 | Board of Visitors minutes July 10, 1833 |  |
At a meeting of the Visitors of the University of Virginia
at the University July 1833.
On the 10th of July, the day appointed by the Enactments
for the stated annual meeting of the Board, only Ths.
J. Randolph and Wm. H. Broadnax attended. A quorum of the
Board was not formed untill
Friday, July 12th when John H. Cocke & Joseph C. Cabell appeared
and took their seats.
A communication from Mr. Madison, Rector was received,
apprising the board of his inability to attend their session;
whereupon Joseph C. Cabell was elected Rector pro tempore.
The following committees were then appointed. viz
of Inspection; Messrs. Cabell, Cocke, and Randolph.
of Finance; Messrs. Johnson & Broadnax.
to examine the Proctor's and Bursar's accounts; Messrs.
Broadnax & Mason.
The remainder of the day was taken up in reading the
Chairman's book.
The Board then adjourned until tomorrow morning 5 O.Clock.
Saturday, July 13
The Board met. Present Messrs. Joseph C. Cabell, John
Mr. Chapman Johnson appeared and took his seat at the
Board.
The Board while in session today were principally engaged
in reading the Faculty book, receiving & reading letters
recommending candidates for the Chair of Medicine, vacated
by the Resignation of Dr. Dunglison, and in consultation on
this subject. The Board adjourned till Monday.
Monday July 15 & Tuesday July 16.
On these two days the engagements of the Committee of
Inspection deprived the Board of a quorum; wherefore, they
only met to adjourn.
Wednesday July 17.
The Board met according to adjournment on Tuesday.
Present Messrs. Cabell, Johnson, Cocke, Randolph, & Broadnax.
Sundry communications were received & read; and the
following resolutions passed.
Resolved, That so much of the Enactments of July 1832
as authorise the Faculty to give notice to any Student or
the parent or guardian of any Student that he will not be
again suffered to matriculate, shall be, & the same is hereby
repealed: And hereafter the Faculty shall have power
to refuse re-admission to any former Student of the University,
if they shall be satisfied from his former conduct as
Student that his readmission will be injurious to the Institution.
Resolved, that the application of the Academick's Society
to be allowed the use of a room in one of the Hotels of the
University be referred to the Executive Committee who are
required to extend to the Society such accommodation as may
be found practicable.
Students absent from their Hotels on account of sickness
for one whole month or more at any one time, or dying more
than one month before the end of the session, shall be allowed
a rateable deduction from their board, to be adjusted by
the Proctor, subject to the control of the Faculty.
Resolved, that the account of Ths. Durrett be referred
to the Proctor to be adjusted and paid, subject to the Control
of the Executive Committee.
Resolved that the application of the Librarian, for
accommodation in one of the vacant Hotels, be referred to
the Proctor, with authority under the Control of the Executive
Committee to assign to him, in lieu of his Dormitory,
such room, in a vacant Hotel, as he may deem proper.
Resolved that no Student of whatever age having taken
his board with any Hotel Keeper, shall afterwards during
the same session, be permitted to lodge out of the precincts
of the University unless in the Family of his parent or
guardian, or of some particular friend approved by the Faculty.
A Student of whatever age, not having taken his
board with any Hotel keeper, and being the near relation
out of the University, may, at the request of his parent
or guardian, be allowed also to board out of the precincts
with such other Student, his relation if the Faculty approve
it.
The Board has received with much pleasure, the address
of a committee of Students, communicating the measures which
they have adopted, in concert with the professors, to procure
the services of a minister of the Gospel. The Board
recognises, in this measure, a flattering evidence of that
sobriety of mind, & that deep sense of the higher duties of
man, which in youth, give the fairest promise of a virtuous
and useful life, & in all are the surest guarantee of elevated
character & lasting happiness.
Resolved, therefore, that the board approves the measures
adopted by the Students & Professors, for procuring
the services of a minister of the Gospel;- and that while
they do not feel warranted in appropriating the public
money to his support, the Visitors individually, will cheerfully
contribute to that object.
The Secretary will communicate this resolution to the
Committee of Students who presented the address.
Resolved, That so much of the Enactments of July 1832,
as authorise the Faculty to call upon any Student to give
evidence before them otherwise than is provided by the
printed enactments, shall be, & the same is hereby repealed;
and henceforth the law regulating the Testimony required
from a Student to be given before the Faculty shall be as
is provided by the aforesaid 27th section.
The board approves the recommendation of a committee
made on behalf of the Faculty, & in pursuance thereof authorise
a diploma to be conferred for due proficiency in
any language and its literature taught in the School of
Antient or Modern languages.
Resolved, that the Proctor pay to Martin Dawson the
sum of ten dollars for his services for two days to the
committee appointed to settle the accounts of the Bursar
and Proctor of the University at the present meeting of the
Board of Visitors.
The Chairman of the Faculty having intimated a doubt
in the record of its proceedings during the present session
as to the power of the Board to permit any of the Rooms in
the Rotunda to be used for the purpose of holding a Sunday
School therein; and the Visitors highly approving the objects
of such a school & desiring to extend to it every
proper encouragement it is therefore;-
Resolved that hereafter the Chairman of the Faculty
for the time being shall have authority to give permission
for the tuition of a Sunday School in such room or rooms
to the purpose & least liable to injury from such use, and
under such regulations to prevent injury to the benches and
walls as he may deem expedient.
Resolved, That the application of Mr. Penci for permission
to establish a Gymnasium at the University be referred
to the Faculty with authority to grant to him such accommodations
in the use of the public grounds & public buildings,
as may be deemed expedient by them, not involving any expense
to the University or in any manner interfering with the duties
of the schools; and being at all times subject to the Control
of the Visitors.
The Board adjourned till tomorrow morning 8 O.Clock.
Thursday July 18th. Present as yesterday.
The Board met, but their proceedings being interrupted
by the exhibitions of the public day, they adjourned to meet
again tomorrow morning 8 O.Clock.
Friday July 19th
The Board met according to adjournment. Present as yesterday.
The following resolutions were passed;
Resolved that the annual salary hereafter to be paid
to the Professor of Anatomy & Surgery shall be seven hundred
& fifty dollars instead of the sum heretofore allowed
to him.
Resolved, That the Chairman of the Faculty have authority
by the Students & others to preach regularly at the University,
to occupy any such Dormitory or other room, & for such time
as it may not be required for the use of the officers or Students
of the University, provided he be an unmarried man; and
that he also be permitted should he choose to do so, to board
with either of the Hotel Keepers, on such terms as may be
agreed between them.
Resolved, That a class of civil engineering and surveying
be established in the school of Mathematics, & that the Proctor
under the direction of the Executive Committee assign a
convenient apartment for the lectures of this class.
Resolved that from & after the first day of September
next, the office of Professor of Modern Languages be dispensed
with till the further order of the board, and that there be
paid to Dr. Blaetterman the present Professor, in addition to
what may be due him for his Salary up to the end of the present
quarter, the sum of five hundred dollars, as an indemnity for
the expense and inconvenience to which he may be subjected in
changing his residence. On this resolution the ayes & noes
being ordered were as follows:
| Ayes | Noes |
| Messrs. Broadnax | Randolph |
| Cocke | Cabell |
| Johnson |
So there being less than two thirds of the whole number
of Visitors voting in the affirmative the resolution is rejected.
Resolved That the Proctor under the direction of Mr.
Randolph of the Executive Committee repair thoroughly a portion
of the Roof of the Dormitories, not exceeding the interval
between two pavilions and under the direction of Genl. Cocke,
also of the Executive Committee, & upon such plan as he may
prescribe, the roof of the Dormitory on the South Side of Professor
Tucker's pavilion.
Resolved, That in the School of Law, the Professor shall
be entitled to receive for each Student of his senior class a
fee of twenty dollars in addition to the fee now allowed him
by Law.
Resolved, that the regular lecture hours prescribed by
the Enactments, shall hereafter commence & terminate as followeth:-
The first shall commence at half after seven, & terminate
at nine O.Clock in the morning- The second shall commence
at nine and terminate at half after ten. The third
shall commence at half after ten and terminate at twelve at
noon; and the fourth shall commence at twelve O.Clock, and
terminate at half after one O.Clock in the after noon,- and
that the lectures of the several schools shall follow in the
order now prescribed.
Resolved, That Dr. Dunglison be permitted during his
temporary stay at the University to occupy with his family
Pavilion No. 7 together with the grounds and buildings appurtenant,
rent free.
Resolved, that from and after the termination of the ensuing
session of the University the degree of Master of Arts
in this University shall not be granted unless the Student in
addition to the qualifications now required, shall also have
graduated in at least two of the languages taught in the
school of Modern Languages.
Resolved, That from the end of the present session, Professor
Davis have permission to occupy the Pavilion heretofore
occupied by Professor Dunglison.
Resolved that John N. Rose have permission to exchange
the Hotel now occupied by him for that at present occupied by
Wm. Wertenbaker, and the Executive Committee shall have authority
to cause the cellar room in the latter Hotel to be
fitted up for a dining room, and any other small repairs made
in or about the said Hotel which the committee may deem essential.
Resolved, that the sentence of Expulsion in the case of
Wm. H. Hall late a Student of this Institution be approved
by the Visitors.
The Committee of Inspection made their report and in pursuance
of the facts & principles contained in it, recommended
the following resolutions which were adopted:
1. Resolved, that it shall be the Proctor's duty hereafter
to prepare & lay before the board of Visitors on the
first day of every annual meeting, a report upon the number
& condition of the Books in the Library.
2. Resolved that the Librarian shall annually cause to
be rebound such books as the Faculty may indicate to him for
that purpose, provided that the whole amount thus to be expended
shall not exceed the sum of $30.
3. Resolved That in future the Librarian shall keep the
Floor of the Library washed, & the apartment in neat and proper
condition at his own charge; except that he shall have a
right to call upon the Proctor to furnish the requisite servants
for fitting up the apartment for the public days, & for
restoring it to a cleanly state after their termination.
4. Resolved, That the Proctor, under the direction of the
Professor of Anatomy & Surgery, cause the leak in the eastern
wall of the Basement story of the Anatomical Theatre to be
corrected; backs to be annexed to the cases in the Museum; such
new cases made as may be requisite; and blinds to be attacked
to the windows of the Museum.
5. Resolved, That the professor of Anatomy & Surgery shall
have a right to appropriate the small brick building in the
Valley below the Theatre, as a boiling house and receptacle
for subjects immediately after dissection.
6. Resolved, That the proctor cause the kitchen Garden
on the South side of the Anatomical Theatre to be removed,
and the ground now occupied by it, to be laid down in grass,
and interspersed with trees.
7. Resolved, That the Proctor be required, as soon as
Emmett, orders heretofore given, relative to painting the
benches and the white washing in the chemical lecture room:
as well as to the furnishing additional cases for specimens
in the same apartment.
8. Resolved That the Proctor be required in like manner,
to finish the cistern contiguous to the chemical laboratory,
& to furnish the Apartment with a stove of proper size to
heat it, and with supplies of charcoal requisite for the use
of the furnaces & for the preparation of Chemical Experiments.
9. Resolved, That the Proctor cause a pyramid stove to
be placed upon metallic plates in the Philosophical Lecture
room so as to give it a proper temperature in the colder seasons
of the year.
10. Resolved, That the Professor of Natural Philosophy
shall be authorised to sell the Chronometer in the Observatory
and to purchase a better Telescope for the use of the establishment.
11. Resolved, That the Proctor under the directions of
the Executive Committee cause the line of wood pipes connected
with the water works to be repaired, and the cistern near
Professor Tucker's pavilion to be completed, and to open an
auxiliary supply of water to the cistern next the Lawn, by
means of iron pipes connected with the gutters around the
roofs of the neighbouring buildings.
12. Resolved, that if the Executive Committee should
deem it expedient, they shall have an additional well provided
in the back court of & in a situation convenient to the pavilions
of Professors Patterson & Davis.
13. Resolved, That the sum of $31 be paid by the Proctor
to Professors Davis, Bonnycastle, Harrison & Tucker for so
much advanced by them for the improvement of the public lecture
room in the Rotunda; and that he be authorised, under
the directions of the professors usually lecturing in the Apartment,
to furnish it with a suitable stove, to white wash
the room, & to cause the mantle to be painted.
14. Resolved, That the proctor take immediate measures
to stop the leaks in the roof of the Rotunda.
15. Resolved, that the improvements in and about Professor
Emmett's Pavilion, directed by the 11th resolution in the
last report of the Committee of Inspection, be executed as soon
as practicable by the Proctor, and that he cause the leaks in
the roof of the pavilion to be repaired.
16. Resolved, That the Proctor repay to Professor Dunglison
the amount of his advances for Venetian doors in front,
& for a small porch in the rear of his pavilion, & for an alteration
in the stair case; that he cause blinds to be annexed
to the chamber & parlour windows of Mr. Conway's Hotel, and
such repairs to be made in the roof, cellar & offices of Mrs.
Gray's Hotel as the Executive Committee may approve.
17. Resolved, that it shall be the duty of the Proctor,
forthwith to cause the roofs of the University to be repaired
so as to make them water proof in all other places, as well
as in those already specified.
18. Resolved, That the claim of the Librarian for reimbursement
for the present value of certain temporary shops
erected upon the grounds of the University, by his late Father,
be referred to the discretion of the Executive Committee.
19. Resolved, that the Proctor, under the directions of
the Executive Committee cause all the repairs and alterations
to be made in the drains of the University, which they may
deem requisite and proper.
20. Resolved, That the kitehen gardens within the limits
of the enclosed walks on the south of the University be removed.
21. Resolved that the state of the grounds & plantations
of trees be referred to the care & attention of the Executive
Committee, with authority to them to give such instructions
to the Proctor in reference thereto, as they may thimk consistent
with the present state of the Funds.
The Board then adjourned till tomorrow morning 8 O.Clock.
Saturday July 20th.
The Board met. Present as on yesterday. The following
resolutions were adopted:
The Tutor in the school of Modern Languages
Resolved that the duties of that school in all the classes
be performed by the professor who shall receive the
Salary of one thousand dollars now allowed him, and all the
fees of the school.
Resolved that leave be granted Dr. Emmett to reside on
his property adjacent to the University, upon the terms mentioned
in his application of the 13th July 1833.
Resolved, That James H. Davis, a Student of the University
is allowed to occupy a Dormitory adjacent to the pavilion recently
occupied by Professor Dunglison, at the usual rent.
The vacancy in the Chair of Medicine occasioned by the
resignation of Doctor Robley Dunglison, not having been filled;-
Resolved, That with a view to filling that vacancy, the
Board will adjourn to the first Monday in September next,
and that the Proctor, under direction of the Chairman, be requested
to give public notice of the meeting, and to announce
that the Lectures in the School of Medicine will proceed as
usual at the commencement of the session;- arrangements having
been made with distinguished medical gentlemen to fill
the Chair of Medicine till the Successor of Dr. Dunglison
shall be regularly installed.
Dr. Robley Dunglison having resigned his office of professor
of Medicine in this University, the Board cannot take
leave of him, without acknowledging the distinguished ability
Chair, returning him their sincere thanks for the eminent
Services he has rendered the Institution; and offering their
best wishes for his prosperity and happiness.
The Secretary will enter this declaration on the journal
and communicate a copy thereof to Dr. Dunglison.
The Committee of Finance made their report & recommended
the following resolutions which were adopted by the Board:
1. Resolved, that five hundred dollars be appropriated
under the direction of the Executive Committee to the purchase
of periodical & other books for the Library.
2. Resolved, That to meet any deficiency in the resources
of the ensuing year, the proctor be authorised, under the direction
of the Executive Committee, to negociate a temporary
loan not exceeding one thousand dollars, unless the Bursar
can supply the deficiency by anticipating the annuity from
the Literary Fund.
The Bursar & Proctor are referred to Ch:1st 2d Sect: 9th
paragraph of the last edition of the printed enactments.
Ordered that the Secretary communicate the above to
those officers.
Resolved, that Martin Dawson be employed to examine the
Books and accounts together with the drafts and other vouchers
of the present & former Proctors & Bursars and ascertain, if
practicable, and report to the Board on the 2d of September
in either the Proctor' or Bursar's accounts apparent in the
last reports.
Resolved that Professor Bonnycastle be appointed Chairman
of the Faculty for one year from the termination of the present
session. (This resolution was written on the index column
of the page.)
Resolved that the Board stand adjourned till the 1st
Monday in September next.
| Board of Visitors minutes July 10, 1833 | |