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56 RESIDENCE AND GRADUATION.
The cost for board, rent of furnished room, fuel and lights, in Sage
College and Sage College Cottage, which are exclusively for women,
varies from $5 to $6.50 a week. A student occupying alone one of the
best rooms pays $6.50 a week. If two occupy such a room together,
the price is $5.75. Those occupying less desirable rooms, with two in
a room, pay $5 a week each. Both buildings are warmed by steam,
lighted by electricity, and, in most cases, the sleeping apartment is
separated from the study.
The responsibility for the conduct of the students living in Sage
College and the Cottage rests with the Warden of Sage College.
Letters of inquiry in regard to board and rooms at the Sage College
and the Cottage should be addressed to Mr. G. F. Foote, Business
Manager of Sage College, Ithaca, N. Y.
GRADUATION.
The First Degree.
The degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Philosophy, Bachelor
of Science, Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of the Science of Agriculture,
Bachelor of the Science of Forestry, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine,
Doctor of Medicine, Bachelor of Architecture, and the corresponding
degrees of Civil Engineer and Mechanical Engineer, are conferred
after the satisfactory completion of the respective courses.
In the case of students entering the Academic Department in and
after 1897, the single degree of Bachelor of Arts will be conferred.
All these courses, except the courses in Law and Veterinary Medi
cine, require four years for their completion ;
and no student is
allowed to graduate in less than four years of actual residence ( except
in case of admission to advanced standing, as elsewhere provided
for), without special permission of the Faculty concerned ; which per
mission will not be granted until the applicant has been in the Uni
versity at least one year ;
the year in which he proposes to graduate.
nor will it be granted after the first term of
The courses in Law and Veterinary Medicine require three years
each for their completion.
Special Mention.
Students in the Academic Department who shall devote at least five
hours, with marked proficiency, during the last two years to any
single subject, and pass the requisite examinations, may upon appli
cation on or before June 1, receive mention of the fact with their
diplomas. The applicant must have taken an average of at least five