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At a called meeting of the Board of Visitors held at the
University on Nov. 10, 1903.

Present: The Rector, & Visitors Harmon, Moore, Wallace,
Hunton, Irvine, White, Glass, & Downing.

Hon. W. H. White having been appointed by the Governor,
approved by the Senate, and commissioned to serve as Visitor
of the University for the four years next ensuing from Oct.
15th, 1903, the said W. H. White, before D. A. Grimsley, Judge
of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, took and subscribed
the oaths required by law as Visitor of the University of Virginia.

The Chairman of the Faculty handed in to the Board the

Faculty Report, the Proctor's Report, and various petitions
& applications, which, having been read and considered, the
following resolutions were adopted:

Resolved: That in accordance with the recommendation
of the Faculty in paragraph III of its report, the Ladies'
Confederate Association is authorized to erect at some suitable
place at the University, to be approved by the Chairman
of the Faculty, Chairman of the Executive Committee &
the Proctor, a bronze tablet bearing the names of the Alumni
& Students of this Institution who died in the service of the
Confederacy.

Resolved: Punsuant to recommendation I of the Faculty,
that the application of Mr. De Coursey W. Thom, of Baltimore,
Md., to publish the Lee Letters, now belonging to the University,
be, and it is hereby granted on the conditions named in
the two letters of Mr. Thom to this Board dated June 19th,
1903, and Sept. 8, 1903, respectively, said letters to be recorded
with this resolution.

Resolved: That $550 00 be appropriated for the purchase,
under the direction of Professor Thornton, of instruments &
supplies for the Electrical Laboratory.

Resolved: That the election of a President of the University
be postponed to an adjourned meeting, the date of
which meeting shall be fixed by the Rector, and that when the
Board adjourns, it adjourn to meet on such date.

Resolved: That the question of representation of the
University at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition be referred
to a Committee of three (3), with authority to take final

action in the premises; and if they determine to have such
representation they are authorized to draw on the Proctor
for such sum as may be necessary to pay the expenses for the
same, not exceeding $5000 00.

The Rector appointed as members of the above Committee,
Visitors Harmon, Moore, & White.

Resolved: That the salary of Dr. W. J. Humphreys be
increased by the sum of $500. a year, by reason of work done
in the Medical Department. This salary to date from the beginning
of the present session.

Resolved: That the following changes be allowed in the
conditions for the B.A. Degree, namely (a) That in lieu of
the electives at large for the B.A. degree, there may be offered
first year law, first year medicine, or any three technical
courses in Engineering; (b.) That in Group VII of the
B.A. scheme, the B.A. course in General Biology be substituted
for the B.A. course in Zoology, and the latter made an
elective at large; (c.) That in the School of Romanie Languages,
there be a B.A. course in French and also a B.A.
course in Spanish, & that the course in Italian constitute
the M.A. course; this to be in lieu of the present arrangement
in the School named.

Resolved: Upon the recommendation of the Faculty, that
authority be and the same is hereby conferred on the Law Faculty
to require a good high school education as a condition
of entrance to the Law School.

Resolved: That (a). the Faculty be authorized to prepare
such a list of schools tributary to the University, as

by the regularity of their patronage, or the success of their
graduates, may be entitled to be called accredited. (b.) That
the Faculty is authorized to award to each one of these accredited
schools a scholarship in the Academic Department, to be
known as the University Scholarship in _____ School; (c.) That
the scholarship shall entitle the holder, who must be a graduate
of his school of the preceding session, to the remission
of all fees. (d) That this list of accredited schools be extended
from time to time, and further scholarships be awarded
as above.

Resolved: That Dr. Davis, Professor of Moral Philsophy
be empowered to employ a student assistant in his school, and
that he be authorized to draw on the Proctor for a sum not
exceeding $350 00 per annum for the compensation of such assistant.

Resolved: That upon the recommendation of Prof. Thornton,
the application of Harry Griffin to be exempt from payment
of fees in the Engineering Department, be granted, the
Board being moved thereto by the fact that the applicant having
lost an arm and being otherwise most meritorious is an
especial object of consideration.

Resolved: That the Proctor be authorized, if he thinks
proper so to do, to expend the sum of $900., or so much thereof
as may be necessary, to change and repair the pavilion now
occupied by Prof. Smith, for the joint occupancy of Profs.
Smith and Kent.

Resolved: That there be established a scholarship in
the department of physical training, the appointment to be

made by the Board on the recommendation of the director of
the Gymnasium, the emoluments of the Scholarship to be free
matriculation and tuition in the Medical Department & $100.
in cash. The duties of the appointee to be to render such
assistance to the director of the Gymnasium as the latter
may prescribe.

Resolved: That the action of the Board at a previous
meeting, in relation to the registration of Dr. Schlenker
as authorized practitioner of medicine in the State of New
Jersey, be repealed.

Resolved: That the Executive Committee be authorized to
hear and act upon the report of a committee of the Faculty
and the Proctor, regarding the need of a 110 volt current on
the grounds of the University during the day.

Resolved: That the collection of books in the Library
should be classified, arranged & catalogued with as little
delay as possible. To this end and in order that the Library
may be properly conducted, it is further resolved that a librarian
be employed for one year from this date at a salary
of $1150. & an assistant for the same period at a salary of
$360.- And thereupon Jno. S. Patton was appointed Librarian,
& Miss Anna S. Tuttle was appointed assistant for the period
& at the salaries mentioned in the foregoing resolution.

On motion the Board adjourned.