University of Virginia Library

The annual meeting of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia was held on this
date at 10:00 a.m. in the Office of the President of the University, at Charlottesville, with
the following present. The Rector, Barron F. Black, President Colgate W. Darden, Jr., Visitors
Barksdale, Berkeley, Coxe, Dunn, Emmett, Gravatt, Gray, Hartfield, Howard, McWane, Mears,
Pollock Mr. Smith, and Mrs. Smith. Absent: Visitors Talbott and Wheeler

The minutes of the meeting of 8 April 1955, previously distributed, were approved

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

The Board reelected the Executive Committee, with the addition of Judge Barksdale, and the
Rector appointed the standing committees for 1955-56 as follows

                                                       

Executive Committee	Mr. Black, Chairman
	Mr. Mears
	Mr. Talbott
	Judge Barksdale
Finance Committee	Mr. Mears, Chairman
	Mr. Talbott
	Mr. Gray
Buildings and Grounds Committee	Mrs. Smith Chairman
	Judge Barksdale
	Mr. McWane
	Mr. Berkeley
Mary Washington College Committee	Mr. Howard, Chairman
	Mrs. Smith
	Miss Wheeler
	Miss Dunn
	Mr. McWane
Athletics Committee	Mr. Talbott, Chairman
	Mr. Coxe
	Mr. Mears
	Mr. Berkeley
	Dr. Pollock
Medical Committee	Dr. Emmett, Chairman
	Mr. Smith
	Mr. Coxe
	Mrs. Smith
Student Activities Committee	Mr. Gravatt, Chairman
	Judge Barksdale
	Col. Hartfield

GIFTS AND GRANTS

The President reported the following gifts and grants

                                                                                   

From Dr. A. G. A. Balz, to be added to the balz Philosophy Fund	$ 500.00
From the University Hospital Auxiliary, to be used for the hospital	2,212.20
From Mrs. Goldie M. Allen, for the Cerebral Palsy Clinic	100.00
From various sources, to be added to the Mary Milligan Memorial Fund	125.00
From the Seven Society, for the Seven Society Speaker's Fund	17.77
From Colonel John R. Fox, books valued at	222.00
From Mr. and Mrs. William H. White, Jr., securities added to the Mary Stamps Suhling Cancer Fund, valued at	4,190.00
From Mr. Frank A. McDonnell, for the Engineering School	150.00
From Dr. P. F. Litvak, for the Medical School	500.00
From an anonymous donor, to the Department of Foreign Affairs to be used to pay the honorarium for the Michalowski Lectures	300.00
From Miss Lucille Tuttle, a collection from the library of the late Professor Stephen D. Tuttle, valued at	1,312.72
An anonymous gift from a New York alumnus its purpose to be designated later, securities valued at	23,053.60
From the W. K. McClure Foundation, to the Department of Foreign Affairs to be used for the study of world affairs	150.00
From the Student Aid Foundation, for athletic grants-in aid	9,648.53
From the Albemarle Tuberculosis Association, for equipment for the Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory	1,320.00
From Rotary International, to the Department of Foreign Affairs for round-table forums on international affairs	456.90
From the American Cyanamid Company for medical research fellowships	1,200.00
From the Alumni Fund, contributions made through that office for the following.
Faculty Salaries	17,876.51
Alderman Library	880.95
School of Education (summer school)	1,000.00
Medical School	7,378.00
Cross Fraternity Scholarship Fund	2,500.00
Department of Foreign Affairs	63,455.28
Sundry	11,807.89
From the Department of the Army, for research in chemistry under the direction of Dr. Lutz	8,975.00
From the Research Corporation, for research in chemistry under the direction of Dr. Loren G. Hepler	1,600.00
From the Smith, Kline and French Foundation, for research under the direction of Dr. William Parson, Department of Internal Medicine	4,000.00
From the Department of the Air Force, for research in physics under the direction of Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau	33,022.32
From the Department of the Navy, for research in physics under the direction of Dr. Nicolas Cabrera	4,758.00
From the National Institute of Health, for research under the direction of Dr. W. H. Muller, of the School of Medicine	18,543.00
From the Virginia Tuberculosis Association for research under the direction of Dr. Q. N. Myrvik, of the School of Medicine	1,000.00
From the Ford Foundation, for a conference on training for foreign service, under the direction of the Department of Foreign Affairs	2,500.00
From the Johns Hopkins University, for research in engineering under the direction of Prof. L. R. Quarles	$ 16,500.00
From the Atomic Energy Commission for research in physics under the direction of Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau	20,000.00
From the Department of the Navy, for research in psychology under the direction of Dr. F. A. Geldard	25,500.00
From the Department of the Navy, for research in physics under the direction of Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau	22,500.00
From the National Institute of Health, for research under the direction of Dr. William Parson, of the School of Medicine	12,960.00
From the Department of State, for a training program for Japanese students	24,350.00
From the Department of the Army, for continued research in psychology under the direction of Dr. R. H. Henneman	45,734.00
From the Department of the Army, for research under the direction of Prof. J. C. Mace, of the School of Engineering	70,000.00
From Berkeley Scientific, for research under the direction of Prof. R. M. Hubbard, of the School of Engineering	3,500.00

RETIREMENT OF PROFESSOR WHITE

Dr. Orland Emile White, Professor of Agricultural Biology and Director of the Blandy
Experimental Farm, will retire at the end of the session of 1954-55. He has been on the staff
of the University since 1927

The Secretary was directed to convey to Dr. White the good wishes of the Board for many years
of happiness in his retirement

CHANGE 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 title of Mrs. Isabel H. Neely, Associate Professor of Nursing, be and it is hereby
changed to Lecturer in Nursing as of February 1, 1955

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

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 following faculty members be and they are hereby granted leave of absence without pay.

Dr. Edward James McShane, Professor of Mathematics, for the session of 1955-56, in order to
accept Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships for study abroad

Mr. John F. Gange, Professor of Foreign Affairs, for the session of 1955-56, to accept a
Ford Foundation fellowship

Mr. Howard W. Nicholson, Assistant Professor of Economics, for the session of 1955-56, to
accept a one-year teaching assignment at the University of California

Dr. Charles Antoine Micaud, Associate Professor of Foreign Affairs, for the session of 195556,
to conduct a series of seminars and for study in France under the auspices of the Ford
Foundation

Mr. Cummins E. Speakman, Acting Assistant Professor of Foreign Affairs for the session of
1955-56, to continue at the American University of Beirut

Dr. John W. Eldridge, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering for the session of 1955-56,
to take a position in industry

RESIGNATIONS

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the resignations of the following faculty members be and they are hereby accepted

Dr. David McCord Wright, Professor of Economics, as of the end of the session of 1954-55,
to take a position at McGill University

Dr. Francis Greenfield Lankford, Jr. Professor of Education, to become President of
Longwood College

Dean Lindley J. Stiles, of the School of Education to become Dean of the School of
Education at the University of Wisconsin

Dr. David W. Bierhorst, Assistant Professor of Biology, to accept a position at Cornell
University

Miss Mary Sue Johnston, Instructor in Nursing, as of June 1, 1955

Mr. Earl R. Boggs, Associate Professor of Education to take a position at Longwood College

Mr. Charles Henderson, Professor of Experimental Engineering, is resigning his position as
Dean of the School of Engineering, but will continue to serve in his professorial capacity

We wish for them the highest success in their new undertakings

APPOINTMENTS

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 appointments be and they are hereby made

Professor F. S. Kaulback, to the newly established McIntire Undergraduate School of
Commerce as Professor and Director of the School. Messrs. D. D. Drysdale, D. B. Moyer, R. M.
Musselman and Knox Turnbull as Lecturers, and Mr. J. E. Gibson as Instructor in the McIntire
Undergraduate School of Commerce for the session of 1955-56

Dr. Walter S. Flory, to be Curator of the Orland Emile White Arboretum at the Blandy
Experimental Farm

In accordance with the resolution adopted by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors
of the University of Virginia on July 14, 1945, authorizing the President to give the proper
professorial standing on the faculty to officers of the armed services on duty at the University
of Virginia in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, the President announced the
following appointments:

Colonel Harry R. Page, as Professor of Air Science and Tactics, effective in the summer of
1955, at no salary from the University. This is a replacement for Colonel Logan

Lieutenant Eugene J. Robinson, USNR, as Assistant Professor of Naval Science, effective in
the summer of 1955, at no salary from the University

ELECTIONS

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 following persons be and they are hereby elected to the
faculty:

Mr. John W. Whelan, as Acting Assistant Professor of Law for the session of 1955-56, at a
session salary of $6,200.00

Mr. John W. McNair Jr., as Instructor in Civil Engineering for the session of 1955-56, at a
salary of $4,000.00

Mr. James Rodney Schlesinger, as Assistant Professor of Economics for three years, beginning
in September, at a session salary of $5,000.00

Mr. Daniel L. Gibbes, Jr., as Part-time Instructor in History for the session of 1955-56, at
a salary of $625.00

Mr. James Douglas Smith, as Part-time Instructor in History for the session of 1955-56, at a
salary of $625.00

Mr. R. Dabney Chapman, as Part-time Instructor in History for the session of 1955-56, at a
salary of $625.00

Mr. Edgar Lowell Steele, as Part-time Instructor in Chemistry for the session of 1955-56, at
a salary of $3,500.00

Mr. Frisby Davis Smith, as Assistant Professor of Education for one year, beginning in
September, 1955, at a session salary of $5,000.00

Mr. James J. Jones, as Assistant Professor of Education for a period of three years, beginning
in September, 1955, at a session salary of $5,500.00

Miss Frances Hall, as Assistant Instructor in Nursing Arts, as of June 1, 1955

Mrs. Mary DeLacey Wheeler, as Assistant Instructor in Nursing for two months, beginning
June 13, 1955

Dr. Marvin Rosenblum, as Acting Assistant Professor of Mathematics for the session of 1955-56,
at a session salary of $5,000.00.

Dr. Charles Lester Clark, as Visiting Professor of Mathematics for the session of 1955-56, at
a salary of $7,800. This is a replacement for Professor McShane, who will be on leave

Dr. W. Dean Warren, as Instructor in Surgery, effective July 1, 1955, at a salary of $7,500,
$3,000 of which will be derived from a vacancy in the budget and the remainder from operating
expenses

Dr. Mariano Cooper, as Instructor in Orthopedics, at a salary of $5,500 per year, effective
July 1, 1955, to be paid from departmental earnings

Dr. Sun Hak Choy, as Instructor in Pathology, effective July 1, 1955, at a salary of $5,700
per year, $3,800 of which is to be paid from State funds and $1,900 from departmental funds

Dr. James C. Respess, as Instructor in Internal Medicine, as of July 1, 1955, at a yearly
salary of $7,200, to be paid from the Preventorium

Dr. Douglas William Eastwood, as Professor of Anesthesiology and Chairman of the Department
of Anesthesiology, effective September 1, 1955, at a salary of $20,000 a year, $10,000 of which
will come from the Medical School and Hospital Budgets. He will be expected to earn $5,000 from
fees, and the additional $5,000 or any part thereof which he fails to earn will be made up from
the National Fund for Medical Education

Dr. David E. Smith, as Professor of Pathology, as of August 1, 1955, at a salary of
$12,000 per year

Dr. John Edward Fitzgerald, as Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, effective July 1, 1955,
at a salary of $6,800

Mr. W. P. Walker, as Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering for three years at a
session salary of $5,000.00

Mr. A. W. Zelomek, as Part-time Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Business
Administration for one year at a salary of $3,500.00.

Mr. C. Venable Minor, as University Attorney and Special Counsel to the Rector and Visitors
at an annual salary of $2,400.

RE-ELECTIONS

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 faculty members be and they are hereby re-elected, their original appointments
having expired at the end of this session:

Dr. F. J. Crigler, Clinical Assistant Professor of Opthalmology, for three years.

Dr. Charles A. Finnegan, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, for three years.

Miss Catherine Russell, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, for three years.

Dr. Wesley A. Volk, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, for three years.

Mr. Donald Lee Reid, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, for three years.

Mr. James Hubert Gary, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, for three years

Mr. Theodore Turner, Assistant Professor of Art, for three years.

Mr. Donald M. MacInnis, Assistant Professor of Music, for three years.

Mr. Malcolm B. McCoy, Assistant Professor of Speech, for three years.

Mr. Albert C. Murdaugh, Lecturer in Foreign Affairs, for one year.

Mr. S. Walter Washington, Lecturer in Foreign Affairs, for one year.

Mr. Rouhollah Ramazani, Lecturer in Foreign Affairs, for one year.

Dr. Shao Chuan Leng, Assistant Professor of Foreign Affairs, for three years.

Miss Mary Virginia Willson, Assistant Professor of Education, for one year.

Mr. W. Lester Wilson, Acting Assistant Professor of English at the Clinch Valley Branch,
for one year.

Mrs. O. K. Campbell, Instructor in Business and Commercial Education, for one year, at the
Clinch Valley Branch.

Dr. Guy F. Hollifield, Instructor in Medicine and Social and Environmental Medicine, for
one year.

Dr. Paul M. Gross, Jr., Assistant Professor of Chemistry, for three years.

Dr. Marvin Colker, Instructor in Classics, for one year.

Mr. Chester W. Bain, Acting Assistant Professor of Political Science, for one year.

Mr. Louis J. Halle, Jr., as Research Professor of Foreign Affairs, for one year.

PROMOTIONS

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 promotions in rank be and they are hereby made:

Dr. McLemore Birdsong, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, to Professor of Pediatrics, as
of July 1, 1955.

Dr. Kenneth R. Crispell, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Internal Medicine,
as of July 1, 1955.

Dr. Lester A. Wilson, Jr., Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, as of July 1, 1955.

Mr. Stanislaw J. Makielski, Associate Professor of Architecture, to Professor of
Architecture, as of September, 1955.

Mr. Wendell E. Malbon, Instructor, to Assistant Professor of Engineering Mathematics, for
three years as of September, 1955, at a salary of $4,450.00.

Mr. Calvin Deam, Acting Assistant Professor, to Assistant Professor of Education, as of
February, 1955, for two years.

Dr. Allan Mounter, Acting Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, to Assistant Professor,
effective May 1, 1955, for three years.

Mr. A. L. Shuster, Lecturer in Education, to Assistant Professor of Education, for three
years, as of September, 1955.

Dr. B. J. Chandler, Assistant Professor of Education, to Associate Professor of Education,
at a salary of $6,000.

Mr. Theodore W. Gibson, Acting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, to Assistant Professor
of Mathematics in the Clinch Valley Branch for two years.

Mr. Joseph C. Vance, Acting Assistant Professor of History, to Assistant Professor of
History in the Clinch Valley Branch, for two years.

Mr. Joseph C. Smiddy, Instructor in Biology, to Acting Assistant Professor of Biology in the
Clinch Valley Branch, for one year.

Dr. Anna Irene Miller, Instructor to Acting Assistant Professor of English in the Clinch
Valley Branch for one year.

Dr. Horton H. Hobbs, Jr., Associate Professor to Professor of Biology, as of September, 1955.

Dr. John S. Belew, Acting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, to Assistant Professor of
Chemistry for one year, as of September, 1955.

Mr. Wayne A. Wallace, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Geography as of
September, 1955.

Dr. Matthew Volm, Assistant Professor of German, to Associate Professor as of September,
1955.

Dr. Charles J. Bishko, Associate Professor to Professor of History, as of September, 1955.

Dr. Frank W. Finger, Associate Professor, to Professor of Psychology as of September, 1955.

Mr. David W. Weiss, Jr., Acting Assistant Professor to Assistant Professor of Drama for two
years, as of September, 1955.

Mr. Frank S. Kaulback, Associate Professor, to Professor and Director of the McIntire
Undergraduate School of Commerce, as of July 1, 1955.

Professor T. K. Fitz Patrick, to Dean of the School of Architecture as of July 1, 1955.

Dr. Lawrence Reginald Quarles, Professor of Electrical Engineering to Dean of the School
of Engineering.

Mr. George B. Zehmer, Professor of Education and Director of the Extension Division, to
Professor of Education and Dean of Extension.

Mr. Olen Kenneth Campbell, Director of the Clinch Valley Branch and Assistant Professor of
Education, to Acting Dean and Acting Associate Professor of Education in the Clinch Valley
Branch for one year.

Dr. Oscar A. Thorup, Jr., from Instructor to Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, as
of July 1, 1955.

Mr. John C. Sheffield, Acting Assistant Professor of Education, to Assistant Professor of
Education for two years, as of September, 1955.

Dr. Douglas S. Ward, to be Acting Dean of the School of Education for the session of 1955-56.

UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS

The Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the Hospital Accounts Committee be and they are hereby authorized to charge of as uncollectible
accounts Schedules 525, 528, 529, 533, 536 and 537, aggregating $43,003.28, as
recommended by them.

ARBORETUM AT BLANDY FARM NAMED FOR WHITE

The Board resolved, as a mark of the high esteem in which Dr. Orland Emile White is held
and in gratitude for his distinguished services to the University, that the Arboretum at the
Blandy Experimental Farm be named The Orland Emile White Arboretum.

The Board resolved further that Dr. Walter S. Flory be appointed Curator of The Orland
Emile White Arboretum as noted above.

CHRISTIAN ESTATE, DISCHARGE OF CLAIM

Following a discussion by President Darden, the Board adopted the following resolution:

WHEREAS, Dr. David A. Christian, III, while a student in the Department of Medicine of the
University of Virginia, was the recipient of two State Rural Medical Scholarships, one of these,
for part of a year, in the amount of $229.16, being received by him during the session of 1945-46,
and the other, for a whole year, in the amount of $550.00, being received by him during the
session 1946-47. In accordance with the requirements of the Act of Assembly establishing such
State Rural Medical Scholarships, said Dr. David A. Christian, III, delivered to the Bursar of
the University of Virginia, Life Insurance Policy No. 113,908, issued on March 6, 1946, by
Peoples Life Insurance Company, Washington, D.C., on his life, in the amount of One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00) in which the University of Virginia was the named beneficiary, said policy
to be held as security for the fulfillment of the obligations of said Dr. Christian under the
requirements of said Act of Assembly, and,

WHEREAS, said Dr. Christian having fully complied with the requirements of said Act of
Assembly and having discharged said obligation, the above numbered policy was returned to said
Dr. Christian, but through oversight, he failed to have a new beneficiary named therein prior to
his death, and,

WHEREAS, it is a fact that said Dr. Christian is not now in any way indebted to the
University of Virginia, that the sole purpose of naming the University of Virginia as beneficiary
under said policy was to secure indebtedness to the University of Virginia existing at the time
said policy was issued, but which does not now exist, and that the University of Virginia under
these conditions is not entitled to the proceeds of said policy.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
that it hereby disclaims and waives any and all interest in the proceeds of Policy No. 113,908,
issued by Peoples Life Insurance Company, Washington, D.C., on the life of Dr. David A. Christian,
III, in the amount of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), in which the University of Virginia is
named as sole beneficiary, and releases said Peoples Life Insurance Company from any claim or
liability to The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia thereunder.

ADMISSIONS FEE REFUND CANCELLED

The Board resolved that, beginning with the 1956-57 session, the former practice of returning
to those out-of-state applicants who are denied admission to the University a portion of the
admissions fee shall be abolished, and that University catalogues shall be revised accordingly.

PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER PROFESSORS

President Darden said that he was not sure whether or not he had authority, without specific
referral to the Board, to transfer a professor from one college or school of the University to
another, that sudden losses of professors from a particular school might make such a transfer desirable,
and that he would like to be authorized to make such transfers when appropriate and
agreeable to the individuals and schools concerned. The Board resolved that this authority be
delegated to the President.

ATHLETIC POLICY AND THE FACULTY

President Darden referred to his letter of 24 January 1955 to the Rector regarding Faculty
participation in the determining of athletic policy, and said that it would be reassuring to the
Faculty and helpful to him if he could have a reply early in the autumn. No one of the Faculty,
Mr. Darden said, questioned the final authority of the Board on athletic policy and all other
policy matters, but there was a strong sentiment in the faculties of the University that they were
in the best position to guide athletic matters and had traditionally done so. The President said
he felt that the Faculty should be encouraged to continue active in formulating rulings on
athletics. Members expressed agreement with the President regarding continuing Faculty responsibilities
in athletic matters. The Rector said that President Darden's letter had been referred to
the Board's Athletic Committee, from which he would ask for a report early in the autumn restating
and clarifying the Board's position.

SUMMER APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT

The Board resolved that the President be authorized to make appointments of faculty members
during the summer months subject to confirmation by the Board at the September 9th meeting.

EXPELLED STUDENTS TO BE READMITTED

President Darden said that at the time when several students were expelled last year it had
been his thought that they should be readmitted upon application in September 1955. The
circumstances of one of these students now made it seem desirable to readmit him to the summer
session. Upon motion of Mr. Mears, it was resolved by the Board that the President be authorized
to readmit any expelled student at his own discretion.

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE REPORT

Mrs. Smith, Chairman, read for the Committee on Buildings and Grounds the text of a report as
follows

The Committee on Buildings and Grounds met on 9 June 1955, and considered the following
matters:

Cemetery Regulations

It was decided to postpone a report on regulations for the University Cemetery until the
September meeting.

Assignment of University Houses

The Committee recommends the following assignment of two University houses that will
become vacant in the summer of 1955:

Pavilion VI East Lawn to Dean Charles C. Abbott

No. 2 Dawson's Row to Professor and Mrs. Allan T. Gwathmey, as a temporary residence.

Children's Rehabilitation Center

Professor Thomas K. Fitz Patrick, Director of the School of Architecture, and Mr. Vincent Shea,
Comptroller of the University, appeared before the Committee to display and discuss the final
plans for the Children's Rehabilitation Center on the site of the old Rucker Home. The drawings
are available in the Board Room today for examination by the Visitors. Your Committee
recommends them for your approval.

The foregoing Report was accepted by the Board and ordered to be filed

Mrs. Smith referred briefly to recent criticism of the tennis courts that had come to her
attention as an individual but had not been considered by the Committee. The President then read
to the Board a letter of June 10th from Mr. Gus K. Tebell, Athletic Director, stating that inadequacies
in the tennis courts could be corrected only by an appropriation for the purpose, and
mentioning hearsay evidence that Mrs. Henry B. Mulholland, wife of Professor Mulholland, may have
obtained pledges of $25,000 toward the construction of additional tennis courts near the new

dormitories. President Darden remarked that the allocation of a particular site for such a project,
separated from the other tennis courts, should be considered by the Board only after
careful thought and appropriate recommendations by the proper University authorities concerned.
Members proposed that any discussion of the project be postponed until further information was
made available to the Board in an orderly manner through the President.

PAVILION VI ASSIGNED TO PROFESSOR ABBOTT

The Board resolved that Pavilion VI, East Lawn, be offered as a residence to Professor
Charles C. Abbott, Dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration, as recommended by the
Committee.

DAWSON'S ROW COTTAGE ASSIGNED TO THE PROFESSORS GWATHMEY

Upon motion of Mr. Gravatt, duly seconded, the Board resolved approval of the Committee's
recommendation that No. 2 Dawson's Row be offered as a residence to Mr. Allan T. Gwathmey,
Associate Professor of Chemistry, and to his wife, Mrs. Roberta H. Gwathmey, Associate
Professor of Spanish and Dean of Women, but only under the following conditions. (1) that the
Department of Buildings and Grounds be prohibited from expending any funds upon the cottage
beyond those essential for its preservation and appropriate for a temporary structure, (2) that
the Board reserves the right to demolish the cottage at any time upon comparatively short
notice to Mr. and Mrs. Gwathmey, and (3) that Mr. and Mrs. Gwathmey be informed of these
conditions and of the further requirement that acceptance of tenancy of the cottage by Mr. and
Mrs. Gwathmey will constitute acceptance of the three conditions stated herein.

CHILDREN'S REHABILITATION CENTER

After studying and discussing Professor Fitz Patrick's drawings for the proposed Children's
Rehabilitation Center, the Board resolved that these plans be approved, but that the entire
project of a Center located at a point removed from the University Hospital be referred to the
Visitors' Medical Committee for further study, in consultation with the Comptroller of the
University and appropriate representatives of the Medical School and Hospital, to determine and
report on the feasibility of the project from both the financial and medical viewpoint.

HOUSES FOR FACULTY AT PIEDMONT

President Darden inaugurated discussion of a plan to construct small houses for rental to
junior members of the Faculty on the University's "Piedmont" tract south of Observatory Mountain.
He said that plans for specific houses would of course be brought before the Visitors' Committee
on Buildings and Grounds, he intended, however, unless he heard adverse comment from the Board,
to proceed now with such incidental preparations as the construction of roads and sewers. There
were general expressions of approval for the project.

SALE OF PRINCESS ANNE PROPERTY PROPOSED

Mr. Gray reported for the special Committee on Outlying Real Estate that offers had been
received for two tracts owned by the University. He recommended that the 8-acre tract in Falls
Church, now occupied by life tenants, appraised at $56,000, and increasing in value, be held by
the University. For the other property, a 10-acre tract in Princess Anne County, an offer of
$5,000 had been received, and Mr. Gray's Committee believed that a favorable sale might be
negotiated at a somewhat higher figure. Upon motion of Dr. Emmett, the Board resolved that
Mr. Gray be authorized to make a counter offer to sell this tract for $7,500, and that he be
further authorized to commit the Board to a sale for a price between this figure and $5,500.

MR. VINCENT SHEA PRESENT

BUDGET FOR 1955-1956 ADOPTED

Mr. Mears, Chairman of the Finance Committee, presented the proposed Budget for 1955-56, with
a recommendation for its adoption, and the Comptroller, Mr. Vincent Shea, appeared before the
Board by request of the Committee and presented a Budget Summary, which was ordered to be
filed with these minutes. Mr. Shea pointed out that increased fees, enrollment, gifts, and
appropriations make the estimated revenues for 1955-56 higher by nearly $450,000 than in the
current year, with increased expenditures devoted largely to salary increases and for several
additional positions in expanding departments. Total revenues are estimated at $7,022, 095, and
expenditures at $6,974,293, with a surplus of $48,612.

Upon motion of Judge Barksdale, the Board resolved to approve the Report of the Finance
Committee and to adopt the Budget as presented.

FIXED COMPENSATION FOR UNIVERSITY'S ATTORNEY

The Board resolved that Mr. C. Venable Minor be reappointed Special Counsel to the Rector
and Visitors as noted above, to serve regularly as the University's attorney at a fixed salary
of $2,400 annually for all services performed, no additional compensation to be provided for
particular tasks except such as might, under special and unusual circumstances, be determined in
advance.

USES OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS FEE

President Darden laid before the Board the following letter and statement from the
Comptroller.

University of Virginia
Cavalier Daily
Statement of Receipts, Disbursements and Balances

July 1, 1954 to May 31, 1955

                                     

Balance Forward - July 1, 1954		$4,787.89
Receipts:
Student Fees-Summer Sessions 1953 & 1954	$ 921.00
Student Fees, Regular Session 1954-55	17,222.50
Advertising and Subscriptions	12,443.44	30,586.94
		$35,374.83
Expenditures
Personal Services	$ 4,664.83
Repairs	14.24
Travel	38.75
Communication (telephone, postage, etc.)	713.61
Printing and Allied Costs	18,285.66
Office Supplies	256.93
Other Supplies	276.27
Entertainment	726.64
Office Equipment	90.00
Other Equipment	45.71
Miscellaneous	18.00	25,130.64
Balance - May 31, 1955		$10,244.19

The Board resolved that $1.00 out of the total publications fee of $5.00 shall hereafter be
allocated to student radio work or other activities that might appropriately be embraced under the
general heading of publications.

ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE AND APPOINTMENT OF A PROVOST

Mr. Mears, Chairman of the special committee studying the administrative structure of the
University, reported that his Committee had held a meeting with the President, the Comptroller, and
the deans, at which the Report spread upon the minutes of the Board meeting of April 8th and the
accompanying chart had been fully discussed. The deans, Mr. Mears said, had expressed themselves in
favor of the proposed creation of the office of Provost, and, taking note of the fact that the
projected organization plan would not interfere with direct access by deans to the President, had
recommended the adoption of the entire plan.

Following discussion the Board adopted the following resolution:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the Administrative Organization Plan set forth in the Minutes of the Board meeting of 8
April 1955 be and it is hereby adopted as the framework of the administrative structure of the
University,

RESOLVED further that the office of Provost of the University be and it is hereby created,
and that this position be filled at the earliest practicable date convenient to the President.

RETIREMENT POLICY

Reminding the Board of previous discussion of retirement policy, President Darden presented
the following statement prepared by the Faculty Committee on Contractual Relations.

Faculty Retirement

The following statement of policy is hereby affairmed.

(a) The mandatory age of retirement is 70.

(b) However, the Administration should

• (1) at any time, for cause, remove any individual,

• (2) after 65, upon good and sufficient evidence of inadequate performance of duty,
  request the retirement of any individual, or reduce his teaching load, and
  proportionately his compensation, to an amount that seems justifiable in each
  individual case.

After further discussion the Board adopted the following resolution.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the age of 70 be and it is hereby reaffirmed as the mandatory retirement age for University
teachers and administrative staff members, that the President be and he is hereby authorized to
remove any individual at any time for proper cause, that, upon the initiative either of the
President or of the professor concerned, any professor aged 65 or over may be retired or may have
his teaching load, and proportionately his compensation, reduced to an amount that is appropriate
in each particular case,

RESOLVED further that the age of 65 be and it is hereby fixed as the retirement age for the
President, the Provost, the Comptroller, and other administrative officers, and that deans
and chairmen of departments be retired at age 65 from their administrative posts even though
their teaching duties may continue either in whole or in part;

RESOLVED further that the University's retirement policy as set forth and affirmed in this
Resolution, effective from the present date, be presented to future employees of the University
at the time of appointment and accepted by them as a condition of employment.

MR. VINCENT SHEA ABSENT

MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

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 faculty members be and they are hereby granted leave of absence without pay.

Dr. Kurt F. Leidecker, Assistant Professor of Philosophy in Mary Washington College, for
the session of 1955-56, in order to accept an assignment in Bangkok with the State Department.

Dr. Charles H. Frick, Professor of Mathematics in Mary Washington College, for the session
of 1955-56, to work at the U. S. Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren.

RESIGNATION

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 resignation of Dr. Thomas N. Stritch, Instructor in Psychology in Mary Washington
College, to take a position at East Carolina College, be and it is hereby accepted. We wish
for him the highest success in his new undertaking.

PROMOTIONS

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 promotions in rank be and they are hereby made.

Alan Stanley Peirce, from Associate Professor to Professor of Biology in Mary Washington
College, as of September, 1955.

Alice S. Brandenburg, from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of English in Mary
Washington College, effective in September, 1955.

Gaetano Cecere, from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Art in Mary Washington
College, effective in September, 1955.

Raiford E. Sumner, from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of History in Mary
Washington College, effective in September, 1955.

Kurt F. Leidecker, from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Philosophy in Mary
Washington College, as of September, 1955

Anna Scott Hoye, from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physical Education in
Mary Washington College, as of September, 1955.

Mark R. Sumner, from Instructor to Assistant Professor of Dramatic Arts in Mary Washington
College for three years, beginning in September, 1955.

APPEAL OF WILLIAM HOUCHINS

The President reported that in obedience to the Board's request of April 8th, he had
caused a hearing to be conducted in Fredericksburg into the case of William Houchins, who had
appealed for reinstatement in his position as an employee of the Buildings and Grounds force of
Mary Washington College. Laying before the Board the detailed report submitted by Mr. Paul
Jenkins, the University's Director of Personnel, who had conducted the hearing, President Darden
summarized Mr. Jenkins' findings and supported his recommendation that the appeal of Mr. Houchins
be denied

The Board resolved accordingly that the appeal be denied.

SALE OF MENDEL MUSEUM AUTHORIZED

President Darden having recommended the sale of the Mendel Museum at Mary Washington College,
the Board resolved, after discussion, that the President be authorized to proceed in this
matter at his own discretion.

BURSAR AUTHORIZED TO SIGN CONTRACTS

The following resolution, drafted by the Special Counsel, and revised, at the Board's
request, by President Darden and Mr. Howard, was adopted by the Board

RESOLVED, that the Rector, the President of the University of Virginia, the President of
Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, and the Bursar of Mary Washington College of
the University of Virginia be, and each of said officers is hereby given full and complete
authority to execute, in the name and on behalf of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia, any instrument pertaining to said Mary Washington College or its affairs, which may
hereafter require the name of this corporation to be signed thereto, except that the Bursar of
Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia shall not have the authority to execute
any instrument pertaining to land or to the construction of buildings or other improvements, and
the secretary of this corporation is hereby authorized to affix the seal of this corporation to
any and all such instruments upon which such seal is or may be required, and to deliver such
instrument or instruments to the party or parties entitled to receive the same.

CHANGE OF TITLE OF PRESIDENT

In a discussion regarding the proper title for the administrative head of Mary Washington
College, the Rector quoted the opinion of Mr. C. O'Conor Goolrick that the administrative head of
the College in residence at Fredericksburg ought not to have the title of President. There was a
general concurrence in this opinion, and the Rector said that in view of this fact he felt that Mr.
McWane's special Committee ought to warn prospective candidates for the post that the Board will
probably propose a change of title to the Legislature. After further discussion, the following
resolution, on motion of Mrs. Smith, seconded by Mr. Berkeley, was adopted:

WHEREAS, Title 23, Section 88, of the Code of Virginia now provides that the chief local
administrative officer of Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia shall have the
title of President of the College, and

WHEREAS, the President of the University of Virginia, under the terms of said statute, is the
principal administrative officer of the University of Virginia, and for all of its branches, including
Mary Washington College,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That in order to properly indicate the rank of the chief local
administrative officer of Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, and the relationship
of that office to the office of President of the University of Virginia, that the chief local
administrative officer of the College be called "Chancellor" of Mary Washington College of the
University of Virginia

AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, That since the President of the University of Virginia is designated
in said statute as "Chancellor" of Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, and
since it appears that the title of "Chancellor" in so far as the President of the University of
Virginia is concerned, is superfluous and unnecessary, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That the designation "Chancellor" in so far as the President of the University
of Virginia is concerned, be eliminated from the statute, and that the Rector be directed to appoint
a committee of the Board to petition the Legislature of Virginia, at its next session, to change and
amend said statute in the respects above mentioned, so that the section will read as follows:

DR. COMBS' ILLNESS - USE OF BROMPTON

President Darden informed the Board that Dr. Combs had been seriously ill and confined to a
hospital in Richmond, that Mrs. Combs had been with him there, and had therefore been unable to
proceed with plans to vacate Brompton early this month and move from the house those of the furnishings
that are the personal property of Dr. and Mrs. Combs. He added that the Bursar of the College,
Mr. Woodward, had assisted Mrs. Combs by providing an inventory of the items at Brompton owned by
the University. Mr. Darden said that, in view of the circumstances, he hoped the Board would be
lenient in regard to a moving date for Mrs. Combs.

There were general expressions of sympathy for Dr. and Mrs. Combs, and the Secretary was instructed
to convey these expressions to Mrs. Combs, and to advise her that a moving date later in the summer
would be satisfactory to the Board provided that the move should be made prior to September 1st. The
Secretary was also directed to write to the College Bursar, Mr. Edgar Woodward, authorizing and requesting
him to lend to Mrs. Combs the assistance of the Buildings and Grounds force and their
equipment for the removal of her furniture from Brompton at any date that might be mutually convenient
to him and to Mrs. Combs, provided only that this work should be completed prior to September

PROFESSOR HILLDRUP'S LETTER

The President read to the Board a letter from Professor R. L. Hilldrup recommending the promotion
of Professor Zoe Black, whose name had been signed to the so-called "Petition" of March 8th.
President Darden said that he was inclined to give serious consideration to any suggestion from a
professor of such distinction as Mr. Hilldrup, but that the time seemed inappropriate to him for the
action proposed (and recommended also by the Dean's Advisory Council), even though he shared
Mr. Hilldrup's optimism that the ill-feeling arising from the Petition was subsiding. Members of
the Board strongly seconded the President's opinion, and Mr. Howard was requested to inquire further
into the circumstances of the Petition and its signing.

BUDGET ADOPTED

Mr. Howard, as Chairman of the Visitors' Committee on the College, laid before the Board revised
and corrected copies of the proposed Budget of Mary Washington College for 1955-1956, recommending
its approval and adoption, with the following modifications.

• 1. Creation of a new instructorship in Spanish at a salary of $3,240.

• 2. Deferment of the promotion of Zoe Black.

• 3. Deletion of the names of Morgan L. Combs and Ruth E. Jenkins, with the retention of their
  salaries

• 4. Adoption of the proposed Student Aid fund, but on an experimental basis in the amount of
  $1,500 for the present instead of the $5,000 proposed.

• 5. Mr. Woodward's salary to be advanced to $7,500, instead of the $7,298 proposed, as a mark
  of commendation to him.

• 6. Mrs. Harris to be retained as Acting Dean of Women for the 1955-56 session, at President
  Darden's discretion, but without change in salary.

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• 7. Policy on Faculty travel to follow the practice of the other schools of the University
  located at Charlottesville and elsewhere, which is essentially that the necessary expenses of
  travel by a professor to a conference or meeting are paid only when he reads a paper, presides
  over a session, or in some other manner actually participates in an active way on
  the program of the conference or convention.

The Board resolved that the Budget, as amended by the foregoing provisions, be approved and
adopted.

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On motion the meeting was then adjourned.