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A special meeting of the Board was held on this date at 11 o'clock in the office of the President.
There were present Visitors Lewis C. Williams, Christopher B. Garnett, James H. Corbitt, Edward C. Anderson,
Dabney S. Lancaster, Dr. W. D. Haden, Maitland H. Bustard, Mrs. O. A. Calcott and Mrs. Bertha P. Wailes,
and President J. L. Newcomb.

In the absence of the Rector, Mr. Corbitt was elected Rector pro tem.

Minutes of the previous meeting which had been copied and mailed to the members, were approved.

The President made the following announcement of enrollment and gifts that had been received:

Enrollment: 1330

Gifts:

                       

From Mr. R. A. Van Clief, to provide air-conditioning installation for the Operating Room at the Hospital	$15,200.00
From the University of Virginia Alumni Funds	10,997.00
From the Estate of Archibald H. Taylor the income to be used for "the equipment and maintenance of the Hospital"	4,750.00
From Mrs. William H. White, Jr., (no publicity) - a Voting Trust Certificate No. 162 for 30 shares no par common, F. S. Royster Guano Co., in the name of Waby and Company.
C. & O. Refunding and Improvement Mortgage 3½%, No. 6129 with November 1, 1944 and subsequent coupons attached	1,000.00
Armour and Company, of Delaware, 7% Cumulative Debenture, No. 222, with October 1, 1944 and subsequent coupons attached	1,000.00
all of the foregoing to become a part of the Mary Stamps Royster Memorial Fund.
From Mr. Michael S. Kovalenko, $1,000 bond of the Southern Pacific Co. (Ry) 4½ % due May 1, 1981, to be added to the earlier donation for the Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Birthday Fund at the McCormick Observatory. Market value of bond	715.00
From E. R. Squibb and Sons, for the Squibb Syphilis Research	600.00
From the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, to be added to an earlier gift for a Latin American Fellowship	600.00
From Lawrence Schiff, for the Engineering Department	500.00
From Rev. F. L. Robinson, of Cismont to be used for a scholarship for a needy boy	100.00

Resignation:

• Dr. Robert O. Bloomer, Instructor in Geology, effective November 1, 1944.

Leaves of Absence:

Miss Amelia McLester, Assistant Professor of Elementary School Supervision, leave of
absence without salary from November 1, 1944 to June 30, 1945, in order to carry forward the writing of a
book.

Dr. Rupert Wildt, Acting Assistant Professor of Astronomy, leave of absence without salary, from
September 13, 1944 through March 31, 1945, in order to undertake some special war work.

Elections:

Mr. J. N. G. Finley, elected Dean of Counseling, at a salary of 4,500 per session; encumbency to
begin November 1, 1944. This position carries with it the rank of Full Professor.

Dr. Francis Greenfield Lankford, Jr., elected Associate Professor of Education, at a salary of
$5,000, $2,500 of which will be paid by the University and $2,500 by the County of Albemarle (some of it
by way of the State Board of Education), encumbency to begin October 1, 1944.

Note: Professor Lankford replaces Professor Acker who died July 19, 1944.

Lt. Hal R. Guimares, elected Assistant Professor of Naval Science and Tactics, without salary
from the University, effective June 23, 1944.

Lt. Richard C. French, elected Assistant Professor of Naval Science and Tactics, without salary
from the University, effective June 24, 1944.

Lt. Herman L. Trautman, elected Assistant Professor of Naval Science and Tactics, without salary
from the University, effective July 16, 1944.

Dr. John Thomas Baldwin, Jr., elected Acting Assistant Professor of Agricultural Biology and
Experimental Horticulture, and Farm Manager of the Blandy Experimental Farm for the period October 1, 1944
through September 30, 1945 at a salary of $3,750 plus usual perquisites for his managerial duties.

Dr. G. Leighton LaFuze, elected Lecturer in Political Science for the session November 1, 1944
through June 30, 1945, at a salary of $2,450 for the session.

Change in Name of the School of Public Speaking:

The following recommendation was unanimously adopted:

RESOLVED, that the name of the School of Public Speaking be changed to the School of Speech.

Sale of the Sebrell Property:

The President reported to the Board that an offer had been received from Mr. B. W. Sebrall, Jr.,
of Lawrenceville, Virginia, of $3,600.00 cash for the property known as the "Sebrell Building" which is
situated upon a lot in the Town of Lawrenceville, Virginia, fronting 22 feet on Hicks Street and running

back between parallel lines a distance of 100 feet from Hicks Street to Meredith Street, this being one of the
pieces of property which was acquired by the University in the settlement of the estate of the late Dr. Walter
M. Seward, and that in consideration of the low rental which we have been receiving from the property and the
cost of maintaining the building, it seems advisable that this offer should be accepted.

After a discussion of the situation the following resolution was unanimously adopted -

RESOLVED, that the offer of B. W. Sebrell, Jr., of Lawrenceville, Virginia, of $3,600.00 cash, for
the property known as the "Sebrell Building" which is situated upon a lot fronting 22 feet on Hicks Street
in the Town of Lawrenceville, Virginia, and running back between parallel lines a distance of 100 feet from
Hicks Street to Meredith Street, be and is hereby accepted, and J. L. Newcomb, President is hereby authorized
and directed to execute a deed in the name and on behalf of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia, by which said property is conveyed to said B. W. Sebrell, Jr., or to such person or persons as he
may name, and E. I. Carruthers, Secretary, is authorized and instructed to affix the seal of the Corporation
to said deed, attest the same and deliver said deed to said B. W. Sebrell, Jr., or his nominee, upon payment
of the purchase price of $3,600.00 in full.

Report of New Buildings Committee in re: Contract for Erection of Addition to Nurses' Home:

Report of New Buildings Committee in re: Replacing Elevator in Hospital and Extension of Time on Contract
with H. T. Ferron for Excavation and Grading Work for the Nurses' Home Addition:

Expansion Program of the University in the Field of Capital Outlays for Buildings and Equipment:

The Governor of Virginia has had prepared in his office a Manual on the Planning and Execution
of State Capital Outlays at the various institutions and agencies following the termination of the
present war. This manual provides that each institution shall have a Local Building Committee, and the
Board approved the appointment of the following Committee which had been previously appointed by the
President:

Dr. W. D. Haden, Chairman, Frederick C. Disque, Edward W. Saunders, Frank E. Hartman,
Permanent Committee, and Dr. Carlisle S. Lentz, James S. Miller, Frederick T. Morse and Dr. Ivey F. Lewis,
Associated members.

The Local Committee, through its Chairman, Dr. W. D. Haden, presented its report governing
each of the construction projects authorized by the last session of the General Assembly and the capital
outlay needs of the University until 1950. After amending this report in certain specific ways it was
approved by the Rector and Visitors, and the Local Committee was directed through its Chairman, to
get the amended report in proper form for submission to the Governor, in duplicate, as provided in the
Governor's Manual.

Use to Which the Rotunda May Be Converted:

Following the disposition of the foregoing report on the proposed expansion of the University
the question arose as to what use was to be made of the Rotunda and, following some discussion of the
question, the following offered by Mr. Lewis C. Williams was adopted:

RESOLVED, that a special committee of three be appointed from the Board to study the
Rotunda and recommend its use.

The meeting then adjourned.