The San Francisco call., 1904-03-09
REGENTS HOLD
BRIEF SESSION
DR.. R. Henebry of Washing
ton University Made In
structor in Celtic Philology
HISTORICAL ESSAY PRIZE
Finance Committee Granted
More Time to Consider APP
plicatiOns forSecretaryship

Guy {. Earl, Peter G. Yorke, Alden
Anderson. j. w. Mckinley, Thomas j.
Kirk. Charles S. Wheeler, Charles w.
Slack. Rudolph j. Taussig, John E.
Budd. A. w. Foster, John A Britton,
1. w. Hellman, Chester Rowell, c. n.
Ellinwood and Benjamin Ide Wheeler
attended the meeting of the University
Regents at the Mark Hopkins Institute
yesterday afternoon. Regent Earl pre-
sided.
The appointment of DR.. Rfcnard
Henebry to be instructor in Celtic phil
ology was announced by President
Wheeler and confirmed by the board.
The compensation allowed is $1,000 per
annum, that amount having been set
aside at former meeting of the Re-
gents.
The president reported that DR.. Hene-
bry received his degree of Phi. D. from
the University of Greifswald, where he
was a student under Professor Zim-
mer, one of the most distinguished
Celtic scholars in Europe. He has also
studied with Professor Strachan of
Owens College, Manchester, England.
and with Professor Thurneysen
of Freiberg in Germany. He was
brought to the presidents at
tention by Professor Strachan,
who has been associated most promi-
nently with the scholarly side of the
Celtic revival in Great Britain. Pro-
fessor Strachan was a fellow student
with President Wheeler in Germany
years ago. DR.. Henebry until quite re-
Gently was professor of Celtic philology
in the University of Washington, D. c..
and has more recently been engaged in
lectunng in Ireland and England. The
central interest of his studies lies in the
modern Irish literature, but he has
studied middle Irish and old Irish, and
he will be able to give courses in the
comparative philology of the Celtic lam
guages and in the earlier types of the
Celtic literatures.
President Wheeler made further an
nouncements as follows:
On March l there was received from
D. o. Mills a further contribution of
$4,000 toward the expenses of the Mills
expedition to South America.
Mrs. Hearst has presented $500 for
portion of the salary of the professor
ship of pathology for the remainder of
the current fiscal year. This is in con-
tinuation of a similar gift at cur
rent intervals for some years past.
NJ. Braverman of Visalia has present
ed TO the university a collection of sew
en- medals, some valuable mineralogical
specimens, and to the botanical mu-
scum some specimens of cork wood
grown in VisaIia
HISTORICAL ESSAY PRIZE.
The president submitted the following
communication from Regent r. j. Taus-
sig. president of the Mechanics Insti-
tute:
SAN FRANCISCO. March l, 1904.
PRESIDENT Benjamin l. Wheeler, University OF
California, Berkeley. Cal ...
Dear Sir: The scheme presented herewith
has been carefully thought out by competent
authority for which 1 have the highest regard,
and l am encouraged in the belief that it Will
meet with your approval and support;
Considering the service that has been rem
dered 70 the cause Of historical research by
the establishment of prizes for historical es-
says, and considering that the historical work
Of Mr. James Bryce began with the essay prize
that he won at oxford in 1868: and consider
inc the official relations existing between the
Mechanics Institute of San Francisco and the
University Of California. the president of the
Mechanics Institute, sincerely hoping that the
modest offer may be only a beginning to he
improved upon hereby offers the sum of one
hundred (s1Oo) dollars TO be awarded under
the title of ':The Bryce Historical Essay
der the following conditions
First-Competitors must be either seniors
graduates OF less than one years standing in
the University of California They must be
less than 25 years Of age, and must have spent
at least two years regular students in the
university.
second-The prize shall be awarded on
Charter day.
ThIrd-The subject for the Bryce historical
essay prize shall be selected by the examiners
from American European history.
Fourth-The examiners for the Bryce his
torical essay prize shall be three in number
appointed by the president of the University
Of California. Two of them shall be profess
sors of history in the University of California
who shall submit the essays in their Judgment
most worthy OF consideration to the third ex-
aminer, who shall not be connected with the
University of California. and whose judgment
shall be final. If in the judgment of the ex-
aminers no essay Of sufficient merit has been
presented there shall be no award In that
year.
Fifth-The essays ml,st be typewriter and
must be handed in unsigned to the recorder
by January 10 following the announcement of
the subject Each essay must bear distin-
gushing mark word, and must be accom-
panied b. an envelope containing the name OF
RUDOLPH J. TAUSSIG.
The foregoing proposition was unani-
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