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EXAMINATIONS.

The regulations of the University require that at each meeting the
Professors shall examine the class on the subject matter of the previous
lecture before beginning the new lecture.

Besides this daily oral examination, two general written examinations
of each class are held during the session, which every member is
required to stand. The Intermediate Examination occurs near the
middle of the session, and is upon the subjects of instruction of the
first part of the course. The Final Examination occurs near the end of
the session, and is in some classes upon the subjects of instruction of
the second part of the course only, in others upon those of the entire
course. In these examinations the questions have numerical values
affixed. If the answers at any general examination amount in value
to three-fourths of the aggregate value of the questions, a certificate of
Distinction is awarded to the student, and the fact is published at the
close of the session. Examinations for Proficiency or for Graduation
coincide with the Intermediate and Final Examinations.

The written examinations are conducted in each School by the Professor,
in the presence of two other Professors, forming with him the
Committee of Examination for that School. They are sufficiently comprehensive
and difficult to render it impossible for a student, without
steady diligence, to attain a Distinction, and candidates for Proficiency
or for Graduation are subjected to searching interrogations on the details
as well as on the general principles of the subject, and are expected
to be accurately versed in all matters treated in the lectures and
correlative text. Moreover, the student's command of English and his
standing at both daily and general examinations are taken into account
in estimating his qualification for the certificate or diploma.

No special examination is granted except upon a physician's certificate
of sickness on the day of examination, or other cause which the
Faculty may accept as adequate ground.

No entrance examination is required except for Academical students
from Virginia seeking free tuition. The requirements for these examinations
are stated elsewhere.

Candidates for admission to the higher classes in the several Schools
are expected to exhibit to the Professors suitable evidences of adequate
preliminary training.