 | Board of Visitors minutes January 14, 1955 |  |
WISE COUNTY COLLEGE PROGRAM
President Darden laid before the Board the following letter from Dr. George B. Zehmer,
Director of Extension, reporting consideration and action in recent months by the undergraduate
faculties of the University at Charlottesville and at Fredericksburg pursuant to the Board's
Resolution of 10 September 1954, relative to proposed undergraduate work in Wise County and in
Northern Virginia
University of Virginia
In accordance with the wishes of the Board of Visitors as expressed in a resolution adopted
at its September 10th meeting and at your request, I have consulted the Faculties of the
University that would be directly involved concerning the establishment under University administration
of a two-year college program at Wise, Virginia. I am glad to report that the Faculties
of the College and of the Schools of Education and Engineering, without a dissenting vote,
adopted resolutions approving in principle the establishment under University administration of
one or more University branches in which the first two years of college work would be offered under
regulations approved by the Faculties. I am glad to report, also that following this favorable
action by the Faculties, the question was referred to the University Senate for its consideration
and that at its January 4th meeting the Senate likewise adopted a resolution approving in
principle the establishment of one or more branches under the provision specified by the
faculties concerned.
In the meantime, I conferred, at your suggestion, with the Faculty of Mary Washington College
with particular reference to the question as to whether or not Mary Washington wished to commit
itself to accepting for the last two years of college work girls who completed satisfactorily the
first two years at a University of Virginia branch. The Mary Washington College Faculty adopted
unanimously a resolution expressing its desire to accept such transfer students.
I will appreciate your reporting the above facts to the Board of Visitors promptly in the
hope that the Board will find it possible to reconsider this question at its January meeting
Director
After extensive discussion in which emphasis was placed on the importance of (1) restricting
to the junior college (first two years) level any undergraduate programs set up under University
administration away from Charlottesville, and (2) supervision by the University in the setting of
standards approved by the University faculties, the Board adopted the following resolution
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the President be and he is hereby authorized to proceed with the organization under
University administration of a two-year college program at Wise, Virginia, and with planning for
the establishment of similar work in Northern Virginia, the undergraduate transfer programs both
in Wise County and in Northern Virginia to be limited to the first two regular years of college
work, to be subject to the standards established by the faculties resident at the University of
Virginia, and to conform to the requirements set by the Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools
| Board of Visitors minutes January 14, 1955 | |