 | The University of Virginia record February 1, 1918 |  |
REGULATIONS.
REGISTRATION.
Registration of New Students.—Applicants seeking admission to the
University for the first time must present themselves at Peabody Hall at some
time during the first three days of the session. Each candidate who satisfies
the requirements for admission set forth on pages 62-75 will be directed to the
dean of the department which he proposes to enter, or, in the case of first-year
students in the College, to one of several professors designated for this purpose
by the Dean. After conference with the above the candidate will receive a card
containing a list of the courses which he wishes to take. This card must be
presented to each professor concerned, who will, on satisfying himself that the
applicant is prepared to take the course in question, sign the card, and enter the
applicant's name upon the roll of the course. The card must then be presented
to the Bursar, who will endorse upon it the amount of fees to be paid. On
payment of these fees the registration of the applicant as a student of the University
will be completed.
Registration of Matriculated Students.—Students who have previously
been matriculated as members of the University are required to present themselves
directly to the deans of their respective departments upon one of the first
three days of the session, and to follow thereafter the procedure described above.
Delayed Registration.—Any student who fails to present himself for
registration during the first three days of the session will be admitted to registration
only provided he can explain his delay in a manner satisfactory to the
President, and will be charged a delayed registration fee of three dollars.
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 register thus will be required to pay the delayed registration fee of
three dollars, and will be liable to whatever penalties may be imposed by his
professors for unexcused absences. But if the delay is due to illness or other
providential cause, the dean is authorized to remit the fee and to notify the
professors concerned that the student's absences have been satisfactorily
explained.
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 weekday
before the twenty-fifth 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 has received written permission to be temporarily
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 his professors may impose for unexcused absences.
Leave of Absence from the University is granted for sufficient reason by
the dean of the department in which the student is registered, and must in
every case be obtained in advance. But leaves of absence for the purpose of
accompanying the athletic teams or other student organizations on excursions
will not be granted except to the officers and members of these organizations.
The laws relating to absence from the University of members of the athletic
teams are found on page 226. The same regulations apply, mutatis mutandis,
to members of other student organizations.
Voluntary Withdrawal from the University requires the written consent
of the Dean of the University and the dean of the department in which
the student is registered. When a permit is granted upon the University
Physician's certificate that withdrawal is necessary on account of 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 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: The College, page 139; the Department of Law, pages
164-165; the Department of Medicine, pages 171-172; the Department of
Engineering, page 205.
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 the examination (attested by a physician's certificate), or
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 paragraph.
Honor System.—All examinations are held under the Honor System, and
an unpledged paper is counted as a total failure. In matters of class standing
as well, students are expected to regard themselves as governed by the law of
honor. See page 13.
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 not. 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.
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.
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.
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 pages 88-89. For list of private lodging
houses, with rates, apply to the Registrar.
Board.—Students may board at the University Commons, at their homes,
or in private houses approved by the President.
For the cost of board at the Commons, see page 88. For list of private
boarding houses, with rates, apply to the Registrar.
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND PHYSICAL TRAINING.
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.
Physical Training.—No student is permitted to undertake an amount of
work greater than he may reasonably be expected to carry without detriment to
his health; and every student is advised to take a due amount of daily outdoor
exercise, for which ample opportunities are afforded by the athletic fields, the
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. For the regular course in Physical Training
with credit value toward academic degrees, see page 133. Further information
upon the equipment and policy of the University in the matter of Physical
Training and Athletics will be found on page 224.
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