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RESIDENCE.

The Academic Year extends from the morning of the Thursday
preceding the seventeenth of September to the evening of the Wednesday
before the nineteenth of June. Thanksgiving Day is a holiday,
and there is a Christmas recess beginning on the morning of
the twenty-fourth 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 the days above indicated, unless he
has received permission to be temporarily absent, or to withdraw
before its close. Leave of absence is granted by the Deans for sufficient
reasons, and must in every case be obtained in advance. Voluntary
withdrawal requires the written consent of the student's professors
and of the Dean of the University. While in residence each
student is required to attend regularly all lectures and other prescribed
exercises and all examinations in the courses which he pursues
(unless excused for cause) and in every way to conform to the
regulations of the University. Students may reside in the University
dormitories, in private houses approved by the President, or in their
homes. Any change of residence during the session should be reported
at the office of the Registrar.

Physical Culture.—No student is permitted to undertake an
amount of work greater than he may reasonably be expected to do
well without detriment to his physical health: and every student is
advised to take a due amount of daily outdoor exercise, for which

ample opportunities are afforded upon the athletic fields, the tennis
courts, the golf course, and in other forms; and, in addition, to make
systematic 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. Further
information upon this important subject will be found upon a subsequent
page.

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 skilful 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, chronic cases,
or to constitutional disorders of long standing from which the student
in question was suffering at the time of his coming to the University.
Students who take the responsibility of boarding at houses not approved
by the Board of Health forfeit the right to this exemption.
Students residing at their own homes, who waive this right, are
entitled to the remission of a portion of the University fee. 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.