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II. PART II
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
REGULATIONS:
EXPENSES:
SCHOLARSHIPS AND
FELLOWSHIPS
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Charlottesville, the seat of the University of Virginia, is in a
picturesque and healthful situation among the foot-hills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains. It is at the junction of two great lines of railway, the Chesapeake
& Ohio and the Southern, and is thus of easy access from every part
of the country.
The Sanitary Arrangements of the University are excellent. The
climate is invigorating, healthful, and free from malarial conditions, the
average elevation of the surrounding country being about six hundred
and fifty feet above the sea level; the water supply is pure, being drawn
by gravity from a mountain reservoir six miles away; the system of
drains and sewers is complete; there are two athletic fields; the Fayerweather
Gymnasium affords ample facilities for bathing and exercise;
and in all ordinary cases of illness students receive treatment from the
members of the Faculty of Medicine, with skillful nursing, when necessary,
in a well equipped hospital.
Equipment.—The equipment possessed by the University for the
work of instruction, alike in the Academic and in the Professional
departments, has been much augmented in recent years, and is now
excellent in quality, as well as extensive. In scientific studies large
facilities are offered by the Leander McCormick Observatory, the
Rouss Physical Laboratory, the Chemical Laboratory and the
Museum of Industrial Chemistry, the Lewis Brooks Museum, the
Biological Laboratory, the Anatomical Laboratory, the Pathological
Laboratory, and the Hospital and Dispensary. The Engineering
Department possesses a well equipped Mechanical Laboratory and
Machine Shop.
In addition to the Law and other Departmental Libraries the general
University Library is common to all Departments. Originally selected
and arranged by Mr. Jefferson, it has since been much enlarged by purchases
and donations, and contains at present upwards of fifty thousand
volumes. These are now being arranged and classified by the Dewey system,
and will be catalogued. Students are allowed the use of the books
under the usual restrictions, and the Librarian is present in the Library
for eight hours daily to attend to their wants.
The Courses of Instruction are comprised in six Departments, two
of which are Academic and four Professional. The former include the
College and the Department of Graduate Studies: the latter the Departments
of Law, Medicine, Engineering, and Agriculture. In the various
an independent course, under the direction of professors who
are responsible for the systems and methods pursued.
Elective System.—The system of independent Schools assumes that
opportunities for study and instruction are privileges to be sought voluntarily
and eagerly. Students are therefore allowed to elect for themselves
the courses of study to which they are led by their individual tastes and
proposed pursuits in life, as far as the time appointed for lectures and
examinations permits. Nor is it alone to those who wish to make special
attainments in single departments of knowledge that this freedom of election
commends itself. It has decided advantages also for most of those
students who seek the common goal of liberal education by ways which
varying aptitude, varying preparation, or varying opportunities render of
necessity different. The wisdom of the founder in establishing such a
system has been amply vindicated in the history of this University; and
in recent years many schools of higher education throughout the country
have adopted methods involving this principle.
The Session begins on the Thursday preceding the seventeenth of
September, and continues, with a recess of ten days at Christmas, until
the Wednesday before the nineteenth of June. The first three days of
the session are given to registration, and all students, both old and
new, are required during that time to place their names upon the books
of the University and the rolls of their respective classes. Lecture
courses begin upon the following Monday, and absences will be recorded
against any student not present, from the opening lecture of each course.
Students entering after the first three days will be charged a fee for
registration.
Admission.—The age of the candidate for admission must be at least
sixteen years. A certificate of honorable discharge from the school last
attended by him, or other evidence of general good conduct, must be
presented by each applicant. Those who satisfy these requirements will
be admitted to the University of Virginia by the diploma of a recognized
institution of learning, the certificate of an accredited school, or by written
examination. Further information concerning Entrance Examinations
and admission to advanced standing will be found upon pp. 76-85. Students
who are more than twenty years of age are admitted without examination
to pursue approved special courses of study under conditions stated
on page 81.
Matriculation.—New students who have satisfied the requirements
for admission will, on payment of the necessary fees, be permitted to
register and to enter upon the work of their classes, as candidates for
matriculation, to which they will be admitted on the day appointed for
that function, unless in the meantime it has become evident that they
are not likely to profit by the opportunities afforded by the University.
such time as his connection with it is permanently severed, either by
honorable dismissal, or (if necessary) by disciplinary action.
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 precincts or not. They require
from the student regular and diligent application to his studies, and if, in
the opinion of the Faculty, any student be not fulfilling the purposes for
which he ought to have come to the University, and be not likely to fulfill
them, either from habitual delinquency in any of his classes, or from
habitual idleness, or from any other bad habit, the Faculty may require
him to withdraw from the University, after informing him of the objections
to his conduct and affording him an opportunity of explanation and
defense. The regulations of the University concerning attendance upon
lectures and examinations, absences, withdrawal, etc., will be found upon
pages 86-89.
Religious Worship.—Morality and religion are recognized as the
foundation and indispensable concomitants of education. The discipline
of the University is sedulously administered with a view to confirm integrity,
and to maintain a sacred regard for truth. Great efforts are
made to surround the students with religious influences; but experience
having proved that it is best to forbear the employment of coercion,
the attendance on religious exercises is entirely voluntary. Divine service
is conducted twice on Sunday in the University Chapel by clergymen
invited from the principal religious denominations; and other religious
exercises are directed by the Young Men's Christian Association.
The Examinations in each class at this institution have, from the
beginning (A. D. 1825), been held in writing. Oral examinations are held
in some departments, but they are auxiliary to the written examinations,
which, in conjunction with the class standing as determined by the daily
work of the student, are the main tests of the student's proficiency.
A special examination may be granted upon physician's certificate of
sickness on the day of examination, or other cause which the Faculty of
the Department in question may accept as adequate ground. See also
pp. 88, 89.
The written examinations are, in every case, of a public character,
and are conducted by a committee of three professors, one of whom is
the professor whose class is examined. This committee is expected to
remain in the room during examination, supervise the proceedings, determine
doubts, grant special examinations in cases covered by law, and make
report to the Faculty of the results of the examinations. The committee,
not the professor solely, is responsible throughout.
Reports.—Reports are sent, at stated intervals, to the parent or
guardian of each student. These reports give the number of times the
the nature of the progress made by him in his work at the
University.
Honor System.—For eighteen years after the opening of the institution,
honesty at the written examinations was sought to be secured by
the strict surveillance of the committee alone. This was often found to
be ineffectual. In June, 1842, Judge Henry St. George Tucker, Professor
of Law, offered the following resolution which the Faculty at once
adopted.
Resolved, That in all future written examinations for distinction and
other honors of the University, each candidate shall attach to the written
answers presented by him on such examination a certificate in the following
words: "I, A. B., do hereby certify on honor that I have derived no
assistance during the time of this examination from any source whatever,
whether oral, written, or in print, in giving the above answers."
This was the beginning of the honor system at this institution. In
subsequent years the pledge was extended so as to preclude the giving as
well as the receiving of assistance. The system has been in operation since
1842 without interruption. Its wisdom and its beneficial results have been
abundantly demonstrated. Its administration imposes no burden upon
the Faculty. Experience shows that the students themselves are its
sternest guardians and executors. Violation of examination pledges has
been of rare occurrence. In every case the culprit has been quietly but
promptly eliminated without need of Faculty action.
The spirit of truth and honor, thus fostered in the examinationroom,
has gradually pervaded the entire life of the institution, and all the
relations between the student and professor.
It is not believed to be essential to the honor system, nor indeed to be
right, to expose the examine to unnecessary temptation to violate his
pledge. The student is regarded as one to be shielded from such influences
and to have his honorable tendencies carefully reinforced and
not wrecked. Hence the examination is held in one place where all candidates
are assembled, and in presence of a committee of the Faculty.
Conversation among the candidates and absence from the room are discouraged.
They are cautioned to avoid even the appearance of evil.
These safeguards have been found to be in entire harmony with the
absence of espionage. The fact that the candidate is not suspected, has
been found to lead always to the avoidance of conduct which would give
rise to suspicion.
Degrees are conferred only upon examination after residence. Certificates
are conferred on the satisfactory completion of B. A. courses in
the Academic Schools, and the student who completes both the B. A. and
M. A. course in that School. In each School, major and minor courses
are offered candidates for the Ph. D. degree. Each major course requires
at least two years of work after the completion of the corresponding
M. A. course. Any student completing successfully a major course in a
school (with or without thesis) is entitled to a diploma of graduation
in the School. The titled degrees conferred are Bachelor of Arts, p. 106;
Master of Arts, p. 116; Doctor of Philosophy, p. 117; Civil Engineer,
Mining Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, pp. 189-196;
Bachelor of Science, p. 193; Doctor of Medicine, p. 177; and Bachelor of
Law, p. 169. The requirements for these degrees are given under the
several departments.
No merely honorary degree is ever given by the University of Virginia.
Licentiates.—Any person of unexceptionable character and habits,
upon producing to the Faculty satisfactory evidence of suitable capacity
and attainments, may 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 and compensation of any such Licentiate
are matters of private agreement between him and the student. Students
whose preparation is defective for the work of the University classes may
often economize time and energy by securing the services of a Licentiate
at the same time that they are attending the regular course of lectures.
Directions for New Students.—New students will find it greatly to
their advantage if, as soon as possible after reporting to the Dean of
the University, they will go to Madison Hall, where a committee of
students will be found who will gladly be of any service in assisting
them to get settled as quickly as possible. A general information bureau,
a complete list of boarding houses with prices of board, a directory of
the students with their addresses, a list of all forms of employment open
to students, copies of the University Handbook, and other things of interest
to the new men will there be accessible to all. The General Secretary
of the Association will be pleased to correspond with prospective
students during the summer with regard to all such matters, and it is
suggested that every man who expects to enter the University inform him
of that fact. See p. 220.
ADMISSION AND CLASSIFICATION.
ADMISSION TO THE COLLEGE.
All candidates for admission to the University of Virginia are required
to present satisfactory certificates of honorable dismissal from
the institution last attended, or of good moral character.
With the exception of Special Students over twenty years of age, as
hereinafter defined, all applicants for admission to the University of
Virginia are required to present a diploma of graduation or a certificate
from a recognized institution of learning of collegiate rank, or a certificate
from an accredited school or to stand a written examination. These
examinations are of two kinds, those for entrance and those for classification.
General Entrance Examinations:—Every applicant (with the exception
above mentioned) who does not enter by diploma or certificate
is required to pass a general entrance examination in
1. English.
2. Mathematics.
And in two subjects elected by the candidate from the following
list:
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The requirements in these subjects are briefly indicated in the following
statements. A series of examination papers representing the
character and amount of requirements in each of these subjects will be
found in the supplement attached to this catalogue.
The general entrance examinations will be held at the University
twice each year, in the months of June and September. The June examinations
may also be held upon the same days at such other places in
the State of Virginia as may be designated: the September examinations
and hours for these examinations in 1906:
| June | 8:30-11 | 11-1.30 | 2.30-5 | September |
| Tuesday, 5th, | English 1 | Botany 15 | Latin 3 | Tuesday, 11th, |
| Wednesday, 6th, | Mathematics 2 | Spanish 7 | History 8 | Wednesday, 12th, |
| Thursday, 7th, | Geometry and Trigonometry 11 |
Chemistry 14 | Greek 4 | Thursday, 13th, |
| Astronomy 12 | ||||
| Physical Geography 9 |
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| Friday, 8th, | German 5 | Algebra 10 | French 6 | Friday, 14th. |
| Physics 13 |
These examinations, like all others held by the University of Virginia,
will be conducted under the honor system, and each paper submitted
must be accompanied by the usual pledge, the omission of which
will render it invalid.
In order that applicants residing at a distance from the University
may know before coming here whether they are prepared to enter upon
the work of its courses, the examinations and marks of the American
College Entrance Examinations Board will be accepted in lieu of those
of the University in any of these subjects.
1. English: the standard entrance requirements of the Association
of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Southern States, or
equivalents therefor. These requirements imply a thorough knowledge
of the principles of English grammar and of elementary rhetoric
and composition, together with that of the courses for reading and
for study and practice assigned by the Association from year to year.
The courses for 1906-7 are as follows. Other courses, equivalent to
these in character and scope, may, however, be offered in their stead:
Reading:—Merchant of Venice; Julius Caesar; De Coverly papers;
Vicar of Wakefield; The Ancient Mariner; Ivanhoe; Carlyle's
Essay on Burns; The Princess; The Vision of Sir Launfal; Silas
Marner.
Study and Practice:—Macbeth; L'Allegro; Il Penseroso; Lycidas;
Comus; Burke's Conciliation with America; Macaulay's Essays on
Addison and Milton.
2. Mathematics: The requirements imply a thorough knowledge
of Arithmetic, and in addition of either (a) Algebra through Quadratics,
or of (b) Algebra to Quadratics and three books of Plane
Geometry.
A thorough practical acquaintance with ordinary Arithmetic is
assumed as underlying all preparation in Mathematics. The requirements
in Algebra to Quadratics include the following subjects: the
four fundamental operations for rational algebraic expressions, factoring,
highest common factor, lowest common multiple, complex
fractions, the solution of equations of the first degree containing one
equations; radicals, including the extraction of the square root of
polynomials and of numbers, and fractional and negative exponents.
The requirements in Algebra through Quadratics include the
preceding, together with: quadratic equations, equations involving
one or more unknown quantities than can be solved by the method
of quadratic equations, and problems depending upon such equations.
The requirements in Plane Geometry include the subjects usually
treated in the first three Books; viz., the properties of the triangle
and the parallelogram, loci of points, the circle and the measurement
of angles; simple original exercises in construction and demonstration.
3. Latin: The requirements for the General Entrance Examination
presuppose about four years of competent instruction in
Latin, involving the Roman pronunciation, habitual observance of
quantity and accent, regular drill in grammar and prose composition
through all preparatory years, elementary Reader, Nepos, Cæsar,
and the easier orations of Cicero.
4. Greek: The requirements for the General Entrance Examination
in Greek will be satisfied by a good knowledge of the paradigms
and the main rules of syntax, and of two books of Xenophon's
Anabasis. Any good elementary grammar may be used, or any good
beginner's book, such as White's, Ball's, or Gleason and Atherton's,
containing the inflections; and any edition of the Anabasis.
5. German: The General Entrance Examination in German
presupposes not less than one year's preparation: it includes
Translation: Müller and Wenckebach's Glück Auf; Gerstäcker's
Irrfahrten or Germelshausen; Heyse's Das Mädchen von Treppi;
Zschokke's Das Wirtshaus zu Cransac.
Grammar: A general knowledge of the declensions of nouns,
pronouns, and adjectives; of the conjugation of weak, strong, and
irregular verbs and the modal auxiliaries; of the rules of German
syntax, with especial attention to the arrangement of sentence-elements,
is necessary.
Prose Composition: Translation of English sentences into German.
The work required in grammar and prose composition is such
as will be found in any elementary German grammar, such as Whitney's,
Thomas's, Joynes-Meissner's, Bierwirth's Elements of German.
Instructors in preparatory schools are urged to devote at least
one hour a week to pronunciation and conversation, as a large part
of the work in the German classes of the University is oral and
requires some knowledge of spoken German.
6. French: The requirements of the General Entrance Examination
in French presuppose a knowledge of Elementary Grammar
—forms, pronunciation, composition; and the translation of La Mére
Michel et Son Chat (Bedollière), Colomba (Mérimée), La Poudre aux
Yeux (Labiche et Martin).
7. Spanish: The General Entrance requirements in Spanish will
be satisfied by a knowledge of the elements of the grammar, including
forms, pronunciation, and composition; and of representative
selections from the literature.
8. United States History: The General Entrance requirements
in United States History imply a good knowledge of this subject as
treated in any of the textbooks used in the public high schools of
Virginia; such as those by Bruce, Fisher, Hansell, Larned, and
White.
9. Physical Geography: The General Entrance requirements in
Physical Geography will be satisfied by a competent knowledge of the
subject as it is made known in Maury's Physical Geography, or in
any other work of equal grade and scope.
10. Algebra (Quadratics and beyond): The requirements in this
subject include a knowledge of simultaneous quadratics, and equations
solved like quadratics; properties of quadratic equations; the
binomial theorem for positive integral exponents; ratio and proportion;
inequalities; variations; arithmetical and geometrical progression,
and simple problems in permutations and combinations.
11. Geometry and Plane Trigonometry: The requirements in
geometry include a knowledge of the usual constructions, theorems,
and problems given in an ordinary textbook on Plane Geometry,
together with a knowledge of the relations of planes and lines in
space; the properties and measure of prisms, pyramids, cones, and
cylinders; and the sphere and spherical triangles.
In Plane Trigonometry the requirements include the definition of
the six trigonometric functions as ratios, the relations between
these functions, values of these functions for angles of 0°, 30°, 45°,
60°, 90°, 120°, etc; formulas for sine, cosine, or tangent of sum or
difference of two angles, formulas for sum or difference of two sines
or cosines, expressions for the functions of double or half angles,
trigonometric identities and equations, and the solution of triangles.
12. Astronomy: The requirements in this subject will be satisfied
by a good knowledge of the elements of General Astronomy,
involving as a basis the ordinary high school mathematics, such as
may be obtained from a careful study of such textbooks as Todd's
New Astronomy, Young's Elements, or Comstock's Textbook.
13. Physics: The requirements will be met by a good elementary
knowledge of the subjects of Mechanics, Hydrostatics and Hydrokinetics,
of Carhart's University Physics.
14. Chemistry: The requirements in this subject imply a thorough
elementary knowledge of Chemistry as a part of a general education
such as is represented by the intelligent study of such textbooks
as are mentioned in a subsequent portion of this catalogue.
15. Botany: The requirements in this subject imply a thorough
knowledge of the elements of Botany, including the practical study
of the structure and development of representatives alike of the
flowering and the flowerless plants: students offering Botany as an
elective are required to submit the notes and drawings of the laboratory
work done by them.
Examinations for Classification: Neither of the General Entrance
Examinations (Nos. 2a or 2b, 10 or 11) in Mathematics, if passed
singly, will admit the applicant to the first or lowest course in that
subject. For admission to the School of Mathematics he must pass
upon Alegbra through Quadratics (No. 2a) and the whole of Plane
Geometry.
For admission to the School of Physics the applicant must pass
the same examination for classification as that required for the
School of Mathematics.
For admission to the School of Historical and Economical
Science the applicant must pass an examination for classification
which covers the first three hundred and eighty-six pages of West's
Ancient History: the examination for classification may be waived if
the applicant (a) is twenty years of age at the beginning of the
academic year; or (b) has already passed in at least two full courses
in other subjects at this University; or (c) can convince the Professor
by a certificate from a reputable school or college that his historical
knowledge and mental discipline are adequate.
Applicants for admission to the first course in Latin must pass
the General Entrance Examination in that subject.
Students who enter upon certificates must in each instance satisfy
the professors whose classes they desire to enter of their fitness to
enter upon the work of the course proposed.
Conditional Admission:—Any applicant who succeeds in at least two
of his entrance examinations, but fails in one or both of the others, may
be allowed to enter on condition that he pass successfully the remaining
examinations on such date as the Faculty shall appoint. Such conditioned
student will be permitted to register and to enter upon the
work of his classes, but will not be permitted to matriculate until
his conditions are removed.
Division of the Entrance Examination:—Each applicant for admission
to the University will be permitted to take the entrance examinations
as he may elect at the time of his application. A pass certificate upon
any subject will be valid for the ensuing session or for the beginning
of the following session, but no longer.
Delayed Entrance:—All applicants for admission to the University
are required to pass the entrance examinations at one or the other of the
appointed periods except for good and reasonable cause. In cases where
the application has not been deferred upon merely frivolous grounds the
applicant may, for reasons that are approved by the President of the
University, be admitted to a special examination, for which a fee of five
dollars will be charged. This fee is payable in advance, and will in no
case be returned to the applicant.
Special Students:—Applicants for matriculation who are more than
twenty years of age, and who desire to enter for the pursuit of special
studies, may, with the approval of the Dean of the University, and
upon evidence of needful maturity and training, with adequate preparation
for the courses to be pursued, be registered as Special Students,
and admitted without formal examination to the privileges of the
University, but not as candidates for any titled degree: such Special
Students must pass the required examinations for classification before
entering upon the work of any School for which such an examination
is prerequisite.
Entrance upon certificates from accredited schools:—Applicants for
admission who present diplomas or certificates showing that they have
completed the work of any Public High School of the State of Virginia
whose course is in accordance with the published requirements of the
State Board of Education will not be required to stand the General Entrance
Examination. The same privilege is extended to applicants coming
from approved Public High Schools of other States or from approved
Private Schools of any State; provided, in each case, that the work done
in the school in question is fully the equivalent of, or of higher grade
than that defined above: of schools outside of Virginia, the Dean
of the University is authorized to recognize as accredited those, and
those only, which present satisfactory proof that they are on the
accredited list of their own State University or of some institution
of higher instruction maintaining standards of admission not inferior
to the minimum of the Association of Colleges and Preparatory
Schools of the Southern States.
The following is a list of the schools within the State of Virginia
at present accredited by the University, duly attested certificates from
which will entitle the holder to admission without examination.
| Augusta Military Academy. | McGuire's School. |
| Bedford City High School. | Miller School. |
| Bellevue High School. | Newport News High School. |
| Bethel Military Academy. | Newport News Academy. |
| Big Stone Gap High School. | Nolley's School. |
| Bridle Creek High School. | Norfolk High School. |
| Chesapeake Academy. | Norfolk Academy. |
| Charlottesville High School. | Onancock High School. |
| Clay Hill Academy. | Petersburg High School. |
| Cluster Springs Academy. | Portsmouth High School. |
| Dublin Institute. | Randolph-Macon Academy (Bedford). |
| Episcopal High School. | Randolph-Macon Academy (Front Royal). |
| Fishburne Military Academy. | Richmond High School. |
| Fork Union Academy. | Roanoke High School. |
| Hampton High School. | Shenandoah Valley Academy. |
| Harrisonburg High School. | Smithfield Institute. |
| Hoge Military Academy. | Staunton High School. |
| Lexington High School. | Staunton Military Academy. |
| Locust Dale Academy. | Suffolk High School. |
| Lynchburg High School. | Tazewell High School. |
| Manassas Institute. | University School, Charlottesville. |
| Martinsville High School. | Woodberry Forest School. |
| Massanutton Academy. |
Each person entering upon a certificate may be required to
stand examinations for classification in the courses which he expects to
pursue, or may be exempted therefrom in any instance at the discretion
of the professor concerned: his decision in each case being based upon
his personal knowledge of the work done in the subject in question in the
school from which the applicant enters. Applicants seeking such exemption
from examination for classification are required in each instance to
bring a certificate from the instructor under whom the work was done,
stating fully the extent and character of the work and the standing of the
applicant in his classes.
Entrance from other Colleges:—Applicants for admission coming to
the University from recognized institutions of collegiate rank, whose requirements
for admission are equal to or greater than those prescribed by
the Southern Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, will, on
presentation of certificates showing that they are members in good standing
of such institutions, be exempted from the General Entrance Examinations
and also from examinations for classification under the same
conditions as are stated in the preceding paragraph.
Advanced Standing:—Applicants from other colleges will be provisionally
admitted to advanced standing as candidates for the degree
of Bachelor of Arts upon presentation of satisfactory certificates
is or is not satisfactory will in each instance be determined by
the professor or professors in this University responsible for the
study or studies in question, each case being decided upon its own
merits. No candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts may, however,
thus obtain credit for more than seven of the ten electives required
for the attainment of that degree, as elsewhere stated: and in
all cases the courses for which credit is obtained and those pursued
here must together satisfy all the requirements for the degree as here
established. The certificates presented should, in the case of each
subject for which credit is desired, describe the character and scope
of the course previously pursued by the applicant, stating the textbooks
used, the authors read (with amount of reading required) in
the case of a language, or the amount and kind of laboratory work
(with the notebooks of the applicant) in the case of a science; and
the standing of the applicant in his class, with the marks received.
ADMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
GRADUATE STUDIES.
While Special Students, and College Students desirous of pursuing
advanced courses in particular subjects, will be admitted to
graduate courses after having in each instance satisfied all the conditions
prerequisite, only those are admitted to this Department of
the University who hold baccalaureate degrees from recognized institutions
of learning of collegiate rank; or, in the case of any institution
of such rank that does not confer a baccalaureate degree, on the
presentation of a certificate of graduation in a course of study accepted
by the Committee upon Academic Degrees as fully equivalent
to that ordinarily required for the degree in question.
ADMISSION TO THE PROFESSIONAL DEPARTMENTS.
To the Department of Law:—Applicants for admission to the first
year of the Course in Law are required either to present the diploma
of an institution of collegiate rank, a certificate of good standing in
the classes of such an institution, a diploma of graduation from a
good high school, either public or private, or an equivalent personal
certificate from the principal of such a school; or to pass the General
Entrance Examination described on a previous page. No provision
is made for admission to advanced standing in this Department of
the University.
To the Department of Medicine:—Applicants for admission to the
first year of the Course in Medicine are required either to present
standing in the classes of such an institution, a diploma of graduation
from a good high school, either public or private, or an equivalent personal
certificate from the principal of such a school; or to pass the General
Entrance Examination described on a previous page. It is also required
as a part of the preparation for the course in Medicine that the applicant
shall have completed a laboratory course in one of the biological sciences
at least equivalent (in character, though not necessarily agreeing therewith
in detail) to the first half of Course 1 in the Academic School of
Biology: but applicants whose previous general education has not included
such a course will for the present be permitted (and required) to
complete it during the first half of the first year of the Course in Medicine,
in addition to the regular studies of the course.
At the opening of the session of 1907-8, and thereafter, applicants
for admission to the first year of the Course in Medicine will be
required to present the diploma of a recognized institution of collegiate
rank, a certificate of good standing in such an institution, the
diploma of a recognized high school having at least a three years'
course, or acceptable certificates of an accredited school which represent
work fully equivalent in amount and character to such a high
school course: and in addition to complete the college courses at this
University in Physics, General Chemistry, and Biology, or to present
acceptable college certificates showing that they have completed elsewhere
courses in these subjects fully equivalent to those at this
institution; the validity of such certificates being decided by the
professors here in charge of the classes in these subjects.
Applicants who present certificates of regular attendance for one or
more years at other reputable medical schools whose courses are not less
than seven consecutive months in length will be admitted to advanced
standing: credit for subjects studied elsewhere will in each case be given
at the discretion of the professor in charge of the instruction given in the
subject in question at this University, who shall satisfy himself by
examination or otherwise that the work done elsewhere is the full equivalent
of that required here: provided, that the degree of Doctor of Medicine
will in no case be conferred upon any candidate who has not attended
at least one full session at this University. Any applicant who is
already a graduate in Medicine of another reputable Medical School may
be admitted as a student in the fourth year of the course in Medicine of
this University.
To the Department of Engineering:—Applicants will be admitted
to the first year of either of the Courses in Engineering, either on
the presentation of the diploma of a recognized institution of collegiate
rank, of a certificate of good standing in the classes of such an
school of engineering, of the diploma of graduation of a good high
school, either public or private, or of an equivalent personal certificate
from the principal of such a school; or on passing the General
Entrance Examination described on a preceding page. Applicants
for admission to this Department who stand this examination are
advised to offer, as their two electives, Advanced Algebra (10) and
Geometry and Trigonometry (11).
Advanced Standing:—Applicants will be provisionally admitted to
advanced standing as candidates for degrees in Engineering upon
presentation of certificates from recognized institutions of learning
covering the courses for which credit is desired. Whether a certificate
is or is not satisfactory will in each instance be determined by
the professor or professors in this University responsible for the
study or studies in question, each case being decided upon its own
merits: provided, that a degree in Engineering will in no case be
conferred upon any candidate who has not attended at least one full
session at this University.
To the Department of Agriculture:—Applicants will be admitted
to the course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science upon presentation
of a diploma or certificate from a recognized institution of
collegiate rank, or a good public or private high school; or on passing
the General Entrance Examinations. Students so admitted will for
the present be registered as College Students, and will be under the
jurisdiction of the Dean and Faculty of that Department.
REGISTRATION AND MATRICULATION.
Registration of New Students:—Applicants seeking admission to
the University for the first time are required to present themselves to the
Dean of the University at his office in the Administration Building at
some time during the first three days of the session. Each candidate
for admission must be at least sixteen years of age. In each instance a
certificate of good moral character must be presented, signed by the proper
official of the institution attended during the previous session, or by some
person of known standing. Each candidate who satisfies these requirements,
and also those for admission by diploma, certificate, or examination
previously stated, will be directed to the Dean of the Department
which he purposes to enter.
The Dean in question will, upon being satisfied that the candidate is
fitted to enter upon the work of the Department, issue to him a card
containing the names of the courses which the candidate proposes to pursue
during the session: this card must be presented in turn to each professor
pursue the course in question with profit, sign the card and enter the
applicant's name upon the roll of the class. The card must then be returned
to the Dean of the University, who will endorse upon it the
amount of fees to be paid to the Proctor. On payment of these fees the
registration (for the session) of the applicant as a student of the University
will be completed.
Registration of Matriculated Students:—Students who have already
been matriculated as members of the University are required to present
themselves directly to the Dean of their respective Departments upon one
of the first three days of the session, and to conform, as regards their
registration in their respective classes, and the payment of fees, to the
requirements stated in the preceding paragraph.
Delayed Registration:—Students are not permitted to delay their
registration through carelessness or for inadequate reasons. Any student,
new or old, who fails to present himself for registration during the first
three days of the session will (except in the case of an applicant admitted
to special examinations, as provided in a previous paragraph) be admitted
to registration only upon the consent of the President, and will be
charged a special registration fee of three dollars.
Matriculation:—New students are required to assemble in the Public
Hall at three p. m. of the day appointed for this ceremony. They will on this occasion be individually presented by their respective
Deans to the President of the University for formal matriculation by
him. By this act they become members of the University of Virginia
until such time as they may be formally dismissed from such membership,
either honorably, or, if necessary, for disciplinary reasons.
The privilege of matriculation may be withheld from any student
whose general conduct does not meet with approval, or who, in the
judgment of the professors whose classes he attends, does not give
evidence of either the diligence or the ability necessary to enable him
to pursue with profit the courses of study upon which he has
entered.
RESIDENCE.
The Academic Year extends from the morning of the Thursday preceding
the seventeenth of September to the evening of the Wednesday
before the nineteenth of June. Thanksgiving Day is a holiday, and there
is a Christmas recess beginning on the morning of the twenty-fourth 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 the days above indicated, unless he has received
Leave of absence is granted by the President for sufficient reasons, and
must in every case be obtained in advance. Voluntary withdrawal requires
the written consent of the student's professors and of the Dean
of the University. While in residence each student is required to attend
regularly all lectures and other prescribed exercises and all examinations
in the courses which he pursues (unless excused for cause)
and in every way to conform to the regulations of the University.
Students may reside in the University dormitories, in private houses
approved by the President, or in their homes. Any change of residence
during the session should be reported at the office of the
President.
Physical Culture:—No student is permitted to undertake an amount
of work greater than he may reasonably be expected to do well without
detriment to his physical health: and every student is advised to take a
due amount of daily outdoor exercise, for which ample opportunities are
afforded upon the athletic fields, the tennis courts, the golf course, and
in other forms; 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. Further information upon this important subject
will be found upon a subsequent page.
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 member of the Faculty of Medicine
for the time detailed as University Physician; and, if necessary, to
skillful 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, chronic cases, or to constitutional
disorders of long standing from which the student in question
was suffering at the time of his coming to the University. Students
who take the responsibility of boarding at houses not approved
by the Board of Health forfeit the right to this exemption.
Students residing at their own homes, who waive this right, are
entitled to the remission of a portion of the University fee. Any
student sent to the University Hospital by the advice and under the
care of a physician other than the University Physician for the time
being will be required to pay the regular hospital charges for private
patients.
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Dormitory.—The occupant of a dormitory has first right to it, and
may reserve it for the next session by registration with the Bursar before
the end of the current session; thereafter any vacant dormitory is assigned
to the first applicant. But unless a deposit of fifteen dollars is
made with the Bursar on or before September 1, the room is forfeited.
No dormitory may be sub-let or used for other than its proper purpose.
Boarding.—Students may board and lodge either in the University
precincts or at their homes, or in houses licensed by the Faculty. It is
the duty of the President to withdraw the license from any house in
which the regulations as to the conduct of students are not observed.
Change of lodging should be reported at the Registrar's office.
Change of Schools, with transfer of fees, cannot be made except
by special order of the Faculty. But a student may change from one
class to another of the same School with the advice and consent of the
professors concerned.
Absence from the University is permitted upon the written leave
of the Dean of the Department in which the student is registered,
obtained in every case in advance. But leaves of absence for the
purpose of accompanying the athletic teams or musical clubs on excursions
will not be granted, except to the officers and members of
the organizations.
Absence from Lectures may be excused by the professors, but only
for sickness or like providential cause. Such excuses must be rendered
on the day of the first lecture attended after the absence. Unexcused
absences from lectures render the student liable to be disciplined by
the Faculty. In case of delayed entrance the student is regarded as
having been absent from all lectures or other exercises that have been
given, in the courses which he enters, since the beginning of the
session.
Absence from Examinations will not be excused except for sickness
on the day of examination (attested by a physician's certificate) or other
cause which the Faculty of the Department by special order may
approve. An unexcused absence, or the presentation of an unpledged
paper, is counted as a total failure in the examination in which it
occurs. A student whose absence from examination is excused is
of the departments where such examinations are held. Where necessary,
he is admitted to a special examination.
Class Standing in any course is determined by the regularity of
attendance of the student upon the lectures (and laboratory or other
similar exercises where included) in the course in question, and by
the faithful performance of his work as indicated by his answers
when questioned, by his written exercises, notebooks, the faithful
performance of laboratory (or other similar) work, etc. Students
are regarded by the Faculty as under the law of honor in matters
affecting class standing, as in examinations.
The grade of the student in any course, either for a term or for
the session, is determined by the combined class standing and the
result of examination, each being considered in such proportion as
the professor in charge may decide for the course in question.
Probation.—Any student in the College or the Department of
Engineering who fails at either the December or the March examination
to attain a combined grade of 40 per cent. in each of two subjects
will be put upon probation until the following examination:
a like failure at that time will make it necessary for him to withdraw
from the University. Any student who fails to attain a combined
grade of 40 per cent in each of his courses at any examination will
also be required to withdraw from the University.
A student in any Department of the University who is evidently
making no real progress in one of his courses of study may at any
time, after due admonition, be required to drop the course in question.
A student in the College or the Department of Engineering
who falls under this rule will be put upon probation if he fails to
attain a grade of 40 per cent. in a single one of his remaining courses
at a succeeding examination.
Voluntary Withdrawal from the University requires the written
consent of the student's professors and of the Dean of the University.
When a permit is granted upon the University Physician's certificate
that withdrawal is necessary on account of the student's 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 Faculty 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.
Conduct.—Drunkenness, gambling, and dissoluteness are strictly
forbidden, and the President may dismiss from the University for the
may administer such other discipline as seems best under the circumstances.
The keeping of dogs by students within the University grounds
is forbidden.
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.
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.
Athletic Teams and other Student Organizations.—The laws relating
to absence from the University of members of the Athletic
teams are found in the section upon Physical Culture (pp. 217, 218).
The same resolutions apply, mutatis mutandis, to members of other
student organizations.
EXPENSES.
A student's expenses consist of the following:
I. University Charges, which are the same for all students, except
College and Graduate students from Virginia, as stated in a following
paragraph;
II. School Fees, which depend upon the course of study pursued;
III. Cost of Living, board, etc.
I. Under the first head are included the University fee, $40, and
the contingent deposit, $10: as well as the special Entrance Examination
fee of five dollars, or the delinquent registration fee of three
dollars, or a fee for reöxamination in any subject, where either of these
is incurred.
The University Fee 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 Instructor in Physical Culture; and to free medical attendance
by the members of the Medical Faculty in cases of illness, including,
if needed, care and nursing in a well-equipped hospital maintained on
the University grounds, under the limitations stated in a preceding
paragraph. It also covers all regular examination and diploma fees.
The Contingent Deposit is liable for any damage to the University
property for which the student is responsible, or for violations of Library
or other University rules. It is returned at the end of the session, less
any charges that may have been made against it; it is, therefore, not
necessarily an expense, although mentioned in this connection.
From this deposit there will be deducted the sum of $2 for the
support of the Chapel Services and General Religious Work of the
University, unless within one month after matriculation the student shall
request the Bursar not to deduct this contribution. It will be observed
that this amount also (which is less than the average contribution made by
the students who have given toward the Chapel Fund in past years) is not
a necessary expense, as the support of the religious work of the University
is left entirely to the option of the students and professors. This
method of collection is intended merely as a substitute for the canvass
formerly made, and it is the desire of the Faculty that the students
will thus unite with them in sustaining the religious work of the
University.
II. Under the second head is comprised the charge for instruction,
including the Tuition Fees proper, and in some cases, the cost
of apparatus and materials consumed in laboratory work.
In the Academic Departments the tuition fee for one School is
$50; for two, $30 each; for three or more, $25 each; except that in
Analytical Chemistry the charge for tuition and materials for one
course is $50 and for apparatus about $10, and for both courses $100,
and for apparatus, about $15; the charges for a graduate course in
Chemistry are, tuition $50, materials about $10, apparatus about $10;
the fee for Agricultural Chemistry is $15, but this course is free to
students in the Schools of Chemistry, to Virginia students and to unmatriculated
farmers; and in Zoology or Comparative Anatomy there
is a laboratory fee, for materials, of $10 in the undergraduate courses
and $20 in the graduate courses. The tuition fees in the Academic
Departments are remitted to Virginia students, to public school
teachers of the State, and to ministers of the gospel, under conditions
which are stated at length at the close of this section.
In the Department of Law the fee for each regular year's course,
or for any six classes, is $100; more than six classes (combining first
and second year's course), $115; five classes, $85; four classes, $75;
three classes, $60; two classes, $45; one class, $25. The fees for
students who return for a third year are considerably less.
In the Department of Medicine the fee for the first year is $110;
second year, $100; third year, $80; fourth year, $60. The special fees
for single subjects are, Medical Chemistry, $30; Biology (including
materials), $35; Anatomy (including materials), $45; Regional Anatomy
(including materials), $10; General Pathology, $25; Pathogenic
Bacteriology and Surgical Diseases, $35; Physiology, $30; Materia
Medica, $20; Therapeutics, $10; Embryology, $10; Obstetrics (with
manikin work), $20; Gynecology, $20; Surgery, $20; Practice of Medicine,
$30; Special Pathology and Clinical Diagnosis, $10; Dermatology
and Diseases of the Eye and Ear, $15; Hygiene, $10; Medical Jurisprudence,
$10; Clinics (collectively), $30.
In the Department of Engineering the fee for Applied Mathematics
is $25 for one course, $50 for two or more; for other subjects,
the same as in the Academic Departments—except for students who
attend the regular course of instruction for a degree in Engineering
as laid down in the programme, pp. 179, 182, 184, 186. For these
students the fee for tuition is $80 for the first year, $70 for the second,
$60 for the third, and $50 for the fourth. An additional charge of
$60 is made for materials and instruction in Analytical Chemistry to
students of Mining Engineering. The payment of the Department
one year, but also to take over, without additional charge, such
courses of any previous year as he may have failed to complete:
Virginians are entitled to a reduction of $45 a year from these
charges. (Compare p. 94.)
In the Department of Agriculture the fees are the same as in the
Academic Departments.
III. Under the third head fall the expenses of living and the
cost of books and stationery.
A student may, either alone or with a room-mate, rent a dormitory,
and take his meals with a Mess Club, or in an University Hotel,
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 roomrent
or servant's hire to the University. The price of University
rooms ranges according to their desirability, from $25 to $40 for the
session: the large majority rent for $30; but there are a few single
rooms at $25, and a few whose price is above that of the majority.
If two students occupy one room each pays half the rent; the University
charge for service is $9 per session for each student, whether
there be one or two in a room.
The minimum cost of furnishing a room may be placed at $15,
fuel and lights combined cost about $25 for the session, and washing
from $1.50 upward per month. With strict economy the cost of
board, fuel, lights, service, and laundry can be brought within $18 a month as an average for the session. Rooms and board may be had
in private families or boarding-houses at varying prices.
The cost of books and stationery varies much with the branches
studied. It is probably greatest in the Department of Law, where, for
the entire two years' course, it amounts to about $90. But in this
department, as in that of Medicine, the books purchased form the
necessary nucleus of a professional library, and their cost does not
belong to transient expenses.
The following table will enable the prospective student to form an
approximate estimate of the cost of a year at the University. It of
course makes no account of clothing and other personal expenses, or
of the cost of travel. The Contingent fee is omitted, as not necessarily
involving expenditure.
| Univ. Fee. | Tuition. | Books, etc. | Living. | Total. | |
| Academics: | $40 | [1] $ 75 | $15 to $25 | $135 to $270 | [1]$265 to $400 |
| (for three schools) | |||||
| Law: | $40 | $100 | $45 | $135 to $270 | $320 to $455 |
| Medicine: | $40 | $ 88 | $20 | $135 to $270 | $283 to $423 |
| (average) | |||||
| Engineering: | $40 | $ 75 | $15 to $25 | $135 to $270 | $265 to $425 |
| Agriculture: | $40 | $ 75 | $15 to $25 | $135 to $270 | $265 to $400 |
All tuition fees, University fees, the contingent deposits, rents of
rooms in the University buildings, and charges for service in the
same, are payable upon entrance. Under special conditions, the President
is authorized to allow credit; but these deferred payments are in
all cases to be properly secured.
Students from Virginia.—In compliance with the statute (Virginia
Code 1887, Ch. 68, Sec. 1554), the University offers to white male students
from Virginia who are sixteen years or more of age, instruction, without
charge for tuition, in all the Schools of the Academic Departments (excepting
the laboratory courses in Chemistry), subject to the conditions
stated below. Such students are required to pay the University fee
(by the action of the legislature at its last session, three-fourths
of the University fee is also remitted to such students) and make
the usual Contingent deposit. They are also required to pay the
regular laboratory charges for materials, etc., in the courses of study where
such charges occur. If they occupy rooms on the University grounds
they are of course subject to the usual charges for rent and service.
The saving to Virginia students varies from $90 to $130, according to
the number of Schools elected.
The Faculty are required by the law mentioned above to satisfy
themselves in the case of each applicant, either by actual examinations
or by a diploma or certificate from some college or preparatory school,
that he has made such proficiency in each branch of study which he
proposes to pursue as will enable him to avail himself of the advantages
offered by the University. Examinations for admission, in accordance
with the terms of this law, are, therefore, required as described in a
preceding section.
To be entitled to free tuition as a Virginia student it is necessary that
the applicant's parents be bona fide residents of the State if he be under
twenty-one years of age; if he has attained his majority it is necessary
that he be a bona fide resident. A resident of the State is one who is
living in it at the time the application is made and has no present intention
of removing therefrom in the future. No other person can
honestly avail himself of this privilege.
Privileged Students.—Ministers of the gospel may attend any of
the Academic Schools of the University without the payment of
tuition fees. 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 the expenses of education at the University
without aid.
White Male Teachers and Superintendents of the Public Schools
of Virginia will be admitted, during the last three months of the
session, to the Schools of the Academic Departments of the University
they have been teachers in the Public Schools of the State during the
year.
Immediately after the Spring Examinations any of the following
courses may be entered upon with profit by an applicant prepared for
them: Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, German, English, English Literature
and Rhetoric, History, Moral Philosophy, Mathematics, Astronomy,
Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Geology, and Descriptive
Botany. Special courses for teachers will be offered in English and
Mathematics, and perhaps in several other subjects during the approaching
spring term, if the demand for them is sufficient.
Applicants for admission as teachers are required to send in their
names to the President of the University not later than March 5th.
Lodgings can be had near the University. The only necessary expense
will be for board, lights, and washing, which will together cost
from $5 to $7 a week.
Pecuniary aid to Students:—Effort is now being made to provide
a fund, the income of which will be applied in rendering financial
assistance to deserving students. In the meantime opportunity is
afforded as far as possible to those who are desirous of helping themselves
by their own industry. Among positions now held by University
students who are in part earning their living here are those of
organist, choir leader, assistant librarian, mechanician, table waiter,
clothes presser, reader, stenographer, typewriter, and clerical assistant.
Among other positions that may be open are those of lecture-room
or laboratory attendant, gardener, bookstore keeper, etc. Students
have also from time to time found employment in Charlottesville as
telegraphers, teachers, newspaper carriers, and in other ways. While
it is difficult for any student to be assured of a position of the sort
before he reaches the University, correspondence with reference to
such employment may be had by addressing Dr. Hugh M. McIlhany,
Scretary of the Committee on Student Self-Help.
Co-operative Store:—During the session of 1905-1906, under the
auspices of the Co-operative Society, a co-operative store was opened
on the University grounds, with the purpose of supplying books and
other student necessaries at a minimum cost. The enterprise has the
sanction of the University authorities, and is under the management
of a directorate composed of three members of the Faculty, the
General Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, and
four students selected from the Academic, Law, Medical and Engineering
departments. Books and other needful supplies are sold
to members as nearly as possible at first cost—a small percentage
being added to pay operating expenses. Membership in the Society
are made for cash only, and in no case is credit extended. The latter
feature should especially commend itself to parents and guardians,
as the purchasing of supplies on credit is one of the evils which it is
the design of the Co-operative Society to eliminate from student
life.
The remission of the tuition fees and three-fourths of the University fee to
Virginia students reduces the estimated total to $160 as a probable minimum.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS.
GENERAL SCHOLARSHIPS.
The following regulations with regard to the General Scholarships
offered by the University have been adopted by the Board of Visitors.
A. The Faculty is authorized to prepare a list of such schools and
colleges tributary to the University as by the regularity of their patronage
or the success of their graduates may deserve special recognition.
To each one of these Schools the Faculty is authorized to award a
scholarship in the College, or the Department of Graduate Studies,
to be known as the University of Virginia Scholarship in .... School
or College. This scholarship shall entitle the holder, who must be a
graduate of his institution of the preceding session, to the remission
of all fees for tuition, and, if he be a Virginian, to the remission of
three-fourths of the University fee; if he be not a Virginian, to the
remission of one-half of the University fee. The Contingent fee must
be deposited in all cases.
This list of Schools and Colleges may be extended from time
to time and further scholarships assigned as above.
In accordance with this regulation of the Board of Visitors, the
Faculty has selected the following institutions for such recognition,
and, pending the consideration of other institutions, invites applications
for enrollment in this list from such schools as fall within the
conditions prescribed.
| Atlanta University School. | Episcopal High School. |
| Augusta Military Academy. | Fishburne's School. |
| Bellevue High School. | Locust Dale Academy. |
| Bingham's School. | Louisville High School. |
| Chattanooga University School. | McGuire's School. |
| Charleston University School. | Memphis University School. |
| Clay Hill Academy. | Miller School. |
| Montgomery University School. | Randolph-Macon Academy |
| Nolley's School. | (Front Royal). |
| Norfolk Academy. | Shenandoah Valley Academy. |
| Onancock High School. | Woodberry Forest. |
| Randolph-Macon Academy | |
| (Bedford). |
| Bridgewater College. | Milligan College. |
| Charleston College. | Randolph-Macon College. |
| Culver Military Academy. | Richmond College. |
| Emory and Henry College. | Roanoke College. |
| Frederick College. | St. John's College. |
| Fredericksburg College. | Virginia Military Institute. |
| Hampden-Sidney College. | Virginia Polytechnic Institute. |
| Marion Military Institute. | William and Mary College. |
All other regulations for scholarships for private schools are
hereby abrogated.
PUBLIC SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS.
The University offers to accredited Public High Schools of Virginia
one Academic Scholarship each on the conditions prescribed
below. This scholarship, for one session (that following the incumbent's
graduation from the High School) and of the value of Fifty
Dollars, is to be awarded by the designated High School to a white
male graduate who has pursued and completed with credit the High
School course, and who is endorsed by the Principal of the High
School in question as to both preparation and character. The holders
of these scholarships are required to pay the University fee (under
the conditions now applicable to Virginia students), and to deposit
the Contingent fee. They are entitled, in common with all Virginians,
to free tuition in the College and the Department of Graduate Studies,
but not in the Professional Departments.
Any school accepting this Scholarship shall make due announcement
of it both to the scholars of the school and through the local
papers; and at the end of the session shall, during the graduating
exercises and through the public press, announce the award; and these
appointments shall be duly certified to the Dean of the University.
ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS.
At the meeting of the Board of Visitors on March 2d, 1899, the
following system of Alumni Scholarships was created:
1. The Scholarships shall be known as Alumni Scholarships.
2. The incumbents shall be appointed by such local Alumni Associations
as are members in good standing of the General Alumni Association
and are so reported from year to year by its Secretary: and to
such of these only as may have ten or more active members who are
entitled to vote on the appointment of an incumbent.
3. No incumbent shall hold such Scholarship for more than one
year; but one who has passed satisfactory examinations at the University
in one or more of his classes may be eligible for reappointment
the following session upon the recommendation of the Faculty.
4. These Scholarships shall be confined to those courses in the
Academic Schools of the University to which Virginia students are
now admitted without charge under the laws of Virginia (that is, all
Academic courses, save the course in Analytical Chemistry). The
Scholarship shall entitle the incumbent to exemption from tuition
fees in the Schools referred to, and to the remission, if he be a Virginian,
of three-fourths of the University fee; if he be not a Virginian,
to one-half of the University fee. The Contingent fee must be deposited
in all cases.
5. Only such persons may be appointed as actually stand in
need of such aid, and such as otherwise would not, in the judgment
of the Association making the appointment, be able to attend the
University: and no student will be permitted to enjoy the privileges
of an Alumni Scholarship while holding an endowed Scholarship or
Fellowship.
6. The incumbent must be at least eighteen years of age, and
must be one who, in the judgment of the Association naming him,
is studious, of good moral character, and prepared to enter the University.
He shall be subject to the same entrance requirements as
other students.
7. Every local Alumni Association, as above described, having
ten or more active members, shall be entitled annually to have one
appointee at the University; if hereafter such Association ceases to
have as many as ten active members, it shall not be entitled to make
an appointment until that number be restored.
8. Every such local Association having fifty or more active members
shall be entitled to fill two such scholarships annually, as long
as it shall continue to have as many as fifty such members, or as
soon as it shall have reached that number.
9. By "active" members as herein used, is meant Alumni of the
University, who have been admitted by the Association as active members
No Alumnus shall be entitled to vote upon the appointment of
an incumbent in more than one Association during the same year,
nor for this purpose shall an Alumnus be considered as an active member
of more than one Association, at the same time. But graduation
in any Department or School of the University is not hereby required.
10. Only one Association in any city or town shall be entitled
to appoint incumbents to the Scholarships hereby created.
11. The final appointment of each incumbent shall be made by a
vote of the whole Association, a majority of the active members voting
for the applicant. It shall not finally be made by any committee or by
any officer or officers of the Association. But such committee or officers
may be appointed by the Association to nominate or examine candidates,
and to report to the Association.
12. A statement, which shall include the full name and the address
of the successful candidate, the fact of his appointment, and the specific
compliance of the Association and the candidate in question with conditions
above stated, must be certified to the President of the University
of Virginia, attested by the signature of the Secretary of the Association
making the appointment. This certificate must be in the hands of
the President on or before the fifteenth day of August preceding the
opening of the session for which the incumbent is appointed. The
President will send printed forms of such certificates upon application.
13. The above requirements having been complied with, the person
or persons so appointed shall be entitled in each instance to attend the
University for the session immediately following the appointment without
payment of any tuition fees (save for the course in Analytical Chemistry)
and to the remission, if he be a Virginian, of three-fourths of the University
fee; if he be not a Virginian, of one-half of the University fee:
the Contingent fee being deposited in each case: and shall enjoy the same
privileges and be subject to the same restrictions as other students.
14. To guard against any possible ill-feeling or sense of injustice
on the part of the local Associations in respect to the construction of
these provisions, all such matters shall be referred to the Executive Committee
of the General Alumni Association, the decision of which, when
approved by the President of the University, shall be final.
SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS.
One of the Miller Scholarships is awarded, at the close of each session,
to the candidate who passes with the highest aggregate of marks,
in Physics 1, Chemistry 1, and Biology 1. The tenure is for two years,
and the emolument is two hundred and fifty dollars a year, with free
with the Department of Agriculture.
The McCormick Scholarship, established in honor of the late
Leander J. McCormick, the founder of the Astronomical Observatory,
is awarded by Mr. Robert Hall McCormick, of Chicago. The emolument
is free tuition in any Department of the University, with remission
of the University fee.
The Isaac Carey Scholarship is awarded by the Carey Trustees.
Its value is about three hundred dollars a year.
The Thompson Brown Scholarship is awarded by the founder. Its
value is one hundred and twenty dollars a year.
The Birely Scholarship, founded upon the bequest of the late Mrs.
Evalena Seevers Birely in honor of her husband, Valentine Birely, Esq.,
of Frederick, Maryland, is awarded by the Visitors to some student from
the State of Maryland. Its value is about one hundred dollars a year.
The Henry Coalter Cabell Scholarship is awarded by the Visitors
to a graduate student upon the recommendation of the Committee of
the School of English Literature. Its value is fifty dollars a year.
FELLOWSHIPS.
The Vanderbilt Fellowships are supported out of the working fund
of the Leander McCormick Observatory. They are assigned to advanced
students who take Astronomy as their major subject and occupy a portion
of their time in work connected with the Observatory. They are
appointed upon the recommendation of the Director of the Observatory,
to whom applications for further information should be made. The value
of each Fellowship is three hundred and fifty dollars a year, with the remission
of all fees.
The John Y. Mason Fellowship, founded upon the gift of Archer
Anderson, Esq., of Richmond, Va., is awarded by the Visitors to some
competent and deserving graduate student, born in Virginia and in need
of such assistance. The value is two hundred dollars a year.
The William Cabell Rives Fellowship, founded in honor of the
distinguished statesman of that name by his grandson, Dr. William
Cabell Rives, of Wsahington, D. C., is awarded by the Board of Visitors,
on the nomination of the President of the University, to a
graduate student in History. The value of the fellowship is two hundred
and fifty dollars, with remission of all fees.
The Board of Visitors Fellowships:—The Board of Visitors makes
annual appointment, upon the recommendation of the professors in charge
of certain designated Schools, of four graduate students to Fellowships:
each incumbent is required to occupy a portion of his time in work connected
with the School from which he is nominated. The value of each
Fellowship is two hundred dollars a year, with the remission of all fees.
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