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A call meeting of the Rector and Visitors was held
on this date at 8 o'clock in the evening with the following
members present: The Rector, R. T. Irvine, and Visitors
Goodrich Hatton, Judge J. K. M. Norton, C. Harding Walker,
G. R. B. Michie, and John Stewart Bryan, and President
Alderman.

The minutes of the meeting of June 10th, 1918, which had
been copied and sent to the members of the Board, were approved.

The President presented the enrollments in the several
schools for the session and went over the military situation
at some length. He also stated that it had been his intention
to prepare and present to this meeting a new budget for the
fiscal year to take care of conditions growing out of the
change incident to the establishment of the S. A. T. C. But
in view of the fact that demobilization was about to take place
he had found it impossible to make up said budget with any
degree of accuracy and would, therefore, have to defer its present
ation until a later meeting.

The President announced the following gifts and settlements
of bequests which he had duly acknowledged on the part of the
Board:

An oil portrait of Hon. A. C. Gordon from the Beverley
Club of Staunton, Virginia. The following letter concerning
the portrait was received from the Beverley Club.


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President E. A. Alderman,
University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Va.
Dear Sir:

On behalf of the Beverley Club of Staunton, Va.,
of which he was a charter member and its first President,
in 1890, I have the pleasure of presenting to the
University of Virginia an oil portrait of Mr. Armistead
C. Gordon, the University's late Rector.

It is requested that this portrait may be hung
on the walls of the Colonnade Club.

With great respect,

Yours very truly,
THE BEVERLEY CLUB
By E. C. Headley
Secretary.

The following is a copy of President Alderman's acceptance
on behalf of the Board:

Mr. E. C. Headley,
Secretary, Beverley Club,
Staunton, Va.
My dear Mr. Headley:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your
communication of the 19th inst. informing me of the
purpose of the Beverley Club, of Staunton, to present
to the University of Virginia an oil portrait of the
University's late Rector, Hon. Armistead C. Gordon. I
note also the request that this portrait be hung on the
walls of the Colonnade Club.

I beg to assure you that the University
appreciates profoundly this action of kindness and generosity
on the part of the Beverley Club. No man in recent
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the University than Armistead C. Gordon. He is beloved
here both for his personal qualities and for his statesmanlike
service to the institution.

I shall report your gift later to the Rector and
Visitors of the University, and assure you in advance
of the great pleasure which this gift will give them.

Faithfully yours,
E. A. Alderman, President.

A $500 Liberty Bond from Dr. Julian E. Ingle of Raleigh,
N. C. of the Class of 1861 to become a part of the permanent
endowment fund of the University. The following letter concerning
the Liberty Bond was received from Dr. Ingle.

Dr. Alderman, President of the
University of Virginia.
Dear Sir:

As an Alumnus of the University may I ask your
kind assistance in placing in the proper hands a small
contribution to the Permanent Endowment Fund of the
Institution. I enclose for this purpose a Liberty Bond
for five hundred dollars and shall be greatly obliged to
you for your compliance with my request.

With grateful memories of my Alma Mater, and
kind regard to its honored President, I am,

Faithfully yours,
Julian E. Ingle,
Class of 1861
Enclosing Liberty
Bond 665635

The gift was accepted on behalf of the Visitors by Dr.
Alderman as follows:

Mr. Julian E. Ingle,
Raleigh, N. C.
My dear Mr. Ingle:

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Visitors of the University occurred here on November
26th. I had the honor of presenting your letter of
last July, in which you so generously and graciously
give to the permanent endowment fund of the University
the Libert Bond # 665635. The Rector and Visitors
directed me to extend to you their very grateful thanks
and appreciation of this splendid action, and to assure
you of their purpose to use this money in the permanent
endowment of the University for the best interests of
the Institution. I must again express my appreciation
of the peculiarly handsome way in which you have done
this good deed.

Faithfully yours,
E. A. Alderman,
President.

A notice from Mr. Bentley W. Warren, one of the executors
of the Arthur W. Austin estate, that the sum of $25,000 will
be added to the estate arising from a deposit made by Mr.
Austin with the Hospital Life Insurance Company of Boston for
the benefit of his daughter, Miss Florence Austin, who died
a few weeks since.

A bequest under the will of the late Elizabeth B. White
of Baltimore, Maryland, of the sum of $5000 for the establishment
of scholarships to be known as the Elizabeth B. Garrett
Scholarships. The following is a copy of the letter received
from Mr. Garrett:

President E. A. Alderman,
University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Va.
My dear Sir:

The will of Elizabeth B. White, who died in
Baltimore on November 13th, 1917, provides in paragraph
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Dollars be given to the University of Virginia for the
establishment of scholarships to be known as the ELIZABETH
B. GARRETT SCHOLARSHIPS.

As executor of her Will I am about to make distribution
of this and other bequests and would appreciate
word from you as to the willingness of the
University to comply with the condition above mentioned
and, in the event of their willingness to comply, the
exact corporate title of your institution and the names
of the proper officers to execute the release which I
must secure.

Very truly yours,
Robert Garrett.

The foregoing gift was accepted in the following resolution:

To Robert Garrett, Esq.,
Baltimore, Md.

Be it Resolved by the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia, THAT the legacy of Elizabeth B.
White of $5000 to found the Elizabeth B. Garrett Scholarships
at the University of Virginia be and the same is
hereby gratefully accepted upon the terms and conditions
as set forth in her will.

The final settlement of the bequest of Miss Mary Amelia
Smith, of Warrenton, Virginia, by which the University is to
receive the sum of $8,256.81 in cash and securities and a
small parcel of real estate located in Anniston, Alabama. A
full report of this estate is set out later in the minutes of
this meeting.

Upon the recommendation of President Alderman the following
leaves of absence were granted to the following members of the
faculty for the term of the war:

Dr. Lindsay Rogers
Dr. C. M. Sparrow
Dr. C. P. Olivier
Dr. J. C. Bardin
Prof. A. G. A. Balz

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From: Edwin A. Alderman, President, University of Virginia:

To: All Instructors of S.A.T.C. Courses, University of Virginia;

Subject: Special Monthly Tests for Students absent with excuse
from the Regular Monthly Tests.

1. The special tests to be given students absent with excuse
from the regular monthly tests at the end of any month will
be held during the evening study-hours (7:30 to 9:30 p. m.) of the
first three week-days of the month following, according to the
following schedule:

           
Classes scheduled  7:30  to  8:30,  1st day,  7:15  to  8:15 p.m.; 
Classes scheduled  8:30  to  9:30  1st day,  8:15  to  9:15 p.m.; 
Classes scheduled  9:30  to  10:30  2nd day,  7:15  to  8:15 p.m.; 
Classes scheduled  10:30  to  11:30  2nd day,  8:15  to  9:15 p.m.; 
Classes scheduled  11:30  to  12:30  3rd day,  7:15  to  8:15 p.m.; 
Classes scheduled  1:30  to  3:30  3rd day,  8:15  to  9:15 p.m.; 

2. Each instructor will hand to Captain Varela on the last
afternoon of the month a list of the students absent with excuse
from the monthly test in each of his classes, with the hour and
day of the special test as scheduled above. Captain Varela will
the next morning assign a study-hall., in which the test may
be held, and will arrange for the attendance of the students at the
scheduled hour.

3. Conflicts under this schedule can be dure only to sickness.
A student having a conflict will take the scheduled special
test in the class meeting Monday, Wednesday, Friday. For the
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday class an individual special test will
be given at some hour to be agreed on by the instructor and the
student.

4. A student absent without excuse from the regular
monthly test shall be graded zero on the test and shall not
be allowed to attend the special test.

[signed]
Edwin A. Alderman
President.

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From: Edwin A. Alderman, President, University of Virginia;

To: All Instructors of S.A.T.C. Courses, University of Virginia;

Subject: Attendance of Members of S.A.T.C. in Collegiate Classes.

The following plan has been adopted for recording the class-attendance
of the Student-Soldiers and of the enrolled Members
of the S. A. T. C.:

1. Each instructor will seat the members of each class in
four groups according to companies; i.e.: all men in a given
class belonging to Company A will be seated to gether; all men of
Companies B, C, and D, respectively, together.

2. The senior soldier according to age in each group will
make an alphabetical list of the group to which he belongs and
will report each class-day to the instructor the names of those
men in his group absent from the class that day.

3. The senior soldier of each group will indicate on his
daily report to the instructor which absents are due to military
duty or to sickness. This information the senior soldier will
obatin from the company bulletin for the day.

4. Of the absences reported on any day by the senior as
not due to military detail or to sickness, some may be due to
sickness reported after the company bulletin was posted, or to
emergency detail. The group-senior will report to the instructor
the causes of such absences at the next meeting of the class.

5. Absences not due to military duty or to sickness will
be recorded as unexcused.

6. Instructors will record as excused absences only those
absences reported to them by the senior student of each company-group
as due to military detail or to sickness.

7. The senior student of each company-group in each class
will make a weekly report to Captain Varela of the names of those
men in his group absent from class without excuse during the week.

8. This plan becomes effective Tuesday, November 12.

Edwin A. Alderman
President.

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And for the session 1918-19, Prof. C. W. Paul.

Upon the recommendation of the President the following
appointments to the teaching staff of the University were
confirmed:

  • Dr. Gardner L. Carter, to Associate Professor of Chemistry.

  • Mr. T. F. Ball, to Adjunct Professor of Physics.

  • Mr. E. T. Boyd, to Adjunct Professor of Law.

  • Mr. P. F. Brown, to Acting Adjunct Professor of Experimental
    Engineering.

The President was empowered to make such appointments
of instructors and assistants as might be necessary for the
session.

Upon the recommendation of Dr. Theodore Hough, with the
approval of the President, Dr. Wilmer Baker was promoted to the
position of Adjunct Professor of Anatomy at a salary of $1500
per annum.

REPORT OF W. ALLAN PERKINS, ATTORNEY FOR THE UNIVERSITY,
OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF MISS MARY AMELIA SMITH.

To the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia:
Gentlemen:-

Miss Mary Amelia Smith of Warrenton, Va., departed
this life some time during September 1911, leaving
a will in which the following provisions appear:

"I hereby place my estate in the hands of the
Fidelity and Trust Company of Baltimore, which with concurrance
of my hereby appointed Executor, Hon. Eppa
Hunton, will proceed at once to make the most profitable
investment of such trust, paying to my brothers, Thomas
Smith and Frederick Waugh Smith, equal shares of the
interest of such trust.

"At the close of the life of either or both
of these legatees, each share becomes the absolute property
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President of the University, to be expended in a permanent
tribute to my father, Major-General and Ex-Governor
William Smith — easily recognized, not obscured by a
multiplicity of others."

Major Frederick Waugh Smith notified his brother, Col.
Thomas Smith, and the University of Virginia that he intended
to contest the will on the grounds of the uncertainty of its
provisions, but at the same time he made a proposition of compromise.

At a meeting of the Board of Visitors held on the 12th of
November 1912, the following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED: THAT the Board accept the proposition made by
Mr. Frederick Waugh Smith, one of the devisees and legatees
under the will of Miss Mary Amelia Smith, viz., that
he will refrain from his proposed proposed attack upon
said will upon condition that the Rector and Visitors of
the University of Virginia surrender in absolute right
the one-half of the estate passing under said will to said
Frederick W. Smith, and that John B. Moon, the attorney
for the University, be authorized to carry this agreement
into effect. By agreement of the parties interested, however,
the provisions of said will may be modified or set
aside in whole or in part with a view to carrying out the
proposed settlement.

RESOLVED: That this action of the Board is taken through
their respect and esteem for Col. Thomas Smith, another
legatee and devisee under said will, and their regard
for his wishes in the premises.

Pursuant to the terms of this resolution, a contract
was entered into on the 20th of November 1912, between the
Rector and Visitors, Col. Thomas Smith and Major Frederick
Smith, by which all parties renounced the provisions of the
will and agreed, first, that said will should be admitted
to probate, and that Col. Thomas Smith should qualify
as Administrator with the will annexed, Mr. Eppa Hunton having
declined to act; and, second, that the entire estate
of Miss Smith should be divided into two parts; third,
that one of these parts should be turned over to Major
Frederick Waugh Smith in fee simple; fourth, that the other
half should be held by Col. Thomas Smith in trust, the
income thereof to be used by him during his life, and at
his death the principal thereof to become the absolute
property of the University of Virginia.

In May 1916 I was advised by Mr. J. Donald Richards,
of Warrenton, Va., that Col. Smith had never settled his
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for the bonding company which had become surety upon
Col. Smith's bond he was about to institute proceedings
against Col. Smith for an account.

Upon investigation it was found that owing to his
advanced years Col. Smith had not given any attention to
the management of this fund, and it soon became apparent
that if anything was to be saved for the University it
would be necessary for Col. Smith to be removed and a
new Administrator and Trustee appointed in his place.

At a meeting of the Board of Visitors held on the
12th of June 1916, full authority was given me to take
such action in the matter as in my opinion might be necessary.

Thereupon, on motion of the surety company, acting
with our consent and approval, Col. Smith was removed,
and Mr. Walter H. Robertson of Warrenton appointed in
his place and stead.

The situation was a delicate one in many respects, and
required very careful handling. I found it necessary
to associate Mr. George Latham Fletcher, of Warrenton,
with me, so that the University might have a representative
in Warrenton.

It was impossible to get any statement from Col.
Smith and it was necessary to file a bill in Fauquier Circuit
Court for the purpose of discovering what the assets of the
estate consisted of.

Among other assets we found $7500.00 worth of bonds
which were secured by deed of trust upon real estate
in the city of Washington. Col. Smith had allowed the
interest to accumulate on these bonds, and when we sold
the property under the deed of trust there was a loss
amounting to $3054.04. Mr. Robertson, as Administrator,
has instituted suit against the maker of these bonds for
the recovery of this deficiency. Conditions are such that
we have little hope of recovery.

Major Frederick Waugh Smith came in and made additional
claims against the estate, all of which I am now advised
have been satisfactorily disposed of.

The total amount of the estate which will be turned
over to the University by Mr. Robertson as Administrator
is between $8500.00 and $9000.00. Of this amount some
$1500.00 in cash was delivered to E. I. Carruthers, Bursar,
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The remaining securities will be delivered by Mr. Robertson
within a few days. As shown by Mr. Robertson's
statement filed with Mr. Carruthers, the whole estate
consists of money and securities which can be readily
turned into cash, with the exception of a piece of real
estate in Anniston, Alabama. We are advised that this
lot is worth at least $500.00. Mr. Robertson tells me,
however, that he is reliably informed that if this lot
is properly handled, more than $500.00 may be realized
from it. I will recommend that a resolution be adopted
at this meeting constituting the Rector and the Chairman
of the Executive Committee a special Committee of two,
with full power to sell this property, cae being taken
to phrase the resolution so that authority will also
be given the Rector to convey in case of a sale.

In conclusion I will add that much credit is due
both to Mr. Robertson and to Judge Fletcher in saving
for the University such of this estate as now remains,
for I am confident that had it not been for their efforts
practically the whole fund would have been lost.

Respectfully submitted,
W. Allan Perkins.

In connection with the foregoing report the following resolution was
adopted:

RESOLVED: That the report of W. Allan Perkins, Attorney,
dealing with the settlement of the estate of Miss Mary
Amelia Smith, deceased, presented by him at this meeting,
is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects,
and in accordance with the suggestion contained therein
the question of the sale of the lot in Anniston, Alabama,
is hereby referred to the Rector and the Chairman of the
Executive Committee, to whom full authority is hereby given
to deal with said lot as to them may seem best - either
holding the same or making sale thereof at such price and
at such time as they may think desirable; and if sale
there of shall be made the Rector is hereby given full
authority to execute and deliver a deed conveying said lot.

Mr. Michie moved, and it was adopted, THAT in view of the
settlement of the estate of Miss Mary Amelia Smith having been
successfuly made at the hands of Messrs. George Latham Fletcher
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of Mr. W. Allan Perkins, attorney for the University, and Mr.
W. Allan Perkins which settlement had consumed much time and
attention at the hands of these gentlemen, they be paid the
sum of $900 for said services; Mr. Fletcher to receive $600
and Mr. Perkins $300.

The President presented the temporary contract entered
into between the University of Virginia and the War Department
Committee on Education and Special Training for the establishment
at the University of a Students' Army Training Corps on
the 16th of September which had been signed by the Rector on
behalf of the Board of Visitors. The contract was read and the
action of the Rector in signing same was approved and the
contract ratified.

REQUEST FOR ASSIGNMENT OF SOLDIERS OF
STUDENTS' ARMY TRAINING CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY

TO

The University of Virginia COLLEGE (UNIVERSITY)

Legal Title

The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, a corporati

(Name of Institution)

under the laws of the State of Virginia hereby requests the

War Department of the United Stated to assign to the institution

(Estimated number in S. A. T. C. Unit

1000 - 1500 soldiers of the United States Army, members of the
Students' Army Training Corps, on the following conditions:

1. Eligible students are to be inducted into the United
States Army on their voluntary application, on or about October
1, 1918, and are forthwith to be assigned on active duty at the
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2. The institution will after the assignment of such
soldiers:

(a) Furnish such academic instruction to the said
soldiers as may be approved or prescribed by the War
Department, it being understood that until the War
Department otherwise indicates, the regular curriculum
shall be deemed approved;

(b) Will provide for the proper and sanitary housing
of said soldiers in as large groups as reasonable possible;

(c) Will provide meals for the said soldiers of a
quantity and quality equivalent to the standard Army
ration, and under proper sanitary conditions;

(d) Will provide suitable and adequate grounds for
military instruction and drill of the soldiers, and suitable
offices for the military administration of the unit;

(e) Will co-operate closely with the War Department
and its authorized representatives in all matters above
referred to;

(f) Will receive from its students who are eligible
for the Students' Army Training Corps and indicate their
intention of applying for inducation therein, only such
proportion of the usual tuition and other fees as will
cover the period from the opening of the college year to
October 1, 1918, or, if more has already been received,
will make individual adjustment with the students accordingly.

3. The War Department will:

(a) Provide for the military instruction of the soldiers;

(b) Provide uniforms and the necessary personal equipment
of the soldiers to the extent practicable;

(c) Furnish necessary cots, blankets, and bed-sacks or
mattresses to the extent practicable;

(d) Pay to the institution as soon as practicable, after
submission of duly executed vouchers, the sum of one dollar
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on active duty plus the sum of 52 cents (See NOTE)
per day for each soldier so assigned, for tuition, making
a total of one dollar and __________ cents per day per
soldier. The first voucher submitted will cover the
period of two weeks following the induction of the soldiers
and their assignment to active duty, and will be submitted
monthly thereafter.

4. It is understood that the arrangement evidenced hereby
shall be temporary and that as soon as practicable a permanent
contract shall be made between the institution and the
War Department, covering the period to July 1, 1919. The
basis of that contract with respect to payment shall be reimbursement
for the actual and necessary costs of providing the
instruction, subsistence and housing required during the entire
period of the contractual relation with the War Department,
the necessary adjustments to be made accordingly, provided that
the per diem allowance to be made for cost of academic
instruction shall not exceed the regular per diem tuition charge
of the institution.

5. The institution and the War Department will co-operate
to the fullest extent to obtain the best results, and will endeavor
as soon as practicable to arrive at the said permanent
contract on an equitable financial basis, in accordance with
the principle of reimbursement for actual costs as above
stated.

The Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia

Name of Institution

Witness:

By R. Tate Irvine, Pector

Roberta N. Irvine

Accepted Grenville Clark, Lt. Col, U. S. A.
Secy.

Witness:

Secretary of War Department Committee
on Education and Special
Training.

NOTE: Insert at this point a number of cents equal to the yearly
tuition fee of the institution (or department thereof) in the
college year of 1917-1918 divided by 270; e.g. on an average
yearly tuition fee of $100.00 the amount is 100 ÷ 270 = .3703
cents.

In connection with the payment to holders of the Ryan
and other scholarships of the emoluments as fixed in each case,
the President stated that upon the establishment of the S. A. T. C.


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Unit he instructed the Bursar to withhold the payment to such
men as were accepted in said unit, but now that demobilization
will soon take place asked for an option as to whether or not
the holders should be paid emoluments for the full session,
and it was the concensus of opinion that the Bursar should
be instructed to pay the full emolument.

The following communication was received from the Charlottesville
and Albemarle Railway Company asking for permission to
construct a loop in its track on the grounds of the University
near the C. & O. Bridge on Rugby Road:

To the Honorable Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia.
Gentlemen:

On November 18th, 1910 you kindly granted permission
to the Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway
Company, of Charlottesville, Virginia, a corporation duly
chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia, to lay
its track along the terrace west of what is known as Rugby
Road, from the Ivy Road on the South to the C. & O. overhead
bridge on the North, distance of 1050 feet: to be laid
under the general supervision and direction of the President
and Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings of the
University of Virginia, and the Chairman of the Executive
Committee of our Board, with the condition that the track
and works of the company be removed at their own expense
on 60 days notice from the Board, at the pleasure of the
Board.

On account of the use of the Modern Single End
One Man cars it became necessary to operate a turntable at
the C. & O. bridge on Rugby Road in order to turn car
for return trip, this requires the services of two men
and is very troublesome and expensive, especially in Winter
when it freezes, interfering with the service.


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We will greatly appreciate it if your Board will
grant us permission to remove the turntable and replace
with a loop at end of line, under the same conditions
hereinbefore mentioned.

Thanking you in advance for the above,
Very truly yours,
John L. Livers, Vice Pres.,
Charlottesville & Albemarle Railway

A committee consisting of the Hon. E. G. Haden, Mayor
of Charlottesville, Mr. John L. Livers, Vice-President of the
C. & A. Railway Company, and Dr. W. M. Forrest, a resident
of the section affected by the operation of the railway
line at this point, was heard asking that said privilege be
granted. The Mayor presented a copy of resolution adopted by
the Council of the City of Charlottesville requesting the
Rector and Visitors to allow the C. & A. Ry. Company to lay
said loop.

The matter was disposed of with the following resolution
being unanimously adopted:

RESOLVED: That the Rector be authorized to enter into a contract
with the C. & A. Ry. Co. for construction of a loop in its railway
track on the grounds of the University, to be located near
the bridge on Pugby Road, on such terms and conditions as may
seem proper.

The President brought to the Board's attention the matter
of furniture rented for the University dormitories while used
as barracks and also the method to be adopted in furnishing
them for the remainder of the session. The matter was referred
to the following committee with power to act: the President,


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Mr. Michie, Prof. Newcomb, Dr. Lambeth, and the Bursar.

Upon request of the President an appropriation of $120.95
was made to cover renewal of the cooking range and certain
plumbing repairs at the President's residence.

Prof. J. L. Newcomb, supervisor of Section B, S. A. T. C.,
presented in person the financial and statistical reports of
said section and asked for instructions as to filing the usual
monthly voucher for November, whereupon the following resolution
was adopted:

RESOLVED, That the usual monthly voucher covering housing, subsistence,
and education for Section B, S.A.T.C. of the University
of Virginia be submitted to the committee on Education and
Special Training for the month of November, 1918., and with it
a statement be submitted by Professor J. L. Newcomb, Director
of said Unit, that he is ready for an accounting for Section
B, with the further statement that the Board of Visitors
regard Section A and B as integral parts of one general
transaction.

The Bursar submitted a number of financial reports from
his office, which were read and considered, among which was one
showing excesses and deficiencies in the appropriation budget
for 1917-18, as spread below, and requested that appropriations
be made from the unexpended balances to cover the deficiencies
in order that his accounts be properly cleared for the year,
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Report of the Bursar Showing Excess Appropriations and Excess
Expenditures for the Fiscal Year 1917-18 as per the
Budget and Annual Report for said Year

Appropriations in excess of actual expenditures.

             
Advertising  329.84 
Alumni Bulletin  261.28 
Printing  157.48 
College and Graduate Departments  9,594.68 
Law Department  2,227.49 
Medical Department  483.43 
$13,054.20 

Deficiency Appropriations Requested for Year 1917-18.

                                         
General Administration: 
Board of Visitors' expenses  53.71 
Catalogue  30.02 
Stamps and stamped envelopes  115.15 
Stationery, office supplies, diplomas  348.08 
Telephones and telegraphing  94.42 
Traveling expenses  197.01 
General expense  114.56  952.71 
Gymnasium  138.56  138.56 
Buildings and Grounds: 
Fuel  4,048.28 
Insurance  696.32 
Motor truck  1,845.00  6,589.60 
Miscellaneous: 
Organ repairs  76.13 
Univ. Va. Council for National
Safety 
43.41 
Fontaine Portrait Fund  14.34 
Flag Pole #1  17.00 
Interest on Temporary loans  302.00 
Interest allowed on Astronomical
Fund 
244.23  697.11 
8,377.98 

The Bursar presented the following communication from the
State Accountant's Office showing that his books and accounts


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had been audited for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1918:

Mr. E. I. Carruthers, Bursar,
University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Va.
Dear Sir:

This is to advise you that my recent examination
of your accounts for the fiscal year ended June 30th,
1918, disclosed no irregularities of any kind, but on
the other hand, your records were found to be correct.

Analysis of your Income and Expense statements and
the General Balance Sheet as of June 30th, 1918 were found
to agree with the records as set up in your office.

Yours very truly,
A. B. Gathright,
Assistant State Accountant.

PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT OF ATTENDANCE

                       
Total number of students registered  1046 
Withdrawn, with permission  39 
Withdrawn, (estimated) without permission  36  75 
971 
Registered in Medical Department  109 
Registered in Engineering Department  219 
S. A. T. C., inducted  680 
S. A. T. C., ordered away  88  592 
S. A. T. C., enrolled  79 
Naval Unit  50 
Ordered away  48 
Naval Reserves  17 
[signed] R. T. Irvine
Rector.
[signed] E. I. Carruthers
Secretary.