 | University of Virginia record November, 1909 |  |
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.
For admission to the University of Virginia the general conditions
are the following:
1. Sufficient Age.—The minimum legal age is sixteen years;
seventeen years or more are advised.
2. Good Character.—As attested by a certificate from the school
last attended or other valid proof.
3. Adequate Preparation.—As shown by the certificate of an accredited
school, or an equivalent examination.
For admission to the College the candidate must offer fourteen
units as specified below; of these three must be in English, three
in Mathematics, one in History. Candidates for the degree of
Bachelor of Arts must offer in addition four units of Latin. Candidates
for the degree of Bachelor of Science must offer four units
in two Modern Languages (French, German, Spanish). The remaining
units may be selected at will from the list given on page 3.
For admission to the Department of Engineering the candidate
must offer fourteen units as specified below; of these three must be
in English, four in Mathematics, one in History, and the residue
selected at will. The candidate is advised to include in his preparation
high school courses in Physics, Chemistry, and Physical Geography.
Mechanical Drawing and Shop-Work are also recommended.
For admission to the Department of Law the candidate must offer
fourteen units as specified below; of these three must be in English,
three in Mathematics, one in History, and the residue selected at will.
The candidate must also be at least eighteen years old.
For admission to the Department of Medicine the candidate must
fulfill the special requirements, set forth on page 192 of the section of
the catalogue devoted to that department.
The unit in the above estimates is the equivalent of one full year of
High School work, including five periods a week of at least forty minutes
each during at least thirty-six weeks.
SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION.
The Subjects accepted for Admission and their values in units are
given in tabulated form on the opposite page. Fuller Definitions of
the Units follow immediately after. The applicant for admission may
enter either by Certificate or by Examination.
For Admission by Certificate the candidate must file with the Dean
of the University not later than September first a Certificate of Preparation,
made out on the blank form furnished by the University.
This certificate must come from some recognized institution of collegiate
rank or from an accredited high school. It must bear in all
cases the signature of the head of the school; must specify the character
and content of each course offered for entrance credit; must give
the length of time devoted to the course; and must give the candidate's
grades in percentages. Each unit in the entrance requirements
is the equivalent of one full year of high school work, including five
periods a week of at least forty minutes each during not less than
thirty-six weeks. For schools in which the number of periods given
to any study, or the length of the period, is below the standard here
specified, the credit for such study will be reduced pro rata. In the
scientific subjects two hours of laboratory instruction will be counted
as the equivalent of one hour of recitation. High school courses in
Physics and Chemistry, otherwise adequate, will be allowed half
credit, when individual laboratory work is not done by the student or
is not attested by proper note books filed with the certificate. Certificates
of preparation from private tutors will in no case be accepted;
students thus prepared must in all cases take the Entrance Examinations.
For Admission by Examination the candidate must present himself
for test at the University of Virginia in June or in September, according
to the dates given in the Programme of Entrance Examinations,
page 12. The examinations are held under the honor system,
no paper being accepted unless accompanied by the usual pledge. All
candidates who take their examinations at the times appointed are
tested free of charge. In case of delayed entrance, where the grounds
of postponement are good, the President of the University may admit
the candidate to a special examination, for which an additional fee of
five dollars is charged. The fee is payable in advance and is in no case
returned. Satisfactory certificates as to character and age are in all
cases required.
| Subject | Topics | Units |
| English A | English Grammar and Grammatical Analysis | 1 |
| English B | English Composition and Rhetoric | 1 |
| English C | Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature | 1 |
| Mathematics A | Algebra to Quadratic Equations | 1 |
| Mathematics B | Quadratics, Progressions and the Binomial Formula | 1 |
| Mathematics C | Plane Geometry | 1 |
| Mathematics D 1 | Solid Geometry | ½ |
| Mathematics D 2 | Plane Trigonometry | ½ |
| History A | Greek and Roman History | 1 |
| History B | Mediæval and Modern European History | 1 |
| History C | English History | 1 |
| History D | American History and Civil Government | 1 |
| Latin A | Grammar, Composition and Translation | 1 |
| Latin B | Cæsar's Gallic War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Latin C | Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Latin D | Virgil's Æneid, I-VI; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Greek B | Grammar; Composition; Xenophon's Anabasis, I-IV | 2 |
| German | Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 2 |
| French | Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 2 |
| Spanish | Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 2 |
| Science A | Physical Geography | 1 |
| Science B | Inorganic Chemistry | 1 |
| Science C | Experimental Physics | 1 |
| Science D | Botany and Zoology | 1 |
| Drawing | Mechanical and Projection Drawing | 1 |
| Shop-Work | Wood-Work, Forging and Machine-Work | 1 |
DEFINITIONS OF THE UNITS.
The following definitions of the units in the requirements for entrance
are designed on the one hand to guide the student in his preparation
for the entrance examinations, and on the other to govern the
high school principal and teacher in organizing the courses of instruction.
English.
English A. English Grammar and Grammatical Analysis:—The
parts of speech with inflections and uses of each; syntax, especially of
nouns, verbs, and conjunctions; detailed study of sentence-structure,
including capitalization and punctuation. Text-Book recommended,
Baskervill and Sewell's English Grammar. Grammar and analysis
might well be taught through two years of the High School. (One
unit).
English B. Composition and Rhetoric:—The choice, arrangement
and connection of words with exercises on synonyms, antonyms, and
degrees and shades of meaning; fundamental qualities of style, with
selected and original examples; the sentence in detail as to unity,
coherence and proportion with ample exercises in constructing sentences
of varied types and emphasis; the paragraph with reference to
placing topic, structure for unity, continuity, and emphasis, with
abundant exercises in composing good paragraphs; much practice in
planning and writing simple compositions on familiar subjects under
the heads of narration, description, exposition and argumentation.
Text-Book recommended, Brooks and Hubbard's Composition-Rhetoric.
Practice in composition should continue through the entire
High School course, though formal rhetoric may be studied but one
year. (One unit).
English C. Critical Study of Selected Specimens of Literature:
—The specimens for reading and study designated for college entrance
requirements by the joint committee of colleges and secondary
schools. These required books or their equivalents should be studied
throughout the High School course under the guidance of the instructor.
Parallel reading should be encouraged and intelligent conversation
about books directed.
The college entrance requirements in English for 1909, 1910, 1911
are:
I. For Study and Practice. Shakespeare's Macbeth; Milton's Lycidas,
Comus, L'Allegro, and Il Penseroso; Burke's Speech on Conciliation
or Washington's Farewell Address, and Webster's First Bunker Hill Oration;
Macaulay's Life of Johnson or Carlyle's Essay on Burns.
II. For reading. Group 1 (two to be selected): Shakespeare's
As You Like It; Henry V; Julius Cæsar; The Merchant of Venice;
Twelfth Night. Group 2 (one to be selected): Bacon's Essays; Bunyan's
The Pilgrim's Progress, Part I; Addison's Sir Roger de Coverley;
Franklin's Autobiography.
Group 3 (one to be selected): Chaucer's Prologue; Spencer's Færie
Queene (Selections); Pope's The Rape of the Lock; Goldsmith's The
Deserted Village; Palgrave's Golden Treasury (First Series), Books II
and III, with especial attention to Dryden, Collins, Gray, Cowper,
and Burns.
Group 4 (two to be selected): Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield;
Scott's Ivanhoe; Scott's Quentin Durward; Hawthorne's House of
the Seven Gables; Thackeray's Henry Esmond; Mrs. Gaskell's Cranford;
Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities; George Eliot's Silas Marner; Blackmore's
Lorna Doone.
Group 5 (two to be selected): Irving's Sketch Book (Selections);
Lamb's Essays of Elia; DeQuincey's Joan of Arc and The English Mail
Coach; Carlyle's Heroes and Hero Worship; Emerson's Essays (Selected);
Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies.
Group 6 (two to be selected): Coleridge's The Ancient Marinr;
Scott's The Lady of the Lake; Byron's Mazeppa and The Prisoner of
Chillon; Palgrave's Golden Treasury (First Series), Book IV, with especial
attention to Wordsworth, Keats, and Shelley; Macaulay's Lays
of Ancient Rome; Poe's Poems; Lowell's The Vision of Sir Launjal;
Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum; Longfellow's The Courtship of Miles
Standish; Tennyson's Lancelot and Elaine, The Passing of Arthur, Gareth
and Lynette; Browning's Cavalier Tunes, The Lost Leader, How They
Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix, Evelyn Hope, Home
Thoughts from Abroad, Home Thoughts from the Sea, Incident of the
French Camp, the Boy and the Angel, One Word More, Herve Riel,
Phidippids. (One unit).
The courses outlined, in accordance with the program of most
high schools, have taken into account English, (1) as a language, (2)
as a means of expression, (3) as a literature—all so intimately connected,
however, that the proper study of each will bear indirectly on
the other two.
No student will be conditioned on English A or B.
Mathematics.
Mathematics A. Algebra to Quadratic Equations:—The four
fundamental operations for rational algebraic expressions; factoring,
determination of highest common factor and lowest common multiple
linear equations, both numerical and literal, containing one
or more unknown quantities; problems depending on linear equations;
radicals, including the extraction of the square root of polynomials
and numbers; exponents, including the fractional and negative. (One
unit).
Mathematics B. Quadratic Equations, Progressions, and the
Binomial Formula:—Quadratic equations, both numerical and literal;
simple cases of equations with one or more unknown quantities, that
can be solved by the methods of linear or quadratic equations; problems
depending upon quadratic equations; the binomial formula for
positive integral exponents; the formulas for the nth term and the
sum of the terms of arithmetic and geometric progressions, with applications.
(One unit).
Mathematics C. Plane Geometry, with Original Exercises:—
The usual theorems and constructions of good text-books, including
the general properties of plane rectilinear figures; the circle and the
measurement of angles; similar polygons; areas; regular polygons
and the measurement of the circle. The solution of numerous original
exercises, including loci problems. Application to the mensuration of
lines and plane surfaces. (One unit).
Mathematics D1. Solid Geometry, with Original Exercises:—
The usual theorems and constructions of good text-books, including
the relations of planes and lines in space; the properties and measurement
of prisms, pyramids, cylinders and cones; the sphere and the
spherical triangle. The solution of numerous original exercises, including
loci problems. Applications to the mensuration of surfaces
and solids. (Half unit).
Mathematics D2. Plane Trigonometry:—Definitions and relations
of the six trigonometric functions as ratios; circular measurement of
angles; proofs of principal formulas; product formulas; trigonometric
transformations. Solution of simple trigonometric equations. Theory
and use of logarithms (without introducing infinite series). Solution
of right and oblique triangles with applications. (Half unit).
No student will be conditioned on Mathematics A, B, or C.
History.
History A. Greek and Roman History, including the geography of
Greece and the early development of Ancient Hellas; state and national
development to the period of the foreign wars; the foreign wars
and the supremacy of Athens; the wars between the Greek states;
the Macedonian invasion and the empire of Alexander the Great; the
its supremacy in Italy; the conquest of the Mediterranean; the transition
from republic to monarchy; the ancient world under the Roman
empire; the transition from ancient to mediæval history, down to the
death of Charlemagne. (One unit).
History B. Mediæval and Modern European History, including the
Carolingian empire and feudalism; the papacy and the beginnings of
the new Germano-Roman empire; the formation of France; the East
and the crusades; Christian and feudal civilization; the era of the
Renaissance; the Protestant Revolution and the religious wars; the
ascendency of France and the age of Louis Quatorze; the rise of
Russia and Prussia and colonial expansion; the French Revolution; Napoleon
and the Napoleonic wars; the growth of nationality, democracy
and liberty in the Nineteenth Century. (One unit).
History C. English History, including the geography of England
and early Britain; Saxon England; Norman England; England under
the Plantagenets; Tudor England; Puritans and Royalists; the constitutional
monarchy; the modern British empire. (One unit).
History D. American History and Civil Government:—In American
History the work includes the earliest discoveries to 1607; Virginia
and the other Southern colonies; Massachusetts and the other
New England colonies; New York and the other Middle colonies;
the colonies in the Eighteenth Century; the causes of the Revolution;
the Revolution, the Confederation, and the Constitution; Federalist
supremacy to 1801; Jeffersonian Republicanism to 1817; economic
and political reorganization to 1829; the National Democracy to 1844;
slavery in the Territories to 1860; the War of Secession, Reconstruction
and the problems of peace to 1900. In Civil Government the
work covers the early forms of Government; the Colonies and Colonial
Government; Colonial Union and the Revolution; the Confederation
and the Constitution; the Political Parties and Party
Machinery; the existing Federal Government; the Foreign Relations
of the United States. (One unit).
Latin.
Latin A. Grammar and Composition:—The Roman pronunciation;
habitual observance of accent and quantity; thorough mastery of the
regular forms; the simpler rules of word-formation and derivation;
syntax of the cases, tenses, and moods; accusative and infinitive, relative
and conditional sentences, indirect discourse, and the subjunctive.
Translation into Latin of easy detached sentences illustrating
grammatical principles, and of very easy continuous prose based upon
the vocabulary of Cæsar and Cicero. (One unit).
Latin B. Cæsar's Gallic War, Books I-IV:—A reasonable acquaintance
with the time and purpose of the author; intelligent grasp
of the thought; ability to summarize the narrative as a whole; ready
comprehension of the normal forms and constructions; a reasonable
facility in reading at sight passages of like vocabulary and construction.
As much as one book of Cæsar may be substituted by an
equivalent amount of Viri Romæ, or other Latin prose. In connection
with all of the reading there must be constant practice in prose
composition, as well as in sight translation. (One unit).
Latin C. Cicero's Orations against Catiline, and Two Others:—
A reasonable acquaintance with the time and circumstances of the
Catilinarian conspiracy; intelligent appreciation of the orator's thought
and purpose; ability to summarize the oration as a whole; readiness
in explaining normal forms and constructions; reasonable facility in
reading at sight passages of like vocabulary and structure. As much
as two orations may be substituted by an equivalent amount of Nepos,
or other Latin prose. In connection with all of the reading there must
be constant practice in prose composition, as well as in sight translation.
(One unit).
Latin D. Virgil's Æneid, Books I-VI:—A reasonable acquaintance
with the time and purpose of the poet; intelligent appreciation
of the poet's thought and art; ability to summarize the story as a
whole; acquaintance with the typical forms and constructions of poetry;
practical mastery of the heroic hexameter; reasonable facility in
reading at sight passages of like vocabulary and difficulty. The third
and fifth book of the Æneid may be substituted by an equivalent
amount of Ovid, or other Latin epic poetry. In connection with all
reading there should be constant practice in prose composition, as
well as in sight translation. (One unit).
Students who offer Latin for entrance must pass in at least two units.
Greek.
Greek Grammar, Composition and Translation:—The common
forms, idioms, and inflections of Attic Prose; syntax of the cases,
moods, and tenses; final, conditional, temporal, and relative sentences;
indirect discourse. Translation from English into Greek of detached
sentences, illustrating the principles of Greek grammar; and of easy
continuous prose based upon Xenophon. For translation from Greek
into English short passages will be set from Xenophon's Anabasis,
Books I-IV, together with associated questions on forms and syntax.
The candidate should know the principal parts of all the verbs that
occur in the passages selected. (Two units).
Modern Languages.
German, Grammar, Composition, and Translation:—The examination
in Grammar will cover the declension of the articles (definite and
indefinite), of pronouns (personal, demonstrative, interrogative, relative
and indefinite), of nouns (regular and irregular), and of adjectives;
the comparison of adjectives; the conjugation of the Weak,
Strong, and Irregular Verbs, including the Temporal and Modal Auxiliaries;
the uses of the articles, the pronouns, and the cases; the uses
and meanings of the tenses, the modes, the temporal, modal and causative
auxiliaries, of prepositions and conjunctions; and the general
laws governing sentence-arrangement and word-formation. The exercise
set in Composition will consist of English sentences, giving
the natural forms of every-day expression, to be translated into German,
and of the translation into German of a piece of connected
English prose, based on one of the extracts assigned for translation.
The candidate, in order to satisfy the examiner in Translation, should
have read between 600 and 700 pages of German, divided as follows:
Seventy-five to 100 pages of graduated text, such as found in any of
the standard introductory readers; 150 to 200 pages of literature in
the form of easy stories and plays; and about 400 pages of moderately
difficult prose or poetry. (Two units).
French: Grammar, Composition, and Translation:—The candidate
should have studied French two years under competent instruction,
should have read 600 pages, written 30 pages of prose, and mastered
the principles of grammar, including the irregular verb.
During the first year the work should comprise careful drill in
pronunciation, dictation, and the rudiments of grammar; abundant
easy exercises in composition, both oral and written; and the translation
of 150 pages of graduated texts. During the second year 450
additional pages of Modern French prose and poetry should be covered,
with continued drill in the grammar, constant practice in dictation
and in conversation, daily oral exercises in rendering English
into French, and periodical written exercises in French Composition.
(Two units).
Spanish: Grammar, Composition, and Translation:—The candidate
should have studied Spanish two years under competent instruction,
should have read 600 pages, written 30 pages of prose, and
mastered the principles of grammar, including the irregular verb.
During the first year the work should comprise careful drill in
pronunciation, dictation, and the rudiments of grammar; abundant
easy exercises in composition, both oral and written; and the translation
of 150 pages of graduated texts. During the second year 450
with continued drill in the grammar, constant practice in dictation
and in conversation, daily oral exercises in rendering English into
Spanish, and periodical written exercises in Spanish Composition.
(Two units).
Science.
Science A. Physical Geography:—The entrance requirements in
Physical Geography include such elementary knowledge of the following
topics, as would be obtained from the study of a text-book
like Maury's "Physical Geography" or Tarr's "Elementary Physical
Geography." The earth as a planet; planetary movements; magnetism
of the earth; internal heat of the earth; volcanoes; earthquakes;
arrangement of land masses; forms of land; relief forms of the continents;
islands; properties of water; waters of the land; drainage;
continental drainage; the sea; the oceans; waves and tides; currents of
the sea; physical properties of the atmosphere; climate; winds and
circulation of the air; storms; moisture of the air; hail, snow and
glaciers; electrical and optical phenomena of the atmosphere; relations
between plants and animals; range of plants and animals; man,
including range of human habitation, division into races, conditions
favorable to civilization, and man's influence on physical geography;
influence of physical geography on the industries of countries. (One
unit).
Science B. Inorganic Chemistry:—The candidate for entrance
credit in Chemistry should have studied, under a competent teacher,
such a course in the elements of inorganic chemistry as can be covered
in three meetings a week during a nine-months' school year, and
in addition thereto should have worked in the laboratory about one
hundred hours, or enough time to perform intelligently the usual experiments
given in a High School laboratory course. The ground
covered by Remsen's "Introduction to the Study of Chemistry" is
the accepted standard. The student's autograph laboratory notes must
be submitted with the examination paper or entrance certificate. (One
unit).
Science C. Experimental Physics:—A course of one full year, covering
the topics of Mechanics, Sound, Light, Heat, Electricity, and
Magnetism. The work should include (a) lecture-table demonstrations
by the teacher, with appropriate yet simple apparatus; (b) textbook
work, in which the pupil solves numerical problems; and (c)
laboratory exercises by the pupil—all three embodying fundamental
principles of the subject. In the laboratory work at least thirty exercises
Mechanics, 14; in Sound, 1; in Light, 5; in Heat, 3; in Electricity and
Magnetism, 7. The pupil's note-book of written reports on these experiments
should be submitted with indication of acceptance on the
part of the teacher. Any one of the standard texts and laboratory
manuals may be followed. (One unit).
Science D. Botany and Zoölogy:—The entrance examinations in
these two subjects, which together count as a single unit, presupposes
such sound elementary knowledge of the structure and functions of
plants and animals, respectively, and of their classifications, as may
reasonably be regarded as representing a half year's work, in each
case, upon plants or animals with the aid of such a text-book on the
one hand, as Coulter's "Plant Structure," and on the other by Jordan
and Kellogg's "Animal Forms;" or other books of similar grade and
character.
In each case the candidate will be required to submit (with his certificate
of preparation or his written examination) his own laboratory
notes and drawings as an evidence of the amount and character of the
direct personal work done by him upon the plants or the animals,
which he has studied.
Drawing and Shop-Work.
Drawing: Mechanical and Projection Drawing:—Projections of
cubes, prisms, and pyramids in simple positions; method of revolving
the solid into new positions; method of changing the planes of projection;
projections of the three round bodies in simple positions and
in revolved positions; sections by planes parallel to the planes of projection;
sections by inclined planes; developments of prisms, pyramids,
cylinders, and cones; intersections of polyedra and curved surfaces;
distances from a point to a point or a plane or a line; angles
between planes and lines. (One unit).
Shop-Work: Wood-Work, Forging and Machine-Work:—The candidate
must present valid certificates covering at least 240 hours of competent
instruction with adequate appliances in these topics. About 80
hours should be devoted to wood-work, 40 to forging, and 120 to machine-work.
He should be familiar with the usual shop processes,
the standard methods of work, and the properties of the ordinary
constructive materials. (One unit).
In these units, which may be offered by students of engineering
only, a practical examination in drawing and in shop-work is given to
validate the certificate of training.
PROGRAMME OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS.
| June, 1910 | 9-11 A. M. | 11-1 A. M. | 3-5 P. M. | Sept., 1910 |
| Mon. 6 | Bot. and Zoöl. | Phys. Geog. | Physics | Mon. 12 |
| French | French | History D | ||
| Tues. 7 | English A | English B | English C | Tues. 13 |
| Greek A | Greek B | |||
| Wed. 8 | History A | History B | History C | Wed. 14 |
| Spanish | Spanish | Chemistry | ||
| Thur. 9 | Math. A | Math. B | Math. C | Thurs. 15 |
| Fri. 10 | German | German | Math. D | Fri. 16 |
| Sat. 11 | Latin A and B | Latin C | Latin D | Sat. 17 |
CONDITIONED STUDENTS.
A candidate may be admitted in spite of some deficiencies, provided
these are not such as will impair the integrity of his academic
work. But no such candidate will be conditioned except upon subjects
actually taught in this University; and all conditions must be absolved
before the beginning of the next session after initial registration. The
maximum allowable number of conditions is four. No student will
be conditioned in Mathematics A, B, or C; or in English A or B.
SPECIAL STUDENTS.
Applicants for registration who are twenty years old, and desire
to enter for the pursuit of special elective courses, must present adequate
proofs of good character and of the needful maturity and training.
Such applicants may then be registered by the Dean of the
University as Special Students, and will be admitted without formal
examination to the privileges of the University, but not as candidates
for any titled degree. Such students must in all cases meet the specific
entrance requirements as prescribed for the courses elected by them.
Special Students and Conditioned Students are advised and encouraged
to make up their deficiencies by private study or by work in
the Summer School. They will then be registered as Regular Students.
But it is expressly ordered that no such student shall be recognized
as a candidate for any degree from the University of Virginia,
unless he shall have completed all the Entrance Requirements at
least one academic year before the date of his graduation.
ADMISSION WITH ADVANCED STANDING.
Applicants from other universities and from colleges affiliated
with the University of Virginia will be admitted to advanced standing
as candidates for degrees from this University upon presentation
of proper certificates, covering the courses for which credit is
desired. Such certificates must be filed with the Dean of the Department
in which the student is registered. They must be acceptable
both to the Dean and to the Professor in charge of the course accredited.
The certificate must bear the official signature of the head of the
college; must specify the character and content of the course followed by
the student; must give his marks, which should in no case fall below
the standard seventy-five per cent. of this University; and must recommend
the student as worthy of admission to the University of
Virginia in respect of both character and scholarship. The final validation
of such certificates is effected by the successful completion of
the courses attended in this University.
Students from training schools, in which the work of the upper
classes is approximately of collegiate grade, will be granted advanced
standing in English, Mathematics and the Languages, provided they
are recommended officially and in writing for such advanced standing
by the principal of the school. Such students must, however, in every
case, attend the lectures and pass the examinations here in the last
year of the undergraduate work of every course elected. High
School courses in Science are in no case accepted as grounds for advanced
standing.
Any student admitted with advanced standing to the B Course in
English, or Mathematics, or Latin, or Greek, or French, or German,
or Spanish, who passes on the Fall Term in such course, may be allowed
credit for an additional unit in his Entrance Electives.
The College.—The programme of studies offered by the candidate
for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science must satisfy
all the requirements of that degree as here established. He must
devote at least one full session to the studies of the College and at
least three of his electives must be taken here.
Department of Engineering.—The programme of studies offered
by the candidate for a degree in Engineering must satisfy all the requirements
of that degree as here established. He must devote at
least two full sessions to engineering studies in this University.
Department of Graduate Studies.—Applicants for admission to
this department as candidates for the degree of Master of Arts, Master
of Science or Doctor of Philosophy must present the baccalaureate
degree of an affiliated institution of collegiate rank, or in cases of incorporated
institutions of learning which confer no such degree, the
certificate of graduation on a course fully equivalent to the ordinary
collegiate course. No diploma or certificate can be accepted except
on Academic Degrees.
Department of Law.—No admission with advanced standing is
permitted by the Faculty of this Department.
Department of Medicine.—The special prescription for admission
with advanced standing in Medicine will be found set forth in the
section of the catalogue devoted to that Department on page 195.
CONDITIONS FOR THE ACCREDITING OF SCHOOLS.
A school desiring to be placed on the accredited list of the University
should apply to the Chairman of the Committee on Accredited
Schools. In response to the application, a blank form inquiring
into the course of study, faculty, etc., of the school will be sent
to the principal. Upon the return of this blank, properly filled out, a
representative of the University will be sent to inspect the school.
If his report is favorable and the Committee concurs, the school will
be accepted and the principal duly notified. The name of the school
will be entered upon the list of affiliated schools and published in the
catalogue of the University.
No school will be placed upon the list in which the course of
study covers less than four years of high school work based upon at
least seven years of competent elementary instruction.
Each school must offer at least sixteen units of high school instruction
as defined in the entrance requirements of the University of
Virginia in the current number of the catalogue, and in this Bulletin.
A unit consists of thirty six weeks of instruction in one subject, in which
there are five recitations of forty minutes each per week. These sixteen
units must include the first three units of English, the first three
in Mathematics, and one unit of history as outlined. Students wishing
to pursue the study of Latin at the University must offer four units
of Latin for entrance.
The University will not consider any high school in which the
teaching force consists of less than two teachers devoting their entire
time to high school instruction. It is strongly in favor of requiring
the entire time of not less than three teachers. All high school
teachers should possess college training and preference will be given
to those schools in which the teachers are college graduates.
The number of daily recitation periods given by one teacher
should not exceed eight. The University advises six. The number of
daily recitation periods of one student should not exceed five.
The quality of the instruction, the general intellectual and moral
tone of the school, the efficiency of the equipment and the character
of the text-books used are paramount factors and a representative of
the University must report satisfactorily upon those points before a
school shall be accredited.
The laboratory and library facilities should be adequate to the
needs of the instruction in the subjects for which credit is asked.
Each accredited school is required to report to the Committee on
Accredited Schools when requested to do so. Any failure so to report
will be considered cause for removal from the list.
The principal is required to forward to the Dean of the University,
upon a blank to be supplied upon request, a list of subjects in which
each student entering the University from said school is properly
prepared.
The University reserves the right to cease to accredit at any
time any school that employs inefficient teachers or fails to maintain
the standard mentioned herein.
High schools which do not fulfill all the requirements for a fully
accredited school, but which offer at least twelve units may be partially
accredited, upon those subjects which have been approved by the
Committee. Graduates of such schools will be credited with the
twelve approved units and will be required to stand entrance examinations
upon the other units.
LIST OF ACCREDITED SCHOOLS.
The following is a list of the schools within the State of Virginia
at present accredited by the University. This list is revised annually
by the Faculty Committee on Accredited Schools. Schools already on
the list will be retained and new schools added provided they give
evidence upon examination of meeting the entrance requirements
stated above.
Certificates from schools outside the State of Virginia which are
accredited by their own State Universities, or other institutions of
similar rank, may be accepted by the Dean, provided the courses of
instruction in such schools meet the requirements indicated in the
foregoing pages.
| Augusta Military Academy, | Fort Defiance, Va. |
| Bedford City High School, | Bedford City, Va. |
| Berryville High School, | Berryville, Va. |
| Bethel Military Academy, | Bethel, Va. |
| Big Stone Gap High School, | Big Stone Gap, Va. |
| Bridle Creek High School, | Bridle Creek, Va. |
| Bristol High School, | Bristol, Va. |
| Cape Charles High School, | Cape Charles, Va. |
| Charlottesville High School, | Charlottesville, Va. |
| Clifton Forge High School, | Clifton Forge, Va. |
| Cluster Springs Academy, | Cluster Springs, Va. |
| Covington High School, | Covington, Va. |
| Danville High School, | Danville, Va. |
| Danville School for Boys, | Danville, Va. |
| Dublin Institute, | Dublin, Va. |
| Episcopal High School, | Alexandria, Va. |
| Fishburne Military Academy, | Waynesboro, Va. |
| Fork Union Academy, | Fork Union, Va. |
| Gloucester Academy, | Gloucester, Va. |
| Hampton High School, | Hampton, Va. |
| Harrisonburg High School, | Harrisonburg, Va. |
| Jefferson School for Boys, | Charlottesville, Va. |
| Lexington High School, | Lexington, Va. |
| Locust Dale Academy, | Locust Dale, Va. |
| Lynchburg High School, | Lynchburg, Va. |
| Manassas High School, | Manassas, Va. |
| Manchester High School, | Manchester, Va. |
| Marion High School, | Marion, Va. |
| Martinsville High School, | Martinsville, Va. |
| Massanutten Academy, | Woodstock, Va. |
| McGuire's School, | Richmond, Va. |
| Miller School, | Miller School, Va. |
| New London Academy, | Forest Depot, Va. |
| Newport News High School, | Newport News, Va. |
| Norfolk High School, | Norfolk, Va. |
| Norfolk Academy, | Norfolk, Va. |
| Onancock High School, | Onancock, Va. |
| Petersburg High School, | Petersburg, Va. |
| Portsmouth High School, | Portsmouth, Va. |
| Pulaski High School, | Pulaski, Va. |
| Randolph-Macon Academy, | Bedford City, Va. |
| Randolph-Macon Academy, | Front Royal, Va. |
| Richmond High School, | Richmond, Va. |
| Richmond Academy, | Richmond, Va. |
| Roanoke High School, | Roanoke, Va. |
| Salem High School, | Salem, Va. |
| Shenandoah College, | Reliance, Va. |
| Shenandoah Collegiate Institute. | Dayton, Va. |
| Shenandoah Valley Academy, | Winchester, Va. |
| Shoemaker High School, | Gate City, Va. |
| Smithfield High School, | Smithfield, Va. |
| South Boston High School, | South Boston, Va. |
| Staunton High School, | Staunton, Va. |
| Staunton Military Academy, | Staunton, Va. |
| Suffolk High School, | Suffolk, Va. |
| Tazewell High School, | Tazewell, Va. |
| Woodberry Forest School, | Orange, Va. |
| Wytheville High School, | Wytheville, Va. |
| University of Virginia record November, 1909 | |