 | Board of Visitors minutes October 14, 1919 |  |
October 14, 1919.
Pursuant to a call by the Rector, a special meeting
of the Board of Visitors was held on this date at 8 o'clock
p.m., with the following members present: Rector R. Tate
Irvine, and Visitors H. D. Dillard, E. Lee Greever, Harris
Hart, Geo. R. B. Michie, Alex. F. Robertson, and C. Harding
Walker.
The Secretary announced that Mr. E. L. Greever, appointed
by the Governor to succeed Mr. Robt. Turnbull, resigned, had
filed with him his certificate of qualification as a Visitor
The minutes of the last meeting of the Board, copies of
which had been sent to the members, were approved.
President Alderman advised the Board of the registration
in the several departments of the University as follows:
| College and Graduate Departments | 833 |
| Medical Department | 101 |
| Law Department | 289 |
| Engineering Department | 233 |
| Total | 1456 |
He also advised the Board of the following gifts received
by the University since the last meeting, and which have been
duly acknowledged on behalf of the Board:
$891.40 from W.W.Fuller and John B. Cobb for endowment
of McConnell statue site.Liberty Bond, $100.00, from Mrs. Andrew B. Herd.
Philippine weapons from Captain J. Spottiswoods Taylor.
Battle Map from Letcher Harrison.
Chemical specimens from Dr. Walter T. Page,
88 volumes of State Reports to Law Library from the
Michie Publishing Company.
Library of her father by Miss Anna Campbell, of Baltimore.
The President presented to the Board the budget he had
prepared to be presented to the Governor and to the General
Assembly for the biennum 1920-1922, and after a careful study
of the same the following resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Rector and Visitors approve the budget
presented by the President and authorize its presentation
to the Governor and to the General Assembly.
The President stated that in order to meet the rapidly
increasing expenses in all departments of the University,
it had been deemed expedient to increase the tuition fees
in the several departments and offered the following motion
which, after discussion, was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That the scale of fees and tuition in the several
departments of the University be established as follows,
beginning with the session of 1920-21:
| College and Graduate. | |
| University fee: | |
| Virginians | $ 10.00 |
| Non-Virginians | 40.00 |
| Tuition: | |
| Non-Virginians | 135.00 |
| Law Department. | |
| University fee | 40.00 |
| Tuition | 135.00 |
| Medical Department. | |
| University fee | 40.00 |
| Tuition: | |
| 1st and 2nd years | 135.00 |
| 3rd and 4th years | 110.00 |
| Engineering Department. | |
| University fee: | |
| Virginians | $ 20.00 |
| Non-Virginians | 40.00 |
| Tuition, average for four years: | |
| Virginians | 95.00 |
| Non-Virginians | 135.00 |
Upon the recommendation of the President, increases
in certain salaries, appointments of an Adjunct Professor,
Instructors and Assistants, appointment of Registrar and
Assistant to succeed Mr. Howard Winston, retired, appropriations
for the Engineering Department and for certain physical needs
of the University, etc., were made as set forth in the following
resolutions, and adopted:
RESOLVED, That, upon recommendation of the President, and by
reason of the situation created by the greatly increased
attendance, the following Adjunct Professor and Assistants,
with salaries attached, are authorized for the year 1919-20.
| Department of Romance Languages: | |
| Adjunct Professor of French, Frank Abbott | $ 2,000 |
| Instructor in Spanish, W. E. Knight | 1,200 |
| Assistant, Armand de Grouchy | 300 |
| Chemistry: | |
| Assistant | 300 |
| Philosophy: | |
| Assistant | 350 |
| Mathematics: | |
| Assistant | 300 |
| Physics: | |
| Assistant | 360 |
| English: | |
| Assistants: F.M. Lemon ) | 500 |
| I.J. Quesenberry) | |
| Miss Mary Dinwiddie) | |
| Medical School: | |
| Dr. Robert G. Wiatt, Adjunct Professor of Roent-genology (arrangement with Hospital) |
|
| Assistant | 500 |
| Architecture: | |
| Instructor, S. J. Makielski | 900 |
| Commercial Law: | |
| Instructor, E. T. Boyd, | 500 |
| Geology: | |
| Student Assistant, J. W, Kisling | 250 |
RESOLVED, That, upon the recommendation of the President,
Mrs. W. H. Heck is hereby elected Registrar of the University
at a salary of $1650, and Miss Virginia Moran is
elected Assistant Registrar at a salary of $900, incumbency of
both to begin October 1, 1919.
RESOLVED, That $1600 is hereby appropriated to the Engineering
Department for 1919-'20.
RESOLVED, That the following appropriations for improvements
and repairs be authorized for the year 1919-20:
| Equipment of lecture room | $ 2,500 |
| Equipment of Registrar's Office | 750 |
| Repair of roofs on Peabody Hall | 900 |
| Improvement of neating plant, (radiators, pipe lines) | 1,000 |
| Sanitary improvements | 3,600 |
| Painting fronts of buildings | 2,000 |
| Completion of approach to Chemical Building | 1,000 |
| Appropriation to American Council of Education | 100 |
| Total | $11,850 |
The President announced that the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching had granted retiring allowances
to Professor Francis P. Dunnington of $2200, and Mr. Howard
Winston, Registrar, of $1,000.
Mr. Thomas E. Wright of Roanake, Virginia, was appointed
Phelps-Stokes Fellow for the session of 1919-20; and Mr. C.
N. Berkeley of Danville, Virginia, was awarded the Ryan
Scholarship from the Fifth District, filling a vacancy caused
by the resignation of S. B. Berkeley.
The President read a letter from Mr. Greenough, of the
General Alumni Association, concerning the question of raising
an endowment fund for the University. It was
RESOLVED, That the President consider the matter and communicate
with the General Alumni Association.
The President announced that owing to the small number
of students who desired to enter the R. O. T. C., it was
found necessary to withdraw said course from the University,
as is shown in the following communication:
From: President of the University of Virginia,
To: Adjutant General of the Army.
Subject: Withdrawal of the R.O.T.C. Unit from the
University of Virginia.
I deeply regret to inform you that The University
of Virginia is unable to meet the minimum requirements
the fact that our total enrollment, in all
departments, will reach at least 1500 students. I am,
therefore, forced to request that the Unit authorized
for the University of Virginia be withdrawn.
I am also forced, profoundly against my personal
will and my personal desire, to state that the services
of Lieutenant Colonel Abney Payne, CAC, are no longer
needed at the University. It is difficult for me to
tell you how much I regret the outcome of this undertaking
here. I regret it because I believe great good
could have accrued to the Institution. The causes for
the failure of the undertaking are due to reasons inherent
in the minds and purposes of the young men presenting
themselves for matriculation. There is no war
spirit in them. They are brave manly fellows who have
proven their willingness to serve their country, but
they do not care to prepare in advance for future military
service, and no amount of persuasion can change
their minds. None would be quicker to respond to the
call of any urgent need, but their spirits and wills are
all bent upon the call for peace service, and their
psychology is distinctly anti-military.
Colonel Payne was the ideal man for the task. Every
possible thing that could have been done to make the
undertaking a success was done by him. If energy, tact,
good sense, and devotion to duty could have carried this
undertaking forward successfully, he would have achieved
the end. We part with him with the deepest regret and
sentiments of affection and esteem.
President.
The reports of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds in
the matter of the demolition of the old Dispensary Building
and the leasing of the central store room in the Entrance
Building, which matter had been referred to said committee
with power to act, were presented, approved and ordered to
be spread as follows:
The Committee on Buildings and Grounds reports
that after conference with the Superintendent of
Buildings and Grounds and the Bursar, the Superintendent
is authorized to lease to the University Shop, Inc., the
center store and the store adjoining it on the east for
the term of three years next following August 1, 1919 at
$125 per month, payable at the end of each month during
the term.
Lessee to have right to renew the lease for additional
period of three years at $150 per month, payable at
end of each month; right of renewal to be exercised only
upon the lessee giving written notice of intention
to renew for period of sixty days prior to August 1,
1922. And upon giving of such notice, lease to be ipso
facto renewed at new rental but without renewal privilege.
Lease herein provided for to be drawn by the
attorney for Rector and Visitors with such provisions as
may be necessary, in the opinion of the attorney, to protect
the rights of the Rector and Visitors. Lease to be
executed in duplicate in name and on behalf of Rector
and Visitors of the University of Virginia by the Rector
and seal to be affixed and attested by Secretary.
Committee on Buildings and
Grounds.
The President announced that Emeritus Professor Francis
H. Smith had reached his ninetieth birthday on this date and
that he was receiving from all sections of the State telegrams
and messages of respect and good wishes. The President
was authorized to prepare and send to Professor Smith on behalf
of the Board a resolution of respect in honor of this
his ninetieth birthday.
Mr. Michie submitted the following motion which was read,
the Rector, the President, Mr. Hart, and the Finance Committee
to study the same and report their finding to a special meeting
of the Board at an early date:
RESOLVED, That the salaries of all members of the faculty of
the rank of professor, associate professor and adjunct professor,
who have been with the University for three years or
more; and the salaries of administrative officers who have
been with the University three years or more, shall be increased
25%, as of September 15th, 1919.
RESOLVED, That a similar increase of 25% shall be made in the
salaries of each member of the faculty and administrative
officer, who had been with the University for less than three
years, when he has been with the University for three years.
On motion the meeting then adjourned.
Rector.
Secretary.
| Board of Visitors minutes October 14, 1919 | |