 | Board of Visitors minutes May 28, 1935 |  |
A called meeting of the Board of Visitors was held on this date with the Rector,
Frederic W. Scott, Visitors Corbitt, Garnett, Hall, Munford, Rinehart and L. C. Williams,
and President Newcomb present.
The minutes of the meeting of April 30th which had been copied and mailed to the
members were approved.
The President presented the following gifts:
| From the Estate of Conrad Hubert, a partial distribution | $ 12,500 |
| From the Rockefeller Foundation, a terminating grant for support of a fluid research fund in the Humanities during the two-year period, July 1, 1935 to June 30, 1937 $7500, 1935-36; $2500, 1936-37 |
10,000 |
| From the late Mrs. Lou Ellen Moore Davis, for treatment of crippled children in the University Hospital |
2,500 |
| From the New York Academy of Medicine to Dr. Alfred Chanutin, the Edward N. Gibbs Prize Fund |
700 |
| From the National Academy of Sciences to Dr. S. A. Mitchell, to be used by his department in work on parallaxes. The Gould Fund |
500 |
| From the Seven Society | 77.77 |
| From Mr. Herbert Altschul, of Norfolk, to supplement the income received from the bequest of his father, Mr. Benjamin Altschul |
40.00 |
| $ 26,317.77 |
From members of the faculty, students, alumni and friends of the
University, many valuable books and pamphlets to the General
and Departmental Libraries.
Upon the recommendation of the President, the following matters were considered and
the respective resolutions adopted:
TO AUTHORIZE TRANSFER OF $1527.71 FROM CAPITAL OUTLAY TO CARE FOR EXTENSION OF
CENTRAL HEATING PLANT:
WHEREAS, during the construction of the Extension of the Heating Mains
to provide heat for the University Chapel, Fayerweather Hall, the President's
House, and the newly erected Bayly Art Museum, it developed that new radiator
valves were required for Fayerweather Hall and the President's House, to take
care of the high pressure system, new radiators in Fayerweather Hall, and larger
lines and expansion joints to care for heating of any buildings erected adjacent
to said line in the future, which changes and additions entailed a cost of
$1527.71 in excess of the estimate when the work was begun, and the amount authorized
by the Governor to be expended therefor, which sum was $16,350,
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, That
the Governor be and he is hereby requested to authorize the expenditure of the
additional sum of $1527.71 for the completion of the Extension of the Central
Heating Plant, and that authority be given the Comptroller to transfer from
the University's appropriation for Capital Outlay (Code 207-53) the sum of
$1527.71 to code 207-90-262. Extension of the Central Heating Plant.
REDUCTION OF TUITION IN LAW SCHOOL FROM $250 PER SESSION TO $110 IN THE CASE OF
ARMY OFFICERS DETAILED FROM THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR THE STUDY OF LAW:
RESOLVED, That for the purpose of inducing the Judge Advocate General's
Department of the United States Army in giving officers of the United States
Army who have been detailed to that Department a legal education and thereby
the better equipping them for the work in the Judge Advocate General's Department,
and on account of the mutual advantage which will accrue to this University
and to the United States Army, scholarships of this University in the
Department of Law of such value as to make the net cost not to exceed $110.00
for tuition and University Fee will be awarded annually to such officers of the Army as may be
nominated by the Judge Advocate General: Provided that the qualifications of
the parties so nominated shall conform to the rules of the Department of Law.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE TO PROFESSORS GOOCH AND EGGER:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, That
Dr. Robert K. Gooch, Professor of Political Science, be and he is hereby granted
leave of absence, for the Session 1935-36.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University, That Dr. Rowland
A. Egger, Director of the Bureau of Public Administration and Associate Professor
of Political Science, be and he is hereby granted leave of absence, without
salary, for the Session 1935-36.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University, That Dr. Edward
James McShane be and he is hereby elected Professor of Mathematics in the University
of Virginia, at a net salary of $4,500, incumbency to begin September
15, 1935.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University, That Dr. C. Howe
Eller be and he is hereby elected Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine in
the University of Virginia at a salary of $1350 a year. Dr. Eller began his
duties on April 1st of this year.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University, That Mr. Raymond Uhl
be and he is hereby elected Acting Director of the Bureau of Public Administration
and Acting Associate Professor of Political Science in the University for the
Session 1935-36 at a salary of $3400, incumbency to begin July 1, 1935.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University, That Mr. Thomas W.
Evans be and he is hereby elected Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering in the
University of Virginia, at a net salary of $2880, for the Session 1935-36, incumbency
to begin September 15, 1935.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University, That Dr. Warner
Moss be and he is hereby elected Acting Assistant Professor of Political Science
in the University for the Session 1935-36, at a salary of $2520. Dr. Moss will
supply for Dr. Gooch, who will be in Europe on leave.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University, That Mr. Carl Kiester
Fink be and he is hereby elected Instructor in Chemistry in the University for the
Session 1935-36, at a salary of $1980 for the session.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University, That Dr. Arthur M.
Smith be and he is hereby elected Instructor in Clinical Surgery in the University,
without salary.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University that Mr. Frederick
Palmer Weber be and he is hereby elected Research Assistant in Economics in the
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, for a twelve months' period beginning
September 15, 1935, at a salary of $125 per month.
ASSIGNMENT OF PAVILION VIII EAST LAWN:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, That
Pavilion VIII on the Lawn, at present occupied by Mrs. William H. Echols, be, and
the same is hereby awarded to Dr. William M. Forrest for occupancy, beginning with
the session 1935-36, on the terms and conditions which have been set up by resolution
of the Board.
RESOLVED further, that in case Dr. Forrest should for any reason not desire
to occupy the house, that the Buildings and Grounds Committee of the Board, acting
with the President, be, and they are hereby empowered to lease it to one of the
other applicants, as they may determine.
DU PONT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ASSIGNMENTS FROM JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OFFICE:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, That du
Pont Scholarships of such value as to make the net tuition cost in the Law School
$110 be and the same are hereby authorized for such students as the Judge Advocate
General's Department of the United States Army may designate for the study of Law
in the University of Virginia.
PHI GAMMA DELTA LOAN:
The Phi Gamma Delta application for a loan of $25,000, secured by first mortgage on
their fraternity house, which was presented to the meeting of the Rector and Visitors on
January 11th and tentatively approved, was re-presented to the meeting on May 28th, and authorized
by unanimous vote to the Board. The loan to bear 6% interest and to be paid at the
rate of $1,000 per year, the first payment falling due 18 months from the date of the loan.
TRANSFER FROM SUMMER QUARTER SURPLUS TO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEFICIT:
The President stated that due to certain promised contributions of $4,000 for the
Institute of Public Affairs for 1931 not having been paid, a deficit of approximately that
amount resulted and was being carried against the Institute on the University's accounts, and
that as the Summer Quarter of 1934 resulted in a surplus of $7,682.00 he requested authority
be given for transferring $4,000 from the latter to the former account, which was approved.
STEAM LINE FROM POWER PLANT TO COMMONS:
The President stated that the State Engineer had recommended the boiler at the
Commons, used to provide live steam, which was a menace to life and limb of the employees
there, as well as creating a smoke nuisance for residences and buildings in that vicinity, be
removed; that a survey had been made to determine the feasibility of running a steam line
from the Power Plant and the approximate cost, and that such line could be installed at the
approximate cost of $7,500. The same was approved with the cost thereof to be paid from the
Commons Reserve account.
BUDGET FOR 1935-36:
The President presented the budget recommendations for 1935-36, showing estimated
receipts of $1,956,271, and expenses of $1,950,165. After consideration, the budget was
adopted.
The meeting then adjourned.
June 10, 1935.
E. I. Carruthers
The Annual Meeting of the Rector and Visitors was held on this date with the Rector,
Fred W. Scott, and Visitors Corbitt, Garnett, Goolrick, Hall, Rinehart, L. C. Williams and
R. Gray Williams, and President Newcomb present.
The minutes of the previous meeting were approved.
The Rector reappointed the present members of the Executive Committee to serve
until the next regular Annual Meeting of the Board, as follows:
C. O'Conor Goolrick,
R. Gray Williams,
Mrs. M. C. B. Munford,
The Rector.
The President announced the enrollment for the regular session of 1934-35, 2,435.
The President presented the following matters for consideration:
A letter from the Governor announcing a five per cent reduction in general fund
appropriations for the fiscal year 1935-36, resulting in a reduction of the appropriation
for the University of $21,100.50, and the President stated that such reduction would
necessitate a revision of the budget of the University as adopted at the meeting on May 28th.
He was authorized to make such changes in the budget as would be necessary to keep the estimated
expenditures within the income.
A letter was presented from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
with respect to the $9,000 paid by the University for the plans and specifications for the
New Engineering Building, advising that such expenditure was not chargeable as part of the
construction costs to be paid from bond proceeds or grant for the said building. The
President was authorized and instructed to enter a protest against the elimination of the
said item.
Upon the recommendation of the President the following elections were voted:
Alfred Akerman, Associate Professor of Forestry, appointed Director of
the Seward Demonstration Forest, in Brunswick County, and is transferred from
teaching duty in the University to the management of this forest area.
R. Chapin Jones, formerly State Forester and Professor of Forestry in the
University of Virginia, is elected Associate Professor of Forestry in the University,
at a base salary of $3,750, incumbency to begin with the session 1935-36.
Leland Burdine Tate, B. S., M. S., Ph. D., is re-elected Instructor in
Rural Social Economics for the session of 1935-36.
With respect to filling vacancies during the summer, the following was voted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, That
the President of the University, in consultation with the Deans and Committees
appointed by the President from the staff, be empowered during the summer to
employ those professors who have been authorized by the Board but who have not
yet been selected. It is understood that all actions of the President and
Committees will be brought to the Board for ratification at their next meeting.
The President presented a budget in detail for the operation of the Seward Demonstration
Forest for 1935-36, showing a total of $16,254.20, which was approved.
| 83. OPERATION OF THE SEWARD DEMONSTRATION FOREST: | |||
| 1. | EXPENSES OF OPERATION: | ||
| 11. | PERSONAL SERVICE: | ||
| 111. | Salaries: | ||
| Director, Alfred Akerman | $ 3,400 | ||
| 112. | Wages | 3,600 | |
| Total | $ 7,000 | ||
| 12. | Contractual Service: | ||
| 122 | Motor Vehicle repairs | $ 50 | |
| 124 | Traveling | 50 | |
| 126 | Communication | 50 | |
| 127 | Printing, other than office supplies | 50 | |
| 128 | Other expenses | 25 | |
| Total | $ 225 | ||
| 13. | Supplies: | ||
| 132 | Forage and veterinary supplies | $ 100 | |
| 134 | Office supplies | 25 | |
| 1300 | Motor Vehicle supplies | 150 | |
| 1302 | Other supplies | 10 | |
| Total | $ 285 | ||
| 17. | Current Charges and Obligations: | ||
| 174 | Insurance | $ 79 | |
| Total Expenses of Operation | $7,589 | ||
| 2. | CAPITAL OUTLAYS: | ||
| 251 | Office equipment | $ 125 | |
| 252 | Household equipment (camp) | 582 | |
| 253 | Medical and Laboratory equipment | 100 | |
| 254 | Live stock (Mules) | 250 | |
| 256 | Motor Vehicle equipment | 900 | |
| 258 | Other equipment: | ||
| Sawmill, planingmill, tools, etc. | 5,106 | ||
| Total | $ 7,063 | ||
| 26. | Structures: | ||
| 262 | Buildings- camps, shop, boiler house | $ 1,602 | |
| Total Capital Outlay | $8,665 | ||
| Total Operation Seward Demonstration Forest | $16,254 | ||
The President presented the recommendations of the Faculty for amending the requirements
for degrees which, after examination by the Board, were adopted:
REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES
Degree requirements are stated in terms of courses. A course is the work covered
in an organized, scheduled class, meeting normally three hours a week throughout the session.
Beginners' courses in foreign languages, however, and certain first-year courses in
mathematics may meet four or five hours weekly. Science courses with three hours of class
work and six hours of laboratory work weekly are designated double-courses and are counted
as two courses.
For graduation from the College of Arts and Sciences the candidate must have taken
and passed a total of twenty courses, completed in conformity with the regulations prescribed
for the several degrees.
Exemption from certain Required Courses may be obtained as set forth below. Such
exemption increases the student's freedom of election, but does not reduce the total number
of courses (20) required for a degree.
Qualifying examinations are scheduled at the beginning of the session, and no such
examination may be taken more than once.
BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
The candidate must complete a total of twenty courses, chosen in accordance with the
following regulations:
I. Required Courses
The eight courses prescribed below must be completed at least one year before graduation.
Not less than six of them must be completed at least two years before graduation.
English: English A1.
Students passing a qualifying examination on English A1 will be exempted from further
requirement in English.
Foreign Languages: A first-year college course (A1) and a second-year college
course (A2) in each of two foreign languages. A candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts
must offer two courses in Greek or Latin. A candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science
must offer two courses in French or German.
A student who presents admission credit for two units of German, Greek or Latin, or
for three units of French, Italian or Spanish, must enter the A2 course if he wishes to
study the language in question. If he passes the A2 course he will be exempted from further
requirement in that language.
Students passing a qualifying examination on the A2 course in any language will be
exempted from further requirement in that language.
Mathematics: Mathematics A1 or A2 or A3.
Students passing a qualifying examination on Mathematics A will be exempted from
further requirement in mathematics.
Natural Science: Biology B1 or Chemistry B1 or Geology B1 or Physics B1.
II. Field of Concentration
A student who has passed not less than six of the Required Courses two years before
graduation, shall at the beginning of his next session select as his Field of Concentration
a Major Subject taught in one of the Academic Schools. Before registration he must present,
as part of his plan of study for the next two years, a program of not less than five nor
more than seven courses approved in writing by an official adviser for his Major School.
This program must include not less than three courses offered in the Major School and not
less than two courses in subjects related to the Field of Concentration. No course offered
by the candidate as a Required Course may be counted as part of the major program.
III. Electives
The remaining courses needed to make up the required twenty may be elected from
courses in the Academic Schools for which the candidate has adequate preparation.
Final Comprehensive Examination
A candidate for a degree must make a satisfactory standing in a final comprehensive
examination on his Field of Concentration, set by the faculty of his Major School. This
examination shall be in lieu of separate final examinations in all courses in the Field of
Concentration, taken in the session of graduation, which the Major School may include in it.
It may be wholly a written examination, or partly written and partly oral.
Professional Courses in Field of Concentration
The first-year course in the Department of Law or the first-year course in the Department
of Medicine, of this University, may be substituted for four academic courses in the
Field of Concentration. This substitution cannot be made unless the candidate has spent
three full sessions in the College of Arts and Sciences of this University and has obtained
credit for sixteen courses, including:
1. The eight Required Courses (not less than six of which must be completed at
least two years before graduation). Exemption from Required Courses, as provided above, increases
the student's freedom of election, but does not reduce the total number of courses
(16) which must be completed in the College.
2. A program of four courses, to be taken during the candidate's third year in the
College, and to be approved in writing before registration by an adviser designated by the
Dean of the College.
3. Electives, chosen from courses in the Academic Schools for which the candidate
has adequate preparation.
A candidate who includes the first-year course in Law or Medicine in his Field of
Concentration is exempted from the Final Comprehensive Examination.
Physical Education
In addition to satisfying the requirements for graduation stated above, a candidate
must complete a two-year course in physical education, unless excused on a physician's
certificate. This work must be taken during the first two years and must be completed at
least one year before graduation.
The President discussed with the Board the matter of making application to the Public
Works Administration for loan and grant with which to erect a library building whereupon the
following was voted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, That
the President of the University be, and he is hereby, requested to make application
to the Public Works Administration for a loan and grant in the sum of
one million dollars for the construction of a library building for the University.
Be it further RESOLVED, That he is requested to have R. E. L. Taylor prepare
preliminary sketches to be filed with the application, the cost of which shall
not exceed $200. And be it lastly.
RESOLVED, That the President is directed to commit the preparation of the
final plans for the library to R. E. L. Taylor when and if the loan and grant
is approved by the Federal Government.
Application of the South East Public Service Corporation of Virginia for permission
to lay its cables underground along the property of the University was considered and the
following motion unanimously voted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, That
the South East Public Service Corporation of Virginia be given permission to
lay its wires and cables underground inside the University wall running along
University Avenue from the Main entrance on the East to a point near the
western end of the property, as is designated on a map, sheet 2 of the Location
Plan of the Telephone Distribution of Charlottesville, Virginia.
It is understood and agreed that this permission is given subject to the
following conditions:
1. That their unsightly telephone poles which run along University
Avenue will be removed.
2. That the cable will be installed in a trench with approximately
two feet of cover, which trench shall be tamped thoroughly and the site reseeded
and left in as good condition as it was found by the Company.
3. That no tree or shrub shall be disturbed, injured or removed in the
laying of this cable.
4. That the South East Public Service Corporation agrees to remove this
cable without cost to the University within sixty (60) days after receiving
notice in writing from the Rector and Visitors of the University.
The following action was voted with respect to conversion of Virginia Electric and
Power Company bonds:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That the President be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to convert
$2000 of the Virginia Electric and Power Company Secured Convertible Ten
Year 5½% bonds due 1944, Nos. M1539/40 into first and refunding Mortgage
Bonds Series A 5% due October 1, 1955 of the company.
APPOINTMENT OF RYAN SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS:
The following were appointed to hold Thomas F. Ryan Scholarships with an emolument
of $300 each for the session of 1935-36:
| First Congressional District - | George Nelms Wise, Jr., Hampton, |
| Second Congressional District - | George Wray Morse, Portsmouth, |
| Third Congressional District - | Robert Tate Irvine, Jr., Richmond, |
| Fourth Congressional District - | Inslee Ebissa Grainger, Farmville, |
| Fifth Congressional District - | Robert Archer Goodwin, Jr., Martinsville, |
| Sixth Congressional District - | John Tinsley Rucker, Jr., Lynchburg, |
| Seventh Congressional District - | Frederick Martin Belmore, Crozet, |
| Eighth Congressional District - | Edwin Clare McClintock, Jr., Clarendon, |
| Ninth Congressional District - | Charles Emmet Davis, Jr., Groseclose, |
| Tenth Congressional District - | William Edward Hall, Afton. |
The general list of Instructors, Assistants, Student Assistants, Scholarship and
Fellowship holders was presented and ratified, and will be found spread on the roll books of
the Bursar's Office.
The meeting then adjourned.
Rector.
Secretary.
| Board of Visitors minutes May 28, 1935 | |