48 WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH Withdrawal from College with Honorable Dismissal: Any student who finds it necessary to withdraw from college, except at the end of the quarter, should petition the Registrar to grant him an honorable dismissal. This petition properly signed must be filed with the Registrar. The Registrar will then ascertain the standing of the student at the time the application for withdrawal is made and, if passing, a grade of withdrawal will be given. Otherwise, a grade of failure will be recorded. Higher institutions of learning require as a prerequisite to admission, an honorable release from the institution previously attended. Incompletes: Incompletes are permissable only in instances wherein the student has been absent for illness or is delinquent for other thoroughly justifiable causes, and in such instances only when a grade of passing work prior to the absence is revealed by the class record. The giving of an Incomplete is further contingent upon the student's having made known the cause of absence to the instructor, prior to the issuance of grades. It is further provided that any Incomplete given under such ruling shall appear finally on the records as an E unless made up during the first succeeding quarter in which the course is given. Changing of Grades: Grades entered with the Registrar shall be unalterable except in instances in which explanation to the Admission, Credits, and Graduation Committee, or to the administration, is expressly made by the teacher concerned, and then, only in the event that error in recording or computing grades is shown to be the cause for the change. Make-up Examinations: No make-up examinations shall be allowed except on the payment of one dollar ($1.00) fee to the Treasurer and the presentation of the receipt of such payment to the instructor concerned. This fee may be waived only upon approval of the President of the college. Work Program: Students who are working for the college or else where should so inform the Dean of Instruction so that a satisfactory in-school and out-of-school work program may be effected. A well-planned and a well-balanced program of work and of studies is most important as it presents a situation conducive to success and greatly reduces the chances of failure. Warnings to Students Doing Failing Work: Warnings shall be mailed by the Registrar to the homes of students doing unsatisfactory work at the end of the fourth and eighth weeks of each quarter. At the discretion of the Registrar serious cases of students doing failing work shall be referred to the Standards Committee for personal conference with the students concerned. Probation: Students failing to maintain a C average or better are on probation during the subsequent quarter and may also be limited in registration. Students who fail to meet the social standards of con duct of Weber College may be placed on probation. A probationary period unless otherwise specified is for the duration of one quarter. Forfeiture of Privilege: Forfeiture of privilege to attend the college in so far as it is affected by scholarship shall be enforced whenever a student on probation fails to pass ten hours of work. Forfeiture of privilege to attend the college may also result from unsatisfactory conduct. If for any reason it is felt that injustice has been done, WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH 49 the student may appeal to the Standards Committee for a hearing. The committee may then recommend to the President of Weber College that the student be reinstated if the members decide that the case war rants such action. College Attitude: A student enters college through choice, rather than by law requirement. He is arriving at the age of maturity where good judgment and ability to make wise choices is most desirable. For these reasons he is given considerably more freedom than he has had in the past. Numerous rules and regulations governing this new degree of freedom are purposely omitted. It is presumed that college students are capable of acting as men and women. The vast majority of the students demonstrate their abilities to profit by these liberties. It is only the few who ostrasize themselves due to their immature judgments. Eligibility Eligibility rules apply to those students who participate in competitive activities for which the school makes an award. In order to be eligible to represent the school in any competitive activity, students must: (1) be graduated from a standard high school, or have fifteen units of high school credit; (2) be registered for at least ten hours of college work, or the equivalent amount in the terminal division; and (3) show evidence that they have passed ten hours of college work, or its equivalent, during the last quarter of attendance. Eligibility must be affirmed twice during the quarter, namely, after the fourth and eighth weeks. Failure to pass ten hours of college work, or its equivalent in the terminal division, places the student on probation for two weeks. If, at the end of the probationary period, work is not made up to a satisfactory level the student is declared ineligible for the quarter. Weber College aims to keep the individual working at his maximum capacity as well as to maintain wholesome standards for those in competition. The Guidance Committee may advise that students of exceptional ability who are not showing a commendable attitude toward their work be declared ineligible in spite of the fact that these students are living up to the letter of the eligibility rules. The Guidance Committee may also recommend that the Eligibility Committee be lenient with certain less talented individuals who are working up to capacity and exhibiting a good attitude but failing to qualify to the letter of the rules; however, in the case of inter-school athletics the committee cannot permit individuals to participate who do not qualify by all regulations of the Intermountain Junior College Athletic Conference. The Eligibility Committee, however, is not bound by any recommendations of the Guidance Committee. Instructors in charge of the activity must file the names of their candidates for the activity two weeks before active competition begins. Directors of the opera, drama, the school paper, the school magazine, and the yearbook shall file their lists before positions are given or before any office or part is officially given. In the case of an opera, or a school play, eligibility extends throughout the full duration of the production. In all other cases, eligibility must be affirmed at the end of the fourth and eighth week period as stated above.