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REGULATIONS.

ADMISSION.

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.

DORMITORIES.

Any student is permitted to reserve, for the next session, the dormitory which
he occupies if he applies for it before the end of the current session. Thereafter
any unreserved dormitory can be engaged upon application to the Proctor. But
if the rent be not deposited with him before the first day of September, the room
is considered unengaged.

NUMBER OF SCHOOLS.

An Academical student must attend at least three Schools, unless upon the written
request of his parent or guardian, or for good cause shown, the Faculty shall
allow him to attend a less number.

EXCHANGE OF SCHOOLS.

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.

WITHDRAWAL FROM A SCHOOL.

No student can drop a class in a School without the permission of the Professor
of that School. Nor can he give up any School without the permission of the
Faculty.

WITHDRAWAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

No portion of a student's University fees is refunded on account of withdrawal
from the University, unless the withdrawal be rendered necessary by ill health.

ABSENCE FROM LECTURES.

A student is not permitted to absent himself from any lecture or examination
without valid excuse, nor from the University without special leave from the Chairman,
countersigned by his Professors.

EXAMINATIONS.

Candidates for graduation are required to present themselves for examination
with the class. Special examinations are not granted except upon the physician's
certificate of sickness on the day of examination or other cause which the Faculty
may approve.

MONTHLY CIRCULAR.

At the end of each 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 irregularities of which he may
have been guilty, together with such other information as to the student's progress
and conduct as it may be deemed proper to communicate, or as the parent or
guardian may especially request. Parents and guardians cannot be too earnest or
prompt in communicating such advice or encouragement as the monthly reports
may suggest.

DISCIPLINE AND RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.

Morality and Religion are recognized as the foundation and indispensable concomitants
of education. The discipline of the University 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
having proved that it is best to forbear the employment of coercion, the
attendance on religious exercises is entirely voluntary. Prayers are held every
morning in the Chapel, and divine service is conducted twice on Sunday by a
Chaplain, selected in turn from the principal religious denominations.

CONDUCT.

The laws of the University require from every student decorous, sober and
upright conduct as long as he remains a member of the University, whether he be
within the precincts or not. They strictly forbid drunkenness, gaming, dissoluteness,
swearing, habits of expense, visiting bar-rooms or gambling-houses, the
introduction of wine or other intoxicating drinks into the University and their
use within the precincts. They require a decorous observance of Sunday, and
forbid all outdoor sports on that day. They forbid the use or possession by a student
of pistols or other weapons, and the introduction of them into the University
precincts.

EXCLUSION OF A STUDENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

If in the opinion of the Faculty any student be not fulfilling the purposes for
which he ought to have come to the University, and be not likely to fulfill them,
either from habitual delinquency in any of his classes, or from habitual idleness,
or from any other bad habit, the Faculty may require him to withdraw from the
University, after informing him of the objections to his conduct and affording
him an opportunity of explanation and defence.

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 limited (except when the parent or guardian requests
otherwise in writing) to cases of urgent necessity; and these, it is hoped, parents
and guardians will prevent, as far as possible, by a timely supply of the requisite
funds.

PRIVILEGED STUDENTS.

Ministers of the Gospel may attend any of the Literary or Scientific Schools of
the University without the payment of tuition fees. The same privilege will be
extended to any young man who submits testimonials that he is an approved candidate
for the ministry, and unable to meet the expenses of education at the University
without aid.

DONATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

Under an Act of the Legislature, "any person may deposit in the treasury of
the State, or bequeath money, stock, or public bonds of any kind, to be so deposited,
or grant, devise, or bequeath property, real or personal, to be sold, and the
proceeds to be so deposited . . . for the benefit of the University of Virginia. . . .
The State of Virginia is hereby constituted the trustee for the safe-keeping and
due application of all funds which may be deposited in the treasury in pursuance
of this act."

LEGAL TITLE OF THE UNIVERSITY:.

"The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia."