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THE COLLEGE.

   
Edwin Anderson Alderman, Ph.B., D.C.L., LL.D.  President 
James Morris Page, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D.  Dean 

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.

The general requirements for admission to the university may be found
on page 62. For admission to the college, the candidate should possess an
amount of preparation which is at least the equivalent of that represented by
four years of successful work in an accredited school. He must offer, either
by certificate or by examination (see page 64), fifteen units, of which three must
be in English, two and one-half in Mathematics, and one in History. The
remaining eight and one-half units may be selected at will from the list on
page 63, unless the candidate expects to apply for a baccalaureate degree. In
that case he should offer, if he is an applicant for the degree of Bachelor of
Arts, four units in Latin or two units in Greek; if he is an applicant for the
degree of Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Science in Education, two units
in each of two modern languages (French, German, Spanish); if he is an applicant
for the degree of Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject, or Bachelor of
Science in Medicine, two units in French and two units in German). For definitions
of the entrance units, see pages 66-75.

Advanced Standing is given to any candidate who, in addition to meeting
the minimum requirements for entrance above stated, can show by passing an
examination that he has done work equivalent to that covered by any of the
following courses offered in the college: Latin A1, Greek A1 or A2, Greek A3,
English Literature A1 or A2, Mathematics A1 or A2. Such a candidate will be
admitted to the corresponding B course, and upon his successful completion
of the same will be entitled to count toward a baccalaureate degree the credit
value of both the A and the B courses in question. The examinations for advanced
standing are set at some time during the first month of the session.

College Credit.—Candidates who desire credit for work done at other
colleges must satisfy the entrance requirements for regular students, and must,
in addition, file with the Dean of the College a certificate covering the courses
for which college credit is desired. This certificate must be acceptable both to
the Dean and to the professors in charge of the courses accredited. The certificate


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must bear the official signature of the head of the candidate's college, must
specify the character and content of the courses passed by the candidate, and
must give his grades, which should in no case fall below the standard of seventy-five
per cent. The final validation of such certificates is effected by the successful
completion of the courses taken in this university. In no case will credit be
given on more than forty-eight session-hours of work done elsewhere, and any
candidate who receives this maximum amount of credit can count among the
remaining fifteen session-hours required for his degree only the credit value of
the courses he has passed as a resident student in the college, exclusive of any
credit for work done in the Summer School or in any of the professional departments.
In every case the candidate must spend at least one regular session
exclusively in college work in this university.

Conditioned Students.—A candidate for entrance must offer fifteen units
as defined by the Southern Commission on Accredited Schools. At least thirteen
of the units offered must be included in the list of units accepted for
admission on page 63. A student not able to offer fifteen units as defined in this
list may be conditioned on any two units except English A and B. All conditions
must be absolved before the beginning of the session following initial
registration. This may be done by private study or by taking courses in the
University or in the Summer School. But no course taken to remove a condition
may be counted as part of the work credited toward a degree. No conditioned
student may be later registered as a special student.

Special Students.—A candidate may be admitted as a special student
without fulfilling the entrance requirements above specified, provided he is more
than twenty years old on the day of registration and gives adequate evidence of
serious purpose and of the training needed to pursue with profit the courses for
which he is registered. No special student may be a candidate for a degree;
but such students are permitted and encouraged to make up their deficiencies
by private study or by taking courses in the University or in the Summer
School. They will then be admitted as regular students, and may be accepted
as applicants for degrees, provided all entrance requirements are met at least
one academic year before the date of graduation.

REGULATIONS.

The Session-Hour.—All courses are measured in terms of the session-hour
as a unit. A session-hour is one hour a week throughout the session of lecture
or recitation, or two hours a week throughout the session of laboratory work.

Maximum and Minimum of Session-Hours in One Session.—Each student
is required to undertake each session courses aggregating at least fifteen
session-hours. This number may be increased in the following cases:

(1) First-year students may take eighteen session-hours, provided (a) three
of these be in Greek A1, Greek A2, German 1, French 1, or Spanish 1; or
(b) the student in question is credited with six hours of advanced standing.

(2) Other than first-year students may take eighteen session-hours, provided
the student (a) has passed in the preceding session courses aggregating


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fifteen session-hours, or (b) is repeating a course on which he failed in the
preceding session, or (c) is in his graduating year and needs eighteen session-hours
for his degree.

(3) Other than first-year students may take twenty-one session-hours,
provided they have passed in the preceding session courses aggregating fifteen
session-hours, with a general average of at least ninety per cent.

Exceptions to the above regulations will be allowed only by special permission
of the Academic Faculty.

Physical Training and Military Science are not counted in the maximum and
minimum requirements detailed above.

Grade.—The grade of a student in any course, either for a term or for the
session, is determined by his class standing and his examination grade, combined
in such proportion as the professor in charge of the course in question
may decide. Class standing in any course is determined by the regularity of the
student's attendance upon the lectures (and laboratory or other similar exercises)
of the course, and by the quality of his work, as indicated by his recitation
grades, written tests, laboratory work, etc.

Grade Required for Passing.—For passing in any course a grade of
seventy-five per cent is required.

Grade Required for Reöxamination.—A student whose session grade in
any course falls below seventy-five per cent, but not below sixty-five per cent,
may, upon the written recommendation of the professor in charge, be admitted
to reöxamination upon that course, or upon such portion of it as the professor
shall determine, during the registration week of the following September. The
fee for each reöxamination is five dollars, and must be paid to the Bursar on or
before July 15.

An applicant for a degree who fails on a single term of not more than
one of his courses during the last year of his candidacy, is entitled to a special
examination before Final Day on the work of that term, and will receive credit
for the course, provided the result of this special examination entitles him to a
grade of seventy-five per cent for the term in question, considered independently
and without reference to his grade for the other two terms. In such cases no
reöxamination fee is charged.

Minimum Grade Required.—Any student whose average grade in all his
courses for any term is less than fifty per cent, will be dropped from the rolls.

Any first-year student whose average grade for any term is fifty per cent
or more, but who attains in no one of his courses a grade of sixty-five per cent,
will be put on probation for the term next ensuing, and if he again fails to
attain for the current term a grade of sixty-five per cent in at least one of his
courses, he will be dropped from the rolls.

Any student other than a first-year student whose average grade for any
term is fifty per cent or more, but who attains in no one of his courses a grade
of seventy-five per cent, will be put on probation for the term next ensuing, and
if he again fails to attain for the current term a grade of seventy-five per cent
in at least one of his courses, or sixty-five per cent in at least two of his courses,
he will be dropped from the rolls.


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A student who through neglect of his work is evidently making no real
progress in a course may at any time, after due admonition, be required to drop
the course in question; and if, for the current term or for any succeeding term
of the current session, his grade in any one of his remaining courses falls below
forty per cent, he will be put on probation.

Advisers.—To each first-year student is assigned, before his registration
is completed, a member of the faculty as his adviser, whose acquaintance he
should cultivate, and whom he may feel free to consult on any question touching
his work or his life as a student of this university.

Subjects of Study in a student's schedule may be changed, dropped, or
added to, only with the consent of his adviser and of the professors concerned,
and only within the first two weeks of each term, except that first-year students
may make such changes at any time during the first month of the session.

Absence from Lectures may be excused by the professors, but only for
sickness or like providential cause. Any explanation of an absence which a
student has to offer must be made on the day of the first lecture after the
absence. Unexcused absences from lectures render the student liable to such
penalties as his professors may impose, or, in serious cases, to faculty discipline.
No student who has, for any reason, been absent from more than fifty per cent
of the lectures of any one term, can receive a grade on the work of that term.

Absence from Examinations will not be excused except for sickness on
the day of the examination, attested by a physician's certificate, or for other
cause which the faculty by special order may approve. An unexcused absence is
counted as a total failure.

Special Examinations.—A student whose absence from an examination
is excused, is entitled to a special examination on a date to be arranged between
himself and the professor in charge, not later than the end of the registration
period of the following session.

Reports.—Reports are sent at the end of each term to the parent or
guardian of each student. These reports indicate the number of times the
student has been absent from lectures, and give his term grade in each course.
Preliminary reports on attendance and class-standing are made on November 4
to the parent or guardian of every first-year student. The Dean will be glad at
any time to furnish to the proper person a special report on any student's
standing.

REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES.

Full opportunity is given to any student to carry out any definite plan of
work which he may have in view on coming to the University, or which may
have been prescribed for him by those under whose direction he is completing
his education. But when no well-considered plan has been outlined in advance,
and the end in view is that for which the great majority of students enter college,
namely, the attainment of a liberal education, the student will be expected
to enter upon the regular work of the college leading to a baccalaureate degree.

Five degrees are offered candidates for graduation in the college. Two
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Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject, the name of which is inscribed on the
diploma, the Bachelor of Science in Education and the Bachelor of Science in
Medicine, are vocational degrees, designed for those who wish to fit themselves
especially for professional work.

No course offered by a successful candidate for one of the cultural baccalaureate
degrees can be offered by the same candidate as part of the work
credited toward the other cultural baccalaureate degrees, nor can any work
done to remove an entrance condition be counted for any degree.

For a student who enters without advanced standing the normal time
required for obtaining a baccalaureate degree is four years, assuming that he
completes each year courses which aggregate the regular minimum of fifteen
session-hours. A student receiving advanced standing in not less than two subjects
may obtain a degree in three years, provided he is able to complete each
year eighteen session-hours. A student may materially shorten the time required
for obtaining a degree by taking courses in the Summer School on which
college credit is given (see page 213). For credit for work done at other colleges,
see page 137.

The requirements for a baccalaureate degree are such as to allow a large
measure of freedom of election on the part of the individual student, such
restriction only being placed upon this liberty as is necessary to insure at the
same time the thoroughness and the breadth of culture for which these degrees
stand. In order to secure to the recipient of a degree a due measure of acquaintance
with the methods of thought characteristic of each of the leading
departments of knowledge, as well as with their subject matter, his courses must
be chosen, subject to the specific requirements detailed below, from the following
groups, among which are distributed all the undergraduate courses having
credit value toward a baccalaureate degree. The courses in parentheses may be
counted only as "electives-at-large."

Group I: Languages.

Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.

  • Latin A1.

  • Latin B1.

  • Latin B2.

  • (Greek A1 or A2)

  • Greek A3.

  • Greek B1.

  • Greek B2.

  • French B1.

  • French B2.

  • Spanish B1.

  • Spanish B2.

  • Italian B1.

  • German B1.

  • German B2.


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Group II: Mathematical Sciences.

Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.

  • Mathematics A1 or A2.

  • Mathematics B1.

  • Mathematics B2.

  • Mathematics B3.

  • (Applied Mathematics B1.)

  • Astronomy B1.

  • Astronomy B2.

  • Astronomy B3.

Group III: Natural Sciences.

Each course in this group has, unless otherwise stated, a credit value of 6
session-hours.

  • Chemistry B1.

  • Chemistry B2.

  • (Analytical Chemistry B1.)

  • Physics B1.

  • Biology B1.

  • Biology B4 (3 session-hours).

  • Zoölogy B1.

  • Geology B1.

  • Geology B2.

  • Geology B3.

  • (Geology B4—1 session-hour).

  • Geology B5 (5 session-hours).

Group IV: Social Sciences.

Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.

  • History B1.

  • History B2.

  • Economics B1.

  • Government B1.

  • (Journalism B1.)

  • Journalism B2.

  • (Journalism B3.)

  • (Commercial Geography B1.)

  • (Commercial Geography B2.)

  • (Commercial Law B1.)

Group V: English.

Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.

  • English Literature A1 or A2.

  • English Literature B1.

  • English Literature B2.

  • English B1.

  • English B2.

  • Biblical History B1.


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  • Biblical Literature B2.

  • Public Speaking B1.

  • (Public Speaking B2.)

Group VI: Philosophical Sciences.

Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.

  • Philosophy B1.

  • Philosophy B2.

  • Philosophy B3.

  • Philosophy B4.

  • Education B1.

  • (Education B2.)

  • Education B3.

  • (Education B4.)

  • Education B5.

  • (Education B6.)

  • Education B7, Section I or Section II.

  • (Education B8.)

  • (Education B9.)

VII: Out of Group.

The following courses may be offered as electives-at-large, but not in any of
the above groups:

  • (Automobiles—1 session-hour.)

  • (Elements of Electrical Engineering—5 session-hours.)

  • (Photography—1 session-hour.)

  • (Physical Training—3 session-hours.)

  • (Plane Surveying—2 session-hours.)

  • (Telephony, Telegraphy and Signaling—4 session-hours.)

  • (Topographical Drawing—1 session-hour.)

Bachelor of Arts.

Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts must complete 63 session-hours,
divided between Group Electives and Electives-at-Large.

A. Group Electives: 48 session-hours, distributed among the several
groups as follows:

Group I: 9 session-hours in two subjects. Six session-hours must be in
either Latin or Greek.

Group II: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in Mathematics A1 or A2.

Group III: 12 session-hours in two subjects.

Group IV: 6 session-hours.

Group V: 9 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English Literature A1
or A2.

Group VI: 6 session-hours.


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B. Electives-at-Large: 15 session-hours, of which 3 may be in Physical
Training B1. Not less than 9 session-hours must be in some one group, to be
known as the candidate's Major Group.

C courses may be offered as electives-at-large with a credit value of 3
session-hours each, except courses in the natural sciences, which have a credit
value of 6 session-hours each. One C course must be offered in the candidate's
major group, with the credit value above stated.

English B1, if offered as an elective-at-large, may be counted as belonging
either in Group I or in Group V.

For twelve session-hours of electives-at-large there may be substituted the
first-year course in the Department of Law or in the Department of Medicine, or
twelve session-hours of technical courses in the Department of Engineering.

Bachelor of Science.

Candidates for the cultural degree of Bachelor of Science must complete
63 session-hours, divided between Group Electives and Electives-at-Large.

A. Group Electives: 48 session-hours, distributed among the several
groups as follows:

Group I: 9 session-hours, of which at least 6 must be in at least two modern
languages.

Group II: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in Mathematics A1 or A2.

Group III: 12 session-hours in two subjects.

Group IV: 6 session-hours.

Group V: 9 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English Literature A1
or A2.

Group VI: 6 session-hours.

B. Electives-at-Large: 15 session-hours, of which 3 may be in Physical
Training B1. Not less than 9 session-hours must be in some one group, to be
known as the candidate's Major Group.

C courses may be offered as electives-at-large with a credit value of 3
session-hours each, except courses in the natural sciences, which have a credit
value of 6 session-hours each. One C course must be offered in the candidate's
major group, with the credit value above stated.

English B1, if offered as an elective-at-large, may be counted as belonging
either in Group I or in Group V.

For twelve session-hours of electives-at-large there may be substituted
the first-year course in the Department of Law or in the Department of Medicine,
or twelve session-hours of technical courses in the Department of
Engineering.

Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject.

Candidates for the vocational degree of Bachelor of Science in a Special
Subject must complete 63 session-hours, divided between Group Electives and
Electives-at-Large.


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A. Group Electives: 30 session-hours, distributed among various groups
as follows:

Group I: 6 session-hours, three of which must be in French and three in
German.

Group II: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in Mathematics A1 or A2.

Group III: 12 session-hours in two subjects.

Group V: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English Literature A1
or A2.

B. Electives-at-Large: 33 session-hours, of which three may be in Physical
Training B1. Thirty session-hours must be chosen in conformity with the
following regulation. At least two years before the date of graduation, the
candidate must select one of the Schools of the Natural or Mathematical
Sciences as his Major School, and during the remainder of his candidacy must
pursue work in that School and such other courses as shall be prescribed by
the professor or professors in charge of his Major School and approved by the
Academic Faculty.

Bachelor of Science in Education.

Candidates for the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Education must offer
63 session-hours, divided between Group Electives and Electives-at-Large.

A. Group Electives: 30 session-hours, distributed among various groups
as follows:

Group I: 6 session-hours, which must be chosen from two of the following
subjects: French, German, Spanish.

Group II: 3 session-hours in Mathematics A1 or A2.

Group III: 12 session-hours in two subjects.

Group IV: 3 session-hours.

Group V: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English Literature
A1 or A2.

B. Electives-at-Large: 33 session-hours, of which 15 must be in Education
B1 or B2, Education B3, Education B5 or B6, Education B7 or B9, and one
other course in Education. Of the remaining 18 session-hours, 3 may be in
Physical Training B1, and 15 must be elected from two of the six groups (not
more than 3 session-hours to be chosen in Education), subject to the approval
of a committee of the professors of Education. Students preparing for administrative
positions must take Education C3 (3 session-hours), and of the
remaining 12 session-hours may elect not more than 6 in Education.

Bachelor of Science in Medicine.

Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medicine must offer
63 session-hours, divided between Group Electives and Electives-at-Large.

A. Group Electives: 30 session-hours, distributed among various groups
as follows:

Group I: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in French and 3 in German.


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Group II: 3 session-hours in Mathematics A1 or A2.

Group III: 18 session-hours in Physics B1, Chemistry B1 or B2, and
Biology B1.

Group V: 3 session-hours in English Literature A1 or A2.

Electives-at-Large: 33 session-hours, of which 3 may be in Physical
Training B1. For 30 session-hours, the first two years of the regular course in
the Department of Medicine are to be substituted.


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SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND EXAMINATIONS, 1918-1919.

Any change in the lecture-hours of a course involves a corresponding change
in the examination date.

The lecture-hours of courses which meet at hours not corresponding to the
periods tabulated below, will be found under Announcement of Courses (pages
108-137). Their examination dates will be announced later. Some courses meet
at hours not arranged until the beginning of the session. In case these lecture-hours,
when arranged, correspond to periods tabulated below, the examination
will be held on the dates named in this schedule. The examination dates of other
courses will be announced later.

Courses marked below with an asterisk are regarded as especially suitable
for first-year students, except those who are prepared for more advanced courses
in the same subjects.

                                                                                                                   
Hours  Monday, Wednesday, Friday  Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday  Hours 
8:30
to
9:30 
Chemistry B2  Biblical Literature B2  8:30
to
9:30 
*French 1 (Sect. I)  English Literature B2 
*Geology B1  *French 1 (Sect. I) 
*Greek A1  French B1 
Journalism B2  *Greek A1 (Tues., Thurs.) 
*Mathematics A2  Greek A2 
Friday, Dec. 13  *Mathematics A1 (Sect. I) 
Thursday, Mar. 13  Public Speaking B1 
Tuesday, May 27  Friday, Dec. 20 
Thursday, Mar. 20 
Tuesday, June
9:30
to
10:30 
Economics B1  Analytical Chemistry B1  9:30
to
10:30 
English B1  Applied Mathematics B1 
*English Literature A1 (Sect. I)  Biblical History B1 
German B1  *Chemistry B1 (Sect. II) 
Greek B2  English B2 
*Mathematics A1 (Sect. IV)  Greek A3 
Thursday, Dec. 12  *History B1 
Wednesday, Mar. 12  *Mathematics A1 (Sect. II) 
Thursday, June Public Speaking B1 
Tuesday, Dec. 17 
Monday, Mar. 17 
Friday, May 30 
10:30
to
11:30 
*Chemistry B1 (Sect. I)  Commercial Geography B2  10:30
to
11:30 
*English Literature A2 (Sect. I)  *English Literature A1 (Sect. V) 
Greek B1  English Literature B1 
History B2  Latin B2 
Italian B1  *Mathematics A1 (Sect. III) 
Latin B1  Physics B1 
Mathematics B1  Wednesday, Dec. 18 
Philosophy B2  Tuesday, Mar. 18 
*Spanish 1  Saturday, May 31 
Zoölogy B1 
Monday, Dec. 23 
Saturday, Mar. 22 
Monday, May 26 
11:30
to
12:30 
Astronomy B1  *Biology B1  11:30
to
12:30 
*English Literature A1 (Sects. II & III)  *English Literature A1 (Sect. VI) 
*English Literature A2 (Sect. II)  *French 1 (Sect. II) 
*French 1 (Sect. II)  French B2 
Geology B2 (Mon., Wed.)  Geology B2 (Tue.) 
German B2  Mathematics B2 
Mathematics B3  Philosophy B3 
Spanish B1  Saturday, Dec. 21 
Thursday, Dec. 19  Friday, Mar. 21 
Wednesday, Mar. 19  Wednesday, June
Monday, June
12:30
to
1:30 
Commercial Law B1  *French 1 (Sect. III)  12:30
to
1:30 
English Literature A1 (Sect. IV)  *German 1 
*French 1 (Sect. III)  *Latin A1 (Sect. II) 
*German 1  Philosophy B1 (Sect. II) 
*Latin A1 (Sect. I)  *Government B1 
Philosophy B1 (Sect. I)  Public Speaking B2 
Spanish B2  Monday, Dec. 16 
Saturday, Dec. 14  Saturday, Mar. 15 
Friday, Mar. 14  Thursday, May 29 
Wednesday, May 28