Gillespie Bill which significantly reduced the number of board seats the AME Church had on the CNI's board, and increased the number of seats appointed by the governor of Ohio. This was done in response to growing concerns that the AME Church wielded too much sectarian influence over CNI. It also reflected an on-going state of friction between the CNI department and its state appointed board with the WU administration and the AME church appointed board which oversaw the rest of the college.
==== World War II and split from College of Education and Industrial Arts: 1939-1947 ====
On May 13, 1941 the CNI's name was officially changed to the College of Education and Industrial Arts at Wilberforce University (CEIA). The name change was done in part to more clearly separate the department from the rest of WU. The CEIA continued to be governed by a board appointed by the Governor of Ohio, and the World War II era at WU was marked by an increasing amount of tension between this board and the AME church backed board …
