University of Virginia Library

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 Mary Washington
College, Fredericksburg, Virginia, with the following present. The Rector, Barron F. Black, President
Colgate W. Darden, Jr., of the University of Virginia, Dr. M. L. Combs, President of Mary
Washington College, Visitors Barksdale, Emmett, Gay, Gravatt, Howard, Mears, Mr. Smith, Wailes,
and Wheeler. Absent: Visitors Carrington, Coxe, Mrs. Smith, and Talbott.

The minutes of the meeting of April 10, 1953, which had been copied and mailed to the
members, were approved.

GIFTS

The President reported receipt of the following gifts and grants

                           

From the Deering-Milliken Foundation, for equipment for the school of Engineering	$10,000.00
From the Eli Lilly Company, for research in Internal Medicine	3,000.00
From Mr. John Puryear, Class of 1913, for the Hospital	200.00
From Mr. F. H. McGovern, for purchase of books for the Medical Library	250.00
From the Department of the Army, for continued research in physics under Dr. F. L. Hereford	11,950.00
From the Department of the Army, facilities contract for research in the department of physics	28,700.00
From the Department of the Army, for continued research in microbiology, under Dr. A. E. Feller	7,500.00
From the Department of the Army, for continued research in Biochemistry, under Dr. Alfred Chanutin	38,305.00
From the Department of the Navy, for continued research in physics, under Dr. J. W. Beams	$79,000.00
From the Department of the Army, for research in physics, under Dr. J. W. Beams	3,100.00
From the National Science Foundation, for research in mathematics, under Dr. Edward J. McShane	7,600.00
From the Department of the Army, for research in chemistry, under Dr. Robert E. Lutz	15,325.00
From the National Bureau of Standards, for continued research in Engineering, under Professor R. M. Hubbard	15,000.00
From the National Bureau of Standards, for cintinued research in Engineering, under Professor J. C. Mace	60,000.00

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

The following resolutions were adopted by the Board:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Dr. Vincent Hollander, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, be and he is
hereby granted leave of absence without pay for military duty.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Dr. James N. Dent, Associate Professor of Zoology, be and he is hereby granted
leave of absence without pay for the session of 1953-54 to accept an appointment at the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Dr. Frank W. Finger, Associate Professor of Psychology, be and he is hereby granted
leave of absence without pay for the session of 1953-54 to accept a Ford Foundation fellowship.

RESIGNATION

The Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that the resignation of Dr. Arthur Ebbert, Jr., Instructor in Internal Medicine, be and
it is hereby accepted as of June 30, 1953. He is leaving to take a position in the Yale School
of Medicine. We wish for him the highest success in his new undertaking.

RETIREMENT

Dr. Edwin P. Lehman, Professor of Surgery, is retiring as of September 1, 1953, because
of poor health. He has been on the University staff for twenty-five years. We wish for him a
restoration of his health and many years of happiness in his retirement.

PROMOTIONS

The following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following promotions be and they are hereby made:

Dr. E. D. V. Nicoll, Instructor to Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, as of
July 1, 1953.

Dr. Desmond R. H. Gourley, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Pharmacology,
as of September 1, 1953.

Dr. Edwin J. Swineford, Instructor to Acting Assistant Professor of Education, as of
July 1, 1952.

Major Graves H. MacDowall, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Military Science
and Tactics.

ELECTIONS

The following resolutions were adopted:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Mr. John Markell Stacey be and he is hereby elected Director of the Hospital, effective
May 18, 1953.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Mr. Richard S. Mitchell be and he is hereby elected Assistant Professor of Geology
for one year beginning in September, 1953.

APPOINTMENT

The Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Major Norman S. Slater be and he is hereby appointed Associate Professor of Military
Science and Tactics, effective about June 15, 1953, at no salary from the University. This is a
replacement for Major Rosenthal.

CHANGES IN TITLE

The Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the following changes in title be and they are hereby made, effective as of this date.

Dr. Alexander D. Fraser, from Professor of Classical Archaeology and History to Professor
of Classical History and Antiquities.

Dr. Arthur F. Stocker, from Associate Professor of Ancient Languages to Associate Professor
of Classics.

Mr. James S. Constantine, from Assistant Professor of Latin and Greek to Assistant Professor
of Classics.

UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS

The following resolution was adopted by the Board:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the Hospital Accounts Committee be and it is hereby authorized to charge off as uncollectible
accounts schedules 356, 359, and 360, aggregating $34,400.84, recommended by them for cancellation.

DEAN OF ENGINEERING

The Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the appointment of Professor Charles Henderson as Dean of the School of Engineering, which was
made for two years beginning in September, 1951, be and it is hereby continued for another period
of two years, effective in September, 1953.

The President pointed out that he planned to appoint Mr. Lawrence Quarles Assistant Dean
of the Engineering School, and that upon Mr. Henderson's retirement as Dean, two years hence when
he reached the age of 65, he would propose the appointment of Mr. Quarles to succeed Dean Henderson.

PROFESSOR JOHN L. FULMER

President Darden made a brief report concerning the above member of the College Faculty.
He stated that no action is required at this time and that the matter would probably come to the
Board at a later date.

ENDOWMENT FUNDS

The Secretary was requested to make copies of a letter from the State Budget Director concerning
the budgeting of all such funds, and send copies to the members of the Finance Committee.
The Board requested the Finance Committee to study the matter and make recommendations to the
Board.

LAW ALUMNI

At the last meeting of the Board, the President was requested to discuss with the representatives
of the Law Alumni the question of whether they would support a general increase for the
faculty at the next session of the Legislature. The President reported that he had talked with the
Law Alumni representatives at some length. What they desired to do was to set a precedent with one
member of the Law Faculty at $12,500. The President stated that in the budget which was being sent
to the Finance Committee this weekend, he was proposing a total salary for Dean Ribble of $12,500.
The Law Alumni agreed to join with the University in seeking an increase in the salary scale of the
College, Engineering and Law Schools

The President stated that he believed that through the Alumni sufficient money could be
raised to attain the goal sought by the Law Alumni for the session 1953-54

ATHLETIC COMMITTEE

In the absence of Mr. Talbott, Mr. Gay spoke for the Committee. He reported that he has
been asked by Mr. Talbott to confer with Mr. Coleman Wortham, President of the Student Aid Foundation,
concerning the proposal of the Student Aid Foundation that the grants-in-aid to athletes be made with
the stipulation that funds will be taken away if a student does not maintain his academic standing
and fails to participate in all sports in which he is asked to participate by the athletic officers
of the University. Mr. Wortham informed Mr. Gay that to secure athletes in competition with other
schools, it is necessary to make an offer of a four-year grant and that unless the above stipulation
was obtained, a student could simply refuse to participate and there would be no way to take the
grant away from him

Mr. Black stated that some of the Student Aid officers felt that such a stipulation was
not necessary. He objected to it on the grounds that (1) it was not necessary as only one student
has ever refused to participate, and (2) if the Board permitted such a regulation in the University
requirements, we would not be in conformity with the rules of the NCAA and, hence, would have to
resign or be "kicked out".

After considerable discussion, Mr. Gay was asked to confer with representatives of the
Student Aid Foundation and secure in writing proposed regulations of the group, which the University
would submit to the NCAA and secure a ruling as to whether or not such regulations would conform
to the requirements of the NCAA.

VINCENT ESTATE

The Board adopted the following resolution granting a right-of-way to the Southern Natural
Gas Company over property, a one-half interest in which is owned by the Succession of Hugh E. Vincent

"WHEREAS, Trinity Church, the Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund and the University
of Virginia are the three Naked Owners under the will of the late Hugh E. Vincent of the one-half
interest of that estate in the property described in the following paragraphs, and

WHEREAS, under date April   , 1953, the Succession of Hugh E. Vincent, through Mildred
Saffold Vincent, Testamentary Executrix and Edmund E. Richardson, Jr., Testamentary Executor, and
Mildred Saffold Vincent, Usufructuary, entered into an agreement with the Southern Natural Gas
Company, in which there was granted to that company a right-of-way for a pipe line and its

accessories over and through a tract of land 70 feet in width and lying within the following
described lands in Orleans Parish, Louisiana

and

WHEREAS, all of said parties have now requested this institution to join the other two
Naked Owners of the property under the will of the late Hugh E. Vincent in signing at the foot
of the above described grant, a statement and agreement reading.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Wayne G. Borah of New Orleans, Louisiana, as the
representative of this institution, be and he hereby is authorized, empowered and directed to
join the other two Naked Owners in signing the above described statement and agreement at the
foot of said grant."

MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

RESIGNATION

Miss Jane Grier Bell, Instructor in Physical Education, resigned to accept another
position nearer her home

PROMOTION

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Miss Marion Chauncey, Assistant Professor of Music, be and she is hereby promoted
to Associate Professor, effective September 1953, with a minimum salary of $4,200 for the academic
year

SALARY INCREASE

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Dr. Clifton McIntosh, Associate Professor of Spanish, be and he is hereby granted
the $300 cost of living increase effective September, 1953.

SPEECH CORRECTION PROGRAM

President Darden reported that tentative plans had been made between the Dean of Mary
Washington and the Faculty of the University to enable a few girls interested in taking work in
speech correction to spend their fourth year in Charlottesville and to receive a degree from
Mary Washington

After considerable discussion of the proposal, the establishment of such a program was
approved in principle, with the details left to be worked out by the respective schools. Mr. Gay
stated that he thought the Act establishing Mary Washington as a liberal arts college and making
it institutionally a part of the University contemplated that young women students would be
educated at Fredericksburg and not at Charlottesville, and that in his opinion it was unwise to
admit undergraduate females in the College at the University. He expressed himself as being
strongly in favor of the preservation of the University as a school for men, and to put into effect
the proposed proposal would be merely another step in the program of coordination, to which he was
unalterably opposed

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On motion the meeting was then adjourned.