University of Virginia Library

Capital Outlays

A point that you raised to me might well be
worthy of consideration by the Committee on
the Future. You spoke of your recent request
to the legislature for $23.6 million for capital
outlays. We are so firmly dedicated as you to
the proposition that the University desperately
needs the three new buildings that this money
would provide, and the renovation of two older
buildings also included in these funds, for it is
we who now suffer from the lack of classroom
facilities. The committee might consider
whether additional enrollment is wise until
these buildings are well under construction.

It seems to us an undeniable truth that it is
our duty as students, as you suggested, to aid
you in your efforts to secure these funds. And