 | Board of Visitors minutes October 11, 1958 |  |
MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS
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 persons be and they are hereby elected to the faculty of Mary Washington
College:
Mr. Joseph Aposhyan as Assistant Professor of Psychology for the session 1958-59, at a
salary of $5000.
Miss Anna Mae Harris as Assistant Professor of Mathematics for the session 1958-59, at a
salary of $5200. (Second step approved by Personnel Office)
Mr. Charles Alfred Sletten, as Assistant Professor in Sociology for the session 1958-59,
at a salary of $5000.
Mrs. Lydia (Boyce) Fauls as Instructor in Psychology (one-half time) for the session
1958-59, at a salary of $2200.
RESIGNATION
The Board adopted the following resolution:
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the resignation of Mr. Jack Bruce Thomas as Instructor in Sociology, effective September 1,
1958, be and it is hereby accepted.
We wish for him the highest success in his new undertaking.
INDEBTEDNESS DUE THE STATE TREASURY
The Chancellor reported that the College indebtedness to the State Treasury had been paid in
full. The note in the original amount of $1,356,515.57, dated 1 December 1954 with interest at
1 per cent, had been reduced by 30 June 1958 to $639,259.49 through payments from the operating
funds of the College. Since 30 June, the debt to the State has been completely retired through
the following payments
| Note payable June 30, 1958 | $639,259.49 | |
| Operating surplus at June 30, 1958 | $272,997.04 | |
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State Appropriation 1958-60 budget for reduction of the indebtedness |
351,390.00 | |
| Funds borrowed from the National Bank of Fredericksburg |
14,872.45 | $639,259.49 |
The Chancellor expressed the hope that the debt to the National Bank of Fredericksburg could be
paid in the Spring of 1959.
The members of the Board expressed their jubilation over the achievement of a debt-free
status by the College
This appropriation is in lieu of College surplus reverted to the general fund
of the State at June 30, 1956
CLAIMS FOR DAMAGE TO STUDENTS' PERSONAL PROPERTY
The Chancellor reported that during the Spring of 1958, because of leaks in the water lines
in Betty Lewis Dormitory and Virginia Hall, certain students' personal property was damaged.
These students entered claims for the extent of the damage through the Director of Dormitories
totaling approximately $450.00.
The Bursar, apprehensive as to the extent of the College's authority to make any settlement
of these claims, wrote to the Attorney General on June 11 for his opinion. He replied to the
effect that we could not make settlement since we had no specific appropriation of this nature.
Because the claims are all of a relatively minor amount, he suggested an alternative procedure
for making settlement. His letter is shown as follows
Office of the Attorney General
Richmond
June 17, 1958
Mary Washington College
This is in reply to your letter of June 11, 1958, in which you state that in the past
college year there was a water pipe break in some of the dormitories of the College which
resulted in water damage to luggage and clothing belonging to students. You state that
you have been presented with claims from the students suffering these damages in the
amount of $275.00. You ask my advice as to whether or not these claims should be paid
As you know, the Commonwealth of Virginia and its institutions and agencies are not
subject to suit for tort claims, however, if damage is caused to some innocent person as
a result of neligence of the Commonwealth of Virginia or one of its institutions, then
there is a certain moral responsibility to compensate this innocent person for the damage.
The only way that this ordinarily can be done is through the enactment of a relief bill
by the General Assembly of Virginia, as there is no appropriation to my knowledge to any
State institution from which they may pay tort claims
The amount of the claims in this instance is so minor that I question the advisability
of a relief bill for this purpose. There is a practice in some institutions where a person
suffers minor damages as the result of negligence on the part of the institution to adjust
the claims for the damage by giving the person affected credit on tuition charges or room
rent or laundry charges, or some other such charges. This might be desirable in the case
which you present if there was negligence on the part of Mary Washington College
After a discussion, the following resolution was adopted by the Board
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Mary Washington College be and it is hereby authorized to refund or credit that portion
of the College general fees to the students whose personal property was damaged in an amount not
to exceed the estimate of the damage, subject to the approval of the Special Counsel of the
University and the Attorney General
RIGHT-OF-WAY TO VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
The Chancellor reported that in August 1958, the Virginia Electric and Power Company
requested a right-of-way on the Brompton property in order to supply current to a swimming pool
sponsored by residents in the community. The swimming pool is located on the Spratt property
which joins Brompton property in the vicinity of the property deeded to the City of Fredericksburg
for the construction of an armory
The location of the right-of-way is from the vicinity of the armory constructed by the City,
running west to the sixty foot easement granted by W. C. Spratt, thence south on the west side
of the W. C. Spratt easement to an intersection with the property owned by W. C. Spratt
After a discussion, the following resolution was adopted by the Board
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Mary Washington College be and is hereby authorized to grant an easement to the Virginia
Electric and Power Company for the erection of power service lines in accordance with plat
identified as Number M-6115, revised, by EJW, from a point in the vicinity of the present armory
building east, to the west side of an easement granted by W. C. Spratt, and running south along this
easement to the intersection of the property owned by W. C. Spratt, and it is agreed by the power
company that this electric service will be relocated at the expense of the power company at any
time, to a mutually agreed location, within sixty days after receipt of written notice to do so
from the College
RIGHT-OF-WAY TO VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
The Chancellor reported another request by the Virginia Electric and Power Company that they
be granted a right-of-way on the Brompton property, located on the west side of U. S. Highway
Number 1. Their letter is shown as follows
Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia
The Virginia Electric and Power Company has been requested to provide electric service
to the individual property owners of Westmont Subdivision, located in the southwest section
of the City of Fredericksburg. In order to provide the electric facilities it is desirable,
for the protection and safe operation of the line, to secure guying and tree clearing rights
along the west edge of the University of Virginia's property adjoining Beverly Drive, in
Westmont Subdivision. A plat of this area showing the desired right-of-way privileges is
attached for further identification
Inasmuch as there will not be any poles or extension of line conductors placed upon or
over the University's property, written authority will suffice for our needs in lieu of an
easement grant.
Should you desire any further information, please feel free to contact us
(Signed by Wadsworth Bugg, Jr., District Superintendent)
The area in the vicinity of the College property west of U. S. Highway No. 1 is being
developed. In order for this area to obtain electric service, it is necessary that the Virginia
Electric and Power Company be permitted to cross College property
After discussion, the Board adopted the following resolution
RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Mary Washington College be and is hereby authorized to grant an easement to the Virginia
Electric and Power Company in accordance with the plat dated September 30, 1958, initialed WJC,
from a point at the intersection of Greenway Drive. It is agreed by the power company that this
electric service will be relocated at the expense of the power company at any time it is mutually
agreed, within sixty days after receipt of written notice from the College
On motion the meeting was then adjourned
Rector
Secretary
| Board of Visitors minutes October 11, 1958 | |