 | The University of Virginia record February 1, 1920 |  |
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.
Registration of Matriculated Students.—Students who have previously
been matriculated as members of the University must present themselves
to the deans of their respective departments upon one of the first three
days of the session.
Delayed Registration.—Any student who fails to present himself for
registration during the first three days of the session will not be admitted
unless he can explain his delay in a manner satisfactory to the President,
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 9 a. m. and 2 p. m. Any student
failing to register thus will be required to pay the delayed registration
fee of three dollars, and will be liable to whatever penalties may be imposed
by his professors for unexcused absences. 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 last week-day before the twenty-fifth 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 written permission
to be temporarily absent, or to withdraw before the close of the session.
While in residence each student is required to attend regularly all lectures
and other prescribed exercises in the courses which he pursues, or else suffer
such penalties as his professors may impose for unexcused absences.
Leave of Absence from the University is granted for sufficient reason
by 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 other student organizations on
excursions will not be granted except to the officers and members of these
of the athletic teams are found on page 234. The same regulations
apply, mutatis mutandis, to members of other student organizations.
Voluntary Withdrawal from the University requires the written consent
of the Dean of the University and the dean of the department in which
the student is registered. 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.
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 on the day of the examination (attested by a physician's
certificate), or other imperative cause which may be approved by the several
faculties of the University.
Special Examinations are granted only upon prompt application therefor,
and in case the applicant's absence from the regular examination has
been excused. See the preceding paragraph.
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 University precincts or not. Drunkenness, gambling,
and dissoluteness are strictly forbidden, and the President may dismiss
from the University 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.
DORMITORIES AND BOARD.
Dormitories.—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 85-86. 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 page 85. 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 carry 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. For the
regular course in Physical Training with credit value toward academic degrees,
see page 125. Further information upon the equipment and policy
of the University in the matter of Physical Training and Athletics will be
found on page 231.
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