The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-23
STATE UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Items of Interest to All Friends of
Education.
The Work of the State University and
How 1t Has Been Enlarged
and Extended.

the engineering department. OF the Uni
versiJy of California stood ready to
furnish any county with plans and
specifications for bridges without other
charges than those incurred for paper and
printing.
An amateur baseball league has been
formed by the University of California,
Reliance, Olympic and Stanford clubs.
The University team plays on the follow
ing days: February 23d-Against the
Olympics; March I'd, 9Th and 3D.
Against the Reliance; March Both
ford on April 9th, 18th and 9th. The
games will be played at Berkeley, San
Francisco and Palo Alto.
The Junior class of the University Of
California has elected the following Off
GERS: President. w. Plunkett; Secretary,
l.. Hilborn; Treasurer, +. Wilder.
The Educational Committee of the
Christian Church is arranging for the
opening of Bible Seminary in Berkeley
next August. There will be a three
years. course and dormitory will be
run in connection with the seminary. 1t
will not be long before the other churches
will establish similar institutions at Ber-
kelley and afford their students of divin-
ity the splendid advantages which the
magnificent libraries and laboratories of
the university afford for liberal educa-
ton. This was one of the plans of the
tOEmeE L hOEdCS DdNlS.
The Recorder of the Faculties of the
University of California reports that there
are now eighty graduates and ,O70 under
graduate students at Berkeley.
Sixty applications to be placed on the
accredited list of the University of Cali
fornia have been received from the high
and preparatory schools of the State.
There are now forty-eight schools on this
list.
In most of the larger cities and towns
Of the State the alumni of the University
of California have organized clubs. The
University Club of Stockton is the latest
addition to this list.
The University Of California is becom-
ing mature in years, as is evidenced by
the holding of high positions of honor
and trust by her graduates. Governor
Budd was member of the class of'73, as
was also Supreme Judge Henshaw.
Professor Elmer Brown, head of the
department of pedagogics of the Univer-
slty OF California. Is away on a short trip
to Honolulu for the benefit of his health.
Through his influence the city of Oak land
has given one of her schools to expert
mental work in his department. 1t will
be known as the Model School," and the
methods will be of the most advanced
kind.
Professor Wickson Of the agricultural
experiment station of the University OF
California at Berkeley, is very emphatic
in having understood the wise conditions
in the distribution of seeds, plants and
scions in his department. Its scheme is
experimental, and that is the reason that
reports are demanded of all who apply
for seeds or plants. The purpose is TO
exploit to the largest extent the soil and
climate capacity Of the State and all its
sections for the largest possible variety Of
products.
Professor E. E. Barnard of the Lick
Nyof nry Of fhaI Tr,ir- = To1,
MIA has just completed much important
work, an account of which he has written
for the Royal Astronomical Society. 1t
includes discoveries with the Lick tele-
scope not possible with other instru-
ments. He has determined the Saturn
ball and rings, the diameters of the three
asteroids, Ceres, Nesta and Pallas. He
has also been photographing the comets
and the Milky Way, which resulted in
certain cloud forms formerly unknown.
Professor Z. w. Hilgard OF the Uni
versity of California says the only way
to cope with the morning glory pest is
to prevent the tops from leafng out for
one entire season at least. This exhausts
them. There must be no interruption in
the cutting away OF the tufts just as they
emerge, for single green tuft will re-
inforce the roots for yard each way.
Professor Bernard Moses of the Uni
versity of California is President of the
South Park University Settlement in San
Francisco, which has just been success
fully started. This is an enterprise SINH
lar to the well-known Hull House of
Jane Adams in Chicago. The idea of
this work implies that college people
shall take up their residence in q portion
of the city given over TO the so-called
poorer classes, and to cooperate with the
people of the neighborhood in bringing
about better conditions of life
California Hall will be the name of the
large new administration building for
which the University of California il
looking TO the present Legislature of the
State TO appropriate. The expansion of
the necessities of the State University
absolutely require this addition. at
present there is no hall of sufficient size
10 accommodate the visitors on public
days. The military quarters are very
cramped, and the administration Offices
badly arranged and inconveniently sepa-
rated. A new building for these pur-
poses has been badly needed for years
Governor Budd believes that the Uni
versity of California should be in the
same relation TO the business interests of
the State as is held by all the great Euro
pean universities. All engineering and
scientific enterprises i'll Europe receive
their tests at the universities and their
reports are conclusive. The appointment
by the Governor of Professor Soule, head
of the Engineering College, and Professor
OD0lnlStrV
of the University, to test the foundations
of the ferry building in San Francisco
gives true value TO the work of the
University.
The New York Sun gives high praise to
the athletes of the University of Cal1for-
MIA for their courage in challenging the
strongest Eastern college teams for con-
Test. The University of California in
tends to compete in the big annual tour
nament. They have applied Tor mem ber-
ship in the Inter Collegiate Association
and matches have been arranged with
the University of Pennsylvania and meet
iugS with Chicago, Michigan, Yale, Har-
ward, Columbia and Cornell Universities
This is big thing for amateur athletes
on this coast.
The system of entrance examinations
to the University of California has been
changed. Formerly examinations were
held at Los Angeles, Chico and Visalia.
Henceiorth examinations will be held at
Berkeley and Los Angeles and such other
places where a sufficient number of ap-
plicants are received. These applications
must be sent TO the Recorder at Berkeley
before April lSt.
President Martin Kellogg of the Uni
Yerslty OF California said in an address
at the reception given last week in his
honor IN san Diego that he was opposed
TO the Dill which was said to have been
introduced in the Legislature giving TO
the faculty of the University the power
TO prescribe the course of study in High
Schools. Said he: 1.-The High School is
the peoples college, and it has attained
considerable dignity. II is for the local
authorities to say what is best for the
High School. l am glad to see business
interests, manual training and other
branches developed. There is no tyranny
OF the University over the High School