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EXPENSES.
In the Academical Department the necessary expenses of a student
for the session of nine months are estimated as below for the lowest rate and for
a more liberal scale of living, assuming in each case the ordinary number of
Schools taken.
| Tuition, | $ 75 | $ 75 |
| Matriculation, | 25 | 25 |
| Infirmary, | 7 | 7 |
| Contingent deposit, | 10 | 10 |
| Dormitory rent, | 15 | 30 |
| Servant's attendance, | 9 | 9 |
| Furniture for dormitory, | 9 | 19 |
| Fuel and lights, | 12 | 24 |
| Washing, | 14 | 14 |
| Board, | 99 | 162 |
| Total, | 275 | 375 |
| Payable on entrance, | 175 | 215 |
| Reduced charges to Virginians, | 200 | 300 |
| Payable on entrance, | 100 | 140 |
The contingent deposit of $10 is credited in final settlement. This deposit
is assessed for any damage to property, violation of Library rules, and so on,
which the student himself may commit.
To the above total must be added the cost of books and stationery and
laboratory materials, and the cost of a degree, if taken.
In the Engineering Department the tuition fee is usually $100 (instead
of $75), with a reduction of $50 only to Virginians, other charges remaining
the same.
In the Agricultural Department the tuition fee is usually $100, which
is remitted to Virginians, other charges remaining the same.
In all cases a moderate allowance of pocket money for contingent expenses
must be made. For this purpose $5 a month should usually suffice; more than
$10 a month is ordinarily excessive.
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
Practical Physics.
The total University fees of an Academical student from Virginia are only
$42; his necessary expenses amount to but $200, exclusive of books and stationery;
of this about $100 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 each branch of study which he proposes to
pursue as will enable him to avail himself of the advantages offered by the University.
Examinations for admission are required as follows:
1. For admission to the School of Latin, on forms, syntax, and Books i., ii. of Cæsar's
Commentaries, with Cicero's Orations against Catiline.
2. For admission to the School of Greek, on forms, syntax, and Books i., ii. of Xenophon's
Anabasis.
3. For admission to the School of Mathematics or Natural Philosophy, on Arithmetic,
Plane Geometry, and Algebra through quadratics.
For admission to the other Schools, 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.
White male teachers and superintendents of the Public Schools of
Virginia will be admitted, during the last three months of the session, to the
Schools of the Academical Department of the University without payment of
fees, upon presentation of certificates that they have been teachers in the Public
Schools. Applicants for admission are requested to send in their names to the
Chairman of the Faculty not later than March 5th Lodgings can be had near
the University. The only necessary expenses will be for board, lights, and
washing, which will together cost from $4 to $6 a week.
Local Examinations.—Written examinations, beginning 13th April,
1893, and extending over three days, will be held at different centres by examiners
appointed by the University of Virginia. Every candidate admitted
to examination will be required to pay a fee of two dollars ($2.00) to defray the
necessary expenses. The examinations are open to boys and girls alike; but
where girls are examined there will be a separate room for their use, and a local
committee of ladies will be invited to preside.
The examinations are of two grades—Junior and Senior—and are offered in
eleven sections, as follows: English—History and Geography—Latin—Greek—
French—German—Mathematics—Mechanics—Chemistry—Geology—Botany.
Candidates who attain the required standard in the several examinations will
receive certificates to that effect signed by the examining committee. The
standard for a pass certificate is sixty (60) per cent. of the value of the questions
proposed; the standard for the honor certificate is seventy-five (75) per cent.
In addition to the certificates a gold medal will be awarded at each centre,
where there are five or more candidates, to the candidate who attains the honor
standard on all subjects, and exhibits the highest degree of average proficiency
on the entire examination. The last day for entries will be 1st April, 1893.
Centres will be established wherever there is a sufficient number of candidates.
A Local Secretary will be appointed at each centre, to whom all candidates
should report their names and the Sections elected for examination. Teachers
and all others interested are invited to address inquiries to the Chairman of the
Faculty.
Examinations for Women.—Women of the age of eighteen years or
more, on presenting testimonials of good character, and evidence of adequate
preparation, are permitted to register for the pursuit of studies in the Academical
Department, with the consent in each case of the Professors in charge of the
Schools for which registration is desired, and upon payment of an annual fee of
$25. They are entitled after such registration to receive from the Professors in
charge information as to the subjects discussed in the lectures, texts read, or
other matter of study in the courses for which they are registered. But they are
not permitted to attend the regular lectures or other exercises of any School.
They are also entitled, upon deposit of a contingent fee of $10, to the use of
the Library and Scientific Collections of the University. They are required to
stand examination upon the same paper and at the same time as the class
whose work they are pursuing, paying for each class an examination fee of $5.
Upon passing satisfactorily the same standards as are prescribed for the regular
class upon the work of any year or of any course, they receive a certificate to that
effect. The Faculty has authority to withdraw the privileges of the University
from, or to refuse to re-admit thereto, any one so registered, who in the opinion
of the Faculty is not fulfilling, or is not likely to fulfill, the purposes for which
she is registered at the University.
In the present condition of the University the Faculty is not prepared to undertake the
duties of the instruction for women. Arrangements will be made by which candidates for
examination may receive the necessary direction from individual Professors or competent
Instructors. Women, whose vocations do not permit residence at the University, may receive
such instruction by correspondence and present themselves only for the examinations.
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