The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-01-08
PLANS FOR A UNIVERSITY.
MUST BE IMPOSING, SERIOUS
AND NOBLE.
The Trustees of Mrs. Hearst's Mu
nificence Make Public the
Conditions.

cooperate lin the preparation of
permanent, general plan of the build
! ings and grounds which are to COM
pose the University of California
| The invitation is in the form Of
| handsomely printed pamphlet of forty
pages, entitled Programme for an In
ternational Competition for the Phoebe
Hearst Architectural Plan of the Uni
versity Of California" 1t opens as fol-
| lows:
THE trustees appointed by Mrs.
Phoebe A. Hearst hereby invite the CO.
operation of the architects Of the world
in the preparation of a permanent, gen
eral plan of the buildings and grounds
which are to compose the University
of California, in Berkeley. near San
Francisco, Cal.
- B. REINSTEIN,
JAMES H. BUDD,
WILLIAM CAREY JONES,
Trustees of the Phoebe Hearst Archi-
tectural Plan of the University of
| California.
Dated at San Francisco, Cal, De-
cember 8, 1897"
The competition is to be double,
preliminary and final. The preliminary
is open to the world. The final will be
limited to those whose work in the pre-
liminary is decided by the jury OF
award to be of such worth and merit
as to entitle them to be considered in
the final competition. All plans sub
mitted for the preliminary compet1-
ton must be deposited with the United
States Consul at Antwerp, Belgium,
before July l, 1898.
Rules have been adopted so that the
members of the jury of award will not
know who is the author of any plan.
All plans that the jury do not consider
worthy Of being retained will be re-
turned to their authors. The plans re-
tanned will become the property of the
University of California, but the name
| of a successful author will not be made
public without his consent. At least
ten plans will be retained, and II only
| that number the author Of each VIII
receive 81 500. If not exceeding nfteen
plans are retained 81 200 will be paid to
each. and If more than fifteen are re-
tanned 81 600 will be paid to each.
Competitors in the final competition
who desire to study the site OF the pro-
posed buildings on the ground VIII De
provided with transportation and ex-
penses for the journey from their resi-
| dences to San Francisco and return. A
total sum of at least $50, 900 will be de-
voted TO premiums for the best plans
in the final competition, and OF TINS at
least $4,000 will be awarded to the plan
classed as No. /. The ultimate execu-
ton Of the plan is entirely IN the
hands of the university, and competl-
tors are informed that contract with
any Of those receiving an award VIII
be a desirable consequence Of the COM
petition. but in no wise a condltlon
thereof" The preliminary plans re-
tanned will be publicly exhibited at the
Mark Hopkins Institute of Art.
The jury for the preliminary compeu-
ton will be international, being COM
nosed of these members: Messrs. K
Norman Shaw. 6, Ellerdale Road,
Hampstead, London; j. l.. Pascal, Q
boulevard st. Denis, Paris; Paui
Wallot. 6 Hahnel-Strasse, Dresden;
Walter Cook, GA Broadway. New YORK
N. Y: J. B. Reinstein, III Sansolne
street. San Francisco, Cal. FOR the
final competition four architects VIII De
added to this jury who will be CHOSEN
bv it's members, aided by lists or names
| submitted by successful preliminary
competitors. Competitors success1ul III
tbe preliminary competition will nave
not less than six months after the ue-
cision in the preliminary competition
within which to send in their plans tor
the final competition.
Eight thousand copies of this pro-
eramn,e have been issued, four thous-
and copies in the French and two
thousand in the German. The pro-
eramnes, documents, pictorial aids ana
| the material necessary for the compeu-
tors have been distributed TO the MINIS
ters of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine
Republic Brazil Chile, China, Japan,
the Minister of Public instruction and
| Fine Arts in Turkey, the teenncai
societies, respectively, of Spain, SWed-
en- and Roumania, and the Leading Or
ganizations of architects in Austro-
Hungary, Belgium, Canada, Denmark
Germany, Great Britain and Colonies,
Holland, Italy, Mexico, Portugal. Rus
+ STA and Switzerland. In the United
States they have been sent TO the Sec
| rotary of State of every State, to CHAP
ters of the American Institute of Archi-
tects in Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo. Chi
cago. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver
| Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Los
| Angeles, LynCnDuTS " d., NEW L oi N,
| Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Providence,
Rochester, San Francisco, Seattle, ST.
Louis, Washington and to the Mayors
of the other principal cities.
1t is stated that the various build
| ings now standing on the grounds need
| not be taken into consideration: nor
need present paths or roads be consid-
cred The general grouping of require
ments includes library with a capac-
ity for 1000 volumes, a gymnasium
with separate halls and appurenant ac-
commodations for men and women stu
dents, and separate swimming baths
for ach, two auditoriums of which one
shall seat 5000 people. dormitories,
clubhouses for students and faculty. an
| elaborate military establishment, an in
firmary, and all suitable structures and
| provisions for the fifteen departments
thus far contemplated by the univer-
! sity.
While there are no limitations on the
materials to be used, it is stated that
California abounds in beautiful and
durable building stones. The pro-
gramme closes with scientific alb
stract of climatic conditions at the
| University of California for the past
ten years. Requests for further infor-