The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
PLANNING ONE OF THE MOST IMPOSING
 institutions in the World.
Every Stone of he State University Berkeley Will Be RaZed and Noble Buildings Erected According to Har
 monious Design Will Rise the Site

should better agree with it's object as a place for the education of the youth of the nation. Such superb work is hardly to be expected in this genera tion, but at some time it must be ac- complished by individual or by public friends if the university (Harvard) is ever to carry out it's most important functions.'
 That exactly is what is to be done at Berkeley for the State University of California.
 All the present buildings are to be re- moved, Two of them are memorial the library and the gymnasium. Mir. Fl. D. Bacon left many books and busts with money to build a library and gave S25,0 on condition that the State of California give a like sum for the build ing and equipment of gymnasium. These two buildings, which would be unharmonious with any great design, will be removed. Suitable memorials to their donors, however, will be lnCor porated in the new buildings.
 Architects and engineers all over the world were asked for advice that the pest ideas might be obtained.
 MT. Burnham of Burnham & Root, Chi cago. the man who was the architect of the Worlds Fair buildings, said in his reply: Tt will be a work many times the magnitude of the buildings for the
 
 seen such a plan on such scale before that was carried to a completion"
 The carrying out of the de- tails for receiving and judging the plans was intrusted to the municipality of Antwerp. The plans were sent to the American Consul and each sealed and signed only by number. After they were handed over to the city by the American Consul seals were placed over each signature so that no one could know to whom the plans belonged.
 A jury of five men had been se- lected: R. Norman Shaw, 6 Ellerdale Road. Hampstead. England; J. l.. Pascal, 8 Boulevard St. Denis, Paris; Paul Wallot, 6 Hahnelstrass, Ores den; Walter Cook, 674 Broadway, New York; J. R. Reinstine, PIT Sansome street, San Francisco, Cal.
 These gentlemen met in Antwerp in the beginning of October to judge the plans which were then in the care of the city. They selected the five which they considered the best, and to these five $20,000 in prizes were distributed
 Of those accepted the architects all were from the EIcole des Beaux Arts of Paris, but thre eof them were Amer leans.
 The architects were not limited in any way. Money was not considered nor were the architects hampered by suggestions. Homes were asked for. libraries, museums, gymnasiums, art galleries, lecture rooms, class rooms, scientific laboratories, and all the usual accompantments of q great seat of learning. Besides, dormitories for 5000 students are 10 be included and club houses, armory and indoor and outdoor drilling spaces.
 The trees on the campus, the great oaks which are the pride of the univer- sity, are not to be removed or dis lodged. Most of the trees are ever green, so that in winter as we'll as sum- mer the campus will be at it's best.
 At Mrs. Hearsts expense the five successful architects at the Antwerp competition are visiting San Francisco so as to make a careful study of the site and of the requirements and also of the character of the surrounding landscape. They are to return to their homes and prepare definite plans These plans are to be submitted to the same preliminary jury which judged the plans in Antwerp, with the addition of four architects. These four archi- tects are to be chosen from list of five names each sent in by the five architects who are entitled to compete for the final plan.