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TERMS OF ADMISSION.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.
MATRICULATION.
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.
In this institution there is no curriculum or prescribed course of study
to be pursued by every student, whatever his previous preparation or special
objects. In establishing the University of Virginia, Mr. Jefferson,
for the first time in America, threw open the doors of a University in the
true sense of the name, providing, as amply as the available means would
permit, for thorough instruction in independent schools in all the chief
branches of learning, assuming that the opportunities for study thus presented
were privileges to be voluntarily and eagerly sought, and allowing
students to select for themselves the departments to which they are led
by their special tastes and proposed pusuits in life to devote themselves.
The wisdom of this plan has been amply vindicated by time and experience;
and within the last few years many of the institutions of higher
culture in the United States have, to a greater or less extent, remodelled
their method of study in accordance with the example here set. This
elective system commends itself especially to those who desire to make
professional attainments in any department of knowledge. At the same
time the courses of academic study are so arranged as to provide for the
systematic prosecution of a complete plan of general education.
While every student may thus select the schools he will attend, in
the academic department he is required, as a rule, to attend at least three,
unless, upon the written request of his parent or guardian, or for good
cause shown, the Faculty shall allow him to attend less than three.
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.
The session commences on the 1st of October, and continues without
interruption until the Thursday before the 4th of July.
The mode of instruction is by lectures and text-books, accompanied
by daily examinations.
NO HONORARY DEGREES ARE CONFERRED BY
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT.
SCHOOL OF LATIN.
Prof. Peters.
The subjects taught in this school are the Latin Language and Literature,
with the History of Rome. The school is divided into two classes—
Junior and Senior.
| Text-books. | Junior Class—Sallust, Ovid, Terence, Cicero de Officiis, Horace. |
| Senior Class—Horace, Seneca, Juvenal, Livy, Cicero, Tacitus. | |
| Grammars. | Zumpt's, Gildersleeve's, Roby's Printed Lectures of the Professor. |
| Lexicons. | Andrew's, or Freunds' Leverett. |
| History. | Browne's Roman Literature, Liddell's Rome, Long's Atlas. |
Instruction is given by lectures, and by examinations upon the portions
of text assigned for recitation. The exercises of rendering Latin into
English, and English into Latin, in writing, constitute a prominent feature
in the course. In addition to the portions of the several authors
read in the lecture room, a course of extra and parallel reading is required
in each class. The examination for graduation is not limited to the portions
read in the lecture room, nor to the parallel reading. The different
systems of Latin versification are fully explained by lectures, and the
general subject applied by readings and metrical exercises.
Sanskrit.
The Professor of Latin will also give instruction in Sanskrit.
SCHOOL OF GREEK.
Prof. Price.
The school is divided into three classes—Junior, Intermediate, and
Senior. The method of instruction is by lectures (systematic and exegetical),
by examination, and by written and oral exercises.
Junior Class.—The Junior Class, for which a full knowledge of the Attic inflections
and some experience in translation are demanded, is intended especially for them that
wish to acquire a practical familiarity with the simpler Attic prose, both in reading and
in writing it. The authors read in this class are Xenophon and Lysias.
Grammars.—Curtius's.
History.—Fyffe's and Cox's Histories.
Intermediaee Class.—The Intermediate Class is intended to give a knowledge of
the Ionic and Doric Dialects. The authors read are Homer, Herodotus, and Theocritus.
Text-books.—Curtius's Grammar.
Senior Class.—Demosthenes, Plato, Thucydides, Sophocles or Euripides.
Grammars.—Goodwin's Moods and Tenses, and Curtius's Grammar.
Lexicons.—Liddell and Scott, and Veitch's Greek Verbs.
Metres.—Schmidt's Introduction to Rythm and Metre.
The Geography and Political History of Greece are taught in the
Junior Class, Political and Religious Antiquities in the Intermediate, and
History of Literature, Metres and Historical Grammar in the Senior.
For each class a private course of reading also is prescribed.
From each class written exercises in Greek composition are required
every week.
In the examination of candidates for graduation, the passages given
for translation are selected, not from the portions read and explained in
the lecture-room, but from the classic writers at will.
Post-Graduate Department.—The Post-Graduate Department has
been instituted for the benefit of graduates and others that wish to pursue
a more extended course of reading. The authors read in this department
are such as are, either by their form or subjects, less suited for
the regular school; e. g. Æschylus, Aristophanes, and Aristotle.
HEBREW.
The Professor of Greek will give instruction in Hebrew also whenever
the demand for such instruction is sufficient to make the institution of a
course of lectures expedient.
Grammar.—Deutch's.
SCHOOL OF MODERN LANGUAGES.
Prof. Schele De Vere.
The subjects taught in this school are:
1. The French, German, Italian and Spanish languages.
2. The Literature of these languages, and the History of each idiom, embracing the
general principles of the formation and growth of Language, and of Comparative Grammar
and Philology.
3. The Anglo-Saxon language, and in connection with it, the History and Laws of
the English language.
Graduation in French and German is required for the degree of A. M.
Diplomas of Graduation are conferred in each of the four languages
mentioned in § 1 and 2; a Certificate of Proficiency in Anglo-Saxon.
French.
Text-books.—Junior Class.—The Professor's Grammar and First Reader, Télémaque,
Saintine's Picciola, Masson's Dictionary.
Senior Class.—The Professor's Grammar, Brachet's and Breyman's Grammar, Moliére,
Racine, Voltaire, Taine's L'Angleterre, Masson's or Littré's Dictionary. An extensive
course of private reading is prescribed.
German.
Junior Class.—Otto's Grammar, Whitney's Reader, Schiller's William Tell, Whitney's
Dictionary.
Senior Class.—Whitney's and Wilmans' (German) Grammar, Whitney's Dictionary,
Schiller's Works, Gœthe's Autobiography and Faust, Jean Paul's Flegeljahre. An
extensive course of private reading is prescribed.
Spanish.
The Professor's Grammar, Seoane's Dictionary, Colmena Española, Don Quixote,
Calderon's El Principe Constante, Lope's Estrella de Sevilla, Ticknor's History of
Spanish Literature.
Italian.
Monti's Grammar, Monti's Reader, Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi, Tasso's Gerusalemme
Liberata, Pellico's Le Mie Prigioni, Dictionary.
Anglo-Saxon.
Shute's Manual of Anglo-Saxon, The Professor's Studies in English, March's Anglo-Saxon
Grammar, the Anglo-Saxon Gospels.
CORCORAN SCHOOL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
Prof. Noah K. Davis.
The subjects of this school are treated as follows:
I. In Psychology, the Intellectual Powers are viewed as modes of
consciousness, and distributed as Presentation, Representation, and
Reason. The discussion, having involved the Laws of Pure Thought, is
followed immediately by the course in Logic. The psychology of the
Sensibilities and Will is then considered, followed by the course in Ethics.
Constant appeal is made to reflective consciousness as the ultimate test
of truth in Psychological Science.
Text-Books.—Hamilton's Metaphysics, Mansel's Metaphysics, Kant's Critique of
Pure Reason.
II. In Logic both the Aristotelic and Hamiltonian analysis are applied
to many examples, and select arguments reduced to syllogistic statement.
Special attention is given to the nature and methods of inductive inference.
Text-Books.—Hamilton's Logic, Mill's Logic. Theory of Thought.
III. In Ethics the intuitional theory is maintained against utilitarianism.
The chief problems of ethical science are discussed, and its principles
applied to personal and social duty.
Text-Books.—Calderwood's Hand Book of Moral Philosophy, Stewart's Active and
Moral Powers.
IV. In Philosophy an outline of the history of speculation is given,
from Plato to Hegel. The opinions of the various schools are sketched,
the views of different philosophers compared and criticised, and the principles
of Ontology examined.
Text-Books.—Ueberweg's History of Philosophy.
The class is examined on the subject as developed by the lectures,
supplemented by such portions of the text-books as may be indicated by
the Professor.
Political Economy.
Those studying this subject constitute a separate class. The lectures
discuss the relations of Labor and Capital, also various systems of
Currency, Banking, Finance, and Taxation, with special reference to what
industrial pursuits of our own country. Fundamental questions in Sociology
are also considered.
Text-Books.—Mill's Principles of Political Economy.
CORCORAN SCHOOL OF HISTORY, GENERAL LITERATURE
AND RHETORIC.
Prof. Holmes.
This School is divided into two distinct classes—one of History and
one of Literature and Rhetoric. To each, two lectures in the week are
regularly devoted; but exercises in literary compositions are required
from the members of the Literary class. Each study may be pursued
separately.
Class of History.
In the Historical Class the successions, revolutions, and various aspects
of the principal nations of the world are considered in such a manner as
to afford a general and connected view of the progress of political and
social organizations. Institutions and laws are noted as the manifestations
of different phases of society; an attempt is made to discover and
elucidate the conditions of historical advancement, and to refer the
changes of nations and governments to the operation of regular principles.
Text-Books.—Smith's History of Greece; Merivale's Smaller History of Rome,
(Puller's Abridgment); Gibbon, abridged by Smith; Modern History, Text-Book
to be indicated hereafter.
For reference.—Kiepert's Atlas Antiquus, or Long's Ancient Atlas; Chambers'
Atlas, or other Modern Atlas.
Class of Literature and Rhetoric.
In the Class of Literature and Rhetoric, the English Language, English
Composition, Rhetoric, and the English Classics, with the History
of English Literature, are studied.
The origin, growth, and philological peculiarities of the Language are
considered; the various influences, domestic and external, by which it
has been brought to its present condition, are explained; the general
eminent authors in the language are treated in their historical order and
connection; and the critical examination and appreciation of their chief
productions occupy much of the time of the student. The class will also
be required to practise Literary Composition.
Text-Books.—Jamieson's Grammar of Rhetoric; — History of the English Language;
Shaw's Complete Manual of English Literature, Ed. Smith and Tuckerman;
Student's Specimens of English Literature, Ed. Shaw and Smith.
Shakspeare's Complete Works; Milton's Poetical Works.
The Clarendon Press Editions of Shakspeare's Plays are strongly recommended.
For instruction in Oratory or spoken composition, those portions of
Dr. Broadus's Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons
which are appropriate to secular purposes, are especially commended.
Angus's Handbook of the English Language will be found of great use.
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS.
Prof. Venable.
This school embraces two distinct departments or courses:
1. Pure Mathematics.
2. Mixed Mathematics
Pure Mathematics.
In the course of Pure Mathematics there are three classes—Junior,
Intermediate, and Senior.
Junior Class.—Theory of Arithmetical Notation and Operations, Algebra, Geometry,
Geometrical Analysis, Elementary Plane Trigonometry, with the use of Logarithmic
tables. The preparation desirable for entrance in this class is the thorough
study of Arithmetic, of Algebraic Operations through Equations of the Second Degree,
and of Plane Geometry.
Intermediate Class.—Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, with applications, Analytical
Geometry of two dimensions, the Elements of the Theory of Equations. The
preparation desirable for this class is the study of Agebra, Geometry, and Plane Trigonometry,
with the use of Logarithmic tables.
Senior Class.—Analytical Geometry of three Dimensions, Differential and Integral
Calculus, Calculus of Variations, and Theory of Equations. Lectures are given in this
class on the History of Mathematics, and on the elements of some of the modern
Mathematical Theories.
Text-Books.
Junior Class.—A portion of Todhunter's Algebra, Venable's Legendre's Geometry,
Todhunter's Trigonometry for Beginners.
Intermediate Class.—Snowball's Trigonometry, a Table of Logarithms, Puckle's
Conic Sections.
Senior Class.—Syllabus of Solid Geometry, Courtenay's Calculus, Todhunter's
Differential Calculus, Todhunter's Theory of Equations.
In the Junior Class there are three Lectures each week; in the Intermediate
Class, two Lectures each week; in the Senior Class, three Lectures
each week.
Mixed Mathematics.
This course is designed for those students who may desire to prosecute
their studies beyond the limits of the Pure Mathematics. It embraces
Applications of the Differential and Integral Calculus to selected
portions of Mechanics, Physics, and Physical Astronomy. There is one
class in Mixed Mathematics.
In the class of Mixed Mathematics there are two Lectures each week.
The instruction in each class in the School of Mathematics is conveyed
partly by lectures and partly by the systematic study of approved textbooks.
The student is assisted by full and frequent explanations from
the Professor, and constantly subjected to rigid examinations. The progress
of the student in each 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.
Any student entering the school has the privilege of attending all or
any of the classes, and if prepared to enter an advanced class, may often
find it highly advantageous to review his previous studies by attendance
on a lower class also.
SCHOOL OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
Prof. Smith.
This School includes two departments—General Physics and Practical
Physics.
I. General Physics.
Junior Class.—The Junior Class meets three times in each week
throughout the session of nine months. The object of the course of
of Modern Physics, and to make him familiar with its methods of investigation.
With the design of laying a thoroughly scientific basis for the
course, a large space is given at the outset to the discussion of the cardinal
doctrines of motion, force and energy, and to their simpler applications
in the pressure and motion of visible masses.
With this preparation the student proceeds to the subject of Molecular
Physics, embracing Sound, Light, Heat and Electricity. Throughout the
course the established laws of motion and force are kept steadily in view,
and an attempt is made to exhibit the evidence, daily becoming stronger
and clearer, for the prevalent belief among scientists, that the entire body
of Physics is a coherent and harmonious system of mechanical truth.
Text-Books —The Professor's Syllabus; Everett's Units and Physical Constants.
For Reference.—Everett's Privat Deschanel; Jamin; Daguin.
Senior Class.—This class meets thrice each week, and studies Mathematical
Physics and Astronomy.
Text-Books.—Cummings' Electricity; Bartlett's Acoustics and Optics.
Norton's Astronomy, with Chauvenet's Astronomy for reference.
Candidates for graduation in the school of Natural Philosophy are required
to attend only the foregoing classes.
II. Practical Physics.
To meet the wants of students who may be preparing themselves to
become teachers of science, and of those who, for other reasons, desire to
push their studies in Physics beyond the limits of the lecture room course,
the Visitors have recently instituted a special department with the above
title, and have authorized a separate diploma of graduation to be given
to such as exhibit proficiency in its exercises. The course of instruction
in this class will be partly theoretical and partly experimental, embracing
the following topics:
A. Theoretical.—Reduction of observations. Graphical representation
of results. Interpolation. Method of Least Squares. Essays on
prescribed Physical topics.
B. Experimental.—In this, the main portion of the course, the student
will learn physical manipulation, and the use of instruments by actual
practice.
1. Lecture-room Apparatus and Lecture-room Experiments.
2. Physical measurements and "instruments of precision." Cathetometer.
Spherometer. Dividing Engine. Goniometer. Balance. Syren.
Monochord. Revolving Mirror. Photometer. Microscope. Spectroscope.
Polariscope. Electrometer. Galvanometer. Meteorological
instruments, with daily use of the same.
Text-Books.—Chauvenet, "Method of Least Squares." Kohlrausch, "Physical
Measurements."
SCHOOL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY.
Prof. Mallet.
In this school there are two classes:
I. The class in general Chemistry hears three lectures each week
throughout the session. The fundamental ideas of chemical science, the
relations of Chemistry to Physics, the laws regulating chemical combinations
by weight and by volume, the atomic theory as at present viewed
in connection with Chemistry, the chemical nomenclature and symbols
now in use, and a general survey of the descriptive chemistry of the elements
and their compounds, inorganic and organic, are brought forward
in order, with incidental allusion to the applications in medicine, the arts
and manufactures, of the facts mentioned.
The attention of medical students is particularly drawn to the physiological,
medical, and sanitary relations of the subject.
Text-Books.—"Fownes' Chemistry," last edition. Recommended for reference:
Miller's "Elements of Chemistry;" A. Naquet—"Principes de Chimie fondée sur les
théories modernes."
Lectures on Pharmacy are given to the students of medicine; this
special course beginning soon after the intermediate examinations.
Text-Book.—Parrish's Pharmacy.
II. The class in Industrial Chemistry, to which class also three lectures
a week are delivered, studies in detail the chemical principles and
processes specially concerned in the more important arts and manufactures,
upon which, in large measure, depends the development of the
of preparation for such positions as those of the miner and metallurgist,
the chemical manufacturer, the dyer, bleacher, tanner, sugar refiner, etc.
Amongst the more important subjects discussed are: the production
of MATERIALS OF VERY GENERAL APPLICATION, including the metallurgy
of iron, copper, lead, zinc, tin, silver, gold, etc.; the preparation and
properties of alloys, and the processes of electro-metallurgy, the manufacture
upon the large scale of acids, alkalies, salts, glass, porcelain, and
earthenware; the production and preservation of FOOD, including the
processes of bread baking, wine-making, brewing, and distilling; the
manufacture of sugar and vinegar, the curing of meat, the examination
and purification of drinking water, etc.; chemical arts relating to CLOTHING,
such as bleaching, dyeing, calico printing, tanning, and the preparation
of India rubber; the chemistry of those arts which afford us SHELTER,
embracing the examination of building materials, lime-burning, the manufacture
of mortar and cement; the explosive agents used in blasting, as
gunpowder, gun-cotton, nitro-glycerine; paints and varnishes, disinfecting
materials, etc.; HEATING and VENTILATION, the different kinds of fuel,
and modes of burning them; ILLUMINATION by artifical means, candles,
lamps, the preparation of petroleum, the manufacturing of illuminating
gas, matches; the chemistry of WASHING, the preparation of soap, starch,
and perfumes; the chemical relations of PRINTING and WRITING, the
manufacture of paper, ink, artists' colors, photographic materials, etc.
Text-Books.—Wagner's "Chemical Technology." For reference: Richardson and
Watt's "Chemical Technology;" Muspratt's "Chemistry as Applied to Arts and Manufactures;"
Ure's "Dictionary of Arts and Manufactures;" Girardin—"Lecons de
Chimie Elementaire appliquée aux Arts Industriels;" Percy's Metallurgy, etc.
The lectures to both these classes are illustrated by suitable experiments,
and by such specimens, models, drawings, etc., as the various
subjects require. The collections of the University in illustration of the
processes and products of Industrial Chemistry have been procured with
much expense and pains in this country, England, France, and Germany,
and are unusually extensive and good—amongst the best on this side of
the Atlantic.
SCHOOL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS.
Adjunct Prof. Thornton.
The business of this school is distributed as follows:
A. CIVIL ENGINEERING.
Junior Class.—Engineering Geodesy, Projective Geometry, Location
and Construction of Lines of Communication.
Senior Class.—Resistance of Materials,; Stability of Structures;
Hydraulic Engineering.
B. MINING ENGINEERING.
Junior Class.—Projective Geometry; Underground Surveying;
Location of Underground Works.
Senior Class.—Resistance of Materials; Mechanics of Machines;
Theory of Prime Movers.
The department is thoroughly equipped with Field Instruments of the
best construction, and is provided with a commodious, well-lighted
drawing-hall. Assiduous practice in the field and at the drawing-board
is continued throughout the course.
Text-Books.—Warren's Elements of Descriptive Geometry, Shadows and Perspective;
Smith's Topographical Drawing; Rankine's Civil Engineering; Rankine's
Machinery and Mill Work; Rankine's Steam Engine.
Books of Reference.—Pierce's Logarithmic Tables; Schrön's Logarithmic Tables;
Trautwine's Pocket Book.
A special course of Lectures on Land Surveying, with Field Work, is
given in the latter part of the session, which is open to any student of
the University on payment of a fee of $5 for use of instruments.
SCHOOL OF ANALYTICAL AND AGRICULTURAL
CHEMISTRY.
Prof. Mallet. Adjunct Prof. Dunnington.
In Analytical Chemistry there are three classes:
I. The first class meets twice each week during the session, on each
occasion spending from two to four hours in practical experiments in the
is first pursued; qualitative analysis is then taken up, and the
means of detecting the most important chemical substances having been
learned, students are required to find out for themselves, by analysis, the
constituents of materials presented to them. Special attention is given
to substances having useful applications in the arts or connected with
agriculture. Towards the close of the session, the elements of quantitative
analysis is taught, as far as the limitation of time will permit.
II. The laboratory will be open to the second class on six days of
each week, during the whole of the working hours of each day. A full
course of instruction in practical chemistry, including the qualitative and
quantitative analysis of ores, soils, manures, technical products, etc., will
be given; and students will be assisted and encouraged to undertake
original research.
III. The third class is one specially intended for students of medicine,
and will meet for lessons of two hours each, twice in the week, for two
months of the session. To this class the practical applications of chemistry
to medicine will be taught, the detection of poisons, chemical and
microscopical examination of animal products, urine, blood, etc.
Among the works recommended to laboratory students are: Fresenius—"Qualitative
and Quantitative Analysis;" H. Rose—"Handbuch der analytischen Chemie" (also in
French translation); Greville Williams—"Handbook of Chemical Manipulation;"
Woehler—"Examples for practice in Chemical Analysis;" Von Kobell—"Tafeln zur
Bestimmung der Mineralien" (also in English translation); Bolley—"Handbuch der
technisch-chemischen Untersuchungen;" Odling—"Practical Chemistry for Medical
Students;" A. H. Church—"Laboratory Guide for Agricultural Students."
Besides the above there is also a class in Practical Pharmacy, specially
intended for medical students, which will receive twelve lessons during
the latter half of the session.
Text-Books.—Parrish's Pharmacy; with Wood and Bache's "United States Dispensatory"
for reference.
In Agricultural Chemistry there is one class, to which lectures are delivered
once a week throughout the session; or, when found more convenient
to students of agriculture, a larger number of lectures per week
will be given during a part of the year only.
In this course the chemical and physical properties of soils, of the
atmosphere, and of plants, chemistry of the processes of vegetable life
will be discussed.
Text-Books.—S. W. Johnson—"How Crops Grow," and "How Crops Feed."
For reference: J. F. W. Johnston—"Agricultural Chemistry;" R. Hoffman—"Theoretisch-praktische
Ackerbauchemie."
Farmers who are not regular students of the University, but who may
desire to attend this special course, are freely invited to do so.
Very liberal provision has been made in the way of material arrangements
for the teachings of this Chair. A new laboratory building of
ample size, specially designed for the purposes of working students, has
been erected, containing all necessary rooms, fitted with double windows
for the preservation of uniform temperature, and amply supplied with
gas, water, and all proper laboratory fixtures; and all needful apparatus,
chemicals, minerals, materials for analysis, etc., have been imported from
Europe in abundance.
MILLER SCHOOL OF ZOOLOGY, AGRICULTURAL BOTANY
AND AGRICULTURE.
Prof. John R. Page.
This school is divided into three classes, viz: Zoology, Botany, and
Agriculture.
I. Zoology includes the study of the leading principles of this science,
with special reference to the Anatomy, Physiology, and Morphology of
typical species throughout the animal kingdom.
Special lectures are given during this course on Insects injurious to
Vegetation, Fish and Oyster culture, and the breeding, rearing, and
diseases of Domestic Animals. The addition of the fine collection of
Zoological specimens in the Brooks Museum largely increases the facilities
for study in this branch.
II. Botany includes a minute history of the structure, physiology and
morphology of the plant, in embryo, root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, and
formation of seed.
During this course, special lectures are given on Noxious Weeds and
Useful Plants, and the Fungoid diseases of Plants.
III. Agriculture.—This course is divided into two parts—Experimental
and Practical.
1. Experimental Agriculture has reference to the food of Plants in the
Atmosphere and Soil; the formation, variety, classification and adaptation
of soils to various crops, illustrated by suitable experiments.
2. Practical Agriculture relates to the Soil Cultivated, its nature, exposure
and drainage; the importance of making Domestic Manures and
their application; use of Fertilizers, with experiments, in order to show
their effects. Tillage is illustrated practically on the farm, in plowing,
subsoiling, harrowing, rolling, etc.; in preparing the soil for the reception
of seed, as well as in the cultivation of Crops. Special instruction is
given in regard to the practical management of teams, and in the various
mechanical operations on the farm.
The lectures in the three classes are delivered concurrently throughout
the session, as far as practicable.
The following Text-Books will be used in this school:
"Manual of Zoology," Nicholson; "School and Field Book of Botany," Gray;
"How Crops Grow," Johnson; "How Crops Feed," Johnson; "Scientific Agriculture,"
Pendleton.
The following may be usefully referred to in connection with different parts of the
course: Carpenter's "Zoology;" Harris' "Insects Injurious to Vegetation;" Chapman's
"Flora of the Southern States;" "How to Farm Profitably," Mechi; "Muck
Manual," Dana; "American Weeds and Useful Plants," Darlington.
CORCORAN SCHOOL OF NATURAL HISTORY AND
GEOLOGY.
Prof. W. M. Fontaine, M. A.
This school is divided into three classes, viz: Geology, Mineralogy
and Botany.
I. Geology.—The subject of Geology will be taught during the entire
session, and three lectures per week will be devoted to it. The
aim of the course of instruction is to give as thorough an exposition of
the fundamental principles of the science as possible, and to teach the
student how to use them in practical work in the field. Special reference
is made to the Geology of America.
Text-Books.—The Professor's Lectures, and Le Conte's Elements of Geology.
For reference, Dana's Manual, and Lyell's Elements and Principles of Geology.
II. Mineralogy.—The subject of Mineralogy will be studied until
the intermediate examination in February. Two lectures per week will
be devoted to it. Special attention will be paid to crystallography, as
well as the chemical and physical properties of minerals. In Descriptive
Mineralogy, the mode of occurrence, the geological importance and relations
of the species, will be made prominent.
Text-Books.—The Professor's Lectures, and Dana's Manual of Mineralogy and
Lithology. For reference, Dana's Text-Book of Mineralogy.
III. Botany.—The study of Botany will be taken up after the intermediate
examination, and will be pursued to the end of the session.
Two lectures per week will be devoted to it. The time will be mainly
devoted to the study of Phaenogamic Botany, with the analysis and determination
of living plants. Cryptogamic Botany, however, will receive
as much attention as circumstances will allow.
Text-Books.—The Professor's Lectures, and Gray's School and Field Book of Botany.
For reference, Gray's Botanical Text-Book, and Gray's Manual of the Botany
of the Northern United States.
The excellent collections of Geological, Mineralogical, and Botanical
specimens in the Lewis Brooks Museum of Natural History, afford
facilities for the study and illustration of the principles taught.
THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
JAMES L. CABELL, M. D., M. A.,
Professor of Comparative Anatomy, Physiology and Surgery.
Text-Books.—Dalton's Physiology, Lectures on Preventive Medicine, by Alfred
Carpenter, M. D.; Ashurst's Surgery. For reference: Flint's Text-Book of Physioology
Stephen Smith's Operative Surgery.
JOHN STAIGE DAVIS, M. D.,
Professor of Anatomy and Materia Medica.
Text-Books.—Wilson or Gray's Anatomy, and Farquharson's Materia Medica.
JAMES F. HARRISON, M. D.,
Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, Obstetrics and Practice of Medicine.
Text-Books.—Taylor's Medical Jurisprudence (last edition), Playfair's with Roberts'
Midwifery (last editions), Roberts' Practice of Medicine (last edition), Hartshorne's
Essentials.
J. W. MALLET, Ph. D., M. D.,
Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy.
Text-Books.—Fownes' Chemistry and Parrish's Pharmacy.
WILLIAM B. TOWLES, M. D.,
Demonstrator of Anatomy.
The Medical Department is organized on the same general plan as the
other departments of the University, the distinctive features of which are
comprehensiveness and thoroughness of instruction, and the graduation
of the student upon satisfactory evidence of attainments only, without
regard to the length of time he may have been attending the lectures.
An experience of more than forty years has fully tested the excellence of
the plan. The scholarship of the alumni of the institution, and the value
of its degrees, are now freely conceded by cultivated and liberal men
throughout the country.
The Medical Department of the University aims at thorough work in
its special province, to wit: the instruction of the student in the principles
of medicine, and his discipline in the modes of acquiring and applying
knowledge. Thus, whilst the only solid foundation of professional
attainments is laid, the mental faculties are expanded and strengthened
one who enlists in an honorable and responsible profession should aspire.
The organization and arrangements by which these aims are successfully
accomplished may be briefly stated:
ARRANGEMENT OF STUDIES.
The length of the session (nine months) renders it convenient and
eligible to distribute the subjects of instruction among a smaller number
of Professors than in the other medical schools of the United States,
whose sessions are only four or five months long. Thus, to one Professor
is assigned Physiology and Surgery; to another, Human Anatomy
and Materia Medica; to a third, Chemistry and Pharmacy; and to a
fourth, Medical Jurisprudence, Obstetrics, and the Practice of Medicine.
This distribution renders it practicable to bring the different subjects to
the attention of the student in their natural and successive order. The
arrangement of the lectures is such that he acquires a competent knowledge
of Anatomy, Physiology and Chemistry, before he enters upon the
study of the principles and practice of Medicine and Surgery, which can
only be studied properly in the lights shed upon them by the former.
The instructions in Materia Medica and Pharmacy are also given in due
relation to the progress of the student in Chemistry.
PHARMACY.
The introduction of Pharmacy into the course of instruction is another
feature of interest, serving, as it does, to initiate the student into an art
which he will find of value when he comes to the practice of his profession.
LECTURES AND DAILY EXAMINATIONS.
Favored as the student is in the comprehensiveness, scientific basis
and order of his studies, he is not less favored by arrangements which
give ample time for the preparation of every lecture, and address motives
to him for such preparation. Each professor gives three regular lectures
a week, with occasional extra lectures, making the average weekly
aggregate not over fourteen, or a little more than two a day. The
student, therefore, is not over-burdened with lecture-room attendance.
He has time for study in his private room, to consult books, and compare
their teachings with the oral instructions of his Professor, and to digest
and systematise his acquisitions from both sources. The daily examinations
which precede every lecture supply the stimulus to regular and
active study, serve as summary reviews of what he has already heard or
in his hearing or reading. The daily examinations constitute a very
valuable part of the exercises of the Institution, and are taken into account
in determining the fitness of a student for graduation.
APPARATUS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
The equipment of the Medical Department in apparatus, specimens
and drawings, is extensive and excellent. The collection of paintings
for the illustration of the lectures on Anatomy, Physiology and Surgery,
several hundred in number, is unequalled by anything of the kind in the
United States, or perhaps abroad.
PRACTICAL ANATOMY AND DISSECTION.
The Department furnishes every facility for the study of practical
Anatomy that can be furnished in similar institutions elsewhere. Adequate
provision is made for the supply of subjects, and each student has
the opportunity, by actual dissection under the guidance of the Demonstrator
of Anatomy, of acquiring a practical knowledge of the structure
of the human body in all its parts.
DEGREES.
The degree of Doctor of Medicine is conferred upon such students as
prove their fitness for the same by rigid and searching examination. It
has ever been the policy of the Institution to make its honors testimonials
of merit, and not certificates of attendance on a prescribed
course of instruction. In accordance with this policy, the degree of
Doctor of Medicine may be conferred on a first-course student if found
worthy of it. Not only is it within reach of the intelligent, diligent and
persevering to graduate in one session of nine months, but in point of
fact many do thus graduate.
LABORATORY COURSES FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS.
In addition to the usual course of Medical Lectures, two special
courses of instruction will be given by the Professor of Analytical Chemistry
to such Medical Students as may desire to pursue them:
1st, Sixteen lessons in the practical applications of Chemistry to
Medicine, (the detection of poisons, chemical and microsopic examination
of animal products, urine, blood, etc.)
2nd, Fourteen lessons in practical pharmaceutical manipulations.
Each of the above (optional) courses will be at a charge of $20 tuition
fee, and $5 for laboratory material consumed.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
JOHN B. MINOR, LL. D.,
Professor of Common and Statute Law.
STEPHEN O. SOUTHALL, LL. D.,
Professor of Civil, International, and Constitutional Law and Equity.
This Department is organized with a view to acquaint the student
FAMILIARLY AND PRACTICALLY with the principles of his profession. The
instruction is as thorough as possible, and is given partly through textbooks
and partly through lectures, with daily examination upon both.
A Moot-Court, in connection with other instruction, tends to perfect
the student in the details of practice. Under the immediate supervision
of the professors, he is required to pronounce opinions upon supposed
cases; to devise and institute remedies by suit or otherwise; to conduct
suits at law and in equity 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 Department comprises two schools, each of which is divided into
two classes, and the course of study is as follows:
SCHOOL OF COMMON AND STATUTE LAW.
Prof. John B. Minor, LL. D.
Junior Class.—Blackstone's Commentaries. Minor's Institutes of Common and
Statute Law, namely:
Vol. I, The Rights which relate to the Person.
Vol. II, The Rights which relate to Real Property.
Vol. III, The Rights which relate to Personal Property.
Senior Class.—Stephen on Pleading. Minor's Institutes of Common and Statute
Law, namely:
Vol. IV, The Practice of the Law in Civil Cases, including Pleading; Minor's
Synopsis of Criminal Law; Lectures on the Law of Executors.
☞ For reference, Virginia Code, (1873); Revised Statutes of United States.
SCHOOL OF EQUITY, MERCANTILE AND INTERNATIONAL,
CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL LAW, AND GOVERNMENT.
Prof. S. O. Southall, LL. D.
Junior Class.—Vattel's International Law, Lectures on Government, Federalist.
Senior Class.—Smith's Mercantile Law; Greenleaf's Evidence; Adams' Equity,
with Lectures. For reference, Stephen's Digest of the Law of Evidence.
In the Department of Law, the degree of Bachelor of Law is conferred
upon those who, upon examination conducted in writing, manifest
an intimate acquaintance with the subjects taught in ALL THE
CLASSES; and to those who, upon like examination, exhibit a competent
knowledge of International and Constitutional Law, and of the Science
of Government, a Certificate of Proficiency is awarded.
In order to obtain the degree, the whole of the foregoing course must
be completed HERE, no preliminary examination being had upon entering.
The course is designed for two sessions, and in general it is not prudent
to devote less to it, the future professional success of the student
depending much upon his full mastery of it. It is a maxim sanctioned by
long and wide experience, that "he who is not a good lawyer when he
comes to the bar, will seldom be a good one afterwards." And in order
to such thorough acquaintance with the elements of the law, thought is
requisite as well as reading; and for the purpose of thought, there must
be TIME to digest, as well as INDUSTRY to acquire. One cannot expect
to gorge himself with law, as a boa constrictor does with masses of food,
and then digest it afterwards; the process of assimilation must go on, if
it is to proceed healthfully and beneficially, at the same time with the
reception of the knowledge. So the athlete judges, who wishes to train
the physical man to the most vigorous development, and the intellectual
athlete cannot do better than imitate the example.
But whilst the student is advised, as a general rule, to avoid the
attempt to complete the course in a single session, yet, if he chooses to
essay it (as some do successfully), he is admitted to stand the graduating
examinations, and if he attains the standard required, he is entitled to
his degree.
The expenses of a Law student, as appears from page 54 of this Catalogue,
amount to about $312 to $339 for a session of nine months, commencing
1st October; or if he messes, to about $280.50 per session.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
JOHN R. PAGE, M. D.,
Professor of Zoology, Agricultural Botany and Agriculture.
JOHN W. MALLET, Ph. D., M. D., LL. D.,
Professor of General and Applied Chemistry.
FRANCIS P. DUNNINGTON, B. Sc.,
Adjunct Professor of Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry.
WILLIAM M. THORNTON,
Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics and Engineering.
The late Samuel Miller, of Lynchburg, having by deed given in trust
one hundred thousand dollars for the establishment of a Department of
Scientific and Practical Agriculture at the University of Virginia, the
Trustees under this deed met the Rector and Visitors of the University
on the 17th of September, 1869, and arrangements were made for putting
the said department in operation. These arrangements have subsequently,
by action taken at various times, been extended and added to, the above
named Professors have been nominated by the Trustees of the "Miller
Fund," and elected by the Board of Visitors of the University; certain
lands belonging to the University have been set aside and brought into
cultivation as an Experimental Farm; a machine for the manufacture of
drain tiles has been imported from England, and put in operation; and
implements, apparatus, models and specimens of various kinds have been
collected as material aids to the course of instruction.
In this, as in all the other departments of the University, entire freedom
of choice is left to the student as to the schools he shall attend, and
the order in which he shall attend them, and this choice will be influenced
in individual cases by the nature and extent of previous preparation,
as well as by difference of ulterior aim; but a student of average
ability, who has already had a fair general education, and who comes to
principles upon which Agriculture is based, will probably do well to select
for the first year Natural Philosophy, (Junior Class,) Chemistry (general),
Zoology, Agricultural Botany and Agriculture, and Mineralogy and Geology;
and for the second year Scientific and Practical Agriculture, Agricultural
and Industrial Chemistry (including the first Laboratory class of
Analytical Chemistry) and Agricultural Engineering. This arrangement
of studies may with advantage be expanded to a course for three years,
or may be varied by the selection of other Schools when deemed desirable.
For the method of study in the respective Schools, reference
should be made to the preceding pages of this Catalogue.
J. F. SLAUGHTER, President.
W. W. MINOR,
S. W. FICKLIN,
GEO. W. PALMER,
S. V. SOUTHALL,
H. W. JONES,
R. T. W. DUKE, Secretary.
B. JOHNSON BARBOUR.
Trustees of Miller Fund.
SCHEME OF INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS IN THE ACADEMIC
SCHOOLS FOR 1881.
Monday, January 17—Senior and Junior
Greek.
Wednesday, January 19—Literature.
Friday, January 21—Junior Latin.
Monday, January 24—Junior Natural Philosophy.
Wednesday, January 26—Int. Greek.
Friday, January 28—Int. Mathematics.
Monday, January 31—History.
Wednesday, February 2—Senior Natural
Philosophy.
Saturday, Feb'y 5—Industrial Chemistry.
Monday, February 7—Senior Latin.
Wednesday, February 9—Geology.
Thursday, February 10—French.
Monday, February 14—Senior and Junior
Mathematics.
Wednesday, February 16—General Chemistry.
Thursday, February 17—Mineralogy.
Saturday, February 19—Moral Philosophy.
Monday, February 21—German.
SCHEME OF FINAL EXAMIMATIONS IN THE ACADEMIC SCHOOLS
FOR 1881.
Monday, May 30—Latin I.
Wednesday, June 1—Senior Natural Philosophy.
Thursday, June 2—History.
Saturday, June 4—German.
Monday, June 6—Greek I.
Tuesday, June 7—Industrial Chemistry.
Wednesday, June 8—Latin II.
Thursday, June 9—Botany and Anglo-Saxon.
Saturday, June 11—Literature.
Monday, June 13—Senior Mathematics.
Wednesday, June 15—General Chemistry.
Friday, June 17—Greek II. and Jr. Greek.
Saturday, June 18—French.
Monday, June 20—Moral Philosophy.
Tuesday, June 21—Int. Greek and Geology.
Wednesday, June 22—Junior Natural Philosophy.
Thursday, June 23—Junior Latin.
Saturday, June 25—Junior and Int. Mathematics.
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 any such Licentiate is left to
the option of the students.
SCHEME OF LECTURES.
| 8h. to 9h. | 9h. to 10h. | 10h. to 11h. | 11h. to 12½. | 12½h. to 2h. | 3½h. to 5h. | |
| MONDAY. | Sen. Greek. Jun. Latin. Mineralogy and Botany. |
Sen. Latin. Italian. Jun. Ap. Mat. |
Hist. & Lit. Sen. Nat. Phil. Spanish. Phys. & Surg. 9 to 11. |
Chemistry. Sen. Mat. Jun. Law. PROF. MINOR. |
An. Chem. Sen. German. Sen. Law. PROF. SOUTHALL. Jun. Greek. |
Moral Phil. Jun. Mat. Ind. Chem. |
| TUESDAY. | Jun. French. Sen. Greek. Geology. |
Jun. German. | Hist. & Lit. Sen. Ap. Mat. Medicine. 9 to 11. |
Jun. Nat. Phil. Anatomy. Sen. Law. PROF MINOR. |
An. Chem. Int. Greek. Jun. Law. PR. SOUTHALL. |
Moral Phill. Ag. Chem. Zoology & Ag. |
| WEDN'DAY. | Sen. Greek. Jun. Latin. Mineralogy and Botany. |
Sen. Latin. Italian. Jun. Ap. Mat. |
Hist. & Lit. Sen. Nat. Phil. Spanish. Phys & Surg. 9 to 11. |
Chemistry. Sen. Mat. Jun. Law. |
An. Chem. Sen. German. Sen. Law. Jun. Greek. |
Ind. Chem. Jun. Mat. Polit. Econ. |
| THURS. | Jun French. Geology. |
Sen. French. | Hist. & Lit. Sen. Ap. Mat. Medicine. 9 to 11. |
Jun. Nat. Phil. Anatomy. Sen. Law. |
An. Chem. Int. Mat. Jun. Law. |
Moral Phil. Zoology & Ag. |
| FRIDAY. | Sen. Greek. Jun. Latin. Geology. |
Sen. Latin. Jun. Ap. Mat. |
Hist. & Lit. Sen. Nat. Phil. Phys. & Surg. 9 to 11. |
Chemistry. Sen. Mat. Jun. Law. |
Int. Greek. Anglo-Sax. Sen. Law. |
Polit. Econ. Jun. Mat. Ind. Chem. |
| SAT'DAY. | Jun. German. | Sen. French. | Sen. Ap. Mat. Medicine. 9 to 11. |
Jun. Nat. Phil. Anatomy. Sen. Law. |
An. Chem. Int. Mat. Jun. Law. |
Moral Phil. Zoology & Ag. |
EXAMINATIONS.
The examinations are of three kinds: 1, the Daily examinations; 2,
the Intermediate and Final general examinations; and 3, the examinations
for Graduation.
DAILY EXAMINATIONS.
Each Professor, before commencing the lecture of the day, examines
his class orally on the subject of the preceding lecture, as developed in
the text-book and expounded in the lecture.
GENERAL EXAMINATIONS.
Two general examinations of each class are held during the session in
the presence of a committee of the Faculty, which every student is required
to stand. The first, called the intermediate examination, is held
about the middle of the session, and embraces in its scope the subjects
of instruction in the first half of the course. The second, called the
Final examination, is held in the closing month of the session, and embraces
the subjects treated of in the second half of the course. These
examinations are conducted in writing. The questions propounded have
each numerical values attached to them. If the answers of the student
are valued in the aggregate at not less than three-fourths of the aggregate
values assigned to the questions, he is ranked in the FIRST division; if
less than three-fourths, and more than one-half, in the SECOND division;
if less than one-half, and more than one-fourth, in the THIRD division;
and if less than one-fourth, in the FOURTH division.
Certificates of distinction are awarded to those who attain the first
division at one or both of these examinations, and their names are published
or announced in the closing exercises of the session.
The general examinations are sufficiently comprehensive and difficult
to render it impossible for the student, without steady diligence, to secure
a place in the first division. The results, whatever they may be, are communicated
to parents and guardians respectively in the final circular of
the session.
The standing of the student at the daily and general examinations is
taken into account in ascertaining his qualifications for graduation in any
of the schools.
EXAMINATIONS FOR GRADUATION.
The examinations for graduation are held in the last month of the
session. They are conducted in each school by the Professor thereof,
in the presence of two other Professors, forming with him the committee
of examination for the school.
The candidates for graduation are subjected to searching interrogations
on the details and niceties as well as the leading principles of the subject,
and they are expected to be accurately versed in all the topics
treated of in the lectures and correlative text.
These examinations are chiefly carried on in writing; but in some of
the schools they are partly oral.
As a proper acquaintance with the English language is indispensable
to the attainment of any of the honors of the Institution, all candidates for
graduation are required to exhibit in their examination due qualifications
in this respect.
DEGREES.
The degrees conferred by the University are Academic and Professional.
The Academic Degrees are:
1. That of Proficient—conferred for satisfactory attainments in certain
subjects of study, to-wit: In Anglo-Saxon, the Junior and Intermediate
Course of Mathematics, Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Physics,
Physiology, Medical Jurisprudence, Human Anatomy, Political Economy,
History, Literature, International Law and Government, Pharmacy,
and Agricultural Chemistry.
2. That of Graduate in a School—conferred for satisfactory attainments
in the leading subjects of instruction in the same, to-wit: In the
Latin Language and Literature, in the Greek Language and Literature,
in the French, German, Spanish, or Italian Language and Literature,
Mixed Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Practical
Physics, Moral Philosophy, History and Literature, Applied Mathematics,
Analytical Chemistry, General Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Zoology,
Agricultural Botany and Agriculture, and Natural History and Geology.
3. That of Bachelor of Letters—conferred upon such students as
have graduated in the Schools of Ancient and Modern Languages, Moral
Philosophy, and History, Literature and Rhetoric.
4. That of Bachelor of Science—conferred on such students as have
graduated in the Schools of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, General
the Junior Class of Applied Mathematics, and made satisfactory attainments
in the first Laboratory class of Analytical Chemistry.
5. That of Bachelor of Arts—conferred on such students as have
made satisfactory attainments in the Senior Classes of Greek and Latin;
in the Intermediate Class in Pure Mathematics and in Moral Philosophy;
obtained certificates in Physics and in History, or Literature and Rhetoric;
and graduated in Chemistry and in French or German.
6. That of Master of Arts of the University of Virginia, conferred
upon students who have graduated in the Latin, Greek, French and
German Languages, Pure Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, General
Chemistry, Moral Philosophy, and History, Literature and Rhetoric, and
who have been subjected in the last year of their candidacy to a special
examination, in any two schools of their own selection, in which they
may have graduated in a previous year.
The candidate for the degree of Bachelor or Master of Arts is also required
to submit for the approval of the Faculty an essay, composed by
himself, on some subject of Literature or Science, which essay must be
read by the author on the Public Day, if so ordered.
The Professional Degrees are:
1. That of Bachelor of Law—conferred for satisfactory attainments
in all the subjects of instruction in the Schools of Law.
2. That of Doctor of Medicine—conferred for satisfactory attainments
in all the subjects of instruction in the several schools constituting
the Medical Department.
Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine who have been previously
declared graduates in General Chemistry, or proficients in Anatomy,
Physiology, or Medical Jurisprudence, are not required to stand
the examinations in these subjects anew; and the same rule applies to
candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Law who are proficients in International
Law and Government.
3. That of Civil Engineer—conferred on such students as have
graduated in the schools of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry or Industrial
Chemistry, obtained Certificates of Proficiency in Mathematics and in
Geology and Mineralogy, and graduated in the School of Applied
Mathematics, course of Civil Engineering, with satisfactory attainments
in a prescribed course of the Infinitesimal Calculus.
4. That of Mining Engineer—conferred on such students as have
Chemistry, obtained Certificates of Proficiency in Physics, in
Geology and Mineralogy, and in Mathematics, and graduated in the
School of Applied Mathematics, course of Mining Engineering, with
satisfactory attainments in a prescribed course on the Infinitesimal Calculus.
JEFFERSON MEDAL.
The Board of Visitors of the University, in honor of its illustrious
founder, have established a gold medal, to be entitled the "Jefferson
Medal," and to be awarded to the most distinguished student of those
who in each session shall take the degree of Master of Arts, under the
following conditions:
1. When a number of students take the degree of M. A., it shall be
the duty of the Faculty, in full session, after a thorough discussion of the
merits of all the competitors, to decide which (if any) is entitled to the
medal. But if there be but one student taking the degree of M. A., it
shall still be competent for the Faculty to award this medal if deserved.
2. No one shall receive this medal except for high attainments, systematic
habits of study, combined with the essential qualifications of good
deportment and elevated character.
PUBLIC DAY.
On the closing day of the session, which occurs on the Thursday before
the 4th day of July, the Visitors, Faculty, Officers and Students of
the University assemble in the Public Hall, whither also the friends of
the students and the public generally are invited. On this occasion the
results of the examination are announced, certificates and diplomas
awarded, and addresses delivered by the Bachelors and Masters of Arts.
EXPENSES.
1. The charges common to all classes of students, if two occupy the same
room, are as follows:
| Matriculation and Library Fee, | $30 00 |
| Diplomas, | 7 50 |
| Room-Rent, | 15 00 |
| Infirmary Fee, | 7 50 |
| $60 00 | |
| Contingent Deposit, | $10 00 |
| Fuel and Lights, about | 13 50 |
| Washing, about | 13 50 |
| $97 00 |
The contingent deposit is designed to cover any assessments that may
be made against the student during the session for violation of the rules
of the library, damage to books, room, etc. The residue is refunded to
the student on the settlement of his account at the close of the session.
2. Tuition.
The tuition fee in each of the Academic Schools is $25; in Applied
Mathematics, $50; in Law, $80; in Medicine, $110; in Practical
Physics, $50, with a charge of $10 for outfit. The fees for students of
Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry are as follows:
| First Laboratory Class, | $50, with $10 for materials. |
| Second Laboratory Class, | 100, with 25 for materials. |
| Third Laboratory Class, | 20, with 5 for materials. |
| Practical Pharmacy, | 20, with 5 for materials. |
Each laboratory student (except students of Pharmacy) is required to
furnish himself with the more common and generally necessary articles
of apparatus. The cost of a suitable set need not exceed $15. Laboratory
students may attend, without additional charge, the course of lectures
on Agricultural Chemistry—the fee to others is $15.
The tuition fees of Academic students attending three schools (the
usual number attended in one session) amount to $75; of Law students
to $80; of students of Civil Engineering, attending three schools, to $100;
and of Medical students, to $110.
3. Board.
There are two large boarding houses within the precincts of the University,
at which the cost of board, including diet, furniture of room,
and attendance, is $18 per month. Besides these, there are several
licensed boarding houses in the immediate vicinity, at which the charges
are from $15 to $18 per month.
There are also two messes within the precincts of the University instituted
by the Faculty, and under the control of the Chairman. The
affairs of the mess are administered by a superintendent appointed by the
Chairman. The accounts of the superintendent are audited monthly by
a committee, consisting of the President and two other members of the
mess, before being presented to the Proctor for payment. The expense
of board to each member of the mess is a deposit of $5 with the Proctor
for outfit of mess-halls, and a monthly charge of $10 for diet and servant's
attendance, with fuel and lights for mess-halls. Furniture for lodging-room,
with fuel and lights, cost $1.50 a month.
| Board, at $11.50 a month in the Mess, including fire, furniture and attendance, for nine months, |
$103 50 |
| Matriculation, etc, | 97 00 |
| $200 50 | |
| Board, at $15 a month, in licensed boarding-house, including fire, furniture and attendance, for nine months, |
$135 00 |
| Matriculation, etc., | 97 00 |
| $232 00 | |
| Board, at $18 a month, in boarding-house within the precincts, including fire, furniture and attendance, for nine months, |
$162 00 |
| Matriculation, etc., | 97 00 |
| $259 00 |
4 Total Expenses, exclusive of Books, Clothing, and Pocket-Money,
for Nine Months.
| Mess. | Boarding-houses. | ||
| At $11.50 a month. | At $15. | At $18. | |
| For Academic Students, 3 schools, | $275 50 | $307 00 | $334 00 |
| For Law Students, 2 schools, | 280 50 | 312 00 | 339 00 |
| For Engineering Students, 3 schools, | 300 50 | 332 00 | 359 00 |
| For Medical Students, 4 schools, | 310 50 | 342 00 | 369 00 |
5. Mode of Payment.
All the foregoing items are payable in advance, except board and
washing. One-third of the board is required on admission, and the
balance in equal instalments, at three and six months thereafter. Washing
is paid for monthly.
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.
MESSING.
Apply to the Chairman of the Faculty for further information upon the
subject of messing, which has been in successful operation during several
sessions. Over eighty students have been messing in two distinct messes
in different locations within the precincts.
Boarding Houses near the University.
Dr. Chancellor's; Mrs. Emerson's; Mrs. McKennie's; Miss Pace's;
Mrs. Garth's; Mrs. Smith's; Mrs. Smithson's.
REGULATIONS
LATE ENTRANCE AND WITHDRAWAL.
No abatement is made in the matriculation, tuition fees and 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, and occur before the first
of March. 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 the full
benefits of the course of instruction.
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.
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 shall 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.
LIBRARY.
Wm. Wertenbaker, Librarian. F. W. Page, Assistant Librarian.
The Library of the University, originally selected and arranged by Mr.
Jefferson, and since enlarged by purchases and donations, now contains
about 36,000 volumes.
Valuable additions are made from the donation of $1,000 per annum
for five years by W. W. Corcoran, Esq., of Washington, D. C.
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 this 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, &c. A letter on this subject, prepaid, and addressed
to Frederick W. Page, Esq., Assistant Librarian, will receive attention.
BROOKS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
This Museum consists of well-selected cabinets of Zoology, Mineralogy
and Geology, arranged in a handsome building, erected for the purpose,
according to the plans of a competent architect. They furnish ample
means of illustration in their several departments. The building and its
various cabinets are the gift of the late Mr. Lewis Brooks, of New York.
A Botanical collection—which formed a part of the original plan of Mr.
Brooks, but had not been provided for before his death—has been presented
by his brothers, the Rev. Lemuel Brooks and Mr. Garey Brooks,
of New York, and is now in its proper place in the Botanical Hall.
INFIRMARY.
There is a well-appointed infirmary connected with the University for
the care and comfort of sick students. Every student on admission deposits
the infirmary fee, ($7.50,) which entitles him, in case of sickness
during the session, to the advice and attention of the infirmary physicians,
(Professors in the Medical Department,) and if necessary, to nursing by
professional nurses, without additional charge.
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
There are two Literary Societies (the "Washington Society" and the
"Jefferson Society") of long standing connected with the University.
They meet weekly in their respective halls for the purpose of cultivating
debate and composition, and occasionally hold public exhibitions.
DISCIPLINE.
Morality and Religion are recognized as the foundation and indispensable
concomitants of education. The discipline of the University is
seduously 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 performed
twice on Sunday by a chaplain, selected in turn from the principal religious
denominations.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
This society seeks to bring new students under good influences, and
furnishes opportunities for Christian work in the University and its
neighborhood. It has been in active operation many years, and has recently
established the
STUDENTS' UNIVERSITY READING ROOM.
This is convenient of access, comfortably arranged and furnished, and
supplied with a large selection of the best periodical literature. It is
open to all members of the University upon the payment of a small fee
to meet its current expenses.
FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE.
The Friends of Temperance are represented by University Council,
No. 46, an association which has done good service in guarding young
men against dangerous excesses, and in promoting literary and moral
culture.
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
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.
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS.
Eleven Scholarships, entitling the successful candidates at a competitive
examination to prosecute their studies for one session at the University
of Virginia without the payment of matriculation fees or tuition
fees, will be open to new-comers from all the States at the beginning of
the next academic year (October 1st). Of these eleven Scholarships
five are in the Academic Department, and two each in the departments
of Law; of Medicine; and of Industrial Chemistry, Civil and Mining Engineering
Latin, Greek, Mathematics, and English. In order to secure positive
attainments the right is reserved to reject any papers that do not reach
the standard required for distinction at the Final Examination in Junior
Latin, Junior Greek, and Junior Mathematics, and do not show a competent
acquaintance with the grammatical and rhetorical structure of the
English language.
VIRGINIA STUDENTS.
Under a late act of the Legislature, students from Virginia over
eighteen years of age are, on examination, admitted into the Academic
Schools without being required to pay tuition fees therein.
The expenses of such students, exclusive of text-books, clothing, and
pocket-money, will be—
| For those who board, from | $232 to $259. |
| For those who mess, | $200.50. |
By authority of the General Assembly, the following regulations have
been adopted by the Board of Visitors as to the General and Special
Examinations for admission of Virginia students into the University:
General Examination.
Applicants are required to pass, once for all, to entitle them to matriculation,
on their first coming to the University, an examination in the
English language and in Arithmetic. In English, they will be required
to show both a practical knowledge of the language, as proved by
orthography and by correctness in composition, and a theoretical
knowledge of the inflections and Syntax. In Arithmetic, they will be
required to know the elementary processes, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions,
Proportion, and the metric system of Denominate Numbers.
Special Examinations.
After passing the General Examination, the Virginia students who
desire to study Latin, Greek, Mathematics, or History and Literature,
will be required to pass the following Special Examinations for each
school:
I. For admission to the School of Latin—the full knowledge of the
Inflections of the language will be rigorously demanded; besides this,
acquaintance with the elementary principles of Syntax, and ability to
translate any passage from Books I and II of Cæsar's Commentaries, or
from Cicero's four orations against Catiline.
II. For admission to the School of Greek—a full and exact knowledge
besides this, acquaintance with the elementary principles of Syntax, and
ability to translate any passage from the first two books of Xenophon's
Anabasis.
III. For admission to the School of Mathematics—the knowledge of
Algebra, embracing the fundamental operations, simple and quadratic
equations, proportion, and the first three books of Plane Geometry.
IV. For admission to the School of History and Literature: For the
Class of History—Modern Geography, and an Elementary History of
Greece, Rome, the United States, or England; for the Class of Literature—an
Elementary History of England.
For admission to the other Academic Schools, not specified above,
only the General Examination will be required. The preparation required
for the advanced classes, Intermediate or Senior, in the several
schools, is shown by the courses laid down in the Catalogue.
The examinations of Academic Students from Virginia, over eighteen
years of age, for admission under the late act of the Legislature, will
be held on the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th of September.
All students that intend to apply for examination under the law are
urged to report themselves promptly to the Chairman of the Faculty before
the beginning of the session, (1st of October). Those that come
later, after the work of the session has begun, will of necessity be subjected
to inconvenience and delay.
The time of the special examinations will be fixed by the several professors,
each for his own school.
The Faculty of the University, prompted by their experience of the
preliminary examinations of the present session, wish most earnestly to
call the attention of the public, and especially of their brother teachers
in Virginia, to the importance of accuracy and thoroughness in the elements
of education, especially in English orthography and composition,
in elementary geography and history, in arithmetic, and in the inflections
of the classical languages. Students that are well grounded in these
elementary studies can do well from the first, and can advance themselves
steadily from class to class; but looseness and inaccuracy of knowledge
in these lead only to prolonged and disheartening failure. The stress of
the preliminary examinations will, therefore, be laid upon accuracy in
elementary knowledge.
Note.—In the Schools of Greek and Mathematics, young men are
advised to prepare themselves at least for the intermediate classes.
DONATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
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."
ENDOWMENT OF PROFESSORSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
THROUGH 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 its 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 any 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."
GYMNASIUM.
A society, organized among the students for the promotion of physical
culture, under the name of the "Squibb Gymnasium Association," has
been in successful operation during several sessions.
RIVES BOAT CLUB
Was founded upon a liberal gift from F. R. Rives, Esq., of New York.
DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY
During the year ending March 10th, 1880.
W. W. Corcoran, Esq.—Fourth Instalment
of $1,000 of a gift of $5,000, payable
in annual instalments of $1,000 each.
Commonwealth of Virginia.—State Publications.
Smithoman Institute.—Miscellaneous Collections
and Report.
Bureau of Navigation.—Astronomical Observations,
American Ephemeris, &c.
Thomas Addis Emmet, M. D.
Department of Interior.—Public Documents.
Hon. R. E. Withers,—Public Documents.
Mrs. Mary Stuart Smith.
Judge R. W. Hughes.
Prof. John B. Minor.
J. H. Peay, Esq., Supt. of Schools, Richmond,
Va.—Reports.
The Cobden Club.
Rear-Admiral John Rogers, U. S. Navy.
John C. Henderson, Jr.
National Library of Florence, Italy.
George B. Higgins, Esq.
Wm. F. Gill, Esq.
Commissioner of Public Schools of Baltimore,
Md.
Brig. General A. A. Humphreys, Chief of
Engineers, U. S. A.—Publications of his
Department.
Mrs. Sarah S. Pickering.
American Philosophical Society.
J. T. Sims, Esq., State Librarian, South
Carolina.
Prof. C. S. Venable.
J. G. Cabell, M. D.
Holmes Conrad, Esq.
Department of State.
Bureau of Agriculture.
J. O. Wilson, Supt. of Public Schools,
Washington, D. C.
Little, Brown & Co., Boston, Mass.
Bureau of Education.
Post Office Department.
War Department.
E. T. Steel, Esq., International Centennial
Exhibition.—Reports, Awards, &c.
James B. Angell, LL. D., President University
of Michigan.
H. C. Bolton, Ph. D.
Prof. E. C. Pickering, Director of Harvard
College Observatory.
Judge J. W. Price, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Samuel D. Gross, M. D.
James Henry Coghill, Esq.
His Excellency the Governor-General of
India.—Memoirs and Records of the
Geological Survey of India.
Prof. J. N. Madvig, Rector of the University
of Copenhagen.
R. N. Toppan, Esq.
H. J. Mathews, Brighton, England.
Hon. J. W. Johnston.—Pub. Documents.
Hon. A. H. Stephens.—Pub. Documents.
Leonidas Poyntz, Esq.
Hon. H. C. Burchard, Director of the
Mint.
C. E. Shoemaker, M. D.
G. D. Crosthwait, M. D.
Judge Wm. Archer Cocke, Sanford, Fla.
Librarian St. Louis Public School Library.
Surgeon-General U. S. A.
Dr. A. Guyot, Director of E. M. Museum
of Geology and Archæology, Princeton,
N. J.
Prof. J. F. Harrison.
Dr. Wm. H. Ruffner, Supt. of Public Instruction.
Treasury Department, Washington, D. C.
Brig. General S. V. Benet, Chief of Ordnance.
Wm. B. Taylor, Esq.
Hon. J. B. Sener.
Lewis Boss, Esq., Director of the Dudley
Observatory, Albany, N. Y.
The Society of Arts, London.
J. H. Bates.
Hon. Ellis Spear, Commissioner of Patents.
Prof. Jas. A. Harrison, W. & Lee Univ.
DONATION TO THE COLLECTIONS OF THE SCHOOL OF
GENERAL AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY.
A remarkably fine series of resorcine derivatives and other artificial colors for
dyers' use. From Messrs. Bindschedler and Busch, Bâle, Switzerland.
SOCIETY OF ALUMNI.
Hon. J. Randolph Tucker, President.
Col. H. P. Jones, 1st Vice-President.
J. Hampden Chamberlayne, 2d Vice-President.
Prof. C. S. Venable, Secretary and Treasurer.
OFFICERS.
A. R. Blakey,
W. C. N. Randolph,
R. T. W. Duke,
J. L. Cochran,
H. Burnley,
C. S. Venable,
John M. White.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
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
Public Day.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
The following Associations of Alumni have been formed for the purpose
of maintaining a close connection with the University, and of
furthering the cause of education and letters, in harmony with the plan
and standard of the parent institution:
Albemarle Co., Va.—W. J. Robertson, President.
R. H. Carter, Vice-Presidents.
W. W. Minor, Sr., Vice-Presidents.
B. H. Macgruder, Vice-Presidents.
R. T. W. Duke, Vice-Presidents.
G. Perkins, Secretary and Treasurer.
S. V. Southall, Executive Committee.
J. M. White, Executive Committee.
W. O. English, Executive Committee.
T. S. Martin, Executive Committee.
J. M. McBryde, Executive Committee.
G. Perkins, Executive Committee.
St. Louis, Mo.—James O. Broadhead, President.
John Wickham, Vice-President.
William C. Marshall, Treasurer.
L. C. P. Ellerbe, Secretary.
New York.—F. R. Rives, President.
J. Bolling, Secretary.
Petersburg, Va.—Thomas Withers, M. D., President.
Col. Fletcher H. Archer, Vice President.
W. Gordon McCabe, Secretary and Treasurer.
Alexandria, Va.—W. D. Stuart, President.
R. S. Stringfellow, 1st Vice-President.
John S. Blackburn, 2d Vice-President.
K. Kemper, Secretary.
Linden Kent, Executive Committee.
George Mason, Executive Committee.
C. E. Stuart, Executive Committee.
S. C. Neale, Executive Committee.
Richmond, Va.—Col John B. Young, President.
Col. H. P. Jones, 1st Vice-President.
W. H. Haxall, 2d Vice-President.
R. E. Withers, 3d Vice-President.
Philip Haxall, Secretary.
W. B. Isaacs, Jr., Treasurer.
President ex-officio.
H. D. Davidson,
T. R. Joynes,
S. H. Pulliam,
J. P. Cocke,
Fredericksburg, Va.—Hon. Wm. S. Barton, President.
John L. Marye, Jr., Vice-President.
Wm. A. Lane, Secretary and Treasurer.
Lower Shenandoah Valley,
Winchester. Col. Thomas T. Fauntleroy, President.A. Magill Smith, Vice-President.
Gov. F. W. M. Holliday, Vice-President.
Alexander B. Pendleton, Secretary.
Augusta County,
Staunton, &c. Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, President.Wm. Frazier, 1st Vice-President.
Dr. A. M. Fauntleroy, 2d Vice-President.
Major Marshall Hanger, 3d Vice-President.
Meade F. White, Treasurer.
Lynchburg, Va.—R. G. H. Kean, President.
Dr. Thomas L. Walker, Vice-President.
New Orleans, La—Wm. M. Burwell, President.
T. L. Macon, Vice-President.
J. H. Kennard, Secretary and Treasurer.
Maryland.—R. M. Venable, President.
Dr. J. Pembroke Thom, 1st Vice-President.
J. M. Garnett, 2d Vice-President.
H. R. Noel, 3d Vice-President.
W. R. Downman, 4th Vice-President.
H. C. Turnbull, 5th Vice-President.
M. R. Walter, Secretary and Treasurer.
Southwestern Va.
Abingdon. Hon. John W. Johnston, President.Hon. William Terry, Vice-President.
Dr. Robert J. Preston, Vice-President.
Dr. Harvey Black, Vice-President.
Capt. John M. Preston, Vice-President.
M. R. Venable, Secretary and Treasurer.
Columbia, Tenn.—W. A. Smith, M. D., President.
Hugh T. Gordon, Secretary.
Watkins Fleming, Treasurer.
Kentucky.—Hon. John W. Stevenson, President.
Wm. H. Mackoy, Secretary.
San Francisco, Cal.—Chas. T. Botts, President.
Judge Jas. D. Thornton, Secretary and Treasurer.
Wm. W. Foote, 1st Vice-President.
Wm. Craig, 2d Vice-President.
John A. Carter, 3d Vice-President.
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