The San Francisco call., 1897-07-14
AV ARDING THE
SCHOLARSHIPS
A Complaint Made That
Alameda County Gets
Too Many.
The Board of Regents Decide
Many Questions Of Impor-
tance Yesterday.
Conductors Appointed for University
Extension Lectures Among the
Farmers.

The Regents of the University of Cslifor-
MIA held meeting in the Hopkins Insti-
tute of Art building yesterday afternoon
with Judge Wallace in the chair.
The matter of awarding the Levi Strauss
and State scholarships was brought up
and aroused cons derable discussion. Ac-
cordlng to the regu atlons OF the board the
scholarships are 10 be equally divided
among the Congressional districts, eight
10 each district. When the report of the
academic senate was read it showed that
in the Thru District seven of the eight
were awarded to residents of Alameda
County. leaving the other counties in that
district almost without representation.
Regent Foote opposed the adoption OF
this report, cortending that it was unfair
to the residents of the other counties and
contrary to the regulanon. of the board.
Regent Halladie favored the adoption OF
the report on the ground that, as selec-
tons were made according to the eff
ficiency of the candidates, as evinced at a
competitive examination, there could be
no more favoritlsm shown to one county
than another. He accordingly moved
that, under suspension of rules, the re-
port be adopted, which was done.
A resolution to appoint Douglass L.
Fowler al salary OF $1,000 year and Pro-
|. lessor A. J. Cook at a salary OF 5000 wear
conductors OF the Farmers Institute Uni
versity extension course also created con-
sidera BILE discussion, it being contended
that this work was we'll done last year by
the regular professors in Berkeley at an
approximate cost OF $50 per meeting; that
applications had already been made for
sixty meetings in various parts of the
State, and that there was nothing in the
resolution compelling these men, if ap-
pointed, to hold any more meetings than
suited their own convenience.
An amendment was offered to the effect
that at least seventy me tings be held at
an average cost of $50 per meeting, and
the resolution as amended was adopted.
Resolutions were unanimously adopted
thanking c. P Huntington for the mu-
niticent donation of the Cowan library
and extending him the privileges of the
Unive rsity library, also to I. 2. Avery OF
New York for helpful correspondence and
donations OF books in the past and his
, more recent services in negotiating the
purchase of the Cowan collection.
The following bills for work on the At
filiated Colleges buildings were approved f:
Rae Building and Contract Company,
$13911 70; SIIas Carle, carpentering.
$2098; Pacific Rolling Mills, $2223
Bills have been paid for running e1-
penses of the university since June ag-
gregating $35 460 81 and a loan OF $25 600
to Miss I. ]. Hammond on Los Angeles
property is being negotiated.
The appropriation for enlarging the
oIa>srooms al Berkeley hns been raised
from $40 900 to $4,000 TO provide better
ccommodations for students.
A communication from the Riverside
health officers com planning that Professor
Rising had requested a lee of $40 to make
an analysis OF water was referred to the
committee on internal administration for
investigation.