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Excellent detailed reports by President Combs and Dean Alvey are appended.

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We believe, and so report to the Board, on the basis of information as incorporated in this
report and in the reports of President Combs and Dean Alvey appended hereto, and in the current college
catalogue, that the conversion of Mary Washington into a college of liberal arts as required by
the Act of Legislature of February 22, 1944, and according to the plan approved by the Rector and Board
of Visitors on December 9, 1945, has been accomplished.

However, in the opinion of the Committee the need for the following improvements is noted
and they are urgently recommended:

• Increased laboratory and class room facilities;

• Additional dormitory space to relieve crowding in dormitories and placement of
  students in off-campus homes;

• Salary scale equal to that of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University
  for comparable rank and position so as to hold and attract outstanding teachers;

• Additions to faculty to reduce teacher-student ratio when needed.