▁to ▁mer ger - under ▁the ▁Board ▁of ▁Reg ents , ▁not ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Tennessee ▁trust ees ." ▁Hum ph ries ▁and ▁his ▁colle agues ▁cont ended , ▁and ▁so ▁did ▁Judge ▁Gray , ▁that ▁" the ▁existence ▁and ▁expansion ▁of ▁pre domin antly ▁white ▁U T N ▁alongside ▁the ▁tradition ally ▁black ▁T SU ▁have ▁fost ered ▁competition ▁for ▁white ▁students ▁and ▁have ▁thus ▁imp eded ▁the ▁dis m ant ling ▁of ▁the ▁dual ▁system ." ▁The ▁state ▁was ▁ordered ▁by ▁Judge ▁Gray ▁to ▁merge ▁the ▁two ▁schools ▁into ▁a ▁single ▁institution ▁under ▁the ▁State ▁Board ▁of ▁Reg ents ▁by ▁July ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁Judge ▁Gray ' s ▁r uling , ▁plans ▁were ▁developed ▁and ▁implemented ▁to ▁merge ▁U T N ▁under ▁T SU , ▁making ▁this ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁that ▁a ▁tradition ally ▁white ▁university ▁had ▁been ▁placed ▁under ▁the ▁administration ▁of ▁a ▁tradition ally ▁black ▁university . ▁In ▁demand ing ▁a ▁unit ary ▁system , ▁the ▁judge ▁stated : ▁" It ▁is ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁this ▁order ▁to ▁achieve ▁a ▁unit ary ▁system ▁and ▁not ▁achieve ▁a ▁mer ger ▁of ▁existing ▁systems ▁of ▁higher ▁education ▁in ▁Tennessee ." ▁Hum ph ries ▁said ▁of ▁this ▁settlement : ▁" If ▁T SU ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁white ▁institution , ▁this ▁never ▁would ▁have ▁happened . ▁U T ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁been ▁invited ▁in ▁here ▁to ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁separate ▁institution . ▁But ▁now ▁that ▁the ▁judge ▁has ▁ordered ▁a ▁mer ger ,