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The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia was held on this date in the Office of the President of Mary Washington
College, at Fredericksburg, with the following present. The Rector, Barron F. Black,
Chancellor Darden, President Combs, and Visitors Gravatt, Howard, Mears, Mrs. Smith, Mrs.
Wailes, and Miss Wheeler. Absent: Visitors Barksdale, Carrington, Coxe, Gay, Emmett, Smith,
and Talbott

The minutes of the meeting of 9 October 1953, previously distributed, were approved

GIFTS AND GRANTS

President Darden reported receipt of the following gifts and grants

               

From the estate of the late Mr. Bernard W. N. Bagot, to be added to the endowment fund of the University	$ 2,500.00
From the United Daughters of the Confederacy, for the Woodrow Wilson Scholarship	420.00
From the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company, for a fellowship in chemistry for the session of 1953-54	3,000.00
From Philip Morris and Company, Ltd., Inc., for research under Professor R. M. Hubbard for the period October 1, 1953, to May 31, 1954	800.00
From the Cole Steel Equipment Company, Inc., for research under the direction of Professor R. M. Hubbard for the period August 20, 1953 to April 20, 1954	4,000.00
From the Gross Furnace Manufacturing Company, for research under the direction of Professor R. M. Hubbard for the period September 1, 1953, to October 15, 1953	600.00
From the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, for research under the direction of Professor L. R. Quarles, for one year beginning August 12, 1953	26,000.00
From the United States Public Health Service, for continued research under the direction of Dr. Byrd S. Leavell	5,589.00

CANCELLATION OF ELECTION

The President stated that Miss Genevieve Noble had decided not to accept the position
offered to her in the School of Nursing

The Board adopted the following resolution.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that the election of Miss Genevieve Eleanor Noble as Assistant Professor of Nursing,
effective October 1, 1953, be and it is hereby cancelled.

PROFESSOR MALONE'S REQUEST

The President reported that Mr. Dumas Malone's request concerning lease of a plot at
Copeley Hill required further study. It was thereupon carried over to the next meeting

MRS. LAMBETH'S PROPOSED PURCHASE OF "VILLINO LAMBETH"

President Darden reminded the Board of Mrs. W. A. Lambeth's petition of last June that
the University should permit her to donate the sum of $30,000.00 as a substitute for her and
her late husband's former gift to the University of the property known as "Villino Lambeth",
and that this property, now occupied by her as a life tenant, be deeded to her by the University

After a discussion in which general concern was expressed for Mrs. Lambeth's situation,
the following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that it is the opinion of the Board, following careful study in recent months, and
correspondence and discussion on the subject by the President, that Mrs. Lambeth's proposal
of 12 June 1953 cannot be accepted, that the Board remembers with gratitude the loving and
devoted services of Dr. W. A. Lambeth to the University, and that a statement be prepared setting
forth the terms of the original deed of gift, the obligations of the University, and a summary
of what has been done beyond requirements in consideration of Mrs. Lambeth, with such
additional statement as the President may think proper to make.

UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that the Hospital Accounts Committee be and it is hereby authorized to charge off as
uncollectible accounts Schedules 393, 396, and 397, aggregating $23,890.89, recommended by
them for cancellation

BAYLY-TIFFANY SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE

Mr. Gravatt stated that his Committee on the Bayly-Tiffany Scholarships wished to defer
making a report in view of Mr. Gay's absence and the fact that a meeting of the Committee with
the University Committee on Scholarships, Loans, and Employment would be desirable before a
final report should be laid before the Board. Mr. Gravatt stated that he would like to have
a joint meeting of his Committee with the University Committee at 9.00 a.m. on Friday,
December 11th, preceding the next meeting of the Board

The Secretary was directed to arrange for such a meeting.

ATLANTIC COAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

The Rector read excerpts from the Constitution and By-Laws of the Atlantic Coast Conference,
calling the attention of the Board to the fact that each member institution would have one
vote, and that this vote must be vested in a delegate who should be a professor or administrative
officer, but must not be an athletic official of the institution.

The following resolution was adopted by the Board.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that President Darden be and he is hereby elected to be the University's delegate
to the Atlantic Coast Athletic Conference, with authority to name an alternate to attend meetings
and to cast the University's vote

The Secretary was directed to ask Mr. Tebell, the Director of Athletics, to supply each
member of the Board with a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Conference

UNIVERSITY BUDGET

The Rector and other Visitors expressed a wish that members of the Board should be
furnished with any pertinent data which the President might be able to supply which would
enable them to be better informed and therefore more effective in support of the University's
budget requests, particularly in regard to the capital outlays for the Hospital and the proposed
Student Union Building.

The Secretary was directed to supply Board members with additional copies of the leaflet
reprint of Appendix I (page 15) from the President's Report to the Board for 1950-1951,
summarizing University capital outlays from 1826 to 1950

MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

ELECTIONS

The Board adopted the following resolutions

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Miss Miriam Jean Greenberg be and she is hereby elected Instructor in
Physical Education at a salary of $3240 for the session of nine minths, incumbency to
begin September 14, 1953, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Miss Jane Bell.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Mrs. Virginia Lawrence Payne be and she is hereby elected Social Director at
a salary of $4027 for the session of nine months, incumbency to begin October 27, 1953

The Rector mentioned the possibility of Mrs. Payne's succeeding to the position of
Dean of Women, in the event that position became vacant, and questioned whether Mrs. Payne,
not having an academic degree of any kind should occupy this position. Dr. Combs replied
that that was a bridge that could be crossed in the future, and that before appointing her
Dean of Women, the matter would again be taken up with the Board of Visitors

PROPOSED INCREASE IN STUDENT FEES

President Combs laid before the Board a schedule of fees charged in the general session, with
suggested increases. Upon Mrs. Wailes' request for a postponement of consideration of the
matter, it was ordered to be tabled.

ENROLLMENT AND NEW CONSTRUCTION

President Combs reported that it had been possible to increase enrollment from 1300 to 1421
students as a result of the securing of eighty-one spaces in private homes and an apartment in
Fredericksburg. Seventy-five additional students are being taught in extension courses in
cooperation with the University.

New construction is proceeding on schedule, President Combs reported, and the architects'
and superintendent's estimates set 30 June 1954 as the completion date for the new dormitory group.
President Combs also discussed the over-all situation as regards buildings, stressing the need for
new scientific laboratories, especially for the biological sciences

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On motion, the meeting was then adjourned