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Your special Committee consisting of the Rector, Mr.
Michie and the President, appointed at the March 23rd meeting
of the Board to consider and pass upon certain items
on the docket for said meeting which were not considered,
owing to lack of time, met on this date to consider such
items, and beg to report to you thereon, as follows:

The attached communication from Mr. Walter D. Blair,
advising that he wished to contribute to the University his
fee for designing the gateway on the Fry's Spring Road, was
received and the President was requested to extend to him the
thanks of the Board for his very generous contribution.

In the matter of entering into a formal agreement with
the C. & O. Railway Company for the up-keep of the sidetrack
and trestle located on the University's property, the
Committee is of the opinion that we should not enter into such
an agreement, but express the willingness of the Board to
bear one-half of the necessary cost of such repairs, with
the request that the Superintendent of Grounds & Buildings
be notified of any proposed repairs together with the estimated
cost of same, if possible to make such estimate in
advance.

A letter to the President from the Bursar, setting forth
the facts as to insurance carried on the University property,
was read; and your committee being advised that at the last
meeting of the State Legislature a committee was appointed
to look into the matter of having the State take over the
insurance on all property begs to report the following resolution
to be adopted and forwarded to the State Insurance
Commissioner, Hon. Joseph Button:

RESOLVED, That in the opinion of the Board it
would be an economical and much more satisfactory method
of insuring the property belonging to the State of Virginia
than that now existing, for the State, by legislative
enactment, to become its own insurer. This is a

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method which the Board is informed has been adopted
by other states with approved results; and the Board
recommends it to the favorable consideration of the
General Assembly.

Applications of the General Alumni Association, the
Beta Chapter of the Zeta Psi, and the Sigma Nu Fratenities
for sites on which to erect a residence for the Alumni
Secretary and chapter houses for the fraternities, respectively,
were referred to a committee consisting of President
Alderman, G. R. B. Michie and Dr. Lambeth.

Application of Lindsay Rogers for the Monroe Hill
Office, now occupied by C. H. H. Thomas, together with the
adjacent rooms, now occupied by Dr. L. S. Pratt, was granted,
with the understanding that he pay the usual rental.

We recommend that a committee be appointed from the
Board to serve with similar committees from the Faculty
and General Alumni Association to make arrangements for the
Centennial Celebration of the University.

The changes suggested by the Faculty for the entrance
requirements and also for academic degrees, as follows, were
approved.

• 1. Changing entrance requirements from 14 to 15 units.

• 2. Certain changes in requirements for academic degrees.

  • (a) Preliminary requirements of C courses to be
    counted on an academic degree.

  • (b) Degree credit for courses in Physical Training:
    involving 63 hours for the degrees.

  • (c) An ancient language to be counted toward
    a cultural B. S. degree.

(Extract from the Academic Faculty
Minutes for Nov. 8, 1916.)

Resolved: That every candidate for the baccalaureate
degree shall be required to offer one "C"
course in his major group. The "C" course
shall count for only 3-hours, unless it is in
the natural science group. The "C" course
shall be preceded by one or more "B" courses,
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"C" course, and amounting to at least 6-hours.
The prerequisite "B" courses shall be announced
in the catalogue in connection with each "C"
course.

This is a substitute for paragraph in the
catalogue for 1915-'16, page 172, which reads
as follows:

"No C course may be counted for a Master's
degree unless preceded by a B course or courses
in the same subject aggregating at least six
session-hours; or, in case only one three-session-hour
course if offered in that subject, by one
B course in that subject and a second B course
in the same Group (see pp. 166-167), chosen with
the approval of the professor in charge of the
C course inquestion."

In the matter of granting sites to fraternities on which to
erect chapter houses, it is the sense of your committee that
any option for such sites not exercised within six months
shall revert to the Board.

Bills for repairs to President's house, $58.83, and to the
Dean's house, $20.25, were approved and ordered paid out of
University Funds.

Changes recommended by the Law Faculty for admission to
the Law School were approved and adopted, as follows:

For admission to the Law Department, beginning with
the session 1919-20, in addition to the 15 units now required,
the candidate must present evidence of having had one year
of work in a standard college.

The residence now occupied by Prof. C. Alphonso Smith
on East Lawn, was granted to Prof. Heck, upon its becoming
vacant, at the usual rental of $300.

We beg to recommend the adoption by the Board of a resolution
appointing a committee to take into consideration and report

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We approve the payment of the salary of Prof, C.
Alphonso Smith, who has resigned to take effect at the close
of this session, to September 15, 1917, which will round
out an even number of annual salary payments.

We recommend that in accordance with the suggestion
of President Alderman, a resolution be adopted providing
that $1,500, of the Senff fund for improvement of Roads
and Grounds be used towards the construction of a macadam
road to the Observatory.