 | The University of Virginia record April 1, 1917 |  |
REGULATIONS.
REGISTRATION.
Registration of New Students.—Applicants seeking admission to the
University for the first time must present themselves at Peabody Hall at
some time during the first three days of the session. Each candidate who
satisfies the requirements for admission set forth on pp. 76-89 will be directed
to the dean of the department which he proposes to enter, or, in the case of
first-year students in the College, to one of several professors designated
for this purpose by the Dean. After conference with the above the candidate
will receive a card containing a list of the courses which he wishes to take.
This card must be presented to each professor concerned, who will, on
satisfying himself that the applicant is prepared to take the course in
question, sign the card, and enter the applicant's name upon the roll of the
course. The card must then be presented to the Bursar, who will endorse
upon it the amount of fees to be paid. 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 previously
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 thereafter 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 he can explain his delay in a manner satisfactory
to the President, 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 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
of accompanying the athletic teams or other student organizations 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 250. 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: The College, p. 152; the Department of Law,
pp. 181-182; the Department of Medicine, pp. 187-188; the Department of
Engineering, p. 221.
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. See p. 13.
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
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 pp. 102-103. 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. 102. 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. Further information
upon this important subject will be found upon page 247.
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