A caucus.
Although the gathering is not held between members of a political party in regards of election, this meeting could still be considered a caucus in terms of it being an independent meeting to discuss strategy or tactics.
This is all to protect the university from the malicious intents of numerous inferior universities.
Chess sat properly on his chair while waiting for the Chairman's next words. It seems that a different person is sitting across him on the table. His behavior is completely different from his attitude whenever he visits the Pawns, particularly, the Professor.
Right now, the person across Chess is the Chairman he met on his first day and not the Chairman he met once he became a Pawn.
This Chairman in front of him right now is the Chairman of the University and not the Chairman of the White Pieces that he came to know.
