The San Francisco call., 1905-01-16
COMES TO AID
OF HELLER
Santa Barbara Chamber of
Commerce IndOrses Plan
for Agricultural Work
URGES APPROPRIATIONS
Southern Californians Desire
to See University Depart
ment Greatly Broadened
URGES APPROPRIATIONS
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
214S Center Street, Jan. 15.


President Benjamin Ide Wheeler to-
day received communication from the
Chamber of Commerce of Santa Bar
bara which embodies encouraging re-
suits of his visit to the State Farmers
Institute recently held there, The
Chamber of Commerce has adopted
resolutions relating to the broadening
and general extension of the univer-
sity's work in the agricultural depart
ment. and these have been sent to the
university authorities. They are as fol-
lows:
whereas During recent years the agricul-
tura1 college OF the University of California
has been rendering invaluable service to the
farming interests of the State; and
Whereas the additions Of department or
dairying, a department of plant pathology, a
bureau of correspondence instruction. depart
ment of irrigation, and the extension of the
work in yiticulture, entomology, bacteriology'
veterinary science and institute instruction are
deeply appreciated and call for encouragement
to further endeavors: and
Whereas, The expansion along all these
lines has made the present buildings OF the
college utterly insufficient for its needs; and
Whereas. we believe there should be large
and generous treatment OF the college on tne
part of the State that 1t should be fully and
properly equipped, and that 1t should be the
peer of the agricultural college of any State
Therefore. Be it resolved, by the Board Of
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce OF
Santa Barbara County. That we recompend
that the Legislature provide the means Tor
building at Berkeley worthy of the Depart
ment of Agriculture and equal TO that pro-
posed for the Department of Mining; that APP
preparation be made for proper farm for illus
tration and instruction. and that increased
provision be made for special INVESTIGATION OF
plant diseases and the study OF special prob
lens affecting the plant and animal products
of the State.
Resolved. That copies of these resolutions be
sent to our representatives in the legislature
and to his Excelency, Governor Pardee.
Announcement was made to-day at
the university offices that one of the
important features Of the summer
school curriculum will be contributed
by Mrs. Anna Botsford Comstock or
Cornell University. She is known for
her work in nature study and agricul-
tural courses.
Mrs. Comstock is to give at the sum-
mer school here two independent
courses, one to be the regular nature
study course, to consist each week of
four lectures and a conference; the
second, a course on nature-study liter
ature. In this course she will discuss
first the nature study manuals; second,
the popular books on nature which
may aid the teacher in nature-study,
and third, nature-study literature. This
last Will include lectures on the writ
ings of Gilbert White, Richard jeff
ries, Isaac Walton, Thoreau and others,
and also discussions of nature poetry.
Mrs. Comstock is well known as a
natural history artist and wood en-
graver and received a bronze medal at
the Pan-American Exposition in 1901
for her wood engraving. In 18S9-190O
she was a lecturer at Stanford Uniyer-
sity.
She is the author Of several books,
one Of which is Problems of the Six
Footed" and is joint editor with her
husband, Professor John Henry Com
stock at one time United States En-
tomologist at Washington, and at pres
ent professor of entomology at Cornell
University, of several important works
in entomology.