The San Francisco call., 1896-04-14
LE CONTE IS VIGOROUS,
The Great Professor Will Now
Concentrate Himself on
Higher Work.
Courses May Be Combined-Professor
Watson Coming - Sanitary
District Election.

BERKELEY, CAL, April BIT was
announced to-day that DR.. Joseph LIE
Conte, the veteran geologist at the State
University, will discontinue his lectures
in elementary and structural geology and
in zoology during the next academic year,
with the view of confining his atten ton to
the higher undergraduate and the post
graduate courses.
The announcement was not altogether
surpri Sc to the students, as the change had
been anticipated for some time past, and
in consequence an unusually large num-
Der are taking DR.. LIE Conte's courses this
year, fearing that it might be their last
opportunity. The other members of the
faculty have been prevailing upon the
di stinguished geologist for the past two
years: to give up his elementary courses,
lest in his advancing years the work
would bear down upon him too heavily.
Last year they made a special appeal to
him TO tighten his labors, but he said that
he wished to continue in the same chan
mel for at least another year.
Though DR.. LIE Conte celebrated his
seventythird birthday in February he
does not show the least sign of decline
in strength and activity, save slight
dropping of the shoulders. He says that
he feels as vigorous to-day as he did ten
years ago. To show how he has kept up
his daily work it only needs to be said
that he has missed but one daily reci.
tation in seven years. 1t is now Just
forty years since DR.. LIE Conte began teach
ing geological science.
Much regret has been expressed by the
students because of DR.. lie Conte's inten-
ton to cease giving his elementary lee
lures, as they have grown to be among the
most popular courses In the university. In
his geology course alone there are nearly
200 students enrolled.
May Combine the Courses.
BERKELEY CAL, April 13-The facul-
ties of the colleges of natural science and
Of medicine of the State University have
under consideration a plan to more closely
connect the two courses and thus to shorten
the time requisite for graduation from
both. If adopted, there will be six-year
course-three in the College of Natural
Science at Berkeley and three in the
Medical College in San Francisco. The
student, upon the completion OF the six
year course, will receive the degree of
BIS. and Md. whereas under the present
system he must do seven years of satis-
factory work before getting his two de-
grees. 1t is generally considered among
the students at Berkeley that such an in
novation will prove to be of great benefit.
Sanitary District Election.
BERKELEY, CAL, April 13.-The citi-
zens of the Adeline sanitary district will
hold an election next Wednesday, calling
for the issuance of $1,000 bonds, to be ex-
pended in the construction of a main
sewer to connect with the bay.
The polling place will be at Caldwell
Hall, and the polls will be open for the
usual length of time.
The officers will be as follows: Judges,
R. Caldwell and M. M. Skewey; inspect
ors, L. Chalower and N. Pushey; ballot
clerks, L. Quanich and F. Ollerich; clerks,
E. K Mains and III. Germain.
The election will be conducted un der
the general law of the State.
Professor Watson Coming.
BERKELEY, Cal. April 13.-Professor
Watson, head OF the department of philos-
ply at Queens College. Canada, who is to
visit the University of California for the
purpose of delivering public lecture
before the Philosophical Union, will leave
his home in a,few days, SO as to arrive here
by the 1st of May.
COED Contest.
BERKELEY, CAL, April 13.-There is a
strong probability of another intercoi-
legiate coed contest being held in the
near future. Stanford has coed tennis
club and il is understood that the young
ladies are anxious to send challenge to
Berkeley.