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in writing : Provided, that such report shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board at least forty eight hours prior to a meeting of the Board. Such estimates shall be presented only at the annual meeting of the Board in June, and the various departments will be strictly confined for the year following to such estimates as the Board may approve. (R. R. 2. 71,98.)
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CHAPTER IV.
RELATING TO FACULTIES GENERALLY, AND DEGREES.
DEAN.
Section 1. There shall be elected at each annual meeting, by the Board of Regents, a Dean of each college, who shall preside at the meetings of the Faculty of such college in the absence of the Chancellor of the University, and shall perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by the rules and by-laws of such college.
DEAN TO ACT AS CHANCELLOR.
Sec. 2. In case of a vacancy in the office of Chancellor during the time intervening between sessions of the Board of Regents, the Dean of the Academic Faculty shall perform the duties of Chancellor.
Sec. 3. When any matter relating to the management of the College Farm or the Industrial College is under discussion, the Dean of the Industrial College shall have the privilege of making such statements relative to them as he may wish. (R. R. 1. 413.)
Sec. 4. The Board of Regents shall not dismiss any professor, tutor, or other officer without giving him three months'(sic) notice, except in case of gross immorality or misconduct.
MEMBERS OF FACULTIES. (RIGHTS.)
Sec. 5. Any member or members of any Faculty may at any time communicate with the Board of Regents on matters pertaining to the interests of the University, which have been previously considered at a Faculty meeting. (R. R. 1. 413.)
VOTE BY BALLOT.
Sec. 6. For final recommendation of students for any degree, by the different College Faculties, all votes shall be by ballot; and in all cases of discipline, involving suspension, dismissal, or expulsion, the votes shall be by ballot.
TUTORS.
Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of every tutor appointed, in addition to his other duties, to give assistance in any College or department, when required by the Chancellor, provided his entire service shall not exceed five hours each day. All tutors shall be appointed for a term not exceeding one year. (R. R. 1. 418.)
PRESENTS.
Sec. 8. No officer, professor, or teacher of the Univdersity shall receive any present from any student or students of the same.
DEGREES.
Sec. 9. All degrees of the University shall be conferred by the Board of Regents on the recommendaton of the proper Faculty ;(sic)but no degree shall be conferred until all fees are paid, including the fee for diploma.
FINAL SENIOR EXAMINATIONS.
Sec. 10. The examinations of the Senior Class shall close two weeks prior to the beginning of Commencement week, and the standing of the members thereof and the
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recommendations of the Faculty in relation thereto shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Regents within one week after the termination of said examinations.
MANNER AND CONDITION OF CONFERRING DEGREES.
Sec. 11. Ten days prior to the annual Commencement, the Faculty of each college shall report to the Board of Regents the names in full and the place of residence of all persons whom they shall recommend for a degree, and the kind of degree for which they are recommended; and if the Board in their discretion shall pass a resolution to confer the same, the report of the Faculty shall be inserted in full in the records of the Secretary. No candidate for a degree shall receive the same unless he or she has maintained a good moral character, and has sustained satisfactorily the examination prescribed by the Faculty by which he is recommended for a degree. Each candidate shall also present to the proper faculty any thesis that may be required, and shall attend on such public duties as the Faculty may direct, and perform such public exercises as may have been previously assigned.
HONORARY MASTER'S DEGREE.
Sec. 12. The Master's degree may be conferred, [cenia heneris], upon such persons as have already received the Bachelor's degree at this University, being of at least three years'(sic) standing, and who shall give satisfactory evidence of one years'(sic)liberal non professional study. Any candidate for the Master's degree may be required to prepare and pronounce in public an oration during Commencement week. (R. R. 1. 240.)
THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS.
Sec. 13. The degree of Master of Arts may be conferred upon graduates of this or any other college of equivalent undergraduate courses, who have passed a satisfactory examination in certain lines of study pursued under the direction of the Faculty, and have been by them recommended for such degree.
DIPLOMAS.
Sec. 14. The Secretary of the proper Faculty shall, at least ten days before Commencement Day, report to the Secretary of the Board of Regents, the names of persons recommended by the respective Faculties for degrees, together with the degree so recommended, and the Secretary of the Board shall procure suitable diplomas, and shall cause the name of each graduate to be inserted, and shall procure the signatures of the President of the Board and the Chancellor, and affix to each the seal of the University, and deliver them to the Chancellor. All degrees shall be conferred on Commencement Day by the Chancellor, acting under the authority of the Board of Regents, granted in pursuance of a recommendation of a proper Faculty. The fee for a diploma shall be five dollars in all cases, to be paid to the Treasurer of the University or other proper custodian of the funds thereof. (R. R. 1. 413.)
CHAPTER V.
THE FACULTIES OF COLLEGES.---(R. R. 1. 413. 428.)
Section 1. The professors and associate professors in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts shall constitute and be styled the "Academic Faculty," (R. R. 2. 101.)
Sec. 2. The professors and associate professors in the Industrial College shall constitute and be styled the "Industrial Faculty." (R. R. 2. 101.)
Sec. 3. Subject to the approval of the Board of Regents, each college shall have authority to arrange its own course of study, determine what qualifications shall be requisite for admission, recommend students for graduation, sign the
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CHAPTER VI.
RELATING TO STUDENTS.
ADMISSION.
Section 1. Each candidate for admission shall procure from the Chancellor a blank form of application, which must be properly filled, and after satisfactory examination in that department or college which he proposes to enter, may then be registered as a student in such department. But no student shall be admitted as a member of a class except on producing to the professor evidence of the payment of all required fees. If he comes from another college, he shall exhibit evidence of honorable dismission.
HONORABLE DISMISSION.
Sec. 2. Students not minors may have a dismission from the University at their own request, and minors at the request of their parents or guardians, provided in either case there is no reason connected with the government of the University for refusing it.
DISMISSION FOR NEGLECT.
Sec. 3. Whenever any Faculty is satisfied that a student is habitually neglectful of his duties, and not likely to fulfill the purposes of his residence at the University, or is in any way unfitted to remain, the Chancellor shall notify his parent or guardian that he may be withdrawn; and if not withdrawn from the University in a reasonable time, he shall be dismissed.
SUSPENSION.
Sec. 4. A student may be suspended, dismissed, or expelled for continually resisting the government of the University, or for immorality deemed injurious to the prosperity of the University.
PROHIBITIONS.
Sec. 5. No student is allowed to frequent gaming houses or saloons, or to engage in gambling, or to use intoxicating drinks, or to do anything inconsistent with good morals. No student is permitted to neglect a call of the Chancellor or of any professor of a Faculty under which he is placed, but must attend without delay, and must obey the direction of the Chancellor or professor of the department to which said student belongs. All injury to the buildings or property of the University is forbidden.
PETITIONS.
Sec. 6. The presenting of petitions to the Board in regard to the appointment or removal of professors, or in respect to the government of the University, or holding meetings to criticise(sic) the same, is regarded as disorderly, and for such offense, in the discretion of the proper Faculty, students so offending may be dismissed from the University.
EXAMINATIONS.
Sec. 7. At the close of each term there shall be a public examination of all classes, and note made by each professor of the grade of each student so examined, the result of which shall be filed with the Registrar. At the close of the examination, the Faculty shall determine what students shall be permitted to pass to the studies of the next term, and no one shall be entitled to pass except he is authorized by the Faculty so to do.
STUDIES.
Sec. 8. All students are required to have at least three daily studies or lectures, or their equivalents, unless excused by the Faculty, and to attend such other exercises as the Faculty may direct. (R. R. 1. 254.)
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DELINQUENCIES.
Sec. 9. The Faculty have power to make all prudential regulations with respect to excusing absences from class and all other kinds of delinquencies, and to fix penalties for the same.
CHAPEL EXERCISES.
Sec. 10. There shall be chapel exercises at such times as the Faculty may designate, at which all the students attending the University shall attend, unless excused by the Chancellor. The attendance of the several professors and instructors at these exercises is urged as very desirable. (R. R. 1. 276, 279, 307.)
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CHAPTER VII.
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.
Section 1. The Library shall be open at such times as the Faculty may direct.
REGULATIONS.
Sec. 2. The Faculty, under the supervision of the Library Committee thereof, shall make all needful rules and regulations for the safe keeping and proper use of the books belonging to the general library, and shall have power to prescribe all necessary conditions for the use of the same. These regulations when made, shall be posted in conspicuous positions in the Library and reading room.
Sec. 3. The loaning of books to parties not connected with the University is strictly prohibited, but the Alumni, officers of the institution, and persons temporarily connected with any class, shall be allowed the same use of the Library as students. No books are allowed to be taken or given out without authority of the Librarian. All Library funds shall be disbursed by the Academic Faculty through its proper committee, and a report of books purchased and the price of each with vouchers shall be made to the Regents at their annual and regualr meetings. (R. R. 1. 298.)
READING ROOM.
Sec. 4. The Faculty shall also determine who shall have access to the reading room, and prescribe all needful rules for the maintenance of order and quiet therein.
CHAPTER VIII.
UNIVERSITY SENATE. (R. R. 1. 457, 461.)
Section 1. The professors of all the Faculties shall constitute a University Senate.
Sec. 2. The Chancellor of the University shall be the presiding officer of the Senate, and in his absence a temporary chairman shall be chosen.
Sec. 3. The Senate, when convened, shall elect by ballot a Secretary who shall continue to serve until his successor is chosen.
Sec. 4. The regular meetings of the Senate shall be held at least twice a year, the time to be fixed by the Senate. Special meetings may be called by the Chancellor or by the Secretary, at the request of five members, of which at least one shall be from each organized department of the University. Notification of special meetings must be made in writing.
Sec. 5. The Senate may consult on whatever pertains to the general interests of the University, and may communicate to the Board of Regents their views of such improvements as will promote efficiency in the work of the University. (R. R. 1, 478.)
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Sec. 6. The Senate shall cause a full record of their proceedings to be kept, which shall be open at all times to the inspection of the Board of Regents, or any member thereof.
Sec. 7. The order of business at the regular meetings shall be: 1. Reading the minutes of the last meeting. 2. Reports of committees. 3. Taking up communications. 4. Resolutions and miscellaneous business.
Sec. 8. Notice of meetings shall be transmitted to the various professors, in writing, at least two days prior to the time appointed for the meeting.
Sec. 9. A majority of all the members of the Senate shall constitute a quorum, and no action of the Senate shall be binding on a Faculty unless one of its members be present.
Sec. 10. On all questions in which the ayes and nays may be demanded, by a motion and a second, a record shall be kept of those voting in the affirmative and in the negative.
AMENDMENTS.
These By-Laws may be amended by a vote of two-thirds of the Board of Regents, at any regular or annual meeting.
The Board on mot ion(sic) then took a recess until 7.3o(sic) p.m.
After recess.
Lincoln,Neb.December 14th.1887.(sic)
The Board of Regents met at 7.3o(sic) o'clock p.m. pursuant to adjournment.
Present Regents Burnham,Gere,Holmes(sic) and Hull.
Absent Regents Hiatt and Mallalieu.
The minutes of the last preceeding meeting were read and approved.
Dr.Billings(sic) communication to lie over.
The committee on course of study reported recommending that the communication of Dr.Billings(sic) referred to them,lay(sic) over until the next meeting and on motion the recommendation of the committee was received and adopted.
Committee on report of Dean Bessey.
The committee on course of study reported as follows:
Your committee to whom was referred the report of professor Bessey,Dean(sic) of the Industrial college submit the following report:
Farmers Inst. Furnas.
Upon the mater of farmers institutes, your committee recognize their desirability and usefulness and recommend that if funds can be made available to prosecute such work, that the same be done to that extent ,and(sic) that professor Bessey be authorized to arrange with ex Gov.Furnas(sic) for service in this direction.
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