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REGULATIONS.
1. Admission.—The age of the student must be at least sixteen years.
A certificate of honorable discharge from the school last attended, or other
evidence of general good conduct, is required. The student must matriculate
in at least three academic schools, or their equivalent, except by
special order of the Faculty.
2. Dormitory.—The occupant of a dormitory has first right to it,
and may reserve it for the next session by registration with the Proctor
before the end of the current session; thereafter any vacant dormitory is
assigned to the first applicant. But unless a deposit of fifteen dollars is
made with the Proctor on or before September 1, the room is forfeited.
No dormitory may be sub-let or used for other than its proper purpose.
3. Boarding.—Students may board and lodge either in the University
precincts or at their homes, or in houses licensed by the Faculty. It is the
duty of the Chairman to withdraw the license from any house, in which the
regulations as to the conduct of students are not observed. Change of lodging
should be reported at the Chairman's office.
4. Change of Schools, with transfer of fees, may be made by the
student at any time by special order of the Faculty. But a student may
change from one class to another of the same school with the advice and
consent of the professors concerned.
5. Absence from the University is permitted upon the written
leave of the student's professors and the Chairman, obtained in every case
in advance. But leaves of absence for the purpose of accompanying the
athletic teams or musical clubs on excursions will not be granted, except to
the officers and members of the organizations.
6. Absence from Lecture may be excused by the professors, but
only for sickness or like providential cause. Such excuses should be rendered
at the first lecture attended after the absence. The Chairman is
required to present for discipline every student charged with eight or more
unexcused absences in all classes during either half-session, that is, before or
after midnight of January 31.
7. Absence from Examination will not be excused except for sickness
on the day of examination (attested by the physician's certificate) or
other cause which the Faculty by special order may approve. In such cases
a special examination will be granted, but in no other.
8. Voluntary Withdrawal from the University requires the written
consent of the student's professors and of the Chairman. When the
permit is granted upon the physician's certificate that withdrawal is necessary
conduct, the fees are returned pro rata.
9. Enforced Withdrawal is inflicted by the Faculty for habitual
delinquency in class, habitual idleness, or any other fault, which prevents
the student from fulfilling the purposes for which he should have come to
the University.
10. Conduct.—Drunkenness, gambling and dissoluteness are strictly
forbidden, and the Chairman is instructed to dismiss from the University
for the residue of the current session every student found guilty of them.
Profane swearing, habits of expense, visiting bar-rooms or gaming
tables, the use or possession of fire-arms or other deadly weapons, the
unauthorized contraction of debts, and the use by the student in his lodgings
or in the University precincts of intoxicating drinks, except on
prescription of the University physician, are also violations of University
law, and punishable by admonition or suspension.
In all cases of discipline, the law requires that the student must first
be informed of the objections to his conduct and afforded an opportunity of
explanation and defense.
11. 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.
12. Athletic Teams and Musical Clubs.—The laws relating to
absence from the University of members of the Athletic teams are found in
the Section upon Physical Culture (Page 152). The same resolutions apply,
mutatis mutandis, to members of musical clubs.
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