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A STATEMENT
OF THE
Course of Instruction, Expense, &c.,
IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
MATRICULATION.
To be admitted into the University, the student must be sixteen
years of age; but the Faculty are authorized to dispense
with this requisition in the case of application for admission by
two brothers, one of whom is under the age of sixteen.
If the applicant for admission has been a student at any other
incorporated seminary, he cannot be received but on producing a
certificate from such seminary, or other evidence satisfactory to
the Faculty, testifying to his general good conduct.
Every student is free to attend the schools of his choice, and
no other than he chooses; with the condition that he shall attend
at least three professors, unless he has the written authority of
his parent or guardian, or the Faculty shall for good cause shown
allow him to attend less than three. Should he be twenty-one
years of age, or more, he is exempt from this condition.
Before a student matriculates, he is furnished with a copy of
the laws, which he is required to read. On matriculating, he
signs a written declaration, that he will conform to those laws,
and if he be a resident student, that he has deposited with the
Patron all the funds in his possession.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
The session commences on the 1st of October, and continues
without interruption until the 29th of June.
The mode of instruction is by lectures and text-books, accompanied
by daily and stated examinations.
In each school there are three regular lectures a week, besides
many others suited to the several subjects into which the school
is divided.
Literary and Scientific Schools:
I.—LATIN.
PROFESSOR HARRISON.
The subjects of instruction are the Latin Language and the
Roman History and Literature. It is endeavored to make the
practical study of the language more thorough and more profitable,
by connecting it with the scientific investigation of the doctrines
of the grammar and of the etymology. The latter involves
a regard to comparative etymology.
To the Roman History and Literature, with the related subjects,
so much attention is given as is found to be compatible
with the duty, more urgent as yet, of meeting the actual wants
of students in regard to the practical knowledge of the language,
and to a just theory of it. They occupy, however, as
heretofore they have done, one-third of the time allotted to the
Senior Class.
Text Books.—In the Junior Class: Zumpt's Latin Grammar,
the Professor's Exposition, Arnold's Latin Prose Composition,
Virgil, Horace, Terence, Cæsar's Commentarii, Cicero's Orations,
and his Epistolæ ad Diversos, (Familiares,) Freund's Lexicon,
abridged by Andrews, and Riddle's English Latin Lexicon.
In the Senior Class: the same Grammar and Lexicons, the
Professor's Exposition, Horace, Juvenal, Livy, Tacitus, and
Cicero's Epistolæ ad Diversos, (Familiares.) Other authors, and
parts of authors, are recommended to be read privately by the
student, both for exercise in the language, and for the acquisition
much profit; e. g. Cicero de Officiis, de Republica, &c., Terence,
Plautus, &c.
In the Roman History and Literature, Arnold's History of
Rome, Niebuhr's Roman History, the History of Rome published
by U. Kn. Soc., Long's Ancient Atlas, Smith's Dictionary of
Greek and Roman Antiquities, (2d ed.,) and Browne's History
of Roman Literature, are recommended.
The students of both classes are required to furnish written
exercises, chiefly translations from English into Latin.
In the examination of candidates for degrees, the passages
given for the written translations are selected, not from the portions
of authors which have been read and explained in the lecture-room,
but from the classic writers at will.
II.—GREEK.
PROFESSOR GILDERSLEEVE.
The subjects taught in this school, are:
1. The Greek language.
2. Greek literature.
3. History of Greece.
The method of instruction comprises lectures, (systematic and
exegetical,) examinations and written exercises.
This school is divided into two classes—Junior and Senior.
The classic authors read in the Senior Class, are principally:
Thucydides, Sophocles, Euripides and Plato; in the Junior
Class: Xenophon, Herodotus, Homer and Demosthenes. A
private course of parallel and preparatory reading is also prescribed
for each class.
Works of reference.—For the lectures on the structure and
syntax of the language, Kühner's Grammars.
For the lectures on the History of Greece, (Senior Class,)
Thirlwall's and Grote's History of Greece.
The written exercises and the comments on the corrections
constitute a prominent feature in the plan of instruction.
4. The Hebrew language.
Text Books.—Biblia Hebraica, Rödiger's Gesenius' Hebrew
Grammar, and Gesenius' Lexicon Manuale Hebraicum et Chaldaicum.
III.—MODERN LANGUAGES.
PROFESSOR SCHELE DE VERE.
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR, JOS. WALL.
The subjects taught in this school, are:
1. The French, Italian, Spanish and German Languages, and
the English in its Anglo-Saxon form.
2. The Literature of these Languages, and the history of
each idiom.
3. The History and Geography of Europe, from the fall of
the Roman Empire to the present day.
Instruction is also given in Comparative Philology and the
principles of the Science of Language.
There are three classes in French and two in German, one for
beginners, the others for more advanced students; and the same
arrangement is made, when necessary, in the other languages.
Opportunity is also given, in private, to practice speaking the
languages. The method of instruction is by lectures, examinations,
written exercises, and comments on the text-books as read
in the lecture-room; the principal classic authors in each language
being used for this purpose.
Two degrees in this school are required for the degree of
A. M.
IV.—MATHEMATICS.
PROFESSOR BLEDSOE.
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR, EDWARD B. SMITH.
In this school there are four classes:
In the first, or Junior Class, the student commences with the
study of Algebra; as he is supposed to have rendered himself
familiar with the various rules of Arithmetic before he enters
the University. After the first difficulties of Algebra are mastered,
the subjects of Algebra and Synthetic Geometry are simultaneously
pursued, until they are completed. Trigonometry and
Surveying are also taught to this class.
In the second, or Intermediate Class, the subjects taught are:
Nautical Astronomy, Navigation, Descriptive Geometry, with its
application to Spherical Projections, Shadows, and Perspective,
and Analytical Geometry.
The Senior Class studies the Differential and Integral Calculus.
To this class, a course of lectures is delivered on the History
of Mathematics, and another course on the Philosophy of
Mathematics.
There is also a class of Mixed Mathematics, designed exclusively
for such of the more advanced students as may desire to
study the subjects taught therein.
The course embraces the mathematical investigation of the
general laws of equilibrium and motion, both of solids and
fluids, with a variety of applications, especially to Physical Astronomy.
The instruction in each class is conveyed partly by lectures,
and partly by the systematic study of approved text-books, the
student being assisted by full and frequent explanations from the
Professor, and being constantly subjected to rigid examinations.
The progress of the student in every class is also tested by his
being required to perform written exercises, in which the principles
acquired are applied to the solution of particular problems.
The text-books used are: For the Junior Class, Davies' Bourdon's
Algebra, Legendre's Geometry and Trigonometry. For
the Intermediate Class, Pierce's Trigonometry, Davies' Surveying,
Descriptive Geometry, and Analytical Geometry. For the
Senior Class, Courtenay's Differential and Integral Calculus.
For the Class of Mixed Mathematics, Pratt's Mechanical Philosophy.
Any student entering the school has the privilege of attending
all or any of the classes, as he may elect, and if prepared to enter
an advanced class, may often find it highly advantageous to
review his previous studies by an attendance on a lower class
also.
V.—NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
PROFESSOR SMITH.
There are three classes in this school: the Junior and Senior
Classes of Natural Philosophy, and the class of Mineralogy and
Geology.
Instruction is given in all the classes by lectures and the study
of the text-books, accompanied by daily examinations.
The Junior Class meets three times a week. The course of
lectures to this class commences with a view of the structure and
of the leading doctrines of equilibrium and motion. In
the latter is included the application of these doctrines to a
variety of subjects, embracing, among others, the centre of gravity,
simple and compound machinery, the pendulum, projectiles,
the figure of the earth and the laws of gravitation. This is followed
by a consideration of the special structure and properties
of fluids, together with the laws of their pressure, motion and
resistance. The theory and construction of the principal Pneumatic
and Hydraulic machines are then presented. To this succeeds
a more particular investigation of molecular actions, as
exhibited in osmotic and capillary phenomena, and in wave motion.
In the latter half of the course, are considered in succession,
Acoustics; Optics, Geometrical and Physical; Electricity,
Mechanical and Voltaic; Magnetism, Electro-Magnetism, &c.,
and Heat, including the Steam Engine. The subjects taught in
this course are illustrated by numerous experiments, and by the
aid of a large collection of diagrams.
The Senior Class meets twice a week. In this class, certain
portions of the Junior course are more thoroughly discussed by
the aid of the lower Mathematics. This course embraces, in addition,
the subject of Astronomy.
Text-Books.—For the Junior Class: Rogers' Mechanical Philosophy;
Muller's Physics or Lardner's Hand-books.
For the Senior Class: Written Lectures on Mechanics; Norton's
Astronomy.
MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY.
These subjects form a separate department of the school of
Natural Philosophy. They are studied in the order named.
Mineralogy is taught with especial reference to its bearings on
Geology. Throughout the course, specimens are exhibited of
the minerals, rocks and fossils alluded to or described in the
lectures.
Text-Books.—Dana's Mineralogy; Lyell's Manual of Geology.
VI.—CHEMISTRY.
PROFESSOR MAUPIN.
The course of lectures in this school commences with an exposition
of the phenomena and laws of Heat, Light and Electricity,
chemistry.
The subject of inorganic Chemistry is then taken up. The
nomenclature, and chemical symbols and notation are explained,
and the history of the non-metallic elements and their combinations
with each other, very fully presented. Then follows a discussion
of the general principles of Chemical Philosophy, including
the Laws of Combination, the Atomic Theory and Theory
of Volumes, and Simple and Current Affinity.
The consideration of the Metals comes next in order. After
preliminary notices of their general properties, the Constitution
and Classification of Salts, Crystallization, Isomorphism, &c.,
they are taken up individually and very fully considered, together
with their compounds with the non-metallic elements, and their
saline combinations.
The concluding part of the course is devoted to Organic
Chemistry, embracing the consideration of Organic Analysis;
the Neutral Principles and their transformations by the action of
ferments and other agencies; the Doctrine of Compound Radicals;
the various series in which such radicals have been traced;
the Vegetable Acids; the Alkaloids, &c.
The processes for detecting Poisons, and the means of counteracting
their effects are presented in their proper connexions,
and throughout the course the applications of the facts and principles
of the science to Medicine, Agriculture and the Arts, are
duly noticed.
Books recommended.—Fowne's Chemistry, as a text book;
Graham's Elements; Regnault's Elements, and Abel & Bloxam's
Hand-book of Chemistry for reference.
VII.—MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
PROFESSOR McGUFFEY.
There are two classes in this school.
The Senior Class studies Mental and Moral Philosophy, the
first half the session, Logic, Belles-Lettres and Criticisms, the
second.
Books requisite for the Senior Class:
Mental Philosophy—Locke, Cousin, Reed and Hamilton.
Moral Philosophy—Stewart, Jouffroy, Butler and Alexander.
Logic—Whately and Mill.
Belles-Lettres—Blair, Campbell, Kames, Milton and Shakspeare.
The Junior Class studies Political Economy, Statistics, and
the Philosophy of Social Relations or "Ethics of Society."
Books requisite for the Junior Class:
Political Economy—Say and J. S. Mill.
Progress of Society—Guizot, Grimke and De Tocqueville.
Four lectures each week are given to the Senior Class, and two
to the Junior.
VIII.—HISTORY AND GENERAL LITERATURE.
PROFESSOR HOLMES.
(This department, but recently established, will not go into
operation until October 1st, 1857.)
Medical Schools:
IX.—MEDICINE.
PROFESSOR HOWARD.
In this school are taught the Principles and Practice of Medicine,
Obstetrics and Medical Jurisprudence. To allow the medical
student time to attain proficiency in Anatomy and Physiology,
Chemistry and Materia Medica, before he is required to
apply these branches in the study of the Principles and the
Practice of Medicine, the course is opened with Medical Jurisprudence,
which is followed by Obstetrics, and both are completed
before the Principles or the Practice of Medicine are
entered upon.
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.
The lectures on this branch show the aid which legislation and
the administration of the laws derive from medicine, and consist
chiefly in the application of the Principles of Medical Science to
the elucidation and administration of the laws, and the legal decisions
in cases of insanity, every variety of mental impairment,
crime, &c., &c.
Text-Book.—The Professor's Outlines, and Beck or Taylor.
OBSTETRICS.
The lectures on this branch comprehend an account of all labors,
natural, preternatural and instrumental; the professional
assistance to be afforded in each, and the treatment of the female
before, during and after delivery. The lectures are amply illustrated
by specimens and plates; and all manual evolutions, and
the application of instruments, are demonstrated on the improved
phantom of Hebermehl. The students also practice manual and
instrumental delivery on the manikin.
Text-Book.—The last edition of Meigs' Midwifery.
THE PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE.
The Principles of Medicine, as taught in this school, comprise
General Pathology, and a brief view of General Therapeutics;
also Etiology, Nosology, Semeiology, Diagnosis and Prognosis.
The nature and division of causes are first considered, which introduces
the student to their effects—disease. Pathology proper
is next considered under the two forms, Functional and Structural
diseases. After the student thoroughly understands the nature
of the causes of diseases, their divisions, modes of operation,
and the resulting effects upon function and structure, a
general view is given of the influences that can be brought to
remove or counteract their effects. And the course on the Principles
is then concluded by the consideration of Nosology, Semeiology,
Diagnosis, Prognosis, and the Different Modes of
Death.
Text-Books.—Wood's General Pathology and General Therapeutics,
in the last edition of his Practice.
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, OR SPECIAL PATHOLOGY AND SPECIAL
THERAPEUTICS.
As the most natural and practically useful arrangement, all
local diseases are classified and treated of according to their locality,
or the organ or set of organs which they affect; whilst
general diseases are arranged altogether pathologically. Much
attention is given to Physical Diagnosis. Pathological Anatomy
occupies a conspicuous place in the course, and is illustrated
by Carswell's large and splendid colored plates, and, when practicable,
by specimens.
Text-Book.—Wood's Practice of Medicine, last edition.
X.—COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND
SURGERY.
PROFESSOR CABELL.
The heading indicates the subjects taught in this school, and
the order in which they are discussed.
In the first part of the course, the Professor presents a general
the leading facts of Comparative Anatomy as may serve to indicate
the natural affinities between the different members of the
animal series, and to furnish a basis for a natural Zoological
classification.
In the second division of the course, which is mainly devoted
to the study of Human Physiology, the peculiarities of structure
of inferior animals are again noticed, with reference, especially,
to the varieties of the same organ in different animals, in order
to exhibit the simplest condition of structure essential to its
office, and to indicate the uses of the superadded parts in the
more complicated forms.
The third portion of the course is exclusively devoted to the
study of the Principles and Practice of Surgery.
Text-Books.—The Professor's "Syllabus of Lectures on Comparative
Anatomy and Physiology;" Carpenter's Elements of
Physiology; Kirke's and Paget's Human Physiology; Druitt's
Modern Surgery.
XI.—CHEMISTRY.
PROFESSOR MAUPIN.
Medical students attend the course of Lectures on Chemistry,
&c., mentioned under "VI. Chemistry."
A course of instruction in Pharmacy, designed for the benefit
of the students of Medicine, commences in March and continues
until the close of the session.
Text Book.—Parrish's Practical Pharmacy.
XII.—ANATOMY, MATERIA MEDICA AND BOTANY.
PROFESSOR DAVIS.
ANATOMY.
In this class are taught Special and Surgical Anatomy. The
lectures are illustrated by fresh subjects, by wet and dry preparations,
and by an extensive series of highly finished paintings.
Text-Book.—Wilson's Anatomy.
MATERIA MEDICA.
The course on this subject embraces:
1. General Therapeutics, or an account of the effects of the
various classes of remedies on the organism, their modus operandi,
and their applications to the relief of disease.
2. A detailed account of medicinal agents, in their commercial
history, physical properties, chemical relations, pharmaceutical
preparations, and effects on the system both in health and in
disease.
The means of illustration in Materia Medica consist of a superb
cabinet of medicines, and a large collection of colored
drawings of medical plants.
Text-Book.—Dunglison's Therapeutics and Materia Medica.
BOTANY.
The Natural History of the Vegetable Kingdom is taught in
this class. It therefore treats of the Anatomy and Physiology
of Plants—the principles and classification employed in arranging
them according to the "Natural" and the "Artificial" methods,
and the characteristics of the various groups.
The applications of Botany to Materia Medica are constantly
kept in view, and incidental reference is had to the relations
which it sustains to Agriculture, Geology, and Physical Geography.
XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF PRACTICAL ANATOMY.
DR. B. W. ALLEN, DEMONSTRATOR.
This department is abundantly provided with fresh subjects for
the use of the members of the class; the afternoon is devoted to
the dissections; and they are conducted under the constant guidance
of the demonstrator.
Law School.
XIV.—COMMON AND STATUTE LAW.
PROFESSOR MINOR.
XV.—CIVIL, CONSTITUTIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
LAW, Etc.
PROFESSOR HOLCOMBE.
The object in this school is to acquaint the student familiarly
and practically with the principles of his profession. With
this view, instruction (which is designed to be as thorough as
possible) is given partly through text-books and daily examinations
upon the subjects taught; partly by comments intended to
supply what is deficient and explain what is obscure in the text,
and partly also by independent lectures.
A Moot-Court is instituted in connection with the school,
upon a plan which experience has shown to be well calculated
to perfect the student in the details of practice. Under the
immediate superintendence of the Professors, he is required to
pronounce opinions upon supposed cases; to devise and to institute
remedies, by suit or otherwise; to conduct suits at law
and in chancery, from their inception, through all their stages;
to draw wills, conveyances and other assurances; and, in short,
to perform most of the functions of a practising lawyer.
The school forms two Departments, each of which is divided
into two classes, and the course of study therein is as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMON AND STATUTE LAW.
PROFESSOR MINOR.
Junior Class.—Blackstone's Commentaries, Chitty on Contracts.
Senior Class.—Stephen on Pleading, Lomax's Digest of the
Law of Real Property, Law of Executors, &c.
For Reference.—Virginia Code of 1849, Gordon's Digest of
United States' Statutes.
DEPARTMENT OF EQUITY, MERCANTILE, INTERNATIONAL AND
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, AND GOVERNMENT, ETC.
PROFESSOR HOLCOMBE.
Junior Class.—Lectures on Government, Federalist, Duer's
Outlines of the Constitution, Madison's Report 1799, Polson's
Law of Nations, Select Chapters of Vattel's Law of Nations.
Senior Class.—Smith's Mercantile Law, Greenleaf's Evidence,
Barton's Suit in Equity, Adams's Equity.
The degree of Bachelor of Laws is conferred upon those who,
upon examination, manifest a familiar acquaintance with the
subjects taught in all the classes; and to those who exhibit a
competent knowledge of International and Constitutional Law
and of the science of Government, a certificate of proficiency is
awarded.
All the books required can be procured at the book stores
near the University on reasonable terms.
EXAMINATIONS.
These are of three kinds: first, the daily examinations, which
precede the lectures; second, the public examinations, two in
number, held the one about the middle of the session, the other
at its close; and, third, the examinations for graduation, held
towards the end of the session.
I.—DAILY EXAMINATIONS.
In the daily examinations the student is questioned both upon
the subject of the preceding lecture and such portions of the
text-book as may have been designated by the Professor. His
preparation thus tested is noted at the time of examination, and
if the student shall exhibit material delinquency, the fact is communicated
to his parent or guardian in the printed circular which
is sent home at the close of every month.
II.—PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.
The two public examinations, embracing respectively all the
subjects treated of in the first half, and all those treated of in
the second half of the session, are thus conducted:
The professor of the school prepares in writing a series of
questions to be proposed to the class, and affixes to them numerical
values, according to his estimate of their relative difficulty.
On the assembling of the class for examination, these
questions are for the first time presented to them; and they are
required to answer in writing in a prescribed time, without communication
with one another or with other persons, and without
any reference to books. Their answers are subsequently carefully
examined and prepared, and a value attached to each, not
exceeding that of the corresponding question. In the schools of
languages, subjects are also selected for oral examination, and
the value of these exercises marked at the time.
The students are then arranged into four divisions, according
to the merit of their examination, as determined by the following
method: The numerical values attached to all the questions are
added together, and also the values of the answers given by each
first, the student is ranked in the first division; if it be less than
three-fourths, and as much as one-half, in the second; if less
than one-half, and as much as a fourth, in the third; if less than
a fourth, in the fourth division. The examinations are conducted
and the results ascertained by a committee, consisting of
the Professor of the school and two other Professors. The
standing of the student at these examinations is communicated
to his parent or guardian in the last circular of the session.
Those who attain the first division receive in public, at the
close of the session, a printed certificate of their distinction at
one or both of the examinations, as the case may be, and their
names are mentioned in the published account of the proceedings
which terminate the course.
These public examinations are sufficiently comprehensive and
difficult to render it impossible for the student, without steady
diligence, to secure a place in the first division.
III.—EXAMINATIONS FOR GRADUATION.
These are partly oral and partly in writing, and are conducted
by the Professor of the school, in the presence of two
other Professors, forming with him the committee of examination
of the school. Here the student is subjected to searching
interrogations upon the details and niceties, as well as the leading
principles of the subject, and he is expected to be accurately
versed in all the topics treated of in the lectures and the correlative
texts.
As a due acquaintance with our own language is made indispensable
to the attainment of even the inferior honors of the
University, all candidates for degrees are subjected to an examination,
in order to test their qualifications in this respect.
DEGREES.
I.—THE ACADEMICAL DEGREES
Are, first, that of Proficient in certain special departments of a
school; second, that of Graduate in a school; third, that of
Bachelor of Arts; and, fourth, that of Master of Arts of the
University of Virginia.
The degree of Proficient, conferred in a certificate of proficiency,
applies only to those branches of some of the schools,
which, by the regulations, the student is allowed to attend separately.
These are Geology and Mineralogy, Medical Jurisprudence,
Physiology, Botany, Political Economy, National Law,
Constitutional Law and Government, and Anglo-Saxon.
The degree of Graduate in a school embraces, in the school
of Ancient Languages, the Latin and Greek Languages; in that
of Modern Languages, any two of the languages taught in the
school, except Anglo-Saxon; in that of Mathematics, all the
studies of the school, except the Mixed Mathematics; in that of
Natural Philosophy the same, omitting Geology and Mineralogy;
in that of Moral Philosophy the same, omitting Political Economy.
The degree of Graduate is also conferred in each of the
languages separately, and in the Mixed Mathematics.
None are admitted to these degrees who fail to give satisfactory
evidence of their attainments at the public examinations
and the examinations for graduation.
II.—THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
VIRGINIA.
This degree is conferred upon such students as have become
graduates in all but two of the literary and scientific schools of
the University, and have also obtained distinction at an intermediate
and final examination of the Junior class of the two remaining
schools. The candidates for this degree have moreover
to satisfy the Faculty of their general literary acquirements, by
furnishing an appropriate essay, composed by themselves, on
to read on the Public Day.
III.—THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
VIRGINIA.
To merit this, the highest academical honor of the Institution,
the student must have already become a graduate in all the
literary and scientific schools in the University. He must, moreover,
give proof of an accurate and comprehensive acquaintance
with his entire course of studies, by an examination on all these
subjects, in the presence of the Faculty, at the close of his
academical career; and, lastly, he must prepare and submit to
the Faculty an essay exhibiting a due degree of literary ability;
and this he is required to read on the Public Day.
IV.—THE PROFESSIONAL DEGREES
Are that of Doctor of Medicine, conferred on graduates in the
Medical Department, and that of Bachelor of Laws, on graduates
in the School of Law.
To merit the degree of Doctor of Medicine, the student must
prove by his examination that he has made satisfactory attainments
in Anatomy, Surgery, Human and Comparative Physiology,
Principles and Practice of Medicine, Obstetrics, Materia
Medica, Botany, Chemistry, and Medical Jurisprudence.
To attain the degree of Bachelor of Laws, he must in the
same manner give evidence of a due acquaintance with the Law
of Nature and Nations, the Science of Government, Constitutional
Law, Municipal Law, including the Common Statute Law,
the Principles of Equity and Commercial Law.
Honorary degrees are forbidden by the laws of the University.
THE PUBLIC DAY.
On the closing day of the session, which, unless that day be
Sunday, occurs on the 29th of June, the Visitors, Faculty,
Officers and Students, and the Society of Alumni, assemble in the
Public Hall, whither are also invited the friends of the students
and the public generally. On this occasion, the results of the
examinations are announced, the certificates and diplomas are
awarded to the successful candidates, and addresses are delivered
by the Bachelors and Masters of Arts.
EXPENSES.
The expenses for the session of nine months are as follows:
1. Fees.—If one Professor be attended, $50; if two, each
$30; if more than two, each $25. Every student is required to
attend three schools, unless, for special reasons, leave is given to
attend but one or two.
In the School of Law, the fee for the Senior class in either
Department is $80, with the privilege of attending all the classes
in both Departments. For the Junior class in either Department
the fee is $60, with the privilege of attending the Junior
class in the other; but if the student attends only the class of
Constitutional and International Law, and Government, the fee
is $25.
Medical students are charged $105 for a full course, viz: $25
for each of four tickets, and a fee of $5 for dissecting material.
For the class of Anglo-Saxon in the School of Modern Languages,
of Geology and Mineralogy in the School of Natural
Philosophy, of Physiology in the School of Comparative Anatomy,
of Botany in the School of Anatomy and Botany, and of
of Medical Jurisprudence in the School of Medicine, the fee is
$15 only.
2. Board and Lodgings.—Board in any of the University
hotels, $120; for which sum, diet, bedding, room furniture and
attendance are furnished. Washing may be had for $9 or $12
by two students, $8. The dormitories of the University are
occupied by two students each; except nine, which are occupied
by one student each. Fuel and candles are furnished by the
Proctor at cost and five per cent. commission, and cost for each
of two students, in the same dormitory, about $20.
3. Matriculation Fee, and use of Library and public rooms,
$20.
The expenses of the students resident in the University are
limited as follows:
1. For board, the use of the dormitory, matriculation and
tuition fees, the sums before stated.
2. For clothing during the session, an amount not exceeding
one hundred dollars.
3. For pocket-money during the session, a sum not exceeding
forty-five dollars.
4. For books and stationery, whatever the parent or guardian
may think fit to allow.
5. For medicine and medical attendance, whatever may be
necessary.
PROHIBITION OF CREDIT.
An act of the Legislature prohibits merchants and others,
under severe penalties, from crediting students. The license to
contract debts, which the Chairman is authorized to grant, is
confined, (except where the parent or guardian otherwise, in
writing requests,) to cases of urgent necessity; and these, it is
hoped, the parents and guardians will, as far as possible, prevent
from arising, by the timely supply of the requisite funds.
HOTELS OR BOARDING-HOUSES.
Hotels or boarding-houses are provided in the precincts of the
University for the accommodation of students, and no student is
permitted to board or lodge out of the precincts, unless in the
family of his parent or guardian, or of some particular friend,
approved by the Faculty. Except that students above the age
boarding-houses as the Faculty may approve.
The hotel-keepers are bound to maintain good order among
their boarders during meals, and to report all cases of misconduct
of which they have knowledge, whether occurring in their
own houses or elsewhere.
Additional accommodations for 150 students are in process of
erection, and will probably be ready for occupation by the beginning
of the session.
KEEPING OF STUDENTS' FUNDS.
Every student resident within the precincts is required, on
matriculating, to deposit with the Patron all the money, checks,
bills, drafts and other available funds, which he shall have in
his possession or under his control, in any manner intended to
defray his expenses while at the University, or on his return
from thence to his residence. Nor shall he matriculate till he
shall have deposited a sum at least sufficient to pay for the use
of his dormitory and the public rooms, to pay the fees of the
Professors whom he may design to attend, to pay three months'
board to his hotel-keeper, to purchase the text-books and stationery
which he may want at the commencement, twenty dollars
on account of fuel and candles, and ten dollars to cover contingent
charges and assessments against him for injuries to the
buildings, &c., which two last-mentioned sums are credited in the
final settlement of his accounts. In like manner, he shall deposit
with the Patron all the funds which he shall receive while
a student of the University for the purposes aforesaid. At the
end of the first three months of the session, he shall deposit
enough to pay his board and other expenses for the next three
months; and at the expiration of the second period of three
months, he shall deposit enough to pay his board and other expenses
for the residue of the session.
Students resident out of the University are required, on
matriculating, to deposit with the Patron funds sufficient to pay
the fees of the Professors whom they may propose to attend, the
sum charged for the use of the public rooms, and ten dollars to
cover contingent charges.
The fees for matriculation, room-rent and tuition are required
to be paid without abatement, at whatever period of the session
the student may enter; and no portion of them is refunded on
account of withdrawal before the close of the session, unless the
withdrawal is rendered necessary by ill-health, and occurs before
the 1st of February.
PRIVILEGED STUDENTS.
Ministers of the Gospel and young men preparing for the
ministry, bringing proper certificates from their congregations
as to character and standing, may attend any of the schools of
the University without payment of fees to the Professors.
The Faculty, at their discretion, may allow any man of undoubted
moral character, above the age of twenty-three years, to
attend lectures in any of the schools of the University, and to
reside out of the precincts, exempt from the rules and regulations
prescribed for the government of students, except only that
he shall pay the usual Professors' fees, and the usual compensation
for the use of the public rooms, and shall observe all those
laws of the Institution which enjoin respectful and orderly deportment.
But the privilege so allowed may be withdrawn by
the Faculty at any time, when, in their opinion, it has been used
to the evil example of the students, or otherwise to the injury of
the Institution.
MONTHLY CIRCULAR.
At the end of every month, a circular letter is addressed by
the Chairman of the Faculty to the parent or guardian of each
student, in which are stated his absences from lectures and
examinations, and any other irregularity of which he may have
been guilty, together with such further information as to the
student's progress and conduct as it may be deemed proper to
communicate.
The object of such report being, on the one hand, to incite
the student to steady diligence, by eliciting the commendation
and encouragement of his friends; and, on the other, to restrain
by their admonition and advice; the usefulness of these circulars
greatly depends upon the prompt and judicious attention
they receive from those to whom they are addressed. Parents
and guardians, therefore, cannot be too earnest in communicating
such advice or encouragement as the monthly report may
suggest.
LIBRARY.
The Library of the University, originally selected and arranged
by Mr. Jefferson, has since been augmented by several
valuable donations, among which the legacy of Mr. Madison,
amounting to 587 volumes, that of the late Christian Bohn, Esq.,
a generous and enlightened citizen of Richmond, amounting to
3,380 volumes, and a donation of 234 works presented by an
unknown lady through the Rev. Dr. Alexander, of Princeton.
Through such additions, and the annual increase by purchase,
the Library now numbers nearly 25,000 volumes, comprising
an unusually large proportion of standard literary and scientific
works in the principal European languages, together with a rich
and extensive collection of engravings.
Students are allowed the use of the books, under the usual restrictions,
and the Librarian is in attendance daily at stated hours
to give out books and to receive those that are returned.
SOCIETY OF ALUMNI.
This association is composed of such former students of the
University as, having finally left the Institution, have on nomination
been elected members at the annual meetings. Its objects
are the promotion of letters and general education, as well as
the renewal from year to year of the pleasing associations of
academic life.
The Society holds its meetings at the close of the session.
An orator or an essayist is annually appointed by the Society
from among its members, and the oration or essay is delivered
in the Public Hall on the day preceding the Public Day.
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
There are three Literary Societies formed by the students of
the University, which meet weekly at their own public rooms for
the purpose of cultivating debate and composition, and hold
occasionally public exhibitions.
RELIGIOUS EXERCISES.
Divine service is performed in the chapel every Sunday morning
and evening during the session, by the Chaplain of the
University, who is appointed in turn from the principal religious
denominations. Students also have the opportunity of attending,
at their choice, daily morning service in the chapel; and on
Sundays, service at any of the churches in Charlottesville.
STATE STUDENTS.
To render education at the University available to meritorious
young men of limited means, provision has been made for the
admission of fifty students, without payment of Professors' fees
or University charges.
The advantage is meant to be restricted to those who are not
themselves, and whose parents are not, in a situation to incur the
expenses of education.
Their connection with the University is to continue two years,
but for extraordinary proficiency the Board of Visitors may prolong
the term. They stand, in all respects, except expense, on
the same footing as other students, enjoying the same privileges,
and subject to the same laws.
By way of remuneration to the State for the assistance thus
afforded, they are required to sign an engagement to teach in
some public or private school or academy within the limits of
Virginia, for two years after leaving the University.
The selection of students, on this foundation, is made by the
Faculty on the first day of July, annually. Application for
vacancies, accompanied by proper testimonials, addressed to the
the 25th of June.
☞ Persons interested will be pleased to observe the following
particulars:
1. The applicant is requested to state his age, which must be
over seventeen years, and to designate the several schools of the
University he may wish to enter, observing that the enactments
require him, if under the age of twenty-one years, to attend at
least three, unless, for good cause, the Faculty permit him to
attend a less number.
2. In order to be admitted, the applicant must exhibit satisfactory
testimonials—1st. Of irreproachable moral character.
2d. Of capacity, as well by partial cultivation as original vigor
of mind, to profit by the instruction given at the University.
3d. If he desires to enter the schools of Mathematics, or of
Natural Philosophy, that he possesses a familiar acquaintance
with all the branches of Numerical Arithmetic, or if he desires
to enter the school of Ancient Languages, that he is qualified to
commence the study of the higher Latin or Greek authors; and,
4th. That neither he nor his parents are in a situation to incur
the expense of his education without aid.
VACANT DISTRICTS.
The following districts will be vacant at the close of the present
session:
IV. Powhatan, Cumberland and Chesterfield.
VIII. City of Williamsburg, James City, Charles City, New Kent, York, Elizabeth City and Warwick.
XI. Caroline and Spotsylvania.
XIII. Fauquier and Rappahannock.
XX. Mercer, Monroe, Giles and Tazewell.
XXIV. Barbour, Upshur, Lewis, Gilmer and Randolph.
XXV. Ohio, Brooke and Hancock.
XXIX. Dinwiddie, Amelia and Brunswick.
XXX. Lunenburg, Nottoway and Prince Edward.
XXXII. Henry, Patrick and Franklin.
XXXVII. Stafford, King George and Prince William.
XXXIX. Madison, Culpeper, Orange and Greene.
XLII. Frederick, Clarke and Warren.
XLIII. Rockingham and Pendleton.
XLV. Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Montgomery and Pulaski.
XLVI. Smythe, Wythe and Washington.
XLVII. Boon, Logan, Kanawha, Putnam and Wyoming.
XLVIII. Mason, Jackson, Cabell, Wayne and Wirt.
L. Monongalia, Preston and Taylor.
DISTRICT.
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