University of Virginia Library

The Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia met on this date at 10:00 A. M. in the
Office of the President of the University, at Charlottesville, with the following present: The
Rector, Frank Talbott, Jr.; President Colgate W. Darden, Jr.; and Visitors Berkeley, Bryan, Fenwick,
Lantor, Gray, Greear, Hartfield, Montague, McWane, Martin, Pollock, Smith, and Wheeler. Absent:
Visitors Coxe, Jones, and Paschall. Chancellor Grellet C. Simpson and Bursar Edgar E. Woodward were
present throughout consideration of Mary Washington College matters.

The minutes of the meeting of 14 June 1958, previously distributed, were approved as corrected.

RESIGNATION OF FRANCIS L. BERKELEY, JR., AS SECRETARY

The Rector announced that Mr. Francis L. Berkeley, Jr., had submitted his resignation as Secretary
of the Board effective October 11, 1958. Mr. Berkeley had agreed to continue to serve, however, as
Secretary to the Committee on Nomination of President until its work was completed.

The President paid tribute to Mr. Berkeley's services as Secretary. He stated that he was deeply
indebted to Mr. Berkeley for his unfailing and cheerful assistance on matters relating not only to the
work of the Board of Visitors but also on general University matters.

APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY

The Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
Mr. Weldon Cooper be and he is hereby appointed Secretary of the Board of Visitors for the unexpired
portion of Mr. Berkeley's term ending 28 February 1962.

RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION OF MR. BERKELEY'S SERVICES

The Board adopted the following resolution

The Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, in meeting
October 11, 1958, now gratefully acknowledge their constant awareness of the fine and quick
sensibility of Francis L. Berkeley, Jr. to his trust as Secretary of this Board throughout his
five-year tenure of that office, and every member of the Board, as well as recognizing his talent
for accuracy and his scholarly felicity as the writer of our records, has felt a lasting and a
cherished friendship for Francis Berkeley and counted himself better for having it.

A copy of this resolution, unanimously adopted by the Board, will be signed by the Rector,
attested by the Secretary, and by the latter sent to Mr. Berkeley with the regrets of the Board
at receiving his resignation.

GIFTS AND GRANTS

The President reported the following gifts and grants

                                                                                                                                                                                                   

From Walter Perry Neff and Ruth Neff Behrens, to be added to the Eugene Neff Memorial Fund for the Medical Library	$ 3,000.00
From an anonymous donor, for the Alderman Library	300.00
From Mr. Paul J. Bloch, to the Medical School	500.00
From Mrs. Lawrence A. Sykes, to be added to the Mary Stamps Suhling Fund	2,500.00
From Mr. John L. Pratt, to the Blandy Farm for the publication of a bibliography on the Ginkgo (NO PUBLICITY)	1,000.00
From the following sources, to be added to the Mott Cancer Fund
Mrs. Russell Mott	1,600.00
Hallie L. Burks	200.00
Ursula L. Tash	200.00
From Dr. Otis Marshall, to the Medical School, to be added to the Otis Marshall Loan Fund	100.00
From the English Speaking Union, Charlottesville Branch, for a fellowship for the 1958-59 session	2,124.00
From the following sources, to be added to the Lahey Memorial Cancer Fund
George M. Maverick	230.00
Mrs. James F. Johnson	371.44
From the estate of the late Mary Carolyn Carter, for the use of the Hospital	1,000.00
From the McGregor Fund, for air conditioning the McGregor Room in Alderman Library	5,000.00
From the estate of the late Julien H. Hill, to be added to the University Endowment Funds	577.88
From Dr. William H. Parker, to be added to the Edwin P. Lehman Fund	100.00
From Mr. Harry G. Walker, to be added to the Hospital Memorial Fund	100.00
From the U. S. Rubber Company, for a fellowship in physics for the 1958-59 session	2,600.00
From the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, for the following fellowships for the 1958-59 session
Dr. T. R. Johns	6,000.00
Dr. Oscar A. Thorup, Jr.	6,000.00
Dr. W. Dean Warren	6,000.00
From the Civil Air Patrol of Virginia, for teacher scholarships in Aviation Education for the 1958 summer session	2,361.50
From the Upjohn Company, for research under the direction of Drs. Parson and Crispell, for the 1957-58 session	3,000.00
From the E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company, for a postgraduate assistantship in chemistry for the 1958-59 session	3,089.00
From the E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company, for a postgraduate assistantship in physics for the 1958-59 session	3,434.00
From the W. K. McClure Foundation, for the Cooper D. Schmitt Fellowship for the study of world affairs, for the 1958-59 session	1,000.00
From the W. K. McClure Foundation, for the W. K. McClure Fellowship, for the 1958-59 session	1,200.00
From the St. Anthony Educational Foundation, Inc., to be added to the University scholarship funds	100.00
From the Alumni Board of Trustees, for the purchase of equipment for the Romance Language Laboratory	9,000.00
From the Virginia Engineering Foundation, for scholarship grants in the School of Engineering	$ 6,500.00
From the Chemstrand Corporation for a scholarship for the 1958-59 session	500.00
From the United Daughters of the Confederacy, for the Woodrow Wilson Scholarship	450.00
From Mrs. J. C. Metcalf, to be added to the Metcalf Memorial Fund	100.00
From Burlington Industries, $1,000 for the Burlington Industries Scholarship and $1,000 to be added to the general funds of the University	2,000.00
From the Virginia Cerebral Palsy Association, to the Hospital for the Cerebral Palsy Clinic	2,500.00
From the Charlottesville and Albemarle Cerebral Palsy Association, for the Cerebral Palsy Clinic	1,029.17
From Mr. A. R. Coleman, to be added to the Psychiatry Research Fund	100.00
From the American Cyanamid Company, to the Medical School for student research fellowships for the 1958 summer session	1,200.00
From the Tobacco Industry Research Committee, to the Medical School for a student research fellowship for the 1958 summer session	500.00
From Burlington Industries Foundation, an unrestricted gift	460.00
From the Virginia Society for Crippled Children, a scholarship for the 1958 summer session	350.00
From the Virginia Hearing Foundation, for an assistantship in the clinical division of the Department of Speech and Drama, for the 1958-59 session	850.00
From the University Hospital Auxiliary, for scholarships in the School of Nursing	500.00
From the Radio Corporation of America, an unrestricted gift	200.00
From Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company, to the McIntire School of Commerce, for a scholarship in accounting	500.00
From the University Hospital Auxiliary, to be used for the Hospital	816.50
From the Social Science Research Council, a research award in American Governmental Affairs, under the direction of Prof. Rowland Egger	10,000.00
From Mr. and Mrs. William H. White, Jr., to be added to the Henry B. Mulholland Fund for the establishment of a professorship in Internal Medicine, securities valued at	3,162.50
From the University Law Wives Club, to be added to the Law Wives Club's Evelyn Farny Saunders Memorial Loan Fund	771.00
From Mr. and Mrs. William H. White, Jr., to be added to the Mary Stamps Suhling Fund	17,620.00
From the Scott Trust Fund, to the University	1,050.00
From Mrs. Charles G. Craddock, Jr., to be added to the Mary Stamps Suhling Fund	2,492.50
From the Law School Foundation, to the Law School for distinguished professorships	6,000.00
From the Western Electric Company, for a scholarship in Engineering for the 1957-58 session	800.00
From the Fund for Adult Education, in support of an experimental project in liberal education for adults, first payment on a two-year grant	20,000.00
From the Rockefeller Foundation, for travel and living expenses for Dr. Oscar Thorup, Jr., to enable him to serve as Visiting Investigator in the hematology laboratory, Oxford University	2,500.00
From an anonymous donor, for scholarships in the School of Nursing	9,000.00
From the Relm Foundation, for continued research under the direction of Prof. J. M. Buchanan, of the Department of Economics	7,000.00
From the Common Cold Foundation, for continued research under the direction of Dr. Catherine Russell, of the School of Medicine	7,360.00
From the Department of the Air Force, for research under the following members of the faculty:
Dr. E. G. Pattishall	48,155.00
Dr. W. D. Whitehead	38,777.08
From the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty:
Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau	225,000.00
Dr. W. R. Singleton	7,682.00
Dr. Hermon Parker	500.00
From the National Science Foundation, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty:
Dr. F. W. Finger	$ 16,800.00
Dr. J. W. Cole	4,400.00
From the Diamond Ordnance Fuze Laboratories, for research under the direction of Dr. O. R. Harris, of the School of Engineering	55,580.00
From the Department of the Army, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty:
Dr. R. E. Lutz	11,481.18
Dr. A. E. Feller	9,575.00
Dr. Alfred Chanutin	30,663.00
Dr. W. S. Jordan, Jr.	19,948.00
Dr. Alfred Chanutin	9,731.00
Dr. R. H. Henneman	23,634.00
From the U. S. Public Health Service, for research under the direction of the following members of the faculty:
Dr. Q. N. Myrvik	7,762.00
Dr. W. D. Warren	9,142.00
Dr. Oscar Swineford	6,957.00
Dr. C. E. Wheeler, Jr.	14,145.00
Dr. Alfred Burger	16,963.00
Dr. P. R. Ingram	8,700.00
Dr. W. R. Sandusky	12,995.00
Dr. Alfred Chanutin	5,991.00
Dr. C. C. Speidel	3,191.00
Dr. R. W. McGilvery	11,960.00
Dr. Alfred Chanutin	7,500.00
Dr. T. H. Hunter	25,000.00
Dr. Vincent Hollander	10,110.00
Dr. Vincent Hollander	25,155.00
Dr. C. L. Gemmill	8,280.00
Dr. William Parson	18,883.00
Dr. W. A. Volk	7,360.00

DEATH OF DR. BETTS

President Darden announced to the Board the death of Dr. Edwin Morris Betts, Professor of
Biology, on September 27. Dr. Betts had served on the faculty since 1926.

There were expressions of the affection and esteem in which Dr. Betts was held, and the
Secretary was directed to record in the permanent minutes the deep sense of loss felt by the
Board, and the gratitude of the Visitors for his devoted and valuable services to the University.

CANCELLATION OF ELECTION

The following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the election of Mr. George Williams Keeton as Thomas Jefferson Visiting Scholar for the
second semester of the session of 1958-59 be and it is hereby cancelled. Mr. Keeton was elected
at the April 12, 1958, meeting of the Board.

CHANGE OF TITLE

The Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the titles of the following faculty members be and they are hereby changed:

Dr. Harry McGaughey, from Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology to Assistant
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assistant Professor of Physiology, as of September 1958.

Dr. Gerald Goldstein, from Instructor in Microbiology to Instructor in Microbiology and
Medicine.

PROMOTIONS

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 the following promotions be and they are hereby made:

Miss Margaret G. Tyson, Acting Associate Professor of Nursing, to Associate Professor of
Nursing, as of September 1958.

Miss Helen B. Plummer, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Nursing, as of
September 1958.

Mr. O. A. Gianinny, Acting Assistant Professor of English to Assistant Professor of English
in the School of Engineering, as of September 1958, for three years.

Mr. W. Bedford Moore, III, Acting Assistant Professor of English, to Assistant Professor
of English in the School of Engineering, as of September 1958, for three years.

ELECTIONS

The Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following persons be and they are hereby elected to the faculty:

Dr. John W. Mitchell as Professor of Physics, effective in September 1959.

Mr. Paul Summers Dulaney as Assistant Professor of Planning in the School of Architecture,
as of September 1958, at a session salary of $6,600, for three years.

Miss Nell Redwood as Associate Professor of Psychiatric Nursing for three years, as of July
15, 1958, at an annual salary of $6,600.

Miss Elise Michael as Assistant Professor of Nursing, as of September 1, 1958, for three
years, at an annual salary of $5,400.

Mr. Peter L. Heath as Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy for the second semester of the session
of 1958-59, at a salary of $3,700.

Mr. John Ridout as Lecturer in Mathematics in the School of Engineering, as of September 1,
1958, at a session salary of $6,000.

Mr. Rex Eugene Worthington as Instructor in English, as of September 1958, at a session
salary of $5,000.

Miss Delore Koontz as Instructor in Nursing, for the months of June, July and August 1958,
at a salary of $316.66 a month.

Mrs. Janice Parks Hylton as Instructor in Pediatric Nursing, as of June 10, 1958, at an
annual salary of $4,400. This is a replacement for Mrs. McGinty.

Miss Rose M. Martin as Instructor in Nursing, as of June 16, 1958, at an annual salary of
$4,400.

Mrs. Barbara R. Merin as Instructor in Nursing, effective July 1, 1958, at an annual salary
of $4,400. This is a replacement for Mrs. Zyzniewski.

Mr. Carl McFarland as Visiting Professor of Law for the session of 1958-59, at a session salary
of $11,600.

Dr. Lee Harris Potter as Visiting Assistant Professor of English for the session of 1958-59, at
a salary of $6,000.

Dr. Gilles O. Allard as Assistant Professor of Geology for three years, as of September 1958,
at a session salary of $6,000.

Dr. William Patrick Coleman as Lecturer in Medicine, as of September 1958, at no salary from
the University.

Mr. Samuel D. Hill as Part-time Instructor in Health and Physical Education in the School of
Education, at a salary of $2,250, for the session of 1958-59.

Mr. Hugh N. Birmingham as Instructor in Music at Clinch Valley College, as of September 1958,
at a session salary of $4,600.

Mrs. Frederica K. Temple as Instructor in Nursing, beginning September 1, 1958, at a salary of
$4,400 a year.

Mrs. Betty Norman Norris as Instructor in Nursing, as of September 15, 1958, at a salary of
$4,500 a year.

Mr. Robert Henry Moen as Acting Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering for the session of
1958-59, at a salary of $6,600.

Dr. Lever F. Stewart as Assistant Professor of Neurology for three years, as of September 15,
1958, at a salary of $12,000 per year, $4,000 from the State budget and $8,000 from the Neurology
Training Grant from the U. S. Public Health Service.

Mr. Bert A. Goldman as Part-time Instructor in Education, as of September, 1958, at a session
salary of $1,800.

Mr. James Mahlon Moyer as Part-time Instructor in the Department of Health and Physical
Education in the School of Education for the session of 1958-59, at a salary of $600.

Mr. Joseph H. Harrison as Associate Professor of History in the Northern Virginia College,
for the session of 1958-59, at a salary of $6,000.

Mrs. Vera Ray Hughes Brand as Instructor in Nursing, effective September 16, 1958, at a salary
of $4,400 a year.

Dr. Alden Robert Kuhlthau as Acting Professor of Mechanical Engineering for the session of 1958-59.
The budget of the Engineering School will assume a part of his salary proportional to the demand of
his faculty position upon his time, the rest to come from the Ordnance Laboratory.

Dr. Hermon Manley Parker as Acting Professor of Aeronautical Engineering for the session of
1958-59. He is employed at the Ordnance Research Laboratory. The budget of the Engineering School
will assume a part of his salary proportional to the demands of his faculty position upon his time.

Dr. Glenn Houston Miller as Acting Professor of Electrical Engineering for the session of
1958-59. He is employed at the Ordnance Research Laboratory. The budget of the Engineering
School will assume a part of his salary proportional to the demand of his faculty position upon
his time

Mr. Hyman I. Feinstein as Lecturer in Chemistry at the University Center in Northern Virginia,
for the session of 1958-59, at a salary of $6,500

Dr. Leon Salzman as Lecturer in Psychiatry, as of October 15, 1958.

Mr. Matthew Bruccoli as Instructor in English in the School of Engineering for the session
of 1958-59, at a salary of $5,000.

Mr. Onkar P. Bhatnagar as Visiting Professor of Foreign Affairs, part-time, in the second
semester of the session of 1958-59. It is proposed that he receive a stipend of $1500 from the
Doherty Fund, which will be supplemented by the Whitney Foundation

Dr. Everett Fogg Davis as Lecturer in Biology for the session of 1958-59, at a salary of
$6,500, in the Northern Virginia Center

RE-ELECTIONS

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following faculty members be and they are hereby re-elected

Mr. C. L. Quittmeyer, Associate Professor of Commerce, as of September 1958, in the McIntire
Undergraduate School of Commerce.

Mr. James H. Bash, Instructor in Education, for the session of 1958-59.

Dr. Wendell E. Malbon, Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the School of Engineering, for
three years, as of September 1958

Dr. Henry Garrett, Visiting Professor of Educational Psychology in the School of Education,
for the session of 1958-59

Mr. Charles A. Herring, Assistant Professor of English in the Northern Virginia Center,
for the session of 1958-59

Mr. James C. Sargent, Lecturer in Law, part-time, for the second semester of the session
of 1958-59

Mrs. Heidi W. Mitchell as Part-time Instructor in Music Education in the School of Education
for the session of 1958-59 at a salary of $1,250.

Mrs. Betty Booker Bond as Assistant Professor of Nursing for three months (October, November,
and December 1958), at a monthly salary of $400. She was formerly on the staff and had resigned
as of August 13, 1958

Mr. John W. Riely, Lecturer in Law, part-time, for the second semester of the session of
1958-59, at a salary of $1,500.

RESIGNATIONS

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 the resignations of the following faculty members be and they are hereby accepted

Dr. Edward Victor, Assistant Professor of Education, as of the end of the session of 1957-58
to accept a position at Northwestern University

Dr. Robert E. DuBey, Associate Professor of Education at Clinch Valley College, as of the
end of the session of 1957-58.

Dr. James J. Jones, Assistant Professor of Education, as of the end of the session of
1957-58, to accept a position at the University of Miami

Mrs. Emmajean McGinty, Instructor in Nursing, as of June 30, 1958.

Miss Patricia A. Taugher, Assistant Professor of Nursing, as of August 31, 1958

Mrs. Betty Booker Bond, Assistant Professor of Nursing, as of August 13, 1958

Miss Marion A. Browder, Assistant Professor of Nursing, as of July 22, 1958

Mrs. Carolyn S. Steuer, Instructor in Nursing, as of August 15, 1958

Dr. William N. Reingold, Instructor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, as of August 18, 1958

Dr. K. R. Crispell, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, as of September 1, 1958.

Mr. Howard W. Nicholson, Assistant Professor of Economics, as of the end of the session
of 1957-58

Mr. Evan G. Pattishall, Associate Professor of Education, as of September 15, 1958

Mr. Edward A. Stephenson, Acting Assistant Professor of English, as of June 1958

Dr. Frank J. Curran, Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, as of November 30, 1958, to
enter private practice in New York City

We wish for them the highest success in their new undertakings

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following faculty members be and they are hereby granted leave of absence without pay

Mrs. Celia Zyzniewski, Instructor in Nursing, as of July 1, 1958. She hopes to return in the
Spring of 1959.

Mr. C. E. Schwartz, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, for the session of 1958-59

Dr. James R. Cash, Professor of Pathology, for the sessions of 1958-59 and 1959-60, to work
in Pakistan

Mr. A. J. G. Priest, Professor of Law, for the second semester of the session of 1958-59.
He has already been granted leave for the first semester.

STUDENT 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 Committee on Student Accounts be and it is hereby authorized to charge off as uncollectible
accounts Schedules 14 and 15, aggregating $11,725.99, as recommended by it

UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS

Dr. Martin, on behalf of the Medical Committee, submitted to the Visitors copies of a report
entitled "General Analysis of Reports of the Accounts Committee, University of Virginia Hospital,
Calendar Year 1957." The Report contained an analysis of the policy followed in charging off
uncollectible hospital accounts. A copy of the Report was ordered to be placed in the files of
the Board

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
the Hospital Accounts Committee be and it is hereby authorized to charge off as uncollectible
accounts Schedules 778, 781, 782, 785, 788 and 789, aggregating $68,763.10, as recommended by it

COMMITTEE ON NOMINATION OF PRESIDENT

The Rector reported briefly on the work of the Committee on Nomination of President. More
than 150 names had been suggested to the Committee and these names had been screened by the special
faculty committee appointed by the University Senate. Three meetings of the Committee have been
held since June and the number of names being given serious consideration has been reduced to 20.
Discreet inquiries concerning these 20 people are being made in order to supplement the written
material available to the Committee. The Rector emphasized that the Committee was not yet close
to a decision but that it might have something to report by the time of the December meeting

TIAA - TEMPORARY FACULTY MEMBER

The President reported on the case of Mr. F. E. Kirby, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music,
who had requested that the University make the regular contribution matching his personal contribution.
When the Board of Visitors set up the TIAA program in 1936, faculty members with temporary appointments
were exempted from coverage. Mr. Kirby's case is the first one where a person has come to
the University on a temporary appointment, and is already a member of TIAA, but is not a permanent
member of the faculty of another institution. Since the University contributes to the TIAA program
of temporary faculty members who are permanent members of the faculties of other institutions with
TIAA programs, the President believed that Mr. Kirby's request should be granted

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the University make the regular contribution to the TIAA program of Mr. F. E. Kirby, Visiting
Assistant Professor of Music, for the year 1958-59 with the understanding that no precedent is
to be established

TUITION INCREASE

The President reported on a study being made of the possibility of increasing tuition
charges for the purpose of financing increased faculty salaries. He observed that the Virginia
Advisory Legislative Council was also making a State-wide study of the possibilities of making
tuition charges cover a larger portion of the costs of maintenance and operation of institutions
of higher learning. During the discussion, it was pointed out that the University's current
tuition charges are second highest among the state universities for out-of-State students and
sixth highest for in-State students. It was also brought out that a possible alternative to a
salary increase was made available in a recent Federal act which permitted institutions to provide
a supplement up to 20 per cent of an individual's salary in the form of retirement annuities which
are nontaxable at the time of payment. The President concluded the discussion with the statement
that he might be prepared to come to the December meeting of the Board with a specific proposal.

MADISON HALL LEASE

The President reported on the space released in the YMCA Building as a result of the move of
the various student offices to Newcomb Hall. He proposed that he be authorized to enter into
negotiations with the YMCA Board for the purpose of arranging a long-term lease for use of the
building by the Division of Extension and General Studies now housed in Cabell Hall in space
shortly to be needed by the College of Arts and Sciences. The cost of renovation was estimated
to be approximately $100,000

After a discussion of both the possibility of purchase of the property and the arrangement
of a long-term lease, the Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the President be and he is hereby authorized to enter into negotiations with the YMCA Board
as to the costs involved of either a long-term lease or purchase of the YMCA property and,
further, that the President be authorized to take final action on the matter with the approval
of the Executive Committee

NAPLES, FLORIDA, PROPERTY

The President reported to the Board that certain property owned by the University in Naples,
Florida, could be sold with considerable profit to the University. After some discussion, the
Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the President be and he is hereby authorized to sell the property owned by the University
in Naples, Florida, with the approval of the Executive Committee.

CONSTRUCTION, LAW SCHOOL ADDITION, DORMITORIES, AND MARRIED STUDENT HOUSING

The President reported that the Governor in a letter dated October 1, 1958, had turned
down the University's request for authority to proceed with the construction of an addition to
the Law School, seven dormitories, and apartments for married students. The Governor's view
was that these projects were of such magnitude that they should be submitted to the General
Assembly for approval

JAG BUILDING AND LAW SCHOOL ADDITION

The proposed Law School addition, a second floor over the library, was designed to provide
additional space. In the event that this addition could not be made, the only other usuable
space available would be in the JAG Building, the lease of which expires next year. The
President was especially loath, however, to face the prospect of losing the JAG School which
is a valuable asset to the Law School and which would be quickly welcomed by other law schools
in the country. The President expressed his intention of approaching the Governor again. The
Board encouraged the President to pursue the matter further

ATHLETIC RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

Mr. Fenwick, as Chairman of the Athletics Committee, laid before the Board copies of
"Intercollegiate Athletics Report of Receipts and Disbursements for the Period July 1, 1957 to
June 30, 1958." Summarizing the contents of the Report, Mr. Fenwick invited inspection by the
Visitors and requested the Secretary to submit the Report in triplicate to the Director of the
Budget and to hold one copy in the files of the Board

PURKEY TRACT RECONVEYANCE AT CLINCH VALLEY COLLEGE

President Darden called to the attention of the Board certain option agreements contained in
a deed from Annie E. Purkey and C. M. Purkey, her husband, dated July 25, 1957, recorded July 31,
1957 in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Wise County, Virginia, in D. B. 338 p. 367,
under which the Rector and Visitors had acquired title to a tract of 33.96 acres needed in the
development of Clinch Valley College, which option agreements provided as follows

It was pointed out that when the entrance road into Clinch Valley College was located
through the Purkey tract there remained a small triangular lot lying between the dwelling house
lot covered by the option and the entrance road which lot was useless to the College and which
should in reality be included with the dwelling house lot, that, subject to the approval of the
Board, it had been agreed to so include it at the price of $150.00, and that Annie E. Purkey
having died, C. M. Purkey, individually, had elected to exercise the option granted him under
the deed of July 25, 1957, and desired a deed

The President then submitted to the Board for its consideration a draft of the deed conveying
the dwelling house lot containing 0.42 acres, more or less, to C. M. Purkey, which draft
had been prepared by C. Venable Minor, Special Counsel for The Rector and Visitors

The Board was reminded that the conveyance must receive the approval of the Governor, and
it was pointed out that the deed as drafted provided for the signature of the Governor thereto
as evidence of his approval of the conveyance

After discussion, upon motion duly made and seconded, it was

RESOLVED by The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, that the reconveyance
to C. M. Purkey of the tract of 0.42 acres, more or less, being a portion of a tract of 33.96
acres situated in Gladeville Magisterial District of Wise County, Virginia, acquired by deed
from Annie E. and C. M. Purkey, dated July 25, 1957, recorded July 31, 1957, in the Clerk's
Office of the Circuit Court of Wise County, Virginia, in D. B. 338 p. 367, upon the terms and
conditions hereinabove outlined in the minutes of this meeting, be, and the same is hereby

sanctioned and approved, and that the President and Secretary be, and they hereby are, authorized,
empowered and directed, the approval of the Governor of the State of Virginia, as required by
Section 23-77.1 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, having first been obtained thereto,
to execute, on behalf of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, a deed, substantially
in the form of the draft submitted to this meeting, conveying with Special Warranty
of Title, to C. M. Purkey, said tract of 0.42 acres, more or less, and that the President be, and
he is hereby, authorized, empowered and directed to deliver said deed to said C. M. Purkey or his
authorized representative.

NORTHERN VIRGINIA BRANCH COLLEGE SITE

The Rector called attention to the Governor's letter of June 18, 1958, in which the Governor
requested that the Board's selection of the Sunset Hills site for the Northern Virginia Branch
College be reconsidered. Mr. Fenwick reported on the offer of a site by the Town of Fairfax. This
site consists of 150 acres adjacent to the corporate limits of the Town of Fairfax now owned by the
Farr family.

Considerable discussion ensued in which the question was raised as to the propriety of admitting
the Farr site to the list of suitable locations for the branch college without reopening the question
and giving other possible donors an opportunity to be heard. The President suggested the desirability
of obtaining a site close enough to the center of population to permit a single facility to serve
the needs of both the branch college for day instruction and the extension courses which are offered
in the evening. Attention was also directed to the fact that the offer by the Bowmans of the Sunset
Hills site would expire on October 15, 1958.

After a lengthy discussion, the Board adopted the following resolution:

WHEREAS, the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia has previously approved
the following properties as suitable sites for a Branch College in Northern Virginia:

• 1. Childs

• 2. Brenizer

• 3. Bowman

and

WHEREAS, His Excellency the Governor of Virginia, under date of June 18, 1958, addressed
a communication to Honorable Colgate W. Darden, Jr., President, University of Virginia,
suggesting that the Board of Visitors of the University take another look at and reevaluate
the situation relating to the Northern Branch College of the University of Virginia
in the light of such matters and things as may have transpired since the Board's action
relative to the Bowman site; and

WHEREAS, the Town of Fairfax has secured options on 150 acres of land near the Town of
Fairfax, owned by the Farr family, which is located on Route 125 immediately adjoining the
southern boundary of the Town, and has offered the same free of any cost to the University
of Virginia as a site for a Branch College; and

WHEREAS, such a site is deemed by the Site Committee of the Board to be in every way
suitable for the establishment of a Northern Virginia Branch College:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors that the so-called "Farr Site" be added to the list
of properties approved as suitable for the Northern Virginia Branch College, and that the
Site Committee be continued to consider any other site that might be offered.

The Secretary was instructed to write a letter to the Messrs. Bowman informing them that the
Board for reasons beyond its control could not take final action on their offer of the Sunset Hills
site before October 15, 1958.

MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

ELECTIONS

The Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following persons be and they are hereby elected to the faculty of Mary Washington
College:

Mr. Joseph Aposhyan as Assistant Professor of Psychology for the session 1958-59, at a
salary of $5000.

Miss Anna Mae Harris as Assistant Professor of Mathematics for the session 1958-59, at a
salary of $5200. (Second step approved by Personnel Office)

Mr. Charles Alfred Sletten, as Assistant Professor in Sociology for the session 1958-59,
at a salary of $5000.

Mrs. Lydia (Boyce) Fauls as Instructor in Psychology (one-half time) for the session
1958-59, at a salary of $2200.

RESIGNATION

The Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the resignation of Mr. Jack Bruce Thomas as Instructor in Sociology, effective September 1,
1958, be and it is hereby accepted.

We wish for him the highest success in his new undertaking.

INDEBTEDNESS DUE THE STATE TREASURY

The Chancellor reported that the College indebtedness to the State Treasury had been paid in
full. The note in the original amount of $1,356,515.57, dated 1 December 1954 with interest at
1 per cent, had been reduced by 30 June 1958 to $639,259.49 through payments from the operating
funds of the College. Since 30 June, the debt to the State has been completely retired through
the following payments

       

Note payable June 30, 1958		$639,259.49
Operating surplus at June 30, 1958	$272,997.04
[1] State Appropriation 1958-60 budget for reduction of the indebtedness	351,390.00
Funds borrowed from the National Bank of Fredericksburg	14,872.45	$639,259.49

The Chancellor expressed the hope that the debt to the National Bank of Fredericksburg could be
paid in the Spring of 1959.

The members of the Board expressed their jubilation over the achievement of a debt-free
status by the College

CLAIMS FOR DAMAGE TO STUDENTS' PERSONAL PROPERTY

The Chancellor reported that during the Spring of 1958, because of leaks in the water lines
in Betty Lewis Dormitory and Virginia Hall, certain students' personal property was damaged.
These students entered claims for the extent of the damage through the Director of Dormitories
totaling approximately $450.00.

The Bursar, apprehensive as to the extent of the College's authority to make any settlement
of these claims, wrote to the Attorney General on June 11 for his opinion. He replied to the
effect that we could not make settlement since we had no specific appropriation of this nature.
Because the claims are all of a relatively minor amount, he suggested an alternative procedure
for making settlement. His letter is shown as follows

After a discussion, 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 Mary Washington College be and it is hereby authorized to refund or credit that portion
of the College general fees to the students whose personal property was damaged in an amount not
to exceed the estimate of the damage, subject to the approval of the Special Counsel of the
University and the Attorney General

RIGHT-OF-WAY TO VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

The Chancellor reported that in August 1958, the Virginia Electric and Power Company
requested a right-of-way on the Brompton property in order to supply current to a swimming pool
sponsored by residents in the community. The swimming pool is located on the Spratt property
which joins Brompton property in the vicinity of the property deeded to the City of Fredericksburg
for the construction of an armory

The location of the right-of-way is from the vicinity of the armory constructed by the City,
running west to the sixty foot easement granted by W. C. Spratt, thence south on the west side
of the W. C. Spratt easement to an intersection with the property owned by W. C. Spratt

After a discussion, 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 Mary Washington College be and is hereby authorized to grant an easement to the Virginia
Electric and Power Company for the erection of power service lines in accordance with plat
identified as Number M-6115, revised, by EJW, from a point in the vicinity of the present armory
building east, to the west side of an easement granted by W. C. Spratt, and running south along this
easement to the intersection of the property owned by W. C. Spratt, and it is agreed by the power
company that this electric service will be relocated at the expense of the power company at any
time, to a mutually agreed location, within sixty days after receipt of written notice to do so
from the College

RIGHT-OF-WAY TO VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

The Chancellor reported another request by the Virginia Electric and Power Company that they
be granted a right-of-way on the Brompton property, located on the west side of U. S. Highway
Number 1. Their letter is shown as follows

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On motion the meeting was then adjourned