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MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

NAMING OF BUILDINGS

The following resolutions were adopted.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the new infirmary building at Mary Washington College be named in honor of Dr. Hugh Mercer,
and as customary, that the college be authorized to install a bronze plaque carrying the name of the
building and other appropriate information.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the central unit of the new Fine Arts Group now under construction at Mary Washington College be
and is hereby named Jesse Ball duPont in honor of Mrs. Alfred I. duPont in recognition of her generosity
and deep interest in the college.

NROTC UNIT OF WAVES

President Combs stated that inquiries had been received by the college as to whether or not
the Board of Visitors would entertain the establishment of a Naval ROTC Unit of Waves at Mary Washington
College, should the Navy desire to establish same. Whereupon a resolution was adopted by the
Board approving the establishment of such a unit should it be asked by the Navy.

BUDGET CALENDAR

The question of a calendar for the Mary Washington budget was deferred until the March meeting.

BIDS ON PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND CLASSROOM BUILDING

Bids as follows were received on the Physical Education and Classroom Building:

               

Irons and Reynolds		$687,500
Alternate A - Omit Dormitory Windows	$3,468
Alternate B - Omit remote control of Electric Work	400	3,868
		$683,632
R. H. Wattinger		$725,000
Alternate A - Omit Dormitory Windows	$3,000
Alternate B - Omit remote control of Electric Work	400	3,400
		$721,600

The above building contains 633,500 cubic feet. The low bid received was $1.07 per cubic foot.

President Combs did not recommend the acceptance of these bids. He did suggest an appearance
be made before the Governor to ask release of a part of the conditional appropriation for
the Science Building, to finance the Physical Education Building. However, President Darden discouraged
this, because he recited a recent discussion he had with Governor Battle in which the
Governor stated flatly that he could not release these conditional funds.

President Combs was instructed to reject the above bids. The appropriation for the
above building amounts to $300,000. President Combs stated that he believed the school could finance
a loan of $150,000 on this building, but an additional $300,000 would still be needed. He
suggested that the Governor be asked to release a part of the conditional appropriation for the
Science Building to finance this structure. The matter was referred to the Mary Washington Committee
to decide which building should be constructed first; the Mary Washington Committee was then
asked to refer the financing of the building to the Finance Committee.

The meeting was then adjourned.