Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-01-30
the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
Its scope. Success. PeriIs. Needs and
Rencsits-PrOr. GiIman's Lecture.

the State University, lectnred to n
large audience in the Assembly Cham
Der last night. He was introduced by
the Speaker, Mr.. Este, and spoke at
some length, designing to give his
tory of the University, its scope, sue
cess, perils, needs and benefits. Though
his residence had been brief in the
State, it had been long enough to con-
vince him that seeds had been sown i'll
educational matters which in time
would grow and be an honor to the
State. In the first place, he would eli
rect the, attention of those present to
the scope of the University. The Act
under which its charter was granted,
was passed March 23d, 1865. 1t has a
two-fold design: First, the education
of the young; second the accumula-
ton of all possible knowledge of all
branches that will tend to increase our
comprehension of the affairs and his
tory of the world. 1t is designed to
become q sort of higher Normal School,
in which all teachers will ultimately
be taught. IT is strictly unsectarian.
BY its spirit of afiiliating with other
educational institutions, it combines
the various special lines of study. Act
ing in the namG of the State, its only
object has been the promotion of edu-
cation, leaving obligatory religious in
struction to the churches as their sepa-
rate work. We have endeavored to
fix three standards of admissions: the
scientific, the classical and the general.
Respecting the practical application of
knowledge the University at Berkeley
affords opportunities for young men to
become proficient in certain useful
arts, some of which are Immediately
remunerative, without interfering Sc
riously with the progress OF study-
work now provided.
/. Practical chemistry, III laborato-
ries adapted to all the varieties OF
clinical research. -
>. Practical engineering. with i'll,
struments adapted to surveying, level
ing, Typographical works, etc.
8. Experimental agriculture and
horticulture, forestry and the care Of
trees.
1. Landscape gardening and the
laying out of grounds, as the site at
Berkely is developed.
5. Study of minerals, ores, fossils,
animals and plants, in the museums
and working-rooms, and in the open
air.
6. Practical printing, i'll an office
adapted to do the work Of the Uniyer-
sity.
I. Practical telegraphy, in connec-
Union Telegraph Company
8. Practical photography TO be
begun) .-
8. Teaching, as assistants, in math
ematics, chemistry, etc.
We often hear the question pro-
pounded, "What will make a great
and successful State of Californian
Some say that the development of the
mines will do it; some say that our
wine interest, our fruit interest, or our
manufacturing interest, will be the
agency to bring it about. Doubtless
the State that possesses a combination
of them all will be the most successful.
Now, the University is calculated, in
the scope before it, to contribute TO
them all. Though it be impossible in
one school to thoroughly educate the
minds of its students in all the varied
minute Of every branch of science, it
is possible to lay thorough founda-
ton. The speaker here spoke at length
of the workings of the Cornell Univer-
sity, the Busy Institute, and other
institutions whose main object was
experimental horticulture and agri-
culture. The record of these schools
shows that where agriculture is the
only study, it amounts to little; but
where it is combined with the various
other sciences, it becomes a necessity.
The students Of agriculture must have
opportunities to study all the applica-
BILE sciences. In the University all
these advantages are given. The ag-
ricultural student receives the instruc-
ton of sixteen teachers, whose efforts
are directed to expand the mind that
it may embrace not the mere drudgery
of farm, but the collateral knowl-
edge incident to this great branch of
iiuiiidlI clllplOS lllellt,
The question is asked, docs the
University pay?n He spoke of the
financial basis of the institution-of
its lands, its buildings, its museum,
its library of l1,000 volumes, and its
teachers. But it must not be consid-
cred from financial basis altogether;
he disliked the idea of placing much
on the Almighty Dol
lar He said Investigations were the
order of the day, and he wished the
scholars of the school could be inves-
tigated. The school is so far a success.
True, there may be imperfections in
the buildings-there may be possible
improvements to be made i'll its con-
duct. But it is what the State wanted,
what it aimed fora University.
The institution has its dangers. 1t
is in danger of too much Investigation
and of too little Investigation. Of too
little interference, and of too much,
Some gentlemen would have it alto
gether of literary character, like the
schools of old times. Some would
have it of q scientific nature. Some
want one thing, and some want alto
gether another. What the school
needs is ssteady, stable treatment.
Don't pull up the root to see if it is
growing. 1t wants patience, liberality
in conflicting views, economy in man
agement; it needs more books and
more additions to its collections of
specimens, etc., and in the immediate
future it is doubtless that additional
building accommodation will be re-
1uired.
The speaker referred to several
private donations which had been
made TO the college, and estimated
that upwards of $19S,000 had been
given to itduring the time that he had
been connected with the institute.
Other gifts had been promised, and
the prospect was that before long the
State Institute would be the most
richly endowed public institution in
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