University of Virginia Library

At the annual meeting of the Board of Visitors of the University
of Virginia held in the Library Hall of the University
on the 28th day of June 1869 -

Present B. Johnson Barbour, Rector, Samuel Watts, Thomas
J. Pretlow, John R. Woods, and Wm. E. M. Word.

The Board was called to order by the Rector and proceeded
to business.

The Rector appointed the following Committee:

Committee of finance, John R. Woods, & W. E. M. Word

Committee on Apparatus- T. J. Pretlow & J. R. Woods.

Committee on Grounds & buildings- S. Watts & T. J. Pretlow

Library Committee- Messrs Word & Watts.

On motion

Resolved that the application of the Committee of the
Washington Society for an appropriation of $500, to be applied
in part payment of the expense incurred in the enlargement of
their Hall, be referred to the Committee on Grounds & Buildings.

The Board then adjourned to meet again tomorrow morning at
9 oclock.

The Board met according to adjournment- Present the same
members as on yesterday.

Resolved that the action of the Rector in the sale of the
Bonds of the University to the amount of $30,000 is hereby
fully sanctioned and approved- and that in addition to the guaranty
by which the general resources of the Institution are pledged
for the redemption of these Bonds, the Rector is hereby authorized
& instructed to have a Deed of Trust (or such other Legal Instrument
of writing as may be necessary) prepared, executed and recorded
for the permanent setting aside and appropriation to the
payment of these Bonds of the whole (or so much as may be needed)
of the funds from the bequest of Thomas Johnson.

On motion of Col. S. Watts

Resolved that the thanks of the Board be presented to the
Hon. B. Johnson Barbour, Rector of the University of Va., for
his valuable and efficient services, in procuring upon terms
entirely satisfactory to the Board, & advantageous to the Uni-
versity, the loan reported by him and authorized by a resolution
of the Board in July last.

Resolved That the attention of the Proctor is hereby called
to the resolution adopted by the Board in June 1868 in reference

to the fitting up of an apparatus Room for Prof. Smith, and the
removal of the partition in the room of the Professor of Applied
Mathematics- and that he is hereby requested to carry out such
instruction as speedily as possible.

The Board of Visitors having considered the application of
the Washington Society for aid in payment of the debt incurred
by said Society in the recent improvement and extension of their
Hall, have reached the following conclusion- that they will
direct the Proctor to pay to the Contractor the sum of $500 at
the earliest practicable moment, and out of money not otherwise
appropriated- Upon the express condition that the Washington
Society within the next two years shall refund to the University
the said amount- and that a formal acceptance of this condition
must be given through the Society and its Officers, before the
provision of this loan shall become binding.

Resolved that the Rector is hereby requested to call a
Meeting of the Board of Visitors on such day as he may select
after conference with the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of
the Miller Fund.

On motion- The Board then adjourned till tomorrow morning
at 9 oclock.

The Board met according to adjournment . Present the same
members as on yesterday.

Resolved that the status of Professor Boeck is hereby
changed from that of Adjunct to Full Professor- with the usual
allowance of $300 for House rent.

Resolved- That the Board of Visitors cannot refrain from
an expression of their high gratification at the success which
has attended the inauguration of the New Schools of Analytical
& Industrial Chemistry and Applied Mathematics. The construction,
equipment and arrangement of the Laboratory give an earnest
of the usefulness and important advantages which must result
from the progress and full development of this School- Whilst
the specimens of Drawing in Prof. Boeck's Department are really
remarkable in view of the short time, imperfect appliances, &
other difficulties with which the students have been forced to
contend.

Resolved that the School of Prof. Mallet shall hereafter
be entitled the School of Analytical & Agricultural Chemistry.

Resolved that the Professor of Analytical and Agricultural
Chemistry be and he is hereby authorized to grant Certificates
of Proficiency in the class of Industrial Chemistry, and that
such a Certificate shall be sufficient in obtaining the Degreee
of Civil Engineer. Also that the Prof. of Mathematics be and
he is hereby authorized to employ an Assistant Instructor on
the same terms as those prescribed in the Schools of Latin &
Modern Languages.

Resolved that another Degree is hereby established to be
entitled the "Baccalaureate of Letters" (corresponding to the
Degree of Bachelor of Science). This Degree of L.B. shall be
given to such students as shall have graduated in the Schools

of Ancient & Modern Languages, Moral Philosophy, History &
Literature, and it is further ordered that this Degree shall be
conferred on any student who may have met the requirements during
the current or preceeding Session.

Resolved, that the Board of Visitors of the University of
Virginia beg leave to express their deep interest in the proposed
Physical Survey of the State, and will avail themselves
of the earliest opportunity to take into consideration the propriety
of cooperating with the Faculty of Washington College in
this great work which promises such rich results to Virginia.

Resolved That in reply to the application of H. Massie Esq
in reference to the use of land, the Proctor be instructed to
turn over such land to Mr. Massie as can be surrendered without
detriment to the University.

Resolved That the Chairman of the Faculty in conjunction
with Prof. Mallet and the Proctor be requested to select the
most suitable location on the University land for the Establishment
of an Experimental Farm, with full estimates of proper expenditures
for the same, and report at the meeting of the Board
in September next.

Resolved, that the appropriation to the Library be deferred
to the Meeting of the Board in September, in order that it may
be as liberal as is consistent with the means at our disposal.

Resolved that the thanks of the Board of Visitors are due
and are hereby tendered to Green Peyton Esq. for the engineering
skill & judicious management displayed in the construction of
the new water works.

Resolved, That in view of the numerous complaints made
against some of the Hotels in reference to the Fare, it is
hereby ordered that hereafter students will be allowed to form
clubs of their own, which under the supervision of the Proctor
and with full responsibility for all irregularities, may
provide their own table.

The Committee on Public Grounds and Buildings hereby report
that they have made a general inspection of the repairs made
since the last meeting of the Board, and find that sundry
valuable and important improvements have been made. The roofing
of the Rotunda was a necessary indeed an indispensable work,
and the repairs to other buildings were timely as well as
essential- It is deemed necessary that the steps leading to
the Lecture Room of Professor Harrison, be put in order at
once. They are in a delapidated condition and difficult of
ascent or descent.

Upon the whole the Ground & Buildings of the University
are in an improved condition- Some of the Brick inclosures
require repairs, but this can be easily effected by the energy
and attention of the Proctor.