The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-17
one BALLOT
DECIDES THE
LONG STRUGGLE
Salary Fixed at Ten
7 hOusand a Year.
AMUSING PERSONAL INSULT
HOW IT WAS RESENTED IN OPEN
SESSION BY H. S. FooTE.
The Regents Impose a Tax on Stu
r. dents to Bridge Over the
Deficit in the
Budget.
zMUSING PERSONAL INSULT
HOW IT WAS RESENTED IN OPEN
SESSION BY H. S. FOOTE.

y terday elected president of the
= - University Of California to sue
- coed Martin Kellogg The board
fixed the salary Of the president at $4,000
q year
The regents attending the session Of the
board yesterday We're: William T. Wal
lace (presidingl. T. J. Kirk. State Super
intendent Of Instruction; Ernest A. Den
ioke. Martin Kellogg. John +. Budd II.
S Foote. a. :. Hallidie J. + Houghton.
Albert Miller, George G. Pardee. W. n.
i. Barnes. !. =. Reinstein, Arthur Rodg-
ers. Chester Roweu and c. W. Slack.
General Barnes, who was appointed re-
gent q succeed Timothy Guy Phelps. was
cordially received by his colleagues. lie
was introduced by Arthur Rodgers. and
the regents, at the suggestion of II. s.
F0ote, arose TO receive the general.
The finance committee recommended
that the heirs of Judge Hager be allowed
t0 repay a loan of $4,000. The request
was granted and the committee author
lied 70 secure the cash.
Major John Is. Mhoon, attorney Of the
board, reported the final purchase of lots
for the site Of the Wilmerding School
The total outlay was $26 634 30 Alvinza
Hayward was Complimented for spirit
Of generosity which enabled the commit
lee 10 acquire the lots at a low figure.
The special business which the regents
were called To consider was reached when
the report OF the conference committee
ON HHanee was presented .,, This
5ltier, Bentclle Slack. Kellogg '' and
Roweu, submitted a vOlumnoUs doc
umeut known as the revised bud
.stimated expense. The aggregate is $780,
It IS. All the salaries and the amounts
required for each department of the uni
vsrsi-y are set forth. The total estimated
Income Is 500 .256 20. A deficit of $40 70 is
therefore figured.
one Of the first items in the list of adj
So 200 90" '-'''' 'Nps"SsS was e'iOs"'
Regent Foote moved that the salary Of
president be fixed at $4,000 per annum.
Regent Pardte seconded the motion. He
spoke OF the financial affairs of the insti-
tuition and expressed the belief that the
now president, whoever he should be,
UEht TO share the burdens Of economy by
accepting d salary Of 5000.
Regent Rodgers moved that the salary
ha placed at $4,000
Regent Kirk suggested that the mini
mum and maximum were represented in
M. two motions. He moved that $500 be
rr. salary.
The known supporters of Benjamin Ide
H.. aslcr were vigorous advocates Of the
mule salary Regent Rodgers maintained
,t..r The salary should be sufficient to
secure the services of the man needed 70
...-.,t the affairs Of the university. He
..,ad the compensation at Harvard, Yale,
chicago. Stanford and Illinois. In the
OF mis- remarks lUt ltbtlll Ate'l llAE
Glowing letter from Daniel {. Gilman
-.t-e Hoolsins University. Baltimore, Nd.
-, 81. '' referring TO our recent converse
non I have no hesitation in saying that the
.sgeptional qualities required for leadership IN
any great corporation ~ institution Of learn
l-.- demand large compensation, unless INFERIOR
men are to be ngaged- In these days the
guidance Of the affairs Of a complex INSTITUTION
IKE Harvard Yale Cornell. Michigan or Cali
f---ia is 81 difficult that few men can be found
VIII, are adequate - the task. To secure the
services OF SO RAJ man. payment shoulu NE
made nue. ore liberal scale tnah mas
hitherto been usual. A college president Is not
likely TO be extravagant in any selfish way,
f,t the claims upon his purse Tor hospitality
-,Ifscrtutions journeys and books are large,
ma he ought 70 Se able TO lay by annually for
~ future He is much more likely. by one
,.--rr1stance or another. to be thrown out Of
his chair than he would be in the place OF a
All these considerations ought 10 influence
YOU 70 favor uNeral payment 10 the man Of
your choice. ! do not think $4,000 or sls, 100
] hear u a yor electrician called TO an I'M
Vrrtant post with a salary Of $1,000 and see
by our papers that the salary Of one Of our
Iank presiden' 3 been raised from $4,000 to
'-'''' ' DANIEL c. GILMAN.
Mr.. Rodgers made the point that the
board. was called on 70 decide whether
an inferior or superior man should be
invited. He spoke of his Eastern obseT-
vations and his talks with leading college
presidents and progressive educators Sen-
orally He recognized that the University
" California was in position to assume
leadership in the field of Occidental CIV
ilizatiOn, and believed that ii was essen
tial that an expert educator should be
chosen. and that the salary should invite
the services of an all-round, able man Of
University affairs. A man was needed
nate material and eliminate the inferior.
Regent Rodgers aid not know among the
here for a salary Of $1,000 per annum
The right kind of q man will effect a
saving Of 800 900 in several years time
Regent FoOte, looking to the future, re-
marked that he would never surrender to
a president the right 70 govern the per-
sonnet Of the university. He proposed as
ii regent 10 exercise that right.
Or. Roweu remarked that his expert
ence in medicine was that the biggest
quacks got the largest fees.
Regent Slack advised the board that
the report simply fixed the amount that
might be expended for the presidents
salary. but did not fix the compensation.
Judge Wallace directed the attention Of
OF the conference committee report:
W submit the foregoing: First-With-
out Recommendation or comment, the
proposition 10 FIX the salary of the incom-
ing president Of tho university"
Regent Hallldie spoke Of the growth of
salaries in the United States and the great
sums paId Tor men with ability to direct
and organize. Am insurance president
with exceptional ability. in the selection
The head of the Wire and Steel Trust re-
Ceives $40 900 per annum. We cannot get
2 president Of the first rank for less than
$1,000. I do not think the UNIVERSITY at
this time should select a second-cIass
president"
The salary was fixed at $4,000 nv tba
vote of the following Regents: KeiIogg
Budd Hallidie, Houghton, Miller. Ra~nes
Rodgers. Rowell. Slack and Wallace-10
The proposition TO tax the students s20
q year provoked an animated discussion
The committee report recommended that
the proposed registration fee should CON
tinue only during the next academic wear
II also proposed that the laboratory fees
be reduced one-half and the diploma fee
he abolished.
Dr. Pardee regarded the whole scheme
as a makeshift-a burden 10 fall on the
students this year In justice to the stu
dents he approved the tax.
Regent Foote proclaimed his opposition
Regent Slack said the students were
simply invited to help out the university.
Judge Wallace left the chair to make
speech opposing the scheme. He opposed
The principle of calling upon students TO
Pay money for education which the State
promised should be free. He, called to
mind that the proposition had been voted
down by the regents because 1t was wrong
IN principle. He asserted that behind the
university was the wealth of the State
and the moral sentiment Of the common
wealth in favor of free education, THE