 | Board of Visitors minutes October 31, 1930 |  |
A special meeting of the Rector and Visitors was held on this date with Visitors
Mrs. M. C. B. Munford, Paul G. McIntire, Hollis Rinehart, Virginius R. Shackelford, C.
Harding Walker and Lewis C. Williams, and President Alderman present.
In the absence of the Rector, Mr. Williams was elected Chairman of the meeting.
Minutes of the meeting of June 9, 1930, which had been copied and mailed to
members of the Board, were approved.
The President presented the following docket of items.
Attendance for the session of 1930-31 to date 2,440.
| From the estate of Randolph H. McKim, to be used in the building of the Nurses' Home |
$68,698.89 |
| Under the terms of the will this building is to be known as "The Randolph H. McKim Memorial Building". |
| From the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Artificial Transmission Line Test Oscillator, Impedance Bridge, Vacuum Tube Voltmeter, and miscellaneous items of telephone equipment - Estimated value |
3,000.00 |
| From the General Electric Company, five horse power single phase induction motor, market value |
137.00 |
| From Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, parts for demonstration model of a 6000 KW steam turbine, estimated value |
100.00 |
| and Two type CN Automatic Network Relays, value | 100.00 |
| From Ohio Electric and Controller Company, one Ohio Torque motor, value |
25.00 |
| From Mr. McCormick Goodhart, set of models of the McCormick reaper. |
From Miss Charlotte Lomax Anderson, a portrait of her great-grandfather,
Judge John Taylor Lomax, first professor of Law
at this University, appointed by Thomas Jefferson, - served
from 1826-1830.
From Mr. Wm. W. Crump, numerous volumes on Roman Law, from the
Library of the late Judge Beverley Tucker Crump.
The resignation of Mr. John Elmer Weldon, Assistant Professor in the Department
of Education, was presented and accepted in the following resolution, adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That the resignation of Mr. Weldon be accepted, with regret. The Rector
and Visitors wish Mr. Weldon continued success in the work he is undertaking
at Georgetown College, Ky.
Leave of absence was granted Professor S. A. Mitchell in the following resolution,
adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That Professor Samuel A. Mitchell, Director of the Leander McCormick Observatory,
be granted leave of absence until February 1, 1931. Professor
Mitchell is heading the party of scientists who recently observed the
total eclipse of the sun from a small island in the South Pacific Ocean.
Change in rank was granted Mr. Lester J. Cappon in the following resolution,
adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That Mr. Lester J. Cappon, who was elected Archivist of the University
Library at the June meeting of the Board, be made an Acting Assistant
Professor for the session of 1930-31, the salary, $3,000, to remain the
same.
The appointment by the President during the summer, of Mr. James Stuart
Constantine as instructor of Greek and Latin for the session 1930-31, at a salary of
$2,300 was approved.
Dr. Oscar Swineford was elected Acting Associate Professor of Pathology in the
following resolution, adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That Dr. Oscar Swineford be and is hereby elected Acting Associate Professor
of Pathology at the University, for the session 1930-31, at a salary of
$4,500. Dr. Swineford has been an Instructor in the Medical Department here
for several years.
A special appropriation for carpet, hangings, etc., for the President's residence,
purchased from W. & J. Sloan in the sum of $464.92, was approved.
Release and receipt to the Executors in the Randolph H. McKim bequest:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That Frederic W. Scott, the Rector, be and is hereby authorized to sign
release and receipt to the Executors of the Randolph H. McKim Estate in
the sum of sixty-eight thousand six hundred and ninety-eight dollars and
eighty-nine cents ($68,698.89). Adopted.
Release in the matter of the Seth Low bequest:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That the Rector, Frederic W. Scott, be and is hereby authorized and empowered
to sign the release to the executors of the Estate of Seth Low,
in the sum of ten thousand six hundred and forty-five dollars and twenty-three
cents of principal ($10,645.23) and three hundred seventy-eight dollars
and sixty-five cents ($378.65) of income. Adopted.
Increase in salary of Librarian:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That the salary of the Librarian, Mr. Harry Clemons, be and is hereby increased
five hundred dollars $500.00) from $5,500 to $6,000, effective
July 1, 1930.
Appropriation of income by the Alumni Board of Trustees of the University of
Virginia Endowment Fund as made as its meeting April 11, 1930, was approved as per the
following resolution, adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
concur in the appropriations of income as made by the Alumni Board of Trustees
of the University of Virginia Endowment Fund, on April 11, 1930.
Permission to City of Charlottesville for laying sewer line on University property,
was granted in the following resolution, adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That the City of Charlottesville be permitted to lay a sewer line on the
grounds of the University between the Ivy Road and the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad culvert. The right so granted is a mere license, and shall not
be construed as creating an easement or vested in the City of Charlottesville.
Athletic Fee exempted to certain classes of students, as per the following resolution,
adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That the following classes of students be exempted from payment of the
Athletic Fee:
(a) Those students of the University who are taking no courses
but writing theses for their degrees.(b) Teachers, who are coming into the University for not more than
one graduate course.(c) This shall apply to the session of 1930-31.
Report of the Special Committee of the Board on additional playing fields, tennis
courts, etc., was presented, read, received and ordered filed.
Building Committee of the Board reported, as follows:
Contract for erection of Nurses' Home had been awarded.
Heating Plant extension had been completed.
Plans for addition to Chemical Laboratory were about ready for
submitting to bidders, and
Plans for the Clark Memorial Law Building would be presented at
the tomorrow's meeting of the Board.
The President reported to the Board that the University had received from the
American Security and Trust Company, of Washington, D. C., a statement of the cash, securities
and other property to be delivered to the University covering the bequest of the
late Randolph H. McKim to the University, in the aggregate of $68,698.89, consisting of
the following:
| Cash | $55,774.81 |
| $10,350 of bonds of the market value of | 9,755.62 |
| Accrued interest on said bonds | 65.25 |
| 45 shares of stock of the market value of | 3,044.00 |
| A 7/12ths undivided interest in Lot 16, Block 508, premises 1005 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md. |
|
| A 7/12ths interest in taxes and insurance prepaid | 59.21 |
| Total | $68,698.89 |
With respect to the above bequest, the following resolutions were adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That the sum of $68,698.89 be received with gratitude and appreciation from
the estate of the late Randolph H. McKim through the American Security and
Trust Company of Washington, D. C.
Resolved, second, That the Rector of the University be, and he is hereby
empowered to sell the securities constituting part of the above bequest, for
the University.
Resolved, third, That the entire proceeds from the gift, together with
the accrued interest, be applied to the construction of a new nurses' home.
Resolved, fourth, That this home be and is hereby officially named
"THE RANDOLPH H. MCKIM MEMORIAL BUILDING".
With respect to the report of the General Athletic Association which was presented,
the following motion by Mr. Walker was adopted:
The financial statement and report of the General Athletic Association
for the year 1929-30 was presented to the Board with the statement that the
annual audit of the accounts of the Association is in progress, but not yet
completed.
RESOLVED, That the report be received but no action be taken until the
audit shall be completed and presented to the Board.
The President stated that under the will of the late Mrs. E. M. B. Tiffany the University
had received $100,000 for the purpose of erecting an Art Museum and approximately
$130,000 to endow scholarships, and that there would be further funds from the bequest of
some $60,000 or more; that it was not considered feasible to erect such art museum as would
be in keeping with the wishes of the devisor or with the desire of the University, for the
sum of $100,000, and, therefore, deemed it wise to ascertain if some further portion of
the bequest could not be transferred from the scholarship endowment to that for the erection
consider the matter and to confer with the attorney for the University. The appointment
of such committee was approved, and Messrs. Walker, Williams and Shackelford were
appointed on said committee.
Mr. W. Allan Perkins, attorney for the University, reported that he attended
the sale of the Mount Custis property in Accomac County, which was a part of the bequest
of Mrs. E. M. B. Tiffany to the University, held on October 27, 1930, and that
the property, sold in several parcels, brought a total of $63,780 which he thought
would net $60,000 after expenses of sale, etc., were deducted.
Mr. Perkins stated it was the opinion of the two administrators, Mr. H. H. M.
Lee, of Baltimore, and Mr. Benjamin Gunter, of Accomac, that the property brought a
very good price.
At an adjourned meeting of the Board held on the morning of November 1, the
Building Committee, with the Architectural Commission, presented the general plans and
drawings for the proposed Mrs. William A. Clark Law School Building, which, after
examination by the Board, were approved in the following motion, adopted:
RESOLVED, That the general plans and drawings for the Mrs. William
A. Clark Law School Building by the Board of Architects be approved, subject
to the further approval of the Rector, and that if and when so approved,
the Building Committee be empowered to let contract for the construction
of the building, total cost not to exceed $350,000.
The meeting then adjourned.
Rector.
Secretary.
| Board of Visitors minutes October 31, 1930 | |