 | Board of Visitors minutes June 10, 1901 |  |
June 10, 1901.————
At a regular meeting of the Rector and Board of Visitors
of the University of Virginia, held on the 10th day of June,
1901, at 10 A. M.
Present: C. P. Jones, Rector, and Visitors: Geo. W.
Miles, R. Walton Moore, Daniel Harmon, and Joseph Bryan.
The Board was called to order by the Rector, and proceeded
to business.
The following reports, petitions and papers were handed
in for the consideration of the Board.
Chairman's Report.
Faculty Report.
Proctor's Report.
Various School Reports.
Various and sundry petitions, applications, etc.
After due consideration, the following resolutions were
adopted:—
Resolved that all tuition fees, University fees, contingent
deposits, rents of rooms in University buildings and charges
for services in same, are payable upon entrance. Under
special conditions, the Chairman is authorized to allow credit;
but these deferred payments are in all cases to be properly secured.
The Proctor having laid before the Board the application
of T. G. Peyton & Son, agents of certain Fire Insurance Companies,
to be allowed to renew $40,000 of Fire Insurance which
will expire the 26th June, 1901,—The Proctor is hereby authorized
& Son, provided the rate is as low and the companies as secure
and policies as favorable as the Proctor can otherwise obtain,
and provided no interest of the University is adversely affected
by so placing said insurance;- and the balance of said
insurance he shall place with L. T. Hanckel & Son on their
proposition submitted.
Resolved that the application of A. G. Robinson for rat-
able return of fees be rejected.
Resolved that Eighteen Hundred ($1800) Dollars or so much
thereof as may be necessary be appropriated to renew the insurance
on the University buildings.
Resolved that that portion of the University lands known
as the University farm, situated North of the Chesapeake &
Ohio R. R. be and is hereby set apart for the use of the General
Athletic Association of the University, in lieu of any
grant heretofore made.
Resolved, further, that the said Athletic Association be
and is hereby permitted to relay the present sewer pipe through
the property, provided it is done in an efficient and workmanlike
manner, and that any permission heretofore granted in connection
with said sewer pipe be and is hereby modified in accordance
with this resolution.
Resolved, further, that this permission is subject to revocation
at the will of the Board.
Resolved that there be paid to the architect of the hospital,
Mr. Paul J. Pelz, the sum of $750.00, the balance of
fees and traveling expenses due him.
Resolved that there be appropriated for supplying the
hospital with a heating apparatus the sum of $2800.00.
Resolved that the annual appropriation of $600.00 heretofore
made for the general maintenance of the hospital be
increased by the sum of $1450, so that the total shall be
$2050.00
Resolved that the Supt. of Grounds and Buildings be
authorized to carry out the arrangement suggested in paragraph
5 of the Faculty's Report relating to conveying water
to the Cemetery.
Resolved that the recommendation of the Faculty in paragraph
8 of their Report, respecting the three Board of Visitors
Scholarships, commonly known as the athletic scholarships
heretofore established, is affirmed, and that such scholarships
be and they are abolished.
Resolved that the sum of $300 be appropriated to continue
the publication of the Bulletin.
Resolved that the Board appreciates the consideration of
Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss in presenting a marble bust of himself
to the University, and directs that the same shall be
placed and preserved in the Physical Laboratory with which his
liberality has connected the name of Mr. Rouss. The Secretary
of this Board will transmit to Mr. Rouss a copy of this resolution.
The Rector and Visitors, of the University of Virginia return
their thanks to John L. Williams, Esq., for the splendid
portrait of Chief Justice Marshall which he has placed in the
library of this institution. The Board takes especial pleasure
having won its highest academic honor, now brings to his Alma
Mater for the benefit and encouragement of those who follow
him the picture of a great examplar of wisdom, learning, purity,
and patriotism; and it is resolved that the Secretary be directed
to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Mr. John L.
Williams.
Resolved that the request of the Law Faculty for an additional
appropriation of five hundred ($500.00) dollars with
which to purchase law books be and the same is hereby granted
for the ensuing year.
Resolved that the recommendation contained in paragraph
20 of the Faculty's report relative to the announcement of a
course of study for those wishing to enter the government
consular service be affirmed.
Resolved that students who present a baccalaureate degree
or diplomas of graduation in Pharmacy, Dentistry or Veterinary
Medicine, will, in accordance with the rules of the
Association of American Medical Colleges, be entitled to the
privilege of undertaking studies of the second year together
with those of the first year.
Resolved that the recommendations of the Committee of the
Medical Faculty contained in sections 3 and 4 of their report,
with reference to keeping the hospital open during the summer
be approved, and that the Medical Faculty are hereby authorized
to put said recommendations into practical operation if in the
judgment of said Faculty it is best to do so.
Resolved that Thomas Towles, who is under 16 years of
age, be permitted to enter the University and attend the academic
schools, on the same terms as students who are over 16
years; that he shall not be required for next session to pay
any fees in the academic department. This is done out of our
appreciation for the valuable services of his father, the late
Dr. W. B. Towles who died while a professor of this University.
At this time, shortly after noon, Mr. H. H. Downing arrived
and joined in the deliberations of the Board.
Resolved that, Dr. Barringer having withdrawn his resignation
of the Chairmanship, there be paid him as his compensation
for the ensuing year the sum of $500.00 in addition to the
regular salary provided by section 104 of the laws in consideration
of the extent and importance of the work that unusual
conditions will impose on the Chairman in the near future; this
arrangement to be regarded as temporary and not as permanently
increasing the salary fixed by said section.
Resolved that Professors John Staige Davis and Raleigh C.
Minor shall each hereafter receive the salary and have the use
of a residence or the commutation in lieu thereof attached to
a full professorship by sections 82 & 83 of the Laws,- and that
Professor J. M. Page be made a full professor in his department
and be entitled to the same salary and allowance.
Upon the recommendation and nomination of Mr. Albert S.
Brown - Resolved that Jesse W. Downy, an applicant, be given
the Valentine Birely Scholarship for the year 1901-1902.
Resolved that the following appropriations be made to be
expended by the the Superintendent of Grounds & Buildings, for
the following purposes
| For extending the steam heating system to the buildings on West Lawn, —— |
$1 300.00 |
| For a water tank on Carr's Hill, — | 500.00 |
| For a pump in the boiler house as a fire protection, |
500.00 |
| Total | $2,300.00 |
Resolved that the recommendation of the faculty be adopted
and the appropriation for the library be increased to $1000.00
for the next year, and further that an additional appropriation
of $200.00 be made for the services of an assistant to the librarian,
and that the library be kept open at night until such
hour as the faculty may direct, the said assistant to be appointed
for the next year by the Chairman of the faculty with
the advice and consent of the librarian.
Resolved that the action of the Miller Board in the appropriation
of Three Hundred Dollars for an additional scholarship
for the ensuing year, in accordance with the resolution
of the Faculty which this Board has approved and the nomination
of Mr. Peyton H. Bragg to fill said scholarship, be and the same
is hereby approved by this Board.
The report of H. H. Downing and others, Committee appointed
at the last November meeting to consider the propriety of permitting
the Charlottesville City & Suburban Street Railway Co.
to enter the grounds of the University, filed their report adverse
to such privilege being granted, which report was adopted
and ordered to be filed
"To the Rector and Board of Visitors of the University of
Va.
Your Committee appointed at the November, 1900, meeting
of the Board to consider the application of the Charlottesville
City and Suburban Street Railway Co. for permission to enter
the University grounds, begs leave to report that, since your
Committee was appointed, considerable opposition has developed
to the application of the said Street Railway Co., both by the
Faculty and the student body of the University, and your Committee
deems it inexpedient to allow said Street Railway Co.
any other or further rights in the grounds of the University
than those now enjoyed.
Resolved that the salary of the Commissioner of Accounts
be increased to $150.00 annually.
Resolved that the Secretary of the Board is directed to
acknowledge the receipt of the communication of the Md. Association
of Alumni, with the Board's assurance that earnest efforts
are being constantly made to maintain and increase the
efficiency of the Medical Department, and, at the same time,
the Secretary will express the Board's gratification at the
interest in the welfare of the University displayed by the Md.
Alumni.
Resolved that the application of J. Yates Porter, Jr.,
for the return of $1250 paid by him during the session 18991900
be granted, and that the Proctor return said sum to him.
The report of Daniel Harmon, Chairman, and Mr. Moore, of
the Miller Board Committee, acting under the resolution of
with the written opinion of Dr. A. H. Tuttle and the conclusion
reached by the joint committees, were presented, received,
adopted, and ordered to be spread on the minutes of the Board:
"To the Rector and Visitors of the University of Va.
The undersigned were appointed a Committee to meet with a
Committee of the Board of Miller Trustees to consider the proper
method for the expenditure of the income from the Miller
fund.
Several conferences were held with the Committee of the
Miller Board, and we return herewith the report of the said
Committee consisting of John M. White and George Perkins, together
with the recommendation which accompanied said report
and also a communication from Dr. Tuttle to the said Committee
relating to the School of Agriculture.
Your Committee recommend that the said contract be executed
in the belief that this will avoid all future misunderstanding
of the question of the character which has arison between
the Board of Visitors and the Miller Board. We do not,
however, agree that the course of instruction which is offered
by the Department of Agriculture at the University of Virginia
fails to meet all the requirements of the deed of trust.
Under the deed by which this fund was created the Trustees
of the fund are directed "to apply the interest, dividends,
income and profits to the establishment, maintenance
and support of a School of Experimental and Practical Agriculture
to be constituted and established at the University
of Virginia by authorities thereof—the course and methods
by the proper authorities of the said University of Virginia."
The definition of Agriculture given by Dr. Tuttle is a
definition of a practical subject and the scope of instruction
offered at the University is well within this definition.
Mr. Miller's deed shows the purpose he had in view in
creating this fund. This purpose is evidenced by the following
language: "The said Samual Miller desired to constitute
and perpetuate a fund the principal of which shall remain intact
and the interest, income and profits therefrom shall be
expended and applied for the advancement of Agriculture as a
science and as a practical art by the instruction thereon and
in the sciences connected therewith, of the youths of the country,
so far as the fund hereby created will avail for the purpose."
From the above we derive his ideas as to what should be
taught in the school as well as his ideas of what was meant
by the terms experimental and practical agriculture, and we
consider that a School of Practical Agriculture is a School
in which is taught the manner in which Agriculture can be
most successfully conducted, while a School of Experimental
Agriculture is a School in which instruction is accompanied
by experimentation, and this experimentation need not necessarily
be for the purpose of testing new theories but may as
well be applied to old established principles. The experimentations,
however new to the learner, are perhaps familiar to
the teacher, or if not to him there will be some one else who
has tried and tested their efficiency; so an experimental school
known, and is thus distinguished from a school of practical
instruction, so we consider a School of Practical Agriculture
embraces that instruction which will be for the greatest practical
good.
The State Board of Agriculture of Virginia will at once
be recognized as a practical body endeavoring to disseminate
information of immediate value to practical men, with the end,
as they express it, of "inducing our farmers to adopt new
methods of farming and getting out of old ruts." Having these
ends in view the publications of this Board, the practical
value of which cannot be overestimated, will be found to deal
with the same subjects that are included in the scope of our
School of Agriculture. It cannot be doubted that Mr. Miller
had in view the same object that the Agricultural Department
of the State was striving for, namely, "the advancement of
Agriculture as a science and as a practical art," with the
result of accomplishing the greatest advantage to those engaged
in it and the consequent benefit to the State. It is
in this field that our school offers instruction. It is instruction
that teaches the application of experience and intelligence
to agriculture, and hence we consider it fully
meets the requirements of the deed.
The experimental feature, it is true, is not carried out
as is the practical. The fund is far inadequate for both.
The experimental farm was tried and found a failure. The
present plan is attended with a greater measure of success.
furnish well grounded instruction in the practical principles
underlying each subject taught, regarding experimentation of
minor importance. Mr. Miller was undoubtedly aware of this
fact, and as the fund he left is inadequate to cover both
fields to advantage, he must have known that the fixed policy
of the University of Virginia would not be departed from, and
what this School is offering meets his views as far as it is
possible to do so, and along lines that will result in the
greatest good to the object of his bounty; and besides the
deed seems to contemplate the possibility of some curtailment
of the full attainment of his wishes might be necessary, for
the course of instruction was to extend "so far as the funds
created will avail for the present."
We conclude, therefore, that the scope of this School
fulfills the trust in both the spirit and the letter of the
deed creating the fund.
Very respectfully,
D. Harmon, Chairman,
R. Walton Moore."
"To the Board of Trustees of the Miller Fund of the University
of Virginia:
At the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Miller
Fund held June 13, 1899, a resolution was adopted expressing
the conviction that the school, of which Prof. Tuttle is the
head, is not devoted to practical and experimental agriculture
to the extent contemplated by Mr. Miller and requested
the Board of Visitors "to take such action in the premises
board is constituted."
And at a meeting of the said Trustees held June 12, 1900,
a committee of two, consisting of John M. White and George
Perkins was appointed to confer with a similar committee to
be appointed by the Board of Visitors to report a plan of settlement
under the resolution of June 13, 1899.
This Committee, with Mr. D. Harmon, one of the Committee
of two appointed by the Board of Visitors, held several meetings,
and had one or two interviews with Prof. Tuttle, who
furnished us with two communications in writing, which we beg
leave to return with this report, also a copy of Prof. Dunnington's
examination, which sets out pretty clearly the extent
agriculture is taught in his school. We judge the school over
which Prof. Tuttle presides was especially referred to because
that school is supported exclusively by the Miller fund, and
we believe was established in consequence of the Miller gift.
As no specific facts are given, we further conclude that
it is our duty to inquire as to whether the course in this
school, coupled with the subject relative to Agriculture taught
by Professors Dunnington and Thornton, carry out the intuition
of Mr. Miller, as set out in his deed, as far as, or in the
best direction possible, with the available funds and if not
what changes are necessary. Your Committee is of opinion that
while it may be true, that the subjects taught and the manner
of teaching them may not afford instruction in "practical and
experimental agriculture, to the extent intended by Mr. Miller,
we do not believe that the funds provided by him are expended
agricultural learning as a science, in the University of Virginia.
We quote from one of Prof. Tuttle's communications herewith
filed"
"Agriculture, as I understand it, is primarily the art
of cultivating the soil with a view to profit; in its usual
sense it includes the successful raising and marketing of
crop alike of plants and of animals, or of their products.
Its theory is based upon the science of Chemistry, Botany,
and Zoology, and its intelligent practice involves the application
of their facts and principals and those of other allied
but less fundamental sciences, such as Geology, Physics and
Mechanics. Agricultural education demands, therefore, at the
outset instruction in these fundamental sciences in their relation
to the art in question, and subsequent by the discussion
of its principals and processes as based upon them."
With the object of Mr. Miller before us, as shown by his
deed, with the meaning of Agriculture clearly defined as above
set out and in as much as the school of Biology and Agriculture
over which Prof. Tuttle presides, affords instruction in
the science of Botany and Zoology, two of the principal subjects
included in the theory of Agriculture, Botany concerning
plants, vegetables, their structure, growth and cultivation;
and Zoology concerning animal life, the study of the vital
processes of animal life, the habits of animals, the treatment
of external and internal animal parasites, and the like—
while the third chief factor constituting the theory of Agriculture,
fills the chair of analytical and Agricultural Chemistry, and
which deals with the chemical structure of soils, the composition
of vegetable and animal substances and the chemical processes
involved in the lives of plants and animals; the compounding
of fertilizers relative to various crops, and of food
stuffs in relation to stock feeding, and other like matters,—
and in as much as experimental farming as commonly understood
has been practiced in this School, declared by this Board to
be a failure, and abandoned as impracticable, producing no
good results. We conclude that the Schools in the Agricultural
department of the University do carry out Mr Miller's intention
as far as the funds provided permit, and that the funds
are expended in the way to accomplish the most good with students
desiring to punsue this course. Your Committee believes
that it is inexpedient to formulate any rule which may not from
time to time be changed in some of its details, but we see no
reason why a plan may not be agreed upon, sufficiently exact to
satisfy all concerned, that the Miller fund will be devoted in
good faith to the object in view, without imposing such limitations
as will forbid the exercise of intelligent discretion on
the part of the University authority. Your Committee is therefore
of the opinion that (while there may be additions to the
studies named or the plan of instruction may be varied from
time to time,) the following subjects should be offered to students
of the University of Virginia.
A.- The sciences upon which the art of crop raising is distinctly
based, namely
Chemistry, including
General Chemistry as a science;
Chemistry as related to Agriculture.
Botany, including
Botany as a science,
Botany as related to Agriculture.
Zoology, including
Zoology as a science,
Zoology as related to Agriculture.
B.- The principles of Agriculture as based upon these sciences,
and the retionals and economics of the various processes
involved. As now advised, it appears that to carry on
instruction in practical and experimental Agriculture further
than above indicated would create a School without scholars
and deprive many of the advantages of instruction in the scientific
bases of Agriculture. Your Committee suggests that
the Agreement drawn on separate sheets and herewith returned
shall be adopted by the Board, presented to the Board of Visitors
for its approval, and, when approved by that Board, that
the Agreement be spread upon the Records of both Bodies as the
conclusion of this matter.
Grateful acknowledgment to Prof. Tuttle is here made for
the valuable information furnished by him in conference and
by written communication, for his patient efforts to further
the work of the Committee, and for the assistance he has rendered
in the preparation of this report—while to Prof. Dunnington,
as well, the Committee offers sincere thanks and recognizes
the obligation which his kindly service has imposed.
Resp'y submitted,
November 3rd, 1900."
Charlottesville, Va. Oct 31, 1900.
In response to your request for a statement
of my views regarding the essentials of agricultural education,
I would respectfully submit the following
Agriculture, as I understand it, is primarily the art of
cultivating the soil with a view to profit: in its usual sense
it includes the successful raising and marketing of crops alike
of plants and of animals, or of their products.
Its theory is based upon the sciences of Chemistry, Botany,
and Zoology, and its intelligent practice involves the
application of their facts and principles, and those of other
allied but less definitely fundamental sciences, such as Geology,
Physics and Mechanics. Agricultural education demands,
therefore, at the outset, instruction in these fundamental
sciences in their relation to the art in question, and subsequently
the discussion of its principles and processes as based
upon them.
Instruction in these fundamental sciences in their relation
to agriculture might properly include in the case of
Chemistry not only the leading facts and laws of the science
but also its methods and its technique, as applied alike to
analysis and to synthesis: the chemical (and associated physical)
structure of soils the composition of vegetable and
lives of plants and animals: the composition and intelligent
compounding of fertilizers in relation to various crops of
plants, and of food stuffs in their relation to stock-feeding:
the composition and characteristics of vegetable and animal
products in relation to their preservation and storage: and
other subjects of a kindred nature.
In the case of Botany such instruction might properly
include the discussion of the structure of the various types
of plants, and their systematic classification as based thereon:
the principles of vegetable physiology in general, and in
particular the laws of nutrition, growth and multiplication,
special attention being given on one hand to the higher groups
from which the leading crop-plants are derived, and to the
lower groups which compose the greater number of forms injurious
to the plants and animals in which the agriculturist is
interested; in connection with the former might be pursued the
study of the origin, history and modes of production of cultivated
varieties, and with the latter the study of the diseases
and parasites of crop-plants which form in a number of cases
the most serious obstacle to crop-raising, as well as the relation
of the organisms in question to the infectious diseases
of live-stock with other allied topics. In the case of Zoology
such instruction would include a similar consideration
of the fundamental facts and laws of animal life, the structure
and classification of animals, and the study of their
vital processes, especially of the anatomy and physiology of
the highest types of animals, which includes nearly all the
of insects, particularly those that are either injurious
or bebficial: the nature and treatment of external and
internal animal parasites: and the like.
A discussion of the general theory or principles of Agriculture
based upon such fundamental knowledge of the most important
sciences as is indicated above may properly include
the consideration of soils as regards their composition, situation
and exposure: the methods of reclaiming waste lands:
the principles of drainage; tillage and the management of
crops in such manner as to obtain profitable returns without
diminution of fertility the choice and rotation of crops;
the principles of husbandry, as applied to the storage and
care of crop-products and food supplies: the housing and care
of stock the hygiene of the farm, and the best methods of
protection against the insect pests and fungous or bacterial
plagues to which staple crops are subject: the specific care
and culture of particular crops the methods and value of
intensive farming the conduct and significance of agricul-
tural experimentation: and many other similar subjects.
This discussion may perhaps be summarized as follows:
Agricultural Education involves the study of
A.—The sciences upon which the art of crop-raising is directly
based, namely,
Chemistry, including
General Chemistry as a science;
Chemistry as related to agriculture.
Botany, including
Botany as a science;
Botany as related to agriculture.
Zoology, including
Zoology as a science;
Zoology as related to agriculture.
B.—The Principles of Agriculture as based upon these sciences,
and the rationale and economics of the various processes involved.
The Committee appointed by this Board on the 12th of June,
1900, having made a report recommending the following as a basis
of settlement of the question as to how the Miller fund
shall be expended to carry out as far as practicable the intention
of Mr. Miller as expressed in his deed, it is ordered
that the same be presented to the Board of Visitors of the University
of Virginia for approval, and, when approved by that
Board, it shall be spread upon the Records of the Miller Board,
and the Board of Visitors is requested to have the like entry
made on its Minutes.
In order that the object of the late Samuel Miller in
providing a fund for the advancement of agriculture may be met
—the instruction incident to that object to be furnished by
the University of Virginia, and the expenses of the same to
be paid from said fund as now appropriated, it is agreed by
the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia and the
Trustees of the Miller fund that the following subjects shall
desired, under such Rules and Regulations as may be prescribed
by the University authorities—that is to say—
A.—The sciences upon which the art of crop-raising is directly
based, namely,
Chemistry, including
General Chemistry as a science;
Chemistry as related to Agriculture.
Botany, including
Botany as a science,
Botany as related to Agriculture.
Zoology, including
Zoology as a science;
Zoology as related to Agriculture.
B.—The Principles of Agriculture as based upon these sciences,
and the rationale and economics of the various processes
involved. The course of study thus indicated may be
enlarged if circumstances warrant, and methods of instruction
may be varied if those in authority at the University
of Virginia think it wise: but the special object of this
paper is to formulate what, in the opinion of the Miller
Board, is indespensable from the standpoint of fidelity to
Mr. Miller's directions hence, while enlargement of the plan
suggested will not be opposed, its diminution is not to be
attempted, but the subjects named shall be offered to Students
at the University of Virginia during each scholastic year, so
long as the Miller Fund is connected with that institution."
Resolved that the Board of Visitors has heard with deep
satisfaction, and appreciate the suggestion that the Constitutional
Convention may determine to hold its sessions at
this place, and the Board respectfully tenders the Convention
the use of the grounds, buildings and library of the University.
Resolved that the recommendation of the Faculty, that
the rule requiring two years of study in the department of
Law as a condition precedent to graduation, be suspended in
the case of Mr. H. S. Daniel on account of the peculiar circumstances
stated in the recommendation of the Faculty, be
adopted, and that the Faculty be and they are hereby authorized
to confer the degree of Bachelor of Laws on H. S.
Daniel.
Resolved that Prof. Echols, on behalf of the Board, be
requested to offer the John Y. Mason Fellowship to Mr. David
C. Gillespie in the event of his declination, the Executive
Committee shall appoint the said fellowship.
Resolved that the Proctor be authorized to pay for the
Medals advertised in the catalogue as being offered for the
present year to the Washington, and Jefferson Literary Soci-
eties by the Board of Visitors.
On motion, the Board adjourned to meet at 10:00 A.M.
tomorrow.
Charles P. Jones,
Rector
J. B. Faulkner,
Secretary.
June 11,- 1901, the Board met pursuant to adjournment of
yesterday.
Present: The Rector, Mr. C. P. Jones, and Messrs. Harmon,
Miles, Downing, and Moore.
The following was enacted:-
Resolved that Mr. Miles be appointed a Committee on the
Austin bequest to ascertain and report what further arrangements
should be made relative to it. The Proctor shall pay
such expenses as Mr. Miles may find it necessary to incur.
Resolved that Mr. Harmon and Col. Carter be appointed a
Committee to consider Mr. Wills' proposition to occupy a lot
on the University grounds for the erection of a drug store,
and to make such a contract with Mr. Wills as they may think
best, the same to be expressed in a proper, written instrument.
The attention of the faculty is called to the fact that
the Board has been generous in the appropriations for the
session 1901-02. In order to meet these appropriations it
will be necessary for us to have 700 students. This cannot
be accomplished without the zealous and earnest efforts of
the members of the faculty during the coming vacation, and we
confidently expect that they will not fail to bring about this
result. The Secretary is requested to communicate a copy of
this resolution to the Chairman of the faculty at once.
In as much as Mr. Bradley Walker accepted a Board of Visitors
Scholarship last year with the expectation that the same
should be continued, and as he has been an excellent student,
favor for the next session.
The following is an estimate of the receipts for the
year 1901-1902.
| Estimated Receipts | ||
| from State Annuity | $50,000.00 | |
| from Corcoran Fund | 6,000.00 | |
| from Miller Fund | 6,300.00 | |
| from Linden Kent Fund | 3,000.00 | |
| from Astronomical Fund | 4,455.00 | |
| from Madison Library | 156.00 | |
| from Gordon Library | 300.00 | |
| from Byrd Library | $390 00 | 360.00 |
| from Mason Fellowship | 210.00 | |
| from Brown Scholarship | 120.00 | |
| from Birely Scholarship | 220.00 | |
| from Rents of 2 hotels | 540.00 | |
| from Rents of 2 mess-halls | 360.00 | |
| from Rents of "Temperance Hall," | 544 00 | 463.00 |
| from Rents of Infirmary | 450.00 | |
| from Rents of Cottage | 48.00 | |
| from Rents of Alumni Hall, | 420 00 | 400.00 |
| from Rents of blacksmith shop | 36.00 | |
| from Interest on sinking fund | 1,786 00 | 2,067.00 |
| from Steam heating from students & profs. | 750.00 | |
| from Electric light furnished | 2,600.00 | |
| from rent from Randall Building | 2,825.00. | |
| from Students' payments (under all heads) 700 at $110.oo |
77,000.00 | |
| Total estimated receipts | $158,660.00. | |
Out of the income of the University for the year 19011902,
the following appropriations are made:
| Estimated Expenditures: | |
| to salaries of Instructors | $74,600.00 |
| to salaries of Officers | 6,050.00 |
| to fellowships and scholarships | 5,450.00 |
| to interest and sinking fund | 21,287.00 |
| to wages of employees | 7,692.00 |
| to working expenses | 17,320.00 |
| to miscellaneous | 25,650.00 |
| $158,249.00 |
Estimated Deficit - - - -
| Salaries of Instructors: | ||
| 23 professors $3,000.00 | $69,000.00 | |
| 1 instructor in Latin | 800.00 | |
| 1 instructor in Physics | 800.00 | |
| 1 instructor in Engineering | 600.00 | |
| 1 instructor in Materia Medica | 300.00 | |
| 1 demonstrator of Anatomy | 800.00 | |
| 1 demonstrator of Pathology and Biology | 800.00 | |
| 1 director of Gymnasium | 1,500.00 | |
| $74,600.00 | ||
| Salaries of Officers | ||
| Chairman | 1,000.00 | |
| Proctor & Supt. of Grounds and Bldgs. | 2,000.00 | |
| Secretary of Visitors | 300.00 | |
| Secretary of Faculty | 800.00 | |
| Secretary of Proctor | 800.00 | |
| Librarian | 800.00 | |
| Assistant Librarian | 200.00 | |
| Commissioner of Accounts | 150.00 | |
| 6,050.00 | ||
| Fellowships and Scholarships: | ||
| 1 Teutonic Language Fellowship | 200.00 | |
| 1 English Literature Fellowship | 200.00 | |
| 3 Astronomical Fellowships | 1,050.00 | |
| 2 Biological Fellowship | 600.00 | |
| 1 Mason Fellowship | 210.00 | |
| 1 Brown Scholarship | 120.00 | |
| 1 Birely Scholarship | 220.00 | |
| 3 Miller Scholarship | 750.00 | |
| (1) 3 Miller Fellowships | 300 00 | 900.00 |
| 6 State (Public School) scholarships | 1,200.00 | |
| 1 Board of Visitors scholarships | 250.00 | |
| 5,450.00 | ||
| 5,700.00 | ||
| Interest and Sinking Fund: | ||
| Interest on old debt | 5,170.00 | |
| Interest on new debt | 10,000.00 | |
| Interest on sinking fund (for re-investment) | 2,067.00 | |
| Sinking fund,- old debt | 2,050.00 | |
| Sinking fund,- new debt | 2,000.00 | |
| $21,287.00 | ||
| Wages of Employees | ||
| University artisan | $900.00 | |
| Engineer and Fireman | 630.00 | |
| Day policeman and boss of hands | 480.00 | |
| Night policeman | 360.00 | |
| Janitor of Rotunda | 300.00 | |
| Janitor of Anatomical Hall | 240.00 | |
| Janitor of Chemical Laboratory | 135.00 | |
| Janitor of Medical Hall | 135.00 | |
| Janitor of Museum | 180.00 | |
| Janitor of Gymnasium | 225.00 | |
| Janitor of Dispensary | 108.00 | |
| 3 Janitors of new buildings | 450.00 | |
| 3 Janitors of Randall buildings | 270 00 | 405.00 |
| Chairman's Messenger | 120.00 | |
| Laborer's (3 hands, 3 teamsters) | 1,080.00 | |
| 18 Dormitory servants | 1,944.00 | |
| $7,692.00 | ||
| Working Expenses: | ||
| Library (Madison, Gordon & Byrd Funds) | 816.00 | |
| Library Special. | 544.00 | |
| Astronomical Observatory | 405.00 | |
| Physical Department | 300.00 | |
| Chemical Department | 350.00 | |
| Geological Department | 25.00 | |
| Engineering Department | 200.00 | |
| Biological Department | 350.00 | |
| Pathological Department | 250.00 | |
| Medical (provided for by per capita chgs.) | ||
| Law Department (special) | 500.00 | |
| Law Department | 500.00 | |
| Infirmary | 1,600.00 | |
| Hospital | 2,050.00 | |
| Dispensary | 400.00 | |
| Gymnasium | 450.00 | |
| Fuel, (for heat and electric light), except gas, |
3,000.00 | |
| Gas | 500.00 | |
| Maintenance of reservoir and pipe-line of water supply, |
180.00 | |
| Diplomas | 200.00 | |
| Printed blanks, | 200,00 | |
| Catalogues, Alumni Bulletin; and postage, | 1,500.00 | |
| Advertising | 3,000.00 | |
| $17,320.00 | ||
| Miscellaneous: | ||
| $1,765.50 | ||
| Estimated deficit on income of session 1901-02 |
2,500.00 | |
| Insurance | 1 740 00 | 1,800.00 |
| Repairs | 5,000.00 | |
| Commutation of rents (11 professors) | 3,300.00 | |
| Entertainment of University Alumni | 150.00 | |
| Contingent fund | 1,750.00 | |
| Final payment on Hospital construction | 5,500.00 | |
| Architect's fees on Hospital construction | 750.00 | |
| Heating for Hospital | 2,800.00 | |
| Heating West Lawn | 1,300.00 | |
| Fire Pump | 500.00 | |
| Water Tank, Carr's Hill, | 500.00 | |
| $25,850.00 | ||
Note:—
Instead of a deficit, the season now closing would have
shown a handsome surplus—about $14,000.00—if there had not
been large expenditures ordered during the session—$10,900.00
for Hospital construction, about $765.00 for extra Infirmary
expenses caused by cases of typhoid fever and smallpox, nearly
$1,250.00 for installation of electric lights, and about $1,200.00
for legal counsel, suits, etc. Even with all this extra
expenditure, the accounts of the session would pretty nearly
balance if all sums due from students could be collected.
On May 24th, there remained due and uncollected from this source
$3,073.70; it is estimated that about $600.00 will be paid between
that date and the end of the session, leaving an estimated
deficit as above stated.
On motion the Board adjourned.
Rector
Secretary.
| Board of Visitors minutes June 10, 1901 | |