The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24
ENTERSUPON ITS FOURTH DECADE State University Cele- brates Its Thirtieth
 Birthday. Regents, Faculty, Alumni and Students ConmennOrate
 the Occasion.
Professor Bailey Declares That the Morality at the University Is
 Deficient

BERKELEY. March 23.-Regents, fac- ulty, alumni and students of the Un1- versity of California gathered this morn- ing in Harmon Gymnasium to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the university. President Martin kel- logg presided over the meeting Seated with him on the platform were Regents Bartlett, Phelps, Waymire, Houghton and Mrs. Hearst. Professors William Carey Jones, A. F. Lange, w. M Mer- Till, E. J. Wickson T. P. Bailey and w. E. Ritter, President P. R. Thayer of the Associated Students and President C.. M. Warner of the Levi Strauss Scholarships Club.
 Philip R. Thayer, president of the As sociated Students, was the f1rst speaker: He spoke on the subject The students Gift to the University" "Few of us" he said, will be able to advance the pros perity of our university by pecuniary generosity or by political influence. but we can do our share to create new col lege spirit a spirit thoroughly in conso- nance with the greater university. the realization of which has been guaranteed by munifcence of a benefactor.
 Assistant Professor William P. Ritter president of the Council of the Associated Alumni, followed with an address on "The University: It's Graduates and the State" In the course of his remarks ne said
 '"The immediate aim of education is the development of men and women There is no better way to further the de- velopment of a man than by dignifying his vocation. To dignify the labor is to dfgnify the laborer, and this IS, as IL should be, an important feature Of our university instruction. It finds expression in the university extension, which has or late become such an important part or the uniVerSity'S work
 'I would wish to see among our alumni a feeling that they owe permanent duty toward their Alma Mater, and that their connection with the university does not cease with their graduation; l would like to see the expression graduation in the university take the place of graduation from the university, and the feeling grow among the alumni, Once member of the university, always a member of the university
 Carl Nj. Warner, president of the Levi Strauss Scholarships Club, spoke or the good that is being accomplished in the university by the scholarships annually awarded to assist students in obtaining an education. "Our great national demo- cratic educational system" he declared, ''is the result of an appreciation or the principle that educated citizenship is great reservoir of national strength. The generosity of two of our benefactors, Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst and Levi r. Strauss has done much to realize an edu- catonal ideal"
 Professor Thomas P. Bailey .Jr;. in an address on University Spirit, declared that a greater college spirit, academic, so- cial and moral, is needed at the uniVer- sity. He strongly condemned moral de- ficlency, which he declared exists Tn the State University at present and manlfests itself in various forms of dishonesty:
 Painful as nd it is to say it, bees fEe that the morality of our university Is not what it should be. Lying and cheating
 are carried on in various forms, in the senior classes as well as in the. lower classes in spite of the strong condemna- tion which the students passed upon the evil custom several years ago. Until this evil is eradicated by the joint efforts of faculty and students we boast in vain of our magnificent grounds and material re- sources. The thing can be done, and l hope that by the time the next charter day comes around some speaker may be able to announce from this platform that
 Regent James A. Waymire. made the concluding speech on the subject The
 Utility of University Education" He
 There are still some excellent people who refuse to acknowledge the utility of college education. They declare that self support of this statement they point to the examples of George Washington, John Marshall and Abraham Lincoln. These instances merely demonstrate, how ever, that men of genius may achieve dis tinction in spite, of handicaps ana olsad- vantages. Who knows but that, had these men been possessed of a university edu- cation much time and effort might not have been economized and directed to- ward even more productive channels? soo mn with a population of about 2OOO,OOO, California has in her State University about 2OO0 students. That is, only one out of 1000 of our population enjoys the ad- yantages of the university education which the State offers. Yet if the edu- cation given to these comparatively few be of the right sort, 1t will result in inn mense good to the body polite of which the students are members.
 What we need most at present. con cluded the speaker, 'is more men with intelligence to know their duty, and cour- age to perform it. University education possesses true utility to the extent that it realizes this ideal.
 Musical selections interspersed the ad- dresses. After the conclusion of the ex- ercises many of the visitors took occasion buildings which were kept open for in- spection from a. m. to p. m.