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GENERAL REGULATIONS.

Dormitory.—The occupant of a dormitory has first right to it,
and may reserve it for the next session by registration with the
Bursar before the end of the current session; thereafter any vacant
dormitory is assigned to the first applicant. But unless a deposit of
fifteen dollars is made with the Bursar on or before September 1,
the room is forfeited. No dormitory may be sublet or used for other
than its proper purpose.

Boarding.—Students may board and lodge either in the University
precincts or at their homes, or in houses licensed by the
Faculty. It is the duty of the President to withdraw the license from
any house in which the regulations as to the conduct of students are
not observed. Change of lodging should be reported at the Registrar's
office.

Change of Schools, with transfer of fees, cannot be made except
by special order of the Faculty. But a student may change from
one class to another of the same School with the advice and consent
of the professors concerned.

Absence from the University is permitted upon the written leave
of the Dean of the Department in which the student is registered,

obtained in every case in advance. But leaves of absence for the
purpose of accompanying the athletic teams or musical clubs on
excursions will not be granted, except to the officers and members
of the organizations.

Absence from Lectures may be excused by the professors, but
only for sickness or like providential cause. Such excuses must be
rendered on the day of the first lecture attended after the absence.
Unexcused absences from lectures render the student liable to be disciplined
by the Faculty. In case of delayed entrance the student is
regarded as having been absent from all lectures or other exercises
that have been given, in the courses which he enters, since the beginning
of the session.

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 thus register, will have his name
dropped from the rolls of his classes until further order from the
Dean, but such student may be registered by the Dean and restored
to his position in his classes on payment to the Bursar of the delayed
registration fee of $3.00.

In case the delay in the student's return is due to illness, or to
other like providential cause, the Dean is authorized to remit the
fee and excuse the absence; in every other case the absences due to
delayed return shall be recorded as unexcused absences; shall be so
reported to the parent or guardian of the student; and shall be given
serious adverse weight in considering the fitness of the student for
graduation.

Absence from Examinations will not be excused except for sickness
on the day of examination (attested by a physician's certificate)
or other cause which the Faculty of the Department by special order
may approve. An unexcused absence, or the presentation of an unpledged
paper, is counted as a total failure in the examination in
which it occurs. A student whose absence from examination is excused
is admitted to the Fall Examination in the subject in question
in each of the departments where such examinations are held.
Where necessary, he is admitted to a special examination.

Class Standing in any course is determined by the regularity of
attendance of the student upon the lectures (and laboratory or other
similar exercises where included) in the course in question, and by
the faithful performance of his work as indicated by his answers
when questioned, by his written exercises, notebooks, the faithful
performance of laboratory (or other similar) work, etc. Students
are regarded by the Faculty as under the law of honor in matters
affecting class standing as in examinations.

The Grade of the Student in any course, either for a term or for
the session, is determined by the combined class standing and the result of
examination, each being considered in such proportion as the professor in
charge may decide for the course in question.

Probation.—Any student in the College or the Department of
Engineering whose term grade is below forty per cent. at either the
December or the March examination in each of two subjects will be put
upon probation until the following examination: a like failure at that time
will make it necessary for him to withdraw from the University. Any
student whose term grade is below forty per cent. in all courses at any
examination will be required to withdraw from the University.

A student in any Department of the University who is evidently making
no real progress in one of his courses of study may at any time, after
due admonition, be required to drop the course in question. A student in
the College or the Department of Engineering who falls under this rule
will be put upon probation if he fails to attain a grade of forty per cent. in
a single one of his remaining courses at a succeeding examination.

Voluntary Withdrawal from the University requires the written
consent of the student's professors and of the Dean of the University.
When a permit is granted upon the University Physician's certificate
that withdrawal is necessary on account of the student's 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 Faculty 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 "Probation" above.

Conduct.—Drunkenness, gambling, and dissoluteness are strictly
forbidden, and the President may dismiss from the University for the
residue of the current session every student found guilty of them, or may
administer such other discipline as seems best under the circumstances.

The Keeping of Dogs by students within the University grounds
is forbidden.

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.

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.

Athletic Teams and other Student Organizations.—The laws relating
to absence from the University of members of the Athletic teams are
found in the section upon Physical Culture (pp. 231-232). The same resolutions
apply, mutatis mutandis, to members of other student organizations.