The San Francisco call., 1896-01-15
The University Regents Will
Send a Party to
Japan.
REINsTEIN ON IMPROVEMENTS.
The Students to Beautify the Grounds.
Scene: A FootballiSt Bucking
Heavy Wheelbarrow.

Yesterday at the Hopkins Art Institute on
California street, and among the principal
matters considered was a proposed scien-
tific expedition to Japan to observe the
solar eclipse. 1t was stated to the board
that Regent c. F. CIocker had generously
volunteered to pay all the steamship fares
of a corps of astronomers from the Mount
Hamilton Observatory. The scene of the
totality of the eclipse would be on the
eastern shore of the most northern island
of the Japanese group, far from civiliz-
alton, aud the expedition would have to
take its own supplies The expedition
viii be in charge of Professor Shaeberle
assisted by Dr. L. G. Mastin of the Lick
Obser vatory and DR.. Burckhalter of the
OAKLAND schools.
The observers from Mount Hamilton
will pa their own expenses other than
the fares out those of DR.. Burckhalter, he
not bein salaried State employe, will
have 10 Q paid from the university fund.
The Japal lese Government has promised
to supply an interpreter and otherwise
assist the arty while pursuing its labors
in the emlKire. The expedition will use
instruments from Mount Hamilton, with
the exception of a 40-foot lense which
must be pUI chased for the occasion, it not
being advis lDle TO take the one now in
use at the OBJ servatory. a special instru-
ment for pho tographing the solar corona
and new m etbod of developing the pic
lures thus ia ten will also be used by the
observers.
The party wi II leave for Japan about
June and be on the ground TO observe the
eclipse August l.
The matter of using the $1,000 in the uni
versity students zee fund for the purpose
of paying the exp enses of professors visit
ing the various Ugh schools of the State
was introduced by Regent Black. He
stated that no OF 1er money was at their
disposal for that o )ject and it could not be
better expended. r egent HaIlidie strongly
opposed the plan om the plea that the
university, like OF her institutions, was
feeling the pinch OF hard times and the
money was needed or other purposes. AS
chairman OF the nance committee he
knew that about $40 200 was already over
drawn from the apportiOnment of the
various departm ents and some retrench-
ment would not be a bad idea.
Regents Wallace and Rodgers spoke
strongly in Iavor of using the $1,000 for the
High School visits. The former held that
the deficit was not matter of concern to
the regents. 1t was their duty to expend
money needfuliy, ana by so doing ex-
pand the university. The State de-
manded it and the people were benin
them. 1t would not do TO let ii 90 broad
that the University Of California was
crippled for want of money to carry on its
means OF cooperation between the univer-
sitv and the High Schools should be
checked. Rather let the salaries of some
OF the officials be cut down.
a vote was taken with nine in favor and
three-Haliidie. Crocker and Phelps-vot-
ing against the motion
A communication was read from Gov
erner Budd that he refused to order the
State Controller to draw his warrant for
one-half OF the affiliated colleges appro-
priation. on the ground that the plans
ana specifications of the building had not
been drawn, and to use any OF the appro-
priation would be unlawful. The warrant
must be in payments and for payments
and not in contemplation of future pay
ments under a future contract. He ad-
vised his brother regents to institute a
friendly suit to determine their rights in
the premises.
In relation to lighting the university
grounds and library at nj ght Regent Rein
stein stated that $1,000 had been con-
trlbuted by four gentlemen in this City for
the library, and the same sum by the citi-
Zens OF Berkeley for illuminating the
campus. The university has It's own en-
gines and electrical machinery, and those
sums would be ample for putting up poles
and wiring the two places, well as pay
ing the running expenses OF the present
scholastic term. The wages of an en-
gineer and the fuel would be the only out
lay after the plant was complete, and
probably the students from the depart
ment OF electrical engineering could take
turn about in handling the machinery.
DO you think a student could run that
machinery?' asked the doubling Regent
Hallidie.
~ hardly know how much university
engineer knows about an engine, -
answered Reinstein, "but l imagine he
should get to be a capable fellow some
time in his school career in that depart
ment."
A committee was appointed to begin the
work Of wiring the library and grounds.
The question of eXte nding Center street
through the grounds caused considerable
discussion among the members of the
board. 1t Will be remem bered that Pro-
fessors Hilgard and Setchel, the botanists
of the State institution, violently opposed
this idea on the ground that the proposed
driveway would destroy the agricultural
gardens on Strawberry Creek, and a num-
Der of beautiful and valuable oak trees in
the University Park.
Regent Reinstein, who is the cham
plNn OF improvement on the board, stated
that the wholesale destruction would not
be nearly so great as anticipated and the
expense OF laying out the new driveway
would not cost over $3.50, as only couple
al wooden bridges would have to be built
The cutters and some of the nicer work
would OF course be done by experienced
workmen, but the rough work, such as
grading, etc, would be done by the stu
dents without expense to the State.
Regent Houghton like Hallidie was
somewhat incredulous about the students
keeping up their lick" with pick and
shovel, even if their fathers did labor with
those historic tools in the DAYS of 40 He
thought that 1t was we'll to put the young
athletes to some preliminary work around
the grounds, and test their endurance be-
fore the regents took the contract of build
ing the driveway. He thought bucklng
the center in footbali scrimmage was
more enjoyable to the VARSITY man than
bucking wheelbarrow full of heavy dirt