Amador ledger., 1900-01-05
New Pathological Association
of the Pacific Coast.
RARE HONOR BESTOWED ON PRESIDENT WHEELER
Hearst Hall to Be Opened January
degrees That Have
Been Conferred.

VI w 0ob0IA QhNOoOOS0AJ
will result from the organization of the
new Pathological Association of the
Pacific Coast. Every university and
college of Importance in California and
in Oregon and many schools and acad
emies sent representatives to the con-
vention which was held. last Friday and
Saturday in. the Mark Hopkins Insti-
tute of Art at San Francisco, for the
formation of the new society. The
first annual address was delivered by
President Ide Wheeler of the Univer
sity of California. His address was
''The Place of Philology." He said
that the study of language and 1itera-
ture cannot be divorced, that litera
ture is mans completest tself-expression,
and that literary appreciation and his
torical research should be inseparably
interviewer with the study of Ian
guages. He protected against barren
Journalism and pedantic absorption in
technicalities.
''Chinese has many claims to be con-
sidered better adapted than any other
tongue to become the universal Ian
guage, - said DR.. John Fryer, Agassiz
Professor of Oriental Languages in the
University of California, in his address
to the philologists. DR.. Fryer declared
Chinese the most comprehensive and the
most expensive of languages. He said
that it is language without gram
mar, without punctuation, without
moods, lenses, cases, or persons, vet
possessing immense 6exibility of
adaptation and wide scope for expan-
sion.
Scholarly papers on the Greek,
Latin, Semitic, German, French. and
English literatures and languages wele
read by philologists from Leland
Stanford Junior University of Cali
fornia, the University of Oregon, Whit
man College, Wash, and by repre-
sentatives of. number of other col
leges and high schools. The assoeia-
ton adjourned at the end OF two
days session, after electing permanent
officers, arranging for regular meet
ings hereafter, and adopting cOnstitu-
ton similar to that of the American
Pathological Association. Life mem
bership can be secured for a fes of $50.
The expenses of the active member
ship will be small. The publications of
the society promises to be OF impor-
tance The organization VIII un-
doubtedly prove a powerful stimulous
to original scholarships.
One of the greatest hOnors which
can fall to the classical scholar has
been bestowed upon President Benja-
min Ide Wheeler of the University of
California DIR. Wheeler has been
made a corresponding member of the
Imperial Archaeological Institute of
Germany, learned society conducted
under the auspices of the German
Government, which supports schools
of classical studies at Rome and at
Athens, and conducts excavations and
explorations in Greece, Italy, Asia
Minor, and other parts of the ancient
world. 1t is only with extreme rarity
that the honor of membership is con-
ferred upon foreign scholars.
The celebrated French symbolic
poet Henri de Regnier of Paris has
completed arrangements with the Uni
versity of California for series of five
lectures, to be delivered at o'clock on
the afternoons of April II, 10, q, %,
and %, 1900, in Hearst Hall, Berkeley.
M. de Regnier will speak in French.
His subjects will be as follows: "Par-
nassians and Symbolists Origins of
Contemporary Poetry" ''The New
Poetry School," ''The Poets of To-
day-Future of Poetry 'Alfred de
Vigny-A Precursor, and "Jose-Ma-
ria de Heredia - The generosity of
Prince Poniatowski has made it posi-
BILE for these lectures to be free of
charge for admission.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst will, Satur-
day afternoon, January 9Th, for the
first time welcome the students of the
University to Hearst Hall. Her hos
pitable doors will be thrown open for
all the members of the University and
for whosOever else desires to meet Mrs.
Hearst. Mrs. William S. Ritter, the
woman physician of the University,
held New Year ''at home" last Mon
day for all the college girls who have
spent the Christmas holidays in Berke-
ley.
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler and
number Of members Of the faculty
have both attended the Southern Cali
fornia Teachers Association conven-
tion at Los Angeles and the convention
of the State Teachers Association at
Sacramento during the holidays, and
have taken prominent part in the de-
alterations of those bodies.
Work will begin at once upon the
new extension to the University gym
nasium which will enable the building
to be used as an auditorium. The
seating capacity will be 2200. Only
$500 was available for this purpose
and for needed extension to the
Chemistry building, while $19, SOD was
required. Mrs. Hearst presented to
the University the needed balance.
Pidc for tho worry were onened at tho