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EXAMINATIONS.

The regulations of the University require that at each meeting the Professor
shall examine the class on the subject matter of the previous lecture
before beginning the new lecture.

Besides this daily oral examination, two general written examinations of
each class are held during the session, which every member is required to
stand. The Intermediate Examination occurs near the middle of the session,
and is upon the subjects of instruction of the first part of the course. The
Final Examination occurs near the end of the session, and is in some classes
upon the subjects of instruction of the second part of the course only, in
others upon those of the entire course. In these examinations the questions
have numerical values affixed. If the answers at any general examination
amount in value to three-fourths of the aggregate value of the questions,
a Certificate of Distinction is awarded to the student, and the fact is published
at the close of the session. Examinations for Proficiency or for Graduation
coincide with the Intermediate and Final Examinations

The written examinations are conducted in each School by the Professor,
in the presence of two other Professors, forming with him the Committee of
Examination for that School. They are sufficiently comprehensive and difficult
to render it impossible for a student, without steady diligence, to attain a
Distinction, and candidates for Proficiency or for Graduation are subjected to
searching interrogations on the details as well as on the general principles of
the subject, and are expected to be accurately versed in all matters treated
in the lectures and correlative text. Moreover, the student's command of
English, and his standing at both daily and general examinations are taken
into account in estimating his qualification for the certificate or diploma.

No special examination is granted except upon a physician's certificate of
sickness on the day of examination, or other like cause which the Faculty
may authorize as adequate ground.

No entrance examination is required except for Academical students from
Virginia seeking free tuition. The requirements for these examinations are
stated elsewhere.

Candidates for admission to the higher classes in the several Schools are
expected to exhibit to the Professors suitable evidences of adequate preliminary
training.