 | Catalogue of the officers and students of the University of Virginia |  |
REGULATIONS.
ADMISSION.
To be admitted as a student of the University, the applicant must be at least sixteen
years of age; but the Faculty may dispense with this requirement in favor of one who
has a brother of the requisite age entering at the same time.
If the applicant for admission has been a student at any other incorporated seminary,
he must produce a certificate from such seminary, or other satisfactory evidence of
general good conduct.
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS.
An academical student must attend at least three Schools, unless upon the written
request of his parent or guardian, or for good cause shown, the Faculty shall allow him
to attend a less number.
EXCHANGE OF SCHOOLS.
Students are permitted to exchange Schools, with transfer of fees, within one week
after admission. Thereafter no exchange is allowed except by leave of the Faculty,
and then without transfer of fees.
ENTRANCE AND WITHDRAWAL.
No abatement is made in the matriculation or tuition fees or room rent, on account of
late entrance, unless the student enter after the first of January, and no portion of the
same is refunded on account of withdrawal from the University before the close of the
session, unless the withdrawal be rendered necessary by ill health. The charges for
board, fuel, lights, and washing, are estimated from the time of entrance. Many disadvantages
to the student result from late entrance; therefore prompt attendance at
the beginning of the session is earnestly enjoined upon all who wish to derive from the
course of instruction the full benefit.
RENT OF ROOMS.
To secure rooms in the University Buildings, application may be made by letter to
the Proctor; but if the rent is not deposited with him before the 15th of September,
the room is considered to be unengaged.
PRIVILEGED STUDENTS.
Ministers of the Gospel may attend any of the Schools of the University without the
payment of tuition fees. The same privilege will be extended to any young man preparing
for the ministry, on condition that he submit testimonials that he is a bona fide
candidate for the ministry, and unable to meet the expenses of education at the University
without aid.
MONTHLY CIRCULAR.
At the end of every month a circular letter is addressed by the Chairman of the
lectures and examinations, and any other irregularities 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, or as the parent or guardian may specially
request. The object of such reports 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 him from idleness and disorder, or to urge him to amendment
by their admonition and advice, their usefulness 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 reports may suggest.
LICENTIATES.
Any person of unexceptionable character and habits, upon producing to the Faculty
satisfactory evidence of suitable capacity and attainments, will be licensed by the Faculty
to form classes for private instruction in any School of the University, in aid of and in
conformity to the public teachings of the Professor upon any subject taught therein.
The employment, selection, and compensation of such Licentiate is left to the determination
of the students.
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 when the parent or guardian requests otherwise in writing),
to cases of urgent necessity; and these, it is hoped, parents and guardians will, as far
as possible, prevent from arising by the timely supply of the requisite funds.
DISCIPLINE AND RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.
Morality and Religion are recognized as the foundation and indispensable concomitants
of education. The discipline of the University is sedulously administered with a
view to confirm integrity, and to maintain a sacred regard for truth. Great efforts are
made to surround the students with religious influences; but experience has proved
that the best way to effect this result is to forbear the employment of coercion; the
attendance on religious exercises is therefore entirely voluntary. Prayers are held
every morning in the chapel, and divine service is conducted twice on Sunday by a
Chaplain, selected in turn from the principal religious denominations.
USE OF LIBRARY.
Students are allowed the use of the books under the usual restrictions, and the librarian
is present in the library for four hours daily, to attend to their wants.
Persons at a distance, who may desire to consult the library by correspondence, can
do so on payment of a small charge, proportioned to the time and labor expended on
the research required, copying of titles, or passages from authors, etc. A letter on this
subject, addressed to Wm. A. Winston, Librarian, will receive attention.
INFIRMARY.
There is a well-appointed Infirmary connected with the University for the care and
comfort of sick students. Every student on matriculation deposits the infirmary fee
attendance of the infirmary physicians (the Professors in the Medical Department),
and, if necessary, to nursing by professional nurses, without additional charge.
VIRGINIA ACADEMICAL STUDENTS.
By act of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, approved February 26, 1876,
the University "shall educate all students of the state of Virginia, over the age of
eighteen, who shall be matriculated under rules and regulations prescribed by the board
of visitors, without charge for tuition in the academic department, consisting of the
following schools, to-wit: the schools of Greek, Latin, history and literature, moral
philosophy, modern languages, natural philosophy, natural history and agriculture,
general and industrial chemistry, and pure mathematics: provided, that no person
shall be admitted as a student, free of charge for tuition fees under the provisions of
this act, unless the faculty shall be satisfied by actual examination of the applicant, or
by a certificate of some college or preparatory school, that he has made such proficiency
in the branches of study which he proposes to pursue as will enable him to avail himself
of the advantages afforded by this university."
Virginia students wishing to avail themselves of the advantages provided by this enactment
will apply to the Chairman of the Faculty for more detailed information.
DONATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY.
Under an act of the Legislature, entitled "A bill to encourage donations to the
University of Virginia, and to constitute the State of Virginia the trustee thereof,
"any person may deposit in the treasury of this State, or bequeath money, stock, or
public bonds of any kind, to be so deposited, or grant, devise, or bequeath property
real or personal, to be sold, and the proceeds to be so deposited, in sums not less
than one hundred dollars, which shall be invested in certificates of debt of the State
of Virginia, or of the United States, or any other State thereof, for the benefit of the
University of Virginia; and in such case the interest or dividend accruing on such stock,
certificates of debt or bonds, shall be paid to the Rector and Visitors of the University,
to be by them appropriated to the general purposes thereof, unless some particular
appropriation shall have been designated by the donor or testator as hereinafter
provided.—The State of Virginia is hereby constituted the trustee for the
safekeeping and due application of all funds which may be deposited in the treasury in
pursuance of this act."
The legal title of the University is—
"The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia."
ENDOWMENTS BY THE SOCIETY OF ALUMNI.
Under an act of the Legislature, entitled "A bill to incorporate the Society of
Alumni of the University of Virginia," this Society is authorized, by the executive Committee,
or in such other way as it may direct, "to raise the sum of five hundred thousand
dollars, to be held in the name of the `Society of Alumni of the University of
Virginia,' to be safely invested, and the net annual income therefrom to be applied to
the benefit of the University of Virginia." It is also empowered "to employ agents to
obtain endowments for scholarships and professorships, to solicit donations, to dispose
of anything of value belonging to the Society, or entrusted to its management for the
purpose of endowing professorships or scholarships, or for accomplishing any of the
other objects of the Society authorized by its charter."
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