The San Francisco call., 1898-05-22

I 1ected specimens of all kinds of raw l material, with models of the most ap- l proved methods of working them: a | course on means Of commerce, which
 will include all details of harbors, yes
 sells, motors, railroads, telegraphs, tele- l phones, postal service and lighting; the 1 course on insurance agencies, loss of 1 property and life, embracing the i'm | portant matter of employers liability; l the course on international trade and 1 it's usages; the course on foreign com
 mercial legislation, which will explain
 the various artificial trade hindrances, | and the course on fiscal legislation, which will deal with customs and taxes; also the consular service, where in will be included those subjects that
 are too often but little understood by appointees sent abroad purely for polit- | ical reasons.
 There Is a system In vogue in cer
 tain European trade schools by which three years travelling scholarships of about $50 a month are given. The re- cipient has to spend most of the time in such foreign ports as may be agreed upon, and to give occasional reports to show that he is making the best use of his time
 This plan will also be adopted by the University of California College of Commerce and tend vastly to the breaking down of international preju- dices.
 Unfortunately, 1t does not belong to America to claim priority of thought in the direction of such a college, though in thoroughnesS of plan 1t will probably excel all There are probably sixty commercial high schools in the German empire, ten in France and Belgium and, fifteen in the Austrian empire and Italy. which schools average 125 pupils each. Some of these were founded over a hundred years ago, but most of them quite recently.
 Instruction usually extends through three years, covering generally the same subjects in all the schools. The first two years are devoted to train ing appropriate to retail business, while the third year seems to prepare students for wholesale business. Here the work is broader and more compre- hensive, and many who take this course are those who have already taken their bachelor degrees in some other faculty.
 The success of these schools has been decidedly creditabe considering that they have been developed outside of and in spite of university and pedagogic effort, growing according to the en- frightened spirit of their 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 gradu- ates are devoting themselves to for eign commerce.
 In the United States there are few similar schools of recent establishment. About fifteen years ago the Wharton School of Finance and Economy was esta blished in the University of Penn sylvania. This excellent department affords instruction which should cer tainly form a part of complete col lege of commerce. The president of the University of Chicago also has recently announced a prospective department in that institution with aims and methods similar to those of the Wharton School, to be called later a college of commerce and politics.
 The new College of Commerce of the University of California will be started this year.