University of Virginia Library

Herewith I respectfully transmit the Reports Letters,
etc. as follows, viz:

• 1. Faculty Report

• 2. Proctor's Report

• 3. Infirmary Board Report.

• 4. Report of the Librarian.

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• 5. Faculty Resolution in regard to Miller Scholarship.

• 6. Report of Apparatus and Collections (School of Chemistry)

• 7. Annual Report of Commissioner of accounts.

• 8. Application of Mrs. Susan E. Massie.

• 9. Application of Prof. F. H. Smith.

• 10. Application of F. W. Page.

• 11. Application of F. W. Perkinson.

• 12. Resignation of R. M. Smith, ass't. to Latin Chair.

• 13. Application of C. W. Coleman, Jr.

• 14. Report of Prof. William M. Fontaine.

• 15. Report of Prof. J. R. Page, Agricultural School.

It affords me great satisfaction to be able to say that
the session just ending, has been characterized by unuaually good
deportment and studious habits on the part of the students. The
health of the students and residents has been excellent throughout
the year. Discipline has been maintained, and good order
has prevailed.

In reply to your official letter of the 20th May,
I would say that I accept the position of "Professor of Astronomy
in the University of Virginia" and Director of the Leandor
McCormick Observatory", so kindly offered, my duties to begin
from this date.

At the same time you will please accept a sincere expression
of gratitude for the confidence reposed in me by yourself and
the Board of Visitors.

Hoping you may have no occasion to regret the choice you
have made,

I am in receipt of your letter of the 29th Ult:
informing me that you had officially notified Professor Ormond
Stone of his appointment to the Chair of Astronomy in the University
of Virginia. Everything that tends to the advancement
of the State of Virginia and the prosperity of its People, is
grateful to me, and it affords me much pleasure to know that so
important a position is so well filled, and I feel confident that
with Professor Stone in the Chair of Astronomy and in charge of
the Observatory, the educational interests of the State will be
greatly advanced.

With many thanks for the kind expressions contained in your
letter,

Rector of the University of Virginia.

Genl. Danl. Ruggles this day presented his commission as a
member of Board of Visitors.

On motion, the following Resolution, offered by Hon. T. T.
Fauntleroy was unanimously adopted:

The Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia being
advised of a design and movement to discontinue the University
Post Office at the University, now a necessity, not only essential
to the students Professors and numerous employees of the University,
but to at least 1500 persons altogether who would be forced to
Charlottesville, more than a mile, for their mail facilities, including
the "Money Order" accommodation, do most respectfully,
but earnestly protest against the removal or discontinuance of the
"University Post Office"; as both an injustice and great injury
to the University itself, as to the public involved. The necessity
for the continuance of this office, is endorsed by its existence,
free of attack for fifty years.

The Secretary was directed to send a copy of the foregoing
"protest" to Hon. John Paul.

Hon: John Paul appeared this day and took his seat.

On motion it was decided that the order of business for tomorrow,
shall be the election of the officers and employees of
University beginning with the Professor of Greek.

On motion, the Board adjourned to meet tomorrow morning
at 9Oclock.

Present: All the members of the Board.

Resolved, That all applications for the Chair of Greek before
the Board be now considered, and that all applicants be regarded
as in nomination: whereupon, the Board proceeded to canvass the
claims of the various candidates; and after a full and careful
canvass, John H. Wheeler, of Bowdoin College, was chosen to fill
the Greek Chair; and the choice made unanimous.

On motion, the Board proceeded to the election of Proctor;
whereupon J. K. Campbell was elected, and his election made unanimous.
And thereupon A. W. Tinsley was recommended to the
Proctor as his first assistant.

On motion, the Board proceeded to the choice of Boardinghouse
Keepers, which resulted in the election of Mrs. M. C. Treiber
Keeper of Boarding-house, No. 1, and of Mrs. J. Woods Garth as
Keeper of Boarding-house, No. 2.

On motion, E. W. Early was elected commissioner of accounts.

On motion, R. H. Fife was elected Bursar of the University
of Virginia; and it was ordered that he be paid the Salary of
Four Hundred Dollars, payable quarterly, in lieu of all other
compensation.

On motion, the Board proceeded with the election of Librarian;
whereupon, Wm. A. Winston was elected, and his election made
unanimous.

Resolved, That the Proctor be authorized, for the convenience
of the Professors, Students, and others, to permit a competent
Barber to open a shop on the University grounds. The place to
be designated by the Proctor.

Resolved, That the sum of $300.00, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is hereby appropriated towards the publication
of the Address of Hugh Blair Grigsby on the occasion of the Inauguration
of the Statue of Thomas Jefferson: and the Proctor is
hereby authorized to honor the drafts of B. Johnson Barbour to
the extent and for the object mentioned above.

Resolved, That henceforth the Proctor and Superintendent of
Public Buildings be required to return with his annual report
to this Board an itemized account of his disbursements together
with his vouchers.

Resolved, That the resolution adopted by the former Board
of Visitors of the University of Virginia at their session of
June 30, 1881, be carried out; and that the action of this Board
with reference thereto be communicated to the Chairman of the
Faculty. The said resolution is in these words to wit: "On
motion of Mr. Lay, In view of the fact that the Degree of Master
of Arts is the highest conferred by the University of Virginia
and ought to be conferred with marked and distinguished formality
therefore, Resolved that in addition to the signatures now required
to be affixed to the Diplomas conferring said Degree, the
Rector of the University is authorized and requested in behalf of
the Board of Visitors to affix his signature to said Diplomas;
and personally to deliver the same to the students entitled thereto."

And on motion, George W. Hansborough was appointed to communicate
the foregoing resolution to the Chairman of the Faculty of the
University of Virginia.

The Board of Health was invited to a conference with this
Board, and upon its conclusion the following was adopted: Resolved
That the Board of Health of the University be empowered to employ
E. W. Bowditch, or some other Sanitary Engineer, to visit the
University and furnish plans and specifications for the proper
sewerage of the grounds, and for a sufficient water supply for
this purpose, and the protection of the buildings against fire:
that the sum of $300.00, or as much thereof as is necessary be
appropriated for the purpose, and that the Board of Health, on
receiving the report and specifications, shall report the same,
if approved, to the Executive Committee, which is empowered to
expend not exceeding $2,000.00 towards the construction of the
works. The same to be supervised by the Engineering Department
of the University.

On motion, adjourned till tomorrow morning at 9 O.C.

Present: Wyatt M. Elliott, Rector; and Messrs Fauntleroy,
Hansborough, Lamb, Bell, Ruggles and Buffin.

On motion, W. Roane Ruffin was chosen a member of the Executive
Committee of the Board to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of John S. Wise.

Ordered by the Board, That hereafter the commissioner of
accounts appointed by this Board shall receive his compensation

in fees for auditing, stating, settling and reporting the accounts
of the Proctor of the University, which shall not exceed seventy-five
cents, per hour, for his time in making and stating said
accounts. The fee bills of said commissioner shall be made out
and returned with his reports to this Board, certified to under
oath.

The Committee, to whom was referred the report of the Agricultural
School, submitted a report thereon, which was received,
and, with the accompanying papers, ordered to be filed. The Committee
accompanied their report with the following resolution which
was adopted: Resolved, That it appearing to the Board of Visitors
of the University of Virginia that, of the two graduates in the
School of Agriculture, Zoology and Botany at the present session,
C. M. Bradbury, who is also a graduate in the School of General
and Industrial Chemistry, and Natural History and Geology, desires
to be a candidate for the Post Graduate Scholarship; and that the
rule adopted in regard to eligibility for said Scholarship requires
that the aspirant should pursue the studies comprised in the
schools of Agriculture, Zoology and Botany; Natural History and
Geology; Junior Applied Mathematics; Analytical Chemistry and
Industrial Chemistry, with graduation in at least three of the
Schools, of which Agriculture must be one; and that the ineligibility
of said Bradbury consists in his not having previously
studied Analytical Chemistry, and Junior and Applied Mathematics;
and the said Bradbury having been permitted to stand the examination
with the understanding that all doubt respecting his case
should be finally decided by this Board at its present session;
and it appearing from a communication from Dr. John R. Page that

said Bradbury has attained the standard necessary to entitle him
to the Post Graduate Scholarship - "Miller's" - and that he has
actually stood such examination, It is ordered by this Board that
the said C. M. Bradbury be, and, he is hereby declared, to be entitled
to "The Post Graduate Miller Scholarship"; and that a copy
of this order be furnished by the Secretary of this Board to the
Chairman of the Faculty of the University of Virginia.

Resolved, That the communication of Colo. Thomas L. Preston
in regard to the Lee Papers be referred to the Committee on the
Library.

Resolved, That the Librarian shall give his services for
the whole year: that he shall be, ex-officio, Secretary of the
Board of Visitors and of the Faculty; and that his compensation
for all his duties shall be one thousand dollars, per annum. The
terms of office to commence July 1, 1882.

The Committee on Boarding-Houses submitted their report,
which was received and approved; and the following resolution
adopted. Resolved That a student in the University may change
his boarding-house within the University, upon condition that he
shall have given a week's notice in writing to the proprietor of
the boarding-house which he wishes to leave, and to the proprietor
of the boarding- house to which he wishes to remove.

Resolved, That the Rector request his Excellency, the Governor,
to appoint the Proctor a Notary Public.

Resolved, That the Proctor be authorized to employ such
special police for the final week as in the judgment of the Chairman
of the Faculty shall be necessary.

Resolved, That the Faculty be allowed to shorten the period
of the final exercises one day.

Resolved, That the Faculty be authorized to admit Students,
who enter the University after the first of April, in any year,
upon such terms as may best comport with the interests of the
Institution.

Resolved, That in the distribution of the Eleven University
Scholarships among the different Departments, that five be assigned
to the Academic Department; and two, each, to the Departments of
Law, Medicine and Engineering, so that in paragraph 1, section 1,
page 67, of the Catalogue, the second sentence shall be amended
to read as follows: "Of the eleven scholarships five are in the
Academic Department, and two, severally, in the Departments of
Law, of Medicine, and of Civil and Mining Engineering."

The Committee on "Conduct of Schools" made the following
report: To the Rector and Board of Visitors of the University of
Virginia. The Committee on "Conduct of Schools" report.

1. Each Professor furnished a full annual special School
Report showing number of students in his class, attendance, lectures,
examinations, and the results thereof; and we congratulate the
faculty and the board on the showing for the session just terminated.
The health, the orderly conduct, and studious habits and high
grade of attainment are unsurpassed by any former session.

2. The Professor of History, Literature and Rhetoric, Mr.
Holmes, however reports "The preparation continues to be unsatisfactory.
There is ignorance of Grammar, Spelling, Geography,
and matters of ordinary information." Your Committee think that

whilst much of this condition is due to the nature of this Institution
in allowing free selection of schools by the student, and
the consequent absence of a regular curriculum of studies, and
cannot be wholly remedied; yet the proposed establishment of a
Chair of English must require and encourage, not only in the University
itself, but in the numerous Common Schools which feed the
University such a study of English as will very greatly mitigate
the condition complained of by the professor.

3. Prof. Holmes needs Wall Maps, Chronological Charts and
Synoptical Tables; and a specially appropriated Lecture Room.
Prof. Schele de Vere desires re-arrangement of the schedule of
Lectures so as to give to him longer time for his classes.
Prof. Dunnington reports that the special courses given for
Medical Students should be at $15.00 instead of $20.00 by reason
of their brevity. Dr. Peters recommends the creation of "Jefferson
Fellowships" of $350.00 or $400.00, each, as encouragement of
work in the Post Graduate courses. Dr. Cabell calls attention to
the New Rule made two years ago, by which a graded course for
Medical Students was substituted for the previous rule, which,
he says, has operated disadvantageously for the numerical prosperity
of the School without any compensating beneift, and recommends
its suspension. The Rule having been adopted on the
recommendation of the Faculty in the hope that Medical Students
would be induced to attend two sessions in succession. Prof.
Smith complains that the roof of his room for Practical Physics
leaks, and should be repaired at once. Prof. Page of the School
of Agriculture, Zoology and Botany reports only Five (5) as the

number of his class in Agriculture and Zoology, and Sixteen (16)
in Botany; and two graduates as B.A.A. Your Committee recommend
that sufficient appropriations be made to supply the demands aforesaid,
but is assured that the usual appropriations made to
the Schools above-named will suffice to answer the purpose. Your
committee also recommend that the New Rule be suspended till
further order.

4. Previous Committees on "Conduct of Schools" have reported
in favor of the establishment of a School of English; and attention
is especially called to the Report of the Committee on "The Conduct
of Schools," made in June, 1878, which makes a strong recommendation
for the establishment of such School.

5. Appropriate resolutions are recommended to carry into
effect the propositions hereinbefore made.

On recommendation of said committee the following resolution
was adopted:

1. Resolved, That the same appropriations which were made
by this Board for the year 1881-82 be repeated and made again
for the year 1882-83, or so much of said amount as may be necessary
for the purchase of necessary apparatus and furniture for the
department of Prof. Holmes; and for repairs to the roof of Prof.
Smith's lecture-room.

2. Resolved, That in accordance with the recommendation of
Prof. Dunnington the Fee for Special Courses given for Medical
Students should be only $15.00, and not $20.00 as heretofore required,
on account of the brevity of said courses.

3. Resolved on the recommendation of Prof. Cabell that the
New Rule made two years ago (whereby a graded course for Medical
Students was substituted for the previous Rule) be suspended,
the New Rule having been, in the opinion of Dr. Cabell, of disadvantageous
operation without any compensating benefit.

Resolved, That A. H. Cleaveland be allowed the sum of $25.00
for his services as Secretary, pro tem. to the Board of Visitors
at this session, June 26, 1882, and that the same be paid to him
by the Proctor.

A Report from the Committee appointed to consider the expediency
of establishing a School of English was made, received
and approved, and is as follows:

To the Rector and Board of Visitors of the University of
Virginia: The undersigned Committee, appointed to consider the
expediency of establishing a School of English in this University
and the ways and means of so doing, respectfully report: It is
too late now to say a word as to the desirability, the advantage
and the necessity of establishing said School. In fact this Board
and the Faculty have repeatedly expressed themselves in favor of
the establishment of such school; and the Rector of the University
in the last report emphatically recommended it. It only remains
that practical action be taken at once in the premises. There
are sufficient means at the command of this Board to establish and
defray the expenses of this School; and if there be not, this
Board cannot doubt that the General Assembly of Virginia will
promptly appropriate any needed sum for this purpose, as all over
the State from every reliable source there has come up to this
Committee strong expressions of the will and desire of the people
that such School be established and that it be adequately supported.

This Committee recommend that in the course prescribed
for the degree of Master of Arts of this Institution, a diploma
as graduate in the School of English be regarded and taken as
one of the two Modern Languages, graduation in which is essential
to the said degree. Respectfully but urgently recommending
the said Chair of English - the course of instruction therein
to be prescribed by the Faculty - the committee submit the
foregoing.