The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-23
REGENTS WANT
A WATCH KEPT
Would Have Affiliated
Colleges Daily In
spected.
Astronomy Courses for Berkeley
With Mt. Hamilton
Professors.
Degrees Conferred Upon a Number
of Students-0ther University
Matters.

The Board of Regents of the University
of California met yesterday afternoon at
the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. Two
matters of more Importance than others
occupied their attention. One was what
they agreed is an advisa BILE course-the
employment, but with no funds available,
of a superintendent to keep a careful
watch on the construction of the Affiliated
Colleges building. The other was move
to make the work and reputation of Lick
Observatory more of a recognized part OF
the acf ievements of the University OF Cal
ifornia. This would be accom- lished by
making the observatory staff of astrono-
mers nominally professors in certain of
the college faculties. At the same time
undergraduate courses in astronomy
would be provided at Berkeley and special
graduate courses at Mount Hamilton.
Upon the previous recommendation of
ferred the following degrees upon students
having qualified for them at this time:
Doctor of Philosophy-William Sidney San
gier Smith, BIZ, OF Berkeley.
Master of Science-Walter Charles Blasdale,
B. s., of Berkeley.
Master of Arts-James Turney Allen, ABB.
pomona College, of Berkeley; f. Lyman
Hood, b. yale University, of Berkeley
Bachelor of Philosophy-Edgar Myer Wolf
Dinkelspiel of San Francisco, Anna Genevieve
Duffy of San Francisco, Elizabeth Florence
Gray of Oakland, Joseph Wadhams Hume OF
Berkeley, Leslie Roberts of Berkeley.
Bachelor of Science-Ca;herine Engelhardt
of Oakland, Louis Tunis Merwin OF Oakland,
William C Voorsanger of San Francisco.
Bachelor OF Arts-Robert Eastman Easton of
Berkeley, Arthur Wellington Gray OF San
Francisco Amanda Krenz of San Francisco.
The decision of the board in the matter
of the L'cs Observatory and proposed in
struction in astronomy is, when reduced
from long resolution, briefly this:
All undergraduate instruction in astronomy
and such graduate instruction therein AS
shall not be carried on at the Lick Observa-
tory shall be placed N charge of the faculties
of the proper colleges at Berkeley, OIL which
faculties the Lick astronomers shall BE MEM
bers. The president oil the university shall
make arrangements for these astronOm to
lecture at Berkeley, and their actual travel
ing expenses on these featuring trips shall be
paid by the university.
A committee consisting of the president of
the university, the director of the observa-
Tory, Astronomers Schaeberle, Hussey, Camp
bel Tucker, Cotton, Professors Soule, String
ham and SIade. and Assistant Professor
Luschner, shall meet to consider and suggest
the several colleges 10 the faculties 10 which
the Lick astronomical staff shall be added
and to prepare detailed plan Tor the under
graduate and graduate courses in astronomy
to be submitted to the academic council
soon as practicable.
Regent Martin recommended to the
Board OF Regents the appointment of
superintendent of building during the
construction OF the proposed Affiliated
Colleges, money for his services being
provided by substituting painted galvan-
lied iron cornices for terra Gotta at a
saving of $5044 In the originally estimated
cost of construction. This led to spirited
n 70 hrl ,f ri
vanized iron i'll this climate and the ad-
visibility of substituting an inferior ma
Jerial for terra Gotta. But it seemed the
only available plan to provide the m ney
necessary for salary sufficient 10 obtain
valuable inspector who could be relied
upon zealously to guard the States in
terests. Martin claimed that painted gal
vanized iron would last fifty years.
1t would be used only in the ornamental
cornlces and could, if necessary, be re-
newed. Regent Hallidie proved an ex-
pert on the corrosible power of salt air and
flying sand upon galvanized iron, and
through his testimony galvanized iron
lost by one vote.
Martin then warned the board of the
immense responsibility of letting the
building progress unmatched and later
having an investigating committee
from the Legislature come down and
gladly find flaws in 1t. He cited the I'M
happy experience he board had had years
ago when North Hall at Berkeley was COM
pleted and some one ripped hole in a
ceiling the night before vindictive COM
mittee came from Sacramento, inspected
and declared the building was tumbling
down. He wanted no repetition of that
subsequent harassing experience and he
would be perfectly willing to resign as
chairman of the grounds and building
com mittee.
Better counsels prevailed, however, and
all agreed to the necessity, of having
superintendent and Regent Budd moved
to refer the whole matter TO the chairmen
ings and ways and means, that they
might devise ways and means for paying
an inspector OF construction.
In addition to much routine business
some Otne- m alters were attended TO. An
ensrossed message Of congratulatlon, in
gold letters upon a blue ground, was or
dered sent to the aged Professor LIE Ccnte
upon the occasion OF the ce ebration of his
golden wedding. A memoir .al and bio
the university, DR.. Bonte, was ordered
spread upon the records.
The matter of goodly fees for the archi-
tects OF the Afti.i Colleges buildings
was referred to the proper committee
with power to act. Steps were suggested
for Farmers Institute at San Luis
Obispo again next year and under the in
struction of Berkeley professors.
A requested appropriation of $1,000 to
remove the present carpenters shop at
Berkeley and provide place for instruc-
ton in forging, plumbing and carpenter
ing vas lad over. together with a sug-
gestion of the pro prietv of providing work
for needy students at Berkeley.
The next meeting will be held on the