University of Virginia Library

RENOVATION OF THE COMMONS BUILDING

With the removal of the dining facilities from the Commons to Newcomb Hall, the President
reported that the vacant space was available for other uses. Architects had made a study of the
building and reported that it was in good shape. A tentative decision has been made to locate
the offices of the Bursar and the Registrar in the Commons Building and to reserve the basement
for the possible use of a central computing section which is under study. The President was
authorized to obtain estimates of the costs involved in renovating the building and to begin the
preparation of working drawings in the event that the estimates seemed to him to be reasonable