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REPORT OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE

The Committee met on December 7th, inspected the Piedmont development and
commended the administration and Mr. Frederick Nichols, architect, for the adequate
and attractive housing for young professors.

The Committee again examined the brick panels for the Student Activities building,
confirmed the previous selection, leaving coice of mortar to the architect.

In reference to the request of Professor Abbott who lives in Pavilion VI, formerly
the Romance Pavilion to use the room known as the Salle Lafayette as additional space
for his family, the Committee visited the room, which contains a work of art in the
frescoes painted by St. Hubert and presented by Ormond Smith of New York at a cost
of $20,000 - and dedicated by the French Ambassador in memory of Thomas Jefferson
and the Marquis De Lafayette, the room to be used exclusively for the study of the
French language. The Committee recommends that we defer action on the request,
and that further study be made of the disposition of this room with its work of
art after consultation with the Metropolitan Museum.

In reference to a request from Phi Delta Theta and Pi Epsilon Pi fraternities for
lease of Building sites between Scott Stadium and the Filtering plant, the
following recommendation is made following consultation with the President:

That the request be denied in view of the property being suitable for University
housing hear the Engineering School and Science Buildings. It is further
recommended that the matter be referred to the administration for further study
in an effort to find a suitable area for fraternity housing.

In reference to the request from Dr. Sterling Decker that the 30-foot right of way
from McCormick Road (Old Mountain Road) to Midmont, known as the Chamberlain
property, be increased to 50 feet which will enable the developers to build a road
that will meet State specifications, the site was visited and the Committee
recommends:

That the application for an increase from a 30 to a 50 foot right of way be
granted, on condition that all expense be borne by the developer, that such
increase in the right of way shall be for such distance as is required by the
Zoning Board, and that all of the details of the application be subject to the
approval of the President, and that there also be obtained an opinion of the
Counsel of the University that the Board is legally authorized to give such
consent.