The record-union., 1897-02-03


tors and for class rooms, halls, appara-
tuS, etc.
1t must be borne in mind that this
condition of affairs has not been brought
about by the University itself. 1t is due
simply to the fact that the people OF the
State-be it said to their credit and to
the credit of the University-have sent
their sons and daughters to the lnstltu-
ton in such numbers that the expense
OF educating them has exceeded the pro-
visions made by the Legislature for that
express purpose.
AS to Rooms: There is not a hall
which will hold all the students at once
For the large gatherings which are
from time to time necessary, tents nave
been set up. Glass rooms are too rev
and overcrowded. A hundred or more
students are frequently crowded into
rooms suitable for fifty or sixty only.
AS to Instructors: The present force
| cannot properly do the work. Glasses
| in some departments are several times
| too large, there being frequently from
| two to three hundred in a class in re-
quired studies. 1t is impossible to eff
GENTLY instruct and examine this num-
| SOURCES OF UNIVERSITY FUNDS
| The moneys of the University come
| from three sources:
| /. The State;
| 2 The United States;
| 3 Private individuals.
STATE.
| ID Buildings, apparatus, etc.
During the past twenty-eight years,
| the University has received sufficient as
! sistance from the Legislature for the
| construction Of its buildings and the i'm
lprovements of it's grounds, and for sup
plying apparatus. All of these are still
| in use.
| (2) Expenses for maintenance:
Its first great donation for mainte-
nance was the sum derived from the sale
of tide lands given to the State by the
United States, and the next was the Act
of 1881
THE UNITED STATES.
The United States gave the proceeds
| of the sale of 100, 900 acres of public land
by the Morrill, Act (Seminary lanD, now
loaned out, and the income from the
Hatch and second Morrill, Acts.
PRIVATE GIFTS.
| These include the University site at
Berkeley. the Lick bequest, the Searles'
gift of Mark Hopkins Institute Of Art,
and other lands, the Mills, Tompkins,
Wilmerding, Hearst and numerous other
money gifts of an aggregate value of
over two million dollars, and being in
| excess of the donations of either the
State or United States.
| THE STATES DONATIONS PAY.
Most of the present property of the
University was given by private indi-
viduals and the United States, and is
far in excess of the appropriations made
/ by the State Legislature.
| OF all the contributions to the Univer-
sity, that by the State has been only
about one-fourth. Private individuals,
as we'll as States, regard the making OF
good members of the community out of
youths as the noblest good. Gifts by
them for this purpose bring not only the
supreme satisfaction of doing well, but
| lasting honor and gratitude. Hereto
fore. the liberality of the State, the man
agement of it's gifts, without the loss of
a dollar, and the character and work
Of the University, have induced such
gifts IL, duI liiso IAhN AeNt7N N~NNJ
years. for each dollar the Legislature
has provided for the University, three
more have been given by private indi-
viduaIs and the United States, may we
not expect even a greater response to
the Legislatures provision to-day from
| deliberating benefactorS? The highest
State wisdom will harness private bene-
factions to it's own noblest purposes.
A splendid future may be fairly in
ferred from the past. But it rests on
| better foundation Several munificent
| nrivate gifts are already pledged.
Among these which may be announced,
is that of Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst and her
| son. TO secure a plan for buildings and
to erect buildings which will probably
exceed in cost any single donation given
by the State, the United States, or any
other Individual.
| The Indirect financial benefits from the
University to agriculture, horticulture,
| mining. mechanics and engineering ana
to many other enterprises, have many
times repaid the State for its outlay and
broader and completer plans for the ex-
pansion of this work have been laid.
| Aside from the benefit to the States
present citizens. knowledge of the Uni
Evarsity's excellence will largely influence
Idasira bic Immigrants and investors from
the older States.
PROVISIONS IN OTHER STATES
FOR UNIVERSITIES.
Generous as the State of California
has been, it's liberality has not equaled
that of other States.
In the matter of university buildings
| alone California spent S646,OO0 with
I554 students: Illinois spent S6l0000
with S15 students; Missouri spent
S649 600 with 723 students; Michigan
spent S951 900 with 1900 Students
Minnesota spent 81 1,026,500 with 24o0
students: Wisconsin spent 81, 109oo
with 800 students.
In the matter of regular income Tor
| salaries and current expenses. the fol-
lowing table shows what other States
have done: Nebraska q 100 students)
gives annually S& cents on S100. plus
$500 900 in 1895: Wisconsin 0 900 stu
dents) gives annually Al cents on S1o0,
plus $4,000 in 1898: Colorado (26I
students) gives annually = cents on
500. plus 100000 in 1898; Michigan
(2.922 students) gives annually | 2-3
cents on $780, Wyoming (S5 students)
gives annually | cent on 500; Illinois
So 600 in 1895; Ohio 069 students)
gives annually l cent on S1O0: Illinois
(S15 students) gives annually S433,3u0;
Indiana (S79 students) gives annually