University of Virginia Library

Class Officers Divide Funds,
Plan To Allot $11,000 Gift

By PAT GRANEY

Graduating class vice president Gene
Lockhart proposed that the class divide
its financial resources to allocate
approximately $11,000 for the class gift,
and $4,000 for the class's social activities
in an executive meeting of the class
officers Monday.

This represents a significant decrease
in the allocation for social activities, and
doubles the amount normally alloted for
the class gift.

Law School representative to the
executive committee Stewart Evans
amended Mr. Lockhart's proposal so
that allocations for social activities would
be divided on a percentage basis in each
school.

The per cent figure will be based on
the number of students times the number
of years a student has contributed to the
comprehensive fee comprising a
percentage of the total available funds.

The executive committee mailed
referendum ballots early this week asking
for suggestions for the class gift and for
re-allocation of a portion of the social
activities funds.

Sources indicate that the graduating
class Historian John Wood will conduct a
poll measuring student opinion in the
College about what should be done with
the social activities funds.

Although the polling results of the
committee's referendum are not
completed, a referendum with the most
widely supported gift suggestions will be
sent out next week.

Each member of the graduating class
will be asked to list these suggestions on
the referendum in order of his preference.

The suggestions include 1) donations to
the Quang Ngai hospital fund, 2) the
establishment of an International House
in Charlottesville, 3) donations to
Madison Hall, 4) donations to the Martin
Luther King Fellowship, and 5) donations
to the Alderman Library.

Vice President for Student Affairs D.
Alan Williams and University Treasurer
David Moyer have ruled however that the
funds from the student comprehensive
fee cannot be allocated for any purpose
outside the University community.

The Quang Ngai hospital proposal will
be included on the ballot because the
ruling is being appealed.

The Quang Ngai hospital is an
independent rehabilitation center in
Vietnam which treats refugees from all
nations.

The Martin Luther King Fund was
established in 1968 to aid well-qualified
students with limited financial resources.
The bulk of the funds in the past have
gone to first-year graduate students
preparing for the less well-paid
professions.