The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
Interesting Items Important County

and if such an organization exists it has
been born and matured in secret.
The authorship of the mysterious circu-.
lar is a subject of much speculation.
Rumor has it that among the men who
hide themselves under the signature
"Ciyic Federation" are George Schmidt
and ex-Trustee n. 7. Whiting. The former
has frequently made charges of extraya-
gance against the present Board of Trus-
tees and he is known to be opposed to the
bonds.
1t is understood that the Good Govern
ment Club, which has appointed cam
paign committee consisting of J. l.. Barker.
J. NJ Foy and III. D. Irwin, will prepare
and circulate an answer to the circular of
the ''C1vic Federation"
Students Aid Society,
BERKELEY, CAL, Feb 13.-A brief
history and report showing the work done
by the Students Aid Society has been pre-
pared by Manager Howell, in response to
request from the board of directors The
report shows that during the first two
years of it's existence, up to December, 1893,
the society gave assistance to twenty.four
students. The aid rendered was in the
securing of employment, by which the
students benefited were enabled to keep
themselves at college. During the third
year the society found employment for
eighteen persons, and the amounts re-
ceived by them for the work performed
amounted to over $500.
The society was reorganized with larger
mem bership in March, 1894, and a man
ager was appointed. Under the new man.
agement a large increase has taken place
in the amount of work done by the society.
Thirty-four students were helped by The
society during the academic year of1894- -95,
the assistance rendered representing cash
value of $1561 so.
a still further increase in the usefulness
OF the Students Aid Society as a source of
aid to needy students is shown by the rec
ords of the present year. During last term
forty-nine positions were filled by the So
ciety, the students aided being twenty
eight young men and six co-eds, and the
cash value of the assistance rendered being
$1156 40.
The report of Manager Howell states
that there are still more applicants for
help than can be supplied. Mr.. Howell
says:
Besides the thirty-four for whom employment
was found, there were eighteen applicants
fifteen young men and three young women
for whom no work could be found. Nearly
all the students who applied for work last
term are still dependent upon their own eff
forts for support, and are willing to do almost
anything within their power that will help
them to make their way through the uni
verslty. TIE work most sought for is natu-
rally cOdClluB, TRANSMITTING, clerical
work and reading to the blind; but many
students are glad to do homework, milking,
gardening and ''chores" of all kinds in return
for board and lodging. Others would take
charge OF vacant houses during vacations or at
other times, and not merely in Berkeley, but
in any OF the neighboring cities and towns.
Intercollegiate Athletic Commit tee.
BERKELEY, CAL, Feb. 13-President
Harry Hirst of the University of California
Athletic Association to-day appointed a
committee of five, whose duty it shall be
to confer with a like committee from STAN
ford concerning intercollegiate athletic
contests in which the two institutions
take part during 1896. Such a committee
is appointed yearly. Those named bv
President Hirst are: Professor Edward B.
Clapp for the faculty, w. w. Morrow for
the boating association, George f. Rein
hart for football. Bernard P. Miller for
baseball and Fred w. Koch for track ath-
letics.
Professor ArdIey's Lecture.
BERKELEY, CAL, Feb 13-Professor
Fl. T. Ardley of the department of decora-
ton and industrial art of the State Uni
versity lectured last night in Stiles Hall
on Around the World" !" the lecture being
descriptive of one of the tours around the
world that Professor Ardley has taken in
the study of art and as art correspondent
of the illustrated London News. The
lecture was for the benefit of fund that is
being raised to provide for a vestured choir
at st. Marks Church and was very largely
attended. Professor Ardley's lecture was
preceded by solo by Mrs. Lewis, with
violin and piano obligato by Mr.. Drew and
Miss Hill.
Subject for Debate.
BERKELEY, CAL, Feb. 13.-The foren-
sizes class at the university has been IN
able to decide upon a question for the
coming intercollegiate debate. At the re-
cent meeting of the intercollegiate execu-
tive committee on debating Stanford won
the choice of sides and Berkeley was given
the right of choosing the subject Owing
to the fact that a decision could not be
reached as to subject by the forensics
class the matter was placed in the hands
of a committee with full power to act
The committee consists of Professor Will
liam Carey Jones, Professor Bernard
Moses, Professor Charles M. Gayley, Pro-
fessor Thomas Bacon, NJ C. Flaherty and
two other students to be appointed by the
professors.