No person less than twenty-one years of age will be admitted to the status of special student, but it is specifically emphasized that mere attainment of any given age does not constitute adequate qualification for admission to this status.

Applicants will not be admitted directly from the secondary schools to the status of special student.

The graduates of accredited high schools are not admitted as special students, but are expected to qualify for regular undergraduate standing in accordance with the usual rules. Regularly admitted students may, with the approval of the Dean, pursue strictly elective or limited programmes, if they do not desire to become candidates for degrees.

The Southern Branch has no "special courses. All courses are organized for regular students-that is, students who have had the equivalent of a good high school education and have been fully matriculated. Special students are admitted to those regular courses for which, in the judgment of the instructors, they have satisfactory preparation.

Applications for admission to special status should be filed with the Recorder well in advance of the date announced as the last one for the filing of credentials by candidates for regular status. In practically every case, the Recorder will arrange for a personal interview between the candidate and the proper Dean or other officer, who will inspect the candidate's credentials, and determine any examinations that may be required in subjects prerequisite to the courses the candidate wishes to enter. Blanks for application and for transcripts of high school records may be obtained from the Recorder.

Applicants for special status will be required to take the examination in Subject A: English Composition, and the general intelligence test, and to undergo a physical examination. Dates for these will be announced

at the opening of each semester.

All special students (men) shall report immediately to the officer in charge of military training for enrollment in the course, or for exemption on the proper grounds.

Upon petition special students, not candidates for any University degree or University teaching credential, may be excused from the exercises in physical education and hygiene; such students, however, in case they become candidates for degrees or teaching credentials, must meet these requirements in full.

Instruction is not offered in such essential preparatory subjects as elementary algebra, plane geometry, United States history, elementary Latin and Caesar, and, save in the Summer Session, elementary chemistry and elementary physics. Before applying for admission, the applicant should see that he is prepared in any of these which may be prerequisite to work he may wish to do in the University.

VI. GENERAL INFORMATION

REGULATIONS CONCERNING STUDENTS
REGISTRATION

Each student registers in the Southern Branch on days appointed for this purpose, at the beginning of each half-year.

Registration covers the following steps: (1) Filling out application, paying fees, and receiving in exchange a card entitling applicant to status as a student; (2) enrolling in the proper courses in the approved manner.

Applicants must also appear before the University medical examiners, and pass a medical examination, to the end that the health of the University community may be safeguarded. Evidence, satisfactory to the examiners, of successful immunization against smallpox, is required.

STATUS OF STUDENTS

Regular students are those undergraduates who have complied with the requirements for matriculation, and who pursue, or are entitled to pursue, the established curriculum of a college.

Students at large are undergraduates pursuing purely elective courses. Students at large are subject to all regulations imposed on regular students, except the requirements for a degree, unless otherwise provided.

Special student.-A "special student'' is one who, although he does not meet university matriculation requirements, is nevertheless allowed to register, because of maturity and fitness to carry the special work elected. His fitness to carry the work may be attested to by official transcripts of preparatory work, or tested by formal examination covering his familiarity with the field prerequisite to the elected work.

Students at large and special students, by virtue of their status, are not candidates for any degree.

STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY

The presentation of a study-list by a student and its acceptance by the college evidence an obligation on the part of the student to perform the designated work faithfully and to the best of his ability.

Any student who discontinues, without formal notice, University exercises in which he is a regularly enrolled attendant, does so at the risk of having his registration privileges curtailed or entirely withdrawn.

Application for leave to be absent, or excuse for having been absent from not more than one University exercise consecutively, must be made to the officer of instruction in charge of such exercise; unless for unavoidable cause the student is obliged to absent himself from all college exercises for one day or several days, in which case the dean has authority to excuse. No excuse to be absent will relieve the student from completing all the work of each course to the satisfaction of the instructor in charge.

Ample provision is made for students who desire to withdraw from courses in which they are regularly enrolled, and who have the approval of adviser or dean to make changes in programmes. Application for such change should be made to the office of the Recorder through Petition for Change in Study-List. Attendance upon all exercises is obligatory pending receipt of formal permission to discontinue.

For regulations concerning withdrawal from University exercises see page 51 of this announcement.

AUTHORITY OF INSTRUCTORS

No student will be permitted to enter upon the study of any subject if the officer of instruction in charge of that subject is satisfied that by reason of lack of preparation he is not competent to undertake it. This rule takes precedence of any announced prerequisites.

Every student is required to attend all his class exercises and to satisfy the instructor in each of his courses of study, in such way as the instructor may determine, that he is performing the work of the course in a systematic manner.

Any instructor, with the approval of the Director, may at any time exclude from his course any student who, in his judgment, has neglected the work of the course. Any student thus excluded shall be recorded as having failed in the course of study from which he is excluded, unless the faculty shall otherwise determine.

SUBJECT A: ENGLISH COMPOSITION

The Subject A examination is designed to test the student's ability in English composition and written expression, especially with regard to organization and freedom from technical errors.

All intrants to the Southern Branch must, at the time of their first registration, present themselves for examination in Subject A: English Composition.

(1) All students must take Subject A examination. (2) No student who has not passed Subject A will be admitted to any University course

in oral or written composition. (3) Students who pass Subject A are not required, but are advised, to continue their training in oral and written composition. (4) Students who fail to make a satisfactory showing in this test are required to take a special course in English composition without university credit. A tuition fee of $10 is charged for this course. (5) Intrants who fail to present themselves for the examination at the time appointed must pay a fee of $2 when they enter the examination for the first time. (6) For students who enter with advanced standing Subject A is a requirement for junior standing. (7) Failure in the examination does not prevent admission to the Southern Branch. (8) The examination will be given at the Southern Branch, at the opening of the fall and spring sessions.

The examination will be composed, set, and judged under the direction of the Committee on Subject A, and the requirements and penalties will be enforced by the deans and other proper authorities of the colleges.

MILITARY SCIENCE, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND HYGIENE

All undergraduate students shall, upon admission to the Southern Branch, report immediately to the proper officers for enrollment in physical education and hygiene, following the Registration Circular or the announcements which may be posted on the bulletin boards. All ablebodied male students, who are under twenty-fours years of age at the time of admission, and who are citizens of the United States shall report immediately for enrollment in military science. A deposit ($20.00) must be paid at once to the Comptroller of the University to cover the cost of the uniform and textbook to be used in military courses. A fee of $5 is charged all men registered in Physical Education for the use of the standard gymnasium suit. Students shall list these courses upon their study cards with other University courses.

Petitions from students for excuse from, or deferment of, military science, physical education, or hygiene, filed by the petitioner after the expiration of two weeks following the date of the student's registration, will not be received except for illness or physical disability occurring after such date. Students who petition to be excused from all of these subjects or from any of them should nevertheless present themselves to the proper instructors for enrollment during the pendency of petitions.

Students more than twenty-four years of age at the time of admission are, upon petition, excused from military science, physical education and hygiene.

A circular containing information concerning the requirements in military science, physical education, and hygiene, including a statement

of the grounds upon which students may be excused from this work, may be obtained from the Recorder.

In case a student subject to these requirements shall enroll in the prescribed course or courses and thereafter (without authority) shall fail to appear for this work, his study card shall be immediately withdrawn: and he can be reinstated only by petition to the proper authority. When a student's study card is withdrawn he is thereby suspended from participation in all University exercises.

Vaccination at the time of entering, or proof of successful recent vaccination, is required of all students.

The student is referred to the announcements of the departments of Military Science and Tactics and Physical Education, contained on pages 143 and 151 (men), 154 (women), respectively.

UNITS OF CREDIT.

A unit of University credit," corresponding to the "semester hour,'' is one hour of a student's time at the University weekly, during one halfyear, in lecture or recitation, together with the time necessary in preparation therefor, or a longer time in laboratory or other exercises not requiring preparation. Credit for 124 or more units distributed according to the requirements of the college in which the student is enrolled is necessary for a degree.

STUDY-LIST LIMITS

(a) Letters and Science.-Students in the College of Letters and Science may present study lists aggregating from 12 to 16 units per half-year without special permission as to quantity of work. During the first half-year in residence at the University no student will be permitted to take more than 16 units of work.* After one half-year of regular residence (i.e., with a study list of at least 12 units), permission may be granted, on petition to the Committee on Scholarship, or the Dean of the college, to take not over 18 units per half-year, provided the student has attained an average of at least two grade points per unit for the preceding half-year. Prescribed courses in military science, physical education, and hygiene, and repeated courses are to be counted in making study-list totals. In general, students will be allowed (unless limited to 16 units because of deficiencies in the work of the previous half-year†) to enroll in 161⁄2

* Attendance in the summer session does not give standing as an "old student." A student who receives a grade of E, F, or Inc. in any course during a given semester is considered deficient and is, therefore, "limited" in the programme which he may take during the following semester. Deficiencies in Military Science and Physical Education have the same effect as deficiencies in other subjects.