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MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

MISS CHARMENZ LENHART HEARD

As the concluding speaker at the morning's public session, Miss Charmenz Lenhart, a former
faculty member, appeared at her own request and addressed the Board from 12:45 to 1:00 o'clock.
Miss Lenhart was accompanied by her advisor, Mr. Bayard Q. Morgan, Professor Emeritus at Stanford
University and a member of the executive council of the Modern Languages Association. Upon
retiring from the Board Room, after completing her remarks and receiving the Chairman's thanks,
Miss Lenhart handed to the Secretary a carbon copy of her statement, which called for "justice"
for the late Dr. Morgan L. Combs, a review by the Board of its proceedings of 1953-54 in regard to
him, and action by the Board to build a chapel in his memory.

COMMITTEE ON THE COLLEGE

Mr. Smith, as Chairman of the Committee on Mary Washington College, reported on a meeting
held on the evening of December 7th at which the Committee had been informed of the Governor's
decision to ask the General Assembly to restore to the College, for its debt retirement program,
the $351,000 from its 1955-56 operating surplus that had been placed by executive order in the
General Fund of the Commonwealth. Mr. Smith spoke briefly of the good planning in progress for
dormitory, gymnasium, and library needs, and of the informed exchange of views at the Committee
meeting, at which the President, the Chancellor, and the Bursar of the College had been present.

BUILDING PROGRAM AND DORMITORY NEEDS

At the request of the Chairman, the Secretary handed to each Visitor copies of the
following. (1) A two-page statement by the Chancellor, entitled "Future Building Program",
outlining dormitory needs estimated at $1,680,000, library expansion needs estimated at $275,000,
and a new gymnasium to replace the 1910 structure at a cost of $500,000, and (2) A six-page
"Survey of Dormitory Capacity for Mary Washington College as Related to Future Dormitory Needs",
prepared by the Bursar and the Dean of Students.

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On motion the meeting was then adjourned.