 | Board of Visitors minutes September 14, 1942 |  |
A special meeting of the Board of Visitors was held on this date at 8 o'clock in the evening in
the office of the President. Present, Visitors L. C. Williams, Hollis Rinehart, C. B. Garnett, James H.
Corbitt, C. O'Conor Goolrick, E. R. Stettinius, Jr., Aubrey G. Weaver and Dabney S. Lancaster, and
President Newcomb.
In the absence of the Rector, R. Gray Williams, James H. Corbitt was appointed Chairman of
the meeting.
Minutes of the meetings of June 12th and July 6th, copies of which had been mailed to the
members, were approved.
RE: WILLIAM H. WHITE LECTURE FOUNDATION:
The President presented the following letter from the founders of the above lecture foundation:
The University of Virginia
The undersigned founders of "The William H. White Lecture Foundation" respectfully request your
permission to make certain changes in connection with that foundation as herein set forth.
There is now to the credit of the principal account $13,820.00 and to the credit of income
account, $4,555.00. We ask that $1,555.00 be transferred from the income to the principal account
to be held as a part of the foundation.
With the remaining $3,000.00 of accrued income it is our desire if it meets with your
approval that the same be used for establishing a collection of works dealing with the subject of
Constitutional Law, both of the United States of America and of other nations. The volumes composing
such Collection to be kept together as a whole, and the Collection designated by an appropriate
tablet or otherwise.
With respect to future income, it is our request that from unexpended income there should from
time to time be added to principal such sums as will produce an income adequate to pay the honorarium
to the lecturers who are invited to speak under the foundation. All remaining income to be made
available for acquisitions to the Constitutional Law Collection.
In compliance with the requests, set forth in the foregoing letter, the following resolutions
were adopted.
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that $1,555.00 to the credit of the income account be transferred from income to the principal
account to be held as a part of the Foundation. That $3,000.00 of accrued income be used for
establishing a collection of works dealing with the subject of Constitutional Law, both in the
United States of America and of other nations. The volumes composing such Collection to be
kept together as a whole and the Collection to be designated by an appropriate tablet, or otherwise.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that from time to time unexpended balances of income may be added to
the principal in order to insure a sufficient principal to yield an income adequate to pay the
honorarium to the lecturers; that all remaining income is to be made available for acquisitions
to the Constitutional Law Collections.
RE: CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: NOS. 8 AND 9.
Resolutions authorizing the President and the Secretary of the Board to execute Memorandum of
Agreement or Contract between the United States of America and the University of Virginia covering certain
research in the Chemistry Department of the University of Virginia was adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia that the President be and he is hereby authorized and directed to execute
Memorandum of Agreement or Contract between the United States of America and the University
of Virginia, in an amount not exceeding $18,250, to be paid in the Department of
Chemistry under direction of Dr. Robert F. Lutz; said contract to be marked for identification
"U.S.A. and U. Va. No. 8".
RESOLVED, FURTHER, That E. I. Carruthers, Secretary of this Board, be and he
is hereby authorized and directed to attest the signature, affix the seal, and certify
that this Resolution was passed by the authority of the Governing Board of this University,
and is within the scope of its corporate powers.
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia that the President be and he is hereby authorized and directed to execute
Memorandum of Agreement or Contract between the United States of America and the University
of Virginia, in an amount not exceeding $19,500, for research in the Department of
Chemistry under the direction of Professor J. H. Yoe; said contract to be marked for
identification "U.S.A. and U.V.A. No. 9".
RESOLVED, FURTHER, That E. I. Carruthers, Secretary of this Board, be and he
is hereby authorized and directed to attest the signature, affix the seal, and certify
that this Resolution was passed by the authority of the Governing Board of this University
and is within the scope of its corporate powers.
E. R. STETTINIUS' GIFT:
The President reported receipt of a check from the Saturday Evening Post for $500.00
covering honorarium for an article by Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. Mr. Stettinius had donated the
said check to the University to be used for such purpose as the doner and the University may agree
upon. The thanks of the Board were extended to Mr. Stettinius for this Benefaction.
FRATERNITY HOUSES REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE:
Mr. E. R. Stettinius, Jr., chairman of the Special Committee on elimination of
Fraternity houses, made a verbal report covering the work that had been done by his committee
in the matter. Following a general discussion of the subject, the following resolution was
adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Special Committee on elimination of Fraternity houses be
requested to confer with the Governor Darden as soon as practical on the whole matter,
and report back to this Board at a meeting to be called by the Rector.
The meeting then adjourned.
CHAIRMAN PRO. TEM.
SECRETARY
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