The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-07

their exclusive use, and will have entire
control of their part of the building. A
director of physical culture will be secured,
and the expenses borne by the whole club,
and all mem bers, both of the main club
and the annex, be entitled to free instruc-
ton.
a committee consisting of Mrs. G. L..
Tabor, Miss Belle Brainard, Mrs. G. l..
Wilcox, Mrs. s. II. Metcalf and Mrs. J. G..
Anthony was appointed to take the proper
steps toward completing arrangements.
BerkeIey's New Church.
The members of the First Presbyterian
Church of Berkeley have finally decided
upon a site for the erection of their pro-
posed new building, as stated in yester-
days CALL.
Various sites upon which to build have
been considered, the last of which was a
lot at the corner of Durant avenue and
Fulton street, for which property the
church recently paid $4,000. On May a
congregation meeting was called and it
was decided to build on the newly pur-
chased lot, but since then w. E. Sell has
offered $500 lot to be used as site for
the church and donation of $1,000 has
also been offered if the new building be
erected on the site of the present church.
The building will be in the old English
style of architecture, Ia feet in length,
with frontage of 80 feet ON Ellsworth
| street. 1t is to be erected on the expansive
plan, that is, so constructed that the au-
ditorum and Sunday school rooms can be
| thrown into one large hall. The seating
capacity of the auditorium, including the
| galleries, will be between 600 and 700, and
with the Sunday-school room thrown open
1900 can be accommodated. 1t is proposed
to have the pulpit in the corner, with the
choir loft behind and above. Among the
accessories to the main structure will be
inf Mt fc OF, Az
and library. Small classrooms will be par
titioned off around the sides of the main
| Sunday-school room.
The board of trustees expects that the
work on the main structure will be COM
menced at once. 1t is estimated that the
building will cost in the neighborhood OF
1000, nearly all of which has been sub
scribed. The membership of the church is
about 300 The pastor is Rev. H. A.
ketchum, DID,, and the board of trustees
consists of J. M. Whitworth Professor J.
K. Stuart G. X. Clark and Daniel Fair.
banks, with G. P. Hoag as secretary.
Reception to the q. c. Athletes.
A movement is under way to give AS
victorious athletic team from the univer-
sity big reception upon their arrival
from the East, about July /. President
n. Friend, president OF the Associated Stu
dents, and Walter Magee, physical direc
tor of the university, are the most actively
engaged in making preparations for the re.
ception.
1t is expected that delegation of stu.
dents and others from Berkeley will 90 as
far as Sacramento to meet the athletes
upon their return. E. M. Wolf, secretary
of the Alumni Association, who i, now
| living In Sacramento, is working AMONG
those in the capital city who are interested
in university athletics.
Mrs. Writings Last Check.
Probably the last piece of business trans
acted by Mrs. Harold Whiting, who was
lost with her family in the Colima disaster
was to make a donation to a charitable
| institution. Yesterday check was pre-.
sented to the Berkeley Commercial Bank
signed by Julia Dana Whiting, and drawn
in favor of the San Francisco Institution
for Homeless Children. The charity o.
both Mrs. Whiting and her husband was 3
feature which marked their lives while in
| low