Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1894 [PAGE 36]

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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTESS

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Students may not enter classes without a class card or its temporary equivalent. Class cards must be presented to the business agent for endorsement within ten days after they are issued by t h e regent. No student not matriculated may be permitted to pursue university studies beyond one full year; provided t h a t this restriction shall not apply to special students.

ABSENCES.

Students who desire to be absent from any duty should obtain permission for such absence from t h e proper officer or instructor; if circumstances prevent application for such permission, they . shall offer their excuses for absence immediately upon their return to duty. Students who desire to be absent from t h e University must apply to the regent for leave.

DISMISSIONS.

Students who have maintained a good character for faithful study and correct deportment, and who have paid all their University dues, may at any time ask and receive an honorable dismission; and if any such student has attended t h e University for one or more years, he shall be entitled to receive, with his dismission, a certificate stating t h e studies he has pursued and the standings he has obtained.

STUDIES, EXAMINATIONS, PROMOTIONS.

All studies in the university courses are free to matriculated students. Each student may choose and pursue such as he may desire, subject to such conditions as to preparation, times of study, and number of studies as may be necessary to secure efficiency in classes and economy in teaching. That the time of students may be fully employed, each person is required to pursue three studies; he may not have less or more without permission of the faculty. Permission to take a fourth study will not be given if the average for the term next preceding has fallen below 90 for three studies, and 85 for four studies. (The required themes and elocution and military study and drill are not included here.) Change of studies during a term may not be made without permission of the In accordance with the provisions of the act of the legislature of 1873, the trustees require t h a t each student shall take, each term, one study at least from the following list: Mathematics, 'descriptive astronomy, physics, meteorology, chemistry, mineralogy, geology, botany, zoology, entomology, physiology, biology, anthropology, agriculture veterinary science, horticulture, mental science, logic, political economy, art and design, general engineering drawing, theoretical and applied mechanics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, municipal and sanitary engineering, mining engineering, architecture, military science—class room work, history and English. Examinations on studies of the term will be held at the close of each term. A standing of 75 on a scale of 100 is required to secure a credit for any study. A student who receives a mark below 75 and not less t h a n 60 in one study is conditioned and may have a re-examination within three months by making application to the instructor within ten days of notification of standing. A mark below 60 in any one study, or below 75 in two or more studies, constitutes & failure, and the student may not proceed with any studies without special permission of the faculty.