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USE OF UNIVERSITY CHAPEL

The President read to the Board a letter from Mr. Charles K. Woltz, written on behalf of
St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Charlottesville, which has been permitted to use
the University Chapel during the present session for its regular church services, requesting
an extension of this arrangement through the summer months and the 1954-55 session.

In the discussion which followed, it was noted by members of the Board that the officers
of the Lutheran congregation had expressed an intention of accommodating their use of the
Chapel to the needs of others, such as the Wesley Methodist Congregation. The Board adopted
the following resolution.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the Comptroller be and he is hereby authorized to grant on a conditional basis the
petition of the Congregation of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church for an extension of
the agreement for use of the University Chapel through June 1955, provided that the following
three conditions are agreed to be the Congregation. (1) The University reserves the right
to cancel the arrangement at any time upon thirty days' notice, (2) The University reserves
the right to cancel use of the Chapel by the Lutheran Congregation on any specific day when
such use may conflict with University needs, and (3) The Lutheran Congregation agrees not to
request any extension of the arrangement beyond June 1955, and understands that the University
is not willing to grant an extension beyond that date.