University of Virginia Library

EXPENSES, &c.

The expenses for the session of upwards of ten months, (commencing
the 10th of September, and ending the 20th of July following,) are
as follows:—

           

Board, including bed and other room furniture, washing and attendance	$100
Fuel and candles, to be furnished by the Proctor, at cost, and 5 per cent commission, estimated, if only one student in the dormitory, at $30,—if two students in the dormitory at	15
Rent of an entire dormitory $16; for half, if occupied by two students	8
Use of the library and public rooms	15
Fees—if one professor be attended $50; if two, each $30; if more than two, each $25—say	75
Total (exclusive of books and stationary, clothing and pocket-money)	$213

In addition to the regular see, $20 is paid by students who attend
the Senior Class in the school of Law.

Boarding-houses are provided within the precincts, for the accommodation
of students; and no student is permitted to board or lodge out
of the precincts, unless in the family of his parent or guardian, or of
some particular friend, approved by the Faculty. Except, that students
above the age of twenty years, may reside out of the precincts, in such
private boarding-houses as the Faculty may approve.

Every student resident within the precints, is required, on matriculat -
ing, to deposit with the Patron, all the money, checks, bills, drafts, and
other available funds, which he shall have in his possession, or under
his control, in any manner intended to defray his expenses while at the
University, or on his return from thence to his residence. Nor shall
he matriculate, till he shall have deposited a sum at least sufficient, after
deducting the Patron's commission, (two per cent.) to pay for the
use of his dormitory and the public rooms, to pay the fees of the Professors
whom he may design to attend, to pay three months' board to
his hotel-keeper, to purchase the text-books and stationary which he
may want at the commencement, and twenty dollars on account of fuel
and candles, and ten dollars to cover contingent charges and assessments
against him for injuries to the buildings, &c., which two last
mentioned sums are credited in the final settlement of his accounts. In
like manner, he shall deposit with the Patron all the funds which he shall
receive while a student of the University, for the purposes aforesaid.
At the end of the first three months of the session, he shall deposit enough
to pay his board and other expenses for the next three months; and at
the expiration of the second period of three months, he shall deposit
enough to pay his board and other expenses for the residue of the session.

Students resident out of the University, are required, on matriculating,
to deposit with the Patron funds sufficient, after deducting the Patron's
commission, to pay the fees of the Professors whom they propose to attend,
the sum charged for the use of the public rooms, and ten dollars
to cover contingent charges.

The expenses of the students resident in the University, are limited
as follows:—for board, the use of dormitory and public rooms, and tuition
fees, the sums before stated; for clothing during the session, a
sum not exceeding a hundred dollars; for pocket-money during the
session, not exceeding forty dollars; for books or stationary, whatever
the parent or guardian may think fit to allow; for medicine and medical
attendance whatever may be necessary. These limits are in no case
to be exceeded, unless under special circumstances, the Faculty shall
allow it. Resident students are forbidden to contract any debts whatsoever;
but for every thing purchased, they are forthwith to pay, or to
draw upon a fund in the hands of the Patron applicable thereto.

Students, wherever resident, are required to wear the uniform prescribed
by the enactments; consisting of cloth of a dark grey mixture,
at a price not exceeding six dollars a yard.

The Faculty, at their discretion, may allow any man, of undoubted
moral character, above the age of twenty-three years, to attend lectures
in any of the Schools of the University, and to reside out of the precincts,
exempt from the rules and regulations prescribed for the government
of students; except only, that he shall pay the usual Professors'
fees, and the usual compensation for the use of the public rooms, and
shall observe all those laws of the Institution which enjoin respectful and
orderly deportment: But the privilege so allowed may be withdrawn
by the Faculty, at any time, when in their opinion it has been used to
the evil example of the students, and otherwise to the injury of the Institution.

At the end of every month, a circular is addressed by the Chairman
of the Faculty to the parent or guardian of each student, in which are
stated his absences from the lectures he was bound to attend, and other
irregularities of which he may have been guilty, that month; together
with such information as to the student's progress and conduct as it may
be deemed proper to communicate,

There are in the University, teachers of Music, Fencing and Dancing,
authorised by the Faculty to give instruction in those accomplishments
to such students, as wish to acquire them.

A military corps has been formed by the students, and an instructor
appointed, for the purpose of learning military tactics. One afternoon
in the week is devoted to these exercises; but it is at the option of the
student whether he will engage in them,