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A STATEMENT
OF THE
Course of Instruction, Expense, &c.,
IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Matriculation.
To be admitted into the University, the student must be sixteen
years of age; but the Faculty are authorized to dispense with
this requisition in the case of application for admission by two
brothers, one of whom is under the age of sixteen.
If the applicant for admission has been a student at any other
incorporated seminary, he cannot be received but on producing a
certificate from such seminary, or other evidence satisfactory to
the Faculty, testifying to his general good conduct.
Every student is free to attend the schools of his choice, and
no other than he chooses; with the condition that he shall
attend at least three professors, unless he has the written
authority of his parent or guardian, or the Faculty shall for
good cause shown allow him to attend less than three. Should
he be twenty-one years of age, or more, he is exempt from this
condition.
Before a student matriculates, he is furnished with a copy of
the laws, which he is required to read. On matriculating, he
signs a written declaration, that he will conform to those laws,
and if he be a resident student, that he has deposited with the
Patron all the funds in his possession.
Course of Instruction.
The session commences on the 1st of October, and continues
without interruption until the 29th of June.
The mode of instruction is by lectures and text-books,
accompanied by daily and stated examinations.
In each school there are three regular lectures a week, besides
many others suited to the several subjects into which the school
is divided.
Schools.
I.—Ancient Languages.
PROFESSOR HARRISON.
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR, EDWARD S. JOYNES.
In this school are taught the Latin and Greek Languages; the
Greek and Roman History, Geography, and Literature; and the
Hebrew Language. The instruction is given partly by lectures
and examinations, and partly by comments on portions of the
text-books appointed to be read by the students.
In Latin there are two classes, a Junior and a Senior; and so
in Greek.
The text-books used in the several classes are chiefly the
following:
1. In the Junior Latin Class: Zumpt's Latin Grammar,
the Professor's Exposition of some of the laws of the Latin
Language, Virgil, Horace, Cicero's Orations and his Epistolæ
ad Diversos, Terence, and Cæsar's Commentaries; the last
chiefly with a view to the written exercises
2. In the Senior Latin Class: Zumpt's Latin Grammar,
the Professor's Exposition, Horace, Juvenal, Livy, and Tacitus.
3. In the Junior Greek Class: Kuhner's Elementary Greek
Grammar, Xenophon's Anabasis, an oration of Demosthenes,
Herodotus, and a play of Euripides or Æschylus. The Greek-English
Lexicon of Liddell and Scott is that preferred.
4. In the Senior Greek Class: Kuhner's Larger Greek
Grammar, Euripides, Sophocles, Thucydides, and Homer.
5. For the Roman History, studied in the Senior Latin Class,
Arnold's History of Rome is used as a text-book. Niebuhr's
History of Rome, and the History of Rome published by the
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and the maps of
ancient Italy published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful
Knowledge, or Findlay's Ancient Atlas, are recommended.
6. For the Ancient History of Greece, studied in the Senior
Greek Class, Smith's History of Greece, or Thirlwall's, or
Grote's History of Greece, and the maps published by the Society
for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, or Findlay's
Ancient Atlas, are recommended.
It is expected of the students of Latin and Greek, that they
will read in their rooms such authors and parts of authors, prescribed
by the Professor, as cannot be read in the lecture room;—
e. g. Cicero's Epistles to Atticus, his Orations (selected,) and
Treatise De Republica, Sallust, Virgil, Terence, Plautus, Æschylus,
Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Demosthenes
Æschines, Thucydides, Plato, &c.
As an essential part of the plan of instruction, the students of
each class are required to furnish written exercises. These
consist in the conversion of Latin or Greek into English, and of
English into Latin or Greek. The exercises are examined by
the Professor and the errors marked; they are then returned to
the students, and the corrections stated and explained in the presence of the class.
7. Hebrew: The text-books are Biblia Hebraica, Nordheimer's
or Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, and Gesenii Lexicon Manuale
Hebr. et Chald., or Sauerwein's edition of Rehkopf's Lex.
Hebr. Chald.
In the written translations required as a test of the qualifications
of candidates for degrees, the passages used are selected by
the committee of examination, not from the portions of authors
which have been read and explained in the lecture room, but at
will from the classic writers generally.
II.—Modern Languages.
PROFESSOR SCHELE DE VERE.
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR, S. E. W. BECKER.
The subjects taught in this school are:
1. The French, Italian, Spanish and German Languages, and
the English in its Anglo-Saxon form.
2. The Literature of these Languages and the history of each
idiom.
3. The History and Geography of Europe, from the fall of
the Roman Empire to the present day.
Instruction, also, is given in Comparative Philology and the
principles of the Science of Language. The influence of the
history of nations on their language and literature is explained
and exemplified by the extracts from the respective authors, and
constant attention given to the connection between Philology
and Ethnology.
There are three classes in French and two in German, one for
beginners, the others for more advanced students; and the same
Opportunity is also given, in private, to practice speaking the
languages. The method of instruction is by lectures, examinations,
written exercises, and comments on the text-books as
read in the lecture-room; the principal classic authors in each
language being used for this purpose.
Two degrees in this school are required for the degree of A. M.
III.—Mathematics.
PROFESSOR BLEDSOE.
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR, WILLIAM DINWIDDIE.
In this school there are four classes.
Of these, the Junior commences with the theory of Arithmetic,
the student being supposed to have rendered himself practically
familiar with its various rules before entering the University.
The elements of Algebra are then taught, and after the first
difficulties are mastered, the subjects of Algebra and Synthetic
Geometry are pursued simultaneously.
In the second or Intermediate Class, the course of Algebra,
commenced in the preceding class, is completed, and there are
taught successively the theory of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry,
with the application of the former to the measurement
of heights and distances, and of the latter to Nautical Astronomy,
the theory and practice of Land Surveying and Levelling,
Navigation, and Descriptive Geometry, with its applications to
Spherical Projections, Shadows, and Perspective.
The Senior Class begins with the subject of Analytical Geometry,
and subsequently studies the Differential Calculus, concluding
the course of Pure Mathematics with the Integral
Calculus.
There is also a class of Mixed Mathematics, designed exclusively
for such of the more advanced students as may desire to
study the subjects taught therein.
The course embraces the mathematical investigation of the
general laws of equilibrium and motion, both of solids and fluids,
with a variety of applications, especially to Physical Astronomy.
The instruction in each class is conveyed partly by lectures,
and partly by the systematic study of approved text-books, the
student being assisted by full and frequent explanations from the
Professor, and being constantly subjected to rigid examinations.
The progress of the student in every class is also tested by his
being required to perform written exercises, in which the principles
acquired are applied to the solution of particular problems.
The text-books used are:—For the Junior Class, Lacroix' or
Davies' Arithmetic, Davies' Bourdon's Algebra, and Legendre's
Geometry. For the intermediate class, Bourdon's Algebra.
Legendre's Geometry and Trigonometry, Davies' Surveying and
Descriptive Geometry. For the Senior Class, Davies' Analytical
Geometry, Courtenay's Differential and Integral Calculus. For
the class of Mixed Mathematics, Bartlett's Analytical Mechanics,
Newton's Principia, and Pratt's Mechanical Philosophy.
Any student entering the school has the privilege of attending
all or any of the classes, as he may elect, and if prepared to enter
an advanced class, may often find it highly advantageous to review
his previous studies by an attendance on a lower class also.
IV.—Natural Philosophy.
PROFESSOR SMITH.
There are three classes in this school: the Junior and Senior
classes of Natural Philosophy, and the class of Mineralogy and
Geology.
Instruction is given in all the classes by lectures and the study
of approved text-books, accompanied by daily examinations.
The Junior course commences with an exposition of the leading
doctrines of equilibrium and motion. The application of these
doctrines to the determination of the centre of gravity of bodies,
to simple and compound machines, to the figures of the planetary
bodies, the laws of universal gravitation, the pendulum, and to
projectiles, is dwelt upon at length. This is followed by an
account of the structure and physical properties of fluids, including
the laws of their pressure, motion and resistance, with a
variety of applications. The theory and construction of the
principal Pneumatic and Hydraulic machines are then presented.
To this succeeds the investigation of Molecular machines, embracing
the phenomena and laws of Endosmosis and Capillarity.
The remainder of the course is devoted to the study of Acoustics;
Optics, Geometrical and Physical; Heat, including the Steam
Engine; Electricity, Mechanical and Voltaic; and Magnetism.
The subjects taught in this course are illustrated by numerous
experiments and by the aid of a large collection of diagrams.
In the Senior Class the course of instruction begins with an
investigation of Molecular forces and the constitution of matter,
including a discussion of the theories of Newton, Boscovich,
Mossotti, and others. The class then proceeds to a mathematical
examination of the doctrines of Mechanical Philosophy, embracing
the laws of Friction and Strength of Materials, the
course concluding with Pure Astronomy.
The class of Mineralogy and Geology is first occupied with a
study of the properties, localities, and formation of the leading
minerals, and the methods of recognizing them by the blowpipe
and by wet tests. Constant attention is given to the geological
bearing of the various species. This is succeeded by a
presentation of the prominent facts and generalizations of Geology,
accompanied by a particular reference to the geological
structure of Virginia, and illustrated by sections and diagrams.
Throughout the course, specimens of the minerals and rocks
treated of, are exhibited.
Text-Books.—Elements of Mechanical Philosophy, by
Professor W. B. Rogers; Lardner's Hand-books; Bartlett's
Mechanics; Norton's Astronomy; Dana's Mineralogy; Lyell's
Elementary Geology.
V.—School of Chemistry.
PROFESSOR MAUPIN.
The course of lectures in this school commences with the
consideration of imponderable agents: Heat, Light and
Electricity. These agents play an important part in chemical
changes, and due space is given to their consideration.
The subject of inorganic Chemistry is then taken up. The
nomenclature, and chemical symbols and notation are explained,
and the non-metallic elements, together with their combinations
with oxygen and with each other are very fully considered.
The general principles of Chemical Philosophy then pass in
review, including Affinity, the Laws of Combination, the
Atomic Theory and Theory of Volumes, Electro-chemical
Decomposition, &c.
The consideration of Metals comes next in order. After
noticing their general properties, the general characters of their
salts, the Binary Theory of Salts, the Doctrine of Chrystallization,
Isomorphism, &c. , they are taken up individually.
Their history and properties are given, and their combinations
with oxygen and other non metallic elements, together with
their saline combinations, are considered.
The concluding part of the couse is devoted to Organic
Chemistry, including a notice of the more important products of
vegetable and animal life, the modifications of organic compounds
by artificial processes, their transformations by the action
of ferments and other agencies, the doctrine of compound
radicals, &c. , &c.
Full experimental illustrations accompany the lectures.
of the science to Medicine, to Agriculture and other arts,
are duly noticed.
Books recommended.—Fownes' Chemistry, as a text book;
Turner's Chemistry; Graham's Elements; Regnault's Elements;
and Abel & Bloxam's Hand-Book of Chemistry, for
reference.
A course of instruction in Pharmacy, designed for the benefit
of the students of Medicine attending this school, commences in
April, and occupies the time devoted to one of the regular meetings
of the class weekly, until the close of the session.
VI.—Medicine.
PROFESSOR HOWARD.
In this school are taught the Principles and the Practice of
Medicine, Obstetrics and Medical Jurisprudence. To allow the
medical student time to attain proficiency in Anatomy and Phy
siology, Chemistry and Materia Medica, before he is required to
apply these branches in the study of the Principles and the
Practice of Medicine, the course is opened with Medical
Jurisprudence, which is followed by Obstetrics, and both are
completed before the Principles or the Practice of Medicine
are entered upon.
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.
The lectures on this branch show the aid which legislation
and the administration of the laws derive from medicine, and
consist chiefly in the application of the principles of medical
science to the elucidation and administration of the laws, and
the legal decisions in cases of insanity, every variety of mental
impairment, crime, &c. , &c.
Text-Books—the Professor's Outlines, and Beck or Taylor.
OBSTETRICS.
The lectures on this branch comprehend an account of all
labors, natural, preternatural and instrumental; the professional
assistance to be afforded in each, the treatment of the female
before, during and after delivery, and the diseases of infancy.
The lectures are amply illustrated by specimens and plates; and
all manual evolutions, and the application of instruments, are
demonstrated on the improved phantome of Hebermehl. The
students also practice manual and instrumental delivery on the
manikin.
Text-Book—the last edition of Meigs' Midwifery.
THE PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE.
The Principles of Medicine, as taught in this school, comprise
General Pathology, and a brief view of General Therapeutics;
also Etiology, Nosology, Semeiology, Diagnosis and Prognosis.
The nature and division of causes are first considered, which
Introduces the student to their effects—disease. Pathology proper
is next considered under the two forms, Functional and Structural
diseases. After the student thoroughly understands the
nature of the causes of diseases, their divisions, modes of operation,
and the resulting effects upon function and structure, a
general view is given of the influences that can be brought to
remove or counteract their effects. And the course on the Principles
is then concluded by the consideration of Nosology, Semeiology,
Diagnosis, Prognosis, and the Different Modes of Death.
Text-Books—Wood's General Pathology and General Therapeutics,
in the last edition of his Practice.
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, OR SPECIAL PATHOLOGY AND SPECIAL THERAPEUTICS.
As the most natural and practically useful arrangement, all
local diseases are classified and treated of according to their
locality, or the organ or set of organs which they affect; whilst
general diseases are arranged altogether pathologically. Much
attention is given to Physical Diagnosis. Pathological Anatomy
occupies a conspicuous place in the course, and is illustrated by
Carswell's large and splendid colored plates, and, when practicable,
by specimens
Text-Book—Wood's Practice of Medicine, last edition.
VII.—Comparative Anatomy, Physiology and Surgery.
PROFESSOR CABELL.
The heading indicates the subjects taught in this school, and
the order in which they are discussed.
In the first part of the course, the Professor presents a general
outline of the Animal Kingdom, by demonstrating such of the
leading facts of Comparative Anatomy as may serve to indicate
the natural affinities between the different members of the animal
series, and to furnish a basis for a natural Zoological classification.
In the second division of the course, which is mainly devoted
to the study of Human Physiology, the peculiarities of structure
of inferior animals are again noticed, with reference, especially,
to the varieties of the same organ in different animals, in order
to exhibit the simplest conditions of structure essential to its
more complicated forms.
The third portion of the course is exclusively devoted to the
study of the Principles and Practice of Surgery.
Text-Books.—The Professor's "Syllabus of Lectures on
Comparative Anatomy and Physiology;" Carpenter's Elements
of Physiology; Kirkes' and Paget's Human Physiology;
Druitt's Modern Surgery.
VIII.—Lectureship of Anatomy, Materia Medica and
Therapeutics.
DR. J. S. DAVIS.
ANATOMY.
In this class are taught Special and Surgical Anatomy. The
lectures are illustrated by fresh subjects, by wet and dry anatomical
preparations, and by a series of colored drawings.
Text Book—Wilson's Anatomy.
MATERIA MEDICA.
The course on this subject embraces:
1. General Therapeutics, or an account of the effects of the
various classes of remedies on the organism, their modus operandi
and their applications to the relief of disease.
2. A detailed account of medicinal agents, in their commercial
history, physical properties, chemical habitudes, pharmaceutical
preparations and effects.
The means of illustration in Materia Medica are ample, comprising
a full series of specimens of medicines in their various
states, and an extensive suit of colored drawings of medical
plants, on an enlarged scale.
Text-Book—Dunglison's Therapeutics and Materia Medica.
IX.—Department of Practical Anatomy.
DR. B. W. ALLEN, DEMONSTRATOR.
This department is abundantly provided with fresh subjects
for the use of the members of the class; the afternoon is devoted
to the dissections; and they are conducted under the constant
guidance of the demonstrator.
X.—Moral Philosophy.
PROFESSOR M'GUFFEY.
There are three classes in this school:
The Junior Class studies Rhetoric, Belles Letters and Philosophical
Criticism.
Text-Books—Blair's Lectures, Campbell's Philosophy of
Rhetoric, Whately's Rhetoric, Kame's Elements of Criticism,
Cousin's Philosophy of the Beautiful, Milton and Shakspeare.
The Intermediate Class studies Political Economy, Statistics,
and the Philosophy of Social Relations, or "Ethics of Society."
Text-Books—On Political Economy, Say and J. S. Mill;
on the Progress of Society, Guizot, Grimké and De Tocqueville.
The Senior Class studies Mental Philosophy, Logic, (inductive
and deductive,) together with Theoretical and Practical Ethics.
Text-Books—On Mental Philosophy, Locke, Reid and
Cousin; on Logic, Mill and Whately; on Ethics, Stewart,
Butler and Jouffroy.
The lectures are carried on concurrently during the session,
two a week to each class.
The examinations are on the Professor's lectures and the
text-books above enumerated.
XI.—School of Law.
PROFESSOR MINOR.
PROFESSOR HOLCOMBE.
The object in this school is to acquaint the student familiarly
and practically with the principles of his profession. With this
view, instruction (which is designed to be as thorough as
possible) is given partly through text-books, and daily examinations
upon the subjects taught, partly by comments intended
to supply what is deficient and explain what is obscure in the
text, and partly also by independent lectures.
A Moot-court is instituted in connection with the school,
upon a plan which experience has shown to be well calculated
to perfect the student in the details of practice. Under the
immediate superintendence of the Professors he is required to
pronounce opinions upon supposed cases; to devise and to
institute remedies, by suit or otherwise; to conduct suits at law
to draw wills, conveyances and other assurances; and, in short,
to perform most of the functions of a practising lawyer.
The school is divided into three classes, viz: the Junior class,
embracing such studies as are at once essential to the professional
student, and form a highly useful branch of general education;
the Intermediate class, which is occupied exclusively with the
theory and practice of law, as a profession, being adapted to the
occasions of those who have not time or inclination to push their
elementary attainments beyond the most absolute necessity; and
the Senior class, in which efforts are made to impart a professional
cultivation as liberal as the growing wants of the country
shall demand or allow.
The degree of Bachelor of Laws is conferred upon those who,
upon examination, manifest a familiar acquaintance with the
subjects taught in all the classes; and to those who exhibit a
competent knowledge of International and Constitutional Law
and of the science of Government, a certificate of proficiency
is awarded.
The course of study in the several classes is as follows:
Junior Class—Wheaton's International Law, Lectures on
Government, Federalist, Madison's Report 1799, Blackstone's
Commentaries.
Intermediate Class—Stephen on Pleading, Lomax's Digest,
Smith's Mercantile Law, Greenleaf's Evidence, Holcombe's
Equity.
Senior Class—Story's Equity, Chitty on Contracts, Barton's
Suit in Equity, Lomax on Executors, &c. , Lectures on Civil
Law.
The student is recommended to be provided with the following
books for reference, viz: Gordon's Digest of Laws of United
States, and Virginia Code of 1849.
All the books required can be procured at the book stores near
the University, on reasonable terms.
Examinations.
These are of three kinds: first, the daily examinations,
which precede the lectures; second, the public examinations,
two in number, held the one about the middle of the session,
the other at its close; and third, the examinations for graduaation,
held towards the end of the session.
I.—DAILY EXAMINATIONS.
In the daily examinations the student is questioned both upon
the subject of the preceding lecture and such portions of the
text-book as may have been designated by the Professor. His
preparation thus tested is noted at the time of examination, and
if the student shall exhibit material delinquency, the fact is
communicated to his parent or guardian in the printed circular
which is sent home at the close of every month.
II.—PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.
The two public examinations, embracing respectively all the
subjects treated of in the first half, and all those treated of in
the second half of the session, are thus conducted:
The Professor of the school prepares in writing a series of
questions to be proposed to the class, and affixes to them
numerical values, according to his estimate of their relative
difficulty. On the assembling of the class for examination,
these questions are for the first time presented to them; and they
are required to answer in writing in a prescribed time, without
communication with one another or with other persons, and
without any reference to books. Their answers are subsequently
carefully examined and compared, and a value attached to each,
not exceeding that of the corresponding question. In the schools
of languages subjects are also selected for oral examination, and
the values of these exercises marked at the time.
The students are then arranged into four divisions, according
to the merit of their examination, as determined by the following
method: The numerical values attached to all the questions are
added together, and also the values of the answers given by
each student. If this last number amounts to three-fourths of
the first, the student is ranked in the first division; if it be less
than three-fourths, and as much as one-half, in the second; if
less than one-half, and as much as a fourth, in the third; if less
than a fourth in the fourth division. The examinations are
conducted and the results ascertained by a committee, consisting
standing of the student at these examinations is communicated
to his parent or guardian in the last circular of the session.
Those who attain the first division receive in public, at the
close of the session, a printed certificate of their distinction at one
or both of the examinations, as the case may be, and their
names are mentioned in the published account of the proceedings
which terminate the course.
These public examinations, though less thorough than the
examinations for graduation, are sufficiently comprehensive and
difficult to render it impossible for the student, without steady
diligence, to secure a place in the first division.
III—EXAMINATIONS FOR GRADUATION.
These are partly oral and partly in writing, and are conducted
by the Professor of the school, in the presence of two other
Professors, forming with him the committee of examination for
the school. Here the student is subjected to searching interrogations
upon the details and niceties, as well as the leading
principles of the subject, and he is expected to be accurately
versed in all the topics treated of in the lectures and the
correlative texts.
As a due acquaintance with our own language is made
indispensable to the attainment of even the inferior honors of
the University, all candidates for degrees are subjected to an
examination, in order to test their qualifications in this respect.
Degrees.
I.—THE ACADEMICAL DEGREES,
Are, first, that of Proficient in certain special departments of
a school; second, that of Graduate in a school; third, that of
Bachelor of Arts; and fourth, that of Master of Arts of the
University of Virginia.
The degree of Proficient, conferred in a certificate of proficiency,
applies only to those branches of some of the schools
which by the regulations the student is allowed to attend
separately. These are Geology and Mineralogy, Medical
Jurisprudence, Physiology, Political Economy, National Law,
Constitutional Law and Government, and Anglo-Saxon.
The degree of Graduate in a school embraces, in the school
of Ancient Languages, the Latin and Greek Languages; in that
of Modern Languages, any two of the languages taught in the
school, except Anglo-Saxon; in that of Mathematics, all the
Natural Philosophy the same, omitting Geology and Mineralogy;
in that of Moral Philosophy the same, omitting Political Economy.
The degree of Graduate is also conferred in each of the
languages separately, and in the Mixed Mathematics.
None are admitted to these degrees who fail to give satisfactory
evidence of their attainments at the public examinations and
the examinations for graduation.
II.—THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
VIRGINIA.
This degree is conferred upon such students as have become
graduates in any two of the scientific schools, viz: Mathematics,
Natural Philosophy or Chemistry, and in two of the literary
schools, viz: Ancient Languages, Modern Languages or Moral
Philosophy, having also obtained distinction at an intermediate
and final examination of the Junior class of the two remaining
Academic schools. The candidates for this degree have moreover
to satisfy the Faculty of their general literary acquirements
by furnishing an appropriate essay, composed by themselves, on
some subject of literature and science, which they may be
required to read on the Public Day.
III.—THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
VIRGINIA.
To merit this, the highest academical honor of the Institution,
the student must have already become a graduate in the following
schools:
ANCIENT LANGUAGES,
MODERN LANGUAGES,
MATHEMATICS,
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,
CHEMISTRY,
MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
He must, moreover, give proof of an accurate and comprehensive
acquaintance with his entire course of studies, by an
examination on all these subjects, in the presence of the whole
Faculty, at the close of his academical career. And lastly, he
must prepare and submit to the Faculty an essay or an oration,
exhibiting a due degree of literary ability; and this, if so
directed, he is required to read or deliver on the Public Day.
IV.—THE PROFESSIONAL DEGREES,
Are that of Doctor of Medicine, conferred on graduates in
the Medical Department, and that of Bachelor of Laws, on
graduates in the School of Law.
To merit the degree of Doctor of Medicine, the student must
in Anatomy, Surgery, Human and Comparative Physiology,
Principles and Practice of Medicine, Obstetrics, Materia
Medica, Chemistry and Medical Jurisprudence.
To attain the degree of Bachelor of Laws, he must in the
same manner give evidence of a due acquaintance with the Law
of Nature and Nations, the Science of Government, Constitutional
Law, Municipal Law, including the Common Statute
Law, the principles of Equity and Commercial Law.
Honorary degrees are forbidden by the laws of the University.
The Public Day.
On the closing day of the session, which, unless that day be
Sunday, occurs on the 29th of June, the Visitors, Faculty,
Officers and Student, and the Society of Alumni, assemble in
the Public Hall, whither are also invited the friends of the
students and the public generally. On this occasion the
certificates and diplomas are awarded to the successful candidates,
the results of the examinations are announced, and addresses
are delivered by one or more of the Bachelors and Masters of
Arts.
Expenses.
The expenses for the session of nine months are as follows:
1. Fees.—If one Professor be attended, $50; if two, each
$30; if more than two each $25. In the school of Law, the
fee for the Intermediate class is $60, and for the Senior class
$75. Every student is required to attend three schools, unless,
for special reasons, leave is given to attend but one or two.
Medical students are charged $100 for a full course, viz: $25
for each of four tickets, and are required to pay a fee of $5 for
dissecting material.
For the class of Anglo-Saxon in the school of Modern
Languages, of Geology and Mineralogy in the school of Natural
Philosophy, of Physiology in the school of Anatomy, of Medical
Jurisprudence in the school of Medicine, or of National Law,
Government and Constitutional Law, in the school of Law, the
fee is $15 only.
2. Board and Lodgings.—Board in any of the University
hotels or boarding houses, licensed by the Faculty, $120; for
which sum, diet, bedding, room furniture and attendance are
furnished. Washing may be had for $8 or $10 for the session.
Rent of an entire dormitory $16; if occupied by two students
$8. Only nine dormitories can, by regulation, be occupied by
at cost and five per cent. commission, and cost for each of two
students, in the same dormitory, about $20.
3. Matriculation fee, and use of Library and public rooms,
$15.
The expenses of the students resident in the University are
limited as follows:
1. For board, the use of the dormitory, matriculation and
tuition fees, the sums before stated.
2. For clothing during the session, an amount not exceeding
one hundred dollars.
3. For pocket-money during the session, a sum not exceeding
forty-five dollars.
4. For books and stationery, whatever the parent or guardian
may think fit to allow.
5. For medicine and medical attendance whatever may be
necessary.
These are in no case to be exceeded, unless under special
circumstances the Faculty shall allow it.
Prohibition of Credit.
The act of the legislature prohibiting merchants and others,
un ler severe penalties, from crediting students, is strictly enforced.
The license to contract debts, which the Chairman is authorized
to grant, is confined, (except where the parent or guardian otherwise,
in writing, requests,) to cases of urgent necessity; and these
it is hoped the parents and guardians will, as far as possible,
prevent from arising, by the timely supply of the requisite funds.
Hotels or Boarding-Houses.
Hotels or boarding-houses are provided in the precincts of the
University 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-one years may reside out of the precincts, in such
private boarding-houses as the Faculty may approve.
The charges at the private boarding-houses, being those
licensed by the Faculty, are required by the regulations not to
exceed those of the hotels within the precincts.
The hotel-keepers are bound to maintain good order among
their boarders during meals, and to report all cases of misconduct
of which they have knowledge, whether occurring in their own
houses or elsewhere.
Keeping of Students' Funds.
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 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 stationery
which he may want at the commencement, 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 purpose 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 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.
Privileged Students.
Ministers of the gospel and young men preparing for the
ministry, bringing proper certificates from their congregations as
to character and standing, may attend any of the schools of the
University without payment of fees to the Professors.
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
has been used to the evil example of the students, or otherwise
to the injury of the Institution.
Monthly Circular.
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 lectures and examinations,
and any other irregularity of which he may have been
guilty; together with such further information as to the student's
progress and conduct, as it may be deemed proper to communicate.
The object of such report being on the one hand to incite the
student to steady diligence, by eliciting the commendation and
encouragement of his friends, and on the other to restrain him
from idleness and disorder, or to urge him to amendment by
their admonition and advice, the usefulness of these circulars
greatly depends upon the prompt and judicious attention they
receive from those to whom they are addressed. Parents and
guardians therefore cannot be too earnest in communicating
such advice or encouragement as the monthly reports may
suggest.
Library.
The Library of the University, originally selected and arranged
by Mr. Jefferson, has since been augmented by several valuable
donations, among which the legacy of Mr. Madison, amounting
to 587 volumes, that of the late Christian Bohn, Esq., a
generous and enlightened citizen of Richmond, amounting to
3,380 volumes, and a donation of 234 works presented by an
unknown benevolent lady through the Rev. Dr. Alexander, of
Princeton. Through such additions, and the annual increase
by purchase, the library now numbers upwards of 18,000
volumes, comprising an unusually large proportion of standard
literary and scientific works in the principal European languages,
together with a rich and extensive collection of engravings.
Students are allowed the use of the books, under the usual
restrictions, and the Librarian is in attendance daily at stated
hours to comply with their orders and to receive the books
returned.
Society of Alumni.
This association is composed of such former students of the
University as, having finally left the Institution, have on nomination
been elected members at the annual meetings. Its
objects are the promotion of letters and general education, as
well as the renewal from year to year of the pleasing associations
of academic life.
The society holds its meetings at the close of the session. An
orator or an essayist is annually appointed by the society from
among its members, and the oration or essay is delivered in the
Rotunda on the day preceding the Public Day.
Literary Societies.
There are two Literary societies formed by the students of the
University, which meet weekly at their own or public rooms for
the purpose of cultivating debate and composition, and hold
occasionally public exhibitions.
Religious Exercises.
Divine service is performed in the chapel every Sunday
morning and evening during the session, by the Chaplain of the
University, who is appointed in turn from the principal religious
denominations. Students also have the opportunity of attending,
at their choice, daily morning service in the chapel; and on
Sundays, service at any of the churches in Charlottesville.
State Students.
To render education at the University available to meritorious
young men of limited means, provision has been made for the
admission of thirty-two students, without payment of Professor's
fees, board or University charges.
The advantage is meant to be restricted to those who are not
themselves, and whose parents are not in a situation to incur the
expenses of education.
Their connection with the University is to continue two years,
but for extraordinary proficiency the Board of Visitors may
prolong the term. They stand, in all respects, except expense,
on the same footing as other students, enjoying the same privileges,
and subject to the same laws.
By way of remuneration to the State for the assistance thus
afforded, they are expected to teach in some public or private
school within the limits of Virginia, for two years after leaving
the University.
The selection of students, on this foundation, is made by the
Faculty on the first day of July, annually. Application for
vacancies, accompanied by proper testimonials, addressed to the
Chairman of the Faculty, should reach the University by the
25th of June.
☞ Persons interested will be pleased to observe the following
particulars:
1. The applicant is requested to state his age, which must be
over seventeen years, and to designate the several schools of the
University he may wish to enter, observing that the enactments
require him, if under the age of twenty-one years, to attend at
least three, unless, for good cause, the Faculty permit him to
attend a less number.
2. In order to be admitted, the applicant must exhibit satisfactory
testimonials—1st. Of irreproachable moral character;
2nd. Of capacity, as well by partial cultivation, as original
vigor of mind, to profit by the instruction given at the Universty;
3d. If he desires to enter the schools of Mathematics, or
of Natural Philosophy, that he possesses a familiar acquaintance
with all the branches of numerial Arithmetic, or if he desires to
enter the school of Ancient Languages, that he is qualified to
commence the study of the higher Latin or Greek authors; and
4th. That neither he, nor his parents, are in a situation to incur
the expense of his education without aid.
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