 | Board of Visitors minutes May 9, 1911 |  |
May 9th, 1911.
At the annual meeting of the Board of Visitors, called
for the consideration of the "Financial Budget" for 1911-1912,
Present: The Rector, and Visitors Irvine, Drewry, White,
Harmon, and Norton, and President Alderman,
The Rector having called the Board to order at 2:30 P. M.,
the President proposed promotions and appointments which were
unanimously agreed to by resolution, as follows:
Resolved: That Associate Professor H. E. Jordan, in the
School of Anatomy, be made Professor of Histology and Embryology,
at a salary of $2,500.
Resolved: That Adjunct Professor, Charles Hancock, in
the Department of Enginnering, be made Associate Professor
of Engineering and Mechanical Drawing.
Resolved: That Associate Professor J. C. Flippin, in
the Department of Medicine, be made Professor of Clinical
Medicine.
Resolved: That Instructor W. T. Myers in the College
Department, be made Adjunct Professor in the "Linden Kent
Memorial School of English Literature.
Resolved: That Lee Bidgood be made Adjunct Professor
of Political Economy, at a salary of $1,500 for the year 1911'12.
Resolved: That W. M. Hunley be made Instructor in Political
Science in the School of Political Economy at a salary of
$1,000. for the year 1911-'12.
Resolved: That a leave of absence of two years, without
salary, be extended to Dr. Thomas Walker Page, Professor of
Political Economy, now in service upon the United States
Tariff Commission.
Resolved: That C. M. Sparrow be made Adjunct Professor
of Physics, at a salary of $1,250., for the year 1911-1912.
Resolved: That J. A. Waddell be made Adjunct Professor
of Pharmacology and Materia Medica at a salary of $1,500. a
year.
Resolved: That a leave of absence for one year, at
half salary, be granted to Professor William H. Heck, in
consideration of his purpose to more completely prepare himself
for service in the promotion of public health and educational
hygiene in the State of Virginia.
Owing to advanced age and increasing infirmities, the
resignation of William Morris Fontaine, for many years
Professor of Natural History and Geology in the University,
was received; and it was resolved by the Rector and Visitors
that the resignation be accepted with a hearty expression by
the Rector and Visitors, of their appreciation of the service
of Professor Fontaine as a scholar of international distinction
and a teacher of untiring devotion to his work.
The President then presented the resignation of Dr. Bruce
R. Payne, as follows,-
President of University of Virginia.
I hereby tender to you and through you to the
Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, my resignation
as Professor of Secondary Education, and as Professor of
Psychology, and as Director of the Summer School at the
University of Virginia. I should like for this resignation
to take effect at the end of the scholastic year, June 14,
1911. I think it advisable to continue my connection with
the Summer School until its close, July 29th, and with respect
operative until July 29th. It may be that I cannot be present
every day during the Summer School, but if agreeable
I shall be present as often as possible.
In taking this action it is needless for me to say
to you and to your honorable Board that it gives me the
greatest imaginable sorrow to sever my connection with this
University. For six years I have endeavored in so far as
God has given me strength and wisdom to serve through the
University the youth and the schools of this commonwealth.
No man has ever struggled to do his work, who has been
buoyed up with the feeling that he had the earnest and
heary cooperation of all the adminstrative and executive
authorities more than I have in these six years. There
has not been one minute in that period when I have not felt
that I had the hearty sympathy and support of yourself, the
faculty and the Board of Visitors. Without them I should
have lost courage and have failed. Will you then let me
thank you for this and all kindnesses, and will you be so
kind as to express this appreciation to the faculty, and to
the Board of Visitors?
With sincere esteem and good will, I beg to remain most
The Board then adopted the following:
Resolved: That the Rector and Visitors accept, with
sincere regret, the resignation of Professor Bruce Ryburn
Payne. It is their desire to record their sincere
appreciation of his value as a teacher and as a constructive
force in educational work within and without the University.
They wish for him the largest measure of success in the
great new field to which he has been called.
Resolved: That the President be authorized to transmit
to Sir Moses Ezekiel, the sum of $1,000.00 from the donation
of Mr. Thomas, toward the expense of the "Jefferson Statue."
Resolved: That Mr. W. M. Storm of Frederick, Maryland,
be awarded the "Valentine Birely Scholarship" for session
1911-1912.
Whereas Dr. R. H. Whitehead has requested that he be
allowed to lease certain additional ground from the University
for the purpose of a road or driveway connecting his stable
with the main road in front of his house, therefore, be it
Resolved: That in compliance with this request of Dr.
Whitehead, he be, and he is hereby granted the free and unrestricted
use of such lot or parcel of ground as will give
him a driveway 16 feet wide, beginning at the main Observatory
Road, and lying parallel and adjoining Dr. Hough's lot on
the western boundary, and Dr. Whitehead's lot on the eastern
boundary, and running back 400 feet to the rear boundary of
are to remain in force during the present lease of Dr.
Whitehead.
Resolved: That this Board approve and confirm the action
of the Finance Committee in authorizing the payment of the
additional sum of $3,000.00 as a temporary loan from the
proceeds of sale of the Norfolk Bank Stocks, belonging
to the "James Estate," and necessary to complete the Law
Building and equipment, and essential repairs and heating
Dawson's Row buildings.
The President having brought to the attention of the
Rector and Visitors, the will of the late Judge Lambert Tree
of the city of Chicago, wherein by the Eleventh Clause thereof
he provides as follows: viz—
Copy of Article XI
Will of Lambert Tree, Deceased
"I give and bequeath to the University of Virginia,
situated at or near Charlottesville, Virginia, the sum of
five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), to be permanently invested,
and the interest or income therefrom to be used in
perpetuity for the use and benefit of the library of the
University, in the purchase of books or in such other way as
may be deemed best for the interests of the library. The condition
of this bequest is, that the authorities in charge of
the fund shall make and publish an annual report thereof to
the proper official of the University, showing what is being
done therewith."
—the said Rector and Visitors hereby express and
record their sincere appreciation of the gift of Judge Tree,
and accept the same with direction that the said legacy be
invested by the Finance Committee, and the income arising
therefrom be devoted to the purpose expressed in the said
Eleventh Clause of Judge Tree's will.
Resolved, further: That the President transmit copy
of this resolution to the family and the Executor of Judge
Tree, accompanied with the assurance that this kindness will
be borne in considerate memory by the authorities of the
University.
Correspondence relative to the above, here follows:-
Chicago, Mar. 29, 1911.
Charlottesville, Va.,
By the Eleventh Article of his last will and Testament
the Hon. Lambert Tree, Deceased, of this city, bequeathed to
your institution the sum of $5,000.00 to be invested in
perpetuity for the benefit of your library. To be used in
the purchase of books, or such other ways as may be deemed
best for said library.
He also bequeathed to you certain law books, which have
already been delivered.
On these bequeasts the State of Illinois has imposed
an Inheritance Tax of 3 percent amounting to $153.04, on
which we will receive a discount for prompt payment, leaving
the net amount of the tax $145.39.
We accordingly enclose for your information a copy
of the Article in question together with our check for
$4,854.61 in full settlement of the legacy after deducting
the Inheritance Tax.
Will you kindly acknowledge receipt at your convenience
on the vouchers enclosed in duplicate for that purpose, and
oblige.
Secretary.
Merchant's Loan & Trust Co.,
Chicago, Ill.
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your communication
of the 29th, inst., containing a check for $4,854.61, being
the bequest of the Hon. Lambert Tree, deceased, to the University
of Virginia, less the inheritance tax of the State of Illinois
of $145.39. I also acknowledge receipt of the copy of article
the purpose for which this bequest shall be used. The
University of Virginia will in due time express proper
gratitude through its Rector and Visitors for this bequest.
President.
Resolved: That the Bursar, under direction of the
President, is hereby authorized to cause a completion of
the system of Accounting undertaken by Messrs. Harvey S.
Chase & Co.: and also to have said parties to audit the
account of the Bursar to July 1, 1911, and certify the same
to the Rector and Visitors.
The President presented the following resolution of the
Board of Trustees of the University of Virginia Endowment
Fund,—
"Resolved, that the statement entitled: `University
of Virginia Endowment Fund Financial Budget' be adopted,
recommended to the Board of Visitors, and recorded as a part
of the minutes of this meeting. And if agreed to by the
President, Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
that the Treasurer do pay the Bursar of the University of
Virginia, as from time to time he shall receive the same, all
of the income from the endowment fund as shall accrue from
July 1st, 1911, to July 1, 1912, to be applied as herebefore
set out."
Whereupon it was-
Resolved: That the statement entitled "University
of Virginia Endowment Fund Financial Budget" be adopted
as agreed to by the President and recommended to this
Board, and that the same be placed on record as a part
of the proceedings of this meeting.
[see page 121 for "University of Virginia Endowment Fund
Financial Budget"]
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