Board of Visitors minutes June 14, 1958 | ||
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, Frank Talbott, Jr., President Colgate W. Darden, Jr., and
Visitors Berkeley, Bryan, Coxe, Fenwick, Gray, Greear, Hartfield, Lantor, Montague, Jones, McWane,
Martin, Pollock, Smith, and Wheeler. Chancellor Grellet C. Simpson and Bursar Edgar E. Woodward
were present throughout consideration of Mary Washington College matters. Absent: Visitors
Paschall (who had an urgent conflicting engagement) and Smith (who was in Charlottesville,
though unwell, and participated in the work of three Board committees during the week-end)
The minutes of the meeting of 12 April 1958, previously distributed, were approved as
corrected
MR. FENWICK, GENERAL MONTAGUE, AND MRS. LANTOR SEATED
The Rector introduced and welcomed to the Board Mrs. Raynell Goodman Lantor, of South Boston,
Brig. Gen. Edgar Sclater Montague, of Hampton, and Hon. Charles Rogers Fenwick, of Arlington, who
had been appointed by the Governor on 13 May 1958 to succeed Mrs. Smith, Dr. Emmett, and Mr.
Gravatt, whose second terms had expired on February 28th. Certified copies of their respective
oaths of office, which had been delivered to the Secretary, were ordered to be filed
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD FOR 1958-59
The Visitors reelected to the Executive Committee Mr. Berkeley, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Talbott,
and the Rector appointed the six standing committees and one special committee for 1958-59, as
follows
Executive Committee | Mr. Talbott, Chairman |
Mr. Berkeley | |
Mr. Smith | |
Finance Committee | Mr. Gray, Chairman |
Mr. Bryan | |
Mr. McWane | |
Mary Washington College Committee |
Mr. Greear, Chairman |
Gen. Montague | |
Mrs. Jones | |
Mrs. Lantor | |
Miss Wheeler | |
Athletics Committee | Mr. Fenwick, Chairman |
Mr. Coxe | |
Mr. Berkeley | |
Dr. Pollock | |
Medical Committee | Dr. Martin, Chairman |
Mr. Greear | |
Mr. McWane | |
Buildings and Grounds Committee |
Mr. Coxe, Chairman |
Col. Hartfield | |
Mr. Gray | |
Committee on Nomination of President |
Mr. Berkeley |
Mr. Bryan | |
Mr. McWane | |
Dr. Pollock | |
Mr. Smith | |
Mr. Talbott |
PRESIDENT DARDEN'S RESIGNATION ACCEPTED
The Rector stated that in view of President Darden's fixed intention to retire from the
presidency, the Board was now under the necessity, keenly regretted by all of the Visitors,
of taking action upon his resignation. After expressing his own regret and commenting on
his personal satisfaction in his work as Rector with Mr. Darden, Mr. Talbott read to the Board
the following letter
Charlottesville
April 3, 1958
Danville, Virginia
I wish to submit herewith my resignation as President of the University, to be
effective as soon as the Board has selected a new President and he is prepared to take
over the duties of this office
I shall always be grateful for the Board's unfailing kindness and its generous
support. I have a deep and warm feeling for the Board members with whom I have
worked since coming to the University, and I shall remember with much pleasure an
association which has been for me a most happy and interesting one
Mr. McWane then offered the following resolution
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Visitors of the University accepts with a strong
sense of loss and great regret the firmly expressed decision of its President, Colgate
W. Darden, Jr., to relinquish his duties as President effective at the time when his
successor is chosen.
His decision brings to the University loss of a great spirit and a great talent,
devoted for twelve years in a singularly self-sacrificing fashion to its growth, and
to improvement of its standards, its facilities, and its capacity to serve the people
of the Commonwealth and the nation.
Monuments to this talent and this devotion appear on every side of us as we meet
to hear his decision and to make plans for his succession
It is hard to imagine this University functioning consistently with requirements of
this day and age without the physical additions made possible by appropriations forthcoming
during President Darden's tenure of office or authorized by the General Assembly
while he was Governor. A partial list of them would include new residence units for
students (the first such units constructed with State funds since the time of Jefferson),
a new Academic Building, a new Physics Building, a new Medical Center now in process of
construction, additions to our Law Library, a new Electrical Laboratory, and the University
Press. Construction of the University's atomic reactor and opening of the new Student
Activities Building have their notable places also in this listing, which is by no means
complete
Nor are these monuments to President Darden's talent and devotion confined at all to
the area of physical plant, where they represent investments in excess of $17,000,000.
They are just as evident in the intangibles which make for the greatness of a university.
We have seen reorganization of the work of the College of Liberal Arts and establishment
of the Graduate School of Business Administration, we have seen steady improvement in
student standards of admission and performance. There has been unremitting effort to
raise the scales of faculty compensation and otherwise to foster academic conditions
congenial and attractive to those whose life work is that of the scholar and the teacher.
The treasure of books and manuscripts in the Alderman Library has been greatly multiplied
and the measure of its effective aid to students, faculty, and the University community
significantly increased. The ancient beauty of the Grounds has been made more striking
by the loving attention of a President who in the midst of his labors could yet always find
time for generosity and kindliness to those who have worked with him and under his
direction
In company with tangible and intangible things to which we have referred, the inspiration
of intellectual leadership, initiative, and research on the part of the faculty has been
apparent
For all these things, and many more, the Board of Visitors, the University, and the
Commonwealth owe a great debt of gratitude to Colgate Darden and to his wife, Constance,
whose warm, vital, and attractive personality has effectively aided her husband's effort,
as his friends and associates will quickly testify
The President's decision to retire has been so firmly expressed that we have no hope
of changing it, but we order this resolution placed on our minutes as a sincere, though
inadequate, expression of our regard for him and our awareness of his determined and
effective urge to maintain the University at the level of performance conceived by its
Founder
Seconded by many Visitors, the foregoing Resolution was unanimously adopted
Mr. Darden thanked the Visitors for their expressions, and commented briefly upon the
happiness of his working association with the Board and its members during his eleven years as
the University's chief executive. He hoped that the Board would proceed at once with the
procurement of a new president, but said that he would be glad to remain in residence and to
administer the University until a successor should be available to relieve him
GIFTS AND GRANTS
The President reported the following gifts and grants
From Mr. John L. Pratt, for the Pratt Trace Analysis Laboratory (NO PUBLICITY) | $20,000.00 |
From an anonymous donor, to the Department of Foreign Affairs to pay the honorarium for the Michalowski Lectures |
500.00 |
From Mr. John Puryear, for the hospital | 300.00 |
From Mr. William H. White, Jr., to the Department of Surgery, securities valued at |
1,770.91 |
From the Westinghouse Educational Foundation, to the Engineering School for the use of the Department of Electrical Engineering |
2,000.00 |
From the Westinghouse Educational Foundation, for the Westinghouse Achievement Scholarship in Electrical Engineering for the 1958-59 session |
500.00 |
From the Sperry Gyroscope Company, for two undergraduate scholarships in Engineering for the 1958-59 session |
1,500.00 |
From the Delta Theta Phi law fraternity, for a law scholarship | 200.00 |
From the Allstate Foundation, for ten scholarships in driver education during the 1958 summer session |
1,625.00 |
From the E. I. duPont deNemours Company, to cover the duPont Summer Research Grant awarded to the Department of Chemistry for the summer of 1958 |
1,500.00 |
From the V Club, for the V Club Scholarship | 400.00 |
From Mr. Charles R. L. Oder, for a scholarship in Geology | 200.00 |
From the Interfraternity Council, for three scholarships | 750.00 |
From the University Hospital Auxiliary, for the Hospital | 1,100.00 |
From sundry persons, to the hospital to be used for the Meditation Room | 189.00 |
From Mr. Churchill Young, Jr., sundry papers and objects to Alderman Library, valued at |
1,500.00 |
From Charles Pfizer and Company, to the Medical School to be used for metabolic research |
8,000.00 |
From the Student Aid Foundation, for athletic grants-in-aid for the 1957-58 session |
72,000.00 |
From the Population Council, Inc., to the Hospital in support of heredity clinic |
2,000.00 |
From the Old Dominion Foundation, to be used for the assistance of professors in the liberal arts, payment on a three-year pledge |
10,000.00 |
From the Old Dominion Foundation, to be used to prepare preliminary drawings for a training center for teachers of handicapped children |
700.00 |
From the Keyes Foundation, for the John Henry Wheeler Scholarship | 250.00 |
From the estate of the late Mr. L. J. McCormick, for the Observatory | 2,083.33 |
From the 1957 Alumni Fund, contributions made through that office for the following |
|
Faculty Salaries | 73,636.44 |
Summer School Scholarship Fund | 1,582.80 |
Medical School | 10,675.00 |
Virginia Quarterly Review | 12.50 |
Raymond I. Straus, Jr. Memorial Fund | 25.00 |
Department of Athletics | 25.00 |
Cobb Chemical Laboratory | 10.00 |
Balz Philosophy Book Fund | 110.00 |
Cross Fraternity Scholarship Fund | 500.00 |
Department of Geology | 755.00 |
Manly Aylor Scholarship Fund | 300.00 |
Field House | 2.50 |
Department of Psychology | 302.00 |
Department of Economics | 5.00 |
University Chapel | 132.00 |
Bayly-Tiffany Museum | 35.00 |
Engineering Library | 10.00 |
Extension Division | 125.00 |
Department of Music | 250.00 |
Alderman Library | 1,000.00 |
From the Alumni Board of Trustees, for the following: | |
Fuller Law Library | $500.00 |
Coolidge Law Library | 250.00 |
Law School Foundation Kentucky Scholarship Fund | 750.00 |
William C. Rives Fellowship Fund | 250.00 |
Barksdale Chemistry Library | 750.00 |
Barksdale Engineering Library | 750.00 |
Jones Engineering Library | 150.00 |
Cameron Scholarship | 300.00 |
Epes Scholarship | 250.00 |
Roper Scholarship | 250.00 |
Selden Scholarship | 500.00 |
Sarah Seward Scholarship | 250.00 |
Simon Seward Scholarship | 250.00 |
Watts Scholarship | 250.00 |
From sundry persons, to be added to the Mary Stamps Suhling Fund | 125.00 |
From the Graduate School of Business Endowment Funds, for the Graduate School of Business |
24,000.00 |
From sundry persons, to be added to the Frank Howard Lahey Memorial Fund | 837.37 |
From an anonymous donor, to the Law Library for the purchase of books | 1,000.00 |
From the Seven Society, to the University | 77.00 |
From the Department of the Navy, for continued research under the direction of Prof. Nicolas Cabrera of the Department of Physics |
5,600.00 |
From the U. S. Navy, Bureau of Ordnance, for research under the direction of Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau of the Department of Physics |
30,600.00 |
From Babbitrite Products Company, for research under the direction of Dr. O. R. Harris, School of Engineering |
400.00 |
From the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, for continued research in Orthopedics under the direction of Dr. J. H. Allan |
11,977.78 |
From the U. S. Public Health Service, for construction of an addition to the Medical Research Laboratories |
261,250.00 |
From the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, for research under the direction of Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau, Department of Physics |
35,577.00 |
From the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, for continued research in biology under the direction of Dr. J. N. Dent |
6,622.00 |
From the U. S. Army, Philadelphia Ordnance District, for research under the direction of Dr. A. R. Kuhlthau, Department of Physics |
41,660.00 |
From the American Cancer Society, for continued research under the direction of Dr. Cornelia Hoch-Ligeti, School of Medicine |
5,973.00 |
From the Damon Runyon Memorial Foundation, for continued research under the direction of Dr. Vincent Hollander, School of Medicine |
8,500.00 |
From the U. S. Public Health Service, for continued research under the direction of Dr. W. H. Muller, Jr., School of Medicine |
21,397.00 |
From the U. S. Public Health Service, for continued research under the direction of Dr. O. R. Rodig, Department of Chemistry |
5,445.00 |
From the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, for continued research under the direction of Dr. C. L. Gemmill, School of Medicine |
6,912.00 |
ELECTIONS
The following resolution was adopted:
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:
Dr. Patricia M. Andrews as Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, without salary
from the University, effective May 1, 1958.
Mr. Harmon Haymes as Junior Instructor in Economics for the session of 1958-59, at a
session salary of $4,750.
Mr. William Evans Mosier as Junior Instructor in English, as of September, 1958, at a
session salary of $4,750.
Dr. Sterling Randolph Decker as Instructor in Urology, effective as of April 11, 1958, at
a salary of $5,000 per year from departmental funds.
Mr. Charles R. McDowell as Visiting Professor of Law for the first semester of the session
of 1958-59, to take over Mr. Priest's work during that time, at a salary of $5,800.
Mr. Edward B. Gordon as Lecturer in Business Administration in the Graduate School of Business
Administration, for the first semester of the session of 1958-59, at a stipend of $1,500.
Mr. L. B. Middleditch, Jr., as Instructor in Business Administration in the Graduate School
of Business Administration for the session of 1958-59
Dr. Billy Eugene Frye as Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology for the session of 1958-59,
at a salary of $6,500
Mr. Stuart MacClintock as Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy for the second semester of the
session of 1958-59, at a salary of $3,800.
Mr. Pierre E. Conner, Jr., as Assistant Professor of Mathematics for three years, as of
September, 1958, at a session salary of $6,600
Dr. Hubert Marshall as Clinical Instructor in Opthalmology, as of July 1, 1958, at no salary
from the University
Dr. Robert G. Kindred as Instructor in Orthopedics, as of July 1, 1958, at a salary of
$9,000, to be paid from departmental earnings
Mr. Eric Brown as Visiting Lecturer in Architecture for the session of 1958-59
Dr. Julia Emmett Edmunds as Instructor in Pediatrics, as of July 1, 1958, at a salary of
$4,800 - $2,400 to be paid from the Department of Pediatrics and $2,400 from the National Fund
for Medical Education.
Mr. Edward L. Henson, Jr., as Instructor in History at Clinch Valley College, as of
September, 1958, at a session salary of $4,400.
Mr. Frank Eugene Kirby as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music for the session of 1958-59,
at a salary of $6,000
Dr. Herbert C. Jones, Jr., as Clinical Instructor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, as of July
1, 1958, without salary from the University
Dr. Stanley Smith Stahl, Jr., as Associate Professor of Education for three years, as of
September, 1958, at a session salary of $7,000
Mr. George V. Holmes, III, as Associate Professor of Education for three years, as of
September, 1958, at a session salary of $7,500
Mr. Sydney Hodkinson as Instructor in Music for the session of 1958-59 at a salary of
$5,000, to be paid from the School of Education budget.
Mr. George Sanborn as Instructor in Speech, as of September, 1958, at a salary of $5,750
Mr. Ronald H. Coase as Professor of Economics, as of September, 1958, at a session salary
of $12,500. He will be on leave for the session of 1958-59.
Mr. John Bartow Rees, Jr., as Senior Instructor in Law for the session of 1958-59
Mr. Paul Browning Walter as Assistant Professor of Education for three years, effective
in September, 1958, to teach extension classes in the Roanoke area, at a salary of $6,000
Mr. Oliver Lee Steele, Jr., as Junior Instructor in English, effective in September, 1958,
at a salary of $4,750
The Board resolved further that the President be empowered to act during the summer on
Faculty appointments, reporting to the Board at the October 11th meeting on the professors so
appointed
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
Mr. Morris W. Jones, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, for three years, as
of September, 1958
Mr. Walter P. Walker, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, for three years, as
of September, 1958
Mr. Omer A. Gianniny, Jr., as Acting Assistant Professor of English in the School of
Engineering, for three years, as of September, 1958
Dr. William D. Hedges, Assistant Professor of Education, for three years, as of
September, 1958
Dr. William C. Lowry, Assistant Professor of Education, for three years, as of September,
1958
Mr. Maurice Davier, Professor of Business Administration, as of September, 1958
Mr. Joseph L. Blotner, Assistant Professor of English, for three years, as of September,
1958
Mr. Marvin Rosenblum, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, for three years, as of
September, 1958
Mr. Eric R. Wolf, Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology, for
three years, as of September, 1958.
Mr. David W. Weiss, Assistant Professor of Speech and Drama, for three years, as of September,
1958
Mr. Theodore R. Turner, Assistant Professor of Art, for three years, as of September, 1958
Mr. M. Donald MacInnis, Assistant Professor of Music, for three years, as of September, 1958.
Mr. Walter A. Aron, Assistant Professor of Physics, for three years, as of September, 1958
Mr. Shao Chuan Leng, Assistant Professor of Foreign Affairs, for three years, as of September,
1958
Dr. Harry Lee Archer, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, for three years, as of July
1, 1958
Dr. Arthur Morton Smith, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, for three years, as of
July 1, 1958
Mr. A. W. Zelomek, Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Business Administration, for
the session of 1958-59, at a salary of $5,500
Mr. Stanley H. Botts, Instructor in Accounting at Clinch Valley College, as of September, 1958.
Miss Harriet H. Fillinger, Lecturer in Chemistry at Clinch Valley College, as of September, 1958.
Mr. John Geronimo, Instructor in English at Clinch Valley College, as of September, 1958.
Mrs. Georgie A. Gurney, Assistant Professor of English at Clinch Valley College, for three
years, as of September, 1958
Mrs. Helen M. Lewis, Instructor in Sociology at Clinch Valley College, as of September, 1958.
Mr. Kenneth B. Wheeler, Assistant Professor of Physical Education at Clinch Valley College, for
three years, as of September, 1958
Mr. Fred C. McCormick, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, for three years, as of
September, 1958
LEAVES 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 following faculty members be and they are hereby granted leave of absence
Dr. Fredson T. Bowers, Professor of English, for the session of 1958-59 without pay, to accept
a Guggenheim Fellowship to do research
Dr. Stephan Berko, Associate Professor of Physics, for the session of 1958-59 without pay, to
accept a Sloan Fellowship
Dr. Joseph L. Blotner, Assistant Professor of English, for the session of 1958-59 without pay,
to accept a Fulbright appointment to lecture in Copenhagen on American literature
Dr. Rowland Egger, Professor of Political Science, for the session of 1958-59 without pay, to
accept a Social Science Research grant. Dr. Egger plans to stay in Charlottesville and to
supervise the administration of the Departments of Political Science and Foreign Affairs
Dr. Stephen F. Barker, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, for the second semester of the
session of 1958-59 without pay, to serve as Visiting Lecturer at Harvard
Mr. A. J. G. Priest, Professor of Law, for the first semester of the session of 1958-59 without
pay, to complete a book he is writing
Dr. Oscar A. Thorup, Jr., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, for the session of 1958-59,
to do research at Oxford, compensation (part pay) to be arranged under the authorization of the
Governor of March 24, 1958, from non-State funds.
Mr. Robert N. Hoskins, Associate Professor of Physical Education, for the session of 1958-59
without pay
Mr. Ronald H. Coase, Professor of Economics, for the session of 1958-59, without pay. The
Ford Foundation, under which he will work, requires that members be on leave of absence from their
institutions and return to them at the end of the year.
Mr. Charles P. Nash, Professor of Law, for the spring semester of the session of 1958-59
without pay
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 be and they are hereby made
Dr. Thomas R. Johns, II, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Neurology, as of
July 1, 1958
Dr. Quentin N. Myrvik, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Microbiology, as of
July 1, 1958
Dr. Grover C. Pitts, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Physiology, as of July
1, 1958
Dr. Catherine M. Russell, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Microbiology, as
of July 1, 1958.
Mr. Lee R. Johnston, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Business Administration
in the Graduate School of Business Administration, for five years, as of September, 1958
Dr. Valfrids Osvalds, Acting Assistant Professor, to Assistant Professor of Astronomy for
three years, as of September, 1958.
Mr. Thaddeus Braxton Woody, Associate Professor, to Professor of Spanish, as of September,
1958
Dr. G. Warren Nutter, Associate Professor, to Professor of Economics, as of September, 1958
Dr. James N. Dent, Associate Professor, to Professor of Biology, as of September, 1958
Mr. James R. Schlesinger, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Economics, as of
September, 1958.
Dr. Loren G. Helper, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Chemistry, as of
September, 1958
Dr. Richard Scott Mitchell, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Geology, as of
September, 1958.
Dr. Gary Seamans Dunbar, Visiting Assistant Professor, to Assistant Professor of Geography
for three years, as of September, 1958.
Dr. Guy Hollifield, Instructor, to Assistant Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine,
as of July 1, 1958, for three years.
Dr. James Respess, Instructor, to Assistant Professor of Medicine, as of July 1, 1958, for
three years
Dr. Bartholomeus Van't Riet, Instructor in Chemistry, to Assistant Professor, for three
years, as of September, 1958.
Dr. Francis J. Brooke, III, Instructor, to Assistant Professor of German, for three years,
as of September, 1958
Mr. David H. Davis, Instructor, to Acting Assistant Professor of Music, for one year, as
of September, 1958
Mr. Edward A. Stephenson, Instructor, to Acting Assistant Professor of English, for one
year, as of September, 1958.
Dr. Vincent P. Hollander, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Internal Medicine,
as of July 1, 1958
Dr. Cary N. Moon, Jr., Clinical Instructor, to Clinical Assistant Professor of
Otolaryngology, for three years, as of July 1, 1958
Dr. Lorin Thompson, Lecturer in Business Administration, to Professor of Business
Administration, part-time, as of September, 1958, at a salary of $3,167
Mr. Samuel Walter Washington, Lecturer in Foreign Affairs, to Acting Professor of Foreign
Affairs for the session of 1958-59, at a salary of $8,800
Dr. Bernard W. Busse, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Music, as of
September, 1958
Dr. James J. Jones, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Education, as of
September, 1958
Dr. Virgil S. Ward, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Education, as of
September, 1958
Mr. Judd W. Lewis, Jr., Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Philosophy at
Clinch Valley College, as of September, 1958
Mrs. Emma V. McCraray, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Business and
Commercial Education at Clinch Valley College, as of September, 1958
Mr. Thomas D. Robinson, Instructor, to Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Clinch
Valley College, as of September, 1958, for three years
Mr. Joseph C. Smiddy, Assistant Professor of Biology and Director at Clinch Valley College,
to Associate Professor of Biology and Director at Clinch Valley College, as of September, 1958
Mr. William Lester Wilson, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of English at
Clinch Valley College, as of September, 1958
Mr. Robert E. DuBey, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Education at Clinch
Valley College, as of September, 1958
Mr. Theodore W. Gibson, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Mathematics at
Clinch Valley College, as of September, 1958
Miss Lucia S. Kegler, Instructor, to Assistant Professor of Modern Foreign Languages at
Clinch Valley College, as of September, 1958, for three years
Mr. Donald Lee Reid, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
as of September, 1958
Mr. Clarence E. Schwartz, Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering,
as of September, 1958
RESIGNATION
The following resolution was adopted
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
the resignation of Dr. Edward R. Dyer, Jr., Assistant Professor of Astronomy, as of the end of the
session of 1957-58, be and it is hereby accepted
We wish for him the highest success in his new undertaking
RETIREMENT
President Darden announced to the Board the retirement of Dr. Alexander Nicholas Vyssotsky,
Professor of Astronomy, as of the end of the present session. Dr. Vyssotsky had served on the
faculty of the University since 1923
The Visitors expressed their high regard for Dr. Vyssotsky and their gratitude for his devoted
services to the University, and directed the Secretary to record in the permanent minutes of the
Board and to convey to Dr. Vyssotsky their good wishes for many years of happiness in his retirement
DEATH OF COLONEL TASH
President Darden announced to the Board the death on April 20th of Colonel Earl Raymond Tash,
Professor of Air Science and Tactics, who had served on the University faculty since 1955
There were expressions by the Rector, the President, and the individual Visitors of the
affection and esteem in which Colonel Tash was held, and the Secretary was directed to record in
the permanent minutes the deep sense of loss felt by the Board, and the gratitude of the Visitors
for his devoted and valuable services to the University
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
Miss Katherine Anne Porter as Writer-in-Residence, part-time, for the first semester of the
session of 1958-59
Mr. C. Waller Barrett as an appointee to the McGregor Advisory Committee, as of July 1, 1958,
for a five-year period
Mr. David J. Mays as an appointee to the McGregor Advisory Committee, as of July 1, 1958, for
a five-year period
In accordance with the resolution adopted by the Board on 14 July 1945, authorizing the
President to give the proper professorial standing on the faculty to officers of the armed services
on duty at the University in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs, the following appointments
were announced by President Darden
Lieutenant Colonel A. E. Roughton, Jr., Associate Professor, as Professor of Air Science, as
of September, 1958, at no salary from the University
Lieutenant (jg) Jon T. Anderson as Assistant Professor of Naval Science, effective in the
summer of 1958, at no salary from the University
UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS
The following resolution was adopted
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 757, 760, 761, 764, 767, 768, 771, 774 and 775, aggregating $76,924.30, as
recommended by it
ENGINEERING BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
President Darden displayed sketches of the tentative plans for the new Engineering building as
prepared by Commonwealth Engineers and Architects, Associated (in consultation with a Faculty
committee) and submitted yesterday to the Art Commission.
After discussion the Board resolved that the matter be referred to the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds, with authority to act on any point on which the President might request a decision,
the President otherwise to proceed with the planning in consultation with the architect and the
Art Commission
LIFE SCIENCE BUILDING AND LONG RANGE PLANNING
President Darden initiated a discussion of the 25-acre tract lying south of McCormick Road,
west of the Engineering School, and along both sides of Alderman Road
In response to Mr. Darden's suggestion, the Board resolved that the President be authorized
and requested to prepare a plan for the development of the entire McCormick Road-Alderman Road
area, in conjunction with the planning of the Life Science Building, and to employ such architectural
and engineering assistance as might be needed for projecting the most advantageous placing of future
dormitories in relation to the science structures already built or proposed for the future
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
The Committee on Buildings and Grounds, conferring at the end of the Board meeting, approved
the general plan to extend the Engineering building (Thornton Hall) by reproducing the present
quadrangle, and using the present type of brick, authorized the President to act on the brick for
the Atomic Reactor structure, and requested the President to proceed at his discretion in the
removal of trees on Rugby Road, in general accord with the recommendations of the Tree Committee
CLINCH VALLEY AUDITORIUM - GYMNASIUM
President Darden presented the following memorandum from the Provost of the University
Charlottesville
June 9, 1958
The Rotunda MEMORANDUM
On May 8 you requested me to find out from the local committee at Wise about what
suggestions they had on the location of the auditorium authorized by the Assembly last
winter. The committee at Wise has two recommendations first, that Mr. Charles B.
McElroy be employed as architect on the gymnasium-auditorium, second, that the gymnasium-auditorium
be located on the site between the Coeburn Road and the building now used for
faculty apartments (the Old Detention Home)
I am attaching a copy of the Advisory Committee's Resolutions of March 31, 1958.
It is my understanding that the Resolutions were presented to you and a carbon sent me
In addition, I am attaching a letter of June 3 in which Mr. Smiddy reports the
Advisory Committee reaffirms its position of March 31
The Board resolved that the President be authorized to act at his discretion in the matter
of the site for the gymnasium-auditorium and the employment of Mr. McElroy
FACULTY ANNUITY PROGRAM
The President read to the Board the following letter from the Comptroller of the University
Charlottesville
26 March 1958
I should like to recommend two changes in the present TIAA-CREF annuity program, which
should be presented to the Board if you approve.
1 The present maximum basis for determining contributions is $10,000. This figure
was set in 1936. I should like to recommend that it be increased to $12,500, the present
maximum salary for regular session faculty members. In addition, it might be well to tie
the maximum to the maximum session salary so that future increases in the faculty salary
scale will be automatically reflected in the annuity program
2 For clinical professors in the Medical School, I should like to recommend the
same ceiling apply in so far as compulsory matching is concerned. In addition, should
a faculty member wish to contribute 5% of his salary up to a total of $20,000, that such
amount be matched from the departmental funds derived from private practice
President
The Board resolved that the proposed modifications in the Faculty annuity program, as set
forth above in the Comptroller's letter of 26 March 1958, be and they are hereby approved and
adopted
AUTOMOBILES - STUDENT OPERATION AND PARKING RESTRICTED
President Darden read to the Board the following letters and memoranda
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
May 21, 1958
Charlottesville
President
University of Virginia
The Student Council wishes to submit the following traffic control recommendations for your
consideration
1. The area known as the Dell and the present Engineering School parking lot should be
converted into improved parking lots. Chief Houchens of the University Police has
approximate figures pertaining to the cost of improving the two lots and to the
capacity of the lots2. Student parking in the Cabell Hall lot and on the roadway beside the Residence
Halls shall be prohibited from 8:30 a. m. to 3:00 p. m. MONDAY through SATURDAY3. The present fine system for violations of Student Motor Vehicle Rules and Regulations
should be abandoned. The new system should incorporate the followinga First offense $5 fine b Second offense $10 fine c Third offense Suspension of
driving privileges4. A student on probation of any kind shall have his driving privileges suspended
5. Upon registration of a motor vehicle, the applicant must show proof of being able
to meet the motor vehicle insurance requirements of the State of Virginia
I would be happy to discuss these recommendations with you at your convenience, if you so
desire
Student Council Traffic Control Comm.
Charlottesville
June 2, 1958
University Adviser to Students
The Rotunda
President
I am enclosing a revised copy of the regulations governing use of motor vehicles by students
in the undergraduate schools of the University as approved unanimously by the Committee on
Undergraduates at its meeting on Friday, May 30, 1958. This meeting was also attended by Miss
Tyson from the School of Nursing and Mr. Nichols from the School of Architecture. I strongly
recommend adoption of these regulations by the Board of Visitors and propose that they take
effect with students entering in September, 1958. I feel that those sections dealing with
warning, probation, and conviction of drunken and/or reckless driving should become effective
for all undergraduate students in September, 1958
As University Adviser to Students I strongly urge that the stipulations regarding drunken
and/or reckless driving should apply to all students in the University. The Committee on
Undergraduates is also of this opinion but has no jurisdiction in the matter. I urge that the
Board of Visitors consider the advisability of this rule applying to all students
May I call your attention to paragraphs 2 and 3 of my letter of May 20, 1958, regarding
my reactions to the recommendations made by the Student Council
No student in the College of Arts and Sciences or Schools of Architecture, Commerce,
Education, Engineering or Nursing shall, while the University is in session, maintain or
operate a motor vehicle in the University, the City of Charlottesville, or the County of
Albemarle, who is
(1) A first, second or third year student
(2) On warning or probation of any kind, or who
(3) While a student in the University is convicted of drunken and/or reckless driving
Authorization for exceptions to the above may be made by the Committee on Undergraduates
(This regulation shall apply to students who have earned in regular session less than 80
semester hours in the College and School of Commerce, 90 semester hours in the Schools of
hours in the School of Engineering.)
Violation of the foregoing regulations may result in suspension
Charlottesville
June 13, 1958
University Adviser to Students
The Rotunda
President
The Student Council at its meeting on May 19, 1958, unanimously passed the following
motion. To recommend that all students who register cars have compulsory insurance
This has just come to the attention of the Subcommittee of the Committee on Undergraduates.
We approve this motion and propose the following be made a part of our
previous recommendations
Before any student may register his vehicle he must present the following documents
1 State registration
2 State driver's license
3 Certificate of insurance from a recognized insurance company evidencing coverage
for public liability for a minimum of $10,000 and $20,000 bodily injury and $5,000
property damage
4 Statement signed by the student's parent or guardian (if the student is under 21)
indicating the parent's or guardian's knowledge and understanding of the regulations
at the University of Virginia and granting the student permission to operate a motor
vehicle at the University
In the general discussion that followed, it was the consensus of opinion that parking lots
could not be indefinitely extended into areas such as the Dell. The President noted that Board
action was necessary since the Committee on Undergraduates has no authority to act on a University-wide
basis regarding students in professional schools. Mr. Fenwick reminded the Board of the new
Virginia laws making insurance compulsory for all registered vehicles, and Mr. Pollock inquired
whether the proposed liability figures were high enough
The Board resolved that the proposed new regulations, as set forth above (but not the
proposed extension and conversion of parking lots), be and they are hereby approved in principle,
but that the President shall be free to make modifications in detail and in application
EXTENSION DIVISION RENAMED
In response to President Darden's endorsement of a proposal made by Dean Zehmer and the
resident Extension Division staff, the Board resolved that the Extension Division be and it is
hereby renamed the Division of Extension and General Studies
VYSSOTSKY RESIDENCE AT OBSERVATORY TO BE PURCHASED
President Darden read to the Board the following memorandum from Mr. Shea
Charlottesville
29 May 1958
As you know, Prof. Vyssotsky is retiring this June. Approximately 25 years ago he
requested permission from the University to build a home near the observatory. President
Newcomb advised him that he would bring the matter to the Board of Visitors and secure a
lease for him. Mr. Vyssotsky said that he checked several times with Mr. Carruthers, who
was then Secretary of the Board, to see if any action had been taken. He was assured that
it would be forth coming and to proceed with the construction of his residence
Mr. Vyssotsky stated further that he was concerned and talked to Mr. Allan Perkins,
then University Attorney, about the matter who assured him that if Mr. Newcomb had
verbally authorized it not to worry about it. I telephoned Mr. Perkins who does not
recall Prof. Vyssotsky discussing the matter with him, although he said he might well
have for it is difficult for him to remember conversations which took place 25 years ago
Prof. Vyssotsky would like for the University to purchase his house and Dr. Alden
of the observatory would very much like to have it for a residence for Dr. Vyssotsky's
replacement
Mr. O'Grince has been over the property and feels that it would probably be worth
$15,000. I enclose a letter from Mr. Vyssotsky stating that he has spent $10,000 on the
property and, with the present depreciated dollar, it is worth $15,000
If the Board thinks well of purchasing the property, I believe we should have appraisals
made as a basis for payment
President
The Board resolved that appraisals on Mr. Vyssotsky's house be obtained, and that the house
be purchased for the appraised value or for $15,000, whichever is the lesser figure, but that in
no case shall a price in excess of $15,000 be paid for the house
STUDENT ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE
The Report of the Student Activities Committee for 1957-58, copies of which had previously been
mailed to all the Visitors, was laid before the Board, as follows
Charlottesville
REPORT OF THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE FOR THE SESSION 1957-58
During the current academic session the Student Activities Committee has met a total of
nineteen times. The majority of these meetings was held to consider requests for funds from
various student organizations. All budgets and requests were first submitted to the Student
Council for investigation and recommendation before being submitted to the Student Activities
Committee for action
The committee felt itself charged to provide financial support, upon request, to those
student activities which were organized to provide a service to the University as a whole and
which could not properly expect departmental support
RECEIPTS | ||
Balance June 30, 1957 | $4,756.65 | |
Student Fees | ||
1st semester '57-58 | 10,427.50 | |
2nd semester '57-58 | 9,793.00 | |
From Jefferson Society (refund) |
129.30 | |
From Dance Societies (refund) |
1,800.00 | |
From Artist Series (refund) |
672.00 | |
Total receipts | $27,578.45 | |
DISBURSEMENTS | ||
Cavalier Daily | $13,714.03 | |
Corks & Curls | 3,300.00 | |
Univ. of Virginia Magazine | 750.00 | |
Jefferson Society | 149.30 | |
Omicron Delta Kappa | 40.00 | |
Radio Station WUVA | 3,583.45 | |
International Affairs Assoc. | 130.00 | |
University Artist Series | 1,300.00 | |
National Jazz Fraternity (loan) | 750.00 | |
Dance Societies (loan) | 3,250.00 | $26,966.78 |
CASH BALANCE ON HAND | $ 611.67 | |
LOANS TO BE REPAID | ||
Dance Societies | 1,450.00 | |
National Jazz Fraternity | 750.00 | |
$2,200.00 |
The Report was highly commended, and President Darden commented on the problem of loans to
the dance societies and on other details of the Committee's work
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS
Also laid before the Board were copies of the Report (dated May 26th) of the special Committee
on Student Publications created by the Board at the April meeting, together with the final
action on the Report which had been taken by the Executive Committee, as directed by the Board, on
June 13th, as follows
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS AND THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The special committee, having completed its investigation and study, now reports as
follows
I
That as to student publications generally, the Student Activities Committee has been,
and is doing a fine job. No change in procedure or authority with reference to the
Student Activities Committee is recommended
II
A THE CAVALIER DAILY
The Student Council is a responsible student governing body. However,
by its constitution, it has no connection with or authority over The
CAVALIER DAILY. This separation is designed to make sure that The
CAVALIER DAILY would never be used as a political organ in the election
of members of the Student Council. This committee feels that such
separation is sound and should be continued
B We believe that the existence of a paper such as The CAVALIER DAILY is
indispensable to the University, and we find that such a paper cannot exist independently
of a subsidy from the University. We, therefore, recommend that the
present student fees be continued
C While the separation of the Student Council and The CAVALIER DAILY is
salutary, this action has left The CAVALIER DAILY as an institution with a guaranteed
income and with no responsibility to any group at the University. We feel that this
situation should be remedied. We, therefore, propose that the vice presidents of the
several schools of the University shall compose the Board of Directors of the
CAVALIER DAILY. That this Board of Directors shall meet at least once each month
during the school year, and shall have general supervision of The CAVALIER DAILY,
with authority
a To reject or confirm the selection of the Editor, Managing Editor and Business
Manager who shall be recommended by the whole staff of The CAVALIER DAILY, with
power to remove any or all of these three officers of The CAVALIER DAILY for
cause
b To generally oversee the physical management of The CAVALIER DAILY by its
Business Manager and Editor-In-Chief
c To receive from The CAVALIER DAILY requests for its necessary operating funds
and to review and approve or disapprove all such requests for financial support
before these requests are presented to The Student Activities Committee for final
consideration and action
d To review and to approve or disapprove and, when desirable, to modify the overall
editorial and news reporting policies
e To arrange the time of the election of the officers of The CAVALIER DAILY so as
to promote the greatest continuity of personnel possible
III
This committee recommends that the Student Activities Committee be authorized and
requested to establish, as an inducement to the improvement of reportorial and editorial
work on The CAVALIER DAILY, annual prizes in appropriate amounts to be paid for excellence
in these fields and services to the University and its Student Body
IV
This committee further recommends to the Executive Committee of the Board of
Visitors of the University that the Board direct forthwith termination of any further
publication of THE VIRGINIA SPECTATOR under the sponsorship of The Jefferson Society,
and order that hereafter no "humor" publication shall be issued by any students or
student organization of the University of Virginia, or by others, which bears the
imprint or apparent sponsorship of the University of Virginia, without prior authorization
by the Board of Visitors
RESOLUTION CONCERNING STUDENT PUBLICATIONS
ADOPTED BY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS
On consideration of the report of its Special Committee to Investigate Student Publications
and Their Financial Support, heretofore submitted by the Chairman of said Special Committee,
BE IT RESOLVED
(1) That so much of said report set forth in Sections II and III thereof as deals with the
operation of the CAVALIER DAILY be and the same hereby is approved and adopted as the policy
of the Board in regard to the management and operation of the student newspaper known as the
CAVALIER DAILY
(2) Consistent with the recommendations set forth in Section IV of said report respecting
the publication known as THE VIRGINIA SPECTATOR, heretofore published under sponsorship of the
Jefferson Society, that further publication of THE VIRGINIA SPECTATOR, in the best interests
of the University, shall be discontinued, that further publication of any "humor" newspaper or
magazine under the sponsorship of the University of Virginia or any student organization of the
University of Virginia shall be permitted only with the consent and approval of the President
of the University or of administrative authorities delegated by him under such conditions and
sponsorship as they shall deem proper in the interests of the University
NEWCOMB HALL AND THE REAR WING OF PEABODY HALL
President Darden invited the attention of the Board to one flaw in the otherwise excellent
results obtained by the decision to relocate Newcomb Hall at the top of the hill, and therefore
close to the rear of Peabody Hall. The greater proximity, Mr. Darden pointed out, had caused a
crowded effect at the point where the auditorium wing of Peabody extends westward toward Newcomb
Hall. This difficulty had been foreseen by Mr. Darden and the architects, who had consented to
the location on the understanding that the unsightly wing of Peabody Hall would later be demolished
Despite the relative uselessness of the small and highly unsatisfactory auditorium, Mr. Darden noted,
the demolition could not be effected until the new Life Sciences building should be completed, thus
affording space for the Psychology staff who now occupy the basement of the wing. The demolition,
Mr. Darden emphasized, ought to be carried out at the earliest practicable time, so as to provide
adequate approaches to the main entrances of Newcomb Hall and an adequate view of its handsome
eastern facade.
McGREGOR LIBRARY GRANTS RENEWED
President Darden initiated a discussion of the Tracy W. McGregor Library and its work by
reading to the Board the following letter
2486 National Bank Building
Detroit, Michigan
26
June 2, 1958
University of Virginia
At the Annual meeting of the Trustees of McGregor Fund careful consideration was given to your
letter of April 28 and to a continuation of support of the Tracy W. McGregor Library at the
University. I am pleased to report that the Trustees appropriated $12,000 a year for each
of the five years commencing July 1, 1958, for accessions to the McGregor Library, and checks
will be forthcoming quarterly as in the past, commencing around July 1
In making this five-year appropriation the Trustees expressed their keen satisfaction with
the excellent conduct of the Library over the past twenty years. Its capable staff has long
had the reputation throughout the country of giving friendly help and cooperation to visiting
scholars
We look forward with pleasure to our continuing association with the University of Virginia
Secretary
The President spoke with great warmth of the work of the McGregor Library and its curators
over the past twenty years since its presentation to the University by the Trustees of McGregor
Fund of Detroit. The Trustees, Mr. Darden pointed out, had in 1956 generously increased the
amount of their annual grants in an effort to offset the effects of inflation and the sharply
increased competition for rare Americana
The Rector remarked that it would be superfluous to call for a formal vote on the renewal
of the University's annual supplementary grants of $2,500 for additions to the McGregor Library,
and the Secretary was accordingly instructed to write to Mr. Wheat and inform him that the University's
supplemental appropriations would be continued
LAW SCHOOL: SPECIAL NAMED PROFESSORSHIPS
President Darden invited the attention of the Visitors to their Resolution of 12 April 1958
creating three special chairs in the School of Law, and directing the President to nominate for
these chairs, which would carry special remuneration for the summer months, three professors whose
scholarly attainments and promise of future contributions to legal literature and the law teaching
profession should especially entitle them to this distinction
In response to nominations by the President, the Board thereupon resolved that the following
professors be and they are hereby elected to the three special professorships to bear title as
follows
Mr. Frederick Deane Goodwin Ribble, as James Madison Professor of Law, Mr. Hardy Cross
Dillard, as James Monroe Professor of Law, and Mr. Charles Oscar Gregory as John Barbee Minor
Professor of Law.
HANDY GIFT OF LIBRARY FUND
President Darden presented the following draft by Mr. C. Venable Minor, University Counsel,
for a deed of trust by Mr. Edward S. Handy creating a fund in the University Library for the
acquisition, maintenance, cataloguing, and publication of documents relating to achievements in
the arts and sciences, as follows
THIS INDENTURE OF TRUST made this 16th day of June, 1958, between EDWARD S. HANDY,
(hereinafter called the "Donor"), of the first part, and THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, a body corporate (hereinafter referred to as "The Rector and
Visitors"), of the second part,
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Donor desires to create an irrevocable trust to be named the "Alderman
Library Life Histories Documentation Fund of the University of Virginia", to be held by
The Rector and Visitors, in trust, for the uses and purposes hereinafter set out, and,
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 23-69 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, The
Rector and Visitors has the power to accept, execute and administer any trust in which it
may have an interest under the terms of the instrument creating the trust, and,
WHEREAS, the Donor, in order to create the trust hereinafter set forth, has requested
The Rector and Visitors to accept the property described in "Schedule A" hereto annexed
and made a part hereof, (the property described in said "Schedule A" and investments and
reinvestments thereof and all additions thereto, if any, being hereinafter called the
"principal"), upon the trusts hereinafter set out, and to act as Trustee hereunder, and,
WHEREAS, the prior written consent and approval of the Governor of Virginia, as
required by Section 25 of the Appropriations Act of 1956, (Acts of Assembly, 1956 pp
1185-1186), having been first obtained, The Rector and Visitors, as is evidenced by its
signature hereto, hereby accepts the property described in "Schedule A" and undertakes to
execute and administer the trust upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set out
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the acceptance of the trust by
The Rector and Visitors
First. The Donor has assigned, transferred and set over, and does hereby assign,
transfer and set over the principal unto The Rector and Visitors. TO HAVE and TO HOLD
the same together with any additional property or monies hereafter received (either by
inter-vives gift, grant, or by testamentary disposition), IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, for
the uses and purposes hereinafter set out
(a) The Rector and Visitors shall collect and receive the rents, issues, profits and
income therefrom, and after deduction of all proper charges and expenses, the net residue
of income derived therefrom (hereinafter referred to as "net annual income"), together with
any monies or property delivered to The Rector and Visitors under condition that the
principal thereof may or shall be expended for such purposes, (said net annual income and
said monies or property being hereinafter collectively referred to as the "annual funds"),
shall be used and applied by The Rector and Visitors as follows
(i) To the purchase of documentary materials relating to persons who have been
effective in promoting beneficial human achievement in the arts and in science, which
materials shall become a part of the collections of the Alderman Library of the University
of Virginia,
(ii) To searching out, documenting, collating, describing, indexing and publishing
such materials systematically
(b) Said annual funds or so much thereof as may be deemed wise, shall be allocated in
the following manner
A committee of three members, composed of the Librarian of the Alderman Library of the
University of Virginia, who shall act as Chairman, and two other persons, one of whom shall
be conversant with the humanities, the other with the sciences, nominated by the Chairman
and appointed annually by the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, shall determine
with due consideration being given to such statements in writing made from time to time
to the Chairman, as the donor or donors care to make, the policies and objectives to be
followed to carry out the purposes of this trust as hereinabove set forth and shall certify
to The Rector and Visitors the amounts of such annual funds to be allocated for such purposes
Upon receiving such certification The Rector and Visitors shall be authorized and empowered
to disburse said annual funds in accordance with such certification
Second. Any person, firm, corporation, foundation, or association, including the Donor,
may add by grant, will or deed or otherwise to the principal or to the annual funds, at any
time or from time to time, property of any kind or nature, whether real, personal or mixed,
and wheresoever situate, provided, however, that the same shall be acceptable to and shall
be accepted by The Rector and Visitors who, in respect to such acceptability and such
acceptance, is hereby given sole and absolute discretion. Upon the receipt and acceptance
by The Rector and Visitors of any such property, the same shall be, and be deemed to be a
part of the principal to be held in the same trust hereby created, or, a part of the annual
funds to be allotted and disbursed in the manner hereinabove set forth, as the case may be
Third. The trust hereby created is, and is hereby declared to be, irrevocable and
perpetual
Fourth. The Rector and Visitors shall have the broadest powers in the management,
investment and reinvestment of the principal. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
it may, for the purposes of investment, combine the investments of the principal with
Fund, for each fiscal year of the University, shall be entitled, beginning as of the first
day of the first full calendar quarter occurring after the date of this Indenture, to its
pro-rata share of said Consolidated Funds, and such pro-rata share of the income each fiscal
year shall be determined on the same uniform basis as the income of all other Consolidated
Funds of the University of Virginia is determined.
Fifth. The trust hereby created shall be subject to, and governed by, the laws of the
State of Virginia, and this Trust Indenture, and all the terms, provisions, and conditions
hereof are to be interpreted, construed, and applied in accordance with the laws of the State
of Virginia
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the Donor has hereunto affixed his signature and seal, and The
Rector and Visitors has caused its name to be signed hereto by Vincent Shea, its Comptroller,
and its seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by Francis L. Berkeley, Jr., its Secretary,
all as of the day and year first above written.
THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Comptroller
_________________________
Secretary
SCHEDULE A
to
"ALDERMAN LIBRARY LIFE HISTORIES
DOCUMENTATION FUND OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA"
Attached to and made a part of Trust Indenture dated 16 June, 1958, between EDWARD S.
HANDY and THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia hereby acknowledged receipt from
Edward S. Handy of the following described property
100 shares Seaboard Airline R.R. Co., common stock,
35 shares Union Carbide Corporation stock,
Policy #6742809 in Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company for $2000.00 on life
of Edward S. Handy
to be held as principal of the above fund
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
By____________________
Comptroller
There were expressions of warm appreciation for Mr. Handy's generous act to strengthen the
Alderman Library's holdings in manuscripts and other documentary sources
The Board resolved that both the Trust Indenture and the appended receipt entitled "Schedule A"
be and they are hereby gratefully accepted and approved in form as set forth above, and that the
Comptroller of the University be and he is hereby authorized to execute both instruments upon receipt
by him of the securities listed in Schedule A
FACULTY HOME MORTGAGES
President Darden initiated a discussion of the plan by which the University has been able to
increase its mortgage loans to its professors and administrative officers from 60 per cent to 80
per cent by means of a 20 per cent guarantee by the Alumni Board of Trustees. Mr. Darden pointed
out that the $50,000 limitation on guarantees by the Alumni Board had now been reached, and the
Finance Committee now wishes to have authority from the Board to make loans up to 70 per cent provided
the Alumni Board will make an additional commitment for guarantees of 10 per cent, so that loans at
80 per cent can be continued
After general expressions of approval of the plan and of hope that the Alumni Board of Trustees
would continue to cooperate and to participate in it, the Board adopted the following resolution
WHEREAS, the Finance Committee of this Board has heretofore been authorized and empowered to
make loans to members of the faculty and administrative officers of the University of Virginia,
secured as first liens on residences owned by such faculty and staff, not to exceed, however, 60%
of the appraised value of such residential properties, and,
WHEREAS, the Alumni Board of Trustees of the University of Virginia Endowment Fund has heretofore
adopted the following resolution
"RESOLVED, by the Alumni Board of Trustees that it agrees to guarantee loans on faculty and
administrative officers residences up to 20% of the appraised value of such homes, provided
no single guarantee exceeds $6000.00, it being understood that this 20% to be in addition to
the 60% which the Board of Visitors now lends to staff members, but in no case is the total
Alumni Board of Trustees at any one time shall not exceed $50,000, nor shall this Board be
called upon to provide any funds except in case of default. It is further resolved that
in the repayment of these loans, all payments shall first be applied to liquidate that part
of the loan underwritten by the Board.", and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the adoption of said resolution by said Alumni Board of Trustees, the
Finance Committee of this Board was authorized and empowered to make such loans up to 80% of the
appraised value of the security offered, such loans up to 60% of the appraised value of the
security being made at the risk of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia and the
balance up to 80% of such appraised value, although made from funds of said The Rector and
Visitors, being guaranteed in accordance with said resolution of said Alumni Board of Trustees,
and,
WHEREAS, acting under the authority heretofore granted it by this Board, and pursuant to
the resolution of the Alumni Board of Trustees herein set forth, the Finance Committee of this
Board has made loans and commitments for loans up to but not exceeding 80% of the appraised
values of the properties on which said loans are secured as first liens, and,
WHEREAS, the total commitment of the Alumni Board of Trustees has now reached $50,000.00,
so that the maximum amount of any loan has had to be reduced to 60% of the appraised value of the
security, and,
WHEREAS, the Finance Committee has received and is receiving numerous applications for loans
up to 80% of the appraised value of the securities offered, and
WHEREAS, in the opinion of this Board loans to faculty members and administrative officers
of the University of Virginia up to 80% of the appraised value of the security offered should
not be curtailed but should be continued
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the authorization heretofore granted its Finance Committee to make loans to faculty
and administrative officers of the University of Virginia, to be secured as first liens
on residences owned by such faculty and staff, be increased from 60% of the appraised
value of the security offered to 70% of such appraised value without guarantee, provided,
however, such authorization shall not be effective unless and until the Alumni Board of
Trustees of the University of Virginia Endowment Fund adopts a resolution, satisfactory
in form and substance to the Finance Committee of this Board, guaranteeing, up to a
maximum of $50,000, over and above its previous total commitment, an additional 10% of the
appraised value of the security offered, to the end that such loans may continue to be
made on the basis of 80% of the appraised value of the security offered
RESOLVED FURTHER, that all such loans shall be made upon such terms and conditions and
subject to such regulations as the Finance Committee of this Board may, from time to
time, see fit to impose and promulgate.
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COLLEGE SITE
Mr. Fenwick presented a proposal by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Fairfax to purchase
and present to the University as a free gift 150 acres of land known as the Farr Tract as
a permanent site for the University's Northern Virginia College, which is now being operated in
temporary quarters at Bailey's Cross Roads pending construction of the proposed permanent
college at Sunset Hills, near Herndon, Virginia
There were expressions of appreciation for the generous offer by the Town of Fairfax. It
was pointed out by several Visitors, however, that the Board was no longer free in good faith to
consider alternate sites, having firmly committed the University to acceptance of the site
offered as a free gift by the Messrs. Bowman. Having taken this action in February, members
noted, the Board had subsequently approved a deed of conveyance, as agreed to by attorneys for
the University and for the Messrs. Bowman, and on April 12th had instructed the administrative
officers of the University to execute the Deed as soon as the Governor should give his approval
to the document, as is required by law
It was the consensus of opinion that given these circumstances, the Board could not undertake
an exploration of the Fairfax proposal unless the Governor should suggest such a study
BUDGET FOR 1958-1959 ADOPTED
Copies of the proposed Budget for 1958-59 having been laid before the Visitors by the
Finance Committee, the Comptroller of the University appeared before the Board and presented a
Budget Summary, a copy of which was ordered to be filed with these minutes. Mr. Shea pointed
out that increases in fees, rentals, and appropriations will more than offset a decline in
Endowment income, making the estimated revenues for 1958-59 higher by $1,164,000 than the
revenues for the current year. Increased expenditures were proposed for filling vacant and new
positions, improved salary scales, expansion of food services, provision for increased enrollments,
and operation of the Nuclear Reactor. Mr. Shea estimated total revenues at $10,145,949,
and expenditures at $9,982,393, with an anticipated surplus of $163,556
After discussion the Board resolved to approve and adopt the Budget for 1958-59 as presented
ENDOWMENT FUND INVESTMENTS
Mr. Gray, Chairman of the Finance Committee, introduced to the Board Messrs. L. Burwell
Gunn and Donald Willcox, of the State-Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts, who discussed with
the Visitors the investments program of the University's Consolidated Endowment Fund, and
presented a 15-page "Report and Summary of University of Virginia Consolidated Endowment Funds",
25 January 1957 to 25 January 1958, a copy of which was ordered to be filed
MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS
COMMITTEE ON THE COLLEGE
Mr. McWane reported on behalf of Judge Smith, who was unavoidably absent this morning, that
the Committee on the College had met on the evening of June 13th, with Judge Smith presiding, and
had considered and approved in detail the matters which would now be presented to the Board by the
Chancellor
ELECTIONS
The following resolution was adopted
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 of Mary Washington College
Mr. Robert Douglas Allsbrook as Assistant Professor of Mathematics for the session 1958-59, at
a salary of $5000
Mr. Peter R. Coffin as Assistant Professor of Philosophy for the session 1958-59, at a salary
of $5000
Mr. George M. Van Sant as Assistant Professor of Philosophy for the session 1958-59, at a
salary of $5000
Mr. George Wilborn Bahlke as Instructor in English for the session 1958-59, at a salary of
$4400
Mrs. Catherine Howell Hook as Instructor in Education for the session 1958-59, at a salary
of $4400
Miss Vivian Lorraine Munson as Instructor in History for the session 1958-59, at a salary of
$4400
Mr. Enrigue Luis Revol (Foreign Exchange Professor under Fulbright Act) as Assistant Professor
of Comparative Literature for the session 1958-59, at a salary of $5000
Miss Joan Rae Orloff as Instructor in Art for the session 1958-59, at a salary of $4400
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 to the faculty of Mary Washington
College, for the session 1958-59
Mrs. Evelyn Mary Eaton as Visiting Professor of English (Part-time) at a salary of $1360
Mr. Jesse Bythwood Jackson as Visiting Professor of Mathematics at a salary of $6800
Dr. W. Schuyler Miller as Visiting Professor of Geology (Part-time) at a salary of $1700
Mrs. Juliette Breffort Blessing as Instructor in French at a salary of $4600
Mrs. Viola P. Butzner as Instructor in Art (one-half time) at a salary of $2300
Miss Mary Gay Calcott as Instructor in English at a salary of $4600
Miss Mildred A. Droste as Instructor in Physical Education at a salary of $5000
Mr. Albert G. Duke as Instructor in Dramatic Arts and Speech at a salary of $5000.
Miss Miriam J. Greenberg as Instructor in Physical Education at a salary of $5000
Mrs. Leatrice Ann Voorhees Grove as Instructor in Psychology at a salary of $4600
Miss Rosemary Herman as Instructor in Spanish at a salary of $5000
Mr. Michael Houston as Instructor in Journalism and Director of Admissions at an annual
salary of $5280
Mrs. Myra L. Irby as Instructor in History at a salary of $5000
Mr. H. A. Michael Kirschner as Instructor in Physical Education at a salary of $4800
Miss Katherine F. Moran as Instructor in Dramatic Arts and Speech and Assistant Dean of
Students, at an annual salary of $6000
Mr. William Pinschmidt, Jr., as Instructor in Biology at a salary of $5000
Miss Carol Marguerite Pitts as Instructor in English at a salary of $4600
Dr. Russell S. Ratcliffe as Instructor in Education, at a salary of $4800
Miss Carmen L. Rivera as Instructor in Spanish at a salary of $4800
Miss Frances Beveridge Sydnor as Instructor in English at a salary of $5000
Mr. Jack Bruce Thomas as Instructor in Sociology at a salary of $4800
Mrs. Lola Minich Tompkins as Instructor in Economics and Business Administration at a
salary of $4600
Miss Eula D. Turner as Instructor in Physical Education at a salary of $4600
RESIGNATION
The following resolution was adopted
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the resignation of Dr. William Edward Montague as Assistant Professor of Psychology,
effective June 1, 1958, 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 of members of the faculty of Mary Washington College be and they
are hereby made, effective as of September 1, 1958
Mrs. Mildred M. Bolling, Associate Professor and Chairman of the French Department to
Professor of French and Chairman of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages, at an annual
salary of $6500
Miss Margery E. Arnold, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Health, Physical
Education and Recreation, at an annual salary of $5750
Dr. Stanley F. Bulley, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Music, at an annual
salary of $5750
Miss Mildred Cates, Instructor to Assistant Professor of Home Economics, at an annual
salary of $5000
Mr. Sidney H. Mitchell, Instructor to Assistant Professor of English, at an annual salary
of $5000
Dr. Mary Jo Parrish, Instructor to Assistant Professor of Biology, at an annual salary of
$5000
Mr. W. J. Pitman, Instructor to Assistant Professor of Biology, at an annual salary of
$5000
DEPARTMENT OF MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
The Chancellor reported that after consultation with Mr. Darden, it has been decided to
consolidate the academic work in the several modern foreign languages into one department
Persons who previously held separate chairmanships have been so notified of this change in the
administrative structure of the College. The purpose of this change is to make possible a more
consistent and effective program of instruction in modern languages throughout the College. The
former chairman of the French Department has agreed to serve as the new chairman of the Department
of Modern Foreign Languages
DEBT DUE STATE TREASURY
The Chancellor reported to the Board regarding the status of the indebtedness to the State
Treasury which had amounted, at the time of the last meeting of the Board, to $844,606.33. Since
the last meeting, the Governor has authorized application of surplus for the 1956-58 biennium to
the indebtedness
On May 29, 1958, Mr. Simpson said, the Comptroller informed the College that the surplus
at June 30, 1957, in the amount of $205,346.84 had been applied to the debt, leaving a balance
of $639,259.49. It is hoped to reduce this amount by $200,000.00 from the surplus at June 30,
1958. You will recall the appropriation of $351,390.00 in the 1958-60 budget. However, before
this amount can be applied, the remaining balance of the debt must be paid from funds other than
the general fund of the State
Mr. Darden supported Mr. Simpson's proposal for a bond issue or short-term loan to be
arranged following application of the 1957-58 surplus to the debt, in order to cover the balance
of debt then remaining in excess of $351,000. Mr. Darden estimated this balance as falling in
the range of $75,000 to $85,000, and requested the Board's authority to negotiate (with the
Governor's approval) a loan for the necessary amount
The Board resolved that the President be and he is hereby authorized to negotiate the loan
as proposed
OLD STUDENT ACCOUNTS CHARGED OFF
The following resolution was adopted
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the administrative officers of Mary Washington College be and they are hereby authorized to
charge off as uncollectible the old student accounts, for the years 1930-56, in the sum of
$9,895.06, found by them to be uncollectible and recommended by them for charging off
LEGAL HOLIDAYS
Mr. Simpson reported a communication from Governor Almond authorizing holidays as follows
New Year's Day | January 1 |
Lee-Jackson Day | January 19 |
Washington's Birthday | February 22 |
Jefferson's Birthday | April 13 |
Confederate Memorial Day | May 30 |
Independence Day | July 4 |
Labor Day | First Monday in September |
Veterans' Day | November 11 |
Thanksgiving Day | Fourth Thursday in November |
Christmas Day | December 25 |
General Election Day | |
Days designated as State Holidays by special proclamation of the Governor |
and stating further that:
"If the nature of the services of any agency or institution requires that it
be in full operation on certain of the days listed above as holidays and be closed
on other days, an alternative schedule providing an equal number of holidays may be
authorized by the governing board with the approval of the Governor".
Since Mary Washington College is in session when many of the holidays occur, Mr. Simpson
requested that the employees of the College be granted permission to use such holidays at times
when the college is not in session, preferably during the period that the College is closed for
the Christmas holidays.
The Board adopted the following resolution:
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the Chancellor of Mary Washington College, subject to the approval of the Governor, be and is
hereby authorized to permit time off for employees, in lieu of legal holidays not observed at the
time of occurrence, during the period that the College is closed for the Christmas holidays.
BUDGET FOR 1958-1959 ADOPTED
Copies of the proposed Budget for 1958-59 having been laid before the Board by the Bursar
of the College, Mr. Woodward, he and Chancellor Simpson reviewed the highlights. Although total
revenues are estimated by Mr. Woodward at $2,090,660, an increase of $53,940, proposed expenditures
of $2,086,511 are expected to leave a surplus of only $4,149. Adjustment to the new Faculty salary
scale accounts for a large portion of the heavier expenditures, and the increased revenue of
$79,000 from higher student fees is offset in part by a $25,000 reduction in State appropriation
from the General Fund.
The Board resolved after discussion to approve and adopt the Budget for 1958-59 as presented.
LETTERS FROM MESSRS. GOOLRICK AND SIMPSON
The Rector laid before the Board copies of letters from Mr. Simpson and Mr. Goolrick in which,
as he noted, both the Chancellor and the Founder of the College had expressed appreciation for the
Board's Resolutions of last April on the occasion of the College's fiftieth anniversary.
ENROLLMENT FOR 1958-1959 SESSION
The Chancellor presented a memorandum from Mr. Michael Houston, Director of Admissions,
showing present admissions of 1482 residential students for the 1958-59 session. This leaves
31 vacancies, Mr. Simpson reported, to be filled by future admissions, with 108 applications for
admission still pending.
On motion the meeting was then adjourned.
Rector
Secretary
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