MISCROSCOPES, BOOKS, ETC.
Each student is required to possess a standard, four-objective miscroscope, equipped with a substage light.
The necessary or desirable books COStabout $50 a year. All purchases made at the Vanderbilt Book Store are on a cash basis.
All students are required to provide themselves with hemocytometers, hemoglobinometers, and ophthalmoscopes before beginning of the second quarter of the second year.
Students are required also to provide and to wear clean white laboratory Coats.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
For information on scholarships, work-fellowships, and loan funds available to medical students, address inquiry to the Dean of the School of Medicine.
LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS
The residence halls at Vanderbilt are an integral part of its educational facilities. The University believes that the provision of good living ac- commodations and adequate supervision will enable each student to grow and develop his potentialities as an individual and as a citizen. The resi-
~ence hall ISa center for dynamic education, for group activity, and for Individual adjustment to university life. Every effort ISmade to create an atmosphere of respect for others and of pride in surroundings, to foster sta- ble standards of conduct, and to provide for harmonious group life.
Rooms are not rented for less than one semester. Students who with- draw from the Universiry for any reason or who are dismissed or requested t? withdraw by the faculty after the beginning of a semester are not en- tItled to return or repayment of room rent or any other regular charges or assessments, and the University will not be liable for their return or refund.
Rooms for men may be reserved by application to the office of the Director of Student Housing; rooms for women, by application to the office of the Dean of Women. Both offices are in Kirkland Hall. A room reservation deposit of $2.5 is required at the time of reservation. Refund of the room reservation deposit will be considered if the cause for the request is judged
~obe a matter beyond the applicant's control and if the request, in writing, ISreceived by July I.
Rooms may beoccupied on the day before the opening of the semester and through the last day of the semester. Plain furniture is provided by the University. The occupant is responsible for the condition of the furni- ture and room and is charged with all damages. Residents furnish their
OWn sheets, pillow cases, towels, pillows, and blankets. All rent is pay- able in advance by the semester at the office of the Bursar.
Single rooms for men are available in the residence hall for graduate and professional students, constructed in 1957 and located adjacent to Kirkland liall. These rooms rent for $135 per semester. Single and double rooms in Wesley Hall are also available, at rates that range from $75 to $97.50 per
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semester. Wesley is headquarters for The Divinity School and is on Twen- ty-first Avenue facing the Joint University Library.
Rooms for women are available in Cole Hall, located adjacent to Rand dining hall. These rooms in Cole rent for $150 per semester.
HOUSING FOR FAMILIES
A limited number of apartments are available for married students. Ap- plications may be made at the office of the Director of Student Housing.
Assignments are made with the understanding that assignees are eligible for occupancy only while enrolled as a student, and that the apartment will be vacated within one week after the occupant ceasesto be a student. All residents are requested and expected togive thirty days' notice of intention
to vacate. The University reserves the right to require any occupant to vacate the apartment at any time and for any reason, a reasonable notice having been given.
Furnished apartments are located at 2.12.3 Garland Avenue near the south entrance to the campus. There are two types of apartments, the efficiency and the one-bedroom apartment. The former includes a combination living-sleeping room, a dIning-kitchen alcove, a shower bath, and a closet.
The latter has an additional bedroom. All utilities and furniture are in- cluded in the rental price of $45 and $57.50 per month, payable in advance.
A few two-bedroom unfurnished apartments located on Highland and Forde Avenues are available for marned students. These apartments rent for $55 per month, and no utilities except water are furnished.
MEDICAL FRATERNITIES
There are two medical fraternities with chapters at Vanderbilt, Alpha Kappa Kappa and Phi Chi, which provide room and board for members.
OTHER HOUSING
Suitable living quarters in the city of Nashville are easily available, and students have normally found little difficulty in locating satisfactory ac- commodations. A list of rooms and apartments for rent near the campus is maintained at the office of the Director of Student Housing.
UNIVERSITY DINING FACILITIES
The Vanderbilt Hospital cafeteria is conveniently located within the building.
The University's main cafeteria in Rand Hall serves students, faculty, and employees. By the semester, students can board at Rand for $2.30 to $2.40.
This constitutes a fair savings compared with the daily cash prices for meals.
Students engaging board by the semester should apply at Room 107Kirk- land Hall on registration day.
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