The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
PLAN OF A TYPEWRITER
She Expects to Earn the Ex-
penseS of a College
Education.
May Burdick's Brave Plan-Professo
and Business Men Are Inter.
estad in Her.

BERKELEY, CAL, Aug. 15.-May Bur-
dick has arrived in Berkeley with $50 and
a typewriter and announces her intention
to enter the university ana graduate with
the class OF 1900. The young lady has no
resources other than her small capital and
determination that admits no possibility
of defeat, but she will not allow that there
is doubt about her ability to maipta
herself at college.
Miss Burdick is a graduate of the Cen
terVille High School. She is staying with
Mrs. Gilbert on College way. 4 number
of friends who have become interested in
he T brave programme have helped her in
starting or her college career and already
a good deal of work as Typewriter has been
sent to her,
Members of the faculty and local busi-
ness men have become concerned for the
success of such brave enterprise and are
saving their work for the courageous
young lady, so that there is good pros
pect that she will succeed She will do
her own cooking and live wholly by her
own efforts in the room that she has
rented.
Miss Burdick's capital TO start with is
not enough to buy the books she will need
and pay her matriculation expenses. The
task she has set before herself is, there
1OIe, L4dL OI utT entire expenses
for four years of college life and at the
same time pursuing the studies of full
university course, often declared ito be too
much for a woman who can give her
whole time TO it.
The young lady is quite cheerful over
the pros spect before her. 81 have come to
Berkeley to enter the university" said
she, ''and l shall certainly stay" The
general impression among those who
know her is that she will keep her word.
Freshmen Early at Work.
BERKELEY. CAL, Aug. Is. The new
freshmen of the university, though they
have not yet begun their college career.
have already made rousing beginning
in class glorifcation. Last night num-
Der of members OF the class made tour OF
the town with brush and paintpot, and
when Berkeleyans arose this morning
thew found 100" painted in red on all
sidewalks, fences and bare walls.
Some property-owners are disposed to
make vigorous objection to the disfgure-
ments.
BERKELEY, CAL, Aug. 15.-There
were 675 applicants for admission to the
university with the class OF 1900. Of this
mum Der 325. have been admitted to special
standing, making total OF 366 already
entered large number OF applications
are vet to be reported on, SO that the class
of 90 promises to be the biggest IN the his
tory of the university.
DR.. Bentley to Preach.
BERKELEY, CAL. Aug. 15.-The Rev.
r. Bentley, who has just returned from
Europe. will occupy his pulpit tomorrow
in Trinity M. E. Church. On Tuesday
evening DR.. Bentley will deliver an illus
trated lecture in the church parlors, giving
material and news gathered during his
travels in the Old World.
First-CIass Meeting.
BERKELEY, CAL, Aug. 15.-The first
class meeting of the new academic year
at the university will be held next Mon
day. A meeting of '99 men has been
called for that time, when class officers
will be elected.
Professor Moses Is Back.
BERKELEY, CAL, Aug. 15.-Professor
Bernard Moses, who has been delivering
lectures at the University OF Chicago dur