The San Francisco call., 1896-03-10

basket ball contest between California and
Stanford co-eds.
THE writer notices with pleasure the
good judgment and tact of the Berkeley
captain in refusing to play before mixed
audience. How game such as was played
on the Stanford campus can be conducive
to ladylike manners and refinement the
writer fails TO see.
"The sport in itself is one of the best in
which lady can take exercise, but as to
playing in the open, before lot of college
men, it seems to us to be lowering a GER
tain standard of womanhood. 1t is the
place of the coed, with her high educa-
ton, to advance womanhood toward the
ideal. Does she do this in an open con-
test?
There is quiet undertone around col
lege which is decidedly against the reputa-
tion of our university being put in jeopardy
by such a display of advanced woman
hood"
Student-Labor Agitation.
BERKELEY, CAL, March 9.-The
question of whether the students will be
granted any more time by the faculty of
the university for completing the work
begun on the grounds has given rise to
considerable discussion.
Some of the faculty state that the time
already spent on the work has bad mate
rial effect in hindering the progress Of
their courses of study, and consequently
do not favor granting more time. Others
are willing to give a reasonable amount of
time longer for the completion OF the i'm
provements, since they have been begun.
The students themselves are anxious to
complete the task as originally planned,
and want all the time that will be neces
sary in order to do it well. 1t is thought
by some that two and half days more
will be necessary to finish the half-com-
pleted pieces of excavating and road max
ing IN an artistic manner. Accordingly
the faculty will be asked for Thursday
Friday and Saturday morning of this
week a conference between Regent
Reinstein and President Kellogg Will take
place tomorrow, at which it is expected
that some satisfactory conclusion will be
reached in the matter.
Boating Booming.
BERKELEY, CAL, March 9.-Interest
in boating has taken sudden start, and if
the weather continues pleasant there will
doubtless be more attention given to this
line of athletic sports during the present
season than at any time heretofore. Two
new pleasure-boats, costing 800 each, have
just been completed and turned over to
the officers of the association, and the four
cared gig has just had its bottom scraped,
vanished and put into condition for train
OF $500 in the treasury, with good pros
poets for more. The several class crews
are training regularly for the inter class
championships, which will take place as
soon as the men are in fit condition.
About twenty five men in all are doing
regular work with the oars at the associa-
ton boathouse in Sessions Basin, Oakland
estuary.
High School yisitations.
III Nv Morob
". A. Merrill of the chair of Latin Ian
guages and literature at the State Uni
versity has just returned from q tour of
vistations to the high schools Of the State.
Professor Merrill visited twenty-seven
high schools throughout California.
The professor reports that there is a
general movement among the high schools
toward a four years course instead of the
present three-year system, and that as
many OF the schools are now making the
change and will not graduate any classes
this year, the coming freshman class at
the university may be smaller than usual.
Professor Merrill reports the existence
of enthusiastic support of the State Uni
versity in the high schools of the State,
and says that he found it somewhat diff
cult and EN- mbarrassing to account to lnte-
rior teachers interested for the defeat of
the school bonds election in Berkeley.
A House Burned.
BERKELEY, CAL, March 9.-The resi-
dence of Charles Jensen, on Haste street,
between Dana and Telegraph avenue,
burned TO the ground tonight. The fire
started at is o'clock, and the cause of
it is unknown. Some furniture was saved,
but the total loss will amount to $1,000, half
of which is covered 10y insurance Mr..
Jensen was in San Francisco at the time.
The college boys turned out and prevented
the fire from spreading. The water supply
was wholly inadequate to be of any assist
ance in quelling the flames.