The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-16
Interesting News Items From Alameda County

Waterbury. Robert Easton, John K.
Stewart, Whitney Palache, Arson S.
Blake, Harry L. Waste, Wellington Gregg,
y. 5. Adams, J. H. Bennett, Joseph
Stapl eton, II. d. Irwin, Thomas Dowd. ].
f. league, c. B. Brown, George Phillips.
The Hill" ticket is made up Of the
following: G. r. Lord, H. T. Hosch, NJ.
Z. Geirrlne, E. V. Cove, Thomas Wilson,
Y: L. Gladding, S. W. Lauder, Joseph
Stapieton, Ralph Marshal, Chester
Smythe, George Parker, ]. G. Sherratt, n.
w. Mallory, Louis Gottshali. Hugh Forgie,
walter Haywood. B. Redmond, Thomas
Stevenson, G. L. Relnhart, James Carpen-
ter, James D. Ray, Charles A. Gregory.
A big rally of Republicans was held this
evening in the banquet-hall of the Shat
tuck building, at which arrangements for
saturdays primaries were made.
Town Trustees Meet.
BERKELEY, CAL, Sept. 15.-T he Town
Trustees last night adopted the draft of
new license ordinance, drawn In accord
ance with the petition recently presented
by the Merchants Protective Association.
The new law is designed TO protect
Berkeley merchants from the competition
of Oakland and San Francisco firms which
send wagons to solicit and deliver orders
in Berkeley. No figures have yet been de-
cided upon, but it is understood that not
less than $125 per quarter will be charged.
The ordinance will PROBABLY be passed TO
print at the next meeting.
A new ordinance was passed to print
making it a misdemeanor for property
owners to allow weeds to grow on the side
walks in front of their property.
A number of protests against macadam-
iZing certain streets of the town were en-
tered.
Freshmen Elect OHcers.
BERKELEY, CAL, Sept. 15.-Ths fresh
man class at the State University held
wildly enthusiastic and hotly contested
election of class officers to-day, which re-
suited in the election of William Z. Sauer
of Berkeley as president; Robert Collins
of San Francisco, first vice-presiGent;
Miss Alice Rooney OF San Francisco, sec
ond ice-president; Warren Davis OF BEL
mont, secretary, and w. K. White of San
Francisco, treasurer. Sauer received 152
votes, as against 100 received by Nichols.
Sauer is 10 years of age and has lived in
Berkeley all his life. his election to the
office is considered great victory by the
Berkeley contingent The election was
held at the regular polling place, at North
Hall, from 9 o'clock this morning until 5
o clock this afternoon. a feature OF the
contest was the lobbying and button
boiling. which was carried on TO remark
able extent. The election of Sauer TO the
presidency resulted in a celebration which
took place in his honor this evening.
"Rushing" CO-eds Discussed.
BERKELEY, CAL, Sept. 15.-The CO.
eds OF the State University held meeting
at noon to-day to discuss the question OF
passing resolutions condemning the young
women students who participated in the
freshman-sophomore crush" last week. A
set of resolutions was presented by Miss
Grace Crabb and Miss Grace Dibble in
which the action of their sister co-eds was
strongly condemned.
A hot discussion was precipitated upon
the reading of the resolutions. Some OF
the co-eds thought that they were too Sc
we're, while others declared that they were
not scathing enough. They talked back
and forth on the subject for half an hour
or more without reaching decision, VIII en-
finally the document was laid on the ia
bic, with the sentiment prevailing that it
should have just little more red pepper
put into ii.
Plenty of Big Men.
BERKELEY, CAL, Sept. 15.-The Uni.
Yersity of California has some unusually
large men in the freshman class. Profess
sor Magee of the department of physical
culture has just completed report on the
physical measurements of the male
students In the class of "00," which shows
an extraordinary average. The professor
has measured 260 men and says that they
the men OF preceding classes.
There are in the class eighteen men
over six feet in height, the tallest being
6 feet 3 inches. The average weight,
stripped, is 1885 pounds. Fourteen men
in the class weigh over 10, the average OF
the fourteen being 178; average height,
feet 1917 inches. The average age of the
members of the class is 10 years and 6
months.
No More Bushes.
BERKELEY, CAL, Sept. ia COM
munication from President kellogg was
! read yesterday afternoon at the freshman
class meeting ordering that backstop
rushes be RETAINED from IN the future.
This edict is looked upon as forerunner
of an injunction which will cut off rush
ing of every sort.
This belief is supported by the fact that
large number of the faculty have taken
firm stand against this system of spor:
among the students. At recent meeting
of the heads of departments the subject
of rushing came up for discussion and
not single professor spoke in favor of the
sport but, on the other hand, condemned
it as unbecoming to college men.
Turned From His Old Party.
BERKELEY. CAL, Sept 15-Berkeley
has added another prominent man to the
list of those who have turned from the