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STATEMENT
OF THE
TERMS OF ADMISSION,
Courses of Instruction, Expenses, &c.,
AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
MATRICULATION.
To be admitted as a student of the University, the applicant
must be at least sixteen years of age; but the Faculty may
dispense with this requirement, in favor of one who has a
brother, of the requisite age, entering at the same time.
If the applicant for admission has been a student at any
other incorporated seminary, he must produce a certificate from
such seminary, or other satisfactory evidence of general good
conduct.
There is no prescribed course of studies in this institution.
Every student may select the schools he will attend: but, in
the academic department, he is required to attend at least
three, unless, upon the written request of his parent or guardian,
or for good cause shown, the Faculty shall allow him to
attend less than three.
Students are permitted to exchange schools, with transfer
of fees, within one week after admission: thereafter, no exchange
is allowed, except by leave of the Faculty, and then without
transfer of fees.
The session commences on the first of October, and continues
without interruption, until the Thursday before the fourth
day of July.
The mode of instruction is by lectures and text-books,
accompanied by daily examinations.
In each school there are, at least, three regular lectures a
week; but in most of the schools there are more than three,
according to the subjects into which the school is divided.
Academic Department.
I.—SCHOOL OF LATIN.
PROF. W. E. PETERS.
The subjects taught in this School, are the Latin Language
and Literature with the history of Rome. The School is
divided into two classes, Junior and Senior.
The Text-books are—
1. Junior Class—Cæsar, Virgil, Terence, Ovid, Sallust.
2. Senior Class—Cicero, Horace, Livy, Juvenal, Tacitus.
Grammars.—Zumpt's, Gildersleeve's, Harrison's Exposition
of the Laws of the Latin Language.
Lexicons.—Andrew's, or Freund's Leverett.
History.—Liddell's Rome, Long's Atlas.
Instruction is given by Lectures and by examination upon
the portions of Text assigned for recitation. The exercises of
rendering Latin into English, and English into Latin, in writing,
constitutes a prominent feature in the course. In addition
to the portions of the several authors read in the Lecture Room,
a course of extra and parallel reading is required in each class.
Sanskrit.—The Professor of Latin will also give instruction
in Sanskrit.
Text Books.—Monier Williams' Grammar, Yates'; Lexicon,
selections from the Mahâ-Bhârata.
II.—SCHOOL OF GREEK.
PROF. GILDERSLEEVE.
The School is divided into three classes: Junior, Intermediate
and Senior.
The Junior Class is intended especially for those, who desire
to make a thorough review of the inflections and to acquire a
practical familiarity with the great principles of the language.
The only author read in this class is Xenophon.
Grammar.—Kühner's Elementary.
The authors read in the Intermediate Class are principally:
Lysias, Xenophon, Herodotus, Homer and Demosthenes: and
in the Senior Thucydides, Sophocles, Euripides and Plato.
Grammars.—Hadley's and Kühner's.
Lexicon.—Liddell and Scott's: Smith's History of Greece.
A private course of parallel and preparatory reading is also
prescribed for each class.
The Post-Graduate Department for the benefit of graduates
and others, who wish to pursue a more extended course of
reading, will be revived. The authors read in this department
are such as are either by their form or subjects less suited for
the regular school, e. g., Æschylus, Aristophanes and Aristotle.
Hebrew.—The professor of Greek will also give instruction
in Hebrew, whenever the demand for such instruction is sufficient
to make the institution of a course of lectures expedient.
III.—MODERN LANGUAGES.
PROF. SCHELE DE VERE.
The subjects taught in this school are:
1. The French, German, Italian and Spanish languages.
2. The Literature of these languages, and the History of
each idiom, embracing the general principles of the formation
and growth of languages, and of Comparative Grammar and
Philology.
3. The Anglo-Saxon language, and, in connection with it,
the History and Laws of the English language.
Graduation in French and German is required for the degree
of A. M.
Text Books.—French—Junior Class—The Professor's Grammar
and First Reader, Télémaque, Charles XII.
Senior Class—The Professor's Advanced Grammar, Reader,
Moilère, Racine, Voltaire, Saintine's Picciola, Spiers and Surenne's
Dictionary.
German.—Junior Class—Otto's Grammar, small Dictionary,
Schiller's William Tell.
Senior Class—Otto's Grammar, Adler's Dictionary, Schiller's
Works, Gœthe's Autobiography, Jean Paul's Walt and Wult.
Spanish.—The Professor's Grammar, Seoane's Dictionary,
Velasquèz' Reader, Don Quixote, Calderon's El Principe Constante.
Italian.—Bacci's Grammar, Monti's Reader, Manzoni's I
Promessi Sposi, Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata, Pellicôs Le
Mie Prigioni, Dictionary.
Anglo-Saxon.—Shute's Manual of Anglo-Saxon, The Professor's
Studies in English.
IV.—MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
PROF. McGUFFEY.
There are two classes in this school.
I. The class in Mental Philosophy.
II. The class in Political Economy.
Books requisite for the class in Mental Philosophy:
1. Hamilton's Lectures on Metaphysics.
2. Hamilton's Lectures on Logic.
3. Cousin's True, Beautiful and Good.
4. Jouffroy's Ethics.
5. Stewart's Active and Moral Powers.
6. Alexander's Moral Science.
7. Butler's Analogy and Sermons.
Books required on Political Economy: Say's Political Economy.
J. S. Mill's Political Economy, latest edition.
Three lectures each week are given to the class in Mental
Philosophy, and two lectures each week to the class on Political
Economy.
V. HISTORY, GENERAL LITERATURE AND
RHETORIC.
PROFESSOR HOLMES.
This school is divided into two distinct classes, one of History
and one of Literature and Rhetoric. To the former, three
Lectures in the week will be devoted; to the latter two; but
exercises in literary composition are required from the members
of the Literary class. Each study may be pursued separately.
In the Historical Class the successions, revolutions and various
aspects of the principal nations of the world are considered
in such a manner as to afford a general and connected view of
the progress of political and social organizations. Institutions
and laws are noted as the manifestations of different phases of
society; an attempt is made to discover and elucidate the conditions
of historical advancement, and to reduce the changes of
nations and governments to the operation of regular principles.
In the absence of appropriate text books, the following are
employed for study and reference:
Schmitz's Manual of Ancient History; Smith's History of
Greece: Gibbon Abridged by Smith; Taylor's Manual of Modern
History.
For reference: Long's Ancient Atlas; Appleton's (College)
Atlas or Chamber's Atlas; Blair's Chronology, Bohn's edition.
In the Class of Literature and Rhetoric, the English Language,
English Composition, Rhetoric, and the English Classies,
with the History of English Literature, are studied.
The origin, growth, and philological peculiarities of the Language
will be considered; the various influences, domestic and
external, by which it has been brought to its present condition
will be explained; the general principles of Rhetoric and Criticism
will be taught; the lives of the most eminent authors in
the language will be studied in their historical order and connection;
and the critical examination and appreciation of their
chief productions will occupy much of the time of the student.
The class will also be required to practise Literary Composition.
Text Books in this department are very deficient. The
following will be used for the present:
Angus's Hand Book of the English Tongue; Jamieson Grammar
of Rhetoric; Shaw's Complete Manual of English Literature,
Ed. Smith and Tuckerman; Student's Specimens of English
Literature, Ed. Shaw and Smith: London.
Shakspeare's Complete Works. Milton's Poetical Works.
VI.—MATHEMATICS.
PROFESSOR VENABLE.
In this school there are four classes:
In the first, or Junior Class, the subjects of study are Arithmetic
and Theory of Notation, Algebra, Geometry and Geometrical
Conic Sections. Though Algebra and Geometry are
commenced in this class, it is very desirable that those who
enter it should have previously pursued the study of Algebra
through equations of the second degree, and of Geometry
through the first four books of Legendre.
In the second, or Intermediate Class, the subjects of study
are Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, with applications to
Surveying, Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, Descriptive
Geometry, Analytical Geometry of two Dimensions and Theory
of Equations.
In the third, or Senior Class, the subjects of study are Analytical
Geometry of three Dimensions, the Differential and Integral
Calculus, and Calculus of Variations. Lectures are given
to this class on the History and Philosophy of Mathematics.
The fourth class, that of Mixed Mathematics, is designed for
the benefit of such of the more advanced students as may desire
to prosecute their studies beyond the limits of Pure Mathematics.
The course embraces the mathematical investigation
of the general laws of equilibrium and motion, both of solids
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.
Any student entering the school has the privilege of attending
all or any of the classes, as he may select, and if prepared
to enter an advanced class, may often find it highly advantageous
to review his previous studies by attendance on a lower
class also.
Text Books.—1. Junior Class.—Bourdon's Algebra, Legendre's
Geometry, Conic Sections.
2. Intermediate Class.—Pierce's Trigonometry, Church's
Descriptive Geometry, Puckle's Conic Sections (Algebraic
Geometry.)
1. Senior Class.—Courtenay's Calculus.
4. Class of Mixed Mathematics.—Pratt's Mechanical Philosophy.
In this school a prize has been established by the authority
of the Board of Visitors, consisting of a gold medal, named in
honour of the late Professor Courtenay. This prize is given
for the best original solutions of problems proposed at competitive
examinations, held during the session, in the Senior Class.
VII.—APPLIED MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING
AND ARCHITECTURE.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR L. J. BŒCK.
The School is divided into three Classes.
1. Junior Class.—Theory and Use of Engineering Instruments.
Land Surveying and Leveling. Construction of Roads,
Railroads and Canals. Elements of Spherical Astronomy. General
Theory of Projections. Orthogonal, Oblique and Axonometric
Projections; Perspective, Shades and Shadows. Topographical
and Constructive Drawing.
Text Books.—Mahan's Civil Engineering, Notes of the Professor.
2. Intermediate Class.—Higher Goedesy and Spherical Astronomy.
Building and Architecture, Masonry and Framing.
Strength of Materials. Stone Cutting. Construction of Private
of Maps, Architectural Drawing and Design.
Text Books.—Notes of the Professor, Brünnow's Spherical
Astronomy.
3. Senior Class.—Theory of Machinery and Machines, Steam
Engines, Hydraulic and Mining Engineering. Construction
of Furnaces and Foundries. Mechanical Drawing and Design.
Text Books.—Weisbach's Theory of Machines, Notes of the
Professor.
VIII.—NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
PROFESSOR SMITH.
There are three classes in this school.
1. The Junior or General Class, which meets three times
each week throughout the session of nine months. The object
of the course of lectures to this class is to furnish the student
with a comprehensive view of Modern Physics, and to make
him familiar with its methods of investigation. With the design
of laying a thoroughly scientific basis for the course, a
large space is given at the outset to the discussion of the cardinal
doctrines of motion and force. These doctrines are established,
and their leading consequences are traced, without the
use of mathematical symbols. Guided by these truths, the
teacher discusses, in the light of experiment, the structure of
matter according to the received atomic hypotheses, and the
equilibrium and motion of solids and fluids. These topics,
with various applications, occupy the first half of the course
of lectures.
The remainder of the course is devoted to Molecular Physics,
and treats of Capillarity, Osmose, Wave Motion, Sound,
Light, Heat and Electricity. In this as in the previous portion
of the lectures, the established laws of motion and force
are kept steadily in view, and an attempt is made so to present
and discuss the phenomena as to convince the student
that the entire body of Physics is a coherent and harmonious
system of mechanical truth. Throughout the session constant
reference is had to the wants of students in the several departments
of Applied Science.
Text Book.—Silliman's Physics.
2. The Senior Class.—This class meets twice a week, and
studies Mechanics and Astronomy.
Text Books.—Jackson's or Smith's Mechanics, Norton's Astronomy.
MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY.
3. These subjects are assigned to a separate class, which the
members of the other classes in the school may attend without
payment of an additional fee. In this class the lectures
commence with general Mineralogy, which is treated with especial
reference to Geology, to which it is designed to be an
introduction. In the lectures on Geology, the specific identity
of ancient and modern Geological causes is pointed out; the
present action of these causes, whether atmospheric, aqueous
or igneous, is considered, and their effects in the past history
of our planet are examined. The illustrations are drawn, as
far as practicable, from the Geological structure of Virginia.
The students have an opportunity of familiarizing themselves
with the minerals, rocks and fossils exhibited in the lectures.
Text-Books.—Dana's Manuals of Mineralogy and Geology.
IX.—CHEMISTRY.
PROFESSOR MAUPIN.
The course of lectures in this school commences with an exposition
of the phenomena and laws of Heat, Light and Electricity,
to the extent rendered necessary by their relations
to Chemistry.
The subject of Inorganic Chemistry is then taken up. The
nomenclature, chemical symbols and notation are explained,
and the history of the non-metallic elements and their combinations
with each other very fully presented. Then follows
a discussion of the general principles of Chemical Philosophy,
including the Laws of Combination, the Atomic Theory and
Theory of Volumes, and Simple and Current Affinity.
The consideration of the Metals comes next in order. After
preliminary notices of their general properties, they are taken
up individually and very fully considered, together with their
compounds with the non-metallic elements, and their saline
combinations.
The concluding part of the course is devoted to organic
Chemistry, embracing the consideration of organic Analysis;
the neutral Principles and their transformations by the action
of ferments and other agencies; the Doctrine of compound
Radicals; the various series in which such radicals have
been traced; the Vegetable Acids; the Alkaloids, &c.
The processes for detecting Poisons, and the means of counteracting
their effects are presented in their proper connections;
and throughout the course the applications of the facts
Arts, are duly noticed.
Books recommended.—Fownes' Chemistry, as a text-book;
Graham's Elements, Regnault's Elements, Miller's Elements,
and Abel & Bloxam's Hand-book of Chemistry, for reference.
X.—ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY.
PROFESSOR JOHN W. MALLET.
This school having been created recently, in order to carry
out a part of the design of the board of Visitors, in reference
to the growing demand for scientific knowledge in its applicatons
to the useful arts, the endeavor will be made to render
the teachings of the chair as practical as possible, while
basing them upon sound principles of general science.
A course of lectures will be given, extending through the
session, on Chemistry in its applications to Agriculture, Metallurgy,
Heating and Illumination, Dyeing, Bleaching, Disinfecting,
Tanning, Distillation, the manufacture of Acids, Alkalies,
Salts, Manures, Soap and Candles, Sugar, Perfumes, Essences,
Matches, Glass, Porcelain, &c.
These lectures will be illustrated by suitable experimental
demonstrations and such specimens, models, drawings, &c., as
the subjects may require. The fee for this course will be the
same as in the other schools—$25.
A separate system of Laboratory Instruction in Practical
and Analytical Chemistry will also be established, with the
following three courses:
1. A full course of instruction for such students as may
desire to devote themselves especially to Quantitative Analysis—fee
$100, and a charge of $25 for Laboratory Material
consumed.
2. A course of elementary instruction in practical Chemistry
and general Chemical Analysis, especially with reference
to technical applications—fee $50, and a charge of $10 for Laboratory
Material consumed.
3. A special course, for such Medical students as may desire
to pursue it, of sixteen (16) lessons in the practical applications
of Chemistry to Medicine (the detection of poisons,
Chemical and Microscopical examination of animal products,
urine, blood, &c.,)—fee $20, and a charge of $5 for Laboratory
Material consumed.
Other special courses of Laboratory instruction may be organized—as,
for example, in assaying, Agricultural and Technical
Analysis of a more advanced character, &c.,—as the demands
for such may arise.
Each Laboratory student—in whatever course of instruction—will
be required to furnish himself with the more common
and generally necessary articles of apparatus. The cost
of a suitable set need not exceed $15.
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEERING.
The scientific schools, taken in connection, give the most
ample preparation for the Profession of Civil and Mining Engineering.
The Schools of Applied Mathematics, and Applied
Chemistry have recently been organized with special reference
to the education of students for this profession — preliminary
and necessary to which is a thorough acquaintance with
Mathematics and the Physical Sciences.
Medical Department.
Medical Faculty.
JAMES F. HARRISON, M. D.
PROFESSOR OF MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE, OBSTETRICS AND PRACTICE OF
MEDICINE.
Text-books.—Taylor's Medical Jurisprudence, Meigs' Obstetries,
and Flint's Practice, 2d edition.
J. L. CABELL, M. D.
PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND SURGERY.
Text-books.—Dalton's Physiology and Druitt's Modern Surgery.
J. S. DAVIS, M. D.
PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY, MATERIA MEDICA AND BOTANY.
Text-books.—Wilson's Anatomy and Dunglison's Therapeutics.
S. MAUPIN, M. D.
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY.
Text-books.—Fownes' Chemistry and Parrish's Pharmacy.
J. E. CHANCELLOR, M. D.
DEMONSTRATOR OF ANATOMY.
The Faculty invite the attention of physicians to the peculiar
features of the Medical Department of this Institution.
1. Length of Session.—Nearly all the Medical Schools of this
country are located in our cities or large towns, and have only
a nominal connexion with the colleges from which they
borrow their names and chartered privileges. In these
In order to embrace all the important branches of Medical
Science in a course of instruction compressed into so short a
term, it is found necessary to employ the services of six or
seven Professors, who deliver six lectures a day. Under this
arrangement, the students, if they take all the tickets, are required
to spend nearly the whole of the day in listening to lectures
delivered in rapid succession, and treating of diverse topics.
None but those who have had personal experience in this
matter, can fully appreciate the troubles and difficulties which
beset a student when he first enters the school, the fatigue of
body and perplexity of mind which he inevitably experiences
in his painful efforts to hear every lecture and master every
subject. In attempting, after the close of the lectures for the
day, to bring in review the topics discussed by his teachers,
he finds links in the chain here and there broken; he flies from
one subject to another, without adequately mastering any, and
confounded by their number, and the utter impossibility of
keeping pace, in his private reading at night, with the lectures
of six Professors, he despairs of doing more than retaining
such portion of the facts stated in the lectures as may happen
to make the strongest impression on his mind.
In the Medical Department of this Institution, the length
of the session, which is nine months, enables four Professors to
perform all the duties which are elsewhere assigned to six.—
The students attend but two lectures a day, and thus have ample
time for private reading, and for pursuing their Anatomical
dissections. The supply of subjects is ample, and the Demonstrator
devotes the whole of every afternoon to his duties.
He guides the labor of those who are at work, and explains to
them the structures which are successively exposed.
2. System of Daily Examinations.—Immediately before each
lecture, the students in every school of the University are
subjected to a rigid examination on the subject of the preceding
lecture, or on portions of some approved text-book.—
Experience has shown that this is an almost indispensable adjunct
to the system of teaching by lectures; and the recognition
of its importance is so general, that students in other Medical
Schools, where its efficient introduction is precluded by
want of time, often resort to the expedient of employing the
services of private instructors by whom they may be examined
at night on the topics discussed each day in the lecture-room.
The fee paid by the students, for this necessary but
extra-collegiate instruction, varies from $30 to $50 for the term
of lectures, and is usually about $100 for the whole year.
The enactments of the University prescribe that no Professor
shall engage in pursuits unconnected with its service, of
shall receive from the members of his class any compensation
besides that provided for by the laws. They further require
every Professor to reside within the precincts, for the purpose
both of assisting to enforce the discipline of the college, and of
being accessible to the students who may seek aid in their
hours of private study. These students, then, enjoy advantages
here which elsewhere are purchased at a high price over
and above the necessary collegiate expenses.
3. Order of Studies.—All medical colleges aim to place medical
education on a scientific basis. Indeed, if the practice of
the healing art is not based on general principles, embodied in
the fundamental sciences of Anatomy, Chemistry, Physiology,
Pathology and Therapeutics, these branches of medical science
might as well be omitted in a course of Professional education.
If, however, this relation does exist, the propriety and necessity
of laying a good foundation before the superstructure can
be reared, are too obvious to need illustration. This cannot
be done in schools, where the courses on the different branches
of medicine are carried on simultaneously. Their system
assumes that the students have "read," as it is termed, with a
preceptor for a year, at least, before they commence their attendance
on lectures. Such, however, is not always the case,
and when it occurs, is of comparatively little benefit; for the
paramount duties of the practitioner absorb his time, and the
fundamental branches of medical science are precisely those
demanding for their illustration the appliances which are only
to be found within the walls of Colleges. The Anatomical
Department for example, is here enriched by a collection of
about two hundred large paintings, executed to order, with
great fidelity and beauty.
It is one of the peculiar advantages of the University Medical
School, that it unites, as may have been inferred from the
preceding remarks, the plan of instruction by private pupilage
with that of public lectures; while the length of the session
enables the Professor to pursue a philosophical order of studies,
and thus to afford the students an opportunity of mastering
the elementary branches before attention is directed to
their practical application.
4. Conditions of Graduation.—The regulations for graduation
elsewhere require that the students shall have attended two
full courses of Medical lectures, and shall have been the private
pupil, for at least a year, of a respectable practitioner of
Medicine. At this University, a consecutive course of nine
schools, in respect to the time employed and the advantageous
distribution of the subjects of study, the students are permitted
to take their diplomas at the end of one session, if they
show themselves qualified. The severity of the examinations
deters a large majority of the class from making the trial, and
none but the perseveringly diligent attain the honor.
The importance of the advantages thus claimed for the Medical
Department of this Institution, has been tested by the
experience of forty years, during which several thousand medical
students have been educated here.
5. It will be noticed that those students who prefer taking
their diploma at a city school, will yet find it highly beneficial
to attend the first course at an Institution organized on the
plan of the Medical Department of the University, where the
lengthened term, the consecutive arrangement of studies,
and the thorough drilling, prepare them to appreciate and improve
the advantages they may afterwards enjoy.
Law School.
PROFESSOR MINOR.
PROFESSOR SOUTHALL.
The object of 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 superintendance 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 and in chancery, from their inception, through all their
stages; to draw wills, conveyances and other assurances; and,
in short to perform most of the functions of a practising lawyer.
The School comprises two Departments, each of which is
divided into two classes, and the course of study therein is as
follows:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMON AND STATUTE LAW.
PROFESSOR MINOR.
Junior Class.—Blackstone's Commentaries, Chitty on Contracts.
Senior Class.—Stephen on Pleading, Kent's Commentaries,
Law of Executors, &c.
For Reference.—Virginia Code of 1860, Brightley's Digest
of United States Statutes.
DEPARTMENT OF EQUITY, MERCANTILE, INTERNATIONAL
AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, AND
GOVERNMENT, ETC.
PROFESSOR SOUTHALL.
Junior Class.—Vattel's International'Law, Lectures on Government,
Federalist.
Senior Class.—Smith's Mercantile Law, Greenleaf's Evidence,
Barton's suit in Equity, Adams' Equity.
The degree of Bachelor of Law 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.
All the books required in the several schools can be procured
at the book stores near the University on reasonable terms.
SCHEME OF LECTURES.
| 8h. to 9h. | 9h. to 10h. | 10h. to 11h. | 11h. to 12½h. | 12½h. to 2h. | 3h. to 4½h. | |
| MONDAY. | Senior Latin. | Hist. & Lit. | Chemistry. | Sen. German. | ||
| Sen. Greek. | Sen.Nat.Phil. | Senior Math. | Senior Law. | Polit.Econ'y. | ||
| Sen.Ap.Mat. | Junior Latin. | Spanish. | ||||
| 8 to 912. | Phys. & Surg. | Junior Law. | PF. SOUTHALL. | Junior Math. | ||
| Italian. | 9½ to 11. | PROF. MINOR. | Jun. Greek. | |||
| TUESDAY. | Hist. & Lit. | Jun.Nat.Phil. | Int. Greek. | |||
| Jun. French. | Medicine. | Anatomy. | Moral Phil. | |||
| Sen. Greek. | Jun.German. | 9½ to 11. | Senior Law. | Junior Law. | Chem. Tech. | |
| Jun. Ap. Mat. | PROF. MINOR. | PF. SOUTHALL. | ||||
| WED'SDAY. | Hist. & Lit. | |||||
| Senior Latin. | Sen. Greek. | Sen.Nat.Phil. | Chemistry. | Sen. German. | Junior Math. | |
| Sen. Ap Mat | Jun. Latin. | Spanish. | Sen. Mmath. | Senior Law. | ||
| 8 to 9½. | Italian. | Phys. & Surg. | Junior Law. | Jun. Greek. | Sen. Ap. Mat. | |
| 9½ to 11. | ||||||
| THURS. | Hist. & Lit. | |||||
| Medicine. | Jun.Nat.Phil. | Int. Math. | Moral Phil. | |||
| Jun French. | Sen. French. | 9½ to 11. | Anatomy. | Junior Law. | Chem. Tech. | |
| Jun. Ap. Mat. | Senior Law. | |||||
| FRIDAY. | Hist. & Lit. | |||||
| Sen. Greek. | Sen.Nat.Phil. | Chemistry. | Int. Greek. | Polit. Econ'y. | ||
| Senior Latin. | Junior Latin. | Phys. & Surg. | Sen. Math. | Anglo-Saxon. | Jun. Math. | |
| Jun.Ap. Mat. | 9½ to 11. | Junior Law. | Senior Law. | |||
| SAT. | Min. & Geol. | Jun.Nat.Phil. | Int. Math. | Moral Phil. | ||
| Jun. German. | Sen. French. | Medicine. | Anatomy. | Junior Law. | Chem. Tech. | |
| 9½ to 11. | Senior Law. |
EXAMINATIONS.
The examinations are of three kinds; 1, the Daily examinations;
2, the Intermediate and Final general examinations;
and 3, the examinations for Graduation.
1.—DAILY EXAMINATIONS.
Each Professor, before commencing the lecture of the day,
examines his class orally, on the subject of the preceding lecture
as developed in the text-book and expounded in the lecture.
2.—GENERAL EXAMINATIONS.
Two general examinations of each class are held during the
session, in the presence of a committee of the Faculty, which
every student is required to stand. The first, called the Intermediate
examination, is held about the middle of the session,
and embraces in its scope the subjects of instruction in the
first half of the course. The second, called the Final examination,
is held in the closing week of the session, and embraces
the subjects treated of in the second half of the course.
These examinations are conducted in writing. The questions
propounded have, each, numerical values attached to them.
If the answers of the students are valued, in the aggregate, at
not less than three-fourths of the aggregate values assigned to
the questions, he is ranked in the first division: if less than
three-fourths and more than one-half, in the second division; if
less than one-half and more than one-fourth, in the third division:
and if less than one-fourth, in the fourth division.
Certificates of distinction are awarded to those who attain
the first division at one or both of these examinations, and
their names are published or announced in the closing exercises
of the session.
The general examinations are sufficiently comprehensive
and difficult to render it impossible for the student, without
steady diligence, to secure a place in the first division. The
results, whatever they may be, are communicated to parents
and guardians respectively, in the final circular of the session.
The standing of the student at the daily and general examinations
is taken into account, in ascertaining his qualifications
for graduation in any of the schools.
3.—EXAMINATIONS FOR GRADUATION.
The examinations for graduation are held in the last month
of the session. They are conducted, in each school, by the
Professor thereof, in presence of two other Professors, forming
with him the committee of examination for the school.
The candidates for graduation are subjected to searching
principles of the subject, and they are expected to be accurately
versed in all the topics treated of in the lectures and
correlative texts.
These examinations are carried on chiefly in writing; but
in some of the schools they are partly oral.
☞ As a due acquaintance with the English language is indispensable
to the attainment of even the inferior honors of
the institution, all candidates for graduation are subjected to
a preliminary examination, to test their qualifications in this
respect.
DEGREES.
The degrees conferred by the University are academic and
professional.
The Academic Degrees are—
1. That of Proficient—conferred for satisfactory attainments
in certain subjects of study, to wit: in Anglo-Saxon; the Junior
and Intermediate course of Mathematics; Mineralogy and
Geology; Physics; Physiology; Medical Jurisprudence; Human
Anatomy; Botany; Political Economy; History; Literature;
and International Law and Government.
2. That of Graduate in a School—conferred for satisfactory
attainments in the leading subjects of instruction in the same,
to wit: in the Latin Language and Literature; in the Greek
Language and Literature; in the French and German Languages;
Pure Mathematics; Natural Philosophy; Chemistry;
Moral Philosophy, and History and Literature. The degree
of graduate may also be conferred in any one of the Modern
Languages, except Anglo-Saxon, and in Mixed Mathematics.
3. That of Bachelor of Arts—conferred on such students as
have graduated in any two of the Literary Schools, (Ancient
Languages, Modern Languages, Moral Philosophy and
History and Literature,) and any two of the Scientific Schools,
(Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry,) and have
attained distinctions, at an Intermediate and Final Examination,
in the Junior Classes of the remaining Schools.
4. That of Master of Arts of the University of Virginia—conferred
upon students who have graduated in the Latin, Greek,
French and German Languages, Pure Mathematics, Natural
Philosophy, Chemistry, Moral Philosophy, and History and
Literature, and who have passed satisfactory general examinations,
in review, on all the subjects embraced in the curriculum.
The candidate for the degree of Bachelor or Master of Arts
is also required to submit to the approval of the Faculty an
science—which essay must be read by the author on the Public
Day, if so ordered.
The Professional Degrees are—
1. That of Bachelor of Law—conferred for satisfactory attainments
in all the subjects of instruction in the School of
Law. And,
2. That of Doctor of Medicine—conferred for satisfactory attainments
in all the subjects of instruction, except Botany, in
the several schools constituting the Medical Department.
Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, who have
been previously declared Graduates in Chemistry, or Proficients
in Anatomy, Physiology, or Medical Jurisprudence, are
not required to stand the examinations on these subjects
anew—and the same rule applies to candidates for the degree
of Bachelor of Law, who are Proficients in International
Law and Government.
☞ Honorary degrees are forbidden by the laws of the University.
PUBLIC DAY.
On the closing day of the session, which occurs on the
Thursday before the fourth day of July, the Visitors, Faculty,
Officers and Students of the University assemble in the Public
Hall—whither also, the friends of the students and the
public generally are invited. On this occasion the results of
the examinations are announced, certificates and diplomas
awarded, and addresses delivered by the Bachelors and Masters
of Arts.
EXPENSES.
The following is an estimate of the expenses of an academic
student for the session of nine months, exclusive of the
cost of text-books:
| Matriculation and library fee, | $25 |
| Room-rent, if two occupy the same room, each | 15 |
| Contingent deposit, | 10 |
| Tuition fees in three schools, the usual number attended, | 75 |
| Board, including diet, furniture of room and attendance, | 180 |
| Deposit for fuel and lights, | 35 |
| Washing, $1.50 per mo.—per session, say | 15 |
| Infirmary fee, | 5 |
| $360 |
This estimate will be slightly modified if the student enter
more or fewer schools than indicated.
Law students pay $80 per session for tuition, and Medical
students 110; consequently the estimate for the former is
$365, and for the latter $395 per session.
All the foregoing items are payable in advance, except
board and washing. One-third ($60) of the board is required
on admission, and the balance in equal instalments, at three
and six months thereafter. Washing is paid for monthly, as
the service is rendered.
The Contingent deposit is designed to cover contingent
charges and assessments. These are generally small. The
residue of this deposit is refunded to the student in the settlement
of his account, at the close of the session.
The Infirmary fee secures, in case of sickness, prescriptions
at the University Infirmary, and if needed, nursing by professional
nurses, lodging, board, and medical attendance by the
physicians of the institution, free of additional charge.
No abatement is made in the matriculation and tuition fees
and room rent, on account of late entrance; and no portion of
the same is refunded, on account of withdrawal before the
close of the session—unless the withdrawal be rendered necessary
by ill health, and occur before the first of March.—
The charges for board, fuel and lights and washing are estimated
from the time of entrance. Many disadvantages to
the student result from late entrance. Therefore, prompt attendance
at the beginning of the session is earnestly enjoined
upon all who wish to derive the full benefits of the courses of
instruction.
PROHIBITION OF CREDIT.
An act of the Legislature prohibits merchants and others,
under severe penalties, from crediting students. 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, parents and guardians will, as far as possible, prevent
from arising, by the timely supply of the requisite funds.
PRIVILEGED STUDENTS.
Ministers of the Gospel may attend any of the schools of
the University, without the payment of fees to the Professors.
The same privilege will be extended to any young man preparing
for the ministry, on the following conditions:
(1.) He shall submit for the consideration of the Faculty
an application, accompanied by testimonials, relating to the
fact of his being a bona fide candidate for the ministry, to his
good standing in the Church of which he is a member, to his
of education at the University, without aid.
(2.) No Professor shall be required to form a new class or
assume any other additional labor for the exclusive benefit of
this class of students.
(3.) In order to entitle such a student to the privilege of
gratuitous instruction in any school of the University during
a second session, he must prove his ability to profit by such
continued instruction, by exhibiting such evidence of proficiency
during the first session as shall be satisfactory to the
Professor of the school.
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 University
charges, 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.
MONTHLY CIRCULAR.
At the end of every month, a circular letter is addressed by
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
report may suggest.
LIBRARY.
The library of the University, originally, selected and arranged
by Mr. Jefferson, and since enlarged by purchases and
donations, now contains about 35,000 volumes.
Students are allowed the use of the books, under the usual
restrictions, and the librarian is present in the library for four
hours daily, to attend to their wants.
SOCIETY OF ALUMNI.
This Association is composed of such former students of the
University as, having finally left the Institution, have 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 hold 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 Public Hall on the day preceding the Public Day.
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
There are two Literary Societies, of long standing, connected
with the University. Most of the students become members
of one or the other. They meet weekly in their respective
Halls, for the purpose of cultivating debate and composition,
and occasionally hold public exhibitions.
MORALITY AND RELIGION.
These are recognized as the foundation and indispensable
concomitants of education. The discipline is sedulously administered
with a view to confirm integrity, and to maintain a
sacred regard for truth. Great efforts are made to surround
the students with religious influences; but experience has proved
that the best way to effect this result is, to forbear the employment
of coercion to enforce attendance on religious exercises,
which is entirely voluntary. Prayers are held every
morning in the Chapel, and divine service is performed on
Sunday by a Chaplain, selected, in turn, from the principal religious
denominations. By means of a Young Men's Christian
Association, new comers are shielded, as much as possible, from
vicious connections, and the energies of those willing to engage
in the Christian enterprises of the neighborhood are called
into active exercise.
STATE STUDENTS.
To render education at the University accessible to meritorious
young men of limited means, provision has been made
by the Legislature for the admission of one student from each
Senatorial District of the State, without payment of matriculation
and tuition fees and rents. This provision is meant to
are not, in a situation to incur the expense of their education
at this Institution, without aid.
State students are appointed by the Faculty upon satisfactory
testimonials of fitness. The term of appointment is for
two years, but for extraordinary proficiency it may be prolonged.
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 aid afforded them, they are required, on admission,
to sign an engagement to teach in some public or private
school in Virginia, for two years after leaving the University;
the emoluments of such service enuring, of course to their
own benefit.
The applicant for a State appointment should state his age
(which must be at least seventeen,) and designate the schools
of the University he may wish to enter. He should submit
satisfactory testimonials of irreproachable moral character,
and of capacity, as well by partial cultivation as original vigor
of mind, to profit by the instruction given at the University.
It should also appear that neither he nor his parents are
able to incur the expense of his education without aid.
The Faculty will proceed on the 3d of July next to make
appointments of State students for vacant districts. The
following are the districts; all of which with the exception of
the 3rd, 10th, 12th, 13th, 20th, 26th, and 33rd will be vacant
at the close of the present session:
I. Accomac and Northampton.
II. City of Norfolk.
III. Norfolk Co., and Princess Anne.
IV. Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Surry and Southampton.
V. Sussex, Prince George and Dinwiddie.
VI. Louisa, Henrico and Hanover.
VII. Mathews, Gloucester, Middlesex, King & Queen,
King William and Essex.VIII. Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland,
Caroline and King George.IX. James City, Charles City, New Kent, York, Elizabeth
City, Warwick, and City of Williamsburg.X. City of Richmond.
XI. Chesterfield, Amelia, Prince Edward, Cumberland,
and Powhatan.XII. Buckingham, Albemarle, Fluvanna and Goochland.
XIII. Spotsylvania, Stafford, Orange and Prince William.
XIV. Alexandria and Fairfax.
XV. Frederick, Clarke and Warren.
XVI. Loudoun.
XVII. Rappahannock, Fauquier, Madison and Culpeper.
XVIII. Shenandoah and Page.
XIX. Rockingham and Greene.
XX. Augusta.
XXI. Rockbridge and Nelson.
XXII. Alleghany, Bath, Highland and Botetourt.
XXIII. Appomattox, Campbell and Charlotte.
XXIV. Mecklenburg, Lunenburg, Brunswick, Greenesville
and Nottoway.XXV. Pittsylvania and Halifa.x
XXVI. Amherst and Bedford.
XXVII. Henry and Franklin.
XXVIII. Giles, Montgomery, Roanoke and Craig.
XXIX. Carroll, Floyd and Patrick.
XXX. Wythe, Grayson, Pulaski and Bland.
XXXI. Washington and Smyth.
XXXII. Buchanan, Russell and Tazewell.
XXXIII. Scott, Lee and Wise.
CALENDAR.
October 1.—Commencement of the Session.
Feb'y 22.—Anniversary Celebration ofthe Washington Society.
April 13.—Anniversary Celebration of the Jefferson Society.
June 25.—Annual Meeting of the Board of Visitors.
June 29.—Final Celebration of the Washington Society.
June 30.—Address before the Literary Societies.
June 30. Final Celebration of the Jefferson Society.
July 1. Inauguration of the Statute of Jefferson.
July 2.—Public Day and closing exercises of the Session.
July 2.—Address before the Society of Alumni.
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