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MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

RESIGNATIONS

Mrs. Mildred B. Sollenberger, instructor in speech and radio, resigned on account of poor
health

Miss Jean Reid, instructor in home economics, resigned to be married

RETIREMENT

Dr. Hugo Iltis, professor of biology, is retiring at the age of seventy.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the request of Miss Josephine Hubbell, instructor in health and physical education, for
a leave of absence for the session 1952-53 be and the same is hereby granted

ENROLLMENT

President Combs reported that the total enrollment for the current session of full-time
students is approximately 1,200. The enrollment for next session is quite encouraging. For in
stance, at this time last year there was a total of 277 new students enrolled. For session 1952-53
the enrollment of new students to date is 546 - an increase of 269 or approximately one hundred per
cent over the enrollment of new students at this time last year.

REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION OF ACADEMIC GRADES

A mimeographed report on the distribution of academic grades for the first semester of
1951-52 was distributed to members of the Board

REPORT ON CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS

President Combs reported that the work on the Fine Arts Center and the Student Activities
Building is progressing according to plan. The Fine Arts Center is expected to be completed during
the summer and the Student Activities Building will be completed some time in December

NEW DORMITORIES

President Combs stated that Governor Battle had authorized a $20,000 appropriation for
preparation of preliminary drawings for a new women's dormitory, so that if the 1952 Legislature
approved a request for funds for this building, construction could get under way without too great
delay. These preliminary drawings had been submitted to the Art Commission, the members of which
came to Mary Washington and reviewed the plans and the location of the building. At an earlier date
the Art Commission had approved a master plan for Mary Washington with a dormitory located at this
particular site. The Art Commission disapproved of: (1) the proposed location of this building,
(2) the size of the building, both the fact that it was a four-story building and that too many
girls would occupy it, and (3) the design and structure of the building.

President Combs pointed out that the architects had planned a four-story structure because
the fourth story could be added at a cost for each girl housed of $2,200, whereas the cost for a
three-story structure would amount to $3,000 per student

President Combs stated that the architects were working on a substitute design which would
provide two buildings in place of the one which had originally been designed, but that it would cost
an additional $125,000 to house the same number of girls.

The Board referred this matter to the Mary Washington Committee with the request that the
Committee meet as soon as possible and prepare a written report setting forth both viewpoints concerning
this matter.

ADMISSIONS POLICY

President Combs stated that admission to the summer session had been denied two Negro
teachers from Bowling Green, Virginia, on the grounds that comparable offerings were available at
Virginia State College.

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On motion the meeting was then adjourned