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REGULATIONS.

REGISTRATION.

Registration of New Students.—Applicants seeking admission to the
University for the first time must present themselves to the Dean of the
University at some time during the first three days of the session.

Registration of Matriculated Students.—Students who have previously
been matriculated as members of the University must present themselves
to the deans of their respective departments upon one of the first three
days of the session.

Delayed Registration.—Any student who fails to present himself for
registration during the first three days of the session will be admitted to
registration only provided he can explain his delay in a manner satisfactory
to the President, and will be charged a delayed registration fee of
three dollars.

Registration after the Christmas Recess.—On the first week-day after
the Christmas recess every student is required to register with the dean of
his department between the hours of 9 a. m. and 2 p. m. Any student failing
to register thus will be required to pay the delayed registration fee of
three dollars, and will be liable to whatever penalties may be imposed by
his professors for unexcused absences. But if the delay is due to illness
or other providential cause, the dean is authorized to remit the fee and to
notify the professors concerned that the student's absences have been satisfactorily
explained.

RESIDENCE AND ATTENDANCE.

The Academic Year begins on the Thursday preceding the nineteenth
of September and continues for thirty-nine weeks. Thanksgiving Day and
Jefferson Day are holidays, and there is a Christmas recess beginning on
the last week-day before the twenty-fifth of December and closing on the
evening of the second of January.

Attendance is required of each student throughout the entire session,
with the exception of holidays, unless he has received written permission
to be temporarily absent, or to withdraw before the close of the session.
While in residence each student is required to attend regularly all lectures
and other prescribed exercises in the courses which he pursues, or else suffer
such penalties as his professors may impose for unexcused absences.

Leave of Absence from the University is granted for sufficient reason
by the dean of the department in which the student is registered, and must
in every case be obtained in advance. But leaves of absence for the purpose
of accompanying the athletic teams or other student organizations on

excursions will not be granted except to the officers and members of these
organizations. The laws relating to absence from the University of members
of the athletic teams are found on page 211 of the general catalogue.
The same regulations apply, mutatis mutandis, to members of other student
organizations.

Voluntary Withdrawal from the University requires the written consent
of the Dean of the University and the dean of the department in which
the student is registered. When a permit is granted upon the University
Physician's certificate that withdrawal is necessary on account of ill health,
which must not be due to dissolute conduct, the fees are returned pro rata.
Under no other circumstances will there be a return of fees.

Enforced Withdrawal is inflicted by the several department faculties
for habitual delinquency in class, habitual idleness, or any other fault
which prevents the student from fulfilling the purposes for which he should
have come to the University. See also the regulations as to delinquent
students in the various departments.

Absence from Examinations.—Written examinations are an essential
part of the work of every course in the University, and attendance upon
them is required of every student. Absence may be excused only on the
ground of sickness on the day of the examination (attested by a physician's
certificate), or other imperative cause which may be approved by the several
faculties of the University.

Special Examinations are granted only upon prompt application therefor,
and in case the applicant's absence from the regular examination has
been excused. See the preceding paragraph.

Honor System.—All examinations are held under the Honor System,
and an unpledged paper is counted as a total failure. In matters of class
standing as well, students are expected to regard themselves as governed
by the law of honor.

CONDUCT.

The laws of the University require from every student decorous, sober,
and upright conduct as long as he remains a member of the University,
whether he be within the University precincts or not. Drunkenness, gambling,
and dissoluteness are strictly forbidden, and the President may dismiss
from the University any student found guilty of them, or may administer
such other discipline as seems best under the circumstances.

In all cases of discipline, the law requires that the student must first
be informed of the objections to his conduct and afforded an opportunity
of explanation and defense.

The keeping of dogs by students within the university grounds is forbidden.

Prohibition of Credit.—An act of the Legislature prohibits merchants
and others, under severe penalties, from crediting minor students. The license

to contract debts, which the President is authorized to grant, is limited
(except when the parent or guardian requests otherwise in writing) to
cases of urgent necessity.

DORMITORIES AND BOARD.

Dormitories.—Students may reside in the university dormitories, in
their homes, or in private houses approved by the President. The President
will withdraw from the approved list any house in which the regulations
as to the conduct of students are not observed. Any change of residence
during the session should be reported at the office of the Registrar.

For rules governing the rental and occupancy of university dormitories,
and the rates charged for the same, see pages 16-17. For list of
private lodging houses, with rates, apply to the Registrar.

Board.—Students may board at the University Commons, at their
homes, or in private houses approved by the President.

For the cost of board at the Commons, see page 16. For list of private
boarding houses, with rates, apply to the Registrar.

MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND PHYSICAL TRAINING.

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 University Physician; and, if necessary, to nursing
in the University Hospital at a reasonable charge for his maintenance
while there. This exemption from charge does not apply to cases requiring
surgical operation, 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. Students who take the responsibility
of boarding at houses not approved by the Board of Health forfeit
the right of medical attendance. Any student sent to the University Hospital
by the advice and under the care of a physician other than the University
Physician will be required to pay the regular hospital charges for
private patients.

Physical Training.—No student is permitted to undertake an amount of
work greater than he may reasonably be expected to carry without detriment
to his health; and every student is advised to take a due amount of
daily outdoor exercise, for which ample opportunities are afforded by the
athletic fields, the tennis courts, the golf course, and elsewhere; and, in
addition, to make systematic use of the facilities afforded without cost for
definite and judicious physical training at the Fayerweather Gymnasium under
the advice and instruction of the director and his assistants. For the
regular course in Physical Training with credit value toward academic degrees,
see page 46.

EXPENSES.

Payment of Fees.—All University charges and rent of rooms in the
university buildings are payable upon entrance. Under special conditions
the President is authorized to allow credit, but deferred payments are in
all cases to be properly secured. Students permitted to register during a
term are required to pay the full fees for that term.

Return of Fees.—Under no circumstances will there be a return of
fees except upon certificate from the University Physician that withdrawal
from the University is necessary on account of ill health, which must not
be due to dissolute conduct. Upon receipt of the University Physician's
certificate, the President will return the fees pro rata.

Remission of Fees is made in the following cases:

(1) In accordance with the statute (Virginia Code 1887, Ch. 68, Sec.
1554), fees are remitted to Virginia students as detailed below under University
Charges. In order to be considered a Virginia student, it is necessary
that the applicant's parents be domiciled in the State if he be under
twenty-one years of age; if he has attained his majority, it is necessary
that he himself be domiciled here. One is domiciled in the State who is
living in it at the time the application is made and has no intention of removing
therefrom in the future, or who, though absent from the State,
has not lost his former domicile by acquiring one elsewhere. No other
person can honestly avail himself of this privilege.

(2) White male teachers and superintendents of the public schools of
Virginia will be admitted, during the last three months of the session, to
the Academic Schools of the University without payment of fees (except
those charged in laboratory courses), upon presentation of certificates that
they have been teachers in the public schools of the State during the year.
Applicants for admission as teachers are required to send in their names
to the President of the University not later than March 5.

(3) Ministers of religion may attend any of the Academic Schools of
the University without payment of the tuition fee. The same privilege will
be extended to any young man who submits testimonials that he is an approved
candidate for the ministry, and unable to meet without aid the
expense of an education.

UNIVERSITY CHARGES.

University Fee.

The university fee, $40 ($10 for Virginia students in the Academic Departments,
$20 for Virginia students in the Department of Engineering),
goes to the fund intended to defray the general expenses of the University.
Payment of this fee entitles the student, without additional charge, to the

use of the library; to the privileges of the gymnasium, with baths, private
lockers, etc., and the advice and aid of the physical training staff; and to
free medical attendance by the University Physician in case of illness
(see page 13). It also covers all regular examination and diploma fees.

Contingent Deposit.

The contingent deposit of $10 is intended to cover any damage to university
property for which the student is responsible, and any fines incurred
by violating the rules of the library. It is returned at the end of
the session, less any charges that may have been made against it.

Tuition Fees.

In the College: For Virginia students, nothing; for students from
other States, $95 for a regular course; those who, by special permission of
the faculty, take courses aggregating less than fifteen session-hours in any
one session (see page 50), must pay for tuition, in one School $50, in two
Schools, $60, in three Schools $75, in four Schools $95.

In the Department of Graduate Studies: For Virginia students, nothing;
for students from other States, $50 in one School, $60 in two Schools,
$25 each in three or more Schools.

In Analytical Chemistry: $40 for each course.[1] The courses in Analytical
Chemistry, being professional courses, are not provided for by the regular
tuition fees in the Academic Departments, nor are they included among
the courses in which free tuition is given to Virginians and other privileged
students. Students from other states than Virginia taking one or both
courses in Analytical Chemistry in connection with other courses in the
College or the Department of Graduate Studies pay a total tuition fee of
$100.

In the Department of Law: For regular course, $100; students taking
an irregular course pay for tuition according to the relation which the
amount of work taken bears to the regular course. For such course the
tuition fee may be estimated approximately in dollars as three-tenths of
the total number of lecture periods.

In the Department of Medicine: $100.

In the Department of Engineering: For each collegiate course, $25.
For courses in Analytical Chemistry, see above. Virginia students are relieved
of tuition in collegiate courses. The fee for each technical lecture
course is $30; for each practice course in Drawing, $15; for each laboratory
or practice course in Applied Mechanics, Engineering, Shop-work, or Fieldwork,
$5. These fees include all charges for laboratory materials, but the
student is held further responsible for breakage.

Laboratory Fees.

These fees, which vary in amount for different courses, will be found
under the Announcements of Courses in the several departments.

BOARD AND LODGING.

A student may rent a room in one of the university dormitories and
take his meals either in the University Commons or in an approved private
boarding house; or he may take both room and board in such boarding
house, in which case he pays no room-rent or servant-hire to the University.
A list of private boarding and lodging houses, with rates, may be
had upon application to the Registrar.

The University Commons.

This building, conveniently situated near the center of the University,
provides an attractive dining hall, with accommodations for seating three
hundred students at one time. Table board is now furnished at $19 per
single calendar month, or, if taken for the entire session, at $18 per month.
It is hoped that it will be possible to continue these rates.

University Dormitories.

Rules.—Students desiring rooms should apply to the Bursar, enclosing
a reservation fee of $5, which will be returned should there be no room to
let.

The occupant of a room may reserve it for the next session by applying
to the Bursar and depositing $5 (which is in no case returnable), not
later than May 1. The balance of the rent must be paid not later than the
first registration day of the session, otherwise such preference or other
right shall be forfeited.

No room may be sublet.

Two students may occupy a room together, each paying half the rent.

Rates.—All rooms are rented unfurnished, but the University has arranged
with a local dealer to place in each room the necessary articles,
consisting of one three-piece enameled bed with comfortable springs, one
thoroughly sanitary all-cotton mattress, one good feather pillow, one solid
oak six-drawer chiffonier with mirror, one student rocker with cane seat
and back, one student straight chair and one student table with 24 × 36-inch
top. This furniture will be placed in the room before the opening of the
session, so that the room will be ready for occupancy immediately upon
arrival. The student will pay the local dealer $15 per session as rent for
the furniture. The rental for the necessary furniture for a room occupied
by two students will be $20. Additional furniture may be rented if desired.
The student should bring bed linen, towels, blankets, etc., or be prepared
to purchase them here.

All rooms are provided with either steam or hot-water heat and electric
light, except where otherwise specified. Janitor service is included in the
rate given, except in the case of the Randall Building.

The rooms on East and West Lawn (with the exception of Bachelors'

Row), East and West Range, and Dawson's Row, are commodious, and are
frequently occupied by two students.

The rates given below are for the session of nine months.

Randall Building.

     

Single rooms, 10 × 14, 10 × 15, 10 × 16 (32)	$35
Double rooms, 14 × 15, 15 × 15, 15 × 17 (9)	40
Double room with study, 9′ 6″ × 11′ 6″ (1)	50

East Range.

   

Rooms in old gymnasium building (8)	$60
Other rooms (26)	72

West Range.

   

Rooms, no heat, but provided with grate (4)	$60
Other rooms (20)	72

East and West Lawns.

   

Rooms in Bachelors' Row (9)	$70
Other rooms (27)	75

Dawson's Row.

 

Rooms (56)

$75

APPROXIMATE SUMMARY OF NECESSARY EXPENSES.

The figures in the following tables may be taken as fairly accurate approximations
of all necessary expenses for a session of nine months. As
necessary expenses are reckoned here university and tuition fees, laboratory
fees, lodging, board, laundry, and books, but not clothing, traveling
expenses, or pocket money. For each department three estimates are
given—a low, an average, and a liberal estimate. The difference in the
three depends on the difference of expenditure for board, lodging, books,
and laundry—in other words, on the scale of living of the individual student.
If a student shares a room with another student, and practices the strictest
economy, he may possibly reduce his expenses below the low estimate.

THE COLLEGE.

                   

	Virginians			Non-Virginians
	Low	Average	Liberal	Low	Average	Liberal
University Fee	$ 10	$ 10	$ 10	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40
Tuition Fee				95	95	95
Laboratory Fees (Average Three Years)	5	5	5	5	5	5
Room, Heat, Light, Furniture, and Service	50	90	105	50	90	105
Board	150	200	225	150	200	225
Books	15	25	30	15	25	30
Laundry	15	20	25	15	20	25
Total for Session of Nine Mos.	$245	$350	$400	$370	$475	$525

THE GRADUATE DEPARTMENT.

                   

	Virginians			Non-Virginians
	Low	Average	Liberal	Low	Average	Liberal
University Fee	$ 10	$ 10	$ 10	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40
Tuition Fee				75	75	75
Laboratory Fees (Average Three Years)	5	5	5	5	5	5
Room, Heat, Light, Furniture, and Service	50	90	105	50	90	105
Board	150	200	225	150	200	225
Books	15	25	30	15	25	30
Laundry	15	20	25	15	20	25
Total for Session of Nine Mos.	$245	$350	$400	$350	$455	$505

THE DEPARTMENTS OF LAW AND MEDICINE.

                 

	Department of Law			Department of Medicine.
	Low	Average	Liberal	Low	Average	Liberal
University Fee	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40
Tuition Fee (regular course)	100	100	100	100	100	100
Room, Heat, Light, Furniture, and Service	50	90	105	50	90	105
Board	150	200	225	150	200	225
Books	45	55	65	25	30	35
Laundry	15	25	30	15	25	30
Total for Session of Nine Mos.	$400	$510	$565	$380	$485	$535

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING.

                 

	Virginians			Non-Virginians
	Low	Average	Liberal	Low	Average	Liberal
University Fee	$ 20	$ 20	$ 20	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40
Tuition and Laboratory Fees (Average Four Years)	80	80	80	120	120	120
Room, Heat, Light, Furniture, and Service	50	90	105	50	90	105
Board	150	200	225	150	200	225
Books and Materials	15	20	25	15	20	25
Laundry	15	25	30	15	25	30
Total for Session of Nine Mos.	$330	$435	$485	$390	$495	$545

Student Self-Help.—Every possible opportunity for obtaining remunerative
employment is afforded to students who are desirous of helping by
this means to pay their way through the University, and it may be safely
stated that any student with sufficient resources to carry him through the
first half of the session, can be reasonably sure of obtaining work which
will pay his living expenses and university charges for the remainder of the
academic year. While it is difficult for any student to be assured of remunerative
work before he reaches the University, information as to such
employment may be had from the Secretary of the Committee on Student
Self-Help, Madison Hall.

For Loan Funds for deserving students, see page 27.