The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08

Largest and Most Comprehen-
sive Ever Issued by the
State University.
There Are 22ll Students on the Roll,
1470 of Whom Are at Berkeley
and TAI in San Francisco.

BERKELEY, Call, Aug. THE long
walted-for register of the State University
Tor the present year reached Berkeley to-
day. For the last week the professors
have been anxl)usly, almost breathlessly,
awaiting its arrival, for had it not come
when II did, the wheels OF the university
would have been clogged, and probably
the doors of the institution would not
have opened until week later than an
nounced in the calendar. Such was the
information vouchsafed by university au-
thorities last night.
The cause, of the delay was the same old
story of the State Printer. Instead of the
work being paid for out of he annual ap-
preparation for printing the money had
to come from the Regents, which will
mean that they will have just about $4,000
less to spend on the university than il the
State had done the printing, as heretofore
The register Is the largest and most
comprehensive OF any that have ever been
issued at Berkeley. 1t contains 317 octave
pages, which Is just forty-seven more
than appeared in the last. 1t has several
new and important features of more than
mere sectional interest Every page has
been revised, new regulations have been
made and old systems dropped.
For the first time have all the regula.
lions governing undergraduate students
been published.
These regulations refer to admission,
| registration and attendance, choice of
studies, change OF status course or studies,
examinations, grades of scholarship. con-
dltlons and failures. degrees and certifi-
Gates, scholars hips, leave OF absence and
honorable dismissal and discipline.
The home addresses, giving street and
number. OF all the professors, instructors
and assistants in the university, of which
there are 346, are given, not Including.
however, the nine cen new profe ssors and
instructors who will be sworn in next
week. The names and addresses OF the
regents are also given.
The new regulations Cor graduate stu
dents have also been published in full.
Two new scholarships are announced
one from the San Francisco Girls High
and the other from the Haywards High
School.
The summary of students, including
both those pursuing work at Berkeley and
IN the professional colleges, shows that
there are at the present time 22li on the
university roll, as against 2047 last year at
a cores ponding date. OF these 1470 are
at Berkeley anu TAI in the San Francisco
colleges.
They are distributed through the vari-
Gus academic and professional colleges as
OF letters. 1872; college of social sciences,
739; natural sciences, 81; agriculture, 81;
mechanics, 1856; mining, Ito; civil en-
gineering, 81; chemistry. II. Profession
al-Mark Hopkins Institute of Art 1857:
law department, 152; medical college,
ITO; post graduate, medicine, %; college
OF dentistry, 1856; college of pharmacy, 50;
college of veterinary science, 8.
Recorder Sutton says that the announce
ment Of courses is expected to arrive from
the printer at any moment. Until then
the students will be unable to make out
their study cards.
Studying German.
BERKELEY, CAL, aug. Professor
A.bln Pu zker, head OF the department OF
German at the State University, declares
that the past few years have witnessed
marked growth in the popularity OF Ser
man as a study in the schools and univer-
stiles OF California. "ln 1874 there were
thirty-seven young men studying Ger
man at the university" said the pro essor.
To-day there are nearly 500 students,
men and women, taking German, and in
certain of the classes the enrolment is
very large. The class in Schiller, for ex-
ample, mum bered I'D students"
VIII Fight More Fires.
BERKELEY. CAL, Aug. THE Bea-
con Fire Com pany met last night and de-
cded not TO dlsband. a motion 10 dis
band was made and George Phillips,
prominent member, delivered an address
severely scoring the Town Trustees and
the public for poor support OF the COM
pany. Trustee Maloney and County Re-
corder Spear were present and called
attention to Improvements in the Fire
Department contemplated by the Town
Board. They urged a further effort 10
maintain the organization, and COM
mittee was appointed. consisting of +. S.
Rawson, George Phillips, Samuel Fisher,
j. Mcnamara and Paul Nichelman, to
solicit public subscriptions.
Only a Gauzy Fake.
BERKELEY, CAL, Aug. THE story
circulated by John Gazenago and Fred
Munday yesterday, to the effect tuat they
had discovered a gold mine in The Contra
Costa hills, has proved to be gauzy fake.
The two men in question started the
story as a joke, ami when interviewed de-
clared its auth ticity. In publishing the
story this morning The CALL stated that
il was believed 10 be unreliab le