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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.