University of Virginia Library

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.