The San Francisco call., 1896-07-30
STUDENTS WANT
MORE STUDIES,
They Prepare a Petition TO
the Board of Re-
gents.
DEMAND CREDIT HOURS.
Summer Courses Now offered
Declared to Be Insuf.
fcient.
BAPTIST CHURCH ELECTION.
President Kelsey of the Crescents
Resigns-Interesting News
Notes.
BAPTIST CHURCH ELECTION.

BERKELEY, CAL, July ss29.-The stu
dents who have been attending the sum-
mer schools of chemistry and physics
at the State University have passed set
OF resolutions petitioning the Board of
Regents to broaden the scope of the work,
so as to include more courses and also to
allow students taking these courses credit
hours toward graduation. About seventy
five students, in all, chiefly experienced
teachers in the various high schools of the
State, have been taking the two courses
offered, ffty-four of which number have
been in the department of chemistry.
In the resolutions which they have pre-
pared they offer thanks to the faculty and
regents of the University, and express a
sire that they will still further encour-
age the summer school work and increase
its benefits to the teachers of the State by
providing the funds necessary for the
maintenance of courses in all subjects i'm
mediatelv connected with high-school
work, in addition to the course in physics
and chemistry now given" Finally, the
petitioners especially call attention to the
almost universal demand among the teach
eTs of the State for summer school courses
in pedagogy and psychology.
schools, even in their incomplete state.
have been of untold advantage 10 them, in
that they have been enabled TO pursue ad-
vanced study in their speciaitles, which
will be OF much service to them upon their
return to their respective schools.
At Stanford" said Vice Principal Tay-
lor of the Grass Valley High School to-
day, students taking summer courses
can get as many as eight hours credit
toward graduation, while at Berkeley they
cannot get any credit at all for such
work.
''There are twenty-eight other univer-
stiles in America where credit hours are
firmly believe that the University of Cali
fornia should fail in line and do likewise"
Calendar of the U. G.
BERKELEY. CAL. July 2e.-The calen-
dar for the opening of the academic year
of the University of California, 1S96-97 is
out. The academic year will begin
August 10. The second entrance examina-
tion at Berkeley for the colleges OF letters.
sciences and law will take place August
10-12. Graduates and upper class students
will register August 13 for courses of the
classes and graduate courses will begin
August l3 at P. N. Organization for the
instruction of freshmen will be made
August Is at 10 A. N.
President Kelsey Resigns,
BERKELEY, CAL, July %. = Harry
Kelsey, president of the Crescent Athletic
Club. has offered his resignation from that
organization on the ground that he could
not spare the time from his business to
devote 70 the duties of the Office.
a special meeting of the directors of the
club has been called for tomorrow even
ing. at which il is expected that the resio-
nation of President Kelsey will come IN
for consideration.
BerIeIey's Schools.
BERKELEY, CAL. July 29.-The Board
OF Education has postponed the opening of
the High School another week on account
OF the plumb bers, who have not as vet COM
pleted the renovation of the defective parts
OF the plumbing in the building. The
grammar schools will open next Monday
the Sd prox., while the High School will
not open until August 10.
Church Election.
BERKELEY. Call, July 2g.-The First
Baptist Church has elected Rev. w. T.
Clarke as pastor, and ]. T. Allen, a uni
versity student, as assistant.
Brief News Items.
BERKELEY, CAL. July 2s.-Joseph n.
lie Conte, instructor in mechanics at the
university and son of DR.. Joseph LIE Conte.
has just returned from an extended trim
through Kings River Canyon.
James Kenny, who was recently nomin-
ated Fire Chief OF Berkeley, has appointed
S. II. Borkheim of Beacon Company and
Joseph Stapleton Of the Lorin company as
assistants.
J. H. Gray, instructor in physics at the
State University, was presented this morn.