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 | Board of Visitors minutes November 11, 1949 |  |
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia was held on this date in the Office of the President of the University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia, with the following present: The Rector, Barron F. Black; President Colgate
W. Darden, Jr., of the University of Virginia; Visitors Anderson, Barksdale, Carrington, Garnett, Gay,
Gravatt, Howard, Mears, Trout, Wailes, and Willis. Absent: Dr. M. L. Combs, President of Mary Washington
College; Visitors Smith and Talbott.
The minutes of the meeting of October 14, 1949, which had been copied and mailed to the members,
were approved.
GIFTS
The President announced receipt of the following gifts.
| From the Charlottesville Kiwanis Club, for the purchase of children's invalid chairs for the Hospital |
$ 110.00 |
| From proceeds of the 1949 Medical School Show, to be added to the Harvey E. Jordan Lectureship Fund |
104.14 |
| From the General Education Board, for a survey of administrative practices of American libraries by Mr. Jack Dalton |
2,500.00 |
| From Dominion Theatres, Inc., to establish a loan fund for graduates of The Miller School |
1,893.60 |
| From the estate of the late Christopher G. Memminger, to be used for education in mechanical engineering, cash |
116,000.00 |
| and securities valued at | 186,775.00 |
RESIGNATIONS
The following resolutions were adopted.
RESOLVED that the resignation of Dr. Herbert D. Hebel, Associate Professor of Roentgenology,
be and the same is hereby accepted, effective January 1, 1950. We wish for him the
highest success in his new undertaking
RESOLVED that the resignation of Dr. Alfred R. Berkeley, Jr., Instructor in Orthopedics,
be and the same is hereby accepted, effective December 31, 1949. We wish for him the highest success
in his new undertaking.
Upon recommendation of the President, the following promotion and election were approved
PROMOTION
Dr. Fredson Thayer Bowers, promoted from Associate Professor to Professor of English, effective
November 1, 1949
ELECTION
Dr. Ernest G. Edwards, elected Instructor in Orthopedics, effective January 1, 1950.
RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF E. R. STETTINIUS, JR.
A committee was appointed to prepare a resolution in memory of Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.,
former Rector of the University, who died October 31, 1949. Members of the committee are Mr. Gay,
Chairman, and Mr. Talbott
MICHIE COMPANY SCHOLARSHIP PROPOSAL
The Board approved the proposal of The Michie Company of Charlottesville to establish a
scholarship which would be available to the son or daughter of an employee of the company. The
Rector was requested to write the donor. The Secretary was asked to express the appreciation of
the University for this gift.
MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The following resolution was adopted
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia
that interested alumni of the Department of Medicine of the University of Virginia met in
June, 1949, elected officers and initiated a program designed to establish and develop a permanent
association of the alumni of the Medical School of the University, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Visitors believes that the establishment of the permanent association
of the medical alumni of the University of Virginia will afford enlarged opportunity for its
members to render constructive and valuable service to the University and particularly to the
Medical School,
Now, therefore, upon the request of the officers of said association, elected as above
mentioned, and in order to encourage this endeavor and to foster its success,
Be it resolved that, in the event the dues and other contributions coming into the hands
of those who have taken the responsibility of developing and establishing said association of
medical alumni shall not be sufficient to meet the expenses incident thereto, the Board of Visitors
doth agree to make available from proper funds under its control, the sum of not exceeding Two
Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for any deficiency of expenses incurred by the officers of said association
as aforesaid for the year June, 1949 to June, 1950.
UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS
The following resolution was adopted
RESOLVED that approval be and is hereby given to charging off schedules 84-B, 84-D,
84-E, 86, and 87 of uncollectible hospital accounts, aggregating $47,673.43, recommended for cancellation
by the Hospital Accounts Committee.
ACCOUNT OF MRS. HAROLD HAUSENFLUCK
The account of Mrs. Harold Hausenfluck with the University Hospital, in the amount of
$1,188.65, was presented to the Board for instructions. The Board was in accord with the recommendation
of the Hospital Accounts Committee that the account be charged off.
MARY WASHINGTON DINING HALL ADDITION
The recommendation of the architects that contracts be awarded to the low bidders on an
addition to Seacobeck Hall was approved by the Board. The low bids are as follows
| General Construction - Mr. C. E. Nuckols | |
| Base Bid | $333,175.00 |
| Less Alternate B | 8,582.00 |
| Total | $324,593.00 |
| Refrigeration Equipment - Virginia Ice Machine Corporation | |
| Base Bid | $24,331.00 |
| Less Allowance for present equipment | 500.00 |
| Total | $23,831.00 |
REPORT OF SPECIAL MEDICAL COMMITTEE
The Board accepted with thanks the report of the Special Committee to Study Possibilities of
a New Medical Center, and directed that the recommendations of said committee be spread on the minutes
To Study Possibilities of a New Medical Center
The Committee presents the following report.
1. Whereas, all present recognized the fact that a new medical center would provide the
most desirable modern institution, the assembled Committee is of the unanimous opinion that without
substantial supplementary funds a new construction is not justified.
2. Whereas the Committee has been assured by Dr. Lippard that a modern functional institution
can be developed at the present location by increasing capacity, by providing additional equipment,
and by disposing of outmoded sections to be replaced by a new building, so constructed that
there may be future expansion through superimposing additional floors, the Committee recommends the
approval of the request for $9,000,000 for capital outlay for the development of the present Hospital
and Medical School in the following stages:
A. Development of Ward Building, increasing the capacity by 250 beds, at a roughly
estimated cost of $3,500,000.
B. Development of a central diagnostic service unit, including Out-Patient Department,
X-Ray Department, central Clinical Pathology and Laboratories, at a roughly estimated cost of $5,000,000.
C. Additional unit in the Medical School Building. General expansion of class rooms
and laboratories for pre-clinical medical sciences, at a roughly estimated cost of $1,000,000.
Presuming that the instruction as to a report on maintenance was related to the new medical
center, the Committee is making no report on maintenance, other than the suggestion that the general
question of maintenance may be deserving of further study
Hugh H. Trout, Sr., M.D.
Chairman
TUITION AND FEES
The Bursar presented data showing tuition at other universities requested by the Board at
its previous meeting, namely, University of Alabama, Harvard University, University of Maryland, University
of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Tulane University, Washington
and Lee University, and Yale University. He presented also a study of instructional costs in
the several departments of the University.
After careful consideration, the Board approved the following schedule of increases in
tuition and fees, to be effective in September 1950
SCHEDULE OF TUITION CHANGES EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1950
| Department | Tuition 1949-50 | Tuition 1950-51 |
| College | $350 | $450 |
| Medicine | 600 | 800[1] |
| Engineering | 350 | 450 |
| Education | 350 | 450 |
| Education | 275 | 450 |
| Department | Tuition 1949-50 | Tuition 1950-51 |
| Medicine | $350 | $400[3] |
| College | 150 | 160 |
| Engineering | 200 | 210 |
ALL LABORATORY FEES ARE TO BE ABOLISHED.
THE STUDENT HEALTH FEE WILL BE INCREASED TO $20.00 PER SESSION.
Law School Tuition
Action on an increase in tuition in the Department of Law was deferred until after a conference
between the President and the Law Alumni Association, scheduled for Friday, November 18.
The President was authorized, after this conference, to increase the Law School tuition if he
deemed it advisable. Mr. Darden asked for an expression of opinion by the Board concerning the
advisability of increasing this tuition, and it was the sense of the Board that the non-resident
tuition in the Department of Law should be increased by $100
APPOINTMENT OF INSTRUCTORS
A resolution was adopted authorizing the President to appoint instructors without securing
the approval of the Board
DEFINITION OF VIRGINIA STUDENT
The attention of the Board was directed to several cases in which certain students who,
it was believed, should be classified as Virginians were excluded from such status under present
regulations of the University. Because of the importance of this matter, it was deemed advisable
to appoint a special committee to study the problem and make recommendations to the Board. The
Rector was requested to appoint such a committee
CHRISTOPHER G. MEMMINGER FUND
The Rector was requested to write to the nearest Memminger relative and the trustees of
the Memminger Estate, expressing the appreciation of the University for the handsome gift
NCAA REGULATIONS
A mimeographed report prepared by Captain Pritchett on the NCAA Regulations with a proposed
statement to be submitted by the University was distributed to the members of the Board.
After discussion of this document and other related problems, a resolution was adopted requesting
the Athletics Committee to prepare a proposed amendment to the NCAA Code which would authorize
scholarships sufficient in amount to cover room, board, tuition and fees, and books for each recipient.
The Athletic Committee was requested to prepare the University's case for submission to
the NCAA meeting in January, and to join with the President in attending this meeting. A further
resolution was adopted requesting the Athletic Committee to associate with it Captain Pritchett,
Mr. Nicholas P. Wilson, and Mr. Gus Tebell. The Board requested this group to visit other institutions
in this section of the United States and ascertain whether or not they would support an
amendment to the NCAA Constitution, enlarging the scope of the scholarships authorized to include
room, board, tuition and fees, and books
President Darden stated that he would be leaving for India about the first of December
and would be unable to assist the committee in the preparation of the University's case, but he
would join them in New York upon his return and assist in every way possible in presenting the
matter to the NCAA meeting
DECEMBER BOARD MEETING
The Board adopted a resolution to hold the December meeting at a place and time to be determined
by the Rector, the place to be Fredericksburg if possible
On motion the meeting then adjourned
Rector
Secretary
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