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 | Board of Visitors minutes July 29, 1943 |  |
A special meeting of the Board of Visitors was held on this date at the John Marshall Hotel,
Richmond, Va., at 11 o'clock, with the following members present: Lewis C. Williams, Garnett, Corbitt,
Goolrick, Anderson, Lancaster, Weaver and Dr. W. D. Haden, and President Newcomb.
Dr. W. D. Haden, appointed by Governor Darden, to fill the unexpired term of Hollis Rinehart,
deceased, presented his qualification as a visitor of the University of Virginia.
In the absence of the Rector, Mr. Corbitt was elected chairman of the meeting.
The President announced the enrollment at this date to be 1637.
RESIGNATION OF DR. WALTER A. MONTGOMERY:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of
the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that the resignation
of Dr. Walter A. Montgomery, effective June 15, 1943 because of his having
reached the retiring age limit of seventy, be accepted with deep regret.
The Board desires to record its appreciation of Dr. Montgomery's
long and distinguished service to this University as Professor of Latin.
He has carried forward his work here with devotion and distinction, and the
Rector and Visitors wish for him the joy that comes of work ably done, and
hope that he may have many years of happiness in his retirement.
RESIGNATION OF DR. FRANCIS G. LANKFORD:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of
the University of Virginia that the resignation of Dr. Francis G. Lankford,
Jr., Assistant Professor in the Teaching of Mathematics and Natural Science
in the Secondary Schools, effective June 15, 1943, be and the same is hereby
accepted with regret.
PROMOTION OF DR. LELAND BRADLEY SNODDY:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of
the University of Virginia that the Promotion of Dr. Leland Bradley Snoddy
from Associate Professor to Professor of Physics, at a salary of $4,800 per
session of nine months, effective March 15, 1943, be and the same is
hereby ratified and confirmed.
PROMOTION OF MR. HERMAN CARL HESSE:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors
of the University of Virginia, that Mr. Herman Carl Hesse be and he is
hereby promoted from Associate Professor to Professor of Engineering
Drawing, at a salary of $4,500 per session of nine months, effective
PROMOTION OF MR. EDWIN CLARE McCLINTOCK:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors
of the University of Virginia that Mr. Edwin Clare McClintock be and
he is hereby promoted from Instructor to Assistant Professor of English
in the Department of Engineering, at a salary of $2,800, per session
of nine months, effective July 1, 1943.
ARMY MEDICAL STUDENT UNIT—CONTRACT AUTHORIZED:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and
Visitors of the University of Virginia that J. L. Newcomb, President,
be and he is hereby authorized and directed to sign a contract between
the United States of America and the University of Virginia
for the training of an Army Medical Student Unit at the University
of Virginia, beginning on or about July 1, 1943, and
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 authority of the Governing Body of the University and is
within the scope of its corporate powers.
NAVAL MEDICAL STUDENT UNIT—CONTRACT AUTHORIZED:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and
Visitors of the University of Virginia that J. L. Newcomb, President,
be and he is hereby authorized and directed to sign a contract
between the United States of America and the University of
Virginia for the training of a Naval Medical Student Unit at the
University of Virginia, beginning on or about July 1, 1943, and
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 Body of the University and
is within the scope of its corporate powers.
BUDGET ANNUAL:
The President presented for consideration and adoption the operating budget of the
University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1943, and explained to the meeting that while
it had been customary to prepare and present the budget earlier in the year, due to the conditions
affecting the registration of students, and the unsettled situation with respect to
contracts in prospect with the Army and Navy for training certain units, he had been unable to
make any progress in its preparation until the registration for the session beginning on
July 1, had been completed.
The budget, as presented carried the following figures;
| Estimated receipts, including State appropriation | $2,265,232 |
| Estimated expenditures | 2,239,477 |
| Estimated surplus—University Division | $ 25,755 |
| Estimated receipts, including State appropriation | $ 758,711 |
| Estimated expenditures | 758,160 |
| Estimated surplus—Hospital Division | $ 551 |
Following examination and discussion of the budget, the appropriation for the Law
Department was increased $1,500 to cover the salary of an assistant Law Librarian in charge
of documents, and then, on motion, the budget for 1943-44 was adopted.
The President discusses with the Board the method to be used in preparing the budget
estimates of the University for 1944-46 for presentation to the Governor for action at the
forthcoming meeting of the Legislature—whether such estimates should be based on a peace-time
or war-time basis, and it was the consenus of opinion that it should be prepared on a peacetime
basis.
The President referred to the items contained in the budget for 1942-44 covering
certain capital outlays which were provided for, but the construction of which were made impossible
due to the needs of the war and particularly with respect to the item for the Negro
Wing of the hospital. It was
RESOLVED, that the capital outlay items, carried in the budget requests
for 1942-44 be repeated in the requests for 1944-46, and that the item for the Negro
Ward for the Hospital be made the principle item.
The President also discussed with the Board the question of continuance of intercollegiate
athletics for the coming season, and following a general discussion of the matter,
on motion of Dr. Haden the matter was referred to a committee, consisting of the President and
two members of the Board, with power to act. The chairman named Edward C. Anderson and
Christopher B. Garnett to serve with the president.
The meeting then adjourned.
Chairman Pro Tem
Secretary
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