The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1827-01-13

Every student shalt he Tree 10 aitrN The
schnols OF his choice, AMI no other than he
chousc.. See ais, title Expenses-Dress.
.4uendence cna Department in the Schools.
"A, the hour appointed for the meeting OF
every school, the roll of the school shall be
called over, the absentees, and those appear
nag turdily, shall he noted and # no sniff
cient cause be offered ut the rising OF the
school, To the satisfaction Of the Professor,
the nov,,ion shalt stand coniirn,sd, and shah
De given in to the Faculty, the presiding
u,enhef oil which, for the time being, shall
Oh the Grst day of every month duriug the
term, or as soon after each Of those days as
may be. transmit by mail a list Of these no
tatiuns to the parent or guardian OF each de-
iinquent.
No student shall appear in school with
stick or aay weapon nor, while in school,
he covered without permission Of the Profess
sor, or use tobacco by snuffinS, or chewing,
or smoking on pain Of any Of the minor
punishmenls, at the discretion of the Facul-
ty.
Offences and neisprisions Of cfsnces-Tri-
ais and PuniShments.-COntu shall be
liable TO any OF the inaj or punishments.
Auy student violating any lawful order Of
the Chairman, ar insuburdinate to any law
FIJI! sentence pronounced by him, shall be
deemed guilty OK cUntumacy, and punished
accordingly.
The Professors being charged with the
execution Of the laws of the University, il
hecnrnes their duty to pursue proper means
to discover aud prevent Offences. Respect
from the student to the PROFESSOR being at
NIL times ne, it is more especially so when
the Processes is enSuged in this duty. Such
Respect Therefore is sOlemniy eBjoined on ev-
cry student: and II fs declared ana ruastr,i
raf,, L., H.
fessor, or being required by him TO stop,
shall fail to do so, or shall be guilty of any
disrespect to Il Professor, he shall be liable
to any Of the punishments minor or major.
When Professor knocks at the door Of
q Students room, any person being within,
and announces himself, il shall be opened, on
pain Of minor or major punishment and the
Professor may, if refused, have the door
broken open and the expenses of repair
shalt be levied on the students within.
Habits of expense, or dissoiuteness, dissi-
patton, Of profane swearing, or Of playing AT
gangs Of chance, being Obstructive TO the
acquisition Of science by the s,udent himself,
and injurious, by example, to others, shall
be subject to any ofthe puni.hments PrescrI-
at least besides the one whose class is under
examination, shalt be present Oh each oc-
cason, and, If convenient, more
For the present il seems impossible 10
procGr. other lhau ihe respec!lve Professors
.t.a "a ex,..' ~, Y; =, . :
scared, may give OCCASION 10 suspicion OF
pUriiality. In some departments this otgcc-
'ion may he partly ohvi"lcd BY prevailing on
competent persons, not coamtcicd with the
insliu,:on, " ho- woulh be unihie themselves
10 No present. to furnish i!,t Of questions,
within certain limits prescribed by she Pro
'la ,.,,f.t \, e.
fix the rumber of matbs>dde TO the complete
answer to each question. Any saspicion
after this may be replied to be appealing TO
,hc actual answers, which, ii is proposed,
siioatd be kept for al least one year after The
examination. Moreover, not merely the ex-
anininS Professor, but the whole Faculty
.houId have the liberty Of seeing the an
SWers."
Each Professor shall, at the end of the
vXaminatinn, arrange the students Of his
class or classes according TO their merits,
and form them INFO small divisions contain
ing each not more than five; the names IN
each division beinS arranged alphabetically.
These lists shall! be submitted To the Faculty
Tor their apFa9vai; aud OH Tuesday the tath,
ihe whole list or perhaps only The two or
three first divisions, shall be made known 10
the students, either by being publicly read
place. In addition TO this. the two or three
first divisions alone shall be published in
some one or more newspapers; and also re-
cord in book TO be provided by the Uni
vcrsi.y for that purpose"
"Oa the subject of degrees, it is propos-
ed TO drop all the old unmeaning titles and
to adopt in their stead the single term
" GRADUATE" except in the medical school,
where i, will still be necessary to retain
The title of Nj ID. The degree Of graduate
shall be conferred on those only who have
acquired an accurate and extensive kDowl-
edge Of the subject Of one or more Of the
classes or in any single Languase.-But it
is 10 be understood, that in all eases the
candidate shall give the Faculty satisfac-
;orv proof Of his ability 10 write the En-
ciish Language correctly The Certificate
VI each graduate shall express each particu-
lar ubicyt in which he shel have been de-
Jared eminent, sttested by tie particular
Professor But these degrees shall be con-
ferred only by vote Of the majority, and in
he name of the whsle faculty The exact
l;,lc shall he GRADUATE, u. "" and the
certificate in the following terms
ny >firTJfORTTY or JHE UNIVERSITY
OFVIRGINII
(Here the date.)
~ NJ Of County IS This
day admitted a GaADUA1E or THE UNI
,,s,ry.op VtRGrsrA, for his nttninments