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At a called meeting of the Board of Visitors on above
date.

Present: Rector Gordon, Visitors White, Oliver, Randolph,
and Irvine, and President Alderman.

The meeting having been called to order at 2:30 P. M.,
by the Rector, the President notified the Board, officially,
of the death of Dr. Mallet, emeritus professor of Chemistry;
and, on motion, it was

Resolved: That the President, the Rector, Dr. Randolph,
Mr. Irvine and Mr. Oliver be appointed a committee to prepare
suitable resolutions to be submitted to the Board upon the death
of the late Dr. John W. Mallet.

Resolved: That, in response to the request proffered by
the widow of the late Daniel Harmon, a distinguished member
of this Board, that his body may be permanently interred in
the cemetery of the University, the President of the University

be authorized and requested to convey to Mrs. Harmon,
the Board's asent to her wish, and to designate the spot
for such sepulture, after consultation with the "Committee
of the Faculty on the Cemetery."

Resolved: That the Board accept the proposition made
by Mr. Frederick W. Smith, one of the devisees and legatees
under the will of Miss Mary Amelia Smith, viz: that he will
refrain from his proposed attack upon said will upon condition
that the Rector and Visitors of the University surrender
in absolute right, the one-half of the estate passing under
said will to said Frederick W. Smith, and that John B.
Moon, the attorney for the University, be authorized to
carry this agreement into effect. By agreement of the parties
interested, however, the provisions of said will may be
modified or set aside in whole or in part, with a view to
carrying out the proposed settlement.

Resolved: That this action of the Board is taken
through their respect and esteem for Colonel Thomas Smith,
another legatee and devisee, under said will, and their
regard for his wishes in the premises.

The committee appointed to select a site for
the building to be known as the Department of Education,
having made its report, in which Mr. Manning, the consulting

architect concurs, on motion, it is hereby

Resolved: That the report of the Committee be, and
the same is hereby adopted the site so selected being
that indicated in the Diagram herewith filed marked "A".

(see Diagram "A" on page 243)

Resolved: That the Building Committee heretofore
appointed to deal with the Education Building, consisting of
the President, Dr. Randolph, Dr. Lambeth, Professors
Maphis and Newcomb, to which committee, Professor Heck is
now added, be authorized to arrange for the plans and
specifications for such building, and that they will report
to the Board at some future meeting.

Resolved: That the Committee heretofore appointed
to deal with the Education Building be authorized and
directed to formulate and present to the next meeting
of the Board, a scheme for the erection of a building
on the site of the present building now occupied by the
post-office and book-store at the entrance to the University
grounds, and the reconstruction of said entrance and the
erection of a gate upon said premises.

Resolved: That it is the sense of the Board that the
"D.K.E." and "Pi Kappa Alpha" Fraternities be granted sites
for thier respective chapter houses upon any two of the locations
indicated as x upon the plot made by Mr. Manning
marked "B", subject to the provisions heretofore made, with
reference to fraternity houses.

A resolution adopted by the Medical Faculty on October
7th, 1912, and for them, submitted to the Board by Dean
Whitehead, was approved as follows:

Resolved:- That beginning with the session of 1914'15,
the regulation as to the entrance requirements of this
Department be changed by substituting the following for the
clause beginning with "and, in addition" (see Page 197
of catalogue),

And, in addition, to present evidence of the completion
of at least one year's work in Inorganic (General) Chemistry,
Physics, and Biology at an approved institution of collegiate
rank. Candidates for admission will be required also to
present satisfactory evidence of a reading knowledge of one
modern language besides English, preferably German.

On motion, the Board adjourned, subject to the call of
the Rector.