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A special meeting of the Rector and Visitors was held on
this date at 8 o'clock P. M. with the following members
present: the Rector, R. Tate Irvine, and Visitors John
Stewart Bryan, E. L. Greever, Harris Hart, Goodrich Hatton,
Geo. R. B. Michie, J. K. M. Norton, Alexander F. Robertson,
and C. Harding Walker.

The minutes of the meeting of November 21st, copies of
which had been sent to each member of the Board and found
correct, were approved.

The President announced the following gifts:

Pursuant with the foregoing, the following resolution was
adopted:

RESOLVED, That the bequest of Peter P. Homes be accepted
upon the terms and conditions as set forth in his will, and
the said scholarship be established in the Law School of
the University and be known as the William E. Homes Scholarship;
and That the President be directed to express to Mrs. W. E.
Homes the appreciation of the Rector and Visitors of this
act of her son.

In accordance with the above resolution, the President
wrote Mrs. Homes as follows:

The President stated that Mr. Paul G. McIntire desires

to give to the University the sum of $35,000 for the purpose
of erecting a statue to George Rogers Clark. It is his wish
that the statue be placed in the space east of the old Dispensary.
He has already handed the President a check for $15,000
which has been deposited with the Bursar. He wishes the University
to handle the details of the work and erection of the
statue.

Pursuant with the foregoing, the following resolutions
were adopted:

RESOLVED by the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia, That they do hereby accept with gratitude and
appreciation the gift of Mr. Paul Goodloe McIntire of the
statue of George Rogers Clark.

RESOLVED, further, That the ground near the old Dispensary
be designated as the site for this statue, and that a committee,
consisting of President Alderman, Professor Kimball, and Dr.
Lambeth be appointed to assume charge of the creation and erecti
of the statue.

With respect to the admission of women to the University
of Virginia, the President presented the following resolution
adopted by the President and Faculty of the University of
Virginia at a meeting held December 3, 1919, by a vote of
64 to 4, three members not voting.

RESOLVED, That the President and Faculty of the University
of Virginia approve of the proposal to admit white women
to the Graduate and Professional Schools of the University unde

such regulations as the Visitors and the Presicent and
Faculty may deem wise and just;

THAT they respectfully recommend to the Rector and Visitors
of the University that they take such action as will bring
this proposal to the favorable attention of the General
Assembly of Virginia.

The matter was considered and disposed of in the following
offered by Mr. Hart, and adopted by the following votes;
ayes, Bryan, Greever, Hart, Irvine, Michie, Norton, and
Walker; nos, Hatton and Robertson.

RESOLVED by the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia, That beginning with the session opening in September
1920, mature and properly qualified women be admitted to the
graduate and professional schools of the University, subject
to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Board;

That a committee of five consisting of the President and
two members of the Faculty, to be selected by him, and two
members of the Board of Visitors to be named by the Rector,
be appointed to present to the next meeting of the Board such
rules and regulations for the consideration of the Board, and
that said meeting of the Board be held January 27th at 8 P. M.

A petition of certain members of the faculty not coming
under the schedule of those receiving salary increases at the
meeting of November 21st, was presented, praying that a similar
increase be granted to them. The petition was laid on the table

for further consideration and thought.

Upon the recommendation of the President and motion
of Mr. Michie, the following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED, That the Rector and Visitors appropriate the sum
of $500 or so much thereof as may be necessary, to reimburse
the library fund for sums paid out in increasing certain salaries
in the library staff for the present session.

Mr. Michie stated that it had been brought to his attention
that the Law Librarian had been omitted from the list of
administrative officers entitled to the 25% increase in
salaries as adopted by the Board on November 21st, and moved
the following, which was adopted:

RESOLVED, That in applying the 25% increase in salaries to
the administrative officers the same be construed to include
the Law Librarian.

The following resolution adopted at a meeting of the
Education faculty was presented:

RESOLVED, That the Rector and Visitors of the University
be requested to grant authority to organize the Curry Memorial
School of Education into a Department, coordinate with the
other professional departments of the University, with power
to confer appropriate professional degrees.

The above was disposed of in the following resolution,
being unanimously adopted:

RESOLVED by the Rector and Visitors of the University, That
the request of the Curry Memorial School of Education for

authority to organize said school into a Department, coordinate
with the other professional departments of the University,
with power to confer appropriate professional degrees, be and
is hereby granted.

The President presented the following letter from the
President of the General Athletic Association with respect
to the employment of a permanent athletic coach:

The foregoing matter was disposed of in the following
resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:

RESOLVED, That the Rector and Visitors appropriate the sum
of $2,250 toward the annual salary of a Professor of Physical
Training, it being understood that a similar sum be provided
by the General Athletic Association for the annual salary of
this University officer.

RESOLVED, further, That the sum of $950 be appropriated for the
annual salary of an Associate Director of Athletics, it being
understood that a similar sum be provided by the General Athletic
Association for the annual salary of this University officer.
And it is understood that both of these officers shall render
full-time service to the institution.

RESOLVED, That a committee, consisting of the President,
Mr. Michie and Mr. Robertson, be given power to act in this
matter in view of the present urgency.

Upon the recommendation of the President the following
resolutions were adopted:

WHEREAS, The Virginia Education Commission in its recent
report to the legislature makes the following recommendation:
"For the benefit, primarily of teachers, the Commission recommends
that the University and other State Institutions of higher
learning be placed on a twelve months' basis, offering a summer
quarter for men and women of equal grade with any other quarter.
This quarter should be divided into two terms of six weeks each,
at least one of which terms should be designed to meet the

needs of the public school teachers, but both terms should
be open to teachers who are in a position to take advantage
of the larger opportunity presented," and express the belief
that from an economic point of view great physical as well
as instructional waste results from the practice of closing
certain state institutions during the summer, and such summer
quarter offers an unusual opportunity for meeting the imperative
need for a larger number of prepared teachers, and

WHEREAS, There is an increasing demand on the part of
college students for opportunity to reduce the number of years
required to secure their academic and professional degrees,
through summer work, such demand finding expression in the
increasing number of students each year in the summer session
working for college credit, and

WHEREAS, The summer session of 1919 was conducted
for two terms with most gratifying results, although for
lack of funds, announcement of courses could be made a few
days in advance of the opening of the second term, and

WHEREAS, The University desires to serve the State in
the fullest measure possible, and, on account of already
being on a three-term basis, can very readily adopt a
summer quarter without interference with its present organization,
therefore, be it

RESOLVED, first, That the Rector and Visitors of the University
authorize the President and Director of the Summer School
to conduct a regular summer quarter of two sessions of six

weeks each, provided sufficient funds can be secured for
this purpose;

Second, That the legislature be asked for an additional
appropriation of $10,000 annually for the maintenance of such
summer quarter.

WHEREAS, The University has conducted a summer session
since 1905, the primary purpose of which has been, as announced
in its catalogue, "to train teachers for high schools, academies
and colleges," and

WHEREAS, both men and women have been admitted to the
summer courses on equal terms., and the work of the men, when
satisfactorily completed, has been credited toward the degrees
conferred by the University, but the women completing
the same courses have not been given degree credit in this
University, and

WHEREAS, The standards of the Southern Commission on
Accredited Schools and all similar agencies require that at
least three-fourths of the teachers in accredited high schools
shall hold standard college degrees, and this rule is observed
by the best high schools in the country, and

WHEREAS, More than two-thirds of the teachers in our
public high schools are women who must secure a baccalaureate
degree or its equivalent in order to meet the requirements of
the best standardizing agencies and be eligible for positions
in our best high schools, and

WHEREAS, The State of Virginia appropriated $13,000
annually toward the maintenance of the summer session for
the express purpose of providing qualified teachers for
the schools of the State, and

WHEREAS, Several hundred of the best Virginia high
school teachers go annually to the summer schools of Columbia,
Chicago, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and other universities largely
because they can secure degrees at these universities for their
summer work, and many teachers from other Southern States prefer
to come to this university but go elsewhere for the same
reason, and

WHEREAS, other colleges and universities all over this
country accept the summer school work of the University of
Virginia for degree credit, although it is not now accepted
by the University itself, and

WHEREAS, the Virginia Education Commission in its recent
report to the legislature recommends "For the benefit, primarily
of teachers, the University and other State institutions of
higher learning be placed on a twelve months' basis, offering
a summer quarter for men and women of equal grade with any
other quarter. Degree credit shall be allowed for work of
appropriate grade done in the summer quarter and for the completion
of prescribed courses, degrees shall be conferred."

Therefore, be it

RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University, That

authority is hereby given to the President and Faculty
of the University in their discretion to donfer degrees
upon women students of the summer session, who meet the
entrance requirements of the University and complete satisfactorily
the requirements for such degrees.

The President presented to the Board a plan adopted
by certain members of the General Alumni Association for raising
a three million dollar endowment fund and the administration
of same by the Association. As the plan proposed contained
several matters requiring the most careful thought
before action could be had by the Board, it was deemed expedient
to refer the same to a committee to confer with the
General Alumni Association. The Rector, Mr. Michie, and the
President were named on said committee.

Upon the recommendation of the President, Dr. Walter A.
Klotz, medical director of the Blue Bidge Sanatorium, was
elected as associate professor of Phthisio-therapy in the
medical faculty of the University.

The application of the Commerce Bank and Trust Company
to be designated as one of the depositories of the University
was referred to Messrs. Walker and Bryan with power to act.

The Board then adjourned to meet January 27th, at 8 P.M.