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II. PART II.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
REGULATIONS:
EXPENSES:
SCHOLARSHIPS AND
FELLOWSHIPS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Charlottesville, the seat of the University of Virginia, is in a
picturesque and healthful situation among the foot-hills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains. It is at the junction of two great lines of railway, the Chesapeake
& Ohio and the Southern, and is thus of easy access from every part
of the country.
The Sanitary Arrangements of the University are excellent. The
climate is invigorating, healthful, and free from malarial conditions, the
average elevation of the surrounding country being about six hundred
and fifty feet above the sea level; the water supply is pure, being drawn
by gravity from a mountain reservoir six miles away; the system of
drains and sewers is complete; there are two athletic fields; the Fayerweather
Gymnasium affords ample facilities for bathing and exercise;
and in all ordinary cases of illness students receive treatment from the
members of the Faculty of Medicine, with skillful nursing, when necessary,
in a well equipped hospital.
Equipment.—The equipment possessed by the University for the
work of instruction, alike in the Academic and in the Professional
departments, has been much augmented in recent years, and is now
excellent in quality, as well as extensive. In scientific studies large
facilities are offered by the Leander McCormick Observatory, the
Rouss Physical Laboratory, the Chemical Laboratory and the Museum
of Industrial Chemistry, the Lewis Brooks Museum, the Biological
Laboratory, the Anatomical Laboratory, the Pathological Laboratory,
Physiological Laboratory, and the Hospital and Dispensary.
The Engineering Department possesses a well equipped Mechanical
Laboratory and Machine Shop.
In addition to the Law and other Departmental Libraries the general
University Library is common to all Departments. Originally selected
and arranged by Mr. Jefferson, it has since been much enlarged by purchases
and donations, and contains at present upwards of sixty thousand
volumes. These have been arranged and classified by the Dewey system,
and are catalogued. Students are allowed the use of the books under the
usual restrictions, and the Librarian is present in the Library for eight
hours daily to attend to their wants.
The Courses of Instruction are comprised in six Departments, two
of which are Academic, and four professional. The former include the
College and the Department of Graduate Studies: the latter the Departments
of Law, Medicine, Engineering, and Agriculture. In the various
departments there are altogether twenty-five distinct Schools, each affording
an independent course, under the direction of professors who are
responsible for the systems and methods pursued.
The Summer School of the University of Virginia, under the management
of the President and Faculty of the the University of Virginia, begins
June 19th, and continues six weeks, to July 31st. Instruction will be
given in the following subjects: English Grammar, Rhetoric and Composition,
English Literature, American Literature, Ancient History, Medieval
and Modern History, American History and Government, Algebra, Plane
Geometry, Solid Geometry, Nature Study, Botany, Zoölogy, Physical
Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Agriculture, Manual Training, First year
Latin, Cæsar, Cicero, Vergil, Sallust, Plautus, First year German, Second
year German, First year French, Second year French, School Administration,
Methods of teaching, Psychology, and Logic.
For further information address the Director of Summer School, University
of Virginia.
Elective System.—The system of independent Schools assumes that
opportunities for study and instruction are privileges to be sought voluntarily
and eagerly. Students are therefore allowed to elect for themselves
the courses of study to which they are led by their individual tastes and
proposed pursuits in life, as far as the time appointed for lectures and
examinations permits. Nor is it alone to those who wish to make special
attainments in single departments of knowledge that this freedom of election
commends itself. It has decided advantages also for most of those
students who seek the common goal of liberal education by ways which
varying aptitude, varying preparation, or varying opportunities render of
necessity different. The wisdom of the founder in establishing such a
system has been amply vindicated in the history of this University; and
in recent years many schools of higher education throughout the country
have adopted methods involving this principle.
The Session begins on the Thursday preceding the seventeenth of
September, and continues, with a recess of ten days at Christmas, until
the Wednesday before the nineteenth of June. The first three days of
the session are given to registration, and all students, both old and new,
are required during that time to place their names upon the books of the
University and the rolls of their respective classes. Lecture courses begin
upon the following Monday, and absences will be recorded against any
student not present, from the opening lecture of each course. Students
entering after the first three days will be charged a fee for registration.
Admission.—The age of the candidate for admission must be at least
sixteen years. A certificate of honorable discharge from the school last
attended by him, or other evidence of general good conduct, must be
presented by each applicant. Those who satisfy these requirements will
be admitted to the University of Virginia by the diploma of a recognized
institution of learning, the certificate of an accredited school, or by written
examination. Further information concerning Entrance Examinations
and admission to advanced standing will be found upon pp. 78-89. Students
who are more than twenty years of age are admitted without examination
on page 83.
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 require
from the student regular and diligent application to his studies, and 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 President, upon
recommendation of 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 defense. The regulations
of the University concerning attendance upon lectures and examinations,
absences, withdrawal, etc., will be found upon pages 92-93.
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. Divine service is
conducted twice on Sunday in the University Chapel by clergymen invited
from the principal religious denominations; and other religious exercises
are directed by the Young Men's Christian Association.
The Examinations in each class at this institution have, from the
beginning (A. D. 1825), been held in writing. Oral examinations are held
in some departments, but they are auxiliary to the written examinations,
which, in conjunction with the class standing as determined by the daily
work of the student, are the main tests of the student's proficiency.
A special examination may be granted upon physician's certificate of
sickness on the day of examination, or other cause which the Faculty of
the Department in question may accept as adequate ground. See also
pp. 92-93.
The written examinations are, in every case, of a public character,
and are conducted by a committee of three professors, one of whom is
the professor whose class is examined. This committee is expected to
remain in the room during examination, supervise the proceedings, determine
doubts, grant special examinations in cases covered by law, and make
report to the Faculty of the results of the examinations. The committee,
not the professor solely, is responsible throughout.
Reports.—Reports are sent, at stated intervals, to the parent or
guardian of each student. These reports give the number of times the
student has been absent from lectures; and indicate, as nearly as is practicable,
the nature of the progress made by him in his work at the
University.
Honor System.—For eighteen years after the opening of the institution,
honesty at the written examinations was sought to be secured by
the strict surveillance of the committee alone. This was often found to
be ineffectual. In June, 1842, Judge Henry St. George Tucker, Professor
of Law, offered the following resolution which the Faculty at once
adopted:
Resolved, That in all future written examinations for distinction and
other honors of the University, each candidate shall attach to the written
answers presented by him on such examination a certificate in the following
words: "I, A. B., do hereby certify on honor that I have derived no
assistance during the time of this examination from any source whatever,
whether oral, written, or in print, in giving the above answers."
This was the beginning of the honor system at this institution. In
subsequent years the pledge was extended so as to preclude the giving as
well as the receiving of assistance. The system has been in operation since
1842 without interruption. Its wisdom and its beneficial results have been
abundantly demonstrated. Its administration imposes no burden upon
the Faculty. Experience shows that the students themselves are its
sternest guardians and executors. Violation of examination pledges has
been of rare occurrence. In every case the culprit has been quietly but
promptly eliminated without need of Faculty action.
The spirit of truth and honor, thus fostered in the examinationroom,
has gradually pervaded the entire life of the institution, and all the
relations between the student and professor.
It is not believed to be essential to the honor system, nor indeed to be
right, to expose the examinee to unnecessary temptation to violate his
pledge. The student is regarded as one to be shielded from such influences
and to have his honorable tendencies carefully reinforced and
not wrecked. Hence the examination is held in one place where all candidates
are assembled, and in presence of a committee of the Faculty.
Conversation among the candidates and absence from the room are discouraged.
They are cautioned to avoid even the appearance of evil.
These safeguards have been found to be in entire harmony with the
absence of espionage. The fact that the candidate is not suspected, has
been found to lead always to the avoidance of conduct which would give
rise to suspicion.
Degrees are conferred only upon examination after residence. Certificates
are conferred on the satisfactory completion of B. A. courses in
the Academic Schools, and the student who completes both the B. A. and
M. A. courses in any School is entitled to a diploma of graduation in
the M. A. course in that School. In each School, major and minor courses
are offered candidates for the Ph. D. degree. Each major course requires
at least two years of work after the completion of the corresponding
M. A. course. Any student completing successfully a major course in a
in the School. The titled degrees conferred are Bachelor of Arts, p. 107;
Master of Arts, p. 117; Doctor of Philosophy, p. 118; Civil Engineer,
Mining Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, pp. 189-195;
Bachelor of Science, p. 205; Doctor of Medicine, p. 177; and Bachelor of
Laws, p. 170. The requirements for these degrees are given under the
several departments.
No merely honorary degree is ever given by the University of Virginia.
Licentiates.—Any person of unexceptionable character and habits,
upon producing to the Faculty satisfactory evidence of suitable capacity
and attainments, may be licensed by the Faculty to form classes for
private instruction in any School of the University, in aid of and in
conformity to the public teachings of the professor upon any subject
taught therein. The employment and compensation of any such Licentiate
are matters of private agreement between him and the student. Students
whose preparation is defective for the work of the University classes may
often economize time and energy by securing the services of a Licentiate
at the same time that they are attending the regular course of lectures.
Directions for New Students.—New students will find it greatly to
their advantage if, as soon as possible after reporting to the Dean of
the University, they will go to Madison Hall, where a committee of
students will be found who will gladly be of any service in assisting
them to get settled as quickly as possible. A general information bureau,
a complete list of boarding houses with prices of board, a directory of
the students with their addresses, a list of all forms of employment open
to students, copies of the University Handbook, and other things of interest
to the new men will there be accessible to all. The General Secretary
of the Association, Dr. Hugh M. McIlhaney, Jr., will be pleased to
correspond with prospective students during the summer with regard to all
such matters, and it is suggested that every man who expects to enter the
University inform him of that fact. See p. 218.
ADMISSION AND CLASSIFICATION.
ADMISSION TO THE COLLEGE.
All candidates for admission to the University of Virginia are required
to present satisfactory certificates of honorable dismissal from the
institution last attended, or of good moral character.
With the exception of Special Students over twenty years of age, as
hereinafter defined, all applicants for admission to the University of Virginia
are required to present a diploma of graduation or a certificate from
a recognized institution of learning of collegiate rank, or a certificate
from an accredited school, or to stand a written examination.
The following pages give the Entrance Requirements for session
1907-8. From and after June 1st, 1908, the Revised Entrance Requirements,
published in the Supplement to this catalogue, will be enforced.
General Entrance Examinations.—Every applicant (with the exception
above mentioned) who does not enter by diploma or certificate is
required to pass a general entrance examination in:
1. English;
2. Mathematics.
And in two subjects elected by the candidates from the following
list:
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The requirements in these subjects are briefly indicated in the statements
below:
The general entrance examinations will be held at the University
twice each year, in the months of June and September. The June examinations
may also be held upon the same days at such other places in
the State of Virginia as may be designated; the September examinations
will be held at the University only. The following is the schedule of days
and hours for these examinations in 1907:
| June | 8.30 - 11 | 11 - 1.30 | 2.30 - 5 | September |
| Tuesday, 4th | English 1 | Botany 15 | Latin 3 | Tuesday, 10th |
| Wednesday, 5th | Mathematics 2 | Spanish 7 | History 8 | Wednesday, 11th |
| Thursday, 6th | Geometry and Trigonometry 11 Physical Geography 9 |
Chemistry 14 | Greek 4 Astronomy 12 |
Thursday, 12th |
| Friday, 7th | German 5 | Algebra 10 Physics 13 |
French 6 | Friday, 13th |
These examinations, like all others held by the University of Virginia,
will be conducted under the honor system, and each paper submitted
must be accompanied by the usual pledge, the omission of which
will render it invalid.
In order that applicants residing at a distance from the University
may know before coming here whether they are prepared to enter upon
the work of its courses, it may be stated that the examination and marks
of the American College Entrance Examinations Board will be accepted
in lieu of those of the University in any of these subjects.
1. English.—The standard entrance requirements of the Association
of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Southern States, or equivalents
therefor. These requirements imply a thorough knowledge of the principles
of English grammar and of elementary rhetoric and composition, together
with that of the courses for reading and for study and practice assigned
by the Association from year to year. The courses for 1906, 1907, 1908
are as follows:
Reading.—Merchant of Venice; Julius Cæsar; De Coverley Papers;
Vicar of Wakefield; The Ancient Mariner; Ivanhoe; Carlyle's Essay on
Burns; The Princess; The Vision of Sir Launfal; Silas Marner.
Study and Practice.—Macbeth; L'Allegro; Il Penseroso; Lycidas;
Comus; Burke's Conciliation with America; Macaulay's Essays on Addison
and Milton.
The courses for 1909, 1910, 1911 are as follows:
Group I (two to be selected).
Shakespeare's As You Like It, Henry V, Julius Cæsar, The Merchant
of Venice, Twelfth Night.
Group II (one to be selected).
Bacon's Essays; Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, Part I; The Sir
Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator; Franklin's Autobiography.
Group III (one to be selected).
Chaucer's Prologue; Spenser's Faörie Queene (selections); Pope's
The Rape of the Lock; Goldsmith's The Deserted Village; Palgrave's
Golden Treasury (First Series), Books II and III, with especial attention
to Dryden, Collins, Gray, Cowper and Burns.
Group IV (two to be selected).
Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield; Scott's Ivanhoe; Scott's Quentin
Durward; Hawthorne's The House of Seven Gables; Thackeray's Henry
Esmond; Mrs. Gaskell's Cranford; Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities;
George Eliot's Silas Marner; Blackmore's Lorna Doone.
Group V (two to be selected).
Irving's Sketch Book; Lamb's Essays of Elia; De Quincey's Joan of
Are and The English Mail Coach; Carlyle's Heroes and Hero Worship;
Emerson's Essays (Selected); Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies.
Group VI (two to be selected).
Coleridge's The Ancient Mariner; Scott's The Lady of the Lake;
Byron's Mazeppa and The Prisoner of Chillon; Palgrave's Golden Treasury
(First Series), Book IV, with especial attention to Wordsworth, Keats
and Shelley; Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome; Poe's Poems; Lowell's
The Vision of Sir Launfal; Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum; Longfellow's
The Courtship of Miles Standish; Tennyson's Gareth and Lynette, Lancelot
and Elaine, and The Passing of Arthur; Browning's Cavalier Tunes, The
Lost Leader, How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix, Evelyn
Hope, Home Thoughts from Abroad, Home Thoughts from the Sea, Incident
of the French Camp, The Boys and the Angel, One Word More,
Hervé Riel, Pheidippides.
Study and Practice.—This part of the examination presupposes the
thorough study of each of the works named below. The examination will
be upon subject-matter, form and structure. In addition, the candidate
may be required to answer questions involving the essentials of English
grammar, and questions on the leading facts in those periods of English
literary history to which the prescribed works belong.
The books set for this part of the examination will be:
1909, 1910, 1911: Shakespeare's Macbeth; Milton's Lycidas, Comus,
L'Allegro, and Il Penseroso; Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America,
or Washington's Farewell Address and Webster's First Bunker Hill Oration;
Macaulay's Life of Johnson, or Carlyle's Essay on Burns. Other
courses equivalent, in character and scope, to these may be offered in their
stead. [The systematic study of the Authorized Version of the Bible is
particularly recommended as an acceptable substitute.]
2. Mathematics.—The requirements imply a thorough knowledge of
Arithmetic, and in addition of either (a) Algebra through Quadratics, or
of (b) Algebra to Quadratics and three books of Plane Geometry.
A thorough practical acquaintance with ordinary Arithmetic is
assumed as underlying all preparation in Mathematics. The requirements
in Algebra to Quadratics include the following subjects: the
four fundamental operations for rational algebraic expressions, factoring,
highest common factor, lowest common multiple, complex fractions, the
solution of equations of the first degree containing one or more unknown
quantities, and of problems depending upon such equations; radicals,
including the extraction of the square root of polynomials and of numbers,
and fractional and negative exponents.
The requirements in Algebra through Quadratics include the preceding,
together with: quadratic equations, equations involving one or
more unknown quantities that can be solved by the method of quadratic
equations, and problems depending upon such equations.
The requirements in Plane Geometry include the subjects usually
treated in the first three Books; viz., the properties of the triangle
and the parallelogram, loci of points, the circle and the measurement
of angles; simple original exercises in construction and demonstration.
3. Latin.—The requirements for the General Entrance Examination
presuppose about four years of competent instruction in Latin,
involving the Roman pronunciation, habitual observance of quantity and
accent, regular drill in grammar and prose composition through all
preparatory years, elementary Reader, Nepos, Cæsar, and the easier
orations of Cicero.
4. Greek.—The requirements for the General Entrance Examination
in Greek will be satisfied by a good knowledge of the paradigms
and the main rules of syntax, and of four books of Xenophon's Anabasis.
Any good elementary grammar may be used, or any good beginner's book,
such as White's, Ball's, or Gleason and Atherton's, containing the inflections;
and any edition of the Anabasis.
5. German.—The General Entrance Examination in German presupposes
not less than one year's preparation: it includes
Translation: Müller and Wenckebach's Glück Auf; Gerstäcker's
Irrfahrten or Germelshausen; Heyse's Das Mädchen von Treppi;
Zschokke's Das Wirtshaus zu Cransac.
Grammar: A general knowledge of the declensions of nouns, pronouns,
and adjectives; of the conjugation of weak, strong, and irregular
verbs and the modal auxiliaries; of the rules of German syntax, with
especial attention to the arrangement of sentence-elements, is necessary.
Prose composition: Translation of English sentences into German.
The work required in grammar and prose composition is such as
will be found in any elementary German grammar, such as Whitney's,
Thomas's, Joynes-Meissner's, Bierwirth's Elements of German.
Instructors in preparatory schools are urged to devote at least one
hour a week to pronunciation and conversation, as a large part of the
work in the German classes of the University is oral and requires some
knowledge of spoken German.
6. French.—The requirements of the General Entrance Examination
in French presupposes a knowledge of Elementary Grammar
—forms, pronunciation, composition; and the translation of La Mére
Michel et Son Chat (Bedollière), Colomba (Mérimée), La Poudre aux
Yeux (Labiche et Martin).
7. Spanish.—The General Entrance requirements in Spanish will
be satisfied by a knowledge of the elements of the grammar, including
forms, pronunciation, and composition; and of representative selections
from the literature.
8. United States History.—The General Entrance requirements in
United States History imply a good knowledge of this subject as treated
in any of the text-books used in the public high schools of Virginia;
such as those by Bruce, Fisher, Hansell, Larned, and White.
9. Physical Geography.—The General Entrance requirements in
Physical Geography will be satisfied by a competent knowledge of the
subject as it is made known in Maury's Physical Geography, or in any
other work of equal grade and scope.
10. Algebra (Quadratics and beyond).—The requirements in this
subject include a knowledge of simultaneous quadratics, and equations
solved like quadratics; properties of quadratic equations; the binomial
theorem for positive integral exponents; ratio and proportion; inequalities;
variations; arithmetical and geometrical progression, and simple
problems in permutations and combinations.
11. Geometry and Plane Trigonometry.—The requirements in
geometry include a knowledge of the usual constructions, theorems, and
problems given in an ordinary text-book on Plane Geometry, together
with a knowledge of the relations of planes and lines in space; the
properties and measure of prisms, pyramids, cones, and cylinders; and
the sphere and spherical triangles.
In Plane Trigonometry the requirements include the definition of
the six trigonometric functions as ratios, the relations between these
functions, values of these functions for angles of 0°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 90°,
120°, etc.; formulas for sine, cosine, or tangent of sum or difference of
two angles, formulas for sum or difference of two sines or cosines,
expressions for the functions of double or half angles, trigonometric
identities and equations, and the solution of triangles.
12. Astronomy.—The requirements in this subject will be satisfied
by a good knowledge of the elements of General Astronomy, involving
as a basis the ordinary high school mathematics, such as may be obtained
from a careful study of such text-books as Todd's New Astronomy,
Young's Elements, or Comstock's Text-book.
13. Physics.—The requirements will be met by a good elementary
knowledge of the subjects of Mechanics, Hydrostatics and Hydrokinetics,
Sound, and Light; as treated, for example, in the first volume of Carhart's
University Physics.
14. Chemistry.—The requirements in this subject imply a thorough
elementary knowledge of Chemistry as a part of a general education such
as is represented by the intelligent study of such text-books as are
mentioned in a subsequent portion of this catalogue.
15. Botany.—The requirements in this subject imply a thorough
knowledge of the elements of Botany, including the practical study of
the structure and development of representatives alike of the flowering
and the flowerless plants: students offering Botany as an elective are
required to submit the notes and drawings of the laboratory work done
by them.
Examinations for Classification.—Neither of the General Entrance
Examinations (Nos. 2a or 2b, 10 or 11) in Mathematics, if passed
subject. For admission to the School of Mathematics he must pass
upon Algebra through Quadratics (No. 2a) and the whole of Plane
Geometry.
For admission to the School of Physics the applicant must pass the
same examination for classification as that required for the School of
Mathematics.
For admission to the School of Historical and Economical Science
the applicant must pass an examination for classification which covers
the first three hundred and eighty-six pages of West's Ancient History:
the examination for classification may be waived if the applicant (a) is
twenty years of age at the beginning of the academic year; or (b) has
already passed in at least two full courses in other subjects at this
University; or (c) can convince the Professor by a certificate from a
reputable school or college that his historical knowledge and mental
discipline are adequate.
Applicants for admission to the first course in Latin must pass the
General Entrance Examination in that subject.
Students who enter upon certificates must in each instance satisfy
the professors whose classes they desire to enter of their fitness to enter
upon the work of the course proposed.
Conditional Admission.—Any applicant who succeeds in at least two
of his entrance examinations, but fails in one or both of the others, may
be allowed to enter on condition that he pass successfully the remaining
examinations on such date as the Faculty shall appoint.
Division of the Entrance Examination.—Each applicant for admission
to the University will be permitted to take the entrance examinations
either in June or in September, or part in June and part in September,
as he may elect at the time of his application. A pass certificate upon
any subject will be valid for the ensuing session or for the beginning of
the following session, but no longer.
Delayed Entrance.—All applicants for admission to the University
are required to pass the entrance examinations at one or the other of the
appointed periods except for good and reasonable cause. In cases where
the application has not been deferred upon merely frivolous grounds the
applicant may, for reasons that are approved by the President of the
University, be admitted to a special examination, for which a fee of five
dollars will be charged. This fee is payable in advance, and will in no
case be returned to the applicant.
Special Students.—Applicants for matriculation who are more than
twenty years of age, and who desire to enter for the pursuit of special
studies, may, with the approval of the Dean of the University, and
upon evidence of needful maturity and training, with adequate preparation
for the courses to be pursued, be registered as Special Students, and
but not as candidates for any titled degree: such Special Students must
pass the required examinations for classification before entering upon the
work of any School for which such an examination is prerequisite.
Entrance upon Certificates from Accredited Schools.—Applicants for
admission who present diplomas or certificates showing that they have
completed the work of any Public High School of the State of Virginia
whose course is in accordance with the published requirements of the
State Board of Education will not be required to stand the General Entrance
Examination. The same privilege is extended to applicants coming
from approved Public High Schools of other States or from approved
Private Schools of any State; provided, in each case, that the work done
in the school in question is fully the equivalent of, or of higher grade
than that defined above: of schools outside of Virginia, the Dean of the
University is authorized to recognize as accredited those, and those only,
which present satisfactory proof that they are on the accredited list of
their own State University or of some institution of higher instruction
maintaining standards of admission not inferior to the minimum
of the Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Southern
States.
The following is a list of the schools within the State of Virginia
at present accredited by the University, duly attested certificates from
which will entitle the holder to admission without examination:
| Amherst High School, | Amherst, Va. |
| Augusta Military Academy, | Fort Defiance, Va. |
| Bedford City High School, | Bedford City, Va. |
| Bellevue High School, | Bellevue, Va. |
| Berryville High School, | Berryville, Va. |
| Bethel Military Academy, | Bethel, Va. |
| Big Stone Gap High School, | Big Stone Gap, Va. |
| Bridle Creek High School, | Bridle Creek, Va. |
| Cape Charles High School, | Cape Charles, Va. |
| Charlottesville High School, | Charlottesville, Va. |
| Cluster Springs Academy, | Cluster Springs, Va. |
| Covington High School, | Covington, Va. |
| Danville High School, | Danville, Va. |
| Dublin Institute, | Dublin, Va. |
| Episcopal High School, | Theological Seminary, Va. |
| Fishburne Military Academy, | Waynesboro, Va. |
| Fork Union Academy, | Fork Union, Va. |
| Front Royal High School, | Front Royal, Va. |
| Hampton High School, | Hampton, Va. |
| Harrisonburg High School, | Harrisonburg, Va. |
| Hoge Military Academy, | Blackstone, Va. |
| Jefferson School, for Boys, | Charlottesville, Va. |
| Lexington High School, | Lexington, Va. |
| Locust Dale Academy, | Locust Dale, Va. |
| Lynchburg High School, | Lynchburg, Va. |
| Manassas Institute, | Manassas, Va. |
| Manchester High School, | Manchester, Va. |
| Marion High School, | Marion, Va. |
| Martinsville, High School, | Martinsville, Va. |
| Massanutten Academy, | Woodstock, Va. |
| McGuire's School, | Richmond, Va. |
| Miller School, | Miller School, Va. |
| Newport News High School, | Newport News, Va. |
| Newport News Academy, | Newport News, Va. |
| Nolley's School, | Richmond, Va. |
| Norfolk High School, | Norfolk, Va. |
| Norfolk Academy, | Norfolk, Va. |
| Onancock High School, | Onancock, Va. |
| Petersburg High School, | Petersburg, Va. |
| Portsmouth High School, | Portsmouth, Va. |
| Randolph-Macon Academy, | Bedford City, Va. |
| Randolph-Macon Academy, | Front Royal, Va. |
| Richmond Academy, | Richmond, Va. |
| Richmond High School, | Richmond, Va. |
| Roanoke High School, | Roanoke, Va. |
| Shenandoah Collegiate Institute, | Dayton, Va. |
| Shenandoah Valley Academy, | Winchester, Va. |
| Shoemaker High School, | Gate City, Va. |
| Smithfield High School, | Smithfield, Va. |
| South Boston High School, | South Boston, Va. |
| Staunton High School, | Staunton, Va. |
| Staunton Military Academy, | Staunton, Va. |
| Suffolk High School, | Suffolk, Va. |
| Tazewell High School, | Tazewell, Va. |
| Woodberry Forest School, | Woodberry Forest, Va. |
| Woodlawn Seminary, | Gordonsville, Va. |
Each person entering upon a certificate may be required to stand
examinations for classification in the courses which he expects to pursue,
or may be exempted therefrom in any instance at the discretion of the
professor concerned, his decision in each case being based upon his personal
knowledge of the work done in the subject in question in the school
from which the applicant enters. Applicants seeking such exemption from
examination for classification are required in each instance to bring a
certificate from the instructor under whom the work was done, stating
fully the extent and character of the work and the standing of the applicant
in his classes.
Entrance from other Colleges.—Applicants for admission coming to
the University from recognized institutions of collegiate rank, whose requirements
for admission are equal to or greater than those prescribed by
the Southern Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, will, on
presentation of certificates showing that they are members in good standing
of such institutions, be exempted from the General Entrance Examinations
and also from examinations for classification under the same
conditions as are stated in the preceding paragraph.
Advanced Standing.—Applicants from other colleges will be provisionally
admitted to advanced standing as candidates for the degree of
Bachelor of Arts upon presentation of satisfactory certificates covering
the courses for which credit is desired. Whether a certificate is or is
not satisfactory will in each instance be determined by the professor or
professors in this University responsible for the study or studies in
question, each case being decided upon its own merits. No candidate for
the degree of Bachelor of Arts may, however, thus obtain credit for more
than seven of the ten electives required for the attainment of that degree,
as elsewhere stated; and in all cases the courses for which credit is
obtained and those pursued here must together satisfy all the requirements
for the degree as here established. The certificates presented should, in
the case of each subject for which credit is desired, describe the character
and scope of the course previously pursued by the applicant, stating the
text-books used, the authors read (with amount of reading required) in
the case of a language, or the amount and kind of laboratory work
(with the notebooks of the applicant) in the case of a science; and the
standing of the applicant in his class, with the marks received.
ADMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GRADUATE STUDIES.
While Special Students, and College Students desirous of pursuing
advanced courses in particular subjects, will be admitted to graduate
courses after having in each instance satisfied all the conditions prerequisite,
only those are admitted to this Department of the University
who hold baccalaureate degrees from recognized institutions of learning
of collegiate rank; or, in the case of any institution of such rank that
does not confer a baccalaureate degree, on the presentation of a certificate
of graduation in a course of study accepted by the Committee upon
Academic Degrees as fully equivalent to that ordinarily required for the
degree in question.
ADMISSION TO THE PROFESSIONAL DEPARTMENTS.
To the Department of Law.—Applicants for admission to the first
year of the Course in Law are required either to present the diploma of
an institution of collegiate rank, a certificate of good standing in the
school, either public or private, or an equivalent personal certificate from
the principal of such a school; or to pass the General Entrance Examination
described on a previous page. No provision is made for admission
to advanced standing in this Department of the University.
To the Department of Medicine.—Applicants for admission to the
work of the first year of the Course in Medicine are required to present
the diploma of a recognized institution of collegiate rank, a certificate of
good standing in such an institution, the diploma of a recognized public
or private high school having at least a three years course, or acceptable
certificates which represent work equivalent in amount and character to
such a high school course as defined by the Virginia State Board of
Public Instruction (see below); and, in addition, to complete the college
courses at this University in Physics, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biology;
or to present acceptable college certificates showing that they have completed
elsewhere courses in these subjects equivalent to (though not
necessarily identical with) those at this institution, the validity of such
certificates being decided by the professors here in charge of the classes
in these subjects.
The curriculum of a three-year high school as prescribed by the Virginia
State Board of Public Instruction is as follows:
FIRST YEAR.
Mathematics—5 periods a week. Advanced Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra
to Quadratics.
Science—3 periods a week. Physical Geography. Lessons in Botany.
History—3 periods a week. History of Greece, or History of Rome, or
Ancient History.
English—5 periods a week. Composition and Grammar; Classics.
Languages—5 periods a week. Any one of the following:
(a) Latin—Introductory Latin.
(b) German—Grammar and Composition. Easy Reading.
(c) French—Grammar and Composition. Easy Reading.
(d) Spanish—Grammar and Composition. Easy Reading.
SECOND YEAR.
Mathematics—5 periods a week. Elementary Algebra completed, and Plane
Geometry.
Science—3 periods a week. Elementary Agriculture and Lessons in Botany
and Zoölogy.
History—3 periods a week. Medieval and Modern History, with special
emphasis on points bearing on American History.
English—5 periods a week. Rhetoric and Composition; Classics.
Languages—5 periods a week. Any one of the following:
(a) Latin—Three Books of Cæsar, or Nepos and Two Books of Cæsar,
or Viri Romæ and Two Books of Cæsar; Grammar and Composition.
(b) German—Grammar and Composition. Easy Reading.
(c) French—Grammar and Composition. Easy Reading.
(d) Spanish—Grammar and Composition. Easy Reading.
Note.—In a third grade high school, United States History may be
substituted for Medieval or Modern History. Where time permits, Drawing
should be given two periods a week in each year.
THIRD YEAR.
Mathematics—5 periods a week. Algebra and Geometry.
Science—3 periods a week. Elements of Physics and Elementary Agriculture,
or Elementary Chemistry and Elementary Agriculture.
Drawing—2 periods a week.—Or Manual Training.
History—3 periods a week. English History. In a second grade high
school American History and Civil Government shall be taught.
English—5 periods a week. Rhetoric, History of English Literature, Classics.
Languages—5 periods a week. Any one of the following:
(a) Latin—Four Orations of Cicero, Grammar and Composition.
(b) German—Grammar Review and Syntax, German Classics.
(c) French—Grammar Review and Syntax, French Classics.
(d) Spanish—Grammar Review and Syntax, Spanish Classics.
Bookkeeping and Business Forms.
If time permits, more than one of the above elective studies may be
taken. In high schools of two or more teachers other subjects may be
added if it can be done without infringing upon the time of required
subjects.
The above curriculum contains 65 "counts," a count being one period
per week for a school year. Of these subjects the applicant for admission
to the Medical Department must have completed the entire course of three
years in Mathematics and English, two years in language other than
English, two years in History, and one year in science—49 counts in all.
The remaining 16 counts may be furnished at the option of the applicant
by further credits in the various branches of the curriculum.
Applicants unable to satisfy these requirements by acceptable certificates,
in part or in whole, may remove their deficiencies by satisfactory
examinations.
To the Department of Engineering.—Applicants will be admitted to
the first year of the Course in Engineering, either on the presentation of
the diploma of a recognized institution of collegiate rank, of a certificate
of good standing in the classes of such an institution, of a corresponding
diploma or certificate of a recognized school of engineering, or the diploma
of graduation of a good high school, either public or private, or of an
equivalent personal certificate from the principal of such a school; or on
passing the General Entrance Examination described on a preceding page.
Applicants for admission to this Department who stand this examination
Geometry and Trigonometry (11).
Advanced Standing.—Applicants will be provisionally admitted to
advanced standing as candidates for degrees in Engineering upon presentation
of certificates from recognized institutions of learning covering the
courses for which credit is desired. Whether a certificate is or is not
satisfactory will in each instance be determined by the professor or professors
in this University responsible for the study or studies in question,
each case being decided upon its own merits: provided, that a degree in
Engineering will in no case be conferred upon any candidate who has not
attended at least one full session at this University.
To the Department of Agriculture.—Applicants will be admitted to
the course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science upon presentation
of a diploma or a certificate from a recognized institution of collegiate
rank, or a good public or private high school; or on passing the General
Entrance Examinations. Students so admitted will for the present be
registered as College Students, and will be under the jurisdiction of the
Dean and Faculty of that Department.
REGISTRATION
Registration of New Students.—Applicants seeking admission to the
University for the first time are required to present themselves to the
Dean of the University at his office in the Administration Building at
some time during the first three days of the session. Each candidate for
admission must be at least sixteen years of age. In each instance a
certificate of good moral character must be presented, signed by the proper
official of the institution attended during the previous session, or by some
person of known standing. Each candidate who satisfies these requirements,
and also those for admission by diploma, certificate, or examination
previously stated, will be directed to the Dean of the Department which
he purposes to enter.
The Dean in question will, upon being satisfied that the candidate is
fitted to enter upon the work of the Department, issue to him a card
containing the names of the courses which the candidate proposes to pursue
during the session: this card must be presented in turn to each professor
concerned, who will, on satisfying himself that the applicant is prepared to
pursue the course in question with profit, sign the card and enter the
applicant's name upon the roll of the class. The card must then be returned
to the Dean of the University, who will endorse upon it the amount
of fees to be paid to the Proctor. On payment of these fees the registration
(for the session) of the applicant as a student of the University will
be completed.
Registration of Matriculated Students.—Students who have already
been matriculated as members of the University are required to present
of the first three days of the session, and to conform, as regards their
registration in their respective classes, and the payment of fees, to the
requirements stated in the preceding paragraph.
Delayed Registration.—Students are not permitted to delay their
registration through carelessness or for inadequate reasons. Any student,
new or old, who fails to present himself for registration during the first
three days of the session will (except in the case of an applicant admitted
to special examinations, as provided in a previous paragraph) be admitted
to registration only upon the consent of the President, and will be charged
a special registration fee of three dollars.
RESIDENCE.
The Academic Year extends from the morning of the Thursday preceding
the seventeenth of September to the evening of the Wednesday
before the nineteenth of June. Thanksgiving Day is a holiday, and there
is a Christmas recess beginning on the morning of the twenty-fourth of
December and closing on the evening of the second of January.
Attendance is required of each student throughout the entire session,
with the exception of the days above indicated, unless he has received
permission to be temporarily absent, or to withdraw before its close.
Leave of absence is granted by the Deans for sufficient reasons, and
must in every case be obtained in advance. Voluntary withdrawal requires
the written consent of the student's professors and of the Dean
of the University. While in residence each student is required to attend
regularly all lectures and other prescribed exercises and all examinations
in the courses which he pursues (unless excused for cause) and in every
way to conform to the regulations of the University. Students may reside
in the University dormitories, in private houses approved by the President,
or in their homes. Any change of residence during the session should
be reported at the office of the Registrar.
Physical Culture.—No student is permitted to undertake an amount
of work greater than he may reasonably be expected to do well without
detriment to his physical health: and every student is advised to take a
due amount of daily outdoor exercise, for which ample opportunities are
afforded upon the athletic fields, the tennis courts, the golf course, and
in other forms; and, in addition, to make systematic use of the facilities
afforded without cost for definite and judicious physical training at the
Fayerweather Gymnasium, under the advice and instruction of the Director
and his assistants. Further information upon this important subject
will be found upon a subsequent page.
Medical Attendance.—Any student who is temporarily ill from
causes not due to his own misconduct is entitled, without charge, to all
necessary medical advice from the member of the Faculty of Medicine
skillful nursing in the University Hospital at a reasonable charge for
his maintenance while there. This exemption from charge does not apply
to cases requiring surgical operation, chronic cases, or to constitutional
disorders of long standing from which the student in question was suffering
at the time of his coming to the University. Students who take the
responsibility of boarding at houses not approved by the Board of Health
forfeit the right to this exemption. Students residing at their own homes,
who waive this right, are entitled to the remission of a portion of the University
fee. Any student sent to the University Hospital by the advice
and under the care of a physician other than the University Physician for
the time being will be required to pay the regular hospital charges for
private patients.
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Dormitory.—The occupant of a dormitory has first right to it, and
may reserve it for the next session by registration with the Bursar 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 Bursar on or before September 1, the room is forfeited. No dormitory
may be sublet or used for other than its proper purpose.
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 President 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 Registrar's office.
Change of Schools, with transfer of fees, cannot be made except 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.
Absence from the University is permitted upon the written leave of
the Dean of the Department in which the student is registered, 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.
Absence from Lectures may be excused by the professors, but only
for sickness or like providential cause. Such excuses must be rendered
on the day of the first lecture attended after the absence. Unexcused
absences from lectures render the student liable to be disciplined by the
Faculty. In case of delayed entrance the student is regarded as having
been absent from all lectures or other exercises that have been given, in
the courses which he enters, since the beginning of the session.
Absence from Examinations will not be excused except for sickness
on the day of examination (attested by a physician's certificate) or other
cause which the Faculty of the Department by special order may approve.
An unexcused absence, or the presentation of an unpledged paper, is
counted as a total failure in the examination in which it occurs. A
student whose absence from examination is excused is admitted to the
Fall Examination in the subject in question in each of the departments
where such examinations are held. Where necessary, he is admitted to
a special examination.
Class Standing in any course is determined by the regularity of
attendance of the student upon the lectures (and laboratory or other
similar exercises where included) in the course in question, and by the
faithful performance of his work as indicated by his answers when
questioned, by his written exercises, notebooks, the faithful performance
of laboratory (or other similar) work, etc. Students are regarded by
the Faculty as under the law of honor in matters affecting class standing,
as in examinations.
The Grade of the Student in any course, either for a term or for
the session, is determined by the combined class standing and the result
of examination, each being considered in such proportion as the professor
in charge may decide for the course in question.
Probation.—Any student in the College or the Department of Engineering
whose term grade is below forty per cent. at either the December
or the March examination in each of two subjects will be put upon probation
until the following examination: a like failure at that time will
make it necessary for him to withdraw from the University. Any student
whose term grade is below forty per cent. in all courses at any examination
will be required to withdraw from the University.
A student in any Department of the University who is evidently
making no real progress in one of his courses of study may at any time,
after due admonition, be required to drop the course in question. A
student in the College or the Department of Engineering who falls under
this rule will be put upon probation if he fails to attain a grade of
forty per cent. in a single one of his remaining courses at a succeeding
examination.
Voluntary Withdrawal from the University requires the written
consent of the student's professors and of the Dean of the University.
When a permit is granted upon the University Physician's certificate that
withdrawal is necessary on account of the student's ill-health, which must
not be due to dissolute conduct, the fees are returned pro rata. Under
no other circumstances will there be a return of fees.
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. See also "Probation" above.
Conduct.—Drunkenness, gambling, and dissoluteness are strictly forbidden,
and the President may dismiss from the University for the residue
of the current session every student found guilty of them, or may administer
such other discipline as seems best under the circumstances.
The Keeping of Dogs by students within the University grounds is
forbidden.
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.
Prohibition of Credit.—An act of the Legislature prohibits merchants
and others, under severe penalties, from crediting minor students. The
license to contract debts, which the President is authorized to grant, is
limited (except when the parent or guardian requests otherwise in writing)
to cases of urgent necessity.
Athletic Teams and other Student Organizations.—The laws relating
to absence from the University of members of the Athletic teams are
found in the section upon Physical Culture (pp. 213-216). The same
resolutions apply, mutatis mutandis, to members of other student organizations.
EXPENSES.
A student's expenses consist of the following:
I. University Charges, which are the same for all students, except
College and Graduate students from Virginia, as stated in a following
paragraph;
II. School Fees, which depend upon the course of study pursued;
III. Cost of Living, board, etc.
I. Under the first head are included the University fee, $40 ($10 for
Virginians in Academic Departments), and the contingent deposit, $10; as
well as the special Entrance Examination fee of five dollars, or the delinquent
registration fee of three dollars, or a fee for reöxamination in
any subject, where either of these is incurred.
The University Fee goes to the fund intended to defray the general
expenses of the University. Payment of this fee entitles the student,
without additional charge, to the use of the Library; to the privileges of
the Gymnasium, with baths, private lockers, etc., and the advice and aid
of the Instructor in Physical Culture; and to free medical attendance
by the members of the Medical Faculty in cases of illness, including,
if needed, care and nursing in a well-equipped hospital maintained on
the University grounds, under the limitations stated in a preceding paragraph.
It also covers all regular examination and diploma fees.
The Contingent Deposit is liable for any damage to the University
property for which the student is responsible, or for violations of Library or
other University rules. It is returned at the end of the session, less any
charges that may have been made against it; it is, therefore, not necessarily
an expense, although mentioned in this connection.
From this deposit there will be deducted the sum of $2 for the
support of the Chapel Services and General Religious Work of the University,
unless within one month after registration the student shall
request the Bursar not to deduct this contribution. It will be observed
that this amount also (which is less than the average contribution made by
the students who have given toward the Chapel Fund in past years) is not
a necessary expense, as the support of the religious work of the University
is left entirely to the option of the students and professors. This method
of collection is intended merely as a substitute for the canvass formerly
made, and it is the desire of the Faculty that the students will thus
unite with them in sustaining the religious work of the University.
II. Under the second head is comprised the charge for instruction,
including the Tuition Fees proper, and in some cases, the cost of apparatus
and materials consumed in laboratory work.
In the Academic Departments the tuition fee for one School is $50;
for two, $30 each; for three or more, $25 each; except that in Analytical
for apparatus about $10, and for both courses $100, and for apparatus,
about $15; the charges for a graduate course in Chemistry are, tuition
$50, materials about $10, apparatus about $10; the fee for Agricultural
Chemistry is $15, but this course is free to students in the Schools of
Chemistry, to Virginia students and to unmatriculated farmers; and in
Zoölogy or Comparative Anatomy there is a laboratory fee, for materials,
of $10 in the undergraduate courses and $20 in the graduate courses.
The tuition fees in the Academic Departments are remitted to Virginia
students, to public school teachers of the State, and to ministers of the
gospel, under conditions which are stated at length at the close of this
section.
In the Department of Law the fee for each regular year's course,
or for any six classes, is $100; more than six classes (combining first
and second year's course), $115; five classes, $85; four classes, $75;
three classes, $60; two classes, $45; one class, $25. The fees for students
who return for a third year are considerably less.
In the Department of Medicine the fee for the first year is $110;
second year, $100; third year, $80; fourth year, $60. The special fees
for single subjects are, Medical Chemistry, $30; Biology (including
materials), $35; Anatomy (including materials), $45; Regional Anatomy
(including materials), $10; Pathology, $25; Bacteriology, $35;
Physiology, $30; Materia Medica, $20; Therapeutics, $10; Embryology,
$10; Obstetrics (with manikin work), $20; Gynecology, $20; Surgery,
$20; Practice of Medicine, $30; Clinical Diagnosis, $10; Dermatology
and Diseases of the Eye and Ear, $15; Hygiene, $10; Medical Jurisprudence,
$10; Clinics (collectively), $30.
In the Department of Engineering the fee for Applied Mathematics
is $25 for one course, $50 for two or more; for other subjects, the same
as in the Academic Departments—except for students who attend the
regular course of instruction for a degree in Engineering as laid down
in the programme, pp. 191-195. For these students the fee for
tuition is $80 for the first year, $70 for the second, $60 for the third, and
$50 for the fourth. An additional charge of $60 is made for materials
and instruction in Analytical Chemistry to students of Mining Engineering.
The payment of the Department fee entitles the student not only to
attend all the regular courses for one year, but also to take over, without
additional charge, such courses of any previous year as he may have failed
to complete.
Virginians are entitled to a reduction of $45 a year from these
charges. (Compare pp. 96-97.)
In the Department of Agriculture the fees are the same as in the
Academic Departments.
III. Under the third head fall the expenses of living and the cost
of books and stationery.
A student may, either alone or with a room-mate, rent a dormitory,
and take his meals with a Mess Club, or in the University Commons,
which is in course of construction, or in an approved private boardinghouse;
or he may take both room and board in such boarding-house, in
which case he pays no room-rent or servant's hire to the University. The
price of University rooms ranges, according to their desirability, from $25
to $50 for the session: the large majority rent for $30; but there are a
few single rooms at $25, and a few whose price is above that of the
majority. If two students occupy one room each pays half the rent; the
University charge for service is $9 per session for each student, whether
there be one or two in a room.
The minimum cost of furnishing a room may be placed at $15, fuel
and lights combined cost about $25 for the session, and washing from
$1.50 upward per month. With strict economy the cost of board, fuel,
lights, service, and laundry can be brought within $18 a month as an
average for the session. Rooms and board may be had in private families
or boarding-houses at varying prices.
The cost of books and stationery varies much with the branches
studied. It is probably greatest in the Department of Law, where, for
the entire two years' course, it amounts to about $90. But in this
department, as in that of Medicine, the books purchased form the necessary
nucleus of a professional library, and their cost does not belong to
transient expenses.
The following table will enable the prospective student to form an
approximate estimate of the cost of a year at the University. It of
course makes no account of clothing and other personal expenses, or of
the cost of travel. The Contingent fee is omitted, as not necessarily
involving expenditure:
| Univ. Fee. | Tuition. | Books, etc. | Living. | Total | |
| Academics: | [1] $40 | $75 | $15 to $25 | $135 to $270 | [1]$265 to $410 |
| (for three schools) | |||||
| Law: | $40 | $100 | $55 | $135 to $270 | $330 to $465 |
| Medicine: | $40 | $88 | $20 | $135 to $270 | $283 to $418 |
| (average) | |||||
| Engineering: | $40 | $75 | $15 to $25 | $135 to $270 | $265 to $400 |
| Agriculture: | $40 | $75 | $15 to $25 | $135 to $270 | $265 to $400 |
All tuition fees, University fees, the contingent deposits, rents of
rooms in the University buildings, and charges for service in the same,
are payable upon entrance. Under special conditions the President is
authorized to allow credit; but these deferred payments are in all cases
to be properly secured.
Students from Virginia.—In compliance with the statute (Virginia
Code 1887, Ch. 68, Sec. 1554), the University offers to white male students
charge for tuition, in all the Schools of the Academic Departments (excepting
the laboratory courses in Chemistry), subject to the conditions
stated below. Such students are required to pay the University fee
(by the recent action of the legislature, three-fourths of the University fee
is also remitted to such students) and make the usual contingent deposit.
They are also required to pay the regular laboratory charges for materials,
etc., in the courses of study where such charges occur. If they occupy
rooms on the University grounds they are of course subject to the usual
charges for rent and service. The saving to Virginia students varies from
$90 to $130, according to the number of Schools elected.
The Faculty are required by the law mentioned above to satisfy themselves
in the case of each applicant, either by actual examinations or by a
diploma or 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, in accordance with the terms of
this law, are, therefore, required as described in a preceding section.
To be entitled to free tuition as a Virginia student it is necessary that
the applicant's parents be bona fide residents of the State if he be under
twenty-one years of age; if he has attained his majority it is necessary
that he be a bona fide resident. A resident of the State is one who is
living in it at the time the application is made and has no present intention
of removing therefrom in the future. No other person can honestly
avail himself of this privilege.
Privileged Students.—Ministers of the gospel may attend any of the
Academic 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.
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 Academic Departments of the University without
payment of fees, upon presentation of certificates that they have been
teachers in the Public Schools of the State during the year.
Immediately after the Spring Examinations any of the following
courses may be entered upon with profit by an applicant prepared for
them: Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, German, English, English Literature
and Rhetoric, History, Moral Philosophy, Mathematics, Astronomy,
Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Geology, and Descriptive Botany.
Special courses for teachers will be offered in English and Mathematics,
and perhaps in several other subjects during the approaching spring term,
if the demand for them is sufficient.
Applicants for admission as teachers are required to send in their
names to the President of the University not later than March 5th.
Lodgings can be had near the University. The only necessary expense
will be for board, lights, and washing, which will together cost from $5
to $7 a week.
Pecuniary Aid to Students.—Effort is now being made to provide a
fund, the income of which will be applied in rendering financial assistance
to deserving students. In the meantime opportunity is afforded as far as
possible to those who are desirous of helping themselves by their own
industry. Among positions now held by University students who are in
part earning their living here are those of organist, choir leader, assistant
librarian, mechanician, table waiter, clothes presser, reader, stenographer,
typewriter, and clerical assistant. Among other positions that may be
open are those of lecture-room or laboratory attendant, gardener, bookstore
keeper, etc. Students have also from time to time found employment
in Charlottesville as telegraphers, teachers, newspaper carriers, and in
other ways. While it is difficult for any student to be assured of a
position of the sort before he reaches the University, correspondence with
reference to such employment may be had by addressing Dr. Hugh M.
McIlhany, Secretary of the Committee on Student Self-Help, Madison Hall.
The University Commons.—This building is now in course of construction
and is designed to provide an attractive Dining Hall with all
modern conveniences and comfort, and at the same time to furnish board
at such reasonable rates that students in straitened circumstances need
not thereby be deprived of daily association with their more fortunate
fellows. This Dining Hall will be the means of greatly reducing a
student's living expenses.
Coöperative Store.—During the session of 1905-1906, under the auspices
of the Coöperative Society, a coöperative store was opened on the
University grounds, with the purpose of supplying books and other student
necessaries at a minimum cost. The enterprise has the sanction of the
University authorities, and is under the management of a directorate
composed of three members of the Faculty, the General Secretary of the
Young Men's Christian Association, and four students selected from the
Academic, Law, Medical, and Engineering departments. Books and other
needful supplies are sold to members as nearly as possible at first cost—
a small percentage being added to pay operating expenses. Membership
in the Society is open to all students on payment of a fee of one dollar.
Sales are made for cash only, and in no case is credit extended. The
latter feature should especially commend itself to parents and guardians,
as the purchasing of supplies on credit is one of the evils which it is the
design of the Coöperative Society to eliminate from student life.
The remission of the tuition fees and three-fourths of the University fee
to Virginia students reduces the estimated total to $160 as a probable minimum.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS.
GENERAL SCHOLARSHIPS.
The following regulations with regard to the General Scholarships
offered by the University have been adopted by the Board of Visitors:
The Faculty is authorized to prepare a list of such schools and colleges
tributary to the University as by the regularity of their patronage, or the
success of their graduates, may deserve special recognition. To each one
of these Schools, the Faculty is authorized to award a scholarship in the
College, or the Department of Graduate Studies, to be known as the University
of Virginia Scholarship in — School or College. The scholarship
shall entitle the holder, who must be a graduate of his institution of
the preceding session, to the remission of all tuition and University fees,
if he be a Virginian; and if he be not a Virginian, to the remission of all
tuition fees, and one-half of the University fee. The contingent fee must
be deposited in either case.
This list of Schools and Colleges may be extended from time to time
and further scholarships assigned as above.
In accordance with this regulation, the Faculty has selected the following
institutions for such recognition, and pending the consideration of
other institutions, invites application for enrollment in this list from
such schools as fall within the conditions prescribed above:
| Atlanta University School, | Atlanta, Ga. |
| Augusta Military Academy, | Fort Defiance, Va. |
| Bethel Military Academy, | Bethel, Va. |
| Bingham's School, | Asheville, N. C. |
| Charleston University School, | Charleston, S. C. |
| Chattanooga University School, | Chattanooga, Tenn. |
| Cluster Springs Academy, | Cluster Springs, Va. |
| Episcopal High School, | Alexandria, Va. |
| Fishburne Military Academy, | Waynesboro, Va. |
| Fork Union Academy, | Fork Union, Va. |
| Hoge Military Academy, | Blackstone, Va. |
| Jefferson School for Boys, | Charlottesville, Va. |
| Locust Dale Academy, | Locust Dale, Va. |
| Louisville High School, | Louisville, Ky. |
| Manassas Institute, | Manassas, Va. |
| Massanutten Academy, | Woodstock, Va. |
| McGuire's School, | Richmond, Va. |
| Memphis University School, | Memphis, Tenn. |
| Miller School, | Miller School, Va. |
| Montgomery University School, | Montgomery, Ala. |
| Newport News Academy, | Newport News, Va. |
| Nolley's School, | Richmond, Va. |
| Norfolk Academy, | Norfolk, Va. |
| Randolph-Macon Academy, | Bedford City, Va. |
| Randolph-Macon Academy, | Front Royal, Va. |
| Richmond Academy, | Richmond, Va. |
| Shenandoah Collegiate Institute, | Dayton, Va. |
| Shenandoah Valley Academy, | Winchester, Va. |
| Staunton Military Academy, | Staunton, Va. |
| Woodberry Forest School, | Orange, Va. |
| Woodlawn Seminary, | Gordonsville, Va. |
COLLEGES.
| Bridgewater College, | Bridgewater, Va. |
| Charleston College | Charleston, S. C. |
| Culver Military Academy, | Culver, Ind. |
| Emory and Henry College, | Emory, Va. |
| Frederick College, | Frederick, Md. |
| Fredericksburg College, | Fredericksburg, Va. |
| Hampden-Sidney College, | Hampden-Sidney, Va. |
| Marion Military Institute, | Marion, Ala. |
| Milligan College, | Milligan, Tenn. |
| Randolph-Macon College, | Ashland, Va. |
| Richmond College, | Richmond, Va. |
| Roanoke College, | Salem, Va. |
| St. Johns College, | Annapolis, Md. |
| Virginia Military Institute, | Lexington, Va. |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute | Blacksburg, Va. |
| William and Mary College, | Williamsburg, Va. |
All other regulations for scholarships for private schools and colleges
in Virginia, and schools outside the State, are hereby abrogated.
VIRGINIA PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS.
The University offers to accredited Public High Schools of Virginia,
one scholarship each, in either the College, or the Department of Graduate
Studies, on the conditions prescribed below. This scholarship, for one
session (that following the incumbent's graduation from the High School),
when awarded by the designated High School to a white male graduate,
who has pursued and completed with credit the High School course, and
who is endorsed by the principal of the High School in question as to
both preparation and character, shall entitle the holder to a remission of
all fees payable to the University. The holders of these scholarships are
required to deposit the contingent fee.
Any school accepting this scholarship shall make due announcement
of it both to the scholars of the school and through the local papers; and
at the end of the session shall, during the graduating exercises and through
the public press, announce the award; and these appointments shall be
duly certified to the Dean of the University.
This list of Virginia Public High Schools may be extended from time
to time and further scholarships assigned as above.
In accordance with this regulation of the Board of Visitors, the
Faculty has selected the following institutions for such recognition, and,
pending the consideration of other institutions, invites applications for
enrollment in this list from such schools as fall within the conditions
prescribed above:
| Amherst High School, | Amherst, Va. |
| Bedford City High School, | Bedford City, Va. |
| Bellevue High School, | Bellevue, Va. |
| Berryville High School, | Berryville, Va. |
| Big Stone Gap High School, | Big Stone Gap, Va. |
| Bridle Creek High School, | Bridle Creek Va. |
| Cape Charles High School, | Cape Charles, Va. |
| Charlottesville High School, | Charlottesville, Va. |
| Covington High School, | Covington, Va. |
| Danville Public High School, | Danville, Va. |
| Dublin Institute, | Dublin, Va. |
| Front Royal High School, | Front Royal, Va. |
| Hampton High School, | Hampton, Va. |
| Harrisonburg High School, | Harrisonburg, Va. |
| Lexington High School, | Lexington, Va. |
| Lynchburg High School, | Lynchburg, Va. |
| Manchester High School, | Manchester, Va. |
| Marion High School, | Marion, Va. |
| Martinsville High School, | Martinsville, Va. |
| Newport News High School, | Newport News, Va. |
| Norfolk High School, | Norfolk, Va. |
| Onancock High School, | Onancock, Va. |
| Petersburg High School, | Petersburg, Va. |
| Portsmouth High School, | Portsmouth, Va. |
| Richmond High School, | Richmond, Va. |
| Roanoke High School, | Roanoke, Va. |
| Shoemaker High School, | Gate City, Va. |
| Smithfield High School, | Smithfield, Va. |
| South Boston High School, | South Boston, Va. |
| Staunton High School, | Staunton, Va. |
| Suffolk High School, | Suffolk, Va. |
| Tazewell High School, | Tazewell, Va. |
ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS.
At the meeting of the Board of Visitors on March 2d, 1899, the following
system of Alumni Scholarships was created:
1. The Scholarships shall be known as Alumni Scholarships.
2. These incumbents shall be appointed by such local Alumni Associations
as are members in good standing of the General Alumni Association
and are so reported from year to year by its Secretary: and to such of
these only as may have ten or more active members who are entitled to
vote on the appointment of an incumbent.
3. No incumbent shall hold such Scholarship for more than one year;
but one who has passed satisfactory examinations at the University in one
or more of his classes may be eligible for reappointment the following
session upon the recommendation of the Faculty.
4. These Scholarships shall be confined to those courses in the Academic
Schools of the University to which Virginia students are now
admitted without charge under the laws of Virginia (that is, all Academic
courses, save the course in Analytical Chemistry). The Scholarship shall
entitle the incumbent to exemption from tuition fees in the Schools
referred to, and to the remission, if he be a Virginian, of the University
fee; if he be not a Virginian, to one-half of the University fee. The
Contingent fee must be deposited in all cases.
5. Only such persons may be appointed as actually stand in need
of such aid, and such as otherwise would not, in the judgment of the
Association making the appointment, be able to attend the University:
and no student will be permitted to enjoy the privileges of an Alumni
Scholarship while holding an endowed Scholarship or Fellowship.
6. The incumbent must be at least eighteen years of age, and must
be one who, in the judgment of the Association naming him, is studious,
of good moral character, and prepared to enter the University. He shall
be subject to the same entrance requirements as other students.
7. Every local Alumni Association, as above described, having ten
or more active members, shall be entitled annually to have one appointee
at the University; if hereafter such Association ceases to have as many
as ten active members, it shall not be entitled to make an appointment
until that number be restored.
8. Every such local Association having fifty or more active members
shall be entitled to fill two such scholarships annually, as long as it shall
continue to have as many as fifty such members, or as soon as it shall
have reached that number.
9. By "active" members as herein used, is meant Alumni of the
University, who have been admitted by the Association as active members
thereof, in accordance with the rules laid down by the Association. No
in more than one Association during the same year, nor for this purpose
shall an Alumnus be considered as an active member of more than one
Association, at the same time. But graduation in any Department or
School of the University is not hereby required.
10. Only one Association in any city or town shall be entitled to
appoint incumbents to the Scholarships hereby created.
11. The final appointment of each incumbent shall be made by a
vote of the whole Association, a majority of the active members voting
for the applicant. It shall not finally be made by any committee or by
any officer or officers of the Association. But such committee or officers
may be appointed by the Association to nominate or examine candidates,
and to report to the Association.
12. A statement, which shall include the full name and address of
the successful candidate, the fact of his appointment, and the specific
compliance of the Association and the candidate in question with conditions
above stated, must be certified to the President of the University of
Virginia, attested by the signature of the Secretary of the Association
making the appointment. This certificate must be in the hands of the
President on or before the fifteenth day of August preceding the opening
of the session for which the incumbent is appointed. The President will
send printed forms of such certificates upon application.
13. The above requirements having been complied with, the person
or persons so appointed shall be entitled in each instance to attend the
University for the session immediately following the appointment without
payment of any tuition fees (save for the course in Analytical Chemistry)
and to the remission, if he be a Virginian, of the University fee; if he be
not a Virginian, of one-half of the University fee: the Contingent fee
being deposited in each case: and shall enjoy the same privileges and
be subject to the same restrictions as other students.
14. To guard against any possible ill-feeling or sense of injustice on
the part of the local Associations in respect to the construction of these
provisions, all such matters shall be referred to the Executive Committee
of the General Alumni Association, the decision of which, when approved
by the President of the University, shall be final.
SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS.
One of the Miller Scholarships is awarded, at the close of each session,
to the candidate who passes with the highest aggregate of marks,
in Physics 1, Chemistry 1, and Biology 1. The tenure is for two years,
and the emolument is two hundred and fifty dollars a year, with free
tuition in the Scientific Schools. Other conditions are stated in connection
with the Department of Agriculture.
The McCormick Scholarship, established in honor of the late Leander
J. McCormick, the founder of the Astronomical Observatory, is awarded
by Mr. Robert Hall McCormick, of Chicago. The emolument is free
tuition in any Department of the University, with remission of the
University fee.
The Isaac Carey Scholarship is awarded by the Carey Trustees. Its
value is about three hundred dollars a year.
The Thompson Brown Scholarship is awarded by its founder. Its
value is one hundred and twenty dollars a year.
The Birely Scholarship, founded upon the bequest of the late Mrs.
Evalena Seevers Birely in honor of her husband, Valentine Birely, Esq.,
of Frederick, Maryland, is awarded by the Visitors to some student from
the State of Maryland. Its value is about one hundred dollars a year.
The Henry Coalter Cabell Scholarship is awarded by the Visitors to
a graduate student upon the recommendation of the Committee of the
School of English Literature. Its value is fifty dollars a year.
FELLOWSHIPS.
The Vanderbilt Fellowships are supported out of the working fund
of the Leander McCormick Observatory. They are assigned to advanced
students who take Astronomy as their major subject and occupy a portion
of their time in work connected with the Observatory. They are appointed
upon the recommendation of the Director of the Observatory, to whom
applications for further information should be made. The value of each
Fellowship is three hundred and fifty dollars a year, with the remission
of all fees.
The John Y. Mason Fellowship, founded upon the gift of Archer
Anderson, Esq., of Richmond, Va., is awarded by the Visitors to some
competent and deserving graduate student, born in Virginia and in need
of such assistance. The value is two hundred dollars a year.
The William Cabell Rives Fellowship, founded in honor of the distinguished
statesman of that name by his grandson, Dr. William Cabell
Rives, of Washington, D. C., is awarded by the Board of Visitors, on the
nomination of the President of the University, to a graduate student in
History. The value of the fellowship is two hundred and fifty dollars,
with remission of all fees.
The Board of Visitors Fellowships.—The Board of Visitors makes
annual appointment, upon the recommendation of the professors in charge
of certain designated Schools, of four graduate students to Fellowships.
Each incumbent is required to occupy a portion of his time in work connected
with the School from which he is nominated. The value of each
Fellowship is two hundred dollars a year, with the remission of all fees.
| University of Virginia March, 1907 | |