The record-union., 1896-09-20
STATE UNIVERSITY REPORT.
Interesting Reading for Friends Of Higher
Education.
Necessary Increases in Salary Account
and Accommodations Run
It in Debt.

The document Is quite VoluminOuS
one and is replete with interesting sta
tistics relative to the pride Of Califor-
MAS educational Institutions.
The number of students In attendance
during the past two years has been as
follows: For the year 1S94-95 at
Berkeley, 1,124 San Francisco, Cos;
Mount Hamilton, s. For the last year.
1S95-96, there were on the roll at
Berkeley 1886, at San Francisco717, at
Mount Hamilton, 8. The class entering
for 1S96-97 is fully 100 larger than that
of the past school year A comparative
table is appended for the last six years
showing the number Of students in the
various departments, by which there
is noticed a remarkable increase in the
attendance
The University now has 81 professors,
10 associate professors, 13 assistant
professors, 26 instructors, Is assistant
instructors, 8 fellows, being total of
"a teachers.
The increase of the faculty and stu
dents has created a pressing necessity
for a larger fund for the salary list.
The increase of the students has far
outrun any increase in the income Of
the University. 1t is stated by the
President that 1t is impossible to go
on with a larger disproportion between
income and necessary outlay. Saying
nothing Of other expenses, the cost of
instruction alone has brought the Uni
versity to an acute financial crisis.
A large sum Of money is each year
expended in meeting the running ex-
penses of the Lick Observatory. The
Gift nf Mr. .ipI< almost Pnfir-RlU
used up in constructing the magnih-
cent plant on Mount Hamilton. The
running expenses of the observatory
are now over $4,000 per year. and
this 1t is thought, is not sufficient by
81, 500. This amount comes out of the
University fund. The enlargement OF
the work of the University involves an
increase in the running expenses. New
buildings require new furniture and
equipment The machinery is con-
stantly demanding repair. A new coal
supply is demanded for heating pur-
poses. Another janitor must be added
to the list of employees. and however
economically managed there is of neces-
sity large increase in the running ex-
penses OF the institution.
To meet these changes is the question
which is bothering the Regents. Some
of them have suggested a tuition fee, as
this plan is pursued in some of the
other State Universities. Others favor
an incidental fee, such as is TOW paid
under one name or another In almost
all universities. This proposition was
voted down by q small majority, the
opposition to it being based largely on
the old and generous California feel
ing that not even the slightest barrier
should be put in the way of those who
wish for an education. Still another
proposition, that Of an overdraft on the
future, has been contemplated, but that,
too, was abandoned as impractical.
Many would regard it as a business
improperly, and all recognize the fact
that the hard times prevailing through
out the State make it hazardous TO
count on legislative appropriations for
any considerable deficit
These propositions being put aside, the
University officials are compelled to
SPEND another year under an aggrava-
ton of financial difficulty. The dilem-
ma is respectfully submitted for the
consideration of the people of the State,
with the hope that the next Legislature
may give desired relief.
Professor Kellogg devotes a number
of pages of manuscript to setting out
the great necessity for additional build
ings at Berkeley. The. young women of
the University, numbering 900, have
very poor accommodations in their
overcrowded study and lunch rooms.
Physical culture is now required Of
men in the two lower classes three times
a week The gymnasium is overcrowded,
L. -, 1o+s ions fcs
experienced, making it inexpedient to
make exercise obligatory for young
women, as we'll as men. However,
there is large volunteer class of ladies
in gymnastics under the care of Mrs.
Magee, wife of the director of the de-
partment of physical culture. An ar
2nory is said to be another pressing
need.
The absence of dormitory buildings
has made it necessary for students to
find homes In fraternity houses These
depend for their healthful tone on the
individual members. At best they form
a profitable home for highminded,
earnest students. With an inferior con-
stituency they exert on unfavorable in
f1uence, leading to waste of time or even
deterioration of character.
1t is urged by President Kellogg that
new students take plenty of time IN
making choice of these fraternities.
Parents should advise their sons to de-
fer their fraternal membership till they
have come to feel at home in the Uni
verSity and can be sure Of the fellow
ship they enter. This class bond Of daily
companionship is one which is to have
marked influence on their student
lives.
Since the last report the California
Veterinary College has been affiliated
with the University and a report of that
institution is appended.
The location of the Wilmerding In
dustrial School will be decided at the
meeting of the Regents to be held in
November.
The number Of visitors at the Lick
Observatory from June i, 1883, to June
1, 1896, was 43 536. During last year
4 .S3S people visited the great astronom-
ical observatory.
The library of the University has been
increased during the past two years by
the addition OF several thousand vol
un1es; a large number OF donations In
money. books and volunteer instruc-
tion is mentioned.
With reference to work volunteered
by the students. the report does not fail
to give them due credit. They 1t was
who turned out in large numbers to
make a new roadway in the Univer-
sity grounds, improve existing paths,
and leveled the rocky ground about
some of the buildings. The University
had not the funds to pay for these much
needed improvements, and hundreds Of