 | Board of Visitors minutes August 9, 1946 |  |
USE TO BE MADE OF THE REICHEL RESIDENCE:
Mrs. Willis, a member of the Mary Washington College Committee, presented the following on behalf
of the committee, and the same was disposed of in the resolution adopted:
In anticipation of being able to use the Reichel residence in which to house students, Mary Washington
College has taken this in consideration in accepting the number of students to be housed on the campus.
Dr. Reichel, the owner of the property, had stated that he would vacate the property by the first of September.
It now appears that Dr. Reichel will not be able to vacate before September 15th, which is the day that the
dormitories open at Mary Washington.
In view of this situation it is, naturally, impossible to make the necessary alterations
in time for the Reichel property to be used for students for the forthcoming session. This situation
presents the college with a difficult problem and would mean the loss of $14,000 income from students
unless these students can be cared for.
One solution to the situation seems to be to make the necessary alterations in the meantime
in the house now occupied by the President and his family and then at the opening of the session the
President move to the Reichel property and live there until such time as Brompton is ready. The alterations
can be made in the house in which the President is living in time for the opening of the college.
The house in which the President is now living will accommodate approximately the same number
of students as can be housed in the main residence of the Reichel property and workmen can enter the
President's home to complete the necessary alterations before September 15th. Furthermore, the residence
over the garage at the Reichel property will be used for students in view of the fact that workmen
can enter and make the necessary preparations. If the main house is occupied by the President's
family, there would be no necessity of having a hostess for these students.
It is, therefore, recommended that the following action be taken:
RESOLVED, by the Committee on Mary Washington College of the Board of Visitors of the
University of Virginia, that the administration of Mary Washington College be and is hereby
authorized to make the President's home available for students as of September 15th, and
transfer the President and his family to the Reichel property temporarily until Brompton
is habitable, if this should prove to be the best solution to housing the overflow of students
accepted for the dormitories for session 1946-47, the decision to be left to the
discretion of the administration of Mary Washington College. Adopted.
Mrs. Willis introduced the resolution presented at the meeting on June 1st relative to the
admission of male students, which was lost at that meeting, and which was again defeated. The proposed
resolution was as follows:
RESOLVED, that non-boarding male students be admitted to Mary Washington College next
session, with the distinct understanding that this is not to be a permanent policy, but
is simply a temporary deviation from the traditional policy of the College in an effort to
help relieve an unprecedented situation.
The meeting then adjourned.
Rector Pro Tem
Secretary
| Board of Visitors minutes August 9, 1946 | |