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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 course 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 153.

Enforced Withdrawal is inflicted by the several departmental 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 therefore,
and in case the applicant's absence from the regular examination has been
excused.

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.