The San Francisco call., 1895-12-29
Al UMNI Dine A REGENT.
Graduates of the State University
Do Honor to J. B.
Reinstein.
They Propose to Put In Weeks Wor
in Improving the College
Grounds.

The alumni of the university last even
ing gave a banquet in honor of j. B.
Reinstein, the first graduate of the Uni
versity of California to be appointed by
graduate. Governor Budd, who made the
appointment, was present, and sat on the
right of President A. F. Morrison with his
classmate, the new regent.
During the evening Professor George G.
Edwards made an announcement that the
student body of the university had in
meeting decided to petition the Board of
Regents to lengthen next term one week.
in order that they might devote that time
exclusively to work on the grounds, as
suggested by Mr.. Reinstein some days ago
to them.
Archie Pierce, the mathem atical in
structor, Immediately began figuring up
how many days work this would mean.
Say 1000 students, not counting the young
ladies, six days each, 5000 days, at, say
81 so a day-$9OOO. Not bad, is it?''
William Morrison, in calling upon Gov
ernor Budd for the first speech of the
evening, said that i'll the performance of
one of the most delicate duties that had
been imposed upon him he had seen tit to
choose one of the alumni as Regent. He
believed that the man chosen would be
worthy associate of Regents Rodgers and
Slack. Il feel that a good custom has been
inaugurated." he said. ''While we all ap-
precate the devotion of all the old Re-
gents believe that it must follow that
the best work for the university must be
done by her alumni.
81 hope that the day will soon come
when a majority of the board will be
graduates. The greatest danger the
university has to fear is politics in, the
Board of Regents. With men bred in the
university, We need have no such fear"
Governor Budd, in responding, said that
he had chosen Mr.. Reinstein because he
was graduate, because he was one of the
first graduates. and because he had spent
four years with him and knew him to be
a pushing, fighting, upright man. He
then went on to speak of his desire to have
all such bureaus as those OF horticulture
and mines turned over to the University
pointment of alumni to the Board of
Regents, he said:
1--WE now have three members in that
body, and before six months are over we
shall have another graduate i'll the board.
My hope and aim are that majority of the
regents shall be graduates of the uni
versity."
Regent Reinstein when called upon said
that he felt a particular responsibility, as
he was the first graduate of the university
to be appointed by graduate from the
graduates. II take it, he said, ''that we
all feel that however excellent all the re-
gents may be the best regent must be
graduate. He must feel that there is COM
mit:ed to him not only the conduct and
management of the university but also the
duty OF upholdin; the wisdom of appoint
ing regents from the body of graduates"
He said that when he was appointed
Governor Budd had said to him that one
of his most important duties would be to
bring about closer and more cordial rela-
tions between the university and the
people of the State by whom it was sup
ported. This he promised to do.
Speaking of his efforts toward improving
the grounds, he said: 1.-The press usually
devoted very little space to matters in
which the public is not interested. The
space devoted lately by the press to the
university goes to snow that public inter-
est in it is beng stirred up, and that must
be encouraged. The sort of work the stu
dents have offered to do on the grounds
will show the State that there is the right
spirit and right attitude on the part of the
students of the University of California
toward labor.
81 was certain from the instant response
made that the university was educating
the right stuff to make great State, and
this act will certainly bring the university
closer to the hearts of brave people,
Mrs. William Keith, a graduate of the
class OF 1879, who was called upon to re-
spond as representative OF her sex, made
the wittiest speech of the evening in behalf
OF co-education and broad cooperation of
the sexes.
Ex-Mayor w. R. Davis of Oakland ard
Frank H. Powers also responded to toasts.
Among those present were:
Governor Budd, A. F. Morrison. J. r. Rein.
stein. ex-Mayor w. r. Davis of Oakland. F. 7
Bonney, W.: A. Brewer, D. E. Collins, A. A.
D'Ancona, T. Dunn, George E. de Cola, ]. J
Dwyer, Professor George c. Edwards, ]. r.
Friend, w. H. Gorrill, E. S. Heller, A. p. Hayne.
Professor L. P. Hengstler. l. w. Heliman. L.
Hutchinson, Professor Edmund O'Neil. J.
Hutchinson, E. c. Holmes, n. E. Jaffa, Pro-
fessor W. G. Jones, Mrs. ". Keith, ]. Kosh-
land, G. R. Lukens, R. T. McKisck, Miss
Mclean, Maxwell McNutt, R. H. Moore, j. r.
Motitt, j. S. Partridge. A. B. Pierce, Professor
W. E. Ritter, A. Rogers, A. G. Scnindler Pro
| lessor =. II. Senger, James Sutton, Miss Shuey.
Mrs. Shute, Judge c. w. Slack, G. G. Turner. i
| B. Wyatt, Fred W. Zeile, c. J. Wetmore. W B.
Storey, Frank Otis, Professor s. b. Christy'
". H. Hamilton, NJ. s. Eisner, Dr.. B. P. Wall
| Miss Hittell, L. II. Jacobs. 49,
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