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, 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

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

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

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

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

Education and Nursing, 107 semester hours in the School of Architecture, and 110 semester
hours in the School of Engineering.)

Violation of the foregoing regulations may result in suspension

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

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

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

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

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

the investments of the Consolidated Funds of the University of Virginia. In such event the
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.

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

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

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

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:

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.

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On motion the meeting was then adjourned.