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A called meeting of the Board was held on this date at 11 o'clock in the office of the
President. Present were: the Rector, R. Gray Williams, and Visitors Corbitt, Garnett, Rinehart,
E. R. Stettinius and Lewis C. Williams, and President Newcomb.

Mr. Edward R. Stettinius, appointed by the Governor to fill the unexpired term of Senator
Robert W. Daniel, deceased, submitted his qualification for the office of Visitor of the University.

The President announced the following gifts:

RESIGNATION OF COMMANDER L. E. KELLY:

The President presented the resignation of Commander L. E. Kelly, U. S. Navy, as Professor
of Naval Science and Tactics, effective May 12, 1941, upon orders from the Navy Department.

ELECTIONS:

Upon the recommendation of the President, the following were elected to the Faculty of the
University:

• Randall Thompson, Professor of Music and Head of the Department,
  at a salary of $6,000 for the session; encumbency to begin
  September 15, 1941.

• Stephen Davidson Tuttle, full-time Instructor in the Department
  of Music for the session of 1941-42, at a salary of $2,300 for
  the session, encumbency to begin September 15, 1941.

• Edgar Miller Williams, Captain U. S. Navy, Retired, Professor
  of Naval Science and Tactics.

REPORT OF THE NEW BUILDINGS COMMITTEE:

The New Buildings Committee submitted the following report with respect to the proposed
N. R. O. T. C. building and the creation of a deficit for furnishing the Interns' Quarters, which
were adopted:

Report of the New Buildings Committee:

I. At a meeting of the New Buildings Committee of the Board Held on April 29, 1941, the following
resolution was adopted:

The Secretary was directed to spread upon the minutes the letter of President Newcomb of April
22, 1941, to the Governor in the matter of the proposed N. R. O. T. C. Building, as follows:

April 22, 1941

Governor James H. Price
State Capitol
Richmond, Virginia

Dear Governor Price:

I am authorized and directed by the Rector and Board of Visitors of the
University of Virginia to request you to authorize a deficit appropriation of $40,000.00 upon

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condition that the Works Project Administration spends an additional $100,000.00 on a building for the
Naval Officers' Training Corps Unit at the University of Virginia, the estimated cost of which is $140,000.00.

This proposal has been certified by the Secretary of the Navy as necessary for the national
defense and the Works Projects Administration has directed us to prepare the necessary plans and specifications
upon which to make a detailed estimate of the costs. The building is to be of fire-proof
structure and used for classroom purposes.

A real emergency exists here in that we have been unable to properly accomodate the unit for the
single course held this session. Next year there will be two courses offered, the following year three
courses, and in the third year four courses. We are without proper buildings to instruct the naval students.

Trusting that this will meet with your approval and that you will authorize us to go ahead with
this proposal, I am,

Faithfully yours,

(Signed) J. L. Newcomb,
President.

REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROPOSED EXHIBITION OF THE HENRY P. STRAUSE COLLECTION:

The Special Committee in this matter, composed of Lewis C. Williams and President Newcomb,
submitted the following report and recommendation, which were approved and ordered spread upon the minutes.

Mr. Lewis C. Williams and Mr. John L. Newcomb having been appointed by the Board, a Committee to
meet with Mr. Henry P. Strause and to discuss with him the possibility of our exhibiting for a one year
period his art collection including grand-father clock, furniture, silver, glass ware, china and portraits,
reported to the Board that they had spent practically a full day with Mr. Strause in going over his collection;
that they had requested Mr. Strause to lend to the Art Museum of the University of Virginia four of five of
his important tapestries and some of his solid furniture; that they were unwilling to recommend the
acceptance of the loan of the rest of his collection because they did not believe that we had the space or
the type of temperature humidity controlled buildings in which to safely keep this collection.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AIRPORT—IMPROVEMENTS THERETO:

The following resolution, with respect to improvements to the University of Virginia Airport,
was adopted:

COLLEGE COPICS—FEE FOR 1941-42 SESSION FIXED AT $2.00:

The President presented to the Board the unanimous request of the College Topics Board, reinforced
by a resolution of the University Student Senate, asking that College Topics be permitted to come
out six times a week during the session of 1941-42 and that a $3.00 subscription price be required of
all students of the University.

After a thorough discussion of this subject, it was agreed that this is not a favorable time
for increasing student charges or for increasing the newspaper services to the student body. However,
since some decrease in student attendance was to be expected for the session 1941-42, it was RESOLVED
by the Rector and Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia that the College Topics be published
for the 1941-42 session three times a week and that the fee charged to each student of the University of
Virginia for this paper be fixed at $2.00 per session.

COLORADO LAND: OFFER FOR ACCEPTED:

The President presented to the Rector and Visitors two letters from Morrison & Co., Real
Estate Brokers of Sterling, Colorado, in which letters an offer was made to purchase the Jobe Land owned
by the University in Logan County, Colorado at the sum of $4,800.00, $800.00 of which was to be a down
payment, the balance of the principal to be paid at the rate of $400.00 per year over a ten-year period
and all remaining principal be subject to a 3% interest rate throughout the ten-year period.

After careful consideration of the receipts and expenditures from this property over the
period of the last four years, it was thereupon

On motion, the meeting then adjourned.