 | Board of Visitors minutes September 19, 1872 |  |
Sept 19th 1872
The Board of Visitors met in pursuance of adjournment on
the 28th of June last. Present R. G. H. Kean, Rector and Messrs
Barbour, Campbell, Montague, Smith and Woods.
The Board was called to order by the Rector.
A communication was received from the Board of Trustees of
the Miller Fund informing this Board, that at their meeting on
yesterday Dr. John R. Page was unanimously nominated to this
Board as Professor of Scientific , Experimental and Practical
Agriculture in the University of Virginia.
The Board then proceeded to the appointment of a Prof: of
Scientific, Experimental and Practical Agriculture which resulted
in the unanimous election of Dr. John R. Page, the nominee of
the Miller Board.
Resolved That the Secretary communicate to Prof: Page his
nomination and election.
Prof. John B. Minor reported in behalf of the Committee
appointed in June last, to revise the Enactments of the University,
the inability of the Committee to complete the duty
required of them in time to submit the report to this meeting
of the Board.
Mr. Wm. H. Clarke of Halifax County Va. having made a
donation of valuable books to the Library, On motion
Resolved that the thanks of the Rector & Board of Visitors
of the University of Virginia are hereby tendered to Mr. Clarke
for the valuable contribution of Books made by him to the Library
of this Institution together with a cordial reciprocation of his
kind wishes as conveyed in the letter of the Hon: James A. Seddon.
Resolved That the salary of the Chairman of the Faculty be
continued at $500-as at present- and that the salary of the
Proctor & Superintendent of grounds be continued at $2000 as at
present
Resolved That the Salary of the Librarian and Secretary of
the Faculty be continued at $700 as at present and that the
salary of the Secretary of the Board of Visitors be continued
at $100 as at present.
Resolved That the General Assembly be requested to pass
an act conferring upon such person as shall be appointed by
powers of a conservator of the Peace.
The official bond of Green Peyton as Proctor &c with
Thomas J. Randolph Sr. as security in the penalty of $25,000
was submitted to the Board which being inspected and considered
by the Board was received and approved.
The Rector reported a draft of "An act to encourage Donations
to the University &c" Whereupon on motion, resolved That the
Rector be requested to take charge of the same and endeavour
to secure its passage by the Legislature.
The Executive Committee through the Rector communicated to
the Board the arrangement made by Professor Schele de Vere for
instruction in the school of Modern Languages, and approved by
the Commission appointed at the annual meeting in June last to
be as follows-
The General supervision of the School is committed to
Professor Gildersleeve.
The Senior Class in German to be taught by Professor
Gildersleeve
The Senior Class in French to be taught by Professor Boeck.
The Junior classes in French and German to be taught by
Mr. W. C. Grossman.
The compensation made to each of them is a subject of private
agreement between Professor Schele and the parties named;
which arrangement meets the approval of this Board.
On motion the Board adjourned till tomorrow morning at
9 Oclock.
Secretary
Rector
University of Va.
Sept. 20th 1872
The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday.
Present the same members as on yesterday.
The Secretary of the Miller Board laid before this Board
the following communications:
"At a meeting of the Trustees of the Miller Fund held at
the University of Va. on the 18th & 19th of Sept. 1872 the
following proceedings were directed to be communicated to the
Board of Visitors:
University of Va.
Sept. 18th 1872
The Trustees having carefully considered the testimonials
of the Candidate for the Chair of Scientific, Experimental and
Practical Agriculture in the University of Va. Dr. J. R. Page of
Baltimore City was unanimously nominated to the Chair of Scientific
Experimental and Practical Agriculture in the University of Va.
and the Secretary was directed to communicate the fact to the
Board of Visitors of the University of Va.
Sept. 19th 1872
The Secretary having communicated to the Board of Visitors
the nomination of Dr. J. R. Page after an interval the Board
of Visitors through B. J. Barbour Esq. reported to the Trustees
that they had unanimously elected Dr. J. R. Page to the chair
of Scientific, Experimental and Practical Agriculture in the
Department of Agriculture in the University of Va.
Resolved that a sum not exceeding $100 be appropriated by
the Trustees for the purpose of advertising the School of Agriculture
in the University of Va., said sum to be expended under
the direction of the Chairman of the Faculty.
As the University has furnished Dr. Boeck with a house.
Resolved that the sum of $300 heretofore appropriated to
the rent of a house for Prof. Boeck be transferred to the rent
of a house for Prof. Page.
A copy from the minutes
Secretary"
Resolved That the Salary of the Janitor be continued at
$400 as at present
Resolved That the original order assigning the subjects to
be taught in the Chair of Practical & Scientific Agriculture be
so far modified as to allow the School of Mineralogy & Geology
to remain for the present attached to the Chair of Natural
Philosophy.
Resolved That the Execution of the order made at the last
meeting of the Board, requiring the removal of the Stable &
corn house of Mr. Jeffries be suspended; but that Mr. Jeffries
be notified that said buildings will be removed before the
commencement of the session of 1873-4.
Resolved That the sum of One Hundred dollars be and is
hereby appropriated to the repair of Pavilion No. VII also
the sum of seventy five dollars for the purpose of removing the
partitions in the rear passages changing the present rear door
into a window and the window in the rear of the dining room into
Resolved That to remove the ambiguity in the resolution on
page 335 of this book, [p. 300 of typed copy] by which the fee for
the use of the Library & Public Rooms was fixed at $25 it is
declared that the aggregate fee for matriculation and the use of
Library and Public Rooms was intended thereby and is fixed at
$30.00
Resolved That with a few to the employment of an accomplished
draftsman in the school of applied Mathematics & Civil Engineering
an additional fee of ten dollars shall be charged each student
in said school to be paid to the draftsman.
Resolved That if the Hotel Keepers will give bond with
satisfactory security, the Proctor is instructed to pay to them
in advance, as far as possible the board money for each quarter
deposited by their boarders- said security in each case to be
for a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars, said bond when
executed to be filed with the Proctor.
Resolved That the Board regrets that the present condition
of the finances of the University will not admit at this time, of
the appropriation proposed by Prof. Venable for the completion
of his Pavilion in his communication of Sep. 19th 1872.
Resolved That the Proctor be instructed to pay to Prof.
Chs. S. Venable the sum of $100 (or so much of it as may be
necessary) to secure him against any loss for the rent of mess
rooms for certain students in the session of 1871-72.
Resolved That Professor Boeck be and he is hereby authorized
to subscribe to Journals on the subjects of Engineering and
Architecture for the Library of the University, such subscriptions
not to exceed twenty five dollars per annum.
On motion The two resolutions on page 333 [p. 299 of typed
copy] of the record adopted at the annual meeting in June last, in
respect to residence of students, and requiring those to pay
$7.50 who may be permitted to board out of the University are
repealed and in lieu thereof it is
Ordered, that it is the expectation and desire of the Board
of Visitors that no student will be permitted to room or board
outside of the Institution as long as there are vacant rooms
within, except for good cause shown and the Chairman is requested
as far as judicious in his opinion to insist on the carrying
out of this expression of desire on the part of this Board.
1. Resolved That the Secretary of State of the United States
be and be is hereby respectfully and earnestly requested to
authorize the American Minister at the Court of Great Britain
to use his good offices with the Foreign Office of Her Britanic
Majesty's Government in order to procure from the Public Record
Office, for the use of the Library of the University of Virginia
1. All the publications emanating from the latter Office
as ennunciated in the Official Catalogue of July 1872.
2. Any subsequent publications from the same source.
3. All Reports of the Deputy Keepers of the Public Records.
2. That the Rector transmit the foregoing resolution to the
Secretary of State on behalf of the Board.
The Annual Report of the Board to the General Assembly was
read and approved by the Board.
Resolved That in pursuance of the recommendation of the
Faculty made to the Board at the last annual meeting, the
Review Examinations for the degree of Master of Arts as heretofore
for that degree, in the last year of his candidacy be subjected
to a special examination in any two schools of his own selection
in which he may have graduated in a previous year.
Resolved That the appropriations made for the ensuing
year for salaries of Professors and their assistants be modified
so as to read as follows:
| For salaries of fourteen professors paid from the funds of the University |
$13, 300.00 |
| For commutation of rent for two professors | 600.00 |
| For free students in certain schools according to the established scale—say |
400.00 |
| 14,300.00 | |
| For pay of assistants | 1,700 |
| And in accordance with the resolution of the Trustees of the Miller Fund communicated to the Board and Professors Boeck having been provided with a pavilion, of the sum of five hundred dollars appropriated heretofore to the professorships of Applied Mathematics- three hundred dollars being for commutation of rent is transferred to the professor of Agriculture and Natural History for the same purpose |
300.00 |
Resolved That the Executive Committee be empowered to
select and send out one or more agents, with such authority as
the said Committee may define to solicit subscriptions donations
and endowments to the University of Virginia and the sum of
$500 is hereby appropriated to defray the actual expenses of the
said agents in the discharge of the duties which may be assigned
Agents as Compensation for their services such commission upon
the amount of subscriptions they may procure as the Committee
may deem just and reasonable.
Resolved That a sum not exceeding fifty dollars or so
much thereof as may be necessary be appropriated for the repairs
of field and other instruments, rendered necessary, otherwise
than by culpapable negligence.
On motion The Board calls attention to the order adopted
on the day of June 1857 on page 52 of this record [p. 57
of typed copy] in respect to keeping lists, and returning to the
Board at its annual meetings, complete inventories of the
apparatus and other property in the use or possession of the
Professors.
Resolved That the Executive Committee be authorized to
expend in advertising not exceeding $150 before the next annual
meeting, if in their judgment such expenditure should be judicious.
On motion the Board adjourned to meet tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock.
Jas. D. Jones
Secretary
R. G. H. Kean
Rector &c
21 Septr. 1872
The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday.
Present the same members as on yesterday except Mr. Barbour.
On motion it was ordered that the Secretary of the Board
be requested to spread at large upon the Record Book of the Board
University made to the last June meeting of this body.
Resolved That the Lecture Room known as the Chemistry room
is hereby temporarily assigned to the Professor of Agriculture
and Natural History.
Resolved That the attention of the Trustees of the Miller
Fund is called to the consideration of the management of the
Experimental Farm and they are requested to indicate the Professor
to whom its control shall be committed in view of recent action
as to the chairs of Chemistry and Agriculture.
Resolved That this Board is of opinion that it is desirable
that the manner of appointment of State Students be so left
to the discretion of the Board as to enable them to connect the
selection with the public Free School System of the State,_and
to that end, they request the passage of an act to the following
effect.
"It shall be competent for the Board of Visitors of the
University of Virginia instead of providing for the appointment
of one state student for each senatorial district as at present,
to provide for their appointment in such manner and under such
regulations as said Board shall deem most promotive of the interests
of public education in connexion with the Public Free
School System of the State."
Resolved That the Executive Committee be requested to apply
for the passage of such an act as that above indicated at such
time as in their judgment it shall appear judicious to do so.
Ordered That the Proctor cause the unplastered room in the
pavilion occupied by Prof. Venable to be completed at an expense
Resolved That a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars
appropriated by the Trustees of the Miller Fund for that purpose
be expended for advertizing the School of Agriculture in
the University of Va. under the direction of the Chairman of the
Faculty.
The Board adjourned until the next annual meeting.
Secretary
Rector of the U. of Va.
Annual Report of the Proctor and Superintendent of Grounds
and Buildings, submitted to the Board at the annual Meeting June 1872
Statement of Disbursements and Receipts of the University
of Virginia from June 1st 1871 to June 1st 1872.
| Professors Salaries | ||
| Oct. 1st To 1/2 salary of 15 Professors | $8,000.00 | |
| Apl 1st To 1/2 salary of 15 Professors | 8,000.00 | |
| To com of rent 3 professors | 900.00 | |
| Total | $16,900.00 | |
| Assistant Instructors | ||
| Oct. 1st To 1/2 sal. J. L. Chancellor Dem: of Anat. |
375.00 | |
| Oct. 1st To J.W.C.Davis Ass. in Engineering | 200.00 | |
| Oct. 1st To Wm.M.Thornton Ass. in Math | 300.00 | |
| April 1st As above | 875.00 | |
| Total | $ 1,750.00 | |
| Miller Scholarships | ||
| Octo. 1st To J.W.C.Davis & F. P. Dunnington |
500.00 | |
| April 1st To J.W.C.Davis & F.P. Dunnington |
500.00 | |
| Total | $ 1,000.00 | |
| Officers' Salaries | ||
| July 1st To 1/4 Salary of Chairman | 125.00 | |
| July 1st To 1/4 Salary of Proctor & Supt. | 500.00 | |
| July 1st To 1/4 Salary of Librarian | 200.00 | |
| July 1st To 1/4 Salary of Com: of Accounts | 50.00 | |
| July 1st To 1/4 Salary of Janitor | 100.00 | |
| Oct. 1st As above | 975.00 | |
| Jany. 1st As above | 975.00 | |
| April 1st As above | 975.00 | |
| Total | 3,900.00 | |
| Amt. carried forward | $23,550.00 | |
| Amount forward | $23,550.00 | |
| Adver. & Printing | ||
| June To James Alexander, printing | $ 15.50 | |
| To Various papers adv. | 21.60 | |
| July To Various papers adv. | 108.82 | |
| To James Alexander Printing | 38.00 | |
| Aug. To Various papers adv. | 67.95 | |
| Sept & Oct Various papers adv. | 860.85 | |
| Nov. Various papers adv. | 18.10 | |
| Jan. Various papers adv. | 30.50 | |
| Feby. Various papers adv. | 15.20 | |
| Feby. Clemmet & Jones Printing | 44.50 | |
| March James Alexander Printing | 45.00 | |
| March Papers Adv. | 5.25 | |
| April Papers Adv. | 3.00 | |
| April Jones & Co. Catalogues | 447.12 | |
| May Papers Adv. | 12.00 | |
| May Express- Catalogues | 19.10 | |
| Total | $ 1,752.49 | |
| Interest | ||
| July To Va. Mil. Institute | 600.00 | |
| To Est. P. St. G. Cocke | 150.00 | |
| To Carr's Hill Bonds | 124.00 | |
| To Coupons | 80.00 | |
| To Discount | 76.41 | |
| Oct. To Discount | 61.43 | |
| Oct. To Coupons | 960.00 | |
| Nov. To Coupons | 520.00 | |
| Dec. To Coupons | 320.00 | |
| Jan. To Coupons | 520.00 | |
| Jan. To Parker, Campbell & Co. Discount |
618.65 | |
| Jan. To Va. Mil. Inst. | 600.00 | |
| Jan. To Est. P. St. G. Cocke | 150.00 | |
| Jan. To C. S. Venable | 75.00 | |
| Jan. To Carr's Hill Bonds | 60.00 | |
| Feby. To Est. L. M. Coleman | 85.00 | |
| Feby. To Coupons | 40.00 | |
| Total | 5,040.49 | |
| Amount carried forward | $ 25,302.49 | |
| Interest Amounts forward | $ 5,040.49 | $25,302.49 |
| Feby to Discount | 2.00 | |
| April to Coupons | 1,600.00 | |
| April to Parker Campbell & Co. Disc. | 166.68 | |
| May to Coupons | 80.00 | |
| Total | 6,889.17 | |
| Repairs & Improvements | ||
| June To Sundry repairs for the month | 13.96 | |
| July & Aug To Sundry repairs for the month | 91.24 | |
| Sept & Oct To Sundry repairs for the month | 614.64 | |
| Nov. To Sundry repairs for the month | 217.15 | |
| Dec. To Sundry repairs for the month | 293.21 | |
| Jany. To Sundry repairs for the month | 94.10 | |
| Feb. To Sundry repairs for the month | 322.14 | |
| March To Sundry repairs for the month | ||
| Apr. To Sundry repairs for the month | ||
| May To Sundry repairs for the month | 186.95 | |
| Total | 1,833.39 | |
| Special Ap. for Pavilion No. 3 | ||
| July & Aug. To re-roofing &c | 138.80 | |
| Nov. To re-roofing &c | 7.50 | |
| May To re-roofing &c | 20.78 | |
| Total | 167.08 | |
| Labour | ||
| June To Sundry labourers for the month | 179.82 | |
| July To Sundry labourers for the month | 130.50 | |
| Aug. To Sundry labourers for the month | 84.00 | |
| Sept. & Oct. To Sundry labourers for the month |
310.00 | |
| Nov. To Sundry labourers for the month | 159.70 | |
| Dec. To Sundry labourers for the month | 114.80 | |
| Jany. To Sundry labourers for the month | 177.85 | |
| Feby. To Sundry labourers for the month | 132.00 | |
| March To Sundry labourers for the month | 120.90 | |
| April To Sundry labourers for the month | 130.50 | |
| May To Sundry labourers for the month | 114.00 | |
| Total | 1,654.07 | |
| Amt. carried forward | $35,846.20 | |
| Amount forward | $35,846.20 | |
| Library | ||
| June To D. Van Nostrand | 3.40 | |
| Oct. To B. Wertermann & Co. | 42.59 | |
| Nov. To B. Wertermann & Co. | 13.80 | |
| Jany. To Smith, English & Co. | 33.85 | |
| Feby To B. Wertermann & Co. | 31.78 | |
| Feby To A. Opitz Binding | 46.15 | |
| May To W. Wertermann & Co. | 22.33 | |
| Express | 2.85 | |
| Total | 196.75 | |
| Contingent Expenses | ||
| June To Sundries | 308.12 | |
| July To Sundries | 83.30 | |
| July To Postage | 164.17 | |
| Aug. To Sundries | 43.88 | |
| Oct. To Sundries | 5.25 | |
| Oct. To Postage | 85.23 | |
| Nov. To Sundries | 31.65 | |
| Jany. To Postage | 69.48 | |
| Feby. To Sundries | 45.15 | |
| April To Postage | 56.22 | |
| May To Postage | 141.62 | |
| May To Sundries | 276.66 | |
| Total | 1,310.73 | |
| Ice | ||
| Dec. To Expense filling houses | 148.00 | |
| Jan. To Expense filling houses | 56.75 | |
| Feby. To Expense filling houses | 7.02 | |
| Total | 211.77 | |
| Fuel & Gas. | ||
| July To Gas Bill | 196.50 | |
| Oct. To Gas Bill | 6.50 | |
| Jan. To Gas Bill | 239.50 | |
| April To Gas Bill | 235.00 | |
| To Coal | 557.62 | |
| Total | 1,235.12 | |
| Amt. carried forward | $38,800.57 | |
| Amt. Brot. forward | $38,800.57 | |
| Diplomas | ||
| May To H. O. Daniel Ribbon | 61.30 | |
| May To Am Bk. note co. | 390.00 | |
| Total | 451.30 | |
| School of Surgery | ||
| Jany. To Dr. J. S. Cabell | 100.00 | |
| School of Anatomy | ||
| Jany To Dr. J. S. Davis | 100.00 | |
| School of Chemistry | ||
| Octo. To Dr. S. Maupin | 14.84 | |
| Dec. To Dr. J. W. Mallet | 135.16 | |
| Total | 150.00 | |
| School of Nat. Ph. | ||
| Oct. To Prof. F. H. Smith | 200.00 | |
| School of Engineering- To Sundries | 23.06 | |
| East India Donation | ||
| July To freight & charges | 33.28 | |
| July To Carpenter's work | 15.00 | |
| Feby. To Freight & charges | 73.93 | |
| Total | 122.21 | |
| Experimental Farm. | ||
| July To Labour | 33.00 | |
| Aug. To Labour | 13.00 | |
| Oct. To Fertilizers | 35.00 | |
| Feby. To Seeds | 19.50 | |
| Feby. To Adv. | 9.50 | |
| Mar. To Labour | 6.00 | |
| Mar. To Fertilizers | 2.00 | |
| April To Fertilizers | 95.20 | |
| April To Overseer | 42.72 | |
| April To Implements | 54.94 | |
| April To Labour | 140.54 | |
| May To Implements | 9.82 | |
| May To Overseer | 83.33 | |
| May To Labour | 118.24 | |
| Total | 662.79 | |
| Amt. carried forward | $40,609.93 | |
| Amt Brot forward | $40,609.93 | |
| Tile Machine | ||
| July To Labour &c | 300.53 | |
| Oct. To Labour &c | 141.57 | |
| Nov. To Labour &c | 157.59 | |
| Dec. To Labour &c | 63.12 | |
| Total | 662.81 | |
| Out-Standing Claims | ||
| July To Mrs. R. A. Sinclair A.B. | 35.50 | |
| To M. R. Bonds | 3,500.00 | |
| To Carr's Hill | 2,000.00 | |
| Nov. To Est. L. M. Coleman | 500.00 | |
| Feby. To Mrs. B. A. Sinclair | 23.75 | |
| Feby. To M. R. Bonds | 900.00 | |
| 6,959.25 | ||
| Insurance | ||
| April To John Wood Ins. | 610.00 | |
| Total Disbursements | $48,841.99 | |
| RECEIPTS | ||
| Rents | 13,447.07 | |
| Annuity | 14,625.00 | |
| Diplomas | 1,216.69 | |
| Trustees of Miller Fund | 6,088.00 | |
| Dems. Fees | 263.00 | |
| Fines | 63.50 | |
| Ice | 217.09 | |
| Sale Bonds | 26,382.13 | |
| Surplus Fees | 1,601.50 | |
| Total Receipts | $63,903.98 |
| Professors' Salaries | $16,900.00 |
| Assistant Instructors | 1,750.00 |
| Miller Scholarships | 1,000.00 |
| Officers' Salaries | 3,900.00 |
| Adv. & Printing | 1,752.49 |
| Interest | 6,889.17 |
| Repairs and Improvements | 1,833.39 |
| Special Ap. for Pavilion No.3 | 167.08 |
| Labour | 1,654.07 |
| Library | 196.75 |
| Contingent Expenses | 1,310.73 |
| Ice | 211.77 |
| Fuel | 557.62 |
| Gas | 677.50 |
| Diplomas | 451.30 |
| School of Surgery | 100.00 |
| School of Anatomy | 100.00 |
| School of Chemistry | 150.00 |
| School of Nat. Ph. | 200.00 |
| School of Engineering | 23.06 |
| East India Donation | 122.21 |
| Expt. Farm | 662.79 |
| Tile Machine | 662.81 |
| Out Standing Claims | 6,959.25 |
| Insurance | 610.00 |
| Total Disbursements | $48,841.99 |
| Bal. due June 1st 1871 | 18,263.04 |
| Aggregate | 67,105.03 |
| Deduct Receipts | 63,898.98 |
| Bal due June 1st 1872 | $ 3,206.05 |
| Board of Visitors minutes September 19, 1872 | |