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GENERAL REGULATIONS
REGISTRATION
Registration.—Applicants seeking admission to the University must present
themselves to the Deans of their respective Departments at some time
during the first three days of the session.
Delayed Registration.—Any student who fails to present himself for registration
during the first three days of the session will not be admitted unless he
can explain his delay in a manner satisfactory to the Dean and will be charged
a delayed registration fee.
Registration after the Christmas Recess.—On the first week-day after
the Christmas Recess, every student is required to register by attending all
the classes or laboratory exercises at which he is due that day. No further
formality is necessary. Any student failing to register thus will be required
to pay the delayed registration fee, and will be liable to penalties imposed
for unexcused absences. But if the delay is due to illness or other providential
cause the Dean is authorized to remit the fee.
RESIDENCE AND ATTENDANCE
The Academic Year begins on the Thursday preceding the nineteenth
of September and continues for thirty-nine weeks. Thanksgiving Day and
Jefferson Day are holidays, and there is a Christmas recess beginning on the
last week-day before the twenty-third of December and closing on the evening
of the second of January.
Attendance is required of each student throughout the entire session,
with the exception of holidays, unless he receives permission to be temporarily
absent, or to withdraw before the close of the session. While in residence
each student is required to attend regularly all lectures and other prescribed
exercises in the courses which he pursues, or else suffer such penalties as may
be imposed for unexcused absences.
Voluntary Withdrawal from the University requires the written consent
of the Dean of the Department in which the student is registered. For the
conditions governing the return of fees upon withdrawal, see page 155.
Enforced Withdrawal is inflicted by the several department faculties
for habitual delinquency in class, habitual idleness or any other fault which
prevents the student from fulfilling the purposes for which he should have
come to the University. See also the regulations as to delinquent students in
the various departments.
Absence from Examinations.—Written examinations are an essential part
of the work of every course in the University, and attendance upon them is
required of every student. Absence may be excused only on the ground
of sickness on the day of examination (attested by a physician's certificate),
of the University.
Special Examinations are granted only upon prompt application therefor,
and in case the applicant's absence from the regular examination has been
excused. See the preceding paragraph.
Honor System.—All examinations are held under the Honor System, and
an unpledged paper is counted a total failure. In matters of class standing
as well, students are expected to regard themselves as governed by the law
of honor.
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.
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 anywhere else. 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 President will dismiss from the University every student convicted
of public drunkenness, or of other conduct reflecting serious discredit upon
the University.
In all cases of discipline, the law requires that the student must first be
informed of the objection to his conduct and afforded an opportunity of
explanation and defense.
The publication or sale of anonymous publications is forbidden.
Motor driven vehicles either owned or operated by students are prohibited
from parking in the roadways or elsewhere on the University grounds between
the hours of 9:00 a. m. and 3:30 p. m. At no time may they park in the alleys,
near fire hydrants, or on curves. However, students suffering from serious
physical disability may be granted permits to park.
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE
Medical Attendance.—Any student who is temporarily ill from causes not
due to his own misconduct, is entitled, without charge, to all necessary medical
advice from the University Physician; and, if necessary, to nursing in the
University Hospital at a reasonable charge for his maintenance while there.
This exemption from charge does not apply to cases requiring surgical operation,
treatment of the eye, ear, nose and throat, or to constitutional disorders
from which the student in question was suffering at the time of his
coming to the University. Nor is the University responsible for the expense
incurred through the employment of private nurses, necessitated by severe
contagious cases. Students who take the responsibility of boarding at houses
not approved by the Board of Health forfeit the right of medical attendance.
Any student sent to the University Hospital by the advice and under the care of
a physician other than the University Physician will be required to pay the
regular hospital charges for private patients.
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