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will accommodate four students. Every student must bring his own clothing and bedding,
but no extra furniture can be admitted without the permission of the Superintendent.
7. The unauthorised removal of an article of furniture from its proper place shall be
punished with fine, and a student wilfully damaging any article will have to replace it or pay
for its repair.
8. Meals.—There shall be a uniform course of dietary, consisting of rice and such other
articles as are used in ordinary native families. There shall be a fixed scale, which will not
be exceeded, except with the sanction of the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
Bengal. Arrangements for the daily meals shall be made by a Mess Committee, com-
posed of two students, in consultation with the Sub-Assistant Superintendent and in
accordance with the sanctioned scale.
Two of the boarders will be taken weekly in
rotation to assist in making the bazar purchases and in issuing the required quantity of each
article.
9. Students must come to the dining rooms for their meals between 9 and 10 in the
morning and evening. Those failing to do so will be treated as absent.
10. Conduct.—A certain number of students will be appointed monitors. Students will
have to pay strict obedience to the rules and to behave well in matters not provided for by
the rules. All breaches of discipline or cases of misconduct will be reported by the
monitor to the Sub-Assistant Superintendent, and in serious cases by the latter to the
Superintendent.
Students may be removed from the Hostel for laziness or misconduct.
11. A conduct register of each student will be kept by the Sub-Assistant Superintend-
ent, who will have no power to cancel or alter any entry once made and signed.
The students will have their names placed in the conduct register, and may be fined
for :—
(a) Disobedience of orders or infringement of rules.
(b) Absence without leave.
(c) Neglect of study.
(d) Insubordination or disrespect to the authorities.
(e) Assaulting or abusing a servant of the Hostel.
(f) Want of cleanliness or tidiness in their rooms.
(g) Misconduct not provided for by the rules.
12. Students shall not crowd round or follow a visitor or inspecting officer while in the
premises. They should remain in their places, unless called out, and should pay the custo-
mary marks of respect to official visitors.
13. Sickness.—Students falling seriously sick will be removed to the North Suburban
Hospital at Chitpore, where they will receive gratuitous medical treatment, and if attacked
with small-pox, cholera or other infectious diseases, they will be promptly removed from the
Hostel to the Campbell Hospital at Sealdah.
14. Attendance.—The roll shall be called by the monitors twice a day, viz., (1) at
6 A.M. from March to October, and 6.30 A.M. from November to February, and (2) at
8-30 P.M., and also by the Sub-Assistant Superintendent once a day. Any one found
absent will be called upon for an explanation. Any student staying away from the Hostel
premises after nightfall shall be reported to the Superintendent, and must give a satisfactory
explanation.
15. The gate will be closed at 8-30 P.M., when visitors shall leave the premises.
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roll shall be called immediately afterwards. Every ingress and egress after that hour shall be
recorded in a book by the Durwan. The gate will be locked for the night at 11-30 P.M., and
will not be unlocked until the next morning after roll-call.
16. Outsiders.—The Hostel is intended solely for the students of the Bengal Veterinary
Institution ; no outsider shall, therefore, be allowed to live in it, except those connected with the
Institution.
Relatives and friends of the students only will be allowed to visit the Hostel
from 5 to 8-30 P.M. No visitor shall be allowed to have a meal in the Hostel.
17. Hours for reading.—There shall be stated hours for reading, during which no student
shall go to another's room, or in any way interrupt others in their studies.
18. Exercise.—Football and other games may be played on the recreation ground, and
students taking part in these shall pay a monthly subscription of one anna to the Secretary
of the Hostel Football Club. The arrangements for all games shall be regulated by the
Club.
19. There will be gymnasium classes held every day throughout the year, Sundays
excepted, and all students must attend them regularly. The senior and junior students will
form separate divisions, and each division shall attend on alternate days. All students will
be obliged to join the instruction in athletics.
20. Menial servants.—All the servants shall have their duties specified. Any complaints
of neglect of duty, or of insubordination or misconduct, shall in the first instance be made to
the Sub-Assistant Superintendent.
The Superintendent shall be the final authority in
punishing a servant. Under no circumstances shall a servant be assaulted or abused by a
student.
These rules are subject to modifications hereafter, if found necessary.