PROPOSED SITE FOR PATRICK HENRY COLLEGE
The following resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS Patrick Henry College of the University of Virginia is rapidly outgrowing its initial
facilities, which were provided by the School Board of the City of Martinsville and renovated and
equipped by appropriation of more than $30,000 by the governing bodies of the City of Martinsville
and the Counties of Patrick and Henry,
WHEREAS the Advisory Committee of Patrick Henry College, said committee being composed of outstanding
citizens of the area served by the College, has mobilized the support of the community to
raise approximately $40,000 for the improvement of the library and scholarship programs at Patrick
Henry College, and,
WHEREAS the Advisory Committee of the College has, in the name of the Rector and Visitors of
the University of Virginia, wisely purchased an option on the only known available tract of land
in the Martinsville area that would be suitable for the future development of the College,
WHEREAS many months of time and planning in constructing the necessary buildings on the new
site, known as part of the Ben Townes property in Henry County, can be saved if the site can be
purchased prior to the next meeting of the General Assembly of Virginia,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia that the petition of the Advisory Committee of Patrick Henry College of
the University of Virginia at Martinsville for a grant of $100,000 from the Governor's contingency
fund to be used to exercise the option on the Ben Townes tract be forwarded to the Governor with
the endorsement of the Board.
