The San Francisco call., 1904-09-14
REGENTS CANNOT SETTLE
SECRETARYSHIP PROBLEM
Election of McKowen's Successor Post
poned---Faculty Reorganized, and Col
lege of Agriculture Is Awarded Funds

industry. Most of the great asparagus fields
u the Sacramento River delta have been kept
entirely free from rust this season by methods
recommended by the university, ct practically
no extra expense to the growers, while in
fields not similarly treated the rust is pres
ent ana abundant AT sacramento most
complete demonstration has been made in the
way Of fungicidel treatment fo- badly infest-
ed localities, treated and untreated fields
standing side by side, under natural condi-
tions in every way Identical the one per-
fectly green and healthy the other black and
dead. The asparagus industry in California
represents a value of at least 81, 10000 in the
felds alone, together with numerous valuable
canning plants situated as to be useless
for any other purpose. The annual output
amounts TO perhaps S1,5O0.OoO in canned and
fresh asparagus.
Professor Smith came to the university a
year ago to undertake this work, which
had been provided for by contributions OF
the asparagus growers of California have
now authorized him to go East from Sep
tember to October in order that he may
complete his study of the asparagus rust by
comparing the methods which he has developed
here with the latest results achieved at other
agricultural experiment stations.
1 present herewith resolutions passed by the
Farmers Institute, held at Capitola on August
30 and 81, thanking the university and ex-
pressing high appreciation of the efforts or
the University OF California in disseminating
munities OF this State by means of Farmers
Institutes and other means.
The University of California will be rep
resented at the international Congress OF Arts
and Sciences at St. Louis by fifteen members
OF its faculty. Professor Jacques Loeb, Pro-
fessor Adoiph c. Miller and the president OF
the university will deliver departmental ad-
dresses Director w. w Campbell, Professor
Elmer E. Brown. Professor Carl c. Plehn.
Professor Samuel B. Christy. Professor Ber-
nard Moses and Professor William E. Ritter
will deliver sectional addresses: Professor Fred
eric W. Putnam and Professor Charles Mills
Gayley are to preside at departmental and sec
tional meetings, and Astronomer C. u: FER
rine Astronomer Robert G. Aitken. Profess
sor A. o. Leuschner and Professor NJ. W.
Haskell will speak at sectional meetings. Pro-
feSSOr George Davidson. Professor George ii.
Howson and Professor H. Morse stephens
were also invited to deliver sectional addresses
or to preside at meetings, but declined OF
American universities only Harvard. Columbia
and Chicago will be more numerously repre-
recommend that leave Of absence of two
weeks be granted each of these members or
the faculty. (Granted.)
STATISTICS OF ENROLMENT.
BY September the enrolment for the col
leges at Berkeley had reached total Of 2455
date last year, and 2434 by September 8. 1902
On September 20. 1901 the total enrolment
was 2229. and September 20, 1900. POOP
that IS to say, in five years the number of
students has increased by nearly one fourth
OF the 2455 students now enrolled S46 are this
year newcomers
Judging by previous years the further regis
trations between now and the end Of the year
will be not less than 300. which makes TO-
tai for the year of 2755, compared with
26ss last year; 1869 in 19o2-O3; 247o in 1901
o. and 2229 in 19O0-01.
The students of the professional schools will
be in addition to the total here given Of 1858
The figures are not yet available for this year.
but last year the total enrolment in the
schools OF law, medicine. dentistry. pharmacy
and art was 597. as compared with COG in
1e0z-O3 677 in 1901 -02 and 797 in 1900-01.
Making conservative estimate OF 500 for the
current year the total enrolment in all de-
partments of the university for the year would
amount to 33a5.
This is exclusive Of the summer session.
which for the current year registered 913 stu
dents as compared with S6S. $50, T99 and 433
for the four preceding years.
or the s46 students admitted this year COS
have been admitted regular students, 43
as limited, 100 Special students and 95 as
graduated students.
or the COS regular students S46 are
men and 262 women as compared with 32S
men and PA women in 1908. The percentage
of men among this years regular stu
dents is 57.4. compared with 603 last year,
and CO., In 1902.