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REGULATIONS.

ADMISSION.

To be admitted as a student of the University, the applicant must be at least sixteen years
of age; but the Faculty may dispense with this requirement in favor of one who has a brother
of the requisite age entering at the same time.

If the applicant for admission has been a student at any other incorporated seminary, he
must produce a certificate from such seminary, or other satisfactory evidence of general good
conduct.

DORMITORIES.

Any student is permitted to reserve, for the next session, the dormitory which he occupies,
if he applies for it before the end of the current session. Thereafter any unreserved dormitory
can be engaged upon application to the Proctor. But if the rent be not deposited with
him before the 15th day of September, the room is considered unengaged.

BOARDING HOUSES.

A student who lodges in a University Dormitory must, for the first month, board at the
Hotel or Club to which that dormitory is assigned. Thereafter he may change his boarding
house at the end of any or every month.

EXCHANGE OF SCHOOLS.

Students are permitted to exchange Schools, with transfer of fees, within one week after
admission. Thereafter no exchange is allowed except by leave of the Faculty, and then without
transfer of fees.

WITHDRAWAL FROM A SCHOOL.

No student can drop a class in a School without the permission of the professor of that
School. Nor can he give up any School without the permission of the Faculty.

WITHDRAWAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

No portion of a student's University fees is refunded on account of withdrawal from the
University, unless the withdrawal be rendered necessary by ill health.

ABSENCE FROM LECTURE.

A student is not permitted to absent himself from any lecture or examination without valid
excuse, nor from the University without special leave from the Chairman.

MONTHLY CIRCULAR.

At the end of every month a circular letter is addressed by the Chairman of the Faculty to
the parent or guardian of each student, in which are stated his absences from lectures and
examinations, and any other irregularities of which he may have been guilty, together with
such further information as to the student's progress and conduct as it may be deemed proper
to communicate, or as the parent or guardian may especially request. The object of such reports
being, on the one hand, to incite the student to steady diligence, by eliciting the commendation
and encouragement of his friends, and, on the other, to restrain him from idleness
and disorder, or to urge him to amendment by their admonition and advice, their usefulness
greatly depends upon the prompt and judicious attention they receive from those to whom
they are addressed. Parents and guardians, therefore, cannot be too earnest or prompt in
communicating such advice or encouragement as the monthly reports may suggest.

DISCIPLINE AND RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.

Morality and Religion are recognized as the foundation and indispensable concomitants of
education. The discipline of the University is sedulously administed with a view to confirm

integrity, and to maintain a sacred regard for truth. Great efforts are made to surround the
students with religious influences; but experience having proved that the best way to effect
this result is to forbear the employment of coercion, the attendance on religious exercises is
entirely voluntary. Prayers are held every morning in the chapel, and divine service is conducted
twice on Sunday by a Chaplain, selected in turn from the principal religious denominations.

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
not. They strictly forbid drunkenness, gaming, dissoluteness, swearing, habits of expense
and the introduction of wine or other intoxicating drinks into the University. They require
a decorous observance of Sunday, and forbid all outdoor sports on that day. They forbid the
use or possession by a student of fire arms or other weapons, and the introduction of them
into the University precincts.

EXCLUSION OF A STUDENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

If in the opinion of the Faculty any student be not fulfilling the purposes for which he
ought to have come to the University, and be not likely to fulfil them, either from habitual
delinquency in any of his classes or from habitual idleness or from any other bad habit, the
Faculty may require him to withdraw from the University, after informing him of the objections
to his conduct and affording him an opportunity of explanation and defence.

PROHIBITION OF CREDIT.

An act of the legislature prohibits merchants and others, under severe penalties, from crediting
students. The license to contract debts, which the Chairman is authorized to grant, is
limited, (except when the parent or guardian requests otherwise in writing), to cases of urgent
necessity; and these, it is hoped, parents and guardians will prevent, as far as possible,
by a timely supply of the requisite funds.

PRIVILEGED STUDENTS.

Ministers of the Gospel may attend any of the Schools of the University without the payment
of tuition fees. The same privilege will be extended to any young man who submits
testimonials that he is an approved candidate for the ministry, and unable to meet the expenses
of education at the University without aid.

LICENTIATES.

Any person of unexceptionable character and habits, upon producing to the Faculty satisfactory
evidence of suitable capacity and attainments, may be licensed by the Faculty to form
classes for private instruction in any School of the University, in aid of and in conformity to
the public teachings of the Professor upon any subject taught therein. The employment, selection,
and compensation of such Licentiate is left to the determination of the students.

DONATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

Under an act of the Legislature, "any person may deposit in the treasury of this State, or
bequeath money, stock, or public bonds of any kind, to be so deposited, or grant, devise, or
bequeath property, real or personal, to be sold, and the proceeds to be so deposited . . . for
the benefit of the University of Virginia . . . The State of Virginia is hereby constituted the
trustee for the safe keeping and due application of all funds which may be deposited in the
treasury in pursuance of this act."

LEGAL TITLE OF THE UNIVERSITY.

"The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia."