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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.

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 torbear 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 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."