprtuent ‘eafollovsrHoaorable

OeorgoFL Sheppard, Pagd 3

*I should1Ike to enlarge upen the v8lue to the U&er8Ity of suoh 8 mestIngas I am propodng to otAwstated in,theletter,I have beon takingthe leed&ship l&the southvest, not only fop Texasbut
even for Oklahoma

and New Mexioo, In holdingthe tvo 3outhvest

Regional

ConSsreaoee

on Adult Educratlon. !Phe third of those Conferanoo5 la to ba held nextmonth here at the University, Mwch.16, 17 wd 18. '?hisconrerenoeIs at$endec%by r&pzurentativeo of InstftutMns aud agenrrles

In the states that are direotly Lutemeted **IA Adult**  **eduoatlon** vork. **~The Pammat**  **Teethers*** **Aaeooia** tbn, the General Fedemrtionor WuaenstClubs, the W.P.A., t2mC.C.C. Program,the N.Y.A.Progrein, the oolleger and universities that two engagedIn Adult Education, and repneeseutetlves'oS

tha publio mhools in whIahAdult bduoatPon

ptigrems

are belng oarrIedon. This list Is not exhaustive,

but it vill give yeu eomo idee of the people vho vould be banefi?tted by the Conferenoe. gTheprograrr

thMyetr deals spaoIfI~l~vIththe problem,

~Mult **Eduaetlon,.** How to Get the Job Dono, and
ve vIll .oona#tmk mr attention largelyon problems fraa
the point ,0r .mw -0s the oosmua*ty ittselr, and in airwt relst~to:thep~saatDefensopro;g‘*emin thebuLldIng up or oammnlty mom$le In **buhalr or**  the **War~effort.** The **y&in~I~** besag work9d out at thb time along thuuf ml very definitely that the as8ooiatlonI til &aye vlth loaders fin the ffeld In thisRM.onrrlmeotSag will be of verg-,great,beaefit in, uorklagout otw om **jwobi9at4 here**  **In thir**  **strrte.~. In**  ra0t,~vlrile,v0 oan red abouthov 'the

va&xu projeoto an bsiq owried,on, it is next to Impooslble~to have any very d.eSiiiite ldo~vlthout **talking to**  **tho** peoples who are engaged 2n rimilw enterI thIuk the dtreetbemflt, therefore, to the
f6P6AW, and ag pslrtloipstion in the Conference

program in i%u FrsnoIsco I$ unquestionable. Wbirtevetr X may 30 Able to give, the ~o~Sorenor myself,vhloh I 88~~~9 you wfll bo snmll,Is nothingoompared with the benefits

vhIoh I, weelf, vi11 got Sor our ovn progmm heiaFs~~In Texas."

SUb80OtiOn,(3) of the generalriders to HouseBill lo. 272,Aats of the 47th Legielature, the approprIatIon

bIll,fOrthe educational

Lastitutiona

of bIgher IssrmIug, provides

as SollovarBonorable

GeorgeIi.

Sbopp~rd,

Page 8

“fnatitutlonal

Reoelptr. XQ paqmrty belongto 6ny of the i.n8t1tutiona henln pPwid@d SOP, OP any agenoythereot, rhallbe mold 0~ dlapoaeb OS without the aonseat

‘bS its govern&ag

board,fmd all proceeds ~‘PCOI

the salm of euchpropmty, Sraa laborperSormd, frclls

the sale OS materiala, ooopa and muppllee,

**Oth@P FeOeiDtB** 

i37he proceed8

OS la3 reoeipts

and Suudn. In rooomlaaae tith the nrovi~~ionr~of thieAat. auoh amountm am they shallde&ii

neoimsary

for the. -i+ort, mititenance, eratlon

**and** improvameat:s

of said instltutione. Au lmlaesrcml6Lp121R

to the eredltOf lum Of ‘Mdi IrlrtL
tutlonal local ticisat said lastltuti-ma or in the StateTreasury

at the end of any Skwal year we hereby reappawprinted

for the above-mentioned purposesfor the suoo8eding

year.” WxF-- s-d) .~ Subseotion **(6)** of the general ridert oontstsa

the Sollowsngrertriotion,

“* * * Ho tmvel%ng .exptmsee ahallbe lneumed by?baard

me~ibe~s,

head6 of .inatitution8,~ or by auy CkDiOY@8 of 6n~ of the sohoolr. OP other anenaies iikedhsreln, -hide oraztaldcVoS the bounikrlecl

of the st8tb of Tsxa8, exaept for State busineae, and a0 **tr6vel sban**  **be pexs3mmed**  **outaids the**  state cxospt upon the advan~s~vrittcn aonsentof the rchool’a Board of Regents**OP** directora. Tim term QnrA.ntcn6aoe~ ,smy lnoludethe traveling expeure.

* +, *“(!&@a018 added)

~Tvo3,egislative

purposes

are apparentfrom theseprovisl.one.

Oca that the expenditure of inrtitutional

reoeipts

aballbe pHnmrlly uade~ the dlreotlon arnd controlOS the governing board of the educational

institutions,

th4.Board

of Regentaof the Uhmiversity oS Texas III

the matterbeforeus. The other that,notvithstandiag the lnvemtment

of control In the governing board, na tmweling expense

&all be allovsdexoeptit be Sor ctatmbuainssm.Honorable Oeorga B. 6heppard, ?aagS 5

Xt affirmatively

apporrr that the Boa& of Regents of the Unlverait;y

has authorlaed the propored trip by Dwa Shelby and he8 direatod..Qm paymeat of hf8 tmvoling l pease froa the a8medfIand8. By aooerrary lmplioatloa the Board of Regent8 ha8 sound th6t the oaiv~r8lt~or Taxa8vould be bwMrlted by the trip sad that It 18 oao rhloh 8hould bo mdo for the bottomeat OS a dlvirion of th, ln8tltutlon. See Folq '18. Benedi.at,

55
s. w. (20) 8058 Opinion #a. O-1167 by thlr dapsrtwat.

TGD1v101oa of BxtoMl0a of tlw utlber8lty o? '%x68 ,ham betoa em integralp8rt of tha laatltutional pro~um rinoe 1909. It hold8 momberahip in the Rational BduaationA88oolatlon. The vital servlae renderedby the dlVl8iOla and It8 varlow bumaw to tho unlver8ity,tuld to the people of Tex48, i8 vol1luKmI.
**see** oplnlon **no. ..a-1047**  **by thu**  **deqetmoat.** A.s **the head**  0r thf.8 dlvlslon,Dean Shelby 18 &bargedvlth it8 propem eperatlon and matinued dsve2opeaL Pawgre88tvolBlpP0vewnt and tirs1y arrvlo.8 result from nev pl6a8,mPethod8 and programs. A &nwleflga of th6 expelrleaoe

and re8\iltr

of other eduoatlolul~lartltutioa8 is of great lmpo~t6ace. Par8oPsl ooafmenaer and the intercb6ngs of ideas areca8eatial. There advaatagor exist ¶.n meeting8 8uah a8 the subjeat 0ne of th Blatlgnal Hduoatlan h88oa¶.ation.

Thor0 a0aslcbratlolu, and 6a waluatloa of tha xmtterm de8orlbed la the 1Qttem iMla Dean Shelby, damon8trete,Zn our opinion, that the propoaed trip vou2d oolultitute atate bwiness 6ndtheexpen8er inoi~tthentoMybealloped~~Mvithin tha liaitatloarothozwlwtpremribed In Xowo Bill Ho.,272, Aot8 oi the k7thLeglrlatuse.

'xotlP8 vePy tPuly

P.S.: We return herewith the enclosures accompanying your letter.