OFFICEOFTHE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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N&loatien soot1 

tlon, ?ebruaxy 21- 

expenair be pal.43 

Printing ~Ftmdr a 

be paid fYom the Malntenauoe, Travsl'aab Prlntlng 

Fnadrr 0r khe zb3kmtrr orme.” : 
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 this mttor b&ore the trip In nude. 

Th6 ~folloving are the faots vlth reference to the matter: 

% large portion or the Eztwiari ~rarvioo .of the 

tmlvsrsity of 40x8s aomw uadez. ths clar8Ufaetion of 

Adult Eduacrtloa, aad, in ordm that ve 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 those 0r w rerpoasfble for 

thb pr0grmf ehs)cL w-a mtioslal oawing0 and 009 ~bst 

is bulag dose 3.a other institutioan and la othm Gates. 

I, regularly, hmm taught 8 oourse in 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 .oP Adult 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 Eduaation Aash?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 this meetlag, snd. my part in it, ahou$d be 

regspdod as m impertont aad ersent+l psti or the work 

that I am m%lled upon to do.” .’ 

Ia response to our request for additionsl~~lafommtioa 

regarding the benefits from the trip, IMan Shelby has vrlttea this 

deprtuent ‘ea follovsr 
Hoaorable Oeorgo FL Sheppard, Pagd 3 

*I should 1Ike to enlarge upen the v8lue to the 

U&er8Ity of suoh 8 mestIng as I am propodng to otAwstated in,the letter, I have beon taking the 

leed&ship l&the southvest, not only fop Texas but 

even for Oklahoma and New Mexioo, In holding the tvo 

3outhvest Regional ConSsreaoee on Adult Educratlon. !Phe 

third of those Conferanoo5 la to ba held next month 

here at the University, Mwch.16, 17 wd 18. '?his conrerenoe Is at$endec%by r&pzurentativeo of InstftutMns 

aud agenrrles In the states that are direotly Lutemeted 

IA Adult eduoatlon vork. ~The Pammat Teethers* Aaeooiatbn, the General Fedemrtion or Wuaenst Clubs, the W.P.A., 

t2mC.C.C. Program, the N.Y.A. Progrein, the oolleger 

and universities that two engaged In Adult Education, and 

repneeseutetlves'oS tha publio mhools in whIah Adult 

bduoatPon ptigrems are belng oarrIed on. 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 largely on 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 as8ooiatlon I 

til &aye vlth loaders fin the ffeld In this RM.onrrlmeotSag will be of verg-,great,beaefit in, uorklag out otw om 

jwobi9at4 here In thir strrte.~. In ra0t,~vlrile,v0 oan red 

about hov '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 dtreet bemflt, 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 nothing oompared with the benefits vhIoh 

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

SUb80OtiOn,(3) of the general riders to House Bill lo. 

272, Aats of the 47th Legielature, the approprIatIon bIll,fOr the 

educational Lastitutiona of bIgher IssrmIug, provides as Sollovar 
Bonorable George Ii. Sbopp~rd, Page 8 

“fnatitutlonal Reoelptr. XQ paqmrty belongto 6ny of the i.n8t1tutiona henln pPwid@d SOP, OP 

any agenoy thereot, rhall be mold 0~ dlapoaeb OS without the aonseat ‘bS its govern&ag board, fmd all proceeds ~‘PCOI the salm of euch propmty, Sraa labor perSormd, 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 thie Aat. auoh amountm am 

they shall de&ii neoimsary for the. -i+ort, mititenance, 

eratlon and improvameat:s of said instltutione. Au 

lmlaes rcml6Lp121R to the eredlt Of lum Of ‘Mdi IrlrtL 

tutlonal local ticis at said lastltuti-ma or in the 

State Treasury at the end of any Skwal year we hereby 

reappawprinted for the above-mentioned purposes for 

the suoo8eding year.” WxF-- s-d) .~ 

Subseotion (6) of the general ridert oontstsa the Sollowsng rertriotion, 

“* * * Ho tmvel%ng .exptmsee ahall be 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 aonsent of the rchool’a Board 

of Regents OP directora. Tim term QnrA.ntcn6aoe~ ,smy 

lnolude the traveling expeure. * +, *“(!&@a018 added) 

~Tvo 3,egislative purposes are apparent from these provisl.one. Oca that the expenditure of inrtitutional reoeipts aball be 

pHnmrlly uade~ the dlreotlon arnd control OS the governing board of 

the educational institutions, th4.Board of Regenta of the Uhmiversity oS Texas III the matter before us. The other that, notvithstandiag the lnvemtment of control In the governing board, na tmweling 

expense &all be allovsd exoept it 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 Taxa8 vould 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 integral p8rt of tha laatltutional pro~um rinoe 

1909. It hold8 momberahip in the Rational Bduaation A88oolatlon. 

The vital servlae rendered by 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 &barged vlth it8 propem eperatlon and matinued dsve2opeaL Pawgre88tvo lBlpP0vewnt 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 liaitatloar othozwlwt premribed In Xowo Bill Ho.,272, Aot8 

oi the k7thLeglrlatuse. 

'xotlP8 vePy tPuly 

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