University of Virginia Library

EXPENSES, &c.

The expenses for the session of upwards of ten months, (commencing
the 1st of September, and ending the 4th of July following,) are as follows;

           

Board, including bed and other room furniture, washing and attendance,	$125
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 &stationary, clothing and pocket money,	$238

In addition to the regular fee, $20 is paid by Students who attend the
Senior Class in the School of Law.

The fee for attending the class of Materia Medica in the School of Chemistry;
of Medical Jurisprudence in the School of Medicine; and of National
Law, Government and Constitutional Law, in the School of Law;
by those who do not attend those schools, is $15 each.

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 precincts, is required, on matriculating,
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 deposite 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
deposite with the Patron funds sufficient, after deducting the Patron's commission,
to pay the fees of Professors whom they may 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, not exceeding
a hundred dollars; for pocket money during the session, a sum 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 dark gray 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, or
otherwise to the injury of the Institution.

At the end of every month, a circular letter 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 any 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.

Religious exercises are performed at the University every Sunday, by a
Minister of the Gospel, residing there, whose services are rendered on the
private invitation of the Professors, Officers and Students.