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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. 6-13 will be directed to the dean of the department which he proposes
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.

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.

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 reason. 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.

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.

Absence from Examinations.—Written examinations are an essential
part of the work of every course in the University, and attendance upon
them is required of every student. Absence may be excused only on the
ground of sickness or other providential cause which may be approved by
the several faculties of the University under the regulations of their respective
departments.

Honor System.—All examinations 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.

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. Drunkenness, gambling, and
dissoluteness are strictly forbidden, and the President may dismiss from
the University for the residue of the current session any 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 27-29. 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. 27. 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. Nor is the University responsible
for the expense incurred through the employment of private nurses, necessitated

by severe illness of students, or through the maintenance of quarantine
precautions in contagious cases. Students who take the responsibility
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
by 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.