Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-01-20

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"The University bell shall, on each occasion
be rung, five minutes before the hour appoint ed
and the students Of the class to be examined shall
then assemble in some Tooom of the Roiunda, bring
ing with them pens and ink, but no books I'm :
less specially de-ired by the Professor) and no pa
per. They shall be then arranged at the tables,
as far apart as possible, aud in alphabetical order
and printed paper question: with sufficen, pa
per to write the answers shall be given to each
student; the answers to be written within the time
appointed, in the room, and without any commu =
nicaton among one another with Others
I" To enforce these objects, one Professor at
eas, besides the one whose class is under exami
nation, shall be present, on each occasion, and if
convenient, m 1re."
" For the present, II seems impossible to pro-
cure other than the respective Professors 10 take
the duie Of examiners; which il is feared, NAV
give occasion 20 suspicion of par,islity. In some
departments this objection may be p,rtIy obviatesi
by prevailing on competent persons, not connected
with the Institution, who W ou!d be unable them
selves TO be pIe-ent, TO furnish list of questions
within certain limits prescribed by the Professor
The same persons might further affix the number of
marks due to the complete answer to- each question
Any suspicious after this may be replied to By 40
pealing 10 the actual answers, which, il 10 pro-
posed should be kept for at least one year after the
examination. Moreovx, not merely the exsmin-
ing Professor, but the whole Faculty should have
'bc boci'y VI occih6 VIC dn6WeIt
&c Each Professor shall, at the end of the Ak
animation, arrange the students of his class or
classes according to their merits, and form them
into small divisions containing each not more than
FIVE; the names of each division being arranged al
phebaticaIly. These lists shall be submitted 10 the
Faculty for their approval; and on Tuesday the
18th the whole list, or perhaps only the two or
three first divisions, shall be made known to the
students, either by being publicly read or being
posted up In some conspicuous place. In ad
dtion to this, the two three first divisions alone
snail lie published IN some one or more newsps-
pnpersi sud'slso recorded in a book to be provi-
ded by the University for that purpose"
On the subject Of degrees, il is proposed TO
drop all the old unmesning titles and TO adopt in
their stead the single term " GRADUATE" ex-
cept in the medical school where il will still be
necessary TO retain the title of NJ. ID. The de-
gree OF graduate sh,il be conferred On those only
who have acquired an accurate and extensive
knowledge OF The subject of one or more of the
CLASSES or in any single Language. But it is to be
understood, that in ell cases the candidate shall
give the Faculty satisfactory proof Of his ability TO
write the English Language correctly. The
Certificate of esch graduate shall express each par
ticular subject in which he shall have beea de-
clared eminent, sttested by the particular Pro-
fessor. But these degrees shall be conferred only
by vote OF the majority, and by the name OF the
whole Faculty. The extra title shall be q" Ora
DUArE, u. "" and the certifcatei in the following
terms.
BY AUTHORITY OF THE U.NIpERSL
TY or TIRGLJvI.d.
(IIefe the date.)
M W of County is Mi.
day admitted a GRADUATE OF THE UNrvER-
sIrY or VIRGINIA, for his attainment in the
fOflo'oing SUBJECT (oy sutjcets) to Uh:
In (tiefe the subject, as -" Natural Philoso-
ply" The French Language" &c., fol-
lowed by the signature oil tie Professor on
that snLjecL)
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