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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.