University of Virginia Library

ANNOUNCEMENTS

This is a preliminary announcement. The complete catalogue will
be ready for distribution about April first. It will be mailed only
to those who apply for it. If interested, write to Secretary Summer
School, Box 149, University, Va.

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 and 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. 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
exceptionally interesting. 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.

ENTERTAINMENTS, AND LECTURES.—A Musical Festival
and other entertainments will be announced during the session of
the Summer School. The Clifford B. Devereux Company will give
three plays and The Players Club one or two 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.

BOARD AND ROOMS.—Board and room may be had at prices
ranging from $5.00 per week, where several stay in the same room,
upward, according to accommodation and proximity to the University,
the average being $5.00 to $6.00 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 $6.00 for the
full term of six weeks for a single room, and $9.00 for a double
room. The price for the second term will be $3.50 for a single
room, and $5.00 for a double room. All checks for rooms should
be made payable to E. I. Carruthers, Bursar. 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 21st. Roomers must provide themselves with
necessary bed clothes, towels, etc. Rooms will be in charge of
Mrs. M. P. Harris, an experienced matron and chaperon. 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 Mrs. 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 $5.00 for a single
week. $18.00 a month or $4.50 per week, if paid weekly, or $25.00
for the first term of forty-one days and $20.00 for the second term
from August 2 to September 6th. 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 page —, or
write to Secretary Summer School, Box 149, University, Virginia.

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 and second grade certificates. To meet local expenses the
State Board of Education has fixed a registration fee of $1.50 for a
six weeks' term for all of the Summer Schools of the State, and this
fee 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.

FEES FOR NON-VIRGINIA STUDENTS.—A single registration
fee of fifteen dollars will be charged each student 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
and without paying an extra fee of $5.00 for advanced courses, or
$3.00 for elementary courses.

Note.—Teachers outside of Virginia are not limited in the choice
of their courses to the regulations 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
credit.

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.

Medical Fee.—A small medical fee of 50 cents will be charged each
person who registers in the Summer School, which will entitle him
or her to free medical attendance by Dr. W. E. Bray, the Summer
School Physician, hospital phone, 548; residence phone, 565; office
hours at the hospital 11:30 to 12:30 and 4:00 to 5:00. Greatly reduced
charges, if it should be necessary, will be given at the University
Hospital, under the following regulations:

Medical Attendance.—Any student who is temporarily ill from
causes not due to his own misconduct, is entitled, without charge,
to all necessary medical advice from the Summer School Physician;
and, if necessary, to nursing in the University Hospital at a reasonable
charge for the maintenance while there. This exemption from
charge does not apply to cases requiring surgical operation, and for
special treatment of the eye, ear, nose, and throat, or to constitutional
disorders from which the student in question was suffering at
the time of his coming to the University. Nor is the University responsible
for the expense incurred through the employment of private
nurses, necessitated by severe illness of students, or through the
maintenance of quarantine precautions in contagious cases. Any
student sent to the University Hospital by the advice and under the
care of a physician other than the Summer School Physician will be
required to pay the regular hospital charges for private patients.

TIME AND PLACE OF RECITATIONS AND LECTURES.—
Recitations will begin in all courses Tuesday, June 24th, at 8:30 a. m.
There will be no classes on Saturdays except on June 28th,
and July 5th and 12th, when classes will meet at the usual hours to
make up for registration day and Fourth of July. The length of
recitation periods will be one hour, ten minutes of which will be
allowed for transfer from one room to another.

DAILY GENERAL ASSEMBLY.—Daily from 11:30 to 12:15
there will be a period in which the students may have the privilege
of attending a gathering of the entire body. At this time there will
be devotional exercises, music, short addresses on timely topics by
prominent speakers invited for this purpose, or some other interesting
exercise.

SUNDAY VESPER SERVICES.—Experience has shown that no
Sunday service held here during the summer has been more attractive
or more appreciated than what has sometimes been called the
Sunset Service. Holding this service at this hour enables all the faculty
and the students of the summer school to unite in one common

service without at all interfering with their attending the churches
of their choice in the city. The service, which is always kept within
one hour, begins at seven o'clock. When weather permits, the service
is held out of doors on the North Rotunda steps. Otherwise in
Cabell Hall.

REGISTRATION.—Monday, June 23rd, will be devoted to the
registration of students. All students who can possibly do so should
register on this day.

Those who fail to register before June 23rd will be permitted to
attend classes and register as promptly as possible at other hours.
The Registrar's office, located in Peabody Hall will be open continuously
from 8:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Students should consult freely
with members of the Faculty in case of difficulty in choosing courses.
No certificate will be granted to students who fail to register before
Tuesday, July 1st, except a certificate of attendance.

No student will be admitted to any course without a registration
card naming the course in question and properly signed by the Registrar
and the Bursar.

THE GENERAL LIBRARY.—The General Library is open to
the corps of instructors and the students of the Summer School from
9 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. 3 to 5, and from 7:30 to 10 p. m. The collection
contains about seventy thousand volumes.

All books withdrawn from the library must be charged at the
desk. Usually books are lent for one week but there are exceptions,
and the loan expires on the date stamped in the book. Prompt return
not later than the date on which the loan expires is expected
and borrowers will be fined ten cents for each day delinquent. Students
are expected to give prompt attention to all communications
from the librarian.

REST AND STUDY ROOMS.—Madison Hall, the beautiful
building of the Young Men's Christian Association, and during the
summer session headquarters for the Y. W. C. A., will be open to
students and Faculty of the Summer School from nine o'clock in
the morning until ten at night. Students will have access to the current
periodicals in the reading room. The other rooms will be used
for rest, for study, for recreation, and for social gatherings. North
of the building there are nineteen tennis courts which will be
equipped for the use of the students.

YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CLUB.—
Open to every woman in the Summer School, this club is organized
for the purpose of promoting a pleasant social atmosphere, giving
an opportunity for social service and religious development, and for
study of methods in club work and church work. The activities include
"stunt parties," camp breakfast, Camp Fire Girls demonstrations,
weekly meetings on religious and social questions and special
lectures on rural life questions. A secretary devotes her entire time
to the work and has charge of the club headquarters at Madison
Hall. Her office hours are from 9 to 11 a. m. and from 2 to 3 p. m.

STUDENTS' MAIL.—In order to insure safe and prompt delivery
of mail, every student should have all mail directed to University,
Virginia, giving always the street and number of his or her
boarding place or the number and location of his or her room in the
University. The local address should be filed at the post office
promptly upon arrival.

TEACHERS' POSITIONS.—The University Appointment Committee
receives demands for teachers each year. This committee
would be glad to have well qualified teachers who are in attendance
upon the Summer School leave their applications with the Registrar.

THE SUMMER SCHOOL NEWS.—The News is a college newspaper,
edited and managed by students of the Summer School. It
contains all official and student organization announcements, campus
news and notes, editorial comment, etc. Its object is to acquaint
individuals with the life of the whole student body, and to unify the
interests of all.

RURAL LIFE WEEK.—The time between July 7 and 12 will be
devoted to the study of rural life problems in general, and to the
Community Centre in particular. A special effort will be made to
secure a large attendance of farmers, and farmers' wives, and community
leaders and distinguished speakers from all sections of the
United States will participate in the Conferences.

FOURTH OF JULY PAGEANT.—Each year an elaborate pageant
is given in connection with the Fourth of July Celebration. An
extensive celebration will be a feature this year.

REGULATIONS CONCERNING CREDIT.—The instructor giving
each course will keep the class grades, and attendance, hold the
examination, and average the class grade with the examination
grade, returning to the Director the general average grade of each
student in each course. Absences or delayed entrance will be
counted against the student. All examinations must be held under
the Honor System. A certificate for each course completed with an
average grade of 75 per cent will be signed by the instructor and the
Director of the Summer chool, and mailed to the student.

Credit Allowed by Other States than Virginia.—Application has
been made to other Southern States for credit equal to that accorded
by the Virginia Department of Public Instructions. Credits are now
allowed toward the extension of the certificates by certain other
States. All persons wishing to arrange for credits with their respective
school authorities should correspond with the Director of
the Summer School.

University of Virginia College Credit.—Below are stated the conditions
upon which credit in the University of Virginia may be
granted for work done in the Summer School.

(a) The student must satisfy the entrance requirements of the
University of Virginia and matriculate before he can receive credit
in the College for any work done in the University of Virginia Summer
School.

(b) The Dean of the College will accept the completion of the
courses in the Summer School in lieu of the entrance examinations
in the same subject, provided that in his judgment the courses are
equivalent to those required for entrance to the University of Virginia,
and provided, that the certificates of courses completed be approved
by the University of Virginia professor concerned.

(c) The Dean of the College will accept certificates of completion
of summer courses in the University of Virginia, provided that such
summer courses be approved by the University of Virginia professor
concerned as the full equivalent in character and scope of the corresponding
courses in the University.

All courses numbered from 1 to 100 in this catalogue have been
approved by the professors concerned and will be accepted by the
Dean for such credit as is indicated in the description of each course.

(d) Students who satisfy entrance requirements will not only receive
credit at the University of Virginia for college courses taken in
the Summer School, but the summer school work is recognized by
standard colleges everywhere, so that students have no difficulty in
securing transfer of credits.

Honor System.—All examinations are held under the honor system
and the honor pledge required.

VIRGINIA STATE CERTIFICATES.

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

First and Second Grade Certificates.

The Elementary Professional Certificate for either Primary or
Grammar Grades.

The Special Certificate—For High School Teachers.

The Collegiate Certificate—For High School Teachers.

The Collegiate 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
for first and second grade certificates and for extension of certificates.
Observation work will be provided by a well organized vacation
school.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRST GRADE CERTIFICATE.

The applicant must be at least nineteen years old, must have
academic training equivalent to the first two years of high school
work, must have taught successfully at least nine months, and must
make a grade of not less than 85 per cent. on the state examination.
The subjects required for the First Grade Certificate and
value of each are as follows, the form for the applicant being included:

               

Form giving information about applicant (writing and theory and practice)	15
Mathematics—arithmetic 10, elementary algebra to quadratics 5	15
English—grammar and composition 10, English classics 5	15
History—American and Virginian history 10, English history 5	15
Geography 5, civics 5	10
Science—Physical geography or general science 5, agriculture 5	10
Physiology and hygiene 5, spelling 5	10
Primary reading and methods 5, drawing 5	10

"This certificate is valid for five years and renewable for a similar
period. It permits the holder to teach in the elementary grades.
An applicant who makes first grade averages but has not the requisite
experience or is not of required age, may receive a Second
Grade Certificate convertible into the First Grade when the above
requisites are met.

"REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECOND GRADE CERTIFICATE.

The applicant must be at least eighteen years old and must make
a grade of not less than 75 per cent. on the State examination, consisting
of the following subjects with the value of each:

               

Form by applicant (writing and theory and practice)	15
Arithmetic	10
English grammar and composition	10
History—United States and Virginia	10
Geography 5, civics 5	10
Physiology and hygiene	5
Primary reading and methods 5, spelling 5	10
Drawing	5

The minimum grade for a second grade certificate is 75% of 75,
or 56.25.

"This certificate is valid for two years and renewable for two.
The holder may teach in the elementary schools.

"As before stated graduates of four-year standard high schools
who have attended a summer normal or institute for six weeks must
receive a Second Grade Certificate."

PREPARATION FOR STATE EXAMINATIONS.

Complete courses, covering all of the requirements for the first
and second grade certificates, will be offered, beginning June 23rd
and ending with the State examinations July 25th and 26th. The
State Board of Education will renew the certificate of any teacher
attending for five weeks taking three courses, two of which must
be in Education.

For several summers this work has been given at Midway School
Building in Charlottesville, but this year all of the classes will be
held in the University.

SUMMER QUARTER.

For the first time in its history the Summer School will this year
continue for two terms; the first term beginning June 23rd and ending
August 2nd, and the second term beginning August 4th and
ending September 6th, making a full Summer Quarter. Students
may enter for either one or both terms, the work of each term being
arranged as a complete unit in itself. In each term all of the
courses, leading to the elementary professional certificate, will be
offered. Students may secure this certificate by attending the Summer
School for three sessions of six weeks each, but those students
who prefer to attend a summer session two quarters of twelve weeks
in separate summers in lieu of the courses for three years, as outlined,
may do so provided they secure teaching experience of, at
least, seven months between the two summers. The work for the
first summer of this arrangement will embrace the work of the first
year of the three years' course, as outlined, plus six weeks of additional,
related work and the work of the second summer will include
the outlined courses required for the second and third summers
of the regular three year course. Teachers who remain for
the second term, which will continue five weeks with lectures six

times a week, can do so at less expense than during the first
term.

The following is the regulation of the State Board of Education
in regard to elementary professional certificates. The elementary
professional certificate is issued to applicants who complete one
year of professional work at a standard normal school, based on a
standard high school course or its equivalent, or who completed
work required in summer courses at some university, college, or
normal school, the summer courses of which are approved by the
State Board of Education.

CERTIFICATE FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.

Graduates of the standard four year high schools, who attend a
summer normal for one term of six weeks each, taking five classes, three
of which must deal with methods of teaching, may be granted a second
grade certificate. Graduates of standard four year high schools
who attend a summer normal for two terms of six weeks each shall
be given a provisional first grade certificate to be converted into a
regular first grade after seven months of successful experience, or in
the event of required experience, shall be given at once a first grade
certificate. Graduates of standard high schools who attend for three
summers of six weeks each taking a prescribed course will be
awarded the elementary professional certificate.

The course may be taken at this school in either the first term or
the second term this summer, the same credit be allowed in the
second terms.

REGULATIONS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Outline for Primary Grades.

First Year.

         

Principles of Elementary Education—Education 129a, 2.30	30 periods
Methods in Reading I—Education 132, 12:15	30 periods
Songs and Games—Physical Education 193, 9:30	30 periods
School Hygiene and Sanitation—Education 12	30 periods
Methods in Language I—Education 142, 8:30	30 periods

Second Year.

         

Principles of Teaching and Studying, 12:15	30 periods
Methods in Reading II—Education 133a, 8:30 to 10:30 and 133b, 9:30	30 periods
Methods in Language and Spelling—Education 134, 10:30	30 periods
Public School Music—Music 332, 8:30	30 periods
Hygiene and Sanitation—Education 12, 12:15	30 periods

Third Year.

           

Methods and Management—Education 15, 2:30	30 periods
Drawing 122a, 9:30; or 122b, 2:30	30 periods
Nature Study and Home Geography—Education 110, 10:30	30 periods
Primary Industrial Work—10:30 and 12:15; 2:30 to 4:30	30 periods
Child Literature and History Stories—Education 111, 12:15	30 periods
Observation, 8:30 to 10:30, Midway School	20 periods

Outline for Grammar Grades.

First Year.

         

Principles of Elementary Education—Education 129b, 10:30	30 periods
Methods in Language and Spelling—Education 143, 9:30	30 periods
School Hygiene and Sanitation, 4:30	30 periods
Arithmetic and Methods—Education 137, 3:30	30 periods
Songs and Games—Physical Education 192, 8:30	30 periods

Second Year.

         

Principles of Teaching and Studying—Education 17, 12:15	30 periods
Methods in Language and Grammar—English 151, 10:30	30 periods
Methods in Arithmetic II—Education 138, 9:30	30 periods
Public School Music—Music 337 or 332, 8:30	30 periods
Agriculture 106, 3:30	30 periods

Third Year.

         

Methods and Management—Education 15, 2:30	30 periods
Methods in Literature and Reading—Education 144, 10:30	30 periods
Methods in Geography—Education 130, 8:30	30 periods
Drawing or Industrial Work or Home Economics, 3:30 to 5:30	60 periods
Observation 8:30 to 10:30, Midway School	20 periods

(If drawing or industrial work is taken in the third year an elective
will also be required.)

Summer School Professional Certificate—For High School Grades
—Minimum Entrance Requirement.—The holder of a Virginia First
Grade High School Diploma or the holder of a Virginia First Grade
Certificate who presents satisfactory evidence of having completed
the equivalent of a standard four-year high school course, shall be
granted a Summer School Professional Certificate—For High School
Grades, under the terms and conditions hereinafter stated.

The certificate and other credentials which entitle the applicant
to enter upon and pursue the course of study herein outlined must
be presented to and approved by the director of the summer school
before the applicant can be registered and admitted to classes.

This certificate entitles the holder to teach only the high school
branches named in the certificate.

General Requirements.—The courses prescribed in any of the
branches hereinafter stated for the Summer School Special Certificate—For
High School Grades, must embrace no work unless
it be of College Grade, requiring minimum recitation periods of sixty
minutes each. These courses must be taken in a summer school at
a registered college or university and must be completed within a
period of three years from the date of beginning.

The following "Content Table" gives the number of hours or recitation
periods required in each branch, and in addition thereto the
applicant must complete a course of thirty hours in Education.

CONTENT TABLE.

Agriculture, 90 hours.

Botany, 60 hours.

Chemistry, 150 hours, of which 60 hours must be laboratory work.

Drawing, 90 hours.

English, 120 hours, including 30 hours in English Grammar, 30
hours in Rhetoric and Composition, and 60 hours in English and
American Literature.

Domestic Science, 90 hours.

French, 90 hours.

German, 90 hours.

History, 120 hours, including 60 hours in General History, 30 hours
in English History, and 30 hours in American History and Civics.

Latin, 90 hours, including a review of Cæsar, Cicero and Virgil.

Manual Training, 90 hours.

Mathematics, 120 hours, including Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry,
and Plane Trigonometry.

Music, 90 hours.

Physics, 150 hours, of which 60 hours shall be laboratory work.

Physical Geography, 60 hours.

Spanish, 90 hours.

Zoölogy, 60 hours.

This certificate shall continue in force for seven years, and may be
renewed for a similar period from time to time.

N. B.—This course must not be given at any school in Virginia
unless it is specially mentioned and advertised in its literature; no
supposedly equal course at any other than a designated summer
school will be recognized or accepted by the State Board of Education.