 | Board of Visitors minutes June 25, 1847 |  |
On Friday, the 25th day of June 1847. the day appointed
in the enactments for the regular annual meeting of the Board
of Visitors of the University of Virginia, no quorum appeared.
Funter being the only members present.
On Saturday the 26th June, Thomas J. Randolph appeared,
& the Board was organized.
The following Committees were appointed.
Of Finance Messrs. Randolph & Rives.
Of Inspection Messrs. Cocke & Hunter.
The remainder of the day was employed by the committees
in making the requisite investigations & no further business
was done.
The Board adjourned to meet again on Monday morning.
On Monday June 28th the Board met according to adjournment:
Present as on Saturday, with the addition of Mr. Stevenson
who appeared & took his seat. The following proceedings
were had.
A letter was received from Dr. James L. Cabell resigning
his office of Professor of Anatomy & Surgery in the University
of Virginia; which being read and accepted,
On motion by Mr. Stevenson it was
1. Resolved, that the Rector be requested to communicate
to Dr. James L. Cabell the sincere regret of the Board of
Visitors at the necessity which is about to separate him from
the University of Virginia; & to express to him the deep sense
which the Board entertain of the distinguished & exemplary
manner in which he has uniformly discharged the duties of his
chair, & the able and efficient service he has rendered to the
Institution; & also to convey to Doct: Cabell the cordial
& happiness.
On motion of the Rector:
2. Resolved that Mr. Stevenson be authorised & requested
to communicate to Doct: James L. Cabell the resolution of
the Board of Visitors, accepting his resignation.
3. Resolved that the Board of Visitors will proceed on
the 1st day of September next to fill the vacancy in the chair
of Anatomy and Surgery in this Institution occasioned by the
resignation of Jas: L. Cabell, M.D. and that the Proctor be
directed to give the usual public notice of such appointment.
4. Resolved that Dr. James L. Cabell be authorised to
retain the use of his pavilion and grounds adjacent until required
for the use of his successor.
5. Resolved that when more than ten of the number of State
Students authorised to be admitted into the University shall
enter the class of any professor, such professor shall be entitled
to receive at the rate of $25 each for such excess to
be paid by the proctor by warrant on the Bursar.
6. Resolved that experience having proven that three
schools are generally as much as well prepared Students, can
attend advantageously; State Students in future will be admitted
into only three schools at any one session, unless in
cases of exception to be authorised by the Faculty.
7. Resolved that the State Students before admission into
the University shall give a pledge to teach either in some
after leaving the University; they being entitled to all emoluments
for such tuition to be applied to their own usesProvided
however that this pledge shall not be exacted from
those who have been already admitted or from those who are
dismissed or expelled or who leave with the permission of
the Faculty before the usual term of instruction prescribed
for such Students by the Visitors has expired.
At 1/2 after 12 O. Clock M. Mr. Rives appeared and took
his seat at the Board.
The Committee of Inspection made their report.
8. Resolved that, in future, the fire wood taken by the
Steward from the lands of the University be cut under the
direction of the Proctor.
The Finance Committee made a report which being read was
adopted accompanied by a resolution as follows
| Actual expenses | $18702.19 |
| Expenditures | 17525.48 |
| 1176.66 |
Exhibiting a deficiency of the estimates in the receipts
of $3184.87 to be accounted for in part from a change in the
fiscal year, and in part by a change of the time of the payment
of the annuity. An apparent lessened expenditure of
$3, 172.02 caused by want of funds to apply $2000 to sinking
fund $1500 to investment of Madison Legacy and $450 arrearage
of Interest due to Library therefrom.
The estimates of the Proctor for the current year are
as follows viz:
| Receipts | $20,176.66 |
| Expenditures | 15,005.50 |
| 5,171.16 |
This estimate omits an appropriation to the sinking fund of
| $2000 | |
| Investment of Madison Legcy | 1500 |
| Arrears of Int: due Library | 540 |
| Increased allowance to professors on acct. of excess of State Students |
575 |
| 4615 | |
| Actual balance | $556.16 |
Your committee would earnestly urge the necessity and
manifest propriety of enforcing the fulfilment of the previous
requirements of the Board in relation to these additional items
of Expenditure, and respectfully with this report recommend the
following resolution. viz.
9. Resolved that the Proctor & Bursar be directed to purchase
four of the Bonds given by the University for the Randolph
loan or twenty shares of State Stock, if they cannot be
obtained upon reasonable terms. Also fifteen shares of State
Stock as an investment of the Madison Legacy and that the
arrearages of Interest due the Library thereon viz. $540 be
applied to the purposes of the Library as previously ordered
by this Board.
Th: J. Randolph
Wm. C. Rives.
10. Resolved that the application of Professor Minor
for permission to open a door of communication between his
Committee.
11. Resolved that the Selection of State Students be hereafter
committed to the Faculty, under the provisions of the
enactments on that subject.
12. Resolved that the Steward be allowed $150 for washing
for the State Students during the past session.
13. Resolved that hereafter the University will not be
liable for the washing for the State Students.
14. Resolved that the price of the stone fence executed
by Majr. Broadus, under agreement between him and the proctor
be referred to the proctor & the Executive Committee to be
ascertained.
15. Resolved that Doct: Gessner Harrison be appointed
Chairman of the Faculty for the ensuing year.
16. Resolved that the commission of 2 per cent heretofore
assessed on the fees of professors & on the Board paid to
Hotel Keepers by Students, be remitted.
17. Resolved that the regulation ( See Ch: 1 Sec: 2 page
18 of the last edition of the printed enactments) be so changed
as that the payments of board to the Hotel Keepers shall be made
at the commencement instead of the expiration of each quarter.
18. Resolved that hereafter Students attending the school
of political economics, shall pay for tickets in that school
a full fee instead of the fee of $15 as provided for in the
late edition of the printed enactments ( See page 51 ); unless
of moral Philosophy, in which event he shall pay for the whole
as one ticket.
19. Resolved that State Students who may attend the school
of Anatomy & Surgery shall pay the usual fee for providing subjects
for dissection in said school.
20. Resolved that the annual advertisement of the University
shall hereafter be made in two papers in Richmond & two in Washington
only; & the advertisement respecting State Students shall
be made in two papers in Richmond only.
21. Resolved that the Salary of the Janitor shall be $150
instead of $200 as is provided in the late edition of the printed
enactments (See page 25.)
22. Resolved that the 11th paragraph in the late edition
of the printed enactments 2. Sect: 1. Ch: be amended by adding
the following proviso: viz:- Provided however that he shall pay
to the professor the fees received for them severally immediately
after they are paid and deposit their receipts with the Bursar,
that he may report the amount of payments so evidenced in his
annual accounts presented to the board of Visitors.
The Board then adjourned till tomorrow morning.
Tuesday June 29th 1847. The Board met pursuant to adjournment:
Present as yesterday.
The following proceedings were had.
The 10th resolution in the proceedings of yesterday relative
to Professor Minor's application was on motion reconsidered,
1. As the sense of the Board of Visitors that the appropriation
of Dormitories rented by Professors to other uses than
for studies, Libraries or for lodging students, who may board
with such professors, is inconsistent with the interests of the
University & inadmissible.
The 5th Resolution in the proceedings of yesterday relative
to State Students was, on motion reconsidered, when on
motion it was resolved:
2. That when more than ten of the number of State Students
authorised to be admitted into the University, shall enter the
class of any professor such professor shall be entitled to receive
at the rate of $25 each from the University for such excess
to be paid by the proctor by warrant on the Bursar:
Provided however that the whole sum to be paid by the University
under this enactment should not exceed $1000; that then the said
sum of $1000 shall be rateably divided amongst said professors
in proportion to the number of State Students attending each.
3. Resolved that the Faculty assign to the Professor of
Modern languages the lecture room of Dr. Howard at any hours
to be selected by him when Doct: Howard is not lecturing.
4. Resolved that the Proctor & Faculty are enjoined to see
that the existing regulations in relation to the Board and attendance
to be furnished by the Steward and Hotel Keepers to
the Students be strictly enforced.
5. Resolved that in future the appointment of Hotel Keepers
each year to be reappointed at the discretion of the
appointing power. The leases of the present incumbents shall
end in one, two and three years from the first of August next,
to be determined among them by lot, drawn by the Faculty.
6. Resolved, that the Steward shall furnish sleeping apartments
for eight Students, & not twelve as heretofore provided.
7. Resolved that with the assent of the Steward, the Proctor
is at liberty to commute the occupancy of the Dawson Farm,
for the sum of two hundred dollars per annum; and, upon such
commutation being had, to lease and improve the Farm upon terms
to be approved by the Executive Committee.
8. Resolved, that the lands in the Occupancy of the former
proctor being assigned to the Steward, the present salary is
found inadequate, and the Proctor's Salary shall be increased
at the rate of $200 per annum from the 26th of the present month.
The Board having received and taken into consideration
the application of the Washington Society asking for the assignment
to their use of a more convenient hall than the one they
now have.
9. Resolved that the Board regret that it is not in their
power to comply with the request of the Washington Society.
The following formula shall be observed in
the weekly class reports of the Professors of
the University.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
SCHOOL __________,
Class report for the week ending the _____ day of ___, 18__
* Here is to be written the day of the week.
Here is to be written the initial of the day of the week.
Here, the names of students.
Here an "a" indicating the absence of those not present.
11. It shall be duty of the Chairman to prepare and lay
before the Visitors, at the commencement of every annual meeting
of the Board, a consolidated report founded on the weekly class
reports. The said consolidated report shall be divided into
two distinct and separate parts, as follows
Part I. A concise and clear statement of the heads of the
lectures, or subjects of Instruction, delivered or taught by
each of the professors during the preceding course.
Part II. A statement of 1. the number of times which any
professor shall have fail'd to lecture on the regular days appointed
for his lecture. 2. The number of times which any professor
shall have fail'd to examine his class on the days appointed
for such examination. 3. The average time occupied by
each professor in the delivery of his lectures. 4. The average
time occupied by each professor in the examination of his classes.
5. The number of times that each professor shall have fail'd
promptly to make his weekly class reports as required by the
enactments. All enactments or parts of enactments found in conflict
with this enactment are hereby repeal'd.
The Board then adjourned till tomorrow morning.
Wednesday June 30th 1847. The Board met pursuant to adjournment:
Present as yesterday, with the exception of Messrs. Hunter
and Stevenson. The following proceedings were had.
1. Resolved that the advertisement of the vacancy in the
Chair of Anatomy and Surgery be withheld until after the 15th
July, and if in the interim Dr. Cabell should desire to withdraw
his resignation he shall be at liberty to do so upon notification
to the Rector.
2. Resolved that the meeting of the Board of Visitors for
supplying the vacancy in the Chair of Anatomy & Surgery, if the
necessity for that meeting should not be superseded, shall take
place on the 10th day of September next, instead of the 1st
of that month, as directed by a previous resolution.
Ordered that the Board do now adjourn.
Teste
| Board of Visitors minutes June 25, 1847 | |