The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-11
BERKELEY.
ent one.

| At the meeting of the bo I'd of regents of
| the university to be held this evening the
question as to whether a new professor
will be called to fill the chair of botany re-
Gently made vacant by the resignation of
| Professor E. L. Greene, who will soon
leave for the East to take charge of the
botanical department in the Washington
| University at Washington, D. c., Professor
| Hllgard, head of the agricultural depart
ment at the university, when seen yester-
| day by CALL correspondent said:
! ut is my belief that the whole question
with regard to placing ano sher man in the
chair OF botany at once will depend upon
whether the board of regents feel that thew
can hold up under the deficit of ST. 900 and
employ a new professor at $4,000 or let the
| dencit at the end OF next year be S14 900
and allow the department to 90 without a
head.
ut is my belief that it would be a sad
calamity for the university to allow SO i'm
| portant department as that of botany to
go without a leader, for even YEAR
hope that the board may see some way
open whereby it may feel justified in en-
! gaging the best botanist that may be had
in America, for certainly the department.
| should maintain the reputation established
| by Professor Greene.
"The whole matter is money; and though
proposition, yet l would rather see that
| sum asked from each student than to have
| the deficit remain as it is for another wear
and the chair of botany left vacant on &C
| count of lack of funds"
There was some talk of reinstating Pro-
fessor HIgard in the department as it's
| chief, but he declared yesterday that he
was by no means candidate for the office
and said that he had all be could manage
| in his own department. Professor Hileard
| filed the chair of botany for five years be-
fore Professor Greene was called to that
office.
Percival Lewis of Washington, who
takes the degree Phi. B. at Johns Hop ins
University on the 18th inst, has been
nominated for the position in the physics
department of the university left vacant
| by Professor Harold Whiting, who was
lost in the Colima disaster.
Drowned in Washtub.
The 16-month-old child of Mr.. and Mrs
! John Burmann, who live on Eighth street
near Dwight way, was drowned yesterday
morning by falling head foremost into a
washtub containing only a few inches of
water. The child was playing about the
yard and in looking into the tub lost her
| balance and fell in. The mother knew
nothing of the affair until her notice was
called by stranger to the child's feet ex-
tending above the top OF the tub.
The Coroner was nOtlfled and an inquest
held last evening at o'clock.
To Sue the Western Union.
W. J. Schmidt is about to bring suit
| against the Western Union Telegraph
Company to recover $4,000 DAMAGES
which he believes due on account of an
error made by them in transmitting a
message.
The message should have read, "Come
down. and bring money" but the last
| three words were omitted, and in conse-
quence Mr.. Schmidt left for the place
where wanted, but without the money.
Anniversary Exercises.
The regular anniversary exercises of the
| Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and
| Blind will be held in the auditorium of the
| school this afternoon at o'clock. The
exercises comprising twenty numbers. in
Guiding vocal solos. organ solos, piano
| selections, Rotations, choruses and es-
says, will be conducted wholly by the
| pupils.
Glass Day Exercises.
| The class day exercises of the Berkeley
High School will be held tomorrow even
ing at Shattuck Hall. The play to be rem
dered is a travesty on George Eliots "Silas
Mariner"
Serious Runaway Accident
A deliveryman in the employ of the Ex-
celsior Lumber Company of Oakland had
narrow escape from death yesterday
afternoon. He was driving down Vine