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MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

PRESIDENT OF HONOR COUNCIL

A proposal submitted by the President of the Senior Class, who acts as Honor Council
President, and the President of Student Government, was presented by Dr. Combs as follows

"We, the Honor Council and student body of Mary Washington College of the University of
Virginia, do hereby propose that the President of the Honor Council be elected by the entire student
body. She shall be a member of the Senior Class and shall hold no other major office. Under
our present system, the President of the Senior Class automatically becomes President of the Honor
Council."

The proposal was approved as presented.

MENDEL MUSEUM

Mrs. Wailes, Chairman of the Mary Washington Committee, was unable to be present but
sent a message that the Committee had had no success in securing aid from foundations for the purchase
of the Mendel collection. President Combs recommended that Dr. Iltis upon his retirement
be appointed curator of the museum. This recommendation was not approved.

In view of the importance of the museum to the college, it was deemed advisable to
attempt to work out a proposal for retention of the museum at Mary Washington. Whereupon the following
resolution was adopted.

BE IT RESOLVED that President Combs be and he is hereby authorized to employ Mrs. Hugo
Iltis as curator of the Mendel Museum for one year, this appointment to take effect upon the retirement
of Professor Iltis, at such compensation as the Board may hereafter approve

NAMING OF BUILDINGS

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the Student Activities Building now under construction at Mary Washington College be
and the same is hereby named in honor of Ann Carter Lee, the mother of General Robert E. Lee

The naming of the Fine Arts Building and the Music Building was referred to the Mary
Washington Committee. President Combs stated that the name of Gari Melcher had been suggested
for the Art Building and John Garland Pollard for the Music Building

LOCATION OF NEW DORMITORY

President Combs stated that an appropriation had been received from the Legislature for
a new dormitory, which in the master plan for the College was shown opposite the Administration
Building. He requested approval of the Board for its location at this site, whereupon a resolution
approving same was adopted.

President Combs stated that the building now located on this site would be moved part
way down the hill to another location. This proposal was approved, with the proviso that the
building be torn down instead, should the cost of moving it prove too high

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On motion the meeting was then adjourned.