 | The University of Virginia record January 15, 1932 |  |
REGULATIONS
REGISTRATION
Registration.—Applicants seeking admission to the University must present
themselves to the Deans of their respective departments at some time
during the first three days of the session. All women students must first
register at the office of the Dean of Women, 20 East Lawn.
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 October 1, unless the
Committee on Admissions 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 penalties imposed
for unexcused absences. But if the delay is due to illness or other providential
cause the Dean is authorized to remit the fee.
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 receives 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
may be imposed for unexcused absences.
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 19.
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
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 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 paragraphs.
Honor System.—All examinations are held under the Honor System, and
an unpledged paper is counted 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 anywhere else. 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, or of other conduct reflecting serious discredit upon the
University.
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.
Motor driven vehicles either owned or operated by students are prohibited
from parking in the roadways and alleys of the University grounds between
the hours of 8:30 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. However, students suffering from
serious physical disability, or who live more than two miles outside the city
limits, may be granted permits to park.
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
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 21. For list of private lodging
houses, with rates, apply to the Bursar.
Board.—Students may board at the University Commons, at their homes,
or in private houses approved by the President.
For cost of board at the Commons, see page 22. For list of private boarding
houses, with rates, apply to the Bursar.
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE
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.
EXPENSES
Payment of Fees.—When the aggregate charge for University fee, tuition
fee, laboratory fees and room rent does not exceed $50 for the session,
the total amount shall be paid upon registration.
If said fees aggregate more than $50, but do not exceed $100, one-half
thereof shall be paid upon registration and the remainder at the beginning
of the second term.
When the fees aggregate more than $100, payment shall be made one-third
upon registration; one-third at the opening of the second term and the
remainder at the opening of the third term.
If any payment remain unpaid for fifteen days after the date on which
it is due, the Bursar shall immediately notify the Dean of the department
in which such student is entered of the delinquency, and such student shall
by him be required at once to cease attending lectures, using laboratories,
library, gymnasium, athletic grounds or buildings, boarding at the dining
hall, and making use of any other privileges as a student until his financial
relations with the University have been arranged satisfactorily with the
Bursar.
Return of Fees.—A student withdrawing within five days after registering
shall have his fees refunded in full, except the sum of $5 to cover cost
of registration, and his name shall be stricken from the rolls.
If he withdraw or is dropped from the rolls for any cause after the
fifth day of the term and before the middle thereof, his fees shall be returned
pro rata.
If he withdraw or be dropped from the rolls for any cause after the middle
of any term no refund shall be made for that term, except in case of sickness
when the refund shall be pro-rated upon certificate of the University
Physician or other reputable medical practitioner.
In any case a minimum charge of $5 shall be made to cover cost of registration.
Laboratory fees shall be refunded upon statement of professor in charge
except where the withdrawal is within five days after registering.
Regulation Concerning Registration as Virginia Student.—In order to
be considered a Virginia student, it is necessary that the applicant's parents
be domiciled in the State if he be under twenty-one years of age; or if
he has attained his majority, that he himself be domiciled in said State; and
that either his parents or the applicant for admission shall have been bona
fide taxpayers in the State of Virginia for at least two years prior to said
application.
Sons of Regular Officers of the United States Army or Navy, whether
on the active or retired list, irrespective of the location of their posts of duty,
are accorded the privilege of registering under the rules applicable to the
registration of Virginia students.
Superintendents and Teachers of Public Schools Exempt from Fees.—
White male teachers and superintendents of the public schools of Virginia
will be admitted, during the last three months of the session, to the Academic
Schools of the University without payment of fees (except those
charged in laboratory courses), upon presentation of certificates that they
have been teachers in the public schools of the State during the year. Applicants
for admission as teachers are required to send in their names to
the President of the University not later than March 5.
Ministers of Religion and Candidates for the Ministry.—Ministers of religion
may attend any of the Academic Schools of the University without
payment of the tuition fee. The same privilege will be extended to any young
man who submits testimonials that he is an approved candidate for the ministry,
and unable to meet without aid the expenses of an education.
UNIVERSITY CHARGES[1]
University and Tuition Fees[2]
| VIRGINIANS | NON-VIRGINIANS | |
| University fee, all students | $ 50.00 | $ 60.00 |
| [3] Athletic fee, all students | 15.00 | 15.00 |
| Tuition, Academic students | 60.00 | 250.00 |
| [4] Tuition, professional students in Architecture | 205.00 | 250.00 |
The University fee goes to the fund intended to defray the general expenses of the
University. Payment of this fee entitles the student, without additional charge, to the
use of the library; to the privileges of the gymnasium, with baths, private lockers, etc.,
and the advice and aid of the physical training staff, and to free medical attendance by
the University Physician in case of illness. It also covers all regular examinations and
diploma fees.
College students from Virginia taking a single technical course in the Department of
Engineering pay a tuition of $60, or $20 per term.
Each student will be charged with an Athletic fee of $15, which will entitle such
student to free admission to all athletic events on our home grounds.
Candidates for B.S. in Architecture, after the first year, are registered as professional
students in Architecture.
Laboratory Fees
| Architecture B1, B2 and B3 (each) | $ 15.00 |
| Architectural Drawing A1 | 15.00 |
| Architectural Freehand Drawing A1, B1 and B2 (each) | 5.00 |
| [5] Beaux-Arts Institute of Design | 17.50 |
| Biology (each course) | 10.00 |
| Botany (each course) | 10.00 |
| [6] Chemistry (each course) | 20.00 |
| French A1 | 12.00 |
| Geology B1 | 3.00 |
| Geology B4 | 5.00 |
| Physics B1 | 15.00 |
| Physics B2, C2, C3 and C4 (each) | 7.50 |
| Spanish A1 and B1 (each) | 2.00 |
| Zoölogy (each course) | 10.00 |
A fee of $3.00 is required of all women students for the upkeep of the
"Women Students' Association Rooms."
Second-, third- and fourth-year and special students in the School of Architecture will
be charged this fee for annual membership in the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design.
These charges are for three or more courses. For one course the student will pay
one-third, and for two courses, one-half of the University fee and tuition, for the session.
BOARD AND LODGING
The University Dormitories
The dormitories of the University of Virginia consist of The Halls, East
Lawn and West Lawn, East Range and West Range, Dawson's Row, and Randall
Building.
Hot water heat and electric light are furnished throughout the dormitories.
Each occupant of a dormitory room must provide a pillow, pillow cases,
single sheets, blankets, towels, etc., and whatever rugs, curtains, etc., he may
desire.
Description and Rates
The Halls.—The most comfortable, best-equipped, and most modern rooming
accommodations in the University or in the city are to be found in the
new University dormitories, erected in 1929. This group of eight buildings
stands on the crest of the slope west of Monroe Hill, with an outlook on the
Ragged Mountains and the range of the Blue Ridge, and is within less than
three minutes walking distance from the gymnasium, the academic, engineering
and law class-rooms, and the University Commons.
These eight buildings are divided into twelve separate units, known as
Halls, each with its individual entrance, and each bearing the name of some professor,
distinguished in the history of the University. The buildings are of three
stories and of full fire-proof brick and cement construction throughout. They
provide one hundred and fifty-three two-room apartments, of living-room and
bedroom, each apartment intended to accommodate two students.
All of the rooms are approximately fifteen feet square. Each living-room
has an open fire-place and is furnished with a desk with drawers, a table with
drawer, a steel waste-basket, two rocking-chairs, two straight chairs and floor-plugs
for reading lamps. Each bedroom has two large built-in clothes closets,
and is furnished with two single steel beds, two chiffoniers, and two straight
chairs. All furniture is new, of excellent quality and attractive design, the bed-
spr and mattresses of especially high grade.
There is an average of one bathroom to every five students. The bathrooms,
each equipped with showers and an individual built-in steel locker and a
medicine chest with mirror for each student using it, are so placed that every
bed-room, with one sole exception, opens directly into a bath.
Telephone service is provided in each Hall. Trunks and packing cases will
not be permitted in the apartments of The Halls dormitories. They must be
delivered to the trunk room in each Hall from which the student will remove
the contents to his room. Trunks and packing cases will be stored in dry racks
located in the basement. Each apartment will ordinarily be occupied by two
students. The rental for the nine months of the regular session is $150 per student
(or $300 for each apartment).
East Lawn and West Lawn are of one-story brick construction. They contain
thirty-eight rooms, each approximately twelve feet square, located between
the pavilions and opening into colonnades running the entire length of "The Lawn."
The rental of twenty-seven of the rooms, for the session, is $125 for one occupant
or $170 for two occupants. The remaining nine rooms, called Bachelors' Row,
rent for $115 for one occupant, or $160 for two occupants. These rooms are reserved
for applicants for senior degrees.
East Range and West Range consist of forty-six one-story brick rooms,
approximately twelve feet square, built in sections running the entire length of
"The Ranges," and opening into arcades. In addition, there are two two-story
rooms, approximately fifteen feet square. The rental of the rooms on the Ranges,
for the session, is $125 for one occupant or $170 for two. The rooms in the
Old Gymnasium and the Club House rent for $80 for one occupant or $110 for
two.
Dawson's Row consists of a series of four eight-room two-story brick houses,
and a six-room one-story brick house, located on the southwest side of the
grounds. The rooms are approximately fifteen feet square. The rental of fifty-one
of the rooms, for the session, is $95 for one occupant or $130 for two. Four
of the rooms rent for $60 for one occupant or $80 for two.
All of the rooms on the Lawns and Ranges and in Dawson's Row are provided
with running cold water. For each of the Lawns and Ranges one bathhouse
is provided and there is a bath-house in Dawson's Row.
Randall Building.—A two-story brick building, located at the south end of
East Range, containing thirty-one single rooms ten by fourteen, ten by fifteen and
ten by sixteen; eight double rooms fourteen by fifteen, fifteen by fifteen and
fifteen by seventeen; one double room with study-room attached. Single rooms rent
at $80 to $90; double rooms $125 for one occupant or $150 for two occupants.
Double room with study-room attached, for one occupant $135, or $180 for two
occupants.
The furnishing of the rooms on the Lawns and Ranges, in Dawson's Row and
Randall Building is as follows: For one occupant—an enamelled iron bed with comfortable
springs and mattress, a chiffonier, a table, a straight chair and a rocking-chair.
For two occupants—two single beds or one double-deck bed with springs
and mattresses, one chiffonier, one desk or two tables, one rocking-chair and two
straight chairs.
Board
Meals may be obtained at the University Commons, which is a handsome building
overlooking the McIntire Theatre and situated within two minutes' walk of
any of the dormitories. The interior of the main dining-room is panelled, and
the walls contain portraits of a number of distinguished alumni and officers of the
University. The furnishings are attractive. The capacity of the Commons is
three hundred. Board is furnished at cost and in no case will exceed $35 per
month.
Other Accommodations
In addition to the University Dormitories and the Commons, there are private
lodging and boarding houses situated near the University, and a number
of restaurants are nearby. A list of these will be furnished upon application.
Occupants of the dormitories may take their meals either at the Commons
or elsewhere.
All inquiries concerning rooms or board should be addressed to The Bursar,
University, Virginia.
APPROXIMATE SUMMARY OF NECESSARY EXPENSES
The figures in the following tables may be taken as fairly accurate approximations
of all necessary expenses for a session of nine months. As necessary expenses
are reckoned here University, tuition, and athletic fees, laboratory fees,
lodging, board, laundry, and books, but not clothing, traveling expenses, or pocket
money. For each department three estimates are given—a low, an average,
and a liberal estimate. The difference in the three depends on the difference
of expenditure for board, lodging, books, and laundry—in other words, on
the scale of living of the individual student. If a student shares a room with
another student, and practices the strictest economy, he may possibly reduce his
expenses below the estimate.
| VIRGINIANS | NON-VIRGINIANS | |||||
| Low | Average | Liberal | Low | Average | Liberal | |
| University Fee | $ 50 | $ 50 | $ 50 | $ 60 | $ 60 | $ 60 |
| Tuition Fee | 60 | 60 | 60 | 250 | 250 | 250 |
| Athleti Fee | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Laboratory Fees (average) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Room, Heat, Light, Furniture and Service | 65 | 115 | 225 | 65 | 115 | 225 |
| Board | 225 | 270 | 315 | 225 | 270 | 315 |
| Books | 25 | 30 | 35 | 25 | 30 | 35 |
| Laundry | 25 | 35 | 50 | 25 | 35 | 50 |
| Total for Session of Nine Months | $ 475 | $ 585 | $ 760 | $ 675 | $ 785 | $ 960 |
Student Self-Help.—The University maintains a Bureau of Student Self-Help
for the benefit of students who wish to obtain remunerative employment
while pursuing their studies. Opportunities for employment are not infrequent,
but no new student should attempt to attend the University unless he has sufficient
private resources to defray at least half of the expenses of his first session. After
a student has arrived at the University, the Bureau will make every effort to find
suitable work for him, but no assurance of employment can be given until after
the student's arrival.
Students who desire the assistance of the Bureau are invited to apply for
information by addressing the Director, Box 1487, University, Virginia.
Loans will be provided for deserving students. See page 35.
| The University of Virginia record January 15, 1932 | |