New-York tribune., 1901-02-02
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PRESIDENT wHEELER's REPORT CONTAINS SOME
SURPRISING FIGURES

PRESIDENT wHEELER's REPORT CONTAINS SOME
SURPRISING FIGURES
Berkeley CAL Feb. (SpeciaD-Presdent Wheel
er's first biennial report has been issued II makes
a volume OF 100 pages. which contains besides
President Wheeler's own report. an account OF
recent discoveries and researches at the Lick OBJ
servatory on Mount Hamilton. written by Director
James l.. Keeer just before his death: reports on
the work Of the art. law. medical postgraduate
medical, dental. pharmaceutical and veterinary de-
partments in San Francisco: a financial statement
reports from the officers OF faculty and student
organizations and list Of recent gifts to the
university
This list Of gifts is surprising in it's variety and
notable containing the first attempt at an
authentic statement of the benedcences Of Mrs
PhPbe \. Hearst. the woman regent The state
ment is unavodably incomplete but detailed figures
given whose sum is s27l sos %. This total in
cludes the expense OF the Hearst international
architectural competition. made public for the first
time in this report S125O29 but does embrace
the $4,000 or more which Mrs. Hearst is spending
tian, Grecian. Roman. Early Christian. BYZANTINE
tlquties for the university museum,
Surprising figures are given TO show that Cali
oumber OF undergraduates s95-and nth in total
enrolment. including the professional schools and
on N9yember | was was '9a Columbia $l2s Michigan
yersity From SOyembeT T. isas 70 'i SoVember uni J.
that OF any other American university during the
same period. Chicago coming next with 3If
In California there is one college student for every
as OF population. a larger proportion than in any
other State in the Union, OF the students in Cali
fornia colleges, 81 per cent are drawn from Cali
fornia. President Wheeler believes that the chief
for the rapid Increase In the number OF stu
dents az the university is that there exists in
California no class OF the population willing 10
withhold from It's children the fullest opportunity
for the highest attainment for there is no class
for itself and it's children
The department of Oriental languages President
Wheeler announces. is preparing a series Of suit
able textbooks for the study OF Chinese and Japa-
has circulated illustrated description OF
the university. in Chinese among the prncipal
officials and wealthy merchants of China: offers
special instruction in Oriental subjects for students
who wish engage in mercantile. technical. educa-
tiOnal missionary work in the orient I'd hopes
soon to establish an Oriental home for Ine Japa-
nese and Chinese students who entering the
university in increasing number.
Among the needs OF the university for the nearer
future President Wheeler mentions library funds 10
the amount OF $500 $50, modern library building
an alumni hall which snail form the centre OF the
daily social life of students, alumni and teachers;
an art building. for art and archaeology: a school
of forestry departments of music. architecture
archaeology, irrigation, dairy husbandry and naval
architecture; prOfesSOrships OF Spanish Russian.
general ngulstcs, the art of speaking and physical
chemistry. and the endowment OF chairs in the
College of Commerce.