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NAMING OF THE FIELD HOUSE

The President proposed and the Board adopted the following resolution

WHEREAS the field house-auditorium-gymnasium building to be constructed at Copeley Hill will
meet many vital needs of the University of Virginia, such as providing adequate space and facilities
for indoor intercollegiate athletics, an auditorium with proper acoustics, seating, and equipment for
concerts, dramatic productions, and other cultural programs, sufficient seating for lectures, convocations,
or other major academic events, suitable accommodations for large meetings of local, statewide,
and regional groups having an appropriate call upon the educational facilities of the University,
and

WHEREAS such a building serving many functions of the University of Virginia important to the
life of the University and to the Commonwealth should be fittingly named,

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia that the building be and it is hereby named University Hall.