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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.

Admission to the College of Arts and Sciences during the Session.—No
applicant for admission to the College of Arts and Sciences who has not been
previously registered therein will be admitted after October 1, unless the
Committee on Admissions is satisfied that, in view of his record, he is likely
to prove successful with the work undertaken in spite of the handicap of late
entrance.

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),
or for other imperative cause which may be approved by the several faculties
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 paragraphs.

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

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 University precincts or anywhere else. Drunkenness,
gambling and dissoluteness are strictly forbidden, and the President
may dismiss from the University any 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 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 objections to his conduct and afforded an opportunity of
explanation and defense.

The keeping of dogs by students within the University grounds is forbidden.

Motor driven vehicles either owned or operated by students are prohibited
from parking in the roadways and alleys of the University grounds
between the hours of 8:30 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. However, students suffering
from serious physical disability, or living more than two miles outside the
city limits, may be granted permits to park.

DORMITORIES AND BOARD

Dormitories.—Students may reside in the University dormitories, in their
homes, or in private houses approved by the President. The President will
withdraw from the approved list any house in which the regulations as
to the conduct of students are not observed. Any change of residence during
the session should be reported at the office of the Registrar.

For rules governing the rental and occupancy of University dormitories,
and the rates charged for the same, see page 158. For a list of private lodging
houses, with rates, apply to Bursar.

Board.—Students may board at the University Commons, at their homes,
or in private houses approved by the President.

For cost of board at the Commons, see page 160. For list of private
boarding houses, with rates, apply to the Bursar.

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
illness of students, or through the maintenance of quarantine precautions in
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.