University of Virginia Library

EXPENSES.

The charges common to all classes of students, if two occupy the
same room, are as follows:

               

Matriculation and library fee	$25 00
Room-rent	15 00
Contingent deposit	10 00
Infirmary fee	7 0
Fuel and lights, about	25 00
Board, including diet, room furniture, and servants' attendance	180 00
Washing $1.50 per month — per session	13 50
	$276 00

By messing the board may be reduced to $90, and thus the expenses
above enumerated may be reduced to $186.

The tuition fees of Academic students attending three schools (the
usual number attended in one session) amount to $75; of Law students
to $80; of students of Civil Engineering to $90; and of Medical

students to $110. Adding tuition fees to the above estimate of common
expenses ($276), gives the aggregate of the necessary expenses of
students, exclusive of text-books, clothing and pocket-money, as
follows:

         

		By messing.
Academic students	$351	$261
Law students	356	266
Engineering students	366	276
Medical students	386	296

The following are the fees for the students of Analytical and
Industrial Chemistry:

For the Lecture course on the applications of Chemistry to the
Arts the fee is $25, as in other schools.

For the first Laboratory class $50, and an additional charge of $10
for Laboratory material consumed.

For the second Laboratory class $100, and a charge of $25 for
Laboratory material consumed.

For the third Laboratory class (special course for Medical students)
$20, and a charge of $5 for Laboratory material consumed.

Each Laboratory student, in whatever course of instruction, will
be required to furnish himself with the more common and generally
necessary articles of apparatus. The cost of a suitable set need not
exceed $15.

All the foregoing items are payable in advance, except board and
washing. One-third ($60) of the board is required on admission, and
the balance in equal instalments at three and six months thereafter.
Washing is paid for monthly, as the service is rendered.

The contingent deposit is designed to cover any assessments that
may be made against the student during the session for violation
of the rules of the library, damage to books, room, &c. The residue
less these assessments, which are generally small, and may be nothing,
is refunded to the student on the settlement of his account at the
close of the session.

INFIRMARY.

There is a well-appointed infirmary connected with the University
for the care and comfort of sick students. Every student on admission
deposits the infirmary fee ($7.50), which entitles him in case of
sickness during the session to the advice and attention of the infirmary

physicians (Professors in the Medical Department), and if necessary,
nursing by professional nurses without additional charge.

BOARDING HOUSES.

There are three large boarding-houses within the precincts of the
University, and several outside, but in the immediate vicinity. At
these nearly all the students find accommodations, and at changes
ssentially the same. Some find accommodations in private families;
some also, for the sake of economy, mess together and board themselves.

LATE ENTRANCE AND WITHDRAWAL.

With the exception of a deduction of 20 per cent. in the tuition fees
in favor of those who enter after the first of January, no abatement
is made in the matriculation and tuition fees and room-rent on
account of late entrance, and no portion of the same is refunded on
account of withdrawal before the close of the session, unless the
withdrawal be rendered necessary by ill health, and occur before the
first of March. The charges for board, fuel, lights and washing are
estimated from the time of entrance. Many disadvantages to the
student result from late entrance; therefore prompt attendance at
the beginning of the session is earnestly enjoined upon all who wish
to derive the full benefits of the courses of instruction.

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 authorised to grant, is confined (except
when the parent or guardian otherwise in writing requests) to cases
of urgent necessity; and these, it is hoped, parents and guardians
will as far as possible prevent from arising by the timely supply of
the requisite funds.

PRIVILEGED STUDENTS.

Ministers of the Gospel may attend any of the schools of the University
without the payment of fees to the Professors. The same
privilege will be extended to any young man preparing for the
ministry, on the following conditions:

1. He shall submit for the consideration of the Faculty an application,
accompanied by testimonials relating to the fact of his being a
bona fide candidate for the ministry, to his good standing in the
church of which he is a member, to his intellectual capacity, and his
inability to meet the expenses of education at the University without
aid.

2. No Professor shall be required to form a new class or assume
any other additional labor for the exclusive benefit of this class of
students.

LIBRARY.

Wm. Wertenbaker, Librarian.

The library of the University, originally selected and arranged by
Mr. Jefferson, and since enlarged by purchases and donations, now
contains about 35,000 volumes.

Students are allowed the use of the books under the usual restrictions,
and the librarian is present in the library for four hours daily
to attend to their wants.