 | Board of Visitors minutes July 1, 1842 |  |
July 1st 1842 the Day appointed by the enactments for
the annual meeting of the Board of Visitors of the University
of Virginia Ths. J. Randolph only was in attendacne. Saturday
the 2d James M. Mason was in attendance, & himself &
Mr. Randolph made an inspection of the grounda & buildings of
the University, and of its Library & of its various apparatus
Philosophical & Chemical, preparatory to a full meeting of the
Board.
Monday July 4th 1842.
The Board met: Present Chapman Johnson (Rector) Joseph
C. Cabell, John H. Cocke, Thomas J. Randolph, James M. Mason,
& Saml. Taylor.
The following resolutions were passed:
1. A letter having been received from W. Coleman, one
prevented from receiving a Diploma in the school of Law in
consequence of his failure to give the Faculty satisfactory
proof of his ability to write the English language correctly,
& requesting that he may be permitted to have another trial
in that language in the early part of the next session;- and
the application having been duly considered - Resolved that
on account of the inconvenience to which the practice might
give rise, it is deemed inexpedient by the Visitors to grant
the application.
2. Resolved that the sessions of the University shall
commence hereafter on the 1st day of October & terminate on
the 4th day of July.
The Board then took a recess to attend the public Day.
When the Board again met Wm. C. Rives appeared and took
his seat.
3. Resolved that the appointment of professor of Mathematics
in this Institution be tendered to Mr. Edward H. Courtnay,
& if he shall decline the same or shall not accept it
within thirty days after being apprised thereof by a communication
from the Rector, in that case Mr. Pike Powers be & he
is hereby appointed to that professorship.
4. Resolved that Doct. Charles Kraitzer be appointed professor
of Modern Languages in the University of Virginia.
5. Resolved that Henry St. G. Tucker be appointed Chairman
of the Faculty for the ensuing year.
Upon the application of Doct: Emmett stating that, in
consequence of continued ill health, he was unable to resume
his duties at the University, & expressing his hope & beleif,
that by relaxation & travel his health would be reinstated-
6. Resolved that leave of absence be given to Doct. Emmett
from the University for one year from the commencement of the
next session, upon his providing a substitute to discharge the
duties of his Chair, who shall be approved by the Executive
Committee.
7. Resolved that the claim of Doct. Emmett to be paid for
certain Chemical apparatus, purchased by him and appropriated
some years since to the use of the University, be referred for
adjustment to the Executive Committee, with authority to allow
the same in such manner as may seem just, and to order its'
payment when the Funds of the University will permit.
Tuesday July 5. 1842. Mr. Johnson & Mr. Taylor were absent
from the Board. In the absence of the Rector, Mr. Cabell
was appointed Rector pro tempore.
Messrs. Mason & Randolph were appointed a Committee of
Finance.
The following resolutions were adopted.
1. Resolved that from and after the commencement of the
next session the Salary of each professor be $1000 per annum.
2. Resolved that the sum of $1000 per annum be set apart
as a sinking fund for the reduction of the Debt contracted by
a loan from Mrs. Randolph; which sum shall be annually
state; and that the amount so invested be annually by him especially
reported to the Board.
The committee of Finance made a report accompanied by
the following resolutions which were adopted.
3. Resolved that the price of Board &c at the Hotels be
fixed at $110 for the session of nine months, in lieu of the
sum now fixed by the Enactments.
4. Resolved that no Student shall be, hereafter allowed
to Board out of the precincts, who is not 21 years of age
when he matriculates; unless he shall live with his parent or
Guardian.
5. Resolved that the compensation of the Bursar, shall
be hereafter at the rate of one half of one per cent, upon
his disbursements; and to the Secretary of the Board at $100
per annum.
6. Resolved that pavilion No. 1 be assigned to the professor
of Mathematics & that it be put in order for his reception
by the Proctor; and that Pavilion No. 7 or the Old Library
be appropriated to the use of the Visitors & prepared for
them by the Proctor.
7. Resolved that the enactment prescribing a uniform to
be worn by the Students be suspended for one year from this
date; & that so much of the enactments as prescribes the hour
of rising in the morning be so modified as to require that the
Students (under the penalty now prescribed for late rising)
the Janitor call upon the Hotelkeepers daily for a list of the
names of absentees from Breakfast, and report the same weekly
to the Chairman.
8. Resolved that the Candidates for the degree of Master
of Arts, shall hereafter be required to pass a satisfactory
general examination at the close of their entire course of
study on all the subjects embraced in the degree;- and that
each candidate shall, moreover, satisfy the Faculty of his
general literary acquirements by furnishing an appropriate
essay on some subject of Literature or Science- and it shall
be the duty of the Faculty to select one or more of such
essays to be read by the author or authors on the public day.
About 12 M. Mr. Rives withdrew from the Board.
9. Resolved that, hereafter the subject of Logic shall
be comprehended in the Examination of candidates for graduation
in the school of Moral Philosophy.
10. Resolved, that the four large cases now standing in
the Lecture room lately used by the School of Natural Philosophy,
be removed to the Museum.
11, Resolved that one hundred dollars be appropriated
for the purchase of Chemical apparatus & agents in addition
to the customary annual appropriation made to that department.
12. Resolved that the same reasons which induced the
Board of Visitors to declare in their resolution of the 19th
August 1837. "That it is inexpedient to allow the claims of
made without authority from the Board", apply with equal force
to all other persons occupying the other buildings or tenements
of the University.
13. Resolved that the Executive Committee be requested
to have the lots facing the Hotels divided according to the
original design of the Board, and the Proctor remove any
fences now upon them in conformity with that design.
14. The Board notice an unseemly shed erected on the
alley leading to Pavilion No.3, which they request the Professor
occupying that pavilion to have removed.
| Board of Visitors minutes July 1, 1842 | |