Board of Visitors minutes :: October 8, 1960 :: University of Virginia Library

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

Summer Actions by the President Under the Resolution Adopted 10 June 1960

Mr. Larry L. Farmer as Instructor in Biology, for one year, effective 1 September 1960, at
a salary of $4,500

Miss Mary Evelyn Gabbert as Instructor in Mathematics, for one year, effective 1 September
1960, at a salary of $4,500

Mrs. Helen R. Luntz as Acting Associate Professor of Modern Foreign Languages, part-time, for
one year, effective 1 September 1960, at a salary of $2,480

Miss Lorraine Maytum as Acting Assistant Professor of Physical Education, for one year,
effective 1 September 1960, at a salary of $5,500

Mrs. Joanne Insley Payne as Instructor in English, part-time, for the first semester of the
academic session 1960-1961, at a salary of $450

Mrs. Barbara Sellers Roller as Instructor in Physical Education, part-time, for one year,
effective 1 September 1960, at a salary of $2,250

RETIREMENT

The Chancellor announced the retirement of Mr. Oscar Haddon Darter, Professor of History and
Chairman of the Department of History, effective 1 October 1960, after 35 years of service to
the College

The Visitors expressed their high regard for Mr. Darter and their gratitude for the devoted
services of this gentleman to Mary Washington College, and directed the Secretary to record in
the permanent minutes of the Board and to convey to Mr. Darter the Visitors' good wishes for many
years of happiness in his retirement

CHARGE-OFF OF OLD STUDENT LOAN

The Chancellor reported that in April 1958 he had submitted to the Board a list of loans from
the State Student Loan Fund which were uncollectible and had received authority from the Board to
charge-off these loans. One loan, he reported, through oversight was not included in the list.
The Auditor of Public Accounts in his annual examination of the College's records had suggested
that the loan should be charged off. The Chancellor stated that the date of the note was 9 April
1935 in the original amount of $33.34. The unpaid principal of the note at this time amounts to
$13.23. The note was signed by Ann Crute who resided at the time of the loan in Baskerville,
Virginia. Since repeated efforts have been made to collect this loan without success, the Chancellor
recommended that the note be charged off as uncollectible in accordance with the terms prescribed
in the State Appropriation Act

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The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia be and is hereby authorized, subject to the
written approval of the Governor, to charge-off as uncollectible a note from the State Student Loan
Fund signed by Ann Crute, dated 9 April 1935, with a principal balance of $13.23.

BELMONT PROPERTY

The Chancellor reported that he had received a letter from Mr. C. Venable Minor, Counsel for
the University, enclosing a copy of the final decree entered by the Circuit Court of the City of
Richmond on 29 July 1960 approving the transfer of the title to Gari Melchers Memorial from the
Board of Trustees of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to The Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia on behalf of Mary Washington College. The State Comptroller has set up, the Chancellor
continued, the necessary accounting codes at Mary Washington College for the Belmont Property and
has proposed that the effective date of the transfer of the funds be 1 October 1960. The decree of
the Circuit Court providing for the transfer of operating funds would authorize the transfer of
the title of all of the assets of the Gari Melchers Memorial to The Rector and Visitors for operation
by Mary Washington College

The Chancellor asked for authorization to request the Auditor of Public Accounts to make a
turn-over audit of these accounts as of the date of the transfer on 1 October 1960.

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
the Chancellor of Mary Washington College be and he is hereby authorized to request the Auditor of Public
Accounts to make a turn-over audit of the accounts of the Gari Melchers Memorial as of the effective
date of the transfer of funds on 1 October 1960.

NATURAL GAS CONTRACT

The Chancellor reported that the Rector had approved on 13 June 1960 an agreement between Mary
Washington College and the Natural Gas Service Company subject to the following conditions (1)
that the cost of the installation of the natural gas equipment to the College would not exceed
$6,000, (2) that the Natural Gas Service Company would meet the requirements of the State Corporation
Commission with respect to additional working capital for the Company, and (3) that the Natural Gas
Service Company would supply the College with a comprehensive set of plans and specifications,
acceptable to the College, for the installation of the natural gas equipment. The State Corporation
Commission has issued an order approving the proposed plan of providing additional working capital
for the Company and a copy of this order has been sent to the Rector.

On 26 September 1960, in a conference with the engineers from the Engineering Division of the
Division of the Budget and a representative of the Natural Gas Service Company, a proposed set of
plans and specifications was discussed and approved by the State engineers. The Chancellor concluded
his report by noting that the State engineers had proposed that bids be received the latter
part of October for the installation of the natural gas equipment.

ANONYMOUS GIFT FOR BIOLOGY SCHOLARSHIPS

The Chancellor reported that during the preceding week he had received an anonymous gift of 200
shares of du Pont stock valued at approximately $36,000 to $37,000. The donor specified that the
funds be used for scholarships at Mary Washington College for students in Biology or for a student
graduating from Mary Washington College who desired to go elsewhere for graduate work in Biology.
Under the terms specified by the donor, the amount of the principal would have to be expended within
20 years.

After numerous statements of gratification, the following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
the anonymous gift to Mary Washington College for scholarships in the field of Biology be and it is
hereby accepted with deep appreciation and that such funds be expended in accordance with the wishes
of the donor. The Secretary is hereby instructed to send a copy of this resolution to the donor.