 | Board of Visitors minutes February 1, 1929 |  |
A special meeting of the Rector and Visitors was held on this
date at 8 o'clock P. M., with the following members present: The Rector, C.
Harding Walker, and Visitors Buchanan, Carson, Hull, McIntire, Munford, Rinehart,
Scott, and Williams, and President Alderman.
The minutes of the previous meeting, copies of which had been
sent to the members, were approved.
The President announced the attendance for the winter session, 2137.
The following gifts and bequests were announced:
| From Mrs. William Belden Noble, as a memorial to her brother, Wickliffe Yulee, for the establishment of a scholarship which can be gained only by a student of highest moral principles and intellectual capacity, to be known as the Wickliffe Yulee Scholarship, bequest of |
$5,000 |
| From an anonymous donor, to be used for repairs to the windows in the University Chapel |
50 |
| From Dr. Lefevre, bequest of valuable books on Philosophy. |
Upon the recommendation of the President the following members of
the faculty were unanimously elected as per resolutions following
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Dr. Scott Buchanan be and is hereby elected Associate
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia, at a salary
of $4,250 per annum, incumbency to begin September 15, 1929.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Dr. Duncan Clark Hyde be and is hereby elected Acting
Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia for
the session 1929-30, at a salary of $3,750, incumbency to begin
September 15, 1929.
A number of ladies representing educational and civic clubs of the
state, among whom were Miss Cornelia Adair, representing the State Teachers
Association, Miss Nora Houston of Richmond, and Mrs. John H. Lewis of Lynchburg,
representing the League of Women Voters; Mrs. Dexter Otey, of Lynchburg, and Mrs.
Edna Ramsey Richardson, of Richmond, representing the American Association of
University Women, Mrs. J. K. Bowman, representing the Business and Professional
Women's Clubs; Miss Lucy Mason, representing the Young Woman's Christian Association,
Mrs. J. H. Cohn, representing the Council of Jewish Women, and Mrs. Randolph Maynard,
of Richmond, chairman of the group, appeared before the Board in the interest of
the proposed establishment of a Liberal Arts College for Women under the auspices
of the University of Virginia. No action was taken on the matter at this time.
Messrs. Murray McGuire, J. H. Neff, D. J. Wood, J. K. Sloan, of the
Athletic Council of the University of Virginia appeared before the Board requesting
the creation of the position of Athletic Director with academic rank with a salary
to be paid either entirely by the University of Virginia, or jointly with the
General Athletic Association, and that a fee be set up by the University to be
known as an athletic fee to be charged against the students as a part of their
University expenses. Following the hearing in the above matter the Board adopted
the following resolutions:
RESOLVED, that the position of Athletic Director be established
in this University, and that the President be authorized to make a
selection of a suitable person for the position, and report the same
to the Board for confirmation.
RESOLVED, that the Rector appoint a committee composed of the
President and Mr. Newcomb to consider and report upon the advisability,
of establishing an athletic fee in the University, and to make a
recommendation as to the amount of such fee, if approved.
A special committee on professorial salaries appointed at the last
meeting of the Board submitted its report as follows:
A REPORT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE
BOARD OF VISITORS APPOINTED TO STUDY THE PROBLEM OF PROFESSORIAL
SALARY INCREASES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
At the annual meeting of your body on Jule 11th, 1928, following the
presentation of resolutions from the professorial staff concerning an increase in
the salary schedule "a Committee consisting of Messrs. Hull, Buchanan and Carson
was appointed to study the whole question of the salary scale, and report to the
Rector and Visitors." Upon the urgent request of said Committee the Rector consented
to serve as a member of the Committee.
After an extended study of statistical data concerning professorial
salaries at various institutions located in all sections of the United States,
your Committee met at the President's house, at the University of Virginia, on
January 22nd, at eight P. M. At this meeting there were present, the Chairman,
the Rector, and Senator Buchanan. Judge Carson was unable to attend because of
sickness.
At this meeting we heard a committee appointed by the professors, verbally
express their reasons for the requested increase in salaries. These reasons were
supplemental to the printed report of the professors, which had previously been distributed
to the several members of the Board. After the professors had stated their
reasons and retired, President Alderman forcibly set forth his reasons why increases
in salaries should be granted, discussing the subject from the standpoint of the
Administration.
The Committee then studied sympathetically the professors' plan, which is
set forth in Proposed Scale No. 1, a copy of which is hereto attached. This scale
provides for a maximum salary for a full professor of $7,500 with a minimum of $6,000.
It was explained that if this scale should be adopted, it would require an annual
appropriation in addition to our present University budget of $191,575. Although the
Committee sympathized with the professors' proposal, it was quite evident that this
proposal could not be adopted on account of the greatly increased cost.
Your Committee then studied a counter-proposal offered by the professors
for adoption in case the money could not be found to adopt immediately their Proposed
Scale No. 1. A copy of said counter-proposal, designated as Proposed Scale No. 2,
is hereto attached. This contemplates the accomplishment at the end of six years of
Proposed Scale No. 1. To meet this Proposed Scale No. 2 would require for the first
year an appropriation, in addition to our present University budget, of $68,375; in
the second year the appropriation would have to be further increased to the extent of
$41,500; in the third year to the still further extent of $39,500; in the fourth year
$34,550 more, in the fifth year $48,000 more, and in the sixth year, when the full
Proposed Scale No. 1 would be attained and made effective, $39,250 more, so that these
accumulated increases, figured on the basis of our existing professorial staff, would
amount in the sixth year to an increase over our present University budget of $271,175.
It was thought by your Committee that the University's finances would not justify the
adoption of this plan, and moreover they did not feel that they would care to commit
the Board over a period of six years.
After a rather full discussion, the Committee unanimously agreed to
recommend to the Rector and Visitors the adoption of a salary scale known as Proposed
Scale No. 4, which is hereto attached. This scale provides for a minimum salary of
an instructor $2,000, maximum $2,600; assistant professor minumum $2,800, maximum
$3,400, associate professor minimum $3,750, maximum $4,250, full professor minimum
$4,800, maximum $6,000. This scale is spread over a period of thirty-three years from
the first year instructor to the maximum for the full professor. That is to say, a
man coming on our faculty with the rank of instructor at the age of twenty-five and
being promoted according to this schedule would reach the maximum full professor's
salary at the age of fifty-eight.
The Committee hoped that the $6,000 maximum would enable us to attract
to the University's service those professors whom we desire to have, and to hold in
service most of our professors who are called to other institutions. The added annual
cost of adopting this proposed scale for the existing members of the teaching staff
is $85,625. It is suggested that this addition to the budget be cared for in the
following manner:
(1) $26,000, now appropriated by the University for Service
Scholarships and fellowships, be released for this purpose
and these scholarships and fellowships be charged against
that part of the DuPont Fund specially allocated to the
to the field of scholarships and fellowships.(2) That $30,000 be appropriated to this purpose from that part
of the DuPont Fund which can be used for general educational
purposes.(3) That the State be asked to contribute $30,000 for this
purpose. A request that the State provide $30,000, which is
approximately one-third of the total cost, seemed to us to be
reasonable and appealing.
We unanimously recommend the tentative adoption of Proposed Scale No. 4
to begin with the session of 1929-30, and suggest that this proposal be taken to the
Governor for his approval before final action is taken by the Board.
This February 1st, 1929.
| INSTRUCTOR | $2000 Normal Minimum | First year of Service |
| 2200 | Second year of Service | |
| 2400 | Third year of Service | |
| 2600 | Fourth year of Service | |
| 2800 Normal Maximum | Fifth and beyond. | |
| (Annual increase of $200 applied four times) | ||
| ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | $3000 Normal Minimum | First Year of Service |
| 3200 | Second Year of Service | |
| 3400 | Third Year of Service | |
| 3600 | Fourth Year of Service | |
| 3800 | Fifth Year of Service | |
| 4000 Normal Maximum | Sixth and beyond. | |
| (Annual increase of $200 applied five times) | ||
| ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | $4500 Normal Minimum | First and Second Years |
| 4750 | Third and Fourth Years | |
| 5000 Normal Maximum | Fifth and Sixth and beyond. | |
| (Biennial increase of $250 applied twice) | ||
| FULL PROFESSOR | $6000 Normal Minimum | First three Years |
| 6500 | Fourth - Ninth Years | |
| 7000 | Tenth - Fifteenth Years | |
| 7500 Normal Maximum | Sixteenth and beyond. | |
| (Increase $500 at end of third, $500 at end of ninth, $500 at tnd of fifteenth year in the rank) |
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| INSTRUCTOR | $2000 Normal Minimum | First Year of Service |
| 2200 | Second Year of Service | |
| 2400 | Third Year of Service | |
| 2600 | Fourth Year of Service | |
| 2800 Normal Maximum | Fifth and beyond. | |
| (Annual increase of $200 applied four times) | ||
| ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | $2500 Normal Minimum | First Year of Service |
| 2700 | Second Year of Service | |
| 2900 | Third Year of Service | |
| 3100 | Fourth Year of Service | |
| 3300 | Fifth Year of Service | |
| 3500 Normal Maximum | Sixth and beyond. | |
| (Annual increase of $200 applied five times) | ||
| ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | $3500 Normal Minimum | First and Second Years |
| 3750 | Third and Fourth Years | |
| 4000 Normal Maximum | Fifth and Sixth and beyond. | |
| (Biennial increase of $250 applied twice) | ||
| FULL PROFESSOR | $4500 Normal Minimum | First three years |
| 5000 | Fourth - Ninth Years | |
| 5500 | Tenth - Fifteen Years | |
| 6000 Normal Maximum | Sixteenth and beyond. | |
| (Increase $500 at end of third, $500 at end of ninth, $500 at end of fifteenth year in the rank) |
||
This Proposed Scale No. 2 is the immediate, or first year's, step toward
the gradual attainment, over a six year period, of the full Proposed Scale No. 1, -
this attainment to be accomplished by means of an automatic $300 increase each year for
full professors, $200 increase each year for associate professors, and $100 increase
each year for assistant professors, and in addition such increases as would be due
under the schedule of normal advancement due to longer service in rank, until in the
sixth year the Proposed Scale No. 1 would become effective.
| INSTRUCTOR | $2000 Normal Minimum | First Year of Service |
| 2150 | Second Year of Service | |
| 2300 | Third Year of Service | |
| 2450 | Fourth Year of Service | |
| 2600 Normal Maximum | Fifth and beyond. | |
| (Annual increase of $150 applied four times) | ||
| ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | $2800 Normal Minimum | First and Second Years |
| 3000 | Third and Fourth Years | |
| 3200 | Fifth and Sixth Years | |
| 3400 Normal Maximum | Seventh and beyond. | |
| (Biennial increase of $200 applied three times) | ||
| ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | $3750 Normal Minimum | First and Second Years |
| 4000 | Third and Fourth Years | |
| 4250 Normal Maximum | Fifth and Sixth and beyond. | |
| (Biennial increase of $250 applied twice) | ||
| FULL PROFESSOR | $4800 Normal Minimum | First four years |
| 5200 | Fifth to Eighth Years | |
| 5600 | Ninth to Fourteenth Years | |
| 6000 Normal Maximum | Fifteenth and beyond. | |
| (Increase of $400 at end of fourth year, $400 at end of eighth, and $400 at the end of fourteenth year in the rank) |
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In connection with the foregoing report the following motion, duly
seconded, was adopted:
RESOLVED, that the Board approve of the salary increase
recommended in the foregoing report as set forth in scale No. 4.
The special committee of the faculty appointed some time ago to recommend
a policy with reference to distribution of the scholarship and fellowship fund arising
under the Dupont bequest reported the result of its efforts up to the present time and
outlined to the Board a tentative arrangement and stated that it would require further
study to perfect the plan. The Board approved of the plan in general, subject to such
modifications as may hereafter be adopted.
The meeting then adjourned.
Rector.
Secretary.
| Board of Visitors minutes February 1, 1929 | |