Admission into Union College. Character. Candidates are required to furnish evidence of their good moral character, and if from another college, a regular dismission or letter of request. Age. Sixteen years of age is requisite to admission: the candidate enters, however, any class for which he is qualified. Payments. There are three terms of study in each year, and the expense of each is paid in advance. Students, unless from another college, entering the Sophomore class, pay $7 00; the Junior $9 00, and the Senior $12 00, which is the only retrospective expense incurred by entering in advance. Guardian. All monies intended for the use of students are required to be transmitted to the College Register, who acts as fiscal guardian in their behalf, and transmits to each parent, at the end of the term, a detailed account. Students boarding out of the hall, and students remaining in vacation, incur an additional expense for board. The expense for clothing and pocket money, will vary according to the economy of individuals. A student who remains in vacation, may, with strict economy, clothe himself and pay all his other bills with less than $200 00. A student not strictly economical, and who travels in vacation, will require from $ to $ CHARITY STUDENTS. Their Annual Expense. College Bills,. $150 36 00 Carried forward,. Rooms are assigned the students in the same edifices that are occupied by the President and professors, and their respective families. Instruction. The Freshman class, for the most part, constitutes a department in the academy, and is taught by the principal thereof. The other three classes are divided into sections, according to attainment, or choice of studies, and the several sections are instructed by the President and professors. Government. The government is, for the most part, parental and preventive, and devolves on the President and resident professors. Those students who do not cheerfully submit to it, are silently dismissed. No student is allowed to visit taverns or groceries; to be out of his room at night, or go out of town at any time, without permission; nor is any society allowed to hold their meetings at night. Exercise. Gymnastic and other athletic exercises are encouraged, and ample grounds are furnished, free of expense, for those who prefer devoting their hours of recreation to agricultural pursuits. Commencement. Commencement is on the 4th Wednesday in July; after which there is a vacation of eight weeks. Vacations. There are two other short vacations, the one sometime in December, the other in April. The seniors have no additional vacations, nor are there any holydays. It is desirable that students should either return home, or visit their friends, during the vacations. And when parents cannot provide for this, the Faculty should be apprized of it, that provision be made for their instruction and government at college. Merit Roll. An accurate and daily account of the delinquencies of every student, and also, of the degree of his attainment, in conduct, scholarship and attendance, is kept, and the summing up of these items de |