The San Francisco call., 1903-01-14
REGENTS HOLD
REGULAR SESSION
Elect I. w. Hellman Jr.
to the Position Of
Treasurer.
Department Of Electricity
for the Wilmerding
School.

The Regents of the University Of Cali
fornia met yesterday afternoon in the Re
gents Hall at the Mark Hopkins Insti-
tute Of Art. Owing TO the absence Of Gov
ernor Pardee who is president of the
Board. Judge Charles w. Slack presided.
The following Regents were present:
r. J. Taussig, Benjamin Ide Wheeler,
l. w. Hellman, c. w. Slack. j. E. Budd,
Arthur ". Foster Charles y. Ellinwood.
Charles S. Wheeler and G. c. Earl.
Upon motion, of President Benjamin Ide
Wheeler of the University of Califor-
MIA vote Of thanks was rendered to the
Carnegie Institution for Scientific Re
search at Washington, d. c., for the
$4,000 yearly donation TO the Lick Observ-
atory for purposes of research at that
institution. In commenting upon the gift
President Wheeler stated that the
amount would be given for several years
TO come and he hoped to get other
amounts for scientific research in other
directions.
I. w. Hellman Jr. was elected to fill
The position of treasurer of the univer-
sity, vice Louis Sloss, deceased, and will
be requested 10 give bond in the sum of
100000.
A letter was received from A. H. Bald
win of the firm of Baldwin & Howell
making an offer TO the Regents to buy
the undivided half interest belonging to
the university in the marsh lands in San
Mateo County donated to the institution
by Miss Jennie Flood. The writer stated
that his client would be willing to pay
the same price as that received by the
late J. W. Mackay. A report from the
I committee TO whom the communication
had been referred recommended that the
IL. "a
for the purpose of making an inVesti-
cation and reporting as to the desira-
bility of selling the land and as TO the
! best price obtainable
AVERSE TO SELLING LAND.
After some discussion, Regent He'll
man stated that he was averse TO sell
/ ing any land at the present time, even
/ though marsh land, and he called
/ the attention of the Regents to the fact
/ that the financial standing Of Cornell
/ University had been obtained by retain
/ ing lands belonging to that university.
I The report OF the committee adopt
/ ed.
T. B. Willoughby was appointed help
I er in the mining laboratory for this term
and his remuneration was fixed at s75 per
month. The first payment of SIG on the
scholarship of the Alpha Sigma Delta So
rority of the Los Angeles High School was
I received and ordered turned over to the
treasurer.
A letter of thanks was received from
the extension class in Japanese for the
opportunity of learning this language and
the students expressed their apprecia-
tion Of the painstaking efforts Of their in
structor, Professor Yoshi Kuno.
President Wheeler informed the Re
gents that all of the legislators inter
ested in the welfare of the university
had signified their intention of visiting
sl,a at
II O'Clock. 10 attend the regular univer-
sity meeting. A large number of Assem-
blymen and Senator's will be present and
short addresses will be made to the as
sembled students. At noon luncheon will
be served 10 the guests. A majority of the
/ Regents will also attend the meeting.
The Wilmerding School Committee re-
ceived a communication from George A.
/ Merrill, Director of the Wilmerding
/ School, as follows:
THE organization Of the Wilmerding
/ School includes at the present time ten
departments, follows: Carpentry
/ cabinet-making, forgework, bricklaying
plumbing woodcarving and modelling ar
/ chitectural drawing, English branches
mathematics, sciences.
NEED A NEW DEPARTMENT.
beginning with the next school year.
July J. 1903. I recommend the addition Of
a department Of electricity. 1t is my
policy to develop along the line CT the
building trades rather than the ma
chinery trades and in order that the new
! department may harmonic with this idea
Il will be my aim not to engage in the
I construction of dynamos or other
| heavy electrical machinery, but to devote
my efforts more particularly TO teaching
the practical applications Of electricity
in dwellings. office buildings, etc.,-such
work as wiring buildings for lighting, in
stallation of annunciator systems, tele-
phones. elevator service, medical and
dental appliances, electroplating, electro
tvping. operation of light factory ma
chinery, etc.
sSuch a department will not only be
useful in offering youths an opportunity
TO learn electrical working as a trade
but il will also make il possible for the
bows in our architectural department and
some Of the other trades TO acquire in a
practical way that incidental knowledge
! of electricity which nowadays seems nee
| essary for everybody.
The cost of equipment will not exceed
! $500 and this mainly for materials. Most
of the appliances would be made at the
school,"
The committee in recommending the
adoption Of the request expressed its ap-
proval of the manner in which the spirit
Of .he Wilmerding endowment has been
maintained at the school, The salary of
! an instructor in the new department was
fixed at 1920 per annum.
After allowing the usual monthly bills
/ the board adjourned until the next reg
ular meeting.
Domestic Sues for Wages.
! Paula Zahrndt, a domestic, filed a suit