The morning call., 1892-08-22
Berkeley.

Berkeley.
Special services will be held in the First
Presbyterian Church during the coming
two weeks. Ministers from San Francisco,
Oakland and Berkeley have been engaged
to assist.
An agreement has been fled in court be-
tween Christina C. Perrins and John T.
Perrins by which their divorce case shall
be tried before Judge Henshaw.
The friends of w. j. Schmidt desire him
to RUIZ for the Assembly from the Forty
ninth District.
The McDonough theater is nearing COM
pletion.
For amateur talent the dramatic exhibit
ton under the auspices Of the Ladies' Re-
lief Corps was quite success.
An important meeting OF citizens was
held at North Berkeley Saturday evening
to consider propositions of disineorDoratiOn
and relneorporation as a ffth-class city. 1t
was there shown that under the present
town government, with the 80 cent limit, it
was Impossible to raise funds sufficient TO
supply the many needs. The 20 miles OF
streets OF ,93 must go unsprinkled. the town
| OF 5000 be lighted like a village, the resi-
| dences and stores burn to the ground for
lack OF extinguishing facIlities-uDder the
| present regime. Under the charter of
city OF the fifth class the limit would be
raised to 81 90, and the depleted treasury
showed the citizens present to be in favor
OF incorporation. A mass-meeting will
be called and the question given to the
people.
Mr.. Hahn of Oakland and Jerry Dunn
Will address meeting Of the People Parry
on Wednesday night
The Lorn Improvement Club will meet
on Monday evening to discuss tue subject OF
reineOrporation. There are now FIVE i'm
provement clubs in Berkeley and all are
aQItatinQ the 0upqtinn
W. b. Bancroft. F. G. Pray and f. F.
Baker have been appointed to appralse the
estate of Louisa Jane Bancroft, deceased.
Key j. u. Rutter has regularly resumed
dist Church.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF the Baptist
Church Will offer an excellent musical pro-
gramme Tomorrow evening at their church.
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, foundress Of the
Pb@be Hearst Scholarships for Young
Women, has promised to build women's
dormltory as soon as her husbands estate
IS settled As the regents have decided 10
buiid d0rmitOry for young men the dormi-
tory system will soon be established at the
university, 10 the great gain of college spirit
among the students.
Samuel Calderwood of Sacramento, who
attends the Berkeley Gymnasium, fell out
OF the SecGDd-StOry window OF that fnStitIl-
ton last night. Fortunately HE fall was
broken by bushes and he suffered no more
than an injured jaw.
The Academic Council had its first ses-
sion OF the present university year last
night. Its attention was wholly given to
the consideration OF the candidates for en-
trance 70 the class of '96 One hundred aud
seventy-three applications were passed
upon, OF which 10 were rejected and I57
| admitted. or these 1l3 were admitted on
recommendation. Fully 250 will probably
be admitted in all.
ThlTty-one schools are on the accredited"
list, some wholly and others accred-
iteG in part only. This system of aceredit-
ing schools is attracting attention in the
East, where 1t is known as the University
OF California plan.
Charles Ward fell through a skyiight
from the top story of the Alpha block the
other day, but sustained no serious injury
lie had gone up to repair a water-pipe. and
after the accident he calmly assembled and
finished his work.
The number of female students at the
university this year will be unusually large.
Postmaster McCarty is determined tn
have a free-delytry system. Persons
abroad who own property here are helping
him out They are sending here for stamps
and postal cards to aid in bringing the re-
celpts up to the required amount.
Key. DR.. Harris of the new Episcopal
chapel IN Golden Gate will deliver series
of lectures to help pay for the building
The first will be at the Tabernacle In Oak
land this evening. rhe subject will be:
Curse of the Nineteenth Century; or,
Men, Wine and Money" There will be a
musical programme.