The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16
BERNSTEIN REPRIMANDS
 DR. JORDAN ~Rebuke Administe to the President of :: Stanford. Regents Deplore the Con- trOversy and Soften
 the Asperities. Committee Reports in Favor of Creating a College of Com
 n1erce at Berkeley. SPECIAL SESSION HELD. Future of the University Discussed. Governor Budd- and Judge
 Waynnire Attend.
Committee Reports in Favor of Creating a College of Com
 nerce at Berk eley.
SPECIAL SESSION HELD.
Future of the University Discussed. Governor Budd- and Judge
 Waynnirc Attend.

Regents in special session at the Mark Hopkins Institute yesterday dis cussed the future of the university, dI- gressing from the main subject at in tervals to discuss David Starr Jordan, president Of Stanford University. The Governor was present and enlivened the session with a few original re- marks. Judge Waymire was on hand but as he did not get there in time to answer to the roll call his activity could not be classed as pernicious Major Harney, Harbor Commissioner, Professor Moses and Attorney Mhoon were interested listeners. The regents attending were: Phelps (presiding), Rodgers, Hallidie, Martin, Denicke, Wallace, Mrs. Hearst, Slack, President Kellogg, John E. Budd, Governor Budd, Reinstein, Marye, Chase, Foote and Waymire.
 Regent Arthur Rodgers presented a report from the committee appointed to consider a resolution providing for the establishment of a college of com merce in the university. The report Is signed by Messrs. Rodgers, Hallidie and Marye. It is an elaborate paper, reviewing the success Of commercial COllRRGS the great gains achieved by commer- cial instruction in Germany. Concern ing colleges of this character the re- port says:
 There are probably sixty commercial high schools in the German empire, ten in France and Belgium and fifteen in the Austrian empire and Italy. Some or these were founded over hundred years age but most of them since our university opened.
 They have grown according to the en- frightened commercial spirit of their re- spective communities. It is said that not one of over a thousand graduates of these schools in France has abandoned his chosen career and that about IS per cent of these graduates are devotine them selves to foreign commerce. The growth Of German internal commerce, ana especially of German foreign commerce, during the last decade or two has been unparalleled, probably, in the history or commerce, During that time her ad- vanced commercial schools have been the most numerous and have taught more pupils than those of the rest of the world: They have learned every language, ana have gone forth as successful mission aries of German trade into all countries: The success oI the advanced comm ercial education in Germany has excited alarm Tn Great Britain, and various methods or securing like training have been under taken and outlined very recently. Japan mas established a successful school aIter Ihe general plan of the European schools mentioned In the United States there are few similar schools of recent e5tab- nshment About fifteen years ago the Wharton School of Finance and Economy vas established in the University of Pennsylvania. The president of the Uni Versity of Chicago has recently announced a prospective department in that tnstitu- tlon, with aims and methods similar to those of the Wharton School, to be cal.e ed College of Commerce and Politics.
 To sum up the experience of other com-