GENERAL REGULATIONS

1. REGISTRATION

All undergraduate students are required to register before the opening of the year, on Wednesday from 4 to 5 P. M., or on Thursday from 8 to 9 A. M. Any undergraduate failing to register at the appointed time will be charged with overcuts until the time of his registration at the Dean's office, unless previously excused.

All students entering College (this rule includes all students entering upper classes) must register with the Dean during the three days previous to the opening of the year, and must receive matriculation papers from the President before entering upon the work of the College.

II. ATTENDANCE AT EXERCISES

Attendance is required of all undergraduates at recitations and lectures continuously through each semester according to the timetable of the studies pursued. Attendance is required also at College prayers, on week days at 7.50 A.M., and on Sundays at 5.30 P.M.

A student may absent himself from seven chapel services in each semester; and from each course of instruction as many times as the course is scheduled exercises per week, without affecting his standing, provided, however, that he meets all the requirements of the instructor. These allowed absences cannot be taken immediately preceding or following a recess or vacation.

Each unexcused absence from recitation in excess of those allowed above shall entail a deduction of four points from the mark in the course in which the absence occurred; and for each absence in excess of the allowed number from chapel, a deduction of one point shall be made from the student's general average; when his general average is brought below 50 by excess of chapel absences he shall be required to take additional hours of recitation work, the amount to be determined by the Committee of Administration.

The Medical Director has sole charge of all excuses for absence occasioned by sickness, but under the Physicians' certificate system no excuse will be allowed for the first day's absences for sickness.

The Committee on Athletics has sole charge of all excuses for absence granted to the various Athletic teams.

The Committee on non-athletic Organizations has sole charge of all excuses for absence granted to the various organizations under its control.

The Dean has power to grant excuse for absence for all other causes. All applications to the Dean for excuse for absence shall be made in writing, with full statement of reasons, and shall be presented in person. A blank form will be furnished at the office. They must be in advance, if possible. If, by reason of impossibility, they are not made in advance, they must be made within three days after the expiration of the period of absence, and must contain a full statement of the reason for the delay in presentation.

Absence from any exercise shall not release the student from the responsibility for the work required of other students, or which would have been required of him if he had been present.

If a series of excused absences includes two or more consecutive exercises in any course, written permission to make up these exercises shall be issued by the Dean or Registrar, and it shall specify the time within which, subject to the convenience of the instructor, all work shall be made up.

Students absent for any reason more than five exercises per semester hour from a laboratory or lecture course, or more than ten exercises per semester hour from a recitation course, shall receive no credit for such course.

III. SCHOLARSHIP

The general average of the marks of each student for the several departments shall be ascertained every semester, each course having weight in proportion to the number of exercises assigned to it, and the relative importance of recitation and examination (in each course) depending upon the nature of the course and the method of instruction.

This general average shall be the student's scholarship mark for the semester, subject, however, to a deduction for excess of absences; the number of hours upon which the standing of a student shall be

computed shall not be less than the minimum number of hours required for that semester.

When a student has met all the requirements of a course, a single numerical mark shall be recorded, indicating that he has passed in the course. When a student's deficiency is of such a nature that it can be made up by examination or in any other way than by repeating the course, he shall be reported as deficient, with an accompanying statement as to the manner in which the deficiency is to be made up. When a student's failure is of such nature that no credit can be given him for the course, he shall be reported as failed, but the mark shall be recorded for use in computing his standing.

A statement of scholarship rank and absences is sent twice annually to the parent or guardian of each student. The scholarship rank shall be designated as follows: A (90-100); B (80-90); C (70-80); D (60-70); E (50-60).

Students whose standing for the whole College course averages 85, or more, receive Commencement Appointments.

Freshmen whose attendance is unsatisfactory, or who have serious deficiencies in scholarship, or who have failures reducing their credit to less than ten hours, or who, having entered on condition, show by the unsatisfactory character of their current work that they are unable to continue without further preparation, shall be dismissed from College at the close of the first semester.

A student reported as failed in any course of Freshman year or in any course in a group of electives essential to a degree must make up that course with the next class, except that a failure in the first semester of Senior year may be made up by an equivalent course in the second semester, assigned by the Committee of Administration, and that a failure in the second semester of Senior year may be made up by examination not later than the last Saturday before Commencement. A fee of five dollars shall be paid into the College Treasury for each examination so given.

IV. EXAMINATIONS

The regular examinations in each course of study are held in the middle and at the close of the year.

A student reported as deficient in any course whose deficiency is of such a nature that it can best be made up by examination, shall be

given an opportunity to do so at the date assigned for the deficiency examination in that course; deficiencies of the first semester shall be made up during the following Easter recess, those of the second semester during the week preceding the opening of the next college year.

A student can have only one trial for making up his deficiency in any course; if a student then fails he shall receive no credit for that course. A student who, for any reason, is absent from the regular examination of a course will be allowed but one opportunity for making up his deficiency.

Students are required to be present promptly at the hour named for the examination, and no one is admitted after seven minutes have elapsed.

An unexcused absence from an examination shall entail a reduction of ten points from the final mark in that course. The Dean alone has power to excuse from an examination.

Any student proved to have been dishonest in examination shall be deemed to have forfeited his right to be a member of the College, and shall be permanently separated therefrom.

V. ENROLLMENT IN CLASSES

A student shall be enrolled in the Freshman class until he has completed at least twenty-two semester hours of work, and has removed all entrance conditions; he shall then be enrolled in the Sophomore class until he has completed fifty-four semester hours, including all requirements of Freshman year; then in the Junior class until he has completed at least eighty-six semester hours; then in the Senior class until he has completed one hundred and twenty-two semester hours, which is the requirement for a degree. Beginning with the class of 1908 the requirements for a degree will be two hours less. A Freshman who has failed to be promoted with his class must repeat all courses in which he has failed, and may take additional courses with the higher class to fill out the number of hours required; such students must arrange their schedules in consultation with the Dean.

VI. COLLEGE ORGANIZATIONS

No Athletic contest shall take place before 4 P.M., except on Saturday afternoon and holidays, unless by special permission of the Committee on Athletics.

The names of all candidates for the various athletic teams must be furnished to the Committee on Athletics and to the Dean, to be posted on the bulletin board not later than October 1st, December 1st, and April 1st for the autumn, winter, and spring contests, respectively.

No special student, nor one who is on probation, nor one who is objected to by the Committee of Administration, nor one who fails to meet the requirements of the Faculty shall be allowed to be a member of any athletic team or other organization representing the College.

For complete regulations, see "Regulations of the Faculty" published in September of each year.