 | University of Virginia record February 1, 1915 |  |
REGULATIONS.
REGISTRATION.
Registration of New Students.—Applicants seeking admission to the
University for the first time must present themselves to the Dean of the
University at some time during the first three days of the session. Each
candidate who satisfies the requirements for admission set forth on pp.
81-95 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 with profit the course in question, sign the card, and enter the
applicant's name upon the roll of the course. 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 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 follow the procedure described
above.
Delayed Registration.—Any student who fails to present himself for
registration during the first three days of the session will be admitted to
registration only provided the President considers the delay adequately
explained, and will be charged a delayed registration fee of three dollars.
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 be required to pay the delayed
registration fee of three dollars, and his absences from his lectures will be
recorded against him. But if the delay is due to illness or other providential
cause, the dean is authorized to remit the fee and to notify the
professors concerned that the student's absences have been satisfactorily
explained.
RESIDENCE AND ATTENDANCE.
The Academic Year begins on the Thursday preceding the nineteenth
of September and continues for thirty-nine weeks. Thanksgiving Day and
Jefferson Day are holidays, 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 holidays, 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. 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.
Absence from the University is permitted upon the written leave of
the dean of the department in which the student is registered, and must
in every case be obtained 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 these organizations. The
laws relating to absence from the University of members of the athletic
teams are found on page 291. The same regulations apply, mutatis mutandis,
to members of other student organizations.
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 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 several department faculties
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 the regulations as to delinquent students
in the various departments: The College, p. 177; the Department of Law,
pp. 209-210; the Department of Medicine, pp. 215-216; the Department
of Engineering, p. 254.
Honor System.—All examinations in the University are held under
the Honor System, and an unpledged paper is counted as a total failure.
In matters of class standing as well, students are expected to regard themselves
as governed by the law of honor. See page 15.
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,
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.
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.
The keeping of dogs by students within the University grounds is forbidden.
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 AND BOARD.
Dormitory.—Students may reside in the university dormitories, in
their homes, or in private houses approved by the President. The President
will withdraw from the approved list any house in which the regulations
as to the conduct of students are not observed. Any change of residence
during the session should be reported at the office of the Registrar.
For rules governing the rental and occupancy of university dormitories,
and the rates charged for the same, see pages 109-110. For list of
private lodging-houses, with rates, apply to the Registrar.
Board.—Students may board at the University Commons, at their
homes, or in private houses approved by the President.
For the cost of board at the Commons, see p. 109. For list of private
boarding-houses, with rates, apply to the Registrar.
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND PHYSICAL TRAINING.
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 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, treatment of the eye, ear, nose, and throat, or to constitutional
disorders from which the student in question was suffering at the
time of his coming to the University. The University is not responsible
for the expense incurred through the employment of private nurses, necessitated
by severe illness of students, or through the maintenance of quarantine
of boarding at houses not approved by the Board of Health forfeit the right
of medical attendance. 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 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
elsewhere; 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 page 288.
| University of Virginia record February 1, 1915 | |