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II. PART II.
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS:
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
REGULATIONS:
EXPENSES:
SCHOLARSHIPS AND
FELLOWSHIPS.
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 69.
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 188 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, but admission by certificate from accredited
public high schools in Virginia shall be extended only to graduates
from four year high-schools. 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 the dates of the examinations; 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
79. 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 |
| English D | History of English and American Literature | 1 |
| Mathematics A | Algebra to Quadratic Equations | 1 |
| Mathematics B | Quadratics, Progressions and the Binomial Formula | ½ |
| 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 Zoölogy | 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 Caesar; 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 Fœrie
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 Mariner;
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 Launfal;
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, Pheidippides. (One
unit).
English D. History of English and American Literature. (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,
by factoring; fractions, including complex fractions; ratio and proportion;
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.
(Half 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).
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 geography of Italy
and early Roman legend; the Roman Republic and 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 Ninetenth 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.
Beginning with 1912, the Latin units will be construed in accordance
with the following Report of the Commission on College-Entrance Requirements
in Latin:
I. Amount and Range of the Reading Required.
1. The Latin reading required of candidates for admission to college,
without regard to the prescription of particular authors and works, shall
be not less in amount than Cæsar, Gallic War, I-IV; Cicero, the orations
against Catiline, for the Manilian Law, and for Archias; Vergil, Aeneid,
I-VI.
2. The amount of reading specified above shall be selected by the
schools from the following authors and works: Cæsar (Gallic War and
the Civil War) and Nepos (Lives); Cicero (orations, letters, and De
Senectute) and Sallust (Catiline and Jugurthine War); Vergil (Bucolics,
Georgics, and Aeneid) and Ovid (Metamorphoses, Fasti, and Tristia).
II. Subjects and Scope of the Examinations.
1. Translation at Sight. Candidates will be examined in translation
at sight of both prose and verse. The vocabulary, constructions, and range
of ideas of the passages set will be suited to the preparation secured by the
reading indicated above.
2. Prescribed Reading. Candidates will be examined also upon the
following prescribed reading: Cicero, orations for the Manilian Law and
for Archias, and Vergil, Aeneid, I, II, and either IV or VI at the option
of the candidate, with questions on subject-matter, literary and historical
allusions, and prosody. Every paper in which passages from the prescribed
reading are set for translation will contain also one or more passages for
translation at sight; and candidates must deal satisfactorily with both
these parts of the paper, or they will not be given credit for either part.
3. Grammar and Composition. The examinations in grammar and
composition will demand thorough knowledge of all regular inflections, all
common irregular forms, and the ordinary syntax and vocabulary of the
prose authors read in school, with ability to use this knowledge in writing
simple Latin prose. The words, constructions, and range of ideas called
for in the examinations in composition will be such as are common in the
reading of the year, or years, covered by the particular examination.
Note. The examinations in grammar and composition may be either in
separate papers or combined with other parts of the Latin examination, at
the option of each individual institution; and nothing in any of the above
definitions of the requirements shall be taken to prevent any college from asking
questions on the grammar, prosody, or subject-matter of any of the passages
set for translation, if it so desires.
Suggestions Concerning Preparation.
Exercises in translation at sight should begin in school with the first
lessons in which Latin sentences of any length occur, and should continue
throughout the course with sufficient frequency to insure correct methods
of work on the part of the student. From the outset particular attention
should be given to developing the ability to take in the meaning of each
word—and so, gradually, of the whole sentence—just as it stands; the
sentence should be read and understood in the order of the original, with
full appreciation of the force of each word as it comes, so far as this can
be known or inferred from that which has preceded and from the form
and the position of the word itself. The habit of reading in this way
should be encouraged and cultivated as the best preparation for all the
translating that the student has to do. No translation, however, should
be a mechanical metaphrase. Nor should it be a mere loose paraphrase.
The full meaning of the passage to be translated, gathered in the way
described above, should finally be expressed in clear and natural English.
A written examination cannot test the ear or tongue, but proper
instruction in any language will necessarily include the training of both.
The school work in Latin, therefore, should include much reading aloud,
writing from dictation, and translation from the teacher's reading. Learning
suitable passages by heart is also very useful, and should be more
practised.
The work in composition should give the student a better understanding
of the Latin he is reading at the time, if it is prose, and greater
facility in reading. It is desirable, however, that there should be systematic
and regular work in composition during the time in which poetry
is read as well; for this work the prose authors already studied should
be used as models.
In accordance with the above report, the following detailed description
of the four units of Latin is given:
Latin A. Grammar, Composition, and Translation:—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 Caesar and Cicero. (One unit).
Latin B. Grammar, Composition, and Caesar'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 Caesar may be substituted by an
equivalent amount of Viri Romae, 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. Grammar, Composition, 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. Grammar, Composition, and Vergil's Aeneid, 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 Aeneid 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,
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
ponunciation, 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 Spanish 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 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) text-book
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 should be performed;
the following distribution is advised: In Mechanics, 14; in
Sound, 1; in Light, 5; in Heat, 3; in Electricity and Magnetism, 7.
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, presuppose 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, 1911 | 9-11 A. M. | 11-1 A. M. | 3-5 P. M. | Sept., 1911 |
| Mon. 5 | Bot. and Zoöl. | Phys. Geog. | Physics | Mon. 11 |
| French | French | History D | ||
| Tues. 6 | English A | English B | English C | Tues. 12 |
| Greek A | Greek B | |||
| Wed. 7 | History A | History B | History C | Wed. 13 |
| Spanish | Spanish | Chemistry | ||
| Thur. 8 | Math. A | Math. B | Math. C | Thurs. 14 |
| Fri. 9 | German | German | Math. D | Fri. 15 |
| Sat. 10 | Latin A and B | Latin C | Latin D | Sat. 16 |
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 candiate will be conditioned except upon subjects actually
taught in this university, nor will any candidate be conditioned on more
than two units; and all conditions must be absolved before the beginning
of the next session after initial registration. The courses taken for the
removal of conditions of admission can in no case be counted as part of
the work credited for any degree.
SPECIAL STUDENTS.
Applicants for registration who are more than twenty years old, reckoning
from the birthday preceding matriculation, 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
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.
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 by vote of the Faculty,
based on the recommendation of the Committee on Rules and Courses.
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 191.
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
accredited 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. 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
Accedited 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. |
| 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. |
| Charlottesville High School | Charlottesville, Va. |
| Chase City High School | Chase City, Va. |
| Clifton Forge High School | Clifton Forge, Va. |
| Cluster Springs Academy | Cluster Springs, Va. |
| Covington High School | Covington, Va. |
| Culpeper High School | Culpeper, 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. |
| Lawrenceville High School | Lawrenceville, Va. |
| Lexington High School | Lexington, Va. |
| Lynchburg High School | Lynchburg, Va. |
| Manassas High School | Manassas, 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. |
| Pocahontas High School | Pocahontas, 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. |
| Western Branch High School | Portsmouth, Va. |
| Woodberry Forest School | Orange, Va. |
| Woodlawn High School | Woodlawn, Va. |
| Woodstock High School | Woodstock, Va. |
| Wytheville High School | Wytheville, Va. |
| Abingdon High School | Abingdon, Va. |
| Appomattox High School | Appomattox, Va. |
| Cape Charles High School | Cape Charles, Va. |
| Toano High School | Toano, Va. |
| Warrenton High School | Warrenton, Va. |
| Waverly High School | Waverly, Va. |
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Charlottesville, the seat of the University of Virginia, is in a
picturesque and healthful situation among the foot-hills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains. It is at the junction of two great lines of railway, the
Chesapeake and Ohio and the Southern, and is thus of easy access from
every part of the country.
The Sanitary arrangements of the university are excellent. The
climate is invigorating, healthful, and free from malarial conditions;
the water supply is pure, being drawn by gravity from a mountain
reservoir six miles away; the system of drains and sewers is complete;
there are two athletic fields; the Fayerweather Gymnasium affords
ample facilities for bathing and exercise; and in all ordinary cases of
illness students receive treatment from the university physician, with
skilful nursing, when necessary, in a well-equipped hospital.
Faculty, Endowment, and Equipment.—The faculty numbers ninety-five;
the libraries contain more than 70,000 volumes. The university
owns equipment, buildings, and grounds of an estimated value of $2,019,530;
holds productive funds to amount of $1,380,954, and receives an annual
appropriation from State of Virginia of $80,000. The annual expenditures
for the session of 1910-1911 were $245,620.66. In scientific studies
large facilities are offered by the Leander McCormick Observatory, the
Rouss Physical Laboratory, the Chemical Laboratory and the Museum
of Industrial Chemistry, the Lewis Brooks Museum, the Biological
Laboratory, the Anatomical Laboratory, the Pathological Laboratory,
Physiological Laboratory and the Hospital, and Dispensary. The
Engineering Department possesses a well-equipped Mechanical Laboratory
and Machine Shop. The Law Building, begun in the spring of 1910,
has been completed and will be occupied by the Department of Law before
the close of the current session.
The Courses of Instruction are comprised in six departments, two of
which are academic, and four professional. The former include the
College and the Departments of Graduate Studies: the latter the Departments
of Law, Medicine, Engineering, and Agriculture. In the various
departments there are altogether twenty-six distinct Schools, each affording
an independent course, under the direction of professors who are
responsible for the systems and methods pursued.
Elective System.—The system of independent Schools assumes that
opportunities for study and instruction are privileges to be sought
voluntarily and eagerly. Students are therefore allowed to elect for
tastes and proposed pursuits in life, as far as the time appointed for
lectures and examinations permits. Nor is it alone to those who wish to
make special attainments in single departments of knowledge that this
freedom of election commends itself. It has decided advantages also
for most of those students who seek the common goal of liberal education
by ways which varying aptitude, varying preparation, or varying opportunities
render of necessity different. The wisdom of the founder in
establishing such a system has been amply vindicated in the history of
this university; and in recent years many schools of higher education
throughout the country have adopted methods involving this principle.
The Session begins on the Thursday preceding the seventeenth of
September, and continues, with a recess of ten days at Christmas, until
the Wednesday before the nineteenth of June. The first three days of
the session are given to registration, and all students, both old and new,
are required during that time to place their names upon the books of the
university and the rolls of their respective classes. Lecture courses
begin upon the following Monday, and absences will be recorded against
any student not present, from the opening lecture of each course.
Students entering after the first three days will be charged a fee for
registration.
Religious Worship.—Morality and religion are recognized as the
foundation and indispensable concomitants of education. The discipline
of the university is sedulously administered 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 it is best to forbear the employment of coercion, the
attendance on religious exercises is entirely voluntary. Divine service is
conducted twice on Sunday in the University Chapel by clergymen invited
from the principal religious denominations; and other religious exercises
are directed by the Young Men's Christian Association.
The Examinations in each class at this institution have, from the
beginning (A. D. 1825), been held in writing. Oral examinations are
held in some departments, but they are auxiliary to the written examinations,
which, in conjunction with the class standing as determined
by the daily work of the student, are the main tests of the student's
proficiency. A special examination may be granted upon physician's
certificate of sickness on the day of examination, or other cause which
the faculty of the department in question may accept as adequate ground.
See also p. 91.
The written examinations are, in every case, of a public character,
and are conducted by a committee of three professors, one of whom is
the professor whose class is examined. This committee is expected to
determine doubts, grant special examinations in cases covered by law,
and make report to the faculty of the results of the examination. The
committee, not the professor solely, is responsible throughout.
Reports.—Reports are sent, at stated intervals, to the parent or
guardian of each student. These reports give the number of times the
student has been absent from lectures; and indicate, as nearly as is
practicable, the nature of the progress made by him in his work at the
university.
Honor System.—For eighteen years after the opening of the institution,
honesty at the written examinations was sought to be secured
by the strict surveillance of the committee alone. This was often found
to be ineffectual. In June, 1842, Judge Henry St. George Tucker,
Professor of Law, offered the following resolution, which the faculty at
once adopted:
Resolved, That in all future written examinations for distinction and
other honors of the university, each candidate shall attach to the written
answers presented by him on such examination a certificate in the following
words: "I, A. B., do hereby certify on honor that I have derived no
assistance during the time of this examination from any source whatever,
whether oral, written, or in print, in giving the above answers."
This was the beginning of the honor system at this institution. In
subsequent years the pledge was extended so as to preclude the giving
as well as the receiving of assistance. The system has been in operation
since 1842 without interruption. Its wisdom and its beneficial results
have been abundantly demonstrated. Its administration imposes no
burden upon the faculty. Experience shows that the students themselves
are its sternest guardians and executors. Violation of examination
pledges has been of rare occurrence. In every case the culprit has been
quietly but promptly eliminated without need of faculty action.
The spirit of truth and honor, thus fostered in the examination-room,
has gradually pervaded the entire life of the institution, and all
the relations between the student and professor.
It is not believed to be essential to the honor system, nor indeed to
be right, to expose the examinee to unnecessary temptation to violate
his pledge. The student is regarded as one to be shielded from such
influences and to have his honorable tendencies carefully reinforced and
not wrecked. Hence the examination is held in one place where all
candidates are assembled, and in the presence of a committee of the
faculty. Conversation among the candidates and absence from the room
are discouraged. They are cautioned to avoid even the appearance of
evil. These safeguards have been found to be in entire harmony with
the absence of espionage. The fact that the candidate is not suspected,
has been found to lead always to the avoidance of conduct which would
give rise to suspicion.
Degrees are conferred only upon examination after residence. The
requirements for these degrees are given under the several departments.
No honorary degree is conferred by the University of Virginia.
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 and compensation of any such licentiate
are matters of private agreement between him and the student. Students
whose preparation is defective for the work of the university classes may
often economize time and energy by securing the services of a licentiate
at the same time that they are attending the regular course of lectures.
Directions for New Students.—New students will find it greatly to
their advantage if, as soon as possible after reporting to the dean of
the university, they will go to Madison Hall, where a committee of
students will be found who will gladly be of any service in assisting them
to get settled as quickly as possible. A general information bureau, a
complete list of boarding houses with prices of board, a directory of
the students with their addresses, a list of all forms of employment
open to students, copies of the University Handbook, and other things
of interest to the new men, will there be accessible to all. The General
Secretary of the Association will be pleased to correspond with prospective
students during the summer with regard to all such matters, and
it is suggested that every man who expects to enter the university
inform him of that fact. See p. 258.
REGULATIONS.
REGISTRATION.
Registration of New Students.—Applicants seeking admission to the
university for the first time are required to present themselves to the
dean of the university at his office in the Administration Building at
some time during the first three days of the session. Each candidate
for admission must be at least sixteen years of age. In each instance a
certificate of good moral character must be presented, signed by the
proper official of the institution attended during the previous session, or
by some person of known standing. Each candidate who satisfies these
requirements, and also those for admission by diploma, certificate, or
examination previously stated, will be directed to the dean of the department
which he purposes to enter.
The dean in question will, upon being satisfied that the candidate is
fitted to enter upon the work of the department, issue to him a card
containing the names of the courses which the candidate proposes to
pursue during the session: this card must be presented in turn to each
professor concerned, who will, on satisfying himself that the applicant
is prepared to pursue the course in question with profit, sign the card and
enter the applicant's name upon the roll of the class. The card must
then be returned to the dean of the university, who will endorse upon
it the amount of fees to be paid to the bursar. On payment of these
fees the registration (for the session) of the applicant as a student of
the university will be completed.
Registration of Matriculated Students.—Students who have already
been matriculated as members of the university are required to present
themselves directly to the deans of their respective departments upon
one of the first three days of the session, and to conform, as regards
their registration in their respective classes and the payment of fees,
to the requirements stated in the preceding paragraph.
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 register thus, 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 so 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.
Delayed Registration.—Students are not permitted to delay their
registration through carelessness or for inadequate reasons. Any
student, new or old, who fails to present himself for registration during
the first three days of the session and between the hours of nine a. m.
and two p. m. on the first week-day after the Christmas Recess will
(except in the case of an applicant admitted to special examinations, as
provided in a previous paragraph) be admitted to registration only upon
the consent of the president, and will be charged a special registration
fee of three dollars.
RESIDENCE, ATTENDANCE AND GRADE.
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.
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 of 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 Training (pp. 259-262). The
same resolutions apply, mutatis mutandis, to members of other student
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Grades for Passing in any course, required by the various
departments of the university, are as follows:
| in the College, the Department of Graduate Studies, the Department of Engineering, and the Department of Agriculture |
75 per centum; |
| in the Department of Medicine | 80 per centum; |
| in the Department of Law | 83 per centum. |
Re-examination in September.—A student of the College, of the
Department of Graduate Studies, or of the Department of Engineering,
who attains in any course a grade for the session below 75 per cent, but
in charge of the course, be admitted by the faculty of the department
at their final meeting in June to re-examination upon that course during
the registration week of the following September. The fee for each
re-examination is $5.00, and must be paid to the bursar on or before
July fifteenth preceding the opening of the session.
Minimum Grade Required of College and Engineering Students.—
Any student in the College or in the Department of Engineering whose
average grade on all courses for any term is less than 40 per cent will
be dropped from the rolls of the university. Any student who makes an
average of 40 per cent or more, at the end of any term, but whose grade
on each of his courses is less than 65 per cent, will be put on probation
for the term next ensuing. The student on probation who again makes
less than 65 per cent on each of his courses at the end of the current
term, will be dropped from the rolls.
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 40
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 "Minimum Grade" above.
CONDUCT.
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 require
from the student regular and diligent application to his studies, and 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 fulfill them, either from habitual delinquency in any of his classes, or
from habitual idleness, or from any other bad habit, the president, upon
recommendation of 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 defense.
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.
DORMITORY, BOARD, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
Dormitory.—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.
The occupant of a dormitory has the first right to it, and may
reserve it for the next session, by contract with the bursar, and depositing
$5.00 (which is in no case returnable), not later than May first. The
balance of the rent shall be paid not later than the first registration
day of the session, otherwise such preference or other right shall be
forfeited. No dormitory may be sublet; nor shall the same be used
for improper purposes. For rental of university dormitories, see p. 101.
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.
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
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.
Physical Training.—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.
EXPENSES.
All tuition fees, university fees, the contingent deposit, rents of
rooms in the university buildings, and charges for service in the same,
are payable upon entrance. Under special conditions the president is
authorized to allow credit; but these deferred payments are in all cases
to be properly secured.
Students permitted to register during a term are required to pay
the full fees for the term in which they register.
Under no circumstances will there be a return of fees except upon
certificate from the university physician that withdrawal from the
university is necessary on account of the student's illness, which must
not be due to dissolute conduct. Upon receipt of the university physician's
certificate, the president will return the fees, pro rata.
A student's necessary expenses are as follows:
I. University Charges, which are the same for all students, except
College and Graduate students from Virginia, as stated in a following
paragraph;
II. School Fees, which depend upon the course of study pursued;
III. Cost of Living, board, etc.
I. University Charges.—Under the first head are included (a)
university fee, $40 ($10 for Virginians in Academic Departments), and
(b) the contingent deposit, $10; as well as (c) the special Entrance
Examination fee of five dollars, (d) the delinquent registration fee of
three dollars, and (e) a fee for re-examination in any subject where any
of these is incurred.
(a) The University Fee goes to the fund intended to defray the
general expenses of the university. Payment of this fee entitles the
student, without additional charge, to the use of the Library; to the
privileges of the Gymnasium, with baths, private lockers, etc., and the
advice and aid of the Instructor in Physical Culture; and to free medical
attendance by the university physician in cases of illness, including, if
needed, care and nursing in a well-equipped hospital maintained on the
university grounds, under the limitations stated in a preceding paragraph.
It also covers all regular examination and diploma fees.
(b) The Contingent Deposit is liable for any damage to the university
property for which the student is responsible, or for violations of
Library or other university rules. It is returned at the end of the session,
less any charges that may have been made against it; it is therefore,
not necessarily an expense, although mentioned in this connection.
From this deposit there will be deducted the sum of $2.00 for the
support of the Chapel Services and General Religious Work of the
University, unless within one month after registration the student shall
request the bursar not to deduct this contribution. It will be observed
that this amount also (which is less than the average contribution made
by the students who have given toward the Chapel Fund in past years)
is not a necessary expense, as the support of the religious work of the
university is left entirely to the option of the students and professors.
This method of collection is intended merely as a substitute for the
canvass formerly made, and it is the desire of the faculty that the
students will thus unite with them in sustaining the religious work of the
university.
(c) The Special Entrance Examination Fee of five dollars is
required of all applicants for admission to the university by examination
who for good reason are unable to be present at the regular entrance
examinations on the dates as set forth on p. 79 of the catalogue. All
candidates who take entrance examinations on the regular dates, are
examined free of charge.
(d) The Delinquent Registration Fee of three dollars is charged
where the student or candidate, through carelessness or other inadequate
reason, fails to present himself for registration, during the first three
days of the session; or where the student fails to register with the dean
of his department, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 2 p. m. on the first
week-day after the expiration of the Christmas Recess, unless his late
return be due to illness or like providential cause.
(e) The Re-examination Fee: A student of the College who attains
in any course a grade below 75 per cent, but not below 65 per cent. may,
upon the written recommendation of the professor in charge, be admitted
by the faculty at their final meeting in June, to re-examination upon
that course, during the registration week of the following September.
The fee for each re-examination shall be $5.00, payable to the bursar on
or before July 15.
II. School Fees.—Under the second head is comprised the charge
for instruction, including the Tuition Fees proper, and in some cases, the
cost of apparatus and materials consumed in laboratory work.
In the Academic Department the tuition fee for one School is $50;
for two, $30 each; for three or more, $25 each; except that in Analytical
Chemistry the charge for tuition and materials for one course is $50 and
about $15. In the Chemistry courses for undergraduates, a laboratory
fee of $10 is charged, and apparatus and materials are furnished at cost.
The charges for a graduate course in Chemistry are: Tuition, $50;
laboratory fee, $10; apparatus and material are furnished at cost. In
the Physics Courses a laboratory fee of $5 is charged. The fee for
agricultural Chemistry is $15, but this course is free to the students
in the Schools of Chemistry, to Virginia students, and to unmatriculated
farmers; and in Zoölogy or Comparative Anatomy there is a laboratory
fee, for materials, of $10 in the undergraduate courses and $20 in the
graduate courses.
Students from Virginia.—In compliance with the statute (Virginia
Code 1887, Ch. 68, Sec. 1554), the university offers to white male
students from Virginia who are sixteen years or more of age, instruction,
without charge for tuition, in all the Schools of the Academic
Departments (excepting the laboratory courses in Chemistry and Physics),
subject to the conditions stated below. Such students are required to
pay the university fee for Virginia students in the Academic Department
of $10, and make the usual contingent deposit. They are also
required to pay the regular laboratory charges for materials, etc., in
the courses of study where such charges occur. If they occupy rooms on
the university grounds they are of course subject to the usual charges
for rent and service. The saving to Virginia students varies from $90
to $130, according to the number of Schools elected.
To be entitled to free tuition as a Virginia student under the above
mentioned statute, it is necessary that the applicant's parents be
domiciled in the State if he be under twenty-one years of age; if he
has attained his majority, it is necessary that he himself be domiciled
here. One is domiciled in the State who is living in it at the time the
application is made and has no present intention of removing therefrom
in the future, or who, though absent from the State, has not lost
his former domicile by acquiring one elsewhere. No other person can
honestly avail himself of this privilege.
White Male Teachers and Superintendents of the Public Schools
of Virginia will be admitted, during the last three months of the session,
to the Schools of the Academic Departments of the university without
payment of fees, upon presentation of certificates that they have been
teachers in the Public Schools of the State during the year.
Immediately after the Spring Examinations any of the following
courses may be entered upon with profit by an applicant prepared for
them: Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, German, English, English Literature
and Rhetoric, History, Moral Philosophy, Mathematics, Astronomy,
Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Geology, and Descriptive Botany. Special
courses for teachers will be offered in English and Mathematics, and
perhaps in several other subjects during the approaching spring term, if
the demand for them is sufficient.
Applicants for admission as teachers are required to send in their
names to the president of the university not later than March 5.
Lodgings can be had near the university. The only necessary expense
will be for board, lights, and washing, which will together cost from
$5 to $7 a week.
Privileged Students.—Ministers of the gospel may attend any of
the Academic Schools of the university without the payment of tuition
fees. The same privileges 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.
| FOR VIRGINIANS | FOR NON-VIRGINIANS | |||||
| Low | Aver. | Liber'l | Low | Aver. | Liber'l | |
| University fee | $10 | $10 | $ 10 | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 |
| Tuition (three courses) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
| Room, Heat, Light, and Janitor Service |
17.50 | 62.50 | 105 | 17.50 | 62.50 | 105 |
| (Two in room, no janitor service) |
(Two in room, no janitor service) |
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| Board | 121.50 | 150.75 | 180 | 121.50 | 150.75 | 180 |
| Books | 10 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 26 |
| Laundry | 13.50 | 18 | 20 | 13.50 | 18 | 20 |
| Furniture | 10 | 20 | Furnished | 10 | 20 | Furnished |
| $182.50 | $278.25 | $341 | $287.50 | $383.25 | $446 | |
For students registered in certain courses, laboratory fees should be
added to estimate above made as follows:
| Analytical Chemistry | $10 | (about) |
| Chemistry | 10 | |
| Physics | 5 | |
| Zoölogy or Comparative Anatomy: | ||
| Undergraduate | 10 | |
| Graduate | 20 |
A breakage deposit of $5 is also required in each of the chemistry
courses for undergraduates. The courses in Analytical Chemistry are
not included in those courses in which tuition is free to Virginia Students.
In the Department of Law the tuition fee for each regular year's
course is $100, in addition to the university fee of $40. The privilege
of free tuition to Virginians is confined, by legislative act, to students of
the Academic Department. For selected courses, the fee is estimated
according to the proportion which the work chosen bears to the whole.
For such irregular courses, the fee may be estimated approximately,
by multiplying the number of lecture periods in the courses taken, by 30,
and dividing by 100. The result will approximately represent the fee
in dollars.
| LOW | AVERAGE | LIBERAL | |
| University Fee | $ 40 00 | $ 40 00 | $ 40 00 |
| Tuition (Regular Course) | 100 00 | 100 00 | 100 00 |
| Room, Heat, Light, and Janitor service | 17 50 | 62 50 | 105 00 |
| (Two in room without janitor service) |
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| Board | 121 50 | 150 75 | 180 00 |
| Books | 45 00 | 55 00 | 65 00 |
| Laundry | 13 50 | 18 00 | 20 00 |
| Furniture | 10 00 | 20 00 | Furnished |
| $347 50 | $446 25 | $510 00 |
In the Department of Medicine the fee for the first year is $110; for
the second year, $100; for the third year, $80, and for the fourth year, $60.
| LOW | AVERAGE | LIBERAL | |
| University Fee | $ 40 00 | $ 40 00 | $ 40 00 |
| Tuition (average for four years) | 88 00 | 88 00 | 88 00 |
| Room, Heat, Light, and Janitor service | 17 50 | 62 50 | 105 00 |
| (Two in room without janitor service) |
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| Board | 121 50 | 150 75 | 180 00 |
| Books | 15 00 | 20 00 | 25 00 |
| Laundry | 13 50 | 18 00 | 20 00 |
| Furniture, etc | 10 00 | 20 00 | Furnished |
| $305 50 | $399 25 | $458 00 |
In the Department of Engineering the fee for Applied Mathematics
is $25 for one course, $50 for two or more; for other subjects,
the same as in the Academic Departments—except for students who attend
the regular course of instruction for a degree in Engineering as laid down
in the programme, pp. 234-238. For these students the fee for tuition is
$90 for the first year, $80 for the second, $70 for the third, and $60 for the
fourth. A laboratory fee of $10 is charged in General Chemistry Course 1;
an additional charge of $60 is made for materials and instruction in
Analytical Chemistry to students of Mining Engineering. The payment
of the Department fee entitles the student not only to attend all the regular
courses for one year, but also to take over, without additional charge, such
courses of any previous year as he may have failed to complete. Virginians
are entitled to a reduction of $45 a year from the charges.
| FOR VIRGINIANS | FOR NON-VIRGINIANS | |||||
| Low | Aver. | Liber'l | Low | Aver. | Liber'l | |
| University Fee | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 |
| Tuition (Aver. for four years) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
| Room, Heat, Light and Janitor Service |
17.50 | 62.50 | 105 | 17.50 | 62.50 | 105 |
| (Two in room, no janitor service) |
(Two in room, no janitor service) |
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| Board | 121.50 | 150.75 | 180 | 121.50 | 150.75 | 180 |
| Books & Drawing Mat'r'l | 18 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 25 |
| Laundry | 13.50 | 18 | 20 | 13.50 | 18 | 20 |
| Furniture | 10 | 20 | Furnished | 10 | 20 | Furnished |
| (Rented) | (Rented) | |||||
| $250.50 | $341.25 | $400 | $295.50 | $386.25 | $445 | |
For students registered in certain courses, laboratory fees should be
added to estimate above made as follows:
| Analytical Chemistry | $10 | (about) |
| Chemistry | 10 | |
| Physics | 5 |
A breakage deposit of $5 is also required in each of the chemistry
courses for undergraduates. Tuition in courses in Analytical Chemistry
is not free to Virginia Students.
In the Department of Agriculture the fees are the same as in the
Academic Departments.
III. Cost of Living.—Under the third head fall the expenses of
living and the cost of books and stationery.
A student may, either alone or with a room-mate, rent a dormitory,
and take his meals in the University Commons, or in an approved private
boarding-house; or he may take both room and board in such boardinghouse,
in which case he pays no room-rent or servant's hire to the
university.
The rules governing the rental and occupancy of university dormitories
are as follows:
I. The Randall Building and East Range are assigned to the University
Commons, to be rented only to students taking board there, at the
following rates for the session of nine (9) months:
| Single rooms in Randall Bldg., with steam heat and electric lights | $35 00 |
| Double rooms in Randall Bldg., with steam heat and electric lights | 40 00 |
| Old Gym Bldg., East Range, with steam heat and electric lights | 53 00 |
| All other rooms on East Range, with steam heat and electric lights and janitor |
53 00 |
II. Other rooms in the university at rates as indicated below; the
occupant having the option of boarding at the University Commons, and
being entitled to a discount of 25 per cent from the rental, in case he
elects to take advantage of this privilege.
| Full Rates | Rates to those boarding at Commons |
|
| East Lawn, with steam heat, electric light, and janitor | $74 75 | $56 07 |
| West Lawn, with steam heat, electric light, and janitor | 74 75 | 56 07 |
| West Lawn (Bachelor Row), steam heat, electric light and janitor |
69 00 | 52 50 |
| West Range, with steam heat, electric light, and janitor |
71 50 | 53 63 |
| Dawson's Row, with hot water heat, electric light, and janitor |
72 00 | 54 00 |
| Monroe Hill, with electric light and janitor | 54 00 | 40 50 |
The rooms in the university dormitories are unfurnished. The minimum
cost of furniture for a single room may be placed at $15.00.
Furnished rooms may be rented in private boarding houses outside
the university grounds at prices ranging from $5.00 to $20.00 a month.
Table board was furnished at the University Commons during the
session of 1910-11 at a minimum rate of $13.50 a month, a system of
special orders after the Yale plan enabling the student to make such
additions to this minimum as he liked or could afford. Table board may
be obtained at private houses outside the university grounds at prices
ranging from $15.00 to $20.00 a month.
Board and lodging can be secured at private houses outside the university
grounds at from $18.50 to $50.00 a month.
With strict economy the cost of board, lodging, heat, light, and washing
can be brought within $20.00 a month.
The cost of books and stationery varies much with the branches studied.
It is probably greatest in the Department of Law, where, for the entire
three year's course, it amounts to about $165. But in this department
as in that of Medicine, the books purchased form the necessary nucleus
of a professional library, and their cost does not belong to transient
expenses.
Virginia Students' Loan Fund.—The Virginia Students' Loan Fund
was established by an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved
March 14, 1908, and amounts each year to one per centum (1%) of the
annual appropriation made by the Legislature for the support of the
university. In accordance with the terms of this act, loans will be made
"to needy and deserving students of talent and character, from Virginia,
in the Academic Departments," in amounts not to exceed $100 in any one
session to the same student, at an annual rate of interest of 4 per centum.
The applicant for such loan must have complied with all of the requirements
for admission to the College or to the Department of Graduate
Studies. For further information regarding such loans, apply to the
Bursar, University, Virginia.
The Harvard Loan Fund.—The Harvard Loan Fund was established
in February, 1909, by an alumnus of Harvard University, who gave to
the University of Virginia the sum of $5,000, as an evidence of the friendship
and kindly relation existing between the two institutions. Loans
from this fund will be made to needy and deserving students pursuing
or intending to pursue studies in any of the departments of the university,
in amounts not to exceed $100 in any one session to the same student, at
an annual rate of interest of 4 per centum. The applicant must have
complied with all requirements for admission to the university. Further
information regarding such loans will be furnished on application to the
Bursar, University, Virginia.
Student Self-Help.—In addition to the Loan Funds above mentioned,
opportunity is also afforded as far as possible to those who are desirous
of helping themselves by their own industry, and it may be safely stated
that any student with sufficient resources to carry him through the first
half of the session, can be reasonably sure of obtaining work enough to
pay living expenses and university fees for the remainder of the college
year. While it is difficult for any student to be assured of renumerative
work before he reaches the university, correspondence with reference to
such employment may be had by addressing the Secretary of the Committee
on Student Self-Help, Madison Hall.
The University Commons.—This building, conveniently situated near
the center of the university, provides an attractive Dining Hall, with
accommodations for more than 250 students at once. Board is furnished
at a rate not exceeding $15 per month, which means that students in
straitened circumstances need not be deprived of daily association with
their more fortunate fellows. The Commons is the means of greatly
reducing a student's living expenses at the university.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS.
GENERAL SCHOLARSHIPS.
The following regulations with regard to the General Scholarships
offered by the university have been adopted by the Board of Visitors:
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ACCREDITED SCHOOLS SCHOLARSHIPS.
The faculty is authorized to prepare a list of such schools and colleges
as by the regularity of their patronage, or the success of their graduates,
may deserve special recognition. To each one of the schools placed on this
list, the Faculty is authorized to award a scholarship in the College; to
each of the colleges, a scholarship in the Department of Graduate Studies,
these scholarships to be known as the University of Virginia Scholarship
in — School or College. The scholarship shall entitle the holder who
must be a graduate of his institution of the preceding session, to the remission
of all tuition and university fees, except the fees in Analytical
Chemistry and laboratory fees in general, if he be a Virginian; and if
he be not a Virginian, to the remission of all tuition fees, except in Analytical
Chemistry and laboratory fees in general, and one-half of the university
fee. The contingent fee must be deposited in either case.
This list of schools and colleges may be extended from time to time
and further scholarships assigned as above.
In accordance with this regulation, the faculty has selected the following
institutions for such recognition, and pending the consideration of
other institutions, invites application for enrollment in this list from
such schools as fall within the conditions prescribed above:
| Asheville High School | Asheville, N. C. |
| Augusta Military Academy | Fort Defiance, Va. |
| Ball High School | Galveston, Texas |
| Bethel Military Academy | Bethel, Va. |
| Bingham's School | Asheville, N. C. |
| Birmingham High School | Birmingham, Ala. |
| Butler School | Huntsville, Ala. |
| Charleston School | Charleston, S. C. |
| Chattanooga University School | Chattanooga, Tenn. |
| Cluster Springs Academy | Cluster Springs, Va. |
| Culver Military Academy | Culver, Ind. |
| Danville School for Boys | Danville, Va. |
| El Paso High School | El Paso, Texas |
| Episcopal High School | Alexandria, Va. |
| Fishburne Military Academy | Waynesboro, Va. |
| Florida Military Academy | Green Cove Springs, Fla. |
| Fork Union Academy | Fork Union, Va. |
| Gloucester Academy | Gloucester, Va. |
| Hope High School | Hope, Ark. |
| Hopkinsville High School | Hopkinsville, Ky. |
| Jefferson School for Boys | Charlottesville, Va. |
| Louisville High School | Louisville, Ky. |
| Massanutten Academy | Woodstock, Va. |
| Maysville High School | Maysville, Ky. |
| McCallie School | Chattanooga, Tenn. |
| McGuire's School | Richmond, Va. |
| Memphis University School | Memphis, Tenn. |
| Miller School | Miller School, Va. |
| Montgomery University School | Montgomery, Ala. |
| Norfolk Academy | Norfolk, Va. |
| Randolph-Macon Academy | Bedford City, Va. |
| Randolph-Macon Academy | Front Royal, Va. |
| Richmond Academy | Richmond, Va. |
| San Antonio Academy | San Antonio, Texas |
| Sandy Valley Seminary | Paintsville, Ky. |
| Shenandoah College | Reliance, Va. |
| Shenandoah Collegiate Institute | Dayton, Va. |
| Shenandoah Valley Academy | Winchester, Va. |
| Staunton Military Academy | Staunton, Va. |
| University Military School | Mobile, Ala. |
| Washington School for Boys | Washington, D. C. |
| West Texas Military Academy | San Antonio, Texas |
| Woodberry Forest School | Orange, Va. |
A list of the colleges entitled to General Scholarships may be had upon
application to the Committee on Scholarships and Fellowships.
VIRGINIA PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS.
The university offers to accredited public high schools of Virginia,
one scholarship each in the college, on the conditions prescribed below.
This scholarship, for one session (that following the incumbent's graduation
from the high school), when awarded by the designated high school
to a white male graduate, who has pursued and completed with credit the
high school course, and who is endorsed by the principal of the high school
in question as to both preparation and character, shall entitle the holder
to a remission of all fees payable to the university, except the fees in
Analytical Chemistry and laboratory fees in general. The holders of
these scholarships are required to deposit the contingent fee.
Any school accepting this scholarship shall make due announcement
of it both to the scholars of the school and through the local papers; and
the public press, announce the award; and these appointments shall be
duly certified to the dean of the university.
This list of Virginia public high schools may be extended from time
to time and further scholarships assigned as above.
In accordance with this regulation of the Board of Visitors, the faculty
has selected the following institutions for such recognition, and, pending
the consideration of other institutions, invites applications for enrollment
in this list from such schools as fall within the conditions prescribed
above:
| Berryville High School | Berryville, Va. |
| Big Stone Gap High School | Big Stone Gap, Va. |
| Bridle Creek High School | Bridle Creek, Va. |
| Bristol High School | Bristol, Va. |
| Charlottesville High School | Charlottesville, Va. |
| Chase City High School | Chase City, Va. |
| Clifton Forge High School | Clifton Forge, Va. |
| Covington High School | Covington, Va. |
| Culpeper High School | Culpeper, Va. |
| Danville High School | Danville, Va. |
| Dublin Institute | Dublin, Va. |
| Hampton High School | Hampton, Va. |
| Harrisonburg High School | Harrisonburg, Va. |
| Lawrenceville High School | Lawrenceville, Va. |
| Lexington High School | Lexington, Va. |
| Lynchburg High School | Lynchburg, Va. |
| Manassas High School | Manassas, Va. |
| Martinsville High School | Martinsville, Va. |
| New London Academy | Forest Depot, Va. |
| Newport News High School | Newport News, Va. |
| Norfolk High School | Norfolk, Va. |
| Onancock High School | Onancock, Va. |
| Petersburg High School | Petersburg, Va. |
| Pocahontas High School | Pocahontas, Va. |
| Portsmouth High School | Portsmouth, Va. |
| Pulaski High School | Pulaski, Va. |
| Richmond High School | Richmond, Va. |
| Roanoke High School | Roanoke, Va. |
| Salem High School | Salem, Va. |
| Shoemaker High School | Gate City, Va. |
| Smithfield High School | Smithfield, Va. |
| South Boston High School | South Boston, Va. |
| Staunton High School | Staunton, Va. |
| Suffolk High School | Suffolk, Va. |
| Tazewell High School | Tazewell, Va. |
| Western Branch High School | Portsmouth, Va. |
| Woodlawn High School | Woodlawn, Va. |
| Woodstock High School | Woodstock, Va. |
| Wytheville High School | Wytheville, Va. |
ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS.
At the meeting of the Board of Visitors on March 2d, 1899, the
following system of Alumni Scholarships was created:
1. These scholarships shall be known as Alumni Scholarships.
2. The incumbents shall be appointed by such local Alumni Associations
as are members in good standing of the General Alumni Association
and are so reported from year to year by its Secretary; and by such of
these only as may have ten or more active members who are entitled to
vote on the appointment of an incumbent.
3. No incumbent shall hold such scholarship for more than one
year; but one who has passed satisfactory examinations at the university
in one or more of his classes may be eligible for reappointment the
following session upon the recommendation of the Faculty.
4. These scholarships shall be confined to those courses in the
Academic Schools of the university to which Virginia students are now
admitted without charge under the laws of Virginia (that is, all Academic
courses, save the courses in Analytical Chemistry). The scholarship
shall entitle the incumbent to exemption from tuition fees in the Schools
referred to except laboratory fees in general, and to the remission, if he
be a Virginian, of the university fee; if he be not a Virginian, one-half
of the university fee. The contingent fee must be deposited in all cases.
5. Only such persons may be appointed as actually stand in need
of such aid, and such as otherwise would not, in the judgment of the
association making the appointment, be able to attend the university:
and no student will be permitted to enjoy the privileges of an alumni
scholarship while holding an endowed scholarship or fellowship.
6. The incumbent must be at least eighteen years of age, and must
be one who, in the judgment of the association naming him, is studious,
of good moral character, and prepared to enter the university. He shall
be subject to the same entrance requirements as other students.
7. Every local alumni association, as above described, having ten
or more active members, shall be entitled annually to have one appointee
at the university; if hereafter such association ceases to have as many
as ten active members, it shall not be entitled to make an appointment
until that number be restored.
8. Every such local association having fifty or more active members
shall be entitled to fill two such scholarships annually, as long as it
shall continue to have as many as fifty such members, or as soon as it
shall have reached that number.
9. By "active" members as herein used, is meant alumni of the
university, who have been admitted by the association as active members
thereof, in accordance with the rules laid down by the Association.
No alumnus shall be entitled to vote upon the appointment of an incumbent
in more than one association during the same year, nor for
this purpose shall an alumnus be considered as an active member of
more than one association, at the same time. But graduation in any
department or school of the university is not hereby required.
10. Only one association in any city or town shall be entitled to
appoint incumbents to the scholarships hereby created.
11. The final appointment of each incumbent shall be made by a
vote of the whole association, a majority of the active members voting
for the applicant. It shall not finally be made by any committee or by
any officer or officers of the association. But such committee or officers
may be appointed by the association to nominate or examine candidates,
and to report to the association.
12. A statement, which shall include the full name and address of
the successful candidate, the fact of his appointment, and the specific
compliance of the association and the candidate in question with conditions
above stated, must be certified to the President of the University
of Virginia, attested by the signature of the Secretary of the Association
making the appointment. This certificate must be in the hands of the
president on or before the fifteenth day of August preceding the opening
of the session for which the incumbent is appointed. The president will
send printed forms of such certificates upon application.
13. The above requirements having been complied with, the person
or persons so appointed shall be entitled in each instance to attend the
university for the session immediately following the appointment without
payment of any tuition fees (save for the course in Analytical Chemistry),
except laboratory fees in general, and to the remission, if he be a Virginian,
of the university fee; if he be not a Virginian, of one-half of the university
fee: the Contingent fee being deposited in each case; and shall enjoy the
same privileges and be subject to the same restrictions as other students.
14. To guard against any possible ill-feeling or sense of injustice
on the part of any local association in respect to the construction of
these provisions, all such matters shall be referred to the Executive
Committee of the General Alumni Association, the decision of which,
when approved by the President of the University, shall be final.
SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS.
One of the Miller Scholarships is awarded, at the close of each
session, to the candidate who passes with the highest aggregate of marks,
in Physics 1B, Chemistry 1B, and Biology 1B. The tenure is for two
years, and the emolument is two hundred and fifty dollars a year, with
free tuition in the Scientific Schools. Other conditions are stated in
connection with the Department of Agriculture.
The McCormick Scholarship, established in honor of the late
Leander J. McCormick, the founder of the Astronomical Observatory,
is awarded by Mr. Robert Hall McCormick, of Chicago. The emolument
is free tuition in any department of the university, with remission
of the university fee.
The Isaac Carey Scholarship is awarded by the Carey Trustees.
Its value is about three hundred dollars a year.
The Thompson Brown Scholarship is awarded by its founder. Its
value is one hundred and twenty dollars a year.
The Birely Scholarship, founded upon the bequest of the late Mrs.
Evalena Seevers Birely, in honor of her husband, Valentine Birely, Esq.,
of Frederick, Maryland, is awarded by the Visitors to some students
from the State of Maryland. Its value is about one hundred dollars a
year.
The Henry Coalter Cabell Scholarship is awarded by the Visitors
to a graduate student upon the recommendation of the Committee of the
School of English Literature. Its value is fifty dollars a year.
The Isabella Merrick Sampson Endowment to the Engineering
School. By the generous gift of Mr. W. Gordon Merrick of Glendower,
Albemarle County, Virginia, made in July, 1910, there is provided the
sum of one hundred dollars annually, to be granted by the trustees of
the endowment to some deserving young man of Albemarle County, who
is or may desire to become a student of the University of Virginia in the
Engineering Department. If no applicant from Albemarle County applies,
the trustees may select a student from some other section. Application
should be made through the Dean of the Engineering Department to the
trustees of the Isabella Merrick Sampson Endowment.
FELLOWSHIPS.
The Vanderbilt Fellowships are supported out of the working fund
of the Leander McCormick Observatory. They are assigned to advanced
students who take Astronomy as their major subject and occupy a portion
of their time in work connected with the Observatory. They are appointed
applications for further information should be made. The value of each
Fellowship is three hundred and fifty dollars a year, with the remission
of all fees.
The John Y. Mason Fellowship, founded upon the gift of Archer
Anderson, Esq., of Richmond, Va., is awarded by the Visitors to some
competent and deserving graduate student, born in Virginia and in need
of such assistance. The value is two hundred dollars a year.
The William Cabell Rives Fellowship, founded in honor of the
distinguished statesmen of that name by his grandson, Dr. William
Cabell Rives, of Washington, D. C., is awarded by the Board of Visitors,
on the nomination of the president of the university, to a graduate
student in History. The value of the fellowship is two hundred and
fifty dollars, with remission of all fees.
The Board of Visitors Fellowships.—The Board of Visitors makes
annual appointment, upon the recommendation of the professors in
charge of certain designated schools, of four graduate students to fellowships.
Each incumbent is required to occupy a portion of his time in
work connected with the school from which he is nominated. The value
of each fellowship is two hundred dollars a year, with the remission
of all fees.
| University of Virginia record February, 1911 | |