University of Virginia Library

ANNOUNCEMENTS

This is only a preliminary announcement. The faculty and courses
are not yet completed. There will be additions to both. A complete
52 page catalogue will be issued in March, giving complete information.
If interested, write at once for one.

The University of Virginia Summer School is conducted for teachers
and students in high schools, academies and colleges and for those
who desire professional training for primary and grammar grade
work. It also offers many courses for college credit, and others to
meet the needs of students preparing for college entrance or who
have conditions to absolve. It takes as its peculiar province, not the
ordinary summer institute, but the solid and substantial training of
high school teachers, college teachers, college students, and teachers
of any grade who wish to procure professional work.

LOCATION.—Charlottesville, the seat of the University of Virginia,
is in a picturesque and healthful situation among the foot-hills
of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is at the junction of two great
lines of railway, the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Southern, and is
thus of easy access from every part of the country. The sanitary arrangements
of the University are excellent. The climate is invigorating,
healthful, and free from malarial conditions, the average elevation
of the surrounding country being about six hundred and fifty
feet above sea level; the water supply is pure, being drawn by gravity
from a mountain reservoir six miles away; the system of drains and
sewers is complete. The average monthly mean temperature from
1901 to 1911, taken from the records of the weather station at the
University Observatory, was: June, 71.4; July, 76.8. Summer rates
are given by the railroads to this point. There are three golf links,
a well-conducted country club and many other attractions for summer
visitors.

EXCURSIONS.—Under the directorship of a competent guide,
there will be excursions to neighboring points of interest such as
Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson; the Natural Bridge; Luray
Caverns; the Grottoes of the Shenandoah; the battle fields in
Virginia; and any other points to which a sufficiently large number
may care to go. The proximity to Washington and Richmond and
Old Point Comfort (three hours ride to each) should make a visit to
either exceptionally interesting. Saturdays will be reserved for these
excursions. On designated clear nights parties will leave Cabell Hall
at 8 o'clock to visit the McCormick Astronomical Observatory, where
they will be shown the stars through the large telescope in the Observatory.

ORGAN RECITALS, ENTERTAINMENTS, AND LECTURES.
—The pipe organ in Cabell Hall is one of the best products of one
of the largest organ manufacturers in America. It is an antiphonal
organ with fifteen hundred pipes, and exhibits all the possibilities of
organ manufacture. To bring out these possibilities requires a master
organist, and it is the purpose of the management of the Summer
School to procure distinguished organists for the recitals.

A Musical Festival and other entertainments will be announced during
the session of the Summer School. The Clifford B. Devereux
Company will give five plays. The whole course includes about
twenty numbers and the price of a season ticket is $2.50 making the
cost about the same as moving pictures.

REDUCED RAILWAY RATES.—All students coming to the
Summer School from points within the territory covered by the

Southeastern Passenger Association, i. e., the territory lying south of
the Potomac and east of Mississippi, should apply some time in advance
to the local agent for reduced rates which have been granted
by the Southern Passenger Association on a basis of approximately
three cents a mile plus 25 cents for the round trip.

BOARD AND ROOMS.—Board and room may be had at prices
ranging from $4.50 per week, where several stay in the same room,
upward, according to accommodations and proximity to the University,
the average being $4.50 to $5.50 per week. Most of the boarding
houses immediately adjoin the University grounds.

One hundred single furnished rooms and one hundred and twenty-five
furnished double rooms in the University dormitories will be reserved
in the order of application. The price will be $5.00 for the full
term of six weeks for a single room, and $8.00 for a double room.
Every double room must be occupied by two persons. No reduction
will be made for parts of a term. Applications for rooms must be
accompanied with the full amount of the fee, which will be returned
for good reason and room released if application is made before June
10th. No rooms will be rented to any person who does not register
and pay the fee in the Summer School. Rooms that are reserved will
not be held later than July 1st. No room will be open for occupancy
before June 18th. Roomers must provide themselves with necessary
bed clothes, towels, etc. Rooms will be in charge of Mrs. M. P. Harris,
an experienced matron and chaperone. Some members of the
faculty will be located in each set of dormitories. No cooking allowed
in rooms. The rooms on Dawson's Row will be reserved for
men. The location of these dormitories in the University grounds
and the social advantages resulting from bringing so many teachers
close together make this arrangement a very desirable one and the
rooms are eagerly sought.

The University Commons, conducted by Mr. S. I. Carter, will be
open for summer students and will provide table board for three
hundred and fifty persons at the very low price of $4.00 a week, $16.50
a month or $23.00 for the session of forty-six days. A lunch counter
will be run in connection with the Commons, open from 9:30 A. M.
to 11 P. M.

Application for dormitory rooms should be sent promptly with retaining
fee. For list of boarding houses, rates, etc., see full catalogue,
or write to Mr. F. M. Alexander.

FEES FOR NON-VIRGINIA STUDENTS.—A single registration
fee of fifteen dollars will be charged each teacher who registers
from outside of Virginia. This fee will entitle the student to enter
any of the courses outlined in the catalogue (except a few special
courses which are so designated). No student, however, will be permitted
to take more than three advanced courses or six elementary
courses without special permission in writing from the Director.

Note.—Teachers outside of Virginia are not limited in the choice
of their courses to the conditions under which Virginia certificates
are issued, unless they desire to teach in Virginia and apply for a license
issued in this State. In this case only state certificates from
other states issued by a State Superintendent or a State Board of
Examiners, and approved in advance by the Department of Public
Instruction of Virginia, will be recognized as a proper basis for professional
work.

Teachers from other states will receive credit for all work done at
the University Summer School in accordance with the certificate regulations
of those States from which they come.

FEES FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.—Tuition
will be entirely free to all Virginia teachers in all the regular courses,
both elementary and advanced, leading to the professional and first
grade certificates. To meet local expenses the State Board of Education
has fixed a registration fee of $1.00 for a four weeks' term and
$1.50 for a six weeks' term for all of the Summer Schools of the State,
and these fees will be charged here. There are a few special courses
offered to meet certain demands but not necessary for certificate
credit, for which fees will be charged to all who take them. The fee
for each is designated in the catalogue. Small fees in laboratory
courses will also be charged all students who register in them.

Students from Virginia who are not teachers or preparing to teach
next session will be charged the same tuition as non-Virginia students.
Teachers whose residence is in Virginia but who are teaching
outside of Virginia will be charged the same fee as non-Virginians.

IMPORTANT NOTE.—Every teacher who is applying for a Virginia
State Teachers' Summer School Professional Certificate of any
kind should bring with her and before registering have whatever certificate
she holds and which she desires to use as a basis of entrance
on such professional work, approved by a representative of the Department
of Public Instruction who will be present for that purpose.

VIRGINIA STATE CERTIFICATES.

The Virginia certificates with which the courses of study at the
University Summer School are immediately concerned are the following:

• The Summer School Professional Certificate—Primary Grade.

• The Summer School Professional Certificate—Grammar Grade.

• The Summer School Professional Certificate—Advanced Grade.

• The Summer School Professional Certificate—For High School Teachers.

Courses will also be offered to meet the requirements of the Department
of Public Instruction for High School graduates, who wish
to obtain certificates.

There will also be courses preparing for the State Examinations.