Board of Visitors minutes March 17, 1931 | ||
A special meeting of the Rector and Visitors was held on this date with the
Rector, Fred W. Scott, and Visitors Walker, Buchanan, Williams and Hall, and President
Alderman present. Mr. Shackelford was absent on account of illness.
Minutes of the meeting of October 31, 1930, which had been copied and mailed to
the Visitors, were approved.
President Alderman made the following announcements:
Attendance: Total registration to March 16th 2,488.
From the Rockefeller Foundation, towards the support of the INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, over a five-year period beginning July 1, 1931 |
$ 75,000 | ||||||||||
Payments to be made in accordance with the following schedule:
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From the Estate of Franklin Stringfellow Hall | 9,250 | ||||||||||
From the National Research Council and |
1,000 | ||||||||||
From Dr. E. C. L. Miller, Secretary, Virginia Academy of Science |
150 | ||||||||||
both of these gifts being for the support of the study of the cortico adrenal hormone now being made by Dr. Sidney W. Britton. |
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From students in the Economics Department | 228.50 | ||||||||||
which, being added to the $300 previously reported as a gift from Mrs. Charles W. Clark, makes a total of $528.50 for books for the library in the Economics Department. |
From Mrs. Ida C. Edmond, of Richmond, oil paintings from Florence, Italy.
From Mr. Frank Edmonds, of Washington, D. C., compass indicator, to be
placed in the flagstone flooring in the rotunda of the Medical School.
From Mrs. William G. Lapham, an oil painting, given to the Department of
Engineering, in memory of her son, Jared, who was at one time a member
of the Engineering Faculty of this Institution.
From Mr. William Andrews Clark, Jr., to the Library, autograph letter of
Thomas Jefferson, to Major-General Gates. An informal letter concerning
the state of our navigation and the attitude of the foreign countries
toward United States commerce; and possibilities of war with France. One
of the finest Jefferson letters known. Also a print of Jefferson, drawn
and engraved by Longacre from the portrait by Field, after Stuart.
The Medical Department of the University of Virginia is co-operating with
the U. S. Public Health Service and the Virginia State Board of Health, in the conduct
of a Syphilis Control Demonstration in Albemarle County. The funds for this Demonstration
will be contributed by the Rosenwald Fund, the Virginia State Board of Health,
the County of Albemarle and City of Charlottesville, and the University of Virginia, at
a total cost of $11,300.
Leave of absence was granted to Frederick Deane Goodwin Ribble in the following
resolution, adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
that leave of absence be granted Professor F. D. G. Ribble, Professor of
Law, for the Session 1931-32, for graduate study. A substitute will be
paid for from Mr. Ribble's salary.
The resignations of Dr. Bayard Carter, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Dr. Richard H. Meade, Jr., Assistant Professor of Surgery, and Dr. John A.
Hornsby, Superintendent of the University Hospital, were accepted in the following
resolutions, adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
that the resignation of Dr. Carter be accepted with regret. Dr. Carter
has carried forward his work here with devotion and skill, and the Rector
and Visitors wish him continued success in his new field.
RESOLVED, that the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
accept with regret the resignation of Dr. Richard H. Meade, Jr., Assistant
Professor of Surgery. Dr. Meade has carried forward his work here with
devotion and skill, and the Rector and Visitors wish him continued success
in his new field.
RESOLVED, that the Rector and Visitors accept with regret the resignation
of Dr. John A. Hornsby, Superintendent of the University of Virginia
Hospital, effective June 30, 1931. Dr. Hornsby has carried forward his
difficult task with devotion and skill.
Upon the recommendation of the President the following were elected to the
faculty as set forth in the respective resolutions, adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
that Dr. Carlisle S. Lentz be and is hereby elected Superintendent of the
University of Virginia Hospital and Professor of Hospital Administration
at a salary of $7,500, incumbency to begin July 1, 1931.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
that Dr. James R. Cash be and is hereby elected Walter Reed Professor of
Pathology at the University of Virginia, at a salary of $7,500, incumbency
to begin September 1931.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
that Dr. Everett Cato Drash be and is hereby elected Instructor in Surgery
and Gynecology, at a salary of $3,500, incumbency beginning January 1, 1931.
In the matter of George Zinn to the University of the sum, under his will, of
$50,000, Mr. Allan Perkins, attorney for the University, presented to the Board a written
statement of the situation which has arisen under the will whereby the amount to be received
in full payment of said bequest is reduced to $18,000. The settlement was approved,
and the full report is shown below:
of Virginia, upon the subject of bequest under the will of George Zinn, deceased.
The 17th clause of the Will of George Zinn, deceased, of Rydal,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, reads as follows:
"17. To the Trustees of the University of Virginia,
I give the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars, ($50,000.00),
to be known as the "CAPTAIN GEORGE ZINN AVIATION FUND",
or some similar description as they may deem proper to
perpetuate my name, the income of which shall be used
in the discretion of the said trustees for the promotion
and fostering of aviation."
I am advised that Mr. Zinn died during the early part of the year
1929 and his will was duly offered for probate in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
by the Equitable Trust Company of Wilmington, Delaware, and Wm. R.
Scharton, of Reading, Massachusetts, Executors named in said will.
I am also advised that when said will was so offered for probate a
caveat against the probate thereof was filed by Mrs. Flora M. Zinn, his
widow, no provision having been made in said will for said widow. Our attention
was first called to this matter through a letter from Wm. R.
Scharton addressed to the Trustees of the University of Virginia, under
date of July 30th, 1929. This letter was referred to me on July 31st, 1929,
by Mr. Newcomb, and I immediately made an investigation which resulted in
the employment of Messrs. Larzelere & Wright, attorneys of Norristown,
Pennsylvania, to represent the interests of the University under this will.
A number of letters passed between these attorneys and myself, with the
result that in the early part of December, last, it was decided that the
situation, which had developed, was of sufficient importance to require
personal attention and therefore Mr. Newcomb and I went first to Wilmington,
Delaware, where we conferred with representatives of the Annie Rogers
duPont interests (Mr. Zinn having been a son of Mrs. Annie Rogers duPont)
we proceeded to Norristown where we had a conference with Mr.
Larzalere and with Mr. Wright, going over the whole situation with
these gentlemen. From their office we went to the office of Messrs.
Ballard, Spahr, Andrews and Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, where we
conferred with Mr. Ingersoll, who is the attorney for Mrs. Flora M.
Zinn. The information which we have been able to gather from correspondence
and from our personal interviews is as follows:
First. It is practically certain that should litigation
with reference to the probate of the will be allowed to continue the
will will be set aside and Mr. Zinn will thereupon become intestate.
In this event the University will, of course, be entitled to no part
of his estate.
Second. Mrs. Flora M. Zinn, it seems, has the entire sympathy
of certain of the duPont interests and on this account an offer has
been made by these interests to make settlement with the different
legatees named under the will, by paying certain amounts in cash which
are to be received by the different legatees in full payment of their
respective legacies.
Third. In order to pay all of Mr. Zinn's debts and the legacies
under his will this estate would have to consist of something over
$600,000.00. As a matter of fact the actual value of the estate does
not exceed $235,000.00. The result is that if the will were sustained
all legacies would have to be reduced to about thirty-six per cent of
their actual amounts. This would mean that if the will were sustained
the University would receive about $18,000.00 under this will.
Fourth. Mrs. Zinn now proposes to pay the University this
$18,000.00 in cash provided the University will assign to her all of
its rights under said will. Similar assignments are to be made by the
other legatees under the will and Wm. R. Scharton, chief legatee under
the will and the largest single creditor agrees that if this is done he
will waive payment of debts and legacies amounting in the aggregate to
about $110,000. It is this agreement on Mr. Scharton's part that makes
it worth while for Mrs. Zinn to take the assignments of different
legacies.
Fifth. The conclusion which we have reached upon this subject
is that should we insist upon undertaking to uphold the will in the
face of Mrs. Zinn's caveat, we will not only be put to large expense in
the matter of attorneys' fees and cost of litigation but should we
actually succeed in sustaining the will, which is doubtful in the extreme,
we could not hope to receive more than the $18,000.00 which Mrs.
Zinn now offers to us without litigation. It will thus be seen that
there is no possible argument in favor of declining Mrs. Zinn's offer.
We, therefore, unhesitatingly recommend that it be accepted and
that proper resolution be adopted directing the Rector to execute the
necessary assignments to Mrs. Zinn.
In connection with the bequest from the estate of Franklin Stringfellow Hall,
listed in the gifts, a contract was entered into whereby the University will pay to his
widow the sum of 5% on the amount of the bequest during her lifetime, after which the fund
becomes an endowment for scholarships.
CONTRACT
By his will, which was admitted to probate in the Clerk's Office
for the Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, on the 14th day of
January, 1905, and recorded in said Office in W. B. 3, p. 191, Franklin
Stringfellow Hall, after giving to his wife, Mrs. Bessie Hall, the sum
of $400.00 absolutely, and providing for payments of his debts and for
the erection of a suitable monument over his grave, leaves all the rest
and residue of his said estate, both real and personal, to his said wife
for life, with remainder to The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia, upon trust that the corpus of said Estate shall be held by
said University forever, and that the income from the same shall be applied
for the establishment of a scholarship for poor young men who are
natives and residents of Virginia.
He gives to his wife the "undisturbed possession and control" of
his entire estate during her life, and the right to use and enjoy the income
therefrom, requiring no security of her and giving her full power to
change investments and to sell and convey real estate, and said will
directs that no inventory or appraisment of said estate should be made,
but directs that as soon as practicable after his death his said wife
should furnish said University with an accurate and detailed statement of
said estate, and the value of the same, and that she should keep said
University advised of any change of investment she might make from time to
time.
At the time of his death, the estate of said Franklin Stringfellow
Hall had a gross value of approximately $9000.00. At the present time said
estate has a gross value of $9250.00, and the said Mrs. Bessie Hall desires
to be relieved of the further responsibility of the management of said
estate, and wishes to turn the full principal amount thereof over to The
Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, upon agreement by
said University to pay to her, during the remainder of her life, an annuity
accordance with the provisions of Acts of 1916, page 491, by which Act
said University is authorized to enter into a contract of this character.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS CONTRACT made this 14th day of February,
1931, by and between the said Mrs. Bessie Hall, of the first part, and
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, of the second
part,
WITNESSETH:
That in consideration of the premises, the said Mrs. Bessie Hall
doth hereby transfer, assign, set over and deliver unto said The Rector
and Visitors of the University of Virginia the principal sum of $9250.00.
And in consideration of the delivery to it by said Mrs. Bessie Hall
of said $9250.00 above referred to, said The Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia, acting pursuant to authority vested in it by an
Act of the Legislature of Virginia, approved March 16th, 1916 (see Acts of
1916, p. 491), doth hereby agree and bind itself to pay to the said Mrs.
Bessie Hall an annuity during the whole of the remainder of the life of
said Mrs. Bessie Hall, which said annuity shall not exceed 5% per annum
upon said principal amount of $9250.00, and said annuity to be payable to
said Mrs. Bessie Hall in semi-annual or quarterly installments, as she may
direct; it being understood, of course, that upon the death of said Mrs.
Bessie Hall said principal fund, together with any income which may have
accrued between the date of the last payment of any installment of such
annuity and the date of death of said Mrs. Bessie Hall, shall then pass
to said The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, absolutely
and completely, in accordance with the terms of the will of said Franklin
Stringfellow Hall hereinbefore referred to.
And said Mrs. Bessie Hall hereby certifies that she is at the present
time eighty-three (83) years of age, and that said fund of $9250.00
represents the whole of the estate of the said Franklin Stringfellow Hall
now in her hands.
WITNESS the following signatures and seals:
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA,
Rector.
Secretary.
A contract was entered into between the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company and the
Rector and Visitors with respect to the erection of a coal hopper under the Chesapeake &
Ohio trestle.
CONTRACT
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, Made and entered into this 30th day of
March 1931, by and between The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, party of
the first part, and the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
party of the second part, both being corporations under the laws of the
State of Virginia:
WHEREAS the party of the first part owns a certain coal
trestle and the tracks thereon, situated west of Bridge
No. 1826, south of and near to the right of way of its
Mountain Sub-Division at Charlottesville, Virginia, which
trestle, standing on the land of the party of the second
part is by mutual agreement jointly maintained by the
parties hereto and is used in delivering fuel to the party
of the second part for its power house and other purposes;
and the party of the second part now wishes to install
under said trestle a coal hopper and conveyor substantially
of the design and as shown in blue print of Drawing No.
91-30 attached hereto and made a part hereof, with and
pursuant to the permission hereinafter given of the party
of the first part:
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH:
1. That the party of the first part licenses the party of the second
part to construct and maintain a coal hopper, and conveyor in connection therewith,
under its said coal trestle, substantially as shown on blue print of
Drawing No. 91-30, which hopper is to be constructed of one-fourth inch steel
plate with necessary beams, posts, stiffeners and braces to support the same,
free from any bearing on the bents of the coal trestle, and which screw conveyor
and its covering also are to be of metal construction and no part of
its support is to bear on the bents of said trestle. The top of the hopper
may abut against bents, in order to avoid waste while unloading coal.
2. That the party of the second part may use said hopper and screw
conveyor, when completed, for the purpose of unloading and conveying to its
power house its coal from cars on said trestle.
3. It is understood between the parties hereto that the party of the
second part will bear the cost of procuring, installing and maintaining the
said hopper and conveyor; that the present agreement between the parties hereto
as to the maintenance of the trestle and tracks thereon will not be affected
by such installation, and that the party of the second part will indemnify and
and claims for damage to any person or property arising out of and in
the course of the installation of said hopper and conveyor, as well as
in the future use thereof by the party of the second part.
4. This agreement is binding upon the successors and assigns
of the parties hereto and shall continue in force for one year and thereafter
from year to year upon the same terms, but either party shall, at
the end of the original term or of any renewal term, have the power to
terminate the agreement on sixty days' notice in writing prior to the
end of the original or any renewal term.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused their corporate
names hereunto to be signed by their proper officers thereunto duly authorized.
By G. D. Brooke
Vice-President and General Manager.
By Fred W. Scott,
Rector.
The following action was had with respect to the rental of that portion of
Pavilion V on West Lawn with entrance from Poe Alley occupied by Prof. C. M. Sparrow. When
the residence was renovated and made into two residences the rent of the aforesaid portion
was fixed at $500. It later developed that this charge was not in proper relation to that
fixed for the portion opening on the Lawn,
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That the rental of the house occupied by Professor and Mrs. C. M. Sparrow
be fixed at $400 a year.
In re. Joint Department of Health between the County of Albemarle, the City of
Charlottesville and the University of Virginia, the following resolution was adopted.
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That the Agreement for the Operation of a Joint Department of Health between
the County of Albemarle, the City of Charlottesville, and the University
of Virginia be and is hereby approved, and the Rector be and is hereby
authorized to sign and the Secretary to attest the same, on behalf of the
Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia.
Agreement for the Operation of a Joint Department of
Health between County of Albemarle, City of
Charlottesville and the University of Virginia
WHEREAS, the County of Albemarle, City of Charlottesville, and the
University of Virginia, are so situated with reference to each other that
public health in said county, city and University can best be promoted by
the establishment and maintenance of a single Health Department with control
of the three populations; and
WHEREAS, one Health Department for the three communities can be
more economically and successfully operated, and such department will best
protect the health of the entire neighborhood, and
WHEREAS, the Code of Laws of the State (in Paragraphs 1492-93)
specifically provides for the organization of a County Board of Health, consisting
of three members appointed annually by the State Board of Health, of
the Chairman of the Board of County Supervisors and of the County Clerk, and
gives to this Board certain discretionary powers as regards the choice of a
health officer, the promulgation of sanitary ordinances, and their enforcement
and similar duties, and
WHEREAS, under the City Charter (following the acts of the assembly
1922 p. 704) broad powers are granted to the City Commissioners to provide
for the general health of the inhabitants, to make regulations to secure
same and to provide for the appointment and organization of a Board of
Health or other Board to have the powers of the Board of Health, and
WHEREAS, the University has created a Department of Public Health
and Hygiene in the Medical School to promote knowledge of, interest in,
and application of the principles of preventive medicine;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS AGREEMENT made this the 19th day of November,
1930 between the said Board of Health of the County of Albemarle, hereinafter
called the County, of the first part, by and with the full knowledge
and consent of the County Board of Supervisors, said Commissioners of the
City of Charlottesville, hereinafter called the City, of the second part;
and the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, hereinafter
called the University, of the third part,
WITNESSETH:
1. THAT in consideration of the premises and the mutual benefits
which will accrue to the parties thereto, said county, city and university
agree to form a Joint Health Department, said Department to operate under
the direction of a Joint Health Board as hereinafter provided.
2. THAT the Joint Health Board shall consist of five members, two
representing the County Board of Health, two representing the City Commissioners,
3. THAT the County Board of Health shall delegate to two of
its members full powers to act in the prompt and efficient administration
of the affairs of the Joint Health Department, provided that in all matters
pertaining to the appointment, resignation, or removal of the Health
Officer, or to the promulgation of public health and sanitary laws and
regulations, or pertaining to the annual appropriation of the County for
operation of the Joint Health Department, the said Joint Health Board can
recommend, or advise but their action shall be subject to the ratification
of the County Board of Health and the County Supervisors whenever necessary
under the law.
4. THAT the City Commissioners shall choose two members of the
Joint Health Board, who shall serve for such period as said Commissioners
may designate, at least one of whom shall be a physician, and that the said
Joint Health Board is hereby designated, and by this agreement becomes in
fact, the City Board of Health with full powers to act in the prompt and
efficient administration of the Joint Health Department, provided that in
all matters pertaining to the appointment, resignation, or removal of the
Health Officer, or to the annual appropriation of the City for the operation
of the Joint Health Department, the said Joint Board of Health can advise
but must be guided by the official action of the City Commissioners.
4a. THAT the Joint Health Department, the Joint Health Officer, and
all other employees shall perform, carry out and execute all duties now or
hereafter prescribed by City Ordinances, County Health Board, regulations and
State Laws, pertaining to Public Health and Sanitation, and said Department
and its officers and employees shall have all powers now or hereafter conferred
by the aforementioned ordinances, regulations and State Laws.
5. THAT the University hereby designates the Professor of Hygiene
and Public Health of the Medical School as its member in the Joint Health
Board with full powers to act for the University, provided that in matters
pertaining to the annual appropriation of the University for the operation
of the Joint Health Department, the said Joint Health Board can recommend but
must be guided by the official action of the Board of Visitors of the University.
6. The Joint Health Board shall hold regular meetings at least four
times each year on the second Tuesday of June, September, December and February.
Special Meetings may be called at any time in case of urgent business
upon the request of its Chairman, or of the Health Officer, or of the Chairman
of the Board of County Supervisors, or of the Mayor of the City. It
shall elect a Chairman who shall hold office for one year unless re-elected.
The Health Officer ex officio shall act as secretary but shall not have a
vote.
7. The said Joint Board of Health shall act in an advisory capacity
in the appointment, resignation or removal of the Health Officer, provided
that it is understood and agreed that the position of Health Officer shall
be filled only by a person whose training for work in Public Health is certified
by an agency which can advise with authority equal to that of the
State Board of Health of Virginia, the United States Public Health Service,
or the authorities in charge of the School of Public health of some nationally
recognized American University.
8. THAT the appointment of a health officer having been ratified by
the parties to this agreement the Joint Health Board shall then have the
power to fix his salary, his term of office, to grant leave of absence in
excess of 24 hours, and in a general way to outline the performance of his
duties and supervise his activities.
9. THAT it is understood and agreed that the Health Officer shall
otherwise have full direction and responsibility for the administration of the
Joint Health Department. He shall have the power to appoint, fix the salaries,
fix the duties and hours of work, regulate the leave of absence, and remove
for cause the employees of the Joint Health Department, subject to the approval
of the Joint Health Board. He shall make regular reports of the work of the
Joint Health Department at the regular meetings of the Joint Health Board held
quarterly and shall make special reports to said Board whenever requested by
its Chairman, and shall keep the Board of Supervisors of the County and the
City Commissioners informed of the activities of the Joint Health Department.
10. THAT the contracting parties further agree that the facilities
of the Joint Health Department may be utilized for the teaching of medical
students, of nurses and for research by collaboration between the Health Officer
and the Department of Public Health and Hygiene of the Medical School so
far as this may be practical without interfering with the administrative efficiency
of the organization.
11. THAT the work of the Joint Health Department shall be financed by
funds contributed by the contracting parties and from such other sources as
may from time to time wish to participate in the promotion of the public
health in this district. The said County Board of Supervisors shall contribute
annually $7500.00; the City Commissioners shall contribute annually $7500.00;
and the University shall contribute annually $1500.00. The City further
agrees to furnish for the use of the Joint Health Department such office equipment
and janitor service as are now used by said Department.
The University further agrees to conduct in the laboratories of
the Medical School such laboratory examinations as may be necessary in connection
with the public health interest of the city and county, and in consideration
of an annual appropriation by the City to the University Hospital,
said University agrees that its Hospital will give preference to the care and
treatment of all indigent patients from said City which the Health Officer
may certify to be a menace to public health, and in consideration of an annual
appropriation of undetermined amount by the County to the University Hospital,
said University agrees that its hospital will give preference to the care and
Officer may certify to be a menace to Public health.
12. THAT the money appropriated for the operation of the Joint
Health Department shall be budgeted to one account. Said account shall
be kept by the city auditor and the city shall be allowed $25.00 per
month for such services.
13. THAT within the limits imposed by the appropriating bodies
the Health Officer under supervision of the Joint Health Board shall have
the power to budget this account in such a way as to secure a maximum of
efficiency and economy in the administration of his department. Disbursements
shall be made upon vouchers signed by the Health Officer. Financial
statements shall be made quarterly to the City Business Manager, the Chairman
of the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County and the Bursar of the
University. Furthermore, any properly authorized officer from any one of
the three contracting parties shall at any time have access to the books
of the said Joint Health Board. The Health Officer shall be responsible
for the proper expenditure of these funds and the Joint Health Board
shall be diligent in seeing that this responsibility is properly discharged.
14. THAT the Joint Health Department shall employ the following
minimum personnel on a full time basis, with proper provision for salaries,
travel and miscellaneous expenses: One health officer, one county nurse
(white), one city nurse (white), one colored nurse who shall devote her
time equally between city and county, one county sanitary officer; one city
sanitary officer; one secretary and clerk.
15. THAT upon the approval of this agreement by the County Board of
Health and the Board of County Supervisors, the City Commissioners and the
Rector and Visitors of the University, the party of the first part and the
party of the second part shall immediately proceed to designate their
respective members of the Joint Health Board and same shall be convened
in executive session to perfect an organization at the call of the representative
of the University on the Joint Board.
16. THAT this agreement shall remain in effect until such time as
one of the parties thereto may desire to withdraw after giving at least
ninety days notice of the step which they are about to undertake.
The Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County have ratified and
approved this agreement as evidenced by their execution hereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the Board of Health of Albemarle County
has caused this writing to be signed by its President and attested by its
Secretary, The Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County has caused its
name to be signed hereto by its Chairman, and attested by its Clerk; the
City of Charlottesville has caused its name to be signed by its Mayor, and
attested by its Clerk, and the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia has caused its name to be signed by its Rector and attested by its
Secretary.
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Secretary
W. L. Maupin
Clerk
H. A. Haden
Clerk
E. I. Carruthers
Secretary
By J. M. Fray,
President.
By J. M. Fray,
Chairman.
By Fred L. Watson,
Mayor.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
By Fred W. Scott
Rector.
Formal contract was entered into between the Virginia Education Association and the
University, with respect to the operation of the Preventorium for Virginia Teachers, embodying
resolutions formerly adopted by the two contracting parties concerning said Preventorium,
in the following resolution, adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
That the contract with the Virginia Education Association with respect to
the operation of the Preventorium for Virginia Teachers be and is hereby
approved, and that the Rector be and is hereby authorized to sign, and the
Secretary to attest the same, on behalf of the Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia.
CONTRACT
WHEREAS the Virginia Education Association is composed chiefly of
teachers and officers of the Public Free Schools of Virginia, some of whom
from time to time require hospital attention and services, and who desire to
obtain and use the same in connection with the Hospital of the University
mutually satisfactory to the University of Virginia and to this Association;
and
WHEREAS certain terms and conditions have been agreed upon by said
Association and by The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS CONTRACT made this 13th day of June, 1927, by
and between said Virginia Education Association, hereinafter called Association,
of the first part, and The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia, hereinafter called University, of the second part,
WITNESSETH:
1st. Said Association hereby agree to pay to said University the
sum of $40,000.00, for the purpose of providing and maintaining a Preventorium
or hospital service and attention required by the members of said Association
from time to time, and to that end the said University shall set apart and
use, so far as may be necessary or desirable, for that purpose the whole of a
floor of the south wing of the new hospital building in essential conformity
with the plans submitted by Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott, the same to
be known as the Ennion G. Williams Preventorium.
2nd. That space for twenty patients with the necessary bath and
service room facilities shall be provided and shall, in all respects, be in
keeping with the present hospital; and that the University shall maintain and
control the said rooms as a Preventorium or teachers' pavilion, in exactly
the same manner as it maintains the regular University Hospital.
It is understood that if it be found that $40,000.00 will not be
sufficient for the purposes named, further negotiations will be entered into
by the parties concerned before construction shall be begun. And if $40,000.00
should be more than the amount required for said purposes the excess shall be
used so far as necessary to furnish the said Preventorium, after which any
unexpended balance shall revert to the Virginia Education Association.
3rd. That the professional services which shall be rendered shall
include such examinations and treatment as is provided at the regular University
Hospital, and shall also include any additional service or treatment of
any kind or nature which may hereafter be established and maintained as a
part of the hospital facilities of the University. Such services shall include
all examinations, diagnoses, laboratory tests, X-ray examinations,
prescriptions, operations, board, room service, ordinary nursing attention
and any other services of any kind or nature which may be rendered as a
part of the regular University Hospital.
4th. That the professional services offered and rendered to the
patients assigned pursuant hereto shall be made by the regular physicians
and surgeons who ordinarily perform such services or operations in the
regular University Hospital and are given to pay patients.
A charge of $4.00 per day shall be made for each teacher entering hereunder
for each day confined in said Hospital, or using the Preventorium. A
minimum for any teacher shall be $15.00, even if the charge of $4.00 per day
shall not be equal to that sum. Should, at any time after one years expiration,
the cost of service to occupants of the Preventorium be more or less on the
average than $4.00 per day, then the University shall fix the per diem charges
so as to conform with such costs.
5th. That this Association and the teachers entering the Preventorium,
or pavilion, in pursuance hereof, shall be under no expense for any equipment,
repairs, maintenance, janitor's service or any expense of any kind in connection
with the operation of such Preventorium, or pavilion. No patient shall be admitted
by the University to the facilities provided for under these resolutions
except through the approval and certification for admission by this Association
acting through its executive committee, or other proper committee regularly
assigned for that purpose. It is understood, however, that no certification
for admission shall be given except to members of the Virginia Education Association.
All occupants of the proposed Preventorium shall be subject to the same
rules and regulations that apply to the regular patients of the University of
Virginia Hospital. The properly authorized administrative officers of the University
Hospital reserve the right to decide upon the medical suitability of
applicants for admission and the proper time of discharge of patients from the
Preventorium. If any rooms so set apart as a Preventorium are not needed for
the purposes of the Association then the University may for such time use them
for general hospital purposes.
6th. The terms and conditions set out in this contract shall continue
in force for one year from the date hereof, and shall thereafter continue
from year to year unless changed by said Association and said University,
acting through their regularly constituted authorities.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF said Virginia Education Association has caused
this contract to be signed by H. L. Sulfridge, its President, and the said The
Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia has caused its name to be
signed hereto by Frederic W. Scott, its Rector, said signatures being affixed
on the 17th day of March, 1931, and this contract being prepared and executed
in order to carry out the provisions of certain Resolutions heretofore adopted
by the Virginia Education Association at a meeting held on the 14th day of May,
1927, and the provisions of certain Resolutions adopted by said The Rector and
Visitors of the University of Virginia at a meeting of its Board of Visitors,
held on the 13th day of June, 1927.
By H. L. Sulfridge,
President.
OF VIRGINIA,
By Fred W. Scott,
Rector.
County of Albemarle, to wit.
I, Blanche L. Shepherd, a Notary Public for the County and State
aforesaid, do certify that H. L. Sulfridge, whose name is signed to the
foregoing writing bearing date March 17th, 1931, has acknowledged the same
before me in my County aforesaid.
Given under my hand this 16th day of April 1931.
Notary Public.
County of Albemarle, to wit.
I, Blanche L. Shepherd, a Notary Public for the County and State
aforesaid, do certify that Fred W. Scott, whose name is signed to the foregoing
writing bearing date March 17th, 1931, has acknowledged the same before
me in my County aforesaid.
Given under my hand this 17th day of March, 1931.
Notary Public.
A letter from Mr. Frederic W. Scott defining the terms of his proposed gift to the
University for the erection of an Athletic Stadium was read, and the following resolution,
adopted, (The Rector did not vote).
RESOLVED, That the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia
express to Frederic W. Scott, Esq., the grateful appreciation of his proposal
to make to the University gifts in the amount of $60,000 each in
each year 1930 to 1934, inclusive.
That the amount or proceeds of said gifts be applied to the erection
of an Athletic Stadium and the proper officers of the University are authorized
to carry the same as made and received in each year to the Stadium Fund.
The University of Virginia,
It is my desire to get into definite shape the matter
of certain gifts or donations which I have contemplated making to the University
of Virginia.
With this object in view I now desire to advise you
that I have determined to give or donate to The Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia the sum of $60,000 during each of the years 1930,
1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934, said respective gifts, each for the sum stated,
to be made on or before the 31st day of December in each year. I shall make
each of these gifts in whole or in part either in cash or in readily marketable
securities having a net market value equal to the respective sums named
on the date that said gift is made and the cash and securities delivered. I
also reserve the right to anticipate said gifts, or any of them, by increasing
the amount given in any year.
It is not my intention to make a present gift of the
aggregate of the sums named, but that said respective gifts shall be considered
as being made only as and on the dates that the cash or securities
to the amount or of the net value stated shall actually be delivered in each
year.
I am gratified that the Board of Visitors has determined
to apply these gifts to the erection of an Athletic Stadium for the University.
The first of these gifts for the year 1930 will be made,
and the cash or securities in the amount or to the value of $60,000 will be
delivered, prior to the 31st of the month.
The Board held a meeting at the Medical Building where the bids were received for
the Clark Memorial Law Building to be erected by the gift of Wm. A. Clark, Jr. Some
twenty bids were submitted, the lowest being that of the Johnson Construction Company of
Norfolk, Va., for $271,567.00, and the contract was accordingly awarded them.
The meeting then adjourned.
Secretary.
Rector.
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