LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND HONORABLE DISMISSAL Indefinite Leave of Absence is obtained only on written petition to the office of the Recorder. It is issued to a student in good standing who finds it necessary to withdraw, but who expects to resume his studies in the Southern Branch at the beginning of some future session. Withdrawal on indefinite leave of absence constitutes a severance of the student's connection with the University for the time being, and entails a loss of credit for any work in process of completion at the time of withdrawal. A Brief Leave of Absence is issued, upon formal petition to the office of the Recorder, as an exceptional privilege to a student who finds it necessary to withdraw for two weeks or longer, but who wishes to retain his status in his classes and to resume his work before the close of the current half-year, upon a date to be fixed with the University. No excuse for brief leave of absence will relieve the student from completing all the work of each course to the satisfaction of the instructor in charge. Honorable Dismissal, indicating that the student, while in good standing, has voluntarily severed his connection with the Southern Branch, for the purpose of entering another institution, or who leaves without the expectation of returning to the Southern Branch, is obtained only on written petition to the office of the Recorder. Discontinuance Without Notice.-Students who discontinue their work without formal leave of absence do so at the risk of having their registration privileges curtailed or entirely withdrawn. FEES The incidental fee, $20.00, which must be paid on date of registration, covers expenses of students other than the cost of their instruction and entitles them to the use of the gymnasium, tennis courts, swimming pool, lockers, baths, soap, towels, washrooms, etc.; consultation, medical advice, or dispensary treatment in case of illness; and meets in part the expenses in connection with registration and graduation. This fee is not remitted in whole or in part for those who may not desire to make use of any or all of these privileges. In case a student withdraws from the University within the first three weeks, a portion of this fee will be refunded. Students registering for less than five units of work will pay half the incidental fee ($10.00). Non-resident tuition fee.-Non-residents of California* are charged a tuition fee of $75.00 each half-year, which shall be paid on the day of registration. Every entering student and student returning to the University after an absence of a half-year or longer, is required to fill out a "Statement as to Residence" on the day of registration, and his status as to residence or non-residence will be determined by the Attorney for the University shortly after registration. Old students are advised that application for reclassification as a resident of California may be filed within ten days of the regular registration day, or, in the case of late registrants, within one week after registration. The Attorney will not consider applications for reclassification filed later than these dates. Application for a change in classification during some preceding semester will not be received under any circumstances. If the student registers for less than 12 units the tuition fee is as follows: Minimum $25.00; $5.00 per unit for work aggregating six to eleven units or fraction thereof. Fine for delayed payment of any of the above fees or departmental fees or deposits, $2.00. Departmental fees and deposits must be paid within one week of the day of registration. Late application for admission (after September 1, 1924, or January 29, 1925), $2.00. * There follows a reprint of the resolution adopted by the Finance Committee of the Regents of the University, June 19, 1923, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13941⁄2, Political Code of California. "No person shall be considered eligible to register in the University as a resident of the State of California unless he has resided in the State for more than one year immediately preceding the semester during which he proposes to attend the University. The residence of each student shall be determined in accordance with the rules for determining residence prescribed by the provisions of Section 52 of the Political Code of California, provided, however, that every alien student who has not made a valid declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States as provided by the laws thereof, prior to the opening day of the semester during which he proposes to attend the University, shall be deemed to be a nonresident student, and further provided, that every student shall be deemed to be a resident student who is either (a) A citizen of the United States who has attained his majority, according to the laws of the State of California, and who for a period of (1) one year has been entirely self-supporting and actually present in the State of California, with the intention of acquiring a residence therein; or (b) A minor child, a citizen of the United States, who does not receive, and has not received, for more than one (1) year immediately preceding his entrance into the University, directly or indirectly, any support or financial assistance from his father, provided such minor lives with his mother, who is, and has been, continuously for a period of more than one (1) year, actually present in the State of California, with the intention. of making her home therein. Every person who has been, or who shall be hereafter. classified as a non-resident student shall be considered to retain that status until such time as he shall have made application, in the form prescribed by the Recorder, for classification, and shall have been reclassified as a resident student by the attorney appointed to act for the Regents in non-residence matters." Late registration, $2.00. (After date set as registration day.) Late filing of registration book, $2.00. (More than seven days after registration.) Late examination in Subject A, $2.00. For courses added after date set for filing registration book, $1.00 per course. For courses dropped after date set for filing registration book, $1.00 per course. Laboratory and Departmental Fees. In the laboratories a charge is made for materials actually used. This charge, for students in the elementary laboratories, amounts to from $5 to $30 per year. The military uniform and textbook deposit is $20, payable by every student subject to military training before his registration book is filed. Military training is prescribed for all first and second year undergraduate male students who are citizens of the United States, able-bodied and under twenty-four years of age when admitted to the University. The United States furnishes uniforms and some textbooks for the use of students receiving military training, and the University requires the student to deposit with the Comptroller an amount necessary to cover the cost of the articles issued to him. The deposit is refunded at the close of the academic year, or upon the student's withdrawal from the University, provided the student then returns in good condition all articles issued to him. The amount necessary to replace articles not returned by the student will be retained by the Comptroller. Key deposit: a deposit of $1 is required on each locker or university key issued to a student, a faculty member or an officer of the University. This deposit is refunded in full upon return of the key. Other expenses are: Gymnasium outfit for men, $5; for women, about $8; books and stationery, from $18 to $25 per year. All students are eligible to membership in the Associated Students of the Southern Branch of the University of California. The cost of a membership card is $5 per year. The card entitles the holder to participation in the affairs of the Associated Students; a subscription to the Cub Californian; admission to all athletic contests (with the exception of final intercollegiate contests) held on the campus under the jurisdiction of the Associated Students. 15.00 From the seventh week to the end of the twelfth week........Refund No claim for refund of fees will be considered unless such claim is presented during the fiscal year to which the claim is applicable. No student will be entitled to a refund except after surrender to the Comptroller of his receipt. Students should preserve their receipts. SCHOLARSHIPS The Comittee on Scholarships of the University of California, Southern Branch, is authorized to award a limited number of scholarships annually to students in the Southern Branch. The Committee rates all candidates as to scholarship, need, and character, and bases its recommendation upon relative ratings of all the candidates applying at any one time. Applications for these scholarships with letters and testimonials relating to them, should be filed with the Recorder on or before the fifteenth day of March preceding the academic year for which the awards are to be made; if received later they will not ordinarily be considered until the following year. A blank form of application, which gives all the necessary information, may be obtained from the Recorder. ་ MISCELLANEOUS MAINTENANCE LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS There are no dormitories maintained by the Southern Branch. The cost of board and lodging in boarding houses near the campus is from $40 to $60 a month. For students living in housekeeping rooms and boarding themselves, the expenses may be reduced to as low as from $30 to $40 a month, but this plan is not generally recommended. Student apartments for two rent at from $35 to $75 a month. Women are not, however, permitted to live in apartments unless satisfactory arrangements concerning chaperonage are made in advance with the Dean of Women. The hours of recitation are such that students may commute from many of the towns in the vicinity of Los Angeles. Families, or groups of mature students, who wish to rent furnished houses or apartments should apply to local real estate agents. The ordinary yearly expenses (including personal expenses) of a student in the academic departments would probably be at least $675. No woman is permitted to complete her registration unless her living accommodations are first approved by the Dean of Women. Lists of approved accommodations may be obtained at the office of the Dean of Women, Millspaugh Hall. EMPLOYMENT Women students desiring employment should apply at the office of the Dean of Women, Millspaugh Hall. At the present time students who assist with housework or the care of children give an average of three hours' work a day in exchange for board and room and $10 a month. Limited opportunities exist for obtaining employment on an hourly basis in the following fields: stenography, typewriting, general office work, tutoring, housework, care of children, serving as waitress, etc. With reasonable diligence a student can devote some time to outside work without seriously interfering with University work of from twelve to sixteen units. It should always be borne in mind, however, by students seeking employment that not every kind nor every amount of outside work is entirely compatible with the student's purpose at the University, namely, his education. Only in rare instances can a student be entirely self-supporting. A |