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 | Board of Visitors minutes November 8, 1941 |  |
A called meeting of the Board of Visitors was held on this date at 10 o'clock, a. m. in
the President's Office. Present were the Rector R. Gray Williams, visitors James H. Corbitt,
Christopher B. Garnett, Dabney S. Lancaster, Hollis Rinehart, Rt. Rev. Beverley D. Tucker, Jr.,
Edward R. Stettinius and Lewis C. Williams, and President Newcomb.
Minutes of the previous meeting, copies of which had been mailed the members, were
approved.
The President announced the enrollment to date 2534.
PROMOTION.
Upon the recommendation of the President, Anthony Vincent Shea, Jr., was
promoted from Assistant Director of the Bureau of Public Administration to Acting
Assistant Professor of Political Science for the session of 1941-42, without change in
salary.
CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA:
Resolution authorizing the President to sign Confidential Memorandum of Agreement, or
Contract, without date, effective as of September 1, 1941, between the United States of
America and the University of Virginia, marked "U.S.A. and U. Va. No. 1" for identification.
The purport of said Agreement being explained in detail to the Board, the following Resolution
was unanimously adopted.
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia, that the President be and is hereby authorized to execute said Memorandum of
Agreement, or Contract, in the name and on behalf of the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia, under the designation of the "University of Virginia," and that one copy of
said Agreement or Contract, marked for identification as above stated, be lodged for safe-keeping
with the Bursar of the University, And it was
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that E. I. Carruthers, Secretary of this Board, be and he
is hereby authorized and directed to affix the seal of the corporation to said instrument,
to attest the same, and to certify that this Resolution was passed by the Board of Visitors
of the Rector and Visitors, the Governing Body of said corporation, and that the action
of said Governing Body with reference to said authority is within the scope of the corporate
powers of said corporation.
Resolution authorizing the President to sign Confidential Memorandum of Agreement, or
Contract, between the United States of America and the University of Virginia, marked
"U.S.A. and U.Va. No.2." for identification, said Agreement, or Contract, without date,
to be effective as of August 1, 1941.
The purport of said Agreement being explained in detail to the Board, the following
Resolution was unamously adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia, that the President be and he is hereby authorized to execute said Memorandum
of Agreement or Contract, in the name and on behalf of the Rector and Visitors of the
said Agreement or Contract, marked for identification as above stated, be lodged for safe-keeping
with the Bursar of the University. And it was
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that E. I. Carruthers, Secretary of this Board, be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to affix the seal of the corporation to said instrument; to attest
the same, and to certify that this Resolution was passed by the Board of Visitors of the Rector
and Visitors of the University of Virginia, the Governing Body of said corporation; and that
the action of said Governing Body with reference to said authority is within the scope of the
corporate powers of said corporation.
The President presented to the Board a Confidential Letter from Mr. Irvin Steward, of the Office
of Scientific Research and Development, under date of October 24, 1941, setting forth the terms
of a proposed Confidential Memorandum of Agreement, or Contract, between the United States of
America and the University of Virginia, copy of said Agreement or Contract to be marked "U.S.A.
and U.Va. No.3," for identification.
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia, that the President be and he is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Memorandum
of Agreement or Contract in the name and on behalf of the Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia, under the designation of said Agreement or Contract, marked for identification
as above stated, be lodged for safe-keeping with the Bursar of the University. And
it was
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that E. I. Carruthers, Secretary of this Board, be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to affix the seal of the corporation to said instrument, to
attest the same, and to certify that this Resolution was passed by the Board of Visitors of
the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, the Governing Body of said corporation,
and that the action of said Governing Body with reference to said authority is within the scope
of the corporate powers of said corporation.
Resolution authorizing the President to execute a contract between the United States of
America and the University of Virginia, dated October 6, 1941 covering the loan and use of
Radium, to be used for the study of the cause, prevention, or methods of diagnosis or treatment
of cancer.
The purport of said Agreement, or Contract, being explained in detail to the Board, the following
Resolution was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia, that the President be and he is hereby authorized and directed to execute said
Contract in the name and on behalf of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia,
covering the loan and use of radium, the valuation of which is $2259.00, for the term beginning
November 1, 1941 and ending October 31, 1942, for the study of the cause, prevention or methods
of diagnosis or treatment of cancer.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that E. I. Carruthers, Secretary of this Board, be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to affix the seal of the corporation to said instrument, to attest
the same, and to certify that this Resolution was passed by the Board of Visitors of the Rector
and Visitors of the University of Virginia, the Governing Body of said corporation, and that
the action of said Governing Body with reference to said authority is within the scope of
the corporate powers of said corporation.
C. L. & H. L FRANKLIN—LOAN FUND DEBT CANCELLATION:
The following resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia, that the compromise settlement of $200 principal of four $50 loans made to C. L.
Franklin, with H. L. Franklin as surety, in the sessions 1923-24 and 1924-25 from the State
Students Loan Fund, by the payment of $125; be and the same is hereby approved, and the
Governor's approval of the cancellation of the remaining $75.00 of principal of said loans
is requested, in accordance with the terms of the Appropriation Act of 1940.
BAND INSTRUMENTS AND UNIFORMS—CLAIM FOR LOSS IN FIRE:
The President advised the Board that the University Band had suffered the loss of instruments
and uniforms in a fire when the bus in which the band was returning from the Yale-Virginia football
game was totally destroyed along with a large portion of its instruments and uniforms, that the loss
was estimated at approximately $8,000. He further stated that he and the Attorney for the University were
entering claim for the loss against the transportation company, and they were authorized to make such
settlement of the loss as they may consider proper.
N. R. O. T. C. BUILDING-SKILLED LABOR FOR:
Bids on the skilled labor for the above building were advertised to be opened at 11:30 a. m.,
and, the hour having arrived, the bids on hand were opened by the New Buildings Committee in the presence
of the whole Board and the bidders present. The low bidder and the amount of the bid in each case was
found to be as follows:
| For Brick Work, Cinder Block and Stone Masonry: L. L. Lang, Charlottesville, Va. |
$ 5,380 |
| For Plastering, George W. Harris, Charlottesville, Va. | 3,600 |
| For Interior Marble and Tile Work, H. N. Francis & Co., Richmond, Va. |
2,630 |
| Asphalt Tile and Cork Carpet, W. Morton Northern Co., Richmond, Va. |
1,275 |
| Total Four Gontracts | $12,885 |
This sum being within the amount of money which was originally estimated that this work would
cost, the new Buildings Committee of the Rector and Visitors unanimously recommended to the Rector
and Visitors that these contracts be awarded to the above parties, whereupon the following resolution
was adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia that J. L. Newcomb, President, be and he is hereby authorized and directed
to recommend in the name of the Rector and Visitors to the duly constituted States
Authorities the award of these contracts to the presons and in the amount above stated.
The meeting then adjourned.
RECTOR.
SECRETARY.
| Board of Visitors minutes November 8, 1941 | |