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BRICK FOR UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS

Members of the Board stated that they had received letters from the secretary of the
Virginia Brick Association protesting the selection of brick for the new dormitories. The President
pointed out that the Board at its October 1949 meeting had given the architects authority to
select the brick for the dormitories

The President stated that the specifications for the Academic Building would permit the
Board to select any brick it wished, prior to the time construction was begun. After considerable
discussion of the various types of brick, it was -

RESOLVED that the selection of brick for the various University buildings to be constructed
be left to the President, in consultation with the Buildings and Grounds Committee of
the Board and the architects