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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.

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.

Admission to the College of Arts and Sciences during the Session.—No applicant
for admission to the College of Arts and Sciences who has not been
previously registered therein will be admitted after the middle of the first
term, unless the Committee on Entrance Requirements is satisfied that,
in view of his record, he is likely to prove successful with the work undertaken
in spite of the handicap of late entrance.

Registration after the Christmas Recess.—On the first week-day after
the Christmas Recess, every student is required to register by attending all
the classes or laboratory exercises at which he is due that day. No further
formality is necessary. Any student failing to register thus will be required
to pay the delayed registration fee, 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-third 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 should
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
organizations. The laws relating to absence from the University of members
of the athletic teams are found on page 324 of the General Catalogue.
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. For the conditions governing the return of fees
upon withdrawal, see page 17.

Enforced Withdrawal is inflicted by the several departmental 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 for 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.

The President will dismiss from the University every student convicted
of public drunkenness.

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 address 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 page 19. For list of private
lodging houses, with rates, apply to the Bursar.

Board.—Students may board at the University Cafeteria, at their homes,
or in private houses approved by the President.

For cost of board at the Cafeteria, see page 19. For list of private
boarding houses, with rates, apply to the Bursar.

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 to 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 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
61.