 | Board of Visitors minutes July 4, 1844 |  |
July 4th 1844 (Thursday) Chapman Johnson, Joesph C.
Cabell, John H. Cocke, Thomas J. Randolph, William C. Rives,
& Samuel Taylor, appeared as Visitors of the University under
their several commissions from his Excellency James Mc. Donel
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia dated the 29th February
1844 and organized the Board by the choice of Chapman
Johnson as Rector.
Mr. Cabell was appointed Committee of Inspection.
Messrs. Rives and Randolph were appointed a Committee of
Finance.
The following resolutions were passed.
A communication from Mrs. G. Grey relative to an additional
apartment for the lodging of servants some time since erected
at her own expense in the rear of her Hotel & praying for reimbursement
from the University having been laid before the
Board, & information with regard to the same having been received
from the Proctor.
1. Resolved that the claim be audited & settled by the
Proctor, & that he be authorized to draw upon the Bursar for
the necessary amount & to make payment of the same, without
interest as soon as the Funds of the University will permit.
2. It appearing that the Front door of pavilion No.5 occupied
by Doct. Harrison was some years ago damaged in a riot
of the Students, & in consequence of the injury requires repair:
- Resolved that the Proctor be authorised & required to
cause the front door of Pavilion No.5 to be duly repaired.
The Board then took a recess to attend the exercises of
the public day.
In the afternoon they reassembled & spent the remainder
of the day in examination and enquiry into various subjects
proper for their action; when they adjourned till tomorrow
morning.
Friday July 5th 1844. The Board met according to adjournment.
Present as on yesterday. The following resolutions
were adopted.
The communication of Dr. Kraitzer the professor of Modern
Languages of date the 4th July of the present year having been
laid before the Board & duly considered.
1. Resolved, as the opinion of the Board, that it is inexpedient
to make any present change in the regulations affecting
the school of Modern Languages or to envourage any
expectation of a probable change therein within any definite
time.
2. Resolved that a copy of the above resolution be forthwith
furnished by the Secretary to Dr. Kraitzer.
3. Resolved that hereafter the Faculty may grant a certificate
of proficiency to any Student in the school of Moral
Philosophy who shall on examination give satisfactory evidence
of a competent acquaintance with the subject of Belles Lettres.
4. Resolved that in all cases in which a Student has
been suddenly called home from the University before he has stood his
examinations in the several schools he has attended, or any
the merit of said Student & other circumstances into consideration,
grant him an examination in the succeeding session,
& those honors to which he may be found entitled, without requiring
him again to matriculate.
5. Resolved that the suspension of the enactment requiring
a uniform to be worn by the Students be continued until
the next annual meeting of the Board.
Two memorials from Students attending the schools of
Medicine & Chemistry, the first signed by fourteen, the last
by twenty one Students ten of whom are common to both, have
been presented to the Board & attentively considered, whereupon
it is
6. Resolved as the opinion of this Board that the matters
stated in those memorials touching the capacity & fitness of
those Professors for the discharge of the duties of their respective
Chairs require the action of the Board no further than
to present to each of the professors of those schools a copy
of the memorial respecting himself.
7. Resolved that the Secretary be requested to furnish
to each of those professors a copy of this resolution together
with a copy of the memorial respecting his school, without
the names of the Students annexed.
The Committee of Inspection reported.
The Committee of Finance reported & recommended the
following resolutions which were adopted.
8. Resolved that the sum of $1,500 the amount of the Legacy
bequeathed by Mr. Madison to the Library of the University
& which having been temporarily employed for the general uses
of the Institution, was by a resolution of the Board of Visitors
at their last annual meeting directed to be restored to
it's original destination out of the current revenues of the
University, be invested in any security yeilding an interest
of 6 per centum per annum which shall seem to the Bursar expedient
& safe, instead of being invested in 6 per cent stock
of the state of Virginia, as specifically directed by the aforesaid
resolution.
9. Resolved that the surplus revenue of the University
which has been heretofore set apart as a sinking fund for the
extinguishment of the debt contracted by the loan made of
Mrs. Martha Randolph instead of being invested in state stock
for the purpose of accumulation, as directed by a resolution
of the Board of Visitors at their annual meeting in July 1842,
shall, from year to year be applied by the Bursar directly to
the purchase of the $500 Bonds which were issued in evidence
of the said debt if the same can be obtained at their par value.
10. Resolved that the Proctor be authorised to have Venetian
blinds annexed to the outer doors of the pavilions of the
University to which such blinds have not been annexed, if
desired by the respective professors.
The professor of Law, Mr. Tucker being in delicate health
requiring the benefit of temporary rest from labor, as the
valuable services, and having applied to the Visitors for
leave of absence during the next session for so long as he
may find necessary to the restoration of his health, upon condition
of his finding a suitable substitute to discharge the
duties of his chair during his absence, and his application
being deemed reasonable:
11. Resolved that leave of absence be accordingly granted
to the professor of Law during the next session of the University,
or during such parts thereof as he may deem proper, provided
that he furnish without expense to the University a fit
substitute for the discharge of the duties of his chair, to
be judged of by the Executive Committee.
12. Resolved that Mr. Rives, Colo. Randolph & Genl. Cocke
be the Executive Committee of the Board.
13. Resolved that Edward H. Courtney, the professor of
Mathematics be appointed Chairman for the ensuing year.
14. Resolved that in all cases of vacancy in the office
of Rector, and in cases of the sickness, absence, or other
disability of the Rector to act, the drafts of the Bursar,
countersigned by the Proctor, and approved by any two Visitors,
shall be as effectual as if approved by the Rector.
15. Resolved, that in all cases in which former students
of the University having graduated in any of the schools,
having attained mature age and being of good character, shall
desire to attend any of the lectures of the University on
they may, for special reasons with the leave of
the Faculty, freely attend such professor as may assent thereto
without matriculation, & without being subject to the regulations
of the University or entitled to any of its privileges;
but any leave so granted may, at any time be withdrawn at the
pleasure of the Faculty.
16. Resolved that the Proctor be required to give notice
by public advertisement that the Chair of Modern Languages
having become vacant by the resignation of Professor Kraitzer,
the Board will proceed at a special meeting on Tuesday the 10th
day of September next to fill the vacancy.
The Board then adjourned to meet again on the 10th day
of September next.
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