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MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

PURCHASE OF JENKINS PROPERTY

The following resolution was adopteds

RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
that Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia be and is hereby authorized, subject to the
approval of the Governor, to purchase the Jenkins property, known as "Trench Hill," containing approximately
seven acres of land and the improvements thereon, and to pay a sum not exceeding $80,000 from
its operating fund, and upon execution of the deed, together with the certificate of title and abstract
approved by the attorney for the University, the proper officers of the Board are authorized and directed
to accept said deed, and make payment as herein set forth to the owner, and have said deed recorded.

LOT ADJOINING PROPOSED HEATING PLANT

The following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
that Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia be and is hereby authorized to purchase from
Mr. Edgar Bernard lot number eleven, in block number fifty, as shown on the plat of the Fredericksburg
Development Corporation, and to pay a sum not exceeding $1,750 from its operating fund, and upon execution
of the deed, together with certificate of title and abstract approved by the attorney for the University,
the proper officers of the Board are authorized and directed to accept said deed, and make payment
as herein set forth to the owner, and have said deed recorded.

PURCHASE OF A BUS

The following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
that Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia be and is hereby authorized to purchase a
bus to cost approximately $20,000 from Student Activity Funds which have been held in reserve for that
purpose, and that the Division of Purchase and Printing be consulted as to its purchase.

ENROLLMENT IN CLASSES

On motion made by Mr. Gay, the problem of student enrollment by classes at Mary Washington
College was referred for study to the Committee on Mary Washington College.

STUDENT BAND

Mr. Gay moved that the question of the advisability of maintaining a student band at Mary
Washington College which appears in other cities of the State be referred to the Committee on Mary
Washington College for study. The motion was adopted.

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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.