Singletary describes his Carnegie Foundation tour, his relationship with Consolidated University of North Carolina System President William Friday and circumstances surrounding his arrival at Woman's College. He describes the Consolidated University of North Carolina System, the role played by the three major universities and governance by the one-hundred member board. He recalls the tenure of William Friday, his relationship with faculty and students and the emphasis placed on teaching versus research. He describes his relationship with Mereb Mossman, his two years in creating the Job Corps, the beginning of coeducation at UNCG and factors affecting his decision to leave. Subjects: Touring US campuses for the Carnegie Corporation, President Friday offering him a job as Chancellor of Woman's College, his relationship with President Friday, the University of North Carolina University system as a whole, faculty (Richard Bardolph, Peter Taylor, Randall Jarrell, and Robert Watson), Mereb Mossman, faculty meetings, his position when coeducation started, his effort to make the Greensboro campus the performing arts stronghold of the system since Chapel Hill and Raleigh already had their "protected territory", the Consolidated Board of Trustees.