The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
Says S25o,ooo Is the Ultimate
Limit for the Affiliated
Colleges.
AT e MEETING OF REGENTS.
Some Doubt as to Whether the Legis.
lature Contemplated One or
More Buildings.

the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, and in
addition to the transaction of a large
amount of routine business. discussed the
number of buildings for the proposed
Affiliated Colleges to be erected on the site
given by Mayor Sutro.
Governor Budd made his appearance and
took his seat among the regents. Califor-
MAS chief executive was bundled up in a
heavy naval overcoat, and his sallow face
and disheveled hair added to the general
effect of a weakness which has fingered
since his severe illness.
All other business was suspended for i'm
mediate consideration of the prospective
building or buildings for the Affiliated
Colleges.
j. B. Reinstein, the new member of the
board. expressed his opinion that the dis
cussion of expenditures upon the recently
accepted site ought properly to be deferred
until the title to the property had been
more thoroughly investigated.
Judge Wallace declared: There is not
piece of land in San Francisco with a
cleaner title than that, and there are abso-
Mexican grant, that has been passed upon
by the United States, and there is no doubt
about it whatever"
AS to the ultimate erection of the Sutro
library building near the site for the col
leges, Governor Budd thought it would be
good idea to get an expression in writing
from Mayor Sutro of his intention to build
the library, and then in the event of his
death the Sutro heirs would not be able to
avoid the Mayors present purpose. The
Governor added that he has the utmost
confidence in the sincerity of Mr.. Sutro's
intentions, but he said there is no telling
what heirs may do. 1t is his impression
tba q n on ba mart nf tho
versity to erect buildings to the value OF
$3.50. 900 on the site, with the understand
ing that Mr.. Sutro is to build library on
an adjoining lot, would in Itself form an
agreement that could be enforced.
Mayor Sutro told me- said Judge
Slack, that he was willing that he should
be enjoined from putting his library some
where else"
The regents turned their attention to
the Interpretation of the legislative act
providing for buildings grouped together
for the Affiliated Colleges. The point
raised by Judge Wallace was that, if the
wording of the act were not conformed to,
the appropriation might not be paid. To
this, Governor BuGd said: Couldn't We,
Judge, have one great big building, with a
little building on one side for dissectlng
room, and on the other side another little
building for tooth pulling room? Then
we would have buildings grouped to-
gether."
The attorney of the board was very en-
phatic in his opinion that the Legislature
intended that there should be one building
for each of the colleges, or else what did
they mean by saying buildings for the
Affiliated Colleges, to wit, and then emu
merating them. Such an Interpretation
would necessitate seven buildings. but
nearly all the regents were agreed that
that would be too many with the $3.50, 600
at their disposal.
| Governor Budd was on his feet again
and made the surprising announcement
that in accordance with q sort of hurry-up
act of the Legislature matters must not be
allowed to drag: Il want to call the at
tention of this board, he said go tie
fact that the statute says that half of the
$250,000 must be expended during the
! forty seventh fiscal year or before January
! /, 1886, and the other half before January
| l. 1897. The granite for the building can
| be obtained from the quarry at Folsom at
| cost and the brick from the State Asylum's
! brlckyard at Napa, so we would get pracC-
cally $3.50 600 building for $3.50, 900.
II will say now that will never sign a
bill to expend cent more than the $3.50, 600
on the Affiliated College buildings"
! "Well, DR.. Cole" jocularly remarked
Judge Wallace when the accustomed calm
had settled upon the stald regents after
the Governors stirring little speech, ''you
,
| to the law building as possible, wouldn't
you?''
mo, sir" replied the head of the medi-
cal college, Il would not. l would want
It as far from it as possible. The less we
doctors have to do with lawyers the better"
Then the man who would avoid lawyers
held chummy, whispered conversation
with Judge Havens, after which he an
nounced that the law college and the med
lcal college favored the erection Of three
buildings.
But further discussion was stopped by a
motion to request the Attorney General
to send as soon as possible his intepreta-
ton of the act
A deputation from the Mechanics In
stitute and from the Merchants Associa-
ton was informed that the board would
be too busy. So the attempt to urge the
acceptance of the Wilmerding School of
one OF the sites offered by Mayor Sutro
was not made.
President kellogg informed the board
that J. II. RosewaId had left the university
$500 year for the assistance of worthy
students
DR.. Charles A. von Hoffman. formerly
adjunct in the medical department, has
been made assistant professor of gyne-
cology.
Director Holden of the Lick Observatory
has been given a leave of absence for one
month without loss of pay. He is at Santa
Barbara under medical care.
Mrs. Walter Magee, wife of the physical
director at Berkeley, has been made in
structor in the woman's gymnasium, with
pay at $395 a year, her services being re-
qulred three days in the week.
The financial committee of the board
offered some little time ago the sum of
$3.50, 900 for the Johnson property OH SUIT
ter street, between Kearny and Mont
gomery, and the executors OF the estate
accepted the offer, subject to the approval
OF the Probate Judge. The regents sane
toned their action yesterday. If the pur-
chase is consummated the income from the
building will be added to the fund for the
Wilmerding school.
Professor Harold Whiting, who met his
death with all his family in the Colima
disaster, has by the terms of his will left
$4,000 to the university, to be used in the
physics and science department, with which
he was connected.
professor Corey, head of the electrical
department. OF Berkeley, in a communica-
ton to the board informed them that the
college buildings on the campus could all
be connected for electrical lighting from
the plant now in use and at cost Of only
$560. The board accordingly decided to
appropriate that amount