 | Board of Visitors minutes June 13, 1927 |  |
The annual meeting of the Rector and Visitors was held
on this date at 10 o'clock A. M., lasting until 6 P. M.,
with intermission for lunch, followed by a session on
the morning of the 14th which convened at 10 o'clock.
There were present Visitors Buchanan, Hall, Hart,
Hull, McIntire, Mrs. Munford, Rinehart and Williams,
and President Alderman. In the absence of the Rector,
Mr. Hart was appointed Rector pro tempore for the morning
session, and Mr. Rinehart for the afternoon and morning
session of the 14th, as Mr. Hart was unable to remain.
The minutes of the meeting of April 22, which had
been copied and sent to the members for examination, were
approved.
The President presented his docket for the meeting
with the following items:
Total enrollment for the session 1926-27, 2173 students.
An appropriation by the General Education Board of
$156,000, for the purposes and under the conditions as
set out in the following preamble and resolution, was,
on motion, duly made and seconded, unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, The President of the University of
Virginia and the Dean of the Medical School of the
University, in letters dated April 5, 6, and 14, 1927,
outline a plan for the development of the departments
of medicine, surgery, and hygiene, involving an increased
expenditure of Thirty-eight thousand Dollars
($38,000), per annum, and
WHEREAS, it is suggested that the General
Education Board appropriated biennially on a diminishing
scale, for the purpose herein indicated, sums
aggregating One Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand Dollars
($156,000), tentatively apportioned as follows:
| 1927-28 | $38,000 |
| 1928-29 | $38,000 |
| 1929-30 | $25,000 |
| 1930-31 | $25,000 |
| 1931-32 | $15,000 |
| 1932-33 | $15,000 |
it being the expectation that the University
authorities will provide on a biennially increasing
scale sums which, together with the Board's grants,
per annum:
THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, That the executive officers of the
General Education Board be, and they hereby are,
authorized in their discretion to commit the Board
to an appropriation to the University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia, of a sum not to exceed
One hundred fifty-six thousand Dollars ($156,000)
for the development of the departments of medicine,
surgery, and hygiene, in general conformity with
the plan outlined in correspondence with the University
authorities, said sum to be available over a
period of approximately six years, the date when
the appropriation shall commence and the sum to be
made available annually to be determined by the
executive officers of the Board after consultation
with the authorities of the University, the appropriation
to be charged to current income.
The following gifts were announced, and the President
was requested to prepare suitable resolutions of thanks
in each case:
From the Cadillac Motor Company to the Engineering
Department, for instruction in Automobile Engineering,
a cutaway demonstration chassis which the Company built
for exhibition purposes at a cost of $11,000.
To the Institute of Public Affairs, as follows:
| Junius P. Fishburn, Roanoke, Va. | 100.00 |
| Chas. I. Lunsford, Roanoke, Va. | 50.00 |
| Abram Staples, Roanoke, Va. | 25.00 |
| Frank W. Rogers, Roanoke, Va. | 10.00 |
| H. L. Lawson, Roanoke, Va. | 25.00 |
| Columbia Saving & Loan Corporation, by C. M. Armes, President, Roanoke, Va. |
100.00 |
| E. M. Funkhouser, Roanoke, Va. | 50.00 |
| E. R. Johnson, Roanoke, Va. | 50.00 |
| Edward L. Stone, Roanoke, Va. | 100.00 |
| Harvey T. Hall, Roanoke, Va. | 25.00 |
| J. T. Meadows, Roanoke, Va. | 50.00 |
| R. H. Angell, Roanoke, Va. | 100.00 |
| John W. Hancock, Roanoke, Va. | 50.00 |
| Eugene Meyer, Washington, D. C. | 200.00 |
| Fairfax Harrison, Washington, D. C. | 250.00 |
| John Hays Hammond, Washington, D. C. | 250.00 |
| J. Stewart Bryan, Richmond, Va. (additional) |
250.00 |
| I. J. Marcuse, Richmond, Va. | 250.00 |
| William Reed, Richmond, Va. | 250.00 |
| H. W. Schwartschild, Richmond, Va. | 100.00 |
| O. A. Swink, Richmond, Va. | 200.00 |
| Jonathan Bryan, Richmond, Va. | 100.00 |
| Lewis Williams, Richmond, Va. | 200.00 |
| Harry Flood Byrd, Richmond, Va. | 100.00 |
| L. L. Slover, Norfolk, Va. | 500.00 |
| T. S. Southgate, Norfolk, Va. | 250.00 |
| Other friends, Norfolk, Va. | 1,250.00 |
| Otis Mouser, Philadelphia, Penna | 500.00 |
| Randolph Ortman, Greenwood, Va. | 250.00 |
| Eppa Hunton, Richmond, Va. | 200.00 |
| John M. Miller, Richmond, Va. | 100.00 |
| Total | $5,935.00 |
From the Law Class of 1902 a portrait of the late
Raleigh C. Minor, Professor of Law in the University,
done by Prince Troubetzkoy.
From Mr. John Powell recent published score of "In
Old Virginia" with his original manuscript.
Receipt of the John Alexander Muir bequest, total
appraised value of which amounts to $64,263.68.
I beg to report that the John Alexander
Muir bequest has been received and delivered to
the State-Planters Bank & Trust Company, of
Richmond, Va., in accordance with resolution adopted
at the meeting of the Board April 22, and that
formal contract for the care of same, similar to
those now in existence with the Virginia Trust
Company and the Peoples National Bank, has been
executed. The estate was forwarded by the First
National Bank of Alexandria, Va., Trustees, to their
respresentative in Richmond, being delivered to
the depository upon official receipt for same.
The estate consists of:
| Cash | $22,513.68 |
| $40,000 of U. S. Treasury, Liberty municipal and county bonds, |
41,740.00 |
| appraised at 1 gold watch and chain, appraised |
$ 10.00 |
| Total appraised value | $64,263.68 |
The bonds have a market value of approximately
$43,435.00 bringing the value of the estate
been advised of its receipt with list of cash and
securities. As there is no provision for special
disposition of the watch and chain I take it that
it sill be proper to dispose of same and add the
proceeds to the estate.
Gift of $9,000 from trustees, P. B. Barringer, William
M. Lile, and E. I. Carruthers, for the purpose of bringing
valuable pedagogical material to the students of medicine,
from the city, county of Albemarle, and contiguous
counties; and in case there be an unexpended surplus of
the income, it be made available for the care of charity
patients in the wards.
In connection with the announcement of the foregoing
gift of $9,000 by certain Trustees, the following motion,
duly made and seconded, was adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Rector and Visitors accept
from Dr. P. B. Barringer, W. M. Lile, and E. I.
Carruthers, Trustees, the gift of a fund now in their
possession amounting to approximately $9,000.00
which, when it shall have reached the sum of $10,000.00
by the accretion of income to be added to the present
principal fund, shall become a permanent endowment
fund, the income therefrom to be used as a transportation
fund to bring pedagogically valuable material
to the medical students of the University from
the city, county of Albemarle, and contiguous counties
within Virginia; but any income not used for the
aforesaid purpose within the fiscal year shall be
turned over to the hospital for the care of patients
in the charity wards and Outside Patients Department.
When the fund shall have reached the maximum, as
set forth above, it shall be the duty of the Secretary
to notify the Dean of the Medical Department of the
estimated income available annually and request
him to give such publicity to the practising physicians
of the state either by direct communication
or newspaper publication or both, as may be best
calculated to carry out the prime object to which
this fund is dedicated.
The said fund is to be known as the "Dr. P. B.
Barringer Fund."
The President announced the resignation of Asst. Prof.
Joseph R. Branham, in the school of Chemistry, which was
RESOLVED, That the Rector and Visitors of
the University accept the resignation of Dr.
Joseph R. Branham, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Branham has carried forward his work with
ability and energy at this University, and the
Rector and Visitors wish him continued success in
his new field.
The President presented the following for admission
to the faculty, as set forth in the several resolutions,
being unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia, That Mr. Edmund S. Campbell
be and is hereby elected as Professor and
Head of the Department of Art and Architecture,
at a salary of $4,500, incumbency to begin with
the session of 1927-28.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of
the University of Virginia, that Mr. Charles P.
Nash, Jr., be and is hereby elected Associate
Professor of Law in the University of Virginia,
at a salary of $4,000, incumbency to begin with
the session of 1927-28.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia, that Dr. Hugh M. Spencer
be and is hereby elected Assistant Professor of
Chemistry in the University of Virginia, for a
three year period, at a salary of $2,500, incumbency
to begin with the session 1927-28.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia, That Mr. Edwin Carlyle Markham
be and is hereby elected Assistant Professor
in Chemistry, for a period of one year, at a salary
of $2,000, incumbency to begin with the session of
1927-28.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia, That Adolphus B. Scott be
and is hereby elected Assistant Professor of Law
in the University of Virginia, for a period of one
year, at a salary of $2,250, incumbency to begin
with the session of 1927-28.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia, That Hardy C. Dillard be
and is hereby elected Assistant Professor of Law
in the University of Virginia, for a period of one
year, at a salary of $2,250, incumbency to begin
with the session of 1927-28.
The President stated that it had not been possible
to make the adjustments in the medical faculty, and to fill
certain vacancies in other departments for action at this
meeting, whereupon the following motions, duly made and
seconded, were adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors, That the
President of the University, in consultation with
the Dean and Committee appointed by the President
from the staff of the Department of Medicine be empowered
during the summer to make such adjustments
and employ such professors within budgetary limits
as may be necessary to provide properly for the
services in Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Public
Health. It is understood that all actions of the
President and Committee will be brought to the Board
for ratification in October.
RESOLVED, further, That the President of the
University, in consultation with the Dean of the
Graduate Department and with such other officers
as he may designate, be empowered, during the
summer, to make such arrangements and employ such
officers in connection with the Librarianship and
the Deanship of Women as may be necessary to provide
properly for the services in those fields
for the year of 1927-28, and it is understood
that all such actions will be brought to the
Board for ratification in October.
Promotions in the faculty for 1927-28 were made
in the following motion, adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia, That the following promotions
in the faculty be made to take effect with the
session of 1927-28:
William Edward Bray, B. A., M. D., Associate
Professor of Clinical Diagnosis to full Professor
of Clinical Pathology, without change in salary.
Lawrence Theodore Ludwig, Assistant Professor
to Associate Professor of Physical Education.
The following special appropriations were approved:
$6,000.00 for Library physical re-organization.
$2,000.00 for the purchase of a Knabe grand piano.
RESOLVED, That the President be and he is hereby
authorized to enter into an agreement with the Ampico
Corporation for the purchase and installation at
the University of Virginia of a Knabe grand piano
at a cost of $2,000.00. One-half of this obligation
is to be raised from admission fees to concerts given
at the University of Virginia by artists furnished
by the Ampico Corporation without cost to us during
the Summer Session. The other one-half of this obligation
is to be raised by admission fees to concerts
given at the University of Virginia by artists
furnished by the Ampico Corporation without cost to
us during the next regular winter session.
$500.00 for the Monticello Band.
$125.00 for putting into effect, during the Summer
Quarter, the parking regulation.
$125.00 for a bar for the Washington Literary Society.
$300.00 for publishing the statute laws of the
University of Virginia.
The proposal of The Virginia State Teachers Association
to establish here, in connection with the Hospital,
a preventorium for the medical treatment of its members
was presented by Hon. R. Tate Irvine and Supt. J. J.
Kelly, Jr., President Virginia Education Association,
who submitted the following resolutions of the said
association:
WHEREAS, the Virginia Education Association is composed
chiefly of teachers and officers of the public free schools
of Virginia, some of whom from time to time require hospital
attention and services and who desire to obtain and
use some in connection with the hospital of the University
of Virginia, at Charlottesville, Virginia, upon terms
and conditions mutually satisfactory to the University and
to the Association.
RESOLVED: 1- That this Association do donate and pay
to the University of Virginia $40,000.00 for the purpose
of providing and maintaining a Preventorium or hospital
service and attention required by the members of said
University shall set apart and use, so far as may be
necessary or desirable, for that purpose the whole of a
floor of the south wing of the new hospital building
in essential conformity with the plans submitted by Coolidge,
Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott, the same to be known as the
Ennion G. Williams Preventorium.
2. That space for twenty patients with the
necessary bath and service room facilities shall be provided
and shall, in all respects, be in keeping with the
present hospital; and that the University shall maintain
and control the said rooms as a Preventorium, or teachers
pavilion, in exactly the same manner as it maintains the
regular University hospital.
It is understood that if it be found that
$40,000.00 will not be sufficient for the purposes named,
further negotiations will be entered into by the parties
concerned before construction shall be begun. And if
$40,000.00 should be more than the amount required for
said purposes the excess shall be used so far as necessary
to furnish the said Preventorium, after which any unexpended
balance shall revert to the Virginia Education
Association.
3. That the professional services which shall
be rendered shall include such examinations and treatment
as is provided at the regular University hospital and
shall also include any additional service or treatment
of any kind or nature which may hereafter be established
and maintained as a part of the hospital facilities of
the University. Such services shall include all examinations,
diagnoses, laboratory tests, X-ray examinations,
prescriptions, operations, board, of any kind or nature
which may be rendered as a part of the regular University
Hospital.
4. That the professional services offered
and rendered to the patients assigned pursuant hereto
shall be made by the regular physicians and surgeons
who ordinarily perform such services or operations in the
regular University hospital and are given to pay patients.
A charge of $4.00 per day shall be made for
each teacher entering hereunder for each day confined in
said hospital or suing the Preventorium. A minimum
for any teacher shall be $15.00 even if the charge of
$4.00 per day shall not be equal to that sum. Should,
at any time after one year expiration, the cost of service
to occupants of the Preventorium be more or less on the
average than $4.00 per day, then the University shall fix
the per diem charges so as to conform with such costs.
5. That this Association and the teachers
entering the Preventorium or pavilion, in pursuance
hereof, shall be under no expense for any equipment,
repairs, maintenance, janitor's service or any expense
of any kind in connection with the operation of such
Preventorium, or pavilion. No patient shall be admitted
by the University to the facilities provided for under
these resolutions except through the approval and certification
for admission by this Association acting through
its executive committee, or other proper committee
regularly assigned for that purpose. It is understood,
however, that no certification for admission shall be
given except to member of the Virginia Education Association.
All occupants of the proposed Preventorium
shall be subject to the same rules and regulations that
apply to regular patients of the University of Virginia
Hospital. The Hospital reserve the right to decide
upon the medical suitability of applicants for admission
and the proper time of discharge of patients from the Preventorium.
If any rooms so set apart as a Preventorium
are not needed for any purposes of the Association, then
the University may for such time use them for general
hospital purposes.
6. The terms and conditions set out by
these resolutions shall continue in force for one year and
thereafter from year to year unless changed by the University
and this Association acting by its regularly constituted
authorities.
Virginia Education Association
By J. J. Kelly, Jr., President
William R. Smithey,
Chairman of Preventorium Committee.
Following a general discussion of the matter, the
question was disposed of in the following motion, duly
made and seconded, being unanimously adopted:
This Board has received from the Virginia Education
Association a proposal to donate to the University
$40,000.00 upon condition that the University of
Virginia shall provide and maintain a Preventorium
for the sue of the members of the Association and to
that end the said University shall set apart and use,
so far as may be necessary or desirable for that purpose,
the whole of a floor of the south wing of the
new hospital building as it is now designed. And since
it is understood that this building is to be used
causing disability and invalidism, in accepting
this money the Rector and Visitors feel that they
are aligning the University with the general policy
of the State to promote the health and well being of
its citizens through the fostering of preventitive
medicine and hygiene.
The Virginia Education Association has furnished
this Board with a copy of the Recolutions passed by
the said Association, numbering from one to six, both
inclusive, which sets forth the terms and conditions
upon which the said sum of $40,000.00 is donated, after
consideration of which by this Board it is,
RESOLVED: 1- That this Board accepts the offer of
the $40,000.00 tendered to it by the said Virginia
Education Association upon the terms and conditions
specified and set out in said resolutions.
It is understood that if it be found that
$40,000.00 will not be sufficient for the purposes
named, further negotiations will be entered into by
the parties concerned before construction shall be
begun. And if $40,000.00 should be more than the
amount required for said purposes the excess shall
be used so far as necessary to furnish the said Preventorium,
after which any unexpended balance shall
revert to the Virginia Education Association.
2. That this Board hereby sets apart all the
rooms and space on a floor of the south wing of one
of the proposed additional hospital buildings to
accomodate a meximum of twenty patients, and will
maintain and manage that part of the said proposed
additional hospital buildings so designated in exactly
the same manner as the general University hospital,
of which the said facilities will be a part.
3. The professional services to be rendered
hereunder shall include all examinations, operations,
diagnosis, laboratory tests, X-ray examinations,
prescriptions and medical treatment of any kind
and nature that may be offered as a part of
the regular hospital facilities and shall be made
by the regular physicians and surgeons who ordinarily
perform such surgical operations and render other
services in the regular University hospital.
4. The charge per day per patient shall be
$4.00 with a minimum charge of $15.00 to any patient.
Such charge shall include all operation, medical
attention, X-Ray examinations, prescriptions and
bandages connected with the examination and treatment
of such patient, and also board, room service,
ordinary nursing attention, and all and any other
service rendered as a part of the regular University
hospital, but the said charge per day perpatient
shall be subject to be changed from time to time
in accordance with resolution No. 4 adopted by
the said Association, a copy of which resolutions
is to be recorded in the minute book of this Board
along with these resolutions.
5. All and each part of the said resolutions
numbering from one to six, both inclusive, of the
said Virginia Education Association are hereby agreed
to and adopted by this Board as fully and effectively
as if set out at length in these resolutions.
The President stated that it was proposed to
remove the Geological Survey and Forestry Service
from the University to Richmond. Following a general
discussion of the question, the following motion,
duly made and seconded, was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia desire to record their judgment
that the best interests of the Commonwealth will be
served by the retention of the State Forest Service
and the State Geological Survey at the University of
Virginia. These are scientific bureaus engaged in
the discovery, collection and dissemination of information
of the highest scientific importance, as
well as of commercial value, and as such, these bureaus
should be properly connected with the leading
educational establishment maintained by the State.
These State Services have been connected with the
University of Virginia since their establishment, and
the scientific character of their publications has
received national recognition.
On motion, a committee consisting of the President,
Senator Buchanan and Mr. Williams was appointed to interview
the Governor in the matters referred to in the foregoing
resolution and also to appear before the Commission
having the said matters in charge.
Mr. Rinehart, Chairman of the Buildings and Grounds
Committee, stated that the question of the quantity of water
to be furnished to the University by the City, under an
of Buildings and Grounds, which should be
adjusted to the satisfaction of the parties at
interest. The matter was referred to the Buildings
and Grounds Committee for investigation and report.
The question of disposition of the houses formerly
occupied by Prof. Charles A. Graves, retiring from the
Faculty, and Mr. Chas. H. H. Thomas, Asst. Bursar, deceased
was referred to the Buildings and Grounds Committee
and the President with power to act.
The President announced that the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching had accepted Prof. Charles
A. Graves, of the Law Department, and Mr. John S. Patton,
Librarian, for retirement, with an annual grant of
$2,650 to Prof. Graves, and $2,100 to Mr. Patton.
The President presented the following letter from
the Governor approving the schedule of salary increases
as made in the annual budget, adopted at the April 22nd
meeting:
University of Virginia.
The schedule of proposed salary increases for
certain members of the teaching staff and other employees
of the University of Virginia for the session
1927-28, as approved by the Rector and Visitors of
the University on April 22nd, 1927, has been received.
Under the standard salary scale heretofore agreed
to governing rates of pay of the teaching staff at the
University of Virginia, the maximum allowance for
a full time professor at this institution is $4,500,
for an associate professor is $3,500, for assistant
professor is $2,500, and for instructor is $1,800.
The salary increases recommended by the Rector
and Board of Visitors for the ensuing year are approved
in so far as such increases do not exceed the maximum
allowances set forth above.
Governor of Virginia.
Director of the Budget.
At the April 22nd meeting of this Board the Bursar
made a report on his visit to Boston for the purpose of receiving
the Arthur W. Austin Estate and of getting
the late Mary A. McLaughlin, daughter of the late Arthur
W. Austin, for a donation by this Board of the sum of
$18,000 to her executor out of the said estate, for the
purpose of paying off a lien placed upon her residence.
The members of the Board questioned their authority to make
any donation for the purpose and referred the matter to
the attorney of the University for his opinion, which he
presented in the following communication:
University, Va.
You have submitted to me a copy of your letter
to the Rector and Visitors, under date of April 22nd,
in which you report having received certain securities
and monies to be held by the University under will
of Arthur W. Austin, deceased.
You also submitted to me a copy of Resolution and preamble
thereto, under which the Rector and Visitors
direct the sum of $5000.00 to be paid to the Executors
of Mrs. Mary C. McLaughlin, the daughter of said Arthur
W. Austin, in consideration of the facts set out fully
in the preamble to said resolution.
You have advised me that the Board of Visitors, being
in doubt as to their authority to direct the payment
of this sum, have requested that I give an opinion
as to such right on their part.
You have also turned over to me a copy of the will
of Arthur W. Austin and a copy of a contract, dated
July 15th, 1901, between Mr. Austin's said daughter,
who was then Mrs. Mary Austin Carroll, and the Rector
and Visitors of the University, which is the contract
referred to in the first paragraph of the preamble
to the aforesaid Resolution. I have carefully
examined all of the papers above referred to, and my
conclusions are as follows:
First. Although the Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia is a Corporation, and as such
is expressly given, by special statute, all rights
and powers which may be exercised by Corporations
generally, I have always been of the opinion that
it was never the intention of our Legislature to vest
in the Rector and Visitors of the University the right
to divest itself of title to any property, real or
personal, held by it.
Second. This is certainly true as to the real
property of the University. It is equally true as
to all monies appropriated to the uses of the University
by the State. It is also true as to my funds
of property which the University has received by way
of gift or devise. Such property must be held by
the Rector and Visitors upon the trust or trusts
expressed in the instrument creating the Estate,
and under no conditions can such property be diverted
from the uses to which it has been dedicated.
Third. The situation which you have now presented
to me, however, differs materially in my opinion
from the instances cited above.
In the first place, Mr. Austin's will does not attach
any conditions or limitations to his bequest, except
that he gives his daughter a life estate in all the
property. Upon her death it passed to the University
in fee, with no trusts of any sort imposed upon it.
When his daughter surrendered to the University all
of her interest in said life estate, with the exception
of an annuity to her of $5000.00 a year, there
were no conditions of any sort imposed.
I understand that all of the income of said Estate
has been budgeted for the period of 1926-28, with
the exception of the annuity of $5000.00 which would
have been paid to Mrs. McLaughlin had she lived through
the year 1927. We are, therefore, in position of having
the sume of $5000.00 from this Estate available
for the purpose of complying in part with the dying
request of Mrs. McLaughlin.
It is, of course, possible that the argument may be
advanced that every dollar of money given to the
University becomes at once impressed with a trust
for educational purposes. It is of course unusual
for money to come into our hands without conditions
of some kind being attached to the gift, but when
a gift without conditions of any kind is made, and this
is the exact condition we are here dealing with, I
am positive that The Rector and Visitors have full
and ample authority to use it in any way they may
deem right and proper.
I am therefore of opinion that the Bouard would in
no way exceed its authority should it direct the
payment of the $5000.00 in question, to be made to
Timothy J. McLaughlin, husband of said Mary A. McLaughlin.
I am further of opinion that the Board will not
exceed its authority should it appropriate the sume
of $500.00 for the purpose of erecting a suitable
marker over Mrs. McLaughlin's grave.
I think the resolution you have prepared is proper
in all respects and may be passed by said Board without
fear that its authority is being exceeded in any way.
Attorney for the Rector &
Visitors of the University of
Virginia.
Following the reading of the foregoing letter, the
following motion was presented, seconded, and unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, Mrs. Mary Austin McLaughlin life annuitant
under the will of her father, Arthur W. Austin of
Massachusetts, did, by contract with the University
of Virginia, effective April 1, 1902, surrender to
the University of Virginia all the income from the
corpus of the estate except an annual payment therefrom
of $5,000 and
WHEREAS, under said agreement, the University has
received from 1902 to 1927 approximately $275,000.00
which, by the terms of the will of the said Arthur
W. Austin, was payable to the said Mary Austin McLaughlin,
and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Mary Austin McLaughlin died December
18th, 1926, leaving a very small estate consisting
of her home and some store and apartment property
on which latter she had placed a mortgage of $18,000
in order to purchase a residence which she occupied
at the time of her death, and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Mary Austin McLaughlin has made, through
her husband, Timothy J. McLaughlin request that the
University donate to her estate the sum of $18,000
to cancel the said mortgage and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the University to express
its appreciation of the gracious gift of Mrs. Mary
Austin McLaughlin in releasing the said income to it
and
WHEREAS, The Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia have budgeted the expected income hereto
fore annually received from said estate for a
period of 1926-28, which income is required to meet
the expenses of said University and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the University that some
expression of its appreciation of the gracious action
on the part of Mrs. Mary Austin McLaughlin in releasing
the said income to it, be made, therefore be it,
RESOLVED, By the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia that the sum of $5,000 be paid over to
her executor; said payment to be made as follows:
$2,500 on July 1, 1927 and $2,500 on October 1, 1927.
With respect to the appropriation referred to in
the letter from Mr. Perkins for the purpose of erecting
a suitable marker for the grave of Mrs. McLaughlin, the
Bursar stated that he had later ascertained from Mr. Bently
W. Warren, formerly a trustee of the Austin Estate, that
the suggestion of erecting such marker was not agreeable
to Mr. McLaughlin, who explained that the family section
in the cemetery had one monument on which was inscribed
the names of all those interred therein. Hence no reference
to this appropriation in the resolution finally adopted.
The Special Committee appointed at the April
meeting, composed of M. Carter Hall, Paul G. McIntire
and Senator B. F. Buchanan, to investigate the charges
preferred by Rev. George Floyd Rogers against Prof. W.
E. Knight, submitted the following report on the matter,
which was read, approved, received and ordered filed;
and the Secretary directed to send copies of same to the
parties at interest:
In re: Charges against Prof. William E. Knight
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
of the University of Virginia:
The undersigned Committee, appointed at the meeting
of the Board on April 22nd to investigate the charges
preferred by the Rev. George Floyd Rogers against Prof.
1. A copy of the resolution directing the investigation
of these charges was duly sent to the Rev. George Floyd
Rogers. Pursuant to this resolution, the Rev. Mr. Rogers
filed specific charges and subsequently filed amended charges.
A copy of both the original and the amended charges was
furnished Prof. Knight who duly filed an answer, in which
he set forth that specifications one and two of charge
B were so vague, indefinite and insufficient that it was
impossible to answer them except in general terms and he
requested that Rev. Mr. Rogers be required to set out the
statements under specifications B (1) and B (2) alleged
to be false and conflicting. Pursuant to this request,
the Rev. Mr. Rogers filed additional specifications in
connection with charges B (1) and B (2).
2. After due notice to all parties, the hearing of the
matter was fixed by the Committee for May 30, 1927, at
ten A. M., and on this date the parties appeared with their
counsel and their evidence was taken and stenographically
reported. A copy of this evidence is filled with this
report.
3. At the conclusion of the evidence the Committee heard
argument by Mr. J. Gordon Bohannon, counsel for Rev. Mr.
Rogers, and Mr. A. Stuart Robertson, counsel for Prof.
Knight. The hearing was concluded at 11:40 P. M. and the
matter taken under advisement by the Committee.
4. Without attempting to review the evidence, it is the
opinion of the Committee that the charges against Prof.
William E. Knight were not proven, and their conclusion
from the evidence is that Prof. William E. Knight is not
possessed of an "ungoverned temper" such as to betray
him into "doing acts of injustice" and it is their further
conclusion from the evidence that Prof. Knight did not make
any false statements in connection with the bringing of
charges against and in the trial of Floyd E. Rogers, Jr.,
before the Honor Committee of the student body of the
University of Virginia.
Paul G. McIntire.
I regret that I was unaboidably prevented from attending
the hearing before the Committee but a transcript of the
proceedings and evidence was promptly forwarded to me which
I have carefully read and considered and concur fully with
the foregoing report.
B. F. Buchanan.
The Rector forwarded to the Secretary a letter he
had received from Rev. Geo. F. Rogers referring to alleged
facts in connection with his charge which have come to
light since the said hearing. The letter was read and
ordered filed.
A memorial from Mr. Robert B. Tunstall, member and
Treasurer of the Alumni Board of Trustees, in the matter
of witholding the income from endowment funds from the
State budget was read and accepted, and directed to be
submitted to the Governor after some revision, by a
committee composed of Senator Buchanan and Mr. Williams.
Mr. Rinehart, Chairman of the Buildings & Grounds
Committee, stated that the roads leading into the athletic
grounds were in need of repair and that the City had been
appealed to aid in making said repair inasmuch as they
were used for ingress and and egress to and from city-taxed
property, but that the city was unwilling to assist
with the repairs unless a lease of the roads was made to
the city, whereupon, upon motion, duly made and seconded,
it was,
RESOLVED, That the University make a contract with
the City of Charlottesville on a 99 year lease of the public
use of said roads leading into the athletic grounds from
the Rugby Road, provided the same are paved to which purpose
the University hereby appropriated one-half of the cost not
to exceed $750 as its portion of same.
Upon petition of the Sigma Nu Fraternity for the site
on Carr's Hill heretofore granted the Kappa Alpha on which
to erect a chapter house, which application had been withdrawn,
the said site was granted for the erection of a
chapter house under the usual lease, provided satisfactory
financial arrangements are made and construction begun
before next session.
The reorganization of services in the Department of
Medicine in the fields of Surgery, Internal Medicine and
Public Health, in connection with the proposed approprition
by the General Education Board was discussed by Dr.
J. C. Flippin, Dean of the Department of Medicine, and
his recommendations for reorganization in the said departments
were approved with the understanding that a limit
would be placed on the income to the clinicinas in said
departments arising from professional services.
The Instructors, assistants, scholars and fellows,
nominated by the heads of the respective departments, and
those appointed by the Board, were approved, as follows:
| ASTRONOMY: | |
| Dirk Reuijl | Vanderbilt Fellow |
| BIBLICAL HISTORY AND LITERATURE: | |
| W. F. Stinespring, B. A., | Assistant |
| BIOLOGY: | |
| Paul R. Burch | Assistant |
| E. C. Cocke | Assistant |
| Edmund Ruffin Jones | Assistant |
| Carl Hiram McConnell | Assistant |
| Wesley Fry | Assistant |
| J. W. Hayes, Jr. | Assistant |
| J. W. Nuttycombe | Assistant |
| Albert Rhett Stuart | Assistant |
| John M. Robeson | Assistant |
| W. L. Threlkeld | Assistant |
| H. Fairfield Butt | Assistant |
| CHEMISTRY: | |
| Frank P. Pitts, M. S. | Instructor |
| Raymond Dean Cool, M. S. | DuPont Fellow |
| Whiting Faulkner Young, B. S. | Teaching Fellow |
| John Hulton Mote, B. S. | Teaching Fellow |
| Richmond T. McGregor Bell, B.S. | Teaching Fellow |
| George Lewis Cunningham, B. S. | Teaching Fellow |
| James Montrose Graham, B.S. | Teaching Fellow |
| Carlisle Monroe Thacker, B.S. | Teaching Fellow |
| Thomas Aubrey White | Assistant. |
| ECONOMICS: | |
| Emory Q. Hawk | Teaching Fellow |
| Thomas F. Debnam | Teaching Fellow |
| Emory Q. Hawk | Instructor |
| Ewing G. Simpson | Instructor |
| Andrew J. Eastwood | Assistant |
| George M. Weems | Assistant |
| COMMERCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION: | |
| Thomas F. Debnam | Instructor |
| Horace A. Teass | Instructor |
| Charles G. Walters | Assistant |
| Willis G. Muncy | Assistant |
| Fred L. Hoback | Assistant |
| G. C. Boothe | Assistant |
| W. J. Allen | Assistant |
| ENGLISH: | |
| Majl Ewing, B. A. | Instructor |
| A. B. Shepperson, M. A. | Instructor |
| Malcolm McLeod, B. S. | Instructor |
| C. R. Ball, B. A. | Instructor |
| Harold Seymour, B. A. | Instructor |
| Joseph Lee Vaughan, M. A. | Board of Visitors Fellow |
| William Stapleton Long, M. A. | Board of Visitors Fellow |
| Tench F. Tilghman | Assistant |
| Herbert T. Webster, B. A. | Assistant |
| George W. Smith, M. A. | Assistant |
| William T. Bartlett, B. A. | Assistant |
| John R. Phillips, B. A. | Assistant |
| Herbert T. Webster, B. A. | College Fellowship |
| George W. Smith, M. A. | College Fellowship |
| J. C. Mathews, B. A. | College Fellowship |
| Cecil R. Ball, B. A. | Elizabeth B. Garrett Fellowship |
| Harry M. Waldron, B. A. | Cabell Scholarship |
| Robert Smith Simpson, B. S. | John Y. Mason Fellowship |
| Thurman C. Scott, M. A. | B. W. Green Fellowship |
| Warrane Womack Koontz, M.A. M. D. |
B. W. Green Fellowship |
| GEOLOGY: | |
| C. E. Bass | Assistant |
| C. R. L. Odor | Assistant |
| Benjamin Gildersleeve | Assistant |
| Eugene de Bullet | Assistant |
| GREEK: | |
| L. A. D. Gilmer | Instructor |
| W. F. Stinespring | Instructor |
| HISTORY: | |
| Robert Catesby Taliaferro | Assistant |
| J. B. Bowen, Jr. | Rives Fellowship |
| LATIN: | |
| Ralph Thompson | Instructor |
| L. A. D. Gilmer | Instructor |
| MUSIC: | |
| Winston Wilkinson | Assistant |
| PHYSICS: | |
| Gerard Banks II | Teaching Fellow |
| A. P. Gagge | Assistant |
| C. E. McMurdo | Assistant |
| O. S. Peterescu | Assistant |
| W. L. Phillips | Assistant |
| L. R. Quarles | Assistant |
| S. C. Stoneham | Assistant |
| PUBLIC SPEAKING: | |
| W. P. Sandridge | Assistant |
| POLITICAL SCIENCE: | |
| Fred H. Quarles | Assistant |
| Alfred B. Pittman | Assistant |
| W. J. Evans | Assistant |
| ROMANIC LANGUAGES: | |
| George Budd Dillard | Board of Visitors Fellowship |
| Frederick Henry Allan | Assistant French |
| Robert Ramsey Black | Assistant French |
| Henry H. Cumming, Jr., | Assistant French |
| John Overton Henderson | Assistant French |
| Henry Davis Weed, Jr., | Assistant French |
| Cary Breckenridge Wilmer | Assistant French |
| David Rice Groome | Instructor Spanish |
| Maury Knowlton | Instructor Spanish |
| Thomas Atkinson McEachern | Instructor Spanish |
| Joseph Muir Mercer | Instructor Spanish |
| Charles Ross | Instructor Spanish |
| James Henry Webb, Jr. | Instructor Spanish |
| Joseph Clayborne Davis | Assistant in Spanish |
| Nathan Bennett Kaminsky | Assistant in Spanish |
| Thomas Atkinson McEachern | Assistant in Spanish |
| Charles Gordon Reid | Assistant in Spanish |
| Craydon Wood | Assistant in Spanish |
| RURAL SOCIAL ECONOMICS: | |
| S. M. Derrick | Instructor |
| SOCIOLOGY: | |
| E. W. Gregory, Jr., M. A. | Instructor |
| ANATOMY: | |
| R. E. Peyton | Assistant |
| W. R. Jordan | Assistant |
| W. A. Brumfield | Assistant |
| Thomas Bardley | Assistant |
| T. B. Ezell | Assistant |
| CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS: | |
| R. L. King | Assistant |
| J. R. Myers | Assistant |
| HISTOLOGY & EMBRYOLOGY: | |
| Loren P. Guy | Assistant |
| INTERNAL MEDICINE: | |
| C. H. Peterson, M. D. | Instructor |
| OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY: | |
| J. S. Davis, Jr. | Instructor |
| PATHOLOGY: | |
| Thelma F. Brumfield, M. D. | Instructor |
| Herbert Gascoyne | Technician |
| PHYSIOLOGY: | |
| J. P. Baker | Instructor |
| J. M. Green | Instructor |
| ENGINEERING: | |
| L. R. Quarles | Assistant |
| C. M. Wilkinson | Assistant |
| O. S. Petrescue | Assistant |
| E. F. Joachin | Assistant |
| E. C. Stephenson | Assistant |
| W. L. Phillips, Jr., | Assistant |
| E. G. Simpson | Assistant |
| R. E. Lee, Jr. | Assistant |
| W. G. Brown | Assistant |
| D. S. McDonald | Assistant |
| R. E. L. Gildea | Assistant |
| PHYSICAL TRAINING: | |
| Robert Noble Hoskins, B. S. | Instructor |
| James Porter Baker | Instructor |
| Eugene S. Groseclose | Instructor |
| L. I. Bowman | Instructor |
| Sterling Johnston | Instructor |
BLANDY EXPERIMENTAL FARM FELLOWSHIPS:
One Thousand Dollar Fellowships:
Mary Ellen Peck, A. B. Vassar, M. A. Columbia, expert in
Plant Breeding.
Laurence M. Dickerson, B. S. William and Mary, graduate
Student with special training in Plant Breeding.
Five Hundred Dollar Fellowships:
G. Myron Shean, B. S., Maryland, extensively trained in the
fields of Genetics and Plant Physiology.
Anthony J. Delwiche, B. S., Wisconsin, extensively trained
in Agronomy and Genetics.
Sam. R. Hall, A. B., Washington and Lee, trained especially
in Chemistry and Biology.
| MILLER SCHOLARS: | |
| NOMINATED BY MILLER BOARD OF TRUSTEES: | |
| Allen Quarles Ladd | One year Scholarship |
| J. T. Stewart | Two year Scholarship |
| PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY: | |
| F. F. Swertfeger, Jr., | Instructor |
| LOGIC: | |
| J. C. Crighton, Jr. | Instructor |
| J. B. Fite | Assistant |
| W. P. Sandridge | Assistant |
| ETHICS: | |
| W. O. Bristow, Jr. | Assistant |
| VIRGINIA STATE SCHOLARSHIPS IN MEDICINE: | |
| A. L. Tynes | 1926-27 |
| E. Lee Shiflett | 1926-27 |
| CHARLES HOOKS HARRIS LOAN FUND OF $100.00: | |
| John M. Green | 1927-28 |
| RYAN SCHOLARSHIPS: | ||
| H. F. B. Martin | First District | June 1927 |
| C. G. Savage, | Second District | June 1927 |
| Chas. L. Ayres, | Third District | June 1927 |
| H. R. Wesson, | Fourth District | June 1927 |
| L. A. Motley, | Fifth District | June 1927 |
| C. A. Bethel, | Sixth District | June 1927 |
| T. B. Leachman, | Seventh District | June 1927 |
| W. B. Knight, | Eighth District | June 1927 |
| J. H. Greene, | Ninth District | June 1927 |
| C. R. Smith, | Tenth District | June 1927 |
| RECTOR & VISITORS SCHOLARSHIPS & MCINTIRE SPECIAL: | ||
| J. W. Barham | June 1927 | |
| L. C. Dawson | June 1927 | |
| Isadore Gordon | June 1927 | |
| T. C. Lawford | June 1927 | |
| W. L. Thomas | June 1927 | |
| A. L. Cooke | June 1927 | |
| W. D. Cabell | June 1927 | |
| F. K. Lucas | June 1927 | |
| J. W. Beverage | June 1927 | |
| J. J. Morris | June 1927 | |
| T. L. Allman | June 1927 | |
| G. R. Humrickhouse | June 1927 | |
| HUMPHREY SCHOLARSHIP | ||
| W. A. Moncure | June 1927 | |
| RINEHART SCHOLARSHIP: | ||
| J. B. Bowden | June 1927 | |
| WOODROW WILSON SCHOLARSHIP: | ||
| J. Summerfield Andrews | June 1927 | |
| MCCORMICK SCHOLARSHIP: | ||
| N. B. Early, Jr. | June 1927. | |
| ROUMANIAN SCHOLARSHIP: | ||
| Ovid Stephen Petrescu | June 1927. | |
Deed of Lease to the Hopkins Society of the Sigma
Nu Fraternity authorized at this meeting, referred to on
p. 475: [p. 285]
THIS DEED OF LEASE made this First day of October
1927, by and between the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia, a Corporation, hereinafter called the
Lessor, party of the first part; and The Hopkins Society
of the Sigma Nu Fraternity, Incorporated, a Corporation
created and existing under the laws of the State of Virginia,
and which is hereinafter called the Lessee, party
of the second part,
WITNESSETH:-
THAT for an in consideration of the rents, covenants,
stipulations and conditions hereinafter contained, the
said Lessor doth lease and demise unto said Lessee, to
be held by the said Lessee for the term of Ninety-nine
(99) years commencing on the 1st day of October 1927, all
that lot or parcel of land shown on the contour map
hereto attached, located on the southwest slope of Carr's
Hill at the said University.
And said Lessor reserves as rent for the said land
so long as the same is occupied by said Lessee the sum
of one dollar ($1.00) per annum, payable at the end of
each year; that is to say, on the 1st day of October
of each year during the term of this lease; but this
lease is made and shall continue in force only upon
the condition that the Lessee will fully and faithfully
perform on its part each and allof the covenants, stipulations
and undertakings hereinafter set forth.
And said Lessee agrees and covenants to and with
said Lessor as follows:-
FIRST. That it, the said Lessee, will pay to the said
Lessor the sum of one dollar ($1.00) at the end of each
year so long as this lease shall remain in force.
SECOND. That said Lessee will erect upon the said
lot above described a building to be used by said Lessee
for the purposes of a students' chapter or fraternity
house at the University, said building to cost not less
than $40,000, to be constructed of brick, roofed with metal
or slate, and of the dimensions and style and according
to the plans and specifications of Louis Justement,
Architect, copies of which are hereto attached as a part
of this contract; it being further understood that said
fraternity house shall be placed on the lot in question
upon the exact location which has heretofore been approved
by said Lessor and accepted by said Lessee.
THIRD. That said building so erected, shall be used
exclusively for the purposes of a students' chapter or
fraternity house and for lodging rooms by the individual
members of said Lessee and the members of the Beta Chapter
of Sigma Nu Fraternity, which is the active chapter of
Sigma Nu Fraternity at the University of Virginia; that
unless the consent of said Lessor over the signature
of its Rector is first obtained, said Lessee will not
sublet or assign said premises, or any part thereof,
during the term, or permit the use thereof otherwise than
by said Beta Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity and its members,
and the members of said Lessee.
That during the use and occupation of said building
as aforesaid, and so long as said lease shall remain in
force and effect, said building shall be cared for and
kpet in order and in such reasonable repair as the Superintendent
of Grounds and Buildings, or other duly designated
officer of said Lessor shall require, at the expense
of the Lessee, and without charge to said Lessor; and such
repairs shall include restoration in case of damage or
destruction by fire.
FOURTH. That the said building shall be at all
times as fully subject to the inspection and visitation
of the authorities of said Lessor for police purposes
and the ends of discipline, and for sanitary and other
purposes of a similar nature, as are any of the buildings
owned by the University.
FIFTH. That it, the said Lessee,
a. Will provide for the care and treatment of its sewage.
b. Will construct and maintain its own service road.
c. Will plant its own grass, shrubs and trees and maintain
same.d. Will erect and maintain a fence on the old fence line
or line of wooded hill in rear of the lot.f. Will make available to the members of the D. K. E.
Fraternity the walk on the hillside and at the rear
of its lot.g. Will recognize the right of the University to relocate
roads and walks serving its building.h. Will permit no building other than the one now
under construction to be erected on the lot here leased.i. Will regognize the right of the University to use
part of the land hereby leased for the purification
of the sewage from the D. K. E. Fraternity House.
SIXTH. In the event the said Lessor shall at any
time in the future change its views as to fraternities, and
desire to recall any and all rights that may have been granted
herein, then and in that event the said Lessor shall
have the right at any time to revoke any and all of the
rights and privileges granted, conveyed or given hereunder,
and take possession of said building and upon payment to
the said to the said Lessee for such building of such
price as may be agreed upon by said Lessor and said Lessee;
and upon failure to agree upon a price, the same shall be
fixed by arbitration - one arbitrator to be selected by
each party, and the two selected to choose and umpire - the
award of said arbitrators and their umpire, or of any two
of them, shall be final and binding upon both parties.
SEVENTH. That in case of the breach of said Lessee or
its failure to observe any of the covenants, agreements or
conditions hereof, or if said building shall be used in a
manner not satisfactory to the said Lessor, or if said
Beta Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity shall be dissolved or
discontinued, then and in any of said events, after sixty
(60) days notice given in writing by said Lessor through
its Secretary, or through any other authorized agent or
office of said Lessor, at any time after such breach, to
any member or officer of the Lessee found at the University,
or if no such member or officer be there found, then
without notice, the Lessor shall have the right to enter
upon its records the fact of such default or breach of such
covenant, agreement or condition, or of the unsatisfactory
use of said house by the Lessee aforesaid, or of said declaration
of discontinuance, and this lease shall thereupon
be determined and terminated and the said leased property
and the buildings and improvements thereon shall revert to
said Lessor, who shall have the right to require its Superintendent
of Grounds and Buildings, or such officer or
agent as may be designated by the Lessor, to take possession
of the said building, land and improvements thereon, the
same shall become and continue the absolute property of the
said Lessor, free and forever discharge from any and all
rights and claims of said Lessee hereunder.
Provided, however, if the said building shall revert
to said Lessor as aforesaid in consequence of the dissolution
or discontinuance of the said Beta Chapter of Sigma Nu
Fraternity and within five years after said building shall
have so reverted the Chapter shall be revived and restored,
to its former standing and position and if said Lessee is so
revived and restored shall within such five years make
application to said Lessor for restoration to its rights
thereupon be bound to restore the same on the same terms
and conditions as are herebefore set forth; provided that
evidence satisfactory to the Lessor is presented to it of
the good standing of the Lessee as revived and restored
and of its ability to perform thereafter the obligations
of this lease; otherwise the Lessee shall not be entitled
to a restoration of its rights and privileges as aforesaid.
EIGHTH. That in the event of failure on the part of
said Lessor to exercise its right hereunder to terminate
this lease under the provisions of the Seventh section
above, such failure shall not be taken or considered as
in any manner constituting a waiver of any of the rights of
the Lessor as hereinbefore set forth to terminate this lease
as above stated, and take possession of the building as
aforesaid, in case of any subsequent or other failure, default
or breach on the part of the Lessee. The Lessor agree
and covenants to and with the said Lessee that on the payment
by the said Lessee of said annual installment of rent as
aforesaid, and on the full and faithful performance and discharge
by said Lessee of all covenants, stipulations and
agreements herein contained, the said Lessor will, on payment
to it by said Lessee of $25.00 renewal fee, execute
and deliver at the request of said Lessee, a new lease of
the above demised premises for another term of ninety-nine
(99) years to commence on the expiration of this lease,
subject to the same rents and to the same covenants, agreements
and conditions as hereinbefore set out, so that the
demise hereby created may be renewable and renewed from
time to time.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, The Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia, has caused its name to be signed
hereto by C. Harding Walker, its Rector, and its Corporate
Seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by E. I. Carruthers,
its Secretary, which is done in accordance with a resolution
adopted by said The Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia, at a meeting held on the 13th day of June
1927, and said The Hopkins Society of the Sigma Nu Fraternity,
Incorporated, has caused its name to be signed hereto
by THOMAS BRADLEY, its President, and its corporate seal
to be hereunto affixed and attested by DONALD T. PATTERSON
its Secretary, all of which is done this 1st day of October
1927, this contract being executed in duplicate.
THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF VIRGINIA
By C. HARDING WALKER, RECTOR
Attest: E. I. Carruthers, Secretary.
THE HOPKINS SOCIETY OF THE SIGMA NU FRATERNITY,
INCORPORATED
By THOMAS BRADLEY, PRESIDENT.
Attest: Donald T. Patterson, Secretary.
State of Virginia,
County of Northumberland to-wit:-
Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of said County.
I, H. M. Walker, Clerk of the Circuit Court in and
for the County aforesaid, State of Virginia, hereby
certify that C. Harding Walker, whose name is signed
to the foregoing writing, dated October 1st, 1927, has
acknowledged the same before me in my County aforesaid.
Given under my hand this 13th day of October 1927.
My term expires the 31st day of December, 1927.
H. M. WALKER, CLERK.
State of Virginia,
County of Albemarle, to-wit:-
I, Howard Winston, A Notary Public in and for the
County aforesaid, State of Virginia, hereby certify that
THOMAS BRADLEY, whose name is signed to the foregoing
writing, dated October 1st, 1927, has acknowledged
the same before me in my County aforesaid.
Given under my hand this 8th day of November, 1927.
My commission expires the 14th day of September 1929.
Notary Public.
| Board of Visitors minutes June 13, 1927 | |