The morning call., 1893-03-25
E PLURIBUS UNUM.
To Unite the University
Colleges.
Unanimous Hopes That Governor
Markham VIII Sign the Profess
sionai College Building Bill.

To-day is The last day left TO Governor
Markham on which to sign or veto the pro-
fessional college bill.
The bill provides for the erection of a
large building to accommodate the profess
sional colleges affiliated with the Berkeley
University of California.
There are four large colleges already to
be accomm modaied and four important pro-
fessions. with the parents of an unknown
number of embryo professors, who are
looking hopefully for the passage OF the
bill.
The colleges which it IL proposed to
gather together under one central roof are
the Medical, Pharmaceutical, Dentistry and
Hastings Law colleges.
They are inadequately housed at present,
both as regards location and appointments.
The Medical College, the oldest OF all. is
situated at North Beach in an old building
known as the 1Oland Medical College. 1t
Is inadeQuatelv supplied with mOdern ap-
plances, besides being too small. At pre- sent
almost all the revenue of the department
available for rent is applied 10 pay for re-
pairs to the oli building.
The Pharmaceutical College has its own
building, but it Is altogether too small and
IN other ways insufficient for the purposes
required.
4 HE Ntilt- - VI i'-nllNbIy UdEeS llS nome
in building of Offices where its appliances,
Iighf, etc, are in a ma6e-shift condition.
Lastly, the Hastings Law College is very
FAR from the haunts ana practice OF law
yers, where the students might hope TO gain
experience in their future career.
All the colleges lack a fitting assem blv or
lecture hall, and all labor under the depress-
ing lack OF impetus due 10 their scattered
condition.
The proposed building which is to unite
ham oil
university Of California, is expected to 10
much toward encouraging desirable esprit
de corps, which would have, one effect
the STRENGTHENING OF the whole university
OF California.
The matter of the proposed site has heen
the peculiar care of Regents Arthur Rodg-
ers, Geoige T. Marye j., Thomas f. Barry,
DR.. McNutt and Judge Slack.
Speaking of the matter last night, Judge
Slack said that nothing definite had been
done about the site since the passage of the
bill providing for The building.
The latter was 10 cost S2500C0, to be ex-
pended upon the building entirely, the bill
expressly stlpalating That the site snail be
obtained otherwise"
SeVera offers of sites have been received,
the same to be absolutely free of cost, a
large number OF property-owners be ing
fully alive TO the enhancing effect on val
ues which the proposed building would
confer. Any great building such as that
projected mas always increased tile value
Of surrounding property immensely
Some OF the sites offered were good eX-
cept that they were too far out. This was
particularly tie case in regard TO one out in
the Potrero district.
There was some hope OF obtaining suft-
able lot IN the central part of town.
Even If the offers now made should fall
through By any means, the gentlemen in
terested could assuTedly obtain, by dona-
tlon, subscription, or otherwise, the needed
ground IN a desirable locality. Otherwise
the form of the bill would have been i'm
prudent; but as a matter of fact the oues-
lion Of size had been theoretically iully
provided for.
The Judge stated that there was a very
strong feeling among the members of the
various faculties in favor of the proposed
building and he felt sure that If no financial
limit interlered It would soon be started.
The chief executive of the State had
never expressed any objection to III desired
building and since the bin apprUpriating
SS00D0 to the medical department had been
pocktted by late Governor, it is believed
that Governor Markham considers the sign
ing ai this last university bill as an iuHer-
lied Obig- ton.
Among large number Of professional
men interviewed on the subject yesterday
not one WAS found who offered a single OBJ
lection 10 the bill, but on the contrary, all
were enthusiastically hopeful that the Gov
ernor would attach his all-imp0rtant sigma
ture to the document to-day.