1862 February 6-27

[From the minute book of the University of Virginia Chairman of the Faculty, Socrates Maupin]

Feby 6 Gave Mr Adam C. Miles leave to matric-
ulate in the law school upon credit for an
indefinite time for his fees--The Faculty having
by resolution authorized it.

8 Gave Messrs Jas F. Mister, P H Pendleton &
Jno E. Bland leave to matriculate with
an abatement of one third in their tuition
fees; the action of the Faculty under date of
Decr 13, justifying it--

21 Gave Mr Th M. Jones leave of absence for one
week to visit home--Thinks it probable he
will ask leave to withdraw from the
University with the view of entering the army
as a volunteer and thereby avoiding a draft
of the militia--

Feby 21st Gave Messrs Jas A Robins, Jno W. Aler, Wm M
Perkins, A. Meyer, M Wood Rbt Fife, H. V. Weeden,
Jno D. Pittman, Jos P. Webb, Hwnry C. Gowdey, Walton
Watkins & Chapman Maupin, leave of
absence for four days, to attend the inaugur-
ration of President Davis at Richmond on
the 22d inst

24 The bill before the Legislature providing for
a draft of the militia to fill up the quota
of Virginia in the Confederate Army, and
taking the Professors & students of incorporated
institutions from the class of exempts, having
become a law, a number of students ap-
plied for leave of absence to visit home
ad consult their parents or guardians
in regard to the expediency of volunteering
and thereby escaping what they deemed
the ignominy of being drafted into mil-
itary service--Accordingly leaves were
granted, as follows--
Mr. Jas H. Garlick for 4 days
Mr Abner Harris for 6 days
Mr Jno S. Hardaway for one week

[27] Mr. P. H. Pendleton for one week
Mr Ch A. Alexander for ten days

[28] & Mr Ch Y. Kimbrough for one week

Feby 24, 1862 Gave Messrs Ro. T. Marable & Geo W. Butts
states students, leave to withdraw from
the University in order to volunteer in military
service--alleging that they acted upon the
advice of their mothers respectively--

Gave Mr Ch L. Garnett leave of absence
for ten days, to visit home on account of
the death of a sister-

25 Gave Mr J. F. McF. Blain, states student, leave
to withdraw from the University, at
the request, as he states, of his father-
Gave Mr Jno W. Harrison leave to withdraw
from the University--Has received a letter from
his father advising him to join a volunteer company

26 Gave Mr Ro: E. Lee Jr leave to withdraw
from the University, with the view of entering mili-
tary service as a volunteer--Has not had an op-
portunity of consulting his father, but his
mother approves this course--

Gave Mr Wm. E. Taylor leave to withdraw
from the University--called home by telegram--
Expects to reenter military service--

27 Gave M Wm K McCoy state student, leave
to withdraw from the University--with the
view of entering Capt J. McD. Carrington's Company
of Artillery--

On Monday the 24th of February a severe
storm of rain occurred, accompanied by a strong
wind from the South West, which carried off
nearly a third of the Tin from the west side
of the roof of the new Building and the
skylight over the School of Athens, and
at the same time other serious damage
to the roofs of dormitories Pavilions and
one of the buildings in Dawson Row-
Immediately after the storm I called at Mr.
Spooner's residence to consult him as to the
best measures to pursue for the speedy repair
of damages--I did not find him at home, but
left a message for him to call at my office
at his earliest convenience. I called the next
morning and we went to Charlottesville to
enquire of the Tinners whether any thing
could be done for the immediate replacing of
the tine tin on the roof of the new buildings.
We found that the Tinners had neither tin
nor workman, necessary for undertaking
the job--Mr Vaughan promised to telegraph
to Scottsville for a workman--but if he did
so, he never returned to us any satisfactory
reply. I sent a message to the Rector asking
him to meet me at the University as soon
as practicable. He came the next day (26th)
and after we had conferred together and
consulted with Mr. Spooner, we agreed that
the best that could be done for the present,
was to cause a temporary covering of plank
to be placed on the part of the roof of the
New Building which had been stripped
of Tin. The superintendence of the work
was given to Mr. Spooner, also also [sic] the
repairs of other damages done by the storms
including the suitable protection of the sky
lights, the substitution of a slate roof
for the paper & gravel roof stripped off
from No 1 Dawson Row--the replacement
of the lead extensively torn from the crest
of the dormitory roofs &c &c--The work
has all been executed at the moderate
expense of less than six hundred dollars
(561$) including expense of superintendence--

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