University of Virginia Library

REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS AND THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT

The special committee, having completed its investigation and study, now reports as
follows

I

That as to student publications generally, the Student Activities Committee has been,
and is doing a fine job. No change in procedure or authority with reference to the
Student Activities Committee is recommended

II

A THE CAVALIER DAILY

B We believe that the existence of a paper such as The CAVALIER DAILY is
indispensable to the University, and we find that such a paper cannot exist independently
of a subsidy from the University. We, therefore, recommend that the
present student fees be continued

C While the separation of the Student Council and The CAVALIER DAILY is
salutary, this action has left The CAVALIER DAILY as an institution with a guaranteed
income and with no responsibility to any group at the University. We feel that this
situation should be remedied. We, therefore, propose that the vice presidents of the
several schools of the University shall compose the Board of Directors of the
CAVALIER DAILY. That this Board of Directors shall meet at least once each month
during the school year, and shall have general supervision of The CAVALIER DAILY,
with authority

a To reject or confirm the selection of the Editor, Managing Editor and Business
Manager who shall be recommended by the whole staff of The CAVALIER DAILY, with
power to remove any or all of these three officers of The CAVALIER DAILY for
cause

b To generally oversee the physical management of The CAVALIER DAILY by its
Business Manager and Editor-In-Chief

c To receive from The CAVALIER DAILY requests for its necessary operating funds
and to review and approve or disapprove all such requests for financial support
before these requests are presented to The Student Activities Committee for final
consideration and action

d To review and to approve or disapprove and, when desirable, to modify the overall
editorial and news reporting policies

e To arrange the time of the election of the officers of The CAVALIER DAILY so as
to promote the greatest continuity of personnel possible

III

This committee recommends that the Student Activities Committee be authorized and
requested to establish, as an inducement to the improvement of reportorial and editorial
work on The CAVALIER DAILY, annual prizes in appropriate amounts to be paid for excellence
in these fields and services to the University and its Student Body

IV

This committee further recommends to the Executive Committee of the Board of
Visitors of the University that the Board direct forthwith termination of any further
publication of THE VIRGINIA SPECTATOR under the sponsorship of The Jefferson Society,
and order that hereafter no "humor" publication shall be issued by any students or
student organization of the University of Virginia, or by others, which bears the
imprint or apparent sponsorship of the University of Virginia, without prior authorization
by the Board of Visitors