ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Session 1915.
The session will begin Tuesday, June 22, and close Thursday, August
5, 1915. Tuesday, June 22, will be devoted to the registration of students.
All students should register on this day. The entire Faculty of the Summer
School will be in the Auditorium of the Education Building near the
Registrar's office during June 22 for consultation. Students should consult
freely with members of the Faculty in case of difficulty in choosing
courses. No certificate will be granted to students who fail to register
before Tuesday, June 29th.
FEES.
For Non-Virginia Students.—A single registration fee of twelve
dollars will be charged each non-Virginia student. This fee will entitle
the student to enter any of the courses outlined in the catalogue, except
a few special courses which are so designated. No student, however, will
be allowed to take more than three advanced courses or six elementary
courses without special permission in writing from the Director.
For Virginia Teachers.—Tuition will be entirely free to all Virginia
teachers in all the regular courses, both elementary and advanced, leading
to the professional and first grade certificates. There are a few special
courses offered to meet certain demands, although not necessary for certificate
credit, for which fees will be charged to all who take them. The fee
attached to each is designated in the catalogue. Small fees in laboratory
courses will also be charged all students who register in them.
Students from Virginia who are not teachers or preparing to teach
next session will be charged the same tuition as non-Virginia students.
CREDIT.
Certificates will be granted in each course in the University Department
to those students who attain a grade of 75 per cent. This grade will
be the average of the recitation and examination marks. No student will
be permitted to take more than three courses for the Summer School Professional
Certificate—advanced grade, or for University credit, without the
permission of the Director.
University of Virginia College Credit.—Below are stated the conditions
upon which credit in the University of Virginia may be granted
for work done in the Summer School.
(a) The student must satisfy the entrance requirements of the University
of Virginia, and matriculate, before he can receive credit in the
College for any work done in the University of Virginia Summer School.
(b) The Dean of the College will accept the completion of the courses
in the Summer School in lieu of the entrance examinations in the same
subject, provided that in his judgment the courses are equivalent to those
required for entrance to the University of Virginia, and provided that
the certificates of courses completed be approved by the University of Virginia
professor concerned.
(c) The Dean of the College and the professor in charge of the School
in which credit is desired, will accept certificates of completion of summer
courses in lieu of "A" courses in the University of Virginia, provided that
such summer courses be approved by the University of Virginia professor
concerned, as the full equivalent in character and scope of the corresponding
"A" courses in the University.
(d) Certificates of completion of certain summer courses approved
by the Academic Faculty will be accepted in lieu of portions of "B" courses,
provided that in each case the Dean of the College, the Faculty Committee
on Rules and Courses in the College, and the professor in charge
of the courses for which credit is desired, certify in writing that the
summer courses completed are equivalent in character and scope to that
portion of the regular sessional work for which credit is desired.
(e) The character of the examinations and the numerical standard
(75 per cent) required for their successful completion shall be the same
as those of the sessional examinations.
(f) Courses which satisfy the conditions above stated will be credited
toward the B. A. and B. S. degrees offered in the College of the University
as follows:
1. Courses in which not less than thirty hours of lecture instruction
are given will be credited as one session-hour.
2. Courses in which not less than thirty hours of lecture instruction
and not less than sixty hours of laboratory instruction are given will
be credited as two session-hours.
(g) No student wishing college credit will be permitted to take
more than three courses in one session except by special permission of the
Director, upon the recommendation of the professors offering the courses
he desires to take.
Courses which may be taken for University College Credit.—Astronomy
1, 2, 3, and 4; Biology 1 and 2; Chemistry 3 and 4; Latin 5, 6,
and 7; Education 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; English 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8;
French 1, 2, and 3; German 1, 2, and 3; History 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6;
Mathematics 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; Philosophy 1, 2, and 3; Physics 5, 6,
7, and 8; Psychology 1 and 2.
VIRGINIA STATE CERTIFICATES.
Teachers outside of Virginia are not bound in the choice of their
courses by the conditions under which Virginia certificates are issued, unless
they desire to teach in Virginia and apply for a certificate issued in this
State. In this case only state certificates from other States will be recognized
as a proper basis for professional work.
Teachers from other States will receive credit for all work done at
the Summer School in accordance with the certificate regulations of those
States from which they come.
The Virginia certificates with which the courses of study at the
Summer School are immediately concerned are the following:
The Summer School Professional Certificate—College Grade.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—Advanced Grade.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—Grammar Grade.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—Primary Grade.
The following general conditions must be fulfilled by all applicants
before they can enter upon the work leading to these certificates. The applicant
must be the holder of a Virginia first grade certificate or of a Virginia
first grade high-school certificate and must have had at least five months
of actual teaching experience. When necessary, the certificate which entitles
the teacher to enter upon the summer school professional courses, may be
revived or extended for one year from time to time, provided that part of
the professional course prescribed for the year is successfully completed.
No certificate which has expired can be revived for more than one year upon
the basis of completing any one year of professional work.
No credit can be allowed for the Summer School Professional Certificate
except for work completed at a registered college or normal school
in Virginia and in those of equal grade outside of Virginia whose courses
have been approved and registered by the State Board of Education.
The applicant shall make at least 75 per cent on class standing and
examination on each subject required for the certificate. The course must
be completed within a period of five years if taken in summer terms of
four weeks each, or in four years if taken in summer terms of six weeks
each. The minimum time allowed for completing the Summer School Professional
Certificate is three terms of four weeks each or two terms of six
weeks each. A minimum of 300 recitation periods of at least 40 minutes
each is required, and for courses of College Grade a minimum of 180
recitation periods of at least 60 minutes each.
Summer School Professional Certificate—Advanced Grade.—This certificate
entitles the holder to teach only in the elementary schools. The
course must embrace the following branches of college grade: Required,
two courses—English and Education. Electives, four courses to be chosen
from the following: Agriculture, Biology, Field Botany, Chemistry, Drawing,
French, Geography, Domestic Science, German, History, Latin, Domestic
Economy, Library Methods, Music, Mathematics, Hygiene and
Sanitation, Physics, Psychology, Philosophy, Manual Training.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—College Grade.—This
certificate entitles the holder to teach in the high schools. The holder of
a First Grade High School Certificate, or a certificate based upon an
equivalent amount of work, may be issued the above certificate upon the
completion of work of college grade in the University of Virginia Summer
School, provided the work shall occupy the minimum hours of recitation
periods of sixty minutes each as given in the following table. The applicant
must have had in an accredited summer school a course of at least
thirty hours in Educational Psychology and the Principles of Teaching.
This certificate entitles the holder to teach both high and elementary
school branches.
Agriculture, 90 hours.
Botany, 60 hours.
Chemistry, 150 hours, of which 60 hours must be laboratory work.
Drawing, 90 hours.
English, 120 hours, including 30 hours in English Grammar, 30 hours
in Rhetoric and Composition, and 60 hours in English and American
Literature.
Domestic Science, 90 hours.
French, 90 hours.
German, 90 hours.
History, 120 hours, including 60 hours in General History, 30 hours
in English History, and 30 hours in American History and Civics.
Latin, 90 hours, including a review of Cæsar, Cicero, and Vergil.
Manual Training, 90 hours.
Mathematics, 120 hours, including Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry,
and Plane Trigonometry.
Music, 90 hours.
Physics, 150 hours, of which 60 shall be laboratory work.
Physical Geography, 60 hours.
Zoölogy, 60 hours.
Courses which may be taken for Summer School Professional Certificate—Advanced
Grade.—Agriculture 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; Biology
1 and 2; Field Botany; Chemistry 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; Latin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
and 7; Domestic Economy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; Drawing 2, 3, and 4; Education
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; English 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; French 1 and 2;
Games, Sec. 3; Geography 1 and 2; German 1, 2, and 3; History 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, and 6; Hygiene 1; Library Methods; Manual Training 1, 2, 3, and 4;
Mathematics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; Music 1, 5, 6, and 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, and 14; Physics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; Psychology 1 and 2.
No student registering for Summer School Professional Certificate
may take more than three courses in one summer.
Courses which may be taken for the Summer School Professional
Certificate—College Grade.—Agriculture 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; Biology 1
and 2; Field Botany; Chemistry 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; Domestic Economy 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, and 6; Drawing 2, 3, and 4; Education 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; English
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; French 1, 2, and 3; Geography 1 and 2; German
1, 2, and 3; History 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; Hygiene 1; Latin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, and 7; Library Methods; Manual Training 1, 2, 3, and 4; Mathematics
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; Music 1 and 5, 6, and 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and
14; Physics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; Psychology 1 and 2.
No student applying for Summer School Professional certificate—
College Grade, may take more than three courses in one summer.
TEACHERS' POSITIONS.
The University Bureau of Appointments receives demands for teachers
each year, and would be glad to have well qualified teachers who are in
attendance upon the Summer School leave their applications with the
Director, who is a member of the Bureau.
BOARD AND ROOMS.
Board and room may be had at prices ranging from $4.00 per week,
where several stay in the same room, upwards, according to accommodations
and proximity to the University, the average being $4.50 to $5.50
per week. Many of the boarding houses immediately adjoin the university
grounds.
One hundred single rooms and one hundred and twenty-five double
rooms in the university dormitories will be reserved in the order of
application upon the following terms: The price will be $5.00 for the
full term of six weeks for a single room, and $8.00 for a room which
will accommodate two. No reduction will be made for parts of a term.
Applications for rooms must be accompanied with the full amount of the
fee in order to have them reserved. The amount of the fee will be returned
for good reason and room released if application is made before
June 10th. No rooms will be rented to any person who does not register
and pay the fee in the Summer School.
REDUCED RAILWAY RATES.
All students coming to the Summer School from points within the
territory covered by the Southeastern Passenger Association, i. e., the
territory lying south of the Potomac and east of the Mississippi, should
apply to the local agent for reduced rates some time in advance. In case
the agent has received no instructions to sell reduced rate tickets to
Charlottesville, Virginia, the applicant should write promptly to the
Director of the Summer School, or Mr. Joseph Richardson, Secretary
Southeastern Passenger Association, Atlanta, Ga.
