 | The University of Virginia record February, 1909 |  |
REGULATIONS.
REGISTRATION.
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 concerned, who will, on satisfying himself that the applicant
is prepared to 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 Bursar. 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.
Registration after the Christmas Recess.—On the first week-day
after the Christmas Recess every student is required to register with
the Dean of his department between the hours of nine a. m. and two
p. m. Any student failing to thus register, will have his name dropped
from the rolls of his classes until further order from the Dean, but such
student may be registered by the Dean and restored to his position in his
classes on payment to the Bursar of the delayed registration fee of $3.00.
In case the delay in the student's return is due to illness, or to
excuse the absence; in every other case the absences due to delayed return
shall be recorded as unexcused absences; shall be so reported to the
parent or guardian of the student; and shall be given serious adverse
weight in considering the fitness of the student for graduation.
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 and between the hours of nine a. m. and 2 p. m.
on the first week-day after the Christmas Recess 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.
RESIDENCE, ATTENDANCE AND GRADE.
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 permission to be temporarily absent, or to withdraw before its
close. Leave of absence is granted by the Deans 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.
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 of 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 Training (pp. 265-269).
The same resolutions apply, mutatis mutandis, to members of other student
organizations.
Absence from Lectures may be excused by the professors, but
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 examinations is excused is admitted to the
Fall Examination in the subject in question in each of the departments
where such examinations are held. Where necessary, he is admitted to
a special examination.
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.
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.
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.
Probation.—Any student in the College or the Department of
Engineering whose term grade is below forty per cent. at either the
December or the March examination 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 whose term grade is below forty per cent. in all courses at any
examination will 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
will be put upon probation if he fails to attain a grade of forty 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. See also "Probation" above.
CONDUCT.
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 President, upon recommendation
of 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.
Drunkenness, gambling, and dissoluteness are strictly forbidden, and
the President may dismiss from the University for the residue of the
current session every student found guilty of them, or 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.
DORMITORY, BOARD, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
Dormitory.—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
Registrar.
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 sublet 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.
Medical Attendance.—Any student who is temporarily ill from
causes not due to his own misconduct is entitled, without charge, to
all necessary medical advice from the University Physician; and, if
necessary, to skilful 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 will be required to pay the regular hospital charges
for private patients.
Physical Training.—No student is permitted to undertake an
amount of work greater than he may reasonably be expected to 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.
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