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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

for the time detailed as University Physician; and, if necessary, to
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.