The San Francisco call., 1905-08-13
BLUE AND COLD
EDITORS CALLED
Miss Bertha Boye Demands
Pay for Her Art Contribu-
tions to the Last Issue
SEES HER ATTORNEY
Young Woman Insists That
Work Regarded as Medi-
ocre Must Bring Coin

BERKELEY, Aug. l2.--An extraor-
binary demand for money, made by Miss
Bertha Boye, university coed, upon
Jackson Gregory and Prentiss Gray,
editor and business manager OF the last
Blue and Gold issued at the university,
has been followed by threat or ar
rest and litigation unless the money
desired is paid at once. Bertha Boye is
, a student at the Hopkins Art Institute
in San Francisco. She was on the art
stan of the 1906 Blue and Gold. with a
number of other art students from the
, institute, which is an institution az
fliated with the University of Califor-
mia. 1t was part of her duty, according
to the editors, to submit drawings for
use in the Blue and Gold. which is al
ways profusely illustrated, student tai
ent being responsible for the work.
Miss Boye demands money for her
share of this work. and the astounded
Blue and Gold incn who have received
her demand are now awaiting legal
summons which will call them into
court. where the young woman appar-
emily proposes to test her claim she
believes her work for the Blue and Gold
was worth at least s25. and has asked
Gregory and Gray. editor and manager
of the volume in which her drawing
appeared. to pay her that sum. Miss
Boyc has retained a lawyer in San
| Francisco to represent her. and the at
torney has informed Prentiss Gray
that he can save trouble and expense
By settling the claim out of court.
Miss Boyc's action is regarded as
unique. Never in the history Of the
university has an artist or writer for
the Blue and Gold been paid money for
his or her work. nor have any ever ex-
pressed q desire to be paid. college
spirit is supposed to prompt the work
ers. and love OF alma mater presumably
inspires all to do their best. according
to the college men who are most IA
miliar with campus traditions. To all
of these, who sympathiZe with the
luckless editor and manager of the '06
Blue and Gold, Miss Boye's demand for
money has come as u distinct shock.
The irony of the circumstance is re-
vealed when it is known that Jackson
Gregory. editor in chief of the Blue and
Gold, hesitated long before using Miss
Boye's contribution, not regarding it
with favor as 4 work of art. He finally
decided to print the drawing rather than
hurt Miss Boye's feelings by rejecting
the contribution.
He was called = by telephone a day
or two before Tho .iiue and Gold ap
peared for sale while it was still
the press. AMI asked by Miss Boye If
her drawing was being used.
1T is" answered Gregory.
Well. you know, of course, 1 will
expect to be paid for it," said Miss
Boye.
''Wha-a-t?" yelled Gregory.
Yes; about SIS will do" said Miss
Boye.
Gregory collapsed.
Later he consulted with Prentiss
Gray, his business manager. and the
two decided that 1t must be q hoax.
Later, when Gray received a letter from
Miss Boyes attorney advising him to
settle the young woman's claim at once,
the matter assumed a more serious as
pect
Neither Gray nor Gregory has en-
gagged counsel. but neither will admit
the intention to either pay the claim or
compromise it in any way.
Miss Boye's drawing, for which she
wants money, is OF a young woman
standing in pensive mood and non
chalant attitude at an entrance to the
Greek Thcater. Miss Boye believes 1t
is all worth at least SIS. It's real worth
may not be determined until art experts
appear on the stand in her suit for tho
So and give testimony regarding the
merits of the drawing.