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EXPENSES.
The necessary expenses common to all classes of students for the session of
nine months are—
| Matriculation | $25 |
| Inhrmary | 7 |
| Dormitory Rent (two in room) | 15 |
| Fuel and Lights (two in room) | 12 |
| Washing | 14 |
| Board at $13 a mnth | 117 |
| Total of general expenses for nine months | $190 |
The Matriculation Fee, paid annually by every student, admits him
to the use of the Library, the public buildings and all other general facilities
of the University.
The Infirmary Fee, paid annually by every student (except such as
live at home), entitles him, in case of sickness during the session, to the
advice and attendance of the Medical Professors, and, if necessary, to the
services of a trained nurse in the well-appointed University Infirmary.
The Dormitory Rent is paid annually by every student who lodges in
a University dormitory. Those who prefer to lodge at home or in a licensed
boarding-house are permitted to do so; provided that the rents of dormitories
which remain unoccupied are assessed equally on such privileged
students.
Fuel and Lights are usually paid for at the beginning of the session.
Washing is paid for monthly at $1.50 a month.
The Board at $13, as in the above table, is plain, but wholesome and
abundant. Better board costs $15, $18, $20. The monthly charges at the
different clubs, hotels and boarding-houses are as follows; the price in every
case includes diet, dormitory furniture and servant's attendance:
| University Clubs | $13 |
| University Hotels | 18 |
| Licensed Boarding-houses | 15-20 |
A student may change his boarding-house at the end of any month upon
application to the Chairman.
To the above total of general expenses must be added the fees for tuition,
for degrees, if taken, and the cost of books and stationery (which varies too
much to be introduced into a general estimate).
The Tuition Fee in a Department or School admits the student to any
or all of the classes in that Department or School. Its amount in the several
Departments, Schools, and Classes is fixed in the following schedule:
| Law | $ 80 |
| Medicine | 110 |
| Academical (except Laboratory Courses), each | 25 |
| Applied Mathematics (including Drawing and Field Work) | 50 |
| Laoratory Courses— | Deposit for Apparatus. | Material. | Tuition. |
| Analytical Chemistry (Full course) | $15 | $25 | $100 |
| Analytical Chemistry (First course) | 10 | 10 | 50 |
| Chemitry (Graduate course) | 10 | 50 | |
| Dtrmnative Mineralogy | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| Medical Chemistry | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| Practical Pharmacy | 5 | 15 | |
| Practical Physics | 10 | 50 | |
| Biology and Agriculture | 20 | 25 | |
| General Biology | 10 | 25 | |
| Botany | 5 | 15 | |
| Biology for medical students | 10 | 15 | |
| Humn Anatomy | 10 | 20 |
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The total necessary expenses for students in the several departments will
be as below:
| Department. | General Expenses. |
Tuition. | Total. | Payable on Entrance. |
Reduced Charges to Virginians. |
Payable on Entrance. |
| Academical [three Schools] | $190 | $75 | $265 | $170 | $190 | $95 |
| Law | 190 | 80 | 270 | 175 | — | — |
| Medical | 190 | 110 | 300 | 205 | — | — |
| Pharmaceutical | 190 | 120 | 310 | 215 | 270 | 175 |
| Engineering | 190 | 100 | 290 | 195 | 240 | 145 |
| Agricultural | 190 | 100 | 290 | 195 | 190 | 95 |
The sums payable on entrance include a contingent deposit of $10, which
is credited in final settlement, and forms no part of the necessary expenses.
It is assessed for damage to property, violation of Library rules, and oon.
For Degrees the fees are as follows:
| Proficient in a Class | $ 2 50 |
| Graduate in a B. A. Course | 2 50 |
| Graduate in a School | 5 00 |
| Bachelor of Law | 15 00 |
| Doctor of Medicine | 15 00 |
For the other titled degrees no charge is made if the previous untitled
degrees have been taken and paid for. Candidates for a degree must deposit
the fee on or before May 1st; it will be returned if the degree is not conferred.
An abatement of one-third in fees for matriculation, dormitory rent, and
tuition is made to students who enter after January 1st.
Students from Virginia.—In compliance with the Statute (Virginia
Code 1887, ch. 68, § 1554), the University offers to white male students
from Virginia over the age of sixteen years instruction without charge for
tuition in all the Academical Schools except the Laboratory courses in Chemistry
and Practical Physics.
The total University fees of an Academical Student from Virginia are only
$47; his necessary expenses amount to but $190, exclusive of books and
stationery; of this about $95 must be paid on entrance.
The Faculty are required by law to be satisfied by actual examination of
the applicant, or by a certificate from some college or preparatory school,
that he has made such proficiency in the branch of study which he proposes
to pursue as will enable him to avail himself of the advantages afforded by
the University.
The examinations required for admission are as follows:
1. School of Latin, on forms, syntax and Books i., ii. of Csar's Commentaries, with
Cicero's Orations against Catiline.
2. School of Greek, on forms, syntax and Books i., ii. of Xenophon's Anabasis.
3. School of Mathematics or Natural Philosophy, on Arithmetic, Plane Geometry and
Algebra through quadratics.
For the other subjects a good knowledge of English and Arithmetic is alone
required. The diploma of a college, or the certificate of a high school, has
appropriate weight with the examiners.
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