Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
Tu. lie of the Association Students Will
Be Cleared

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
April ). 19O0.-That every California
gIapegI over should. without delay, find
oat by experiment. just what resistant
viues are best adapted to his own soil,
in order that he may be insured
against ruin from phylloxera, is the
advice given by Frederick !. Bioletti
and A. NJ dal Piaz in the bulletin on
''Beuch- Grating Resistant Vines"
which is now ready for distribution by
the University of California.
No vineyardist should delay in
fancied security merely because
phyuoxera has not appeared in
his neigh bUrhood, say the Uni
verSity viticulturists, for it may
take three or four years of experiment.
ing to determine what species is best
suited to peculiar conditions of soil and
climate. The Rupestris st. George is
recommended wherever deep penetra-
tlation OF roots is possible and desirable,
but it is not suitable for the heaviest
clays. grating is advised.
Copies OF the bulletin may be obtained
upon application to Director E. w.
Higard, University of California.
The preliminary sketches of NJ.
Benard's revision of the prize-winning
Hearst Architectural Plans have ar
rived from Paris. The drawings out
line practical and beautiful plan for
all future buildings. After they have
been studied by the University author
tiles, they will be returned to NJ.
Bernard with suggestions for revis-
ions. BY October LIST. the final plans
will be in the hands of the Hearst
trustees.
Hereafter the University faculty will
appear in cap and gown at all public
celebrations, and 20 also the mem bers
of the graduating class on Commence
meut Day.
President John Simouds, of the
Simonds Saw Company, San Fran
cisco. has presented to the College of
Mechanics a fine Marsh steam pump of
the latest improved pattern. Hon.
Horace Davis of San Francisco, form
erly President of the University
has presented a large framed photo
graph of himself.
Director James Z. Keeler of the Lick
Observatory has been elected Presi-
dent OF the Astronomical Society of
the Pacific. Preparations are pro-
crossing rapidly for the Lick Observa-
tory total eclipse expedition to Georgia.
DR.. Alfred Emerson, the archaeolog-
list summoned from Paris by Mrs.
Hearst, has begun two series OF lee
lures at the University, one on Greek
Vases-Their Form and Decorations, :"
one on ''Greek Decorative and PictOr-
ial Sculpture, and a third series at
the. Mark Hopkins Institute of Art
in San Francisco on Greek Sculp-
ture. "
That San Francisco will in time be a
greater commercial center than New
York, is the prediction made by DIR.
William P. Wilson, Director of the
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, in
an address before the students. He
pointed out the fact that. there are
many more people dwelling on the
shores of the Pacific th$nsin Atlantic
lands and declared that the Copper
tunities of California are boandless.
Chief Harper of the Bureau of In
formation told the students that it is
trained specialists from the Universities
who will be the leaders of commerce
hereafter.
The enlarged University gymnasium
will be opened by a students dance on
Monday evening, April 10th. The
Bourbon spectacle will be presented in
the gymnasium latter in the term.
The Grand Opera House in San Fran
cisco will be given over to the students
during the week beginning Saturday,
April 7th. "James Wobberts, l: S. S.,
Boston,, the clever farce by Richard
Walton Tully Stockton, will be pre-
sented four times, and the University
Glee Club and speciality artists will give
minstrel show on the other nights of
the week. The object of this enter
prise is to clear the debt of the Assoc
lated Students.
The artillery detachment of the
University Cadets will Immediately be
reorganized,. as the two University
cannon, which were recalled by the
government during the Spanish war,
will now be returned to Berkeley.