 | Board of Visitors minutes September 12, 1947 |  |
MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS
The following elections, resignations, and leaves of absence were approved by the Board.
ELECTIONS
Philip James Allen as Professor of Sociology at a salary of $4,000 for the session of nine
months, tenure one year, incumbency to begin September 15, 1947.
Gaetano Cecere as Assistant Professor of Sculpture at a salary of $3,400 for the session of
nine months, tenure one year, incumbency to begin September 15, 1947.
Dr. Josiah Henry Combs as Professor of French at a salary of $4,500 for the session of nine
months, incumbency to begin September 14, 1947.
Julia Ellan Dietrich as Instructor in English at a salary of $2,500 for the session of nine
months, incumbency to begin September 15, 1947.
Dr. Susanne C. Engelmann as Associate Professor of German at a salary of $3,600 for the session
of nine months, incumbency to begin September 15, 1947.
Dr. Matila Ghyka as Visiting Professor of Art at a salary of $4,100 for the session of nine
months, tenure one year, incumbency to begin September 15, 1947.
Dr. Herbert Eugene Ketcham as Assistant Professor of French and Spanish at a salary of $3,450
for the session of nine months, tenure one year, incumbency to begin September 15, 1947.
Dr. James Francis Mormile as Associate Professor of Spanish and Italian at a salary of $3,600
for the session of nine months, incumbency to begin September 15, 1947.
Dr. Michael Erdelyi as Professor of Psychology at a salary of $4,100 for the session of nine
months, tenure one year, incumbency to begin September 15, 1947.
RESIGNATIONS
Dr. Raleigh Drake, Professor of Psychology, who had been at the college for seven years, resigned
to accept a position as Head of the Department of Psychology at Kent University, Ohio. His
reason for leaving Mary Washington was that his wife could be employed at Kent as an Assistant Professor
of Music.
Miss Lillie Turman, who had been Dean of Freshmen for ten years, resigned to accept the position
as Dean of Harcum Junior College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Reginald Arthur Kenney who had been elected as Assistant Professor of English a few weeks
ago, resigned his position because he could not secure satisfactory living quarters in Fredericksburg.
Dr. William Harrison Faulkner, Professor of German, resigned because of ill health.
William Luther McDermott, Assistant Professor of Art, resigned to accept the position as
full Professor and Head of the Department of Art at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Dr. Lee W. Ryan, Assistant Professor of Spanish, resigned to accept a full Professorship at
Hampden-Sidney College.
Miss Sallie B. Harrison, Associate Professor of Home Economics, resigned to accept a position
in Arlington County because her work in Home Economics would be discontinued after this year.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the request of Dr. Richard M. Kirby, Associate Professor of Economics and Business Administration,
for an extension of his Leave of Absence until September, 1948 be and the same is hereby granted.
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the request of Miss Elizabeth Wysor, Assistant Professor of Voice, for a Leave of Absence until
September, 1948 be and the same is hereby granted.
ELECTIVE COURSES IN EDUCATION
The following resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that in view of the critical shortage of public school teachers that Mary Washington College be and is
hereby permitted to retain two elective courses in education so as to enable graduates to secure the
Collegiate Professional Certificate, provided the Attorney General agrees that such procedure is
legal.
SALARY SCHEDULE
The following resolution regarding salary increases for the faculty members of Mary Washington
College was adopted.
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following salary schedule be and is hereby approved, effective for the session 1948-49, subject
to approval by the Governor.
| POSITION | PROPOSED SCHEDULE |
MERIT INCREMENT OF INCREASE |
OLD SCHEDULE[1] |
| Instructor | |||
| Minimum | $2,500.00 | $2,150.00 | |
| 2,650.00 | $150.00 | ||
| 2,800.00 | 150.00 | ||
| 2,950.00 | 150.00 | ||
| Maximum | 3,100.00 | 150.00 | 2,650.00 |
| Merit increases effective at 12 month intervals. | |||
| Assistant Professor | |||
| Minimum | 3,200.00 | 100.00 | 2,750.00 |
| 3,400.00 | 200.00 | ||
| 3,600.00 | 200.00 | ||
| 3,800.00 | 200.00 | ||
| Maximum | 4,000.00 | 200.00 | 3,250.00 |
| Merit increases effective at 24 month intervals. | |||
| Associate Professor | |||
| Minimum | 4,100.00 | 100.00 | 3,350.00 |
| 4,350.00 | 250.00 | ||
| 4,600.00 | 250.00 | ||
| 4,850.00 | 250.00 | ||
| Maximum | 5,100.00 | 250.00 | 3,750.00 |
| Merit increases effective at 24 month intervals. | |||
| Professor | |||
| Minimum | 5,200.00 | 100.00 | 3,850.00 |
| 5,500.00 | 300.00 | ||
| 5,800.00 | 300.00 | ||
| 6,100.00 | 300.00 | ||
| Maximum | 6,400.00 | 300.00 | 5,150.00 |
| Merit increases effective at 36 month intervals. | |||
The Bonus payable at the time this schedule was approved has been added to present a
more accurate comparison.
INTERNAL BUDGET
The Board went into Executive Session and adopted the following resolution
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
the Internal Budget as submitted for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, be and the same is hereby approved,
with the following modifications, which are subject to approval by the Governor and Director of
the Budget:
1. That the expense of the View Book be assumed by the College and included in expenditures
for printing, if possible.
2. That the budget submitted for the biennium 1948-50 be approved with the following annual
increases in salary:
President Morgan L. Combs from $8,370 to $9,000.
Dean Edward A. Alvey from $6,144 to $6,500.
Treasurer, Edgar E. Woodward, from $5,508 to $6,100.
Student Counselor, Mrs. N. Bushnell, from $3,638.40 to $4,200.
Librarian, Carrol H. Quenzel, from $4,444.80 (12 mo.) to $5,444.80.
Director of Admissions, A. A. Charles, be granted an increase of $400 for
administrative duties.
BIENNIAL BUDGET
The biennial budget was submitted and approved, subject to approval by the State Budget Director
and the Governor.
NEW WATER TANK
The following resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
the contract with the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company for the erection of a new metal elevated water
storage tank for the sum of $26,850 be and is hereby approved. The City of Fredericksburg has tentatively
agreed to assume half of the cost of the erection of this tank in view of the fact that the tank will be
used to supply water for a small section of the city west of College Avenue.
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
President Combs presented operating statements of the college for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1947, for the information of the Board.
LEASE OF BETTY LEVIS HALL
The following resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that a new lease for Betty Lewis Hall for a five-year period ending September 14, 1952, at an annual
rental of $7,143.75 be and hereby is approved.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, the same was adjourned after a
motion to that effect had been made, seconded, and carried.
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
Rector
Secretary
| Board of Visitors minutes September 12, 1947 | |