The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
FAIL TO ELECT
NEW SECRETARY
University Regents Postpone
Selection of Successor to
.Defaulter w. A. McKOwen
SOME SPLENDID GIFTS
John D. Spreckels, William
H. Croker, Mrs. ?. Hearst
and Others Are the Donors

After an hours deliberation behind
locked doors yesterday afternoon the
State Board Of University Regents an
nounced that II had given its finance
committee thirty days more TO wrestle
with the task Of selecting and recon-
mending for election a candidate for
permanent secretary, TO I'LL the vacancy
made by the discovery Of William A.
. McKowen's $4,000 defalcation. 1t was
also given out TO the press that no
names Of applicants for the place were
mentioned, most Of the executive ses-
sion having been devoted 10 discussion
-of the salary question
In the absence Of Governor Pardee
the chair was occupied by Guy c. Earl
and Acting Secretary Elton kept the
minutes. Among the Regents present
were Britton Budd, Dohrmann, Foster,
McEnerney. XOrke, Wheeler and Rein
stein. President Wheeler of the uni
versity and Attorney c. A. Shook, the
boards legal adviser. were also there.
President Wheeler's report acknOWl-
edged several valuable gifts TO the uni
Versity. Il stated that Mrs. Hearst will
give about $50. 900 for maintenance of
the department Of anthrOpolOgy dur
ing the year 1904-05; that John D.
Spreckels has given $1,000 TO enable the
university to come into possession Of
one Of the finest and most complete pri-
vate Germanistic Libraries in the world;
that William II. Crocker has offered TO
defray the expense $1,000, of sending
expeditions from the Lick Observatory
70 Egypt, Labrador and Spain to OBJ
serve the total eclinse Of the sun next
August: that a number of friends of
the Lick Observatory have given to-
tai Of s2o5o TO help pay the cost of
publishing q volume Of that institu-
tons observations of the nebulae and
star clusters inaugurated by Director
Keeler. and that several smaller bene-
factions have been received
The library purchased with Mr..
Spreckels' donat tion. President Wheeler
explained is that OF the late Professor
Karl WeinhOld Of the University Of
Berlin. who was one Of the most dis
tinEuished scholars Of the last half
century. During his career Of sixty
years as professor Of Germanic phil
ology he collected a thorough working
library OF about 10000 volumes and
pamphlets which covers effectively the
. entire range Of Germanistic studies
The modern classics. literary criticism
q and the history of literature. by this
splendid gift" said President Wheeler,
M SDreckels provides the German
department Of the State University,
which has been sorely hampered by the
inadequacy Of its library, with an
equipment which cannot fail to give
powerful impetus to advanced study in
the Germanic languages and litera-
lures. not only at Berkeley, but in con-
junction with the Hildebrand library
At Stanford and on the Pacific Coast
generally"
Considerable time was consumed in
discussion Of the finance committees
recommendation that the board Of re-
gents appoint a committee Of three To
reorganize the financial system Of the
medical department Of the university
with a view 10 taking il under actual
control Of the board. The committees
report was adopted
A committee Of five regents VIII be ap-
pointed TO confer with the San Diego
association. Of which E. ". Scripps is
president that has arranged to spend
s4505 q year for the establishment and
maintenance Of a marine biological ex-
ploring outfit and station at Coronado.
The association desires the university's
cooperation 10 the extent Of publishing
the results Of its research.
DR.. NJ Hertzstein has offered to give
$500 TO provide for lectures. TO be de-
mvered in Berkeley, on some subject
fundamental TO medicine, and DR..
. aIonzo r. Taylor. professor of pathology
in the university, has been selected as
the lecturer.
Last years enrolment at the VIII
merdIng school was 40, twenty-five
more than the previous year and the
total expense Of maintaining the insti-
tuition was So, 900.
The board decided TO appropriate
$4,000 for the construction Of two roads
at the university in accordance with the
Hearst plans. one extending from Dana
street 10 College avenue and the other
leading from a new entrance on Center
street.
The recent summer school enrolled
1925 students and cost the university
only 1864.
The university will spend this year
slO2 sos on agriculture, mechanics and
military science. This is $19,935 more
than its income for those purposes.