The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
Hear Friends of Professor Putzker. but
Decline to Reinstate Eminent
Instructor.
President Wheeler Files Important Report
Regarding Many Vital
Subjects.

The Board Of Regents of the UHiver-
sity OF California met yesterday after
noon at Mark Hopkins Institute of Art
Regent Earl presiding There We're
present besides the chairman. Presi-
dent BENJAMIN lde Wheeler. Regents
Charles s. Wheeler. Mrs. Phoebe A
Hearst. Slack, Foster, BTitton, Ellen
wood, WayRaire, Roweli, Budd, McEner-
ney and ReinStein.
One of the first matters to receive at
tention was the hearing of a delegation
from Tulare. composed of 7. II. Tkomp-
son, representing the County Board OF
Trade; Emmett Barber. the grange
John Touhy. the Tulare Board of Trade;
7. B. Twaddle. the Board of Supervisors
and j. Goldman. who came TO Oppose
the abolishtng Of the Tulare expert
mental agricultural station, the petit
TONERS claiming that the proposed cen
tral station in Berkeley coulie not do
the experimental work requisite by
reason OF different soil and ciinlati.
conditions. They urged that it would
be a great detriment to the San Joaquin
Valley were the station abandoned. IN
view OF the good work already done and
10 be done there yet
The delegation contended that the
station is desired for the benefit of the
whole San Joaquin Valley in all scien
tific lines of farming, including irriga-
/ tion and the treatment of alkali soils.
The California State Boarl of Trade
and the Kern County Board Of Trads
protested against abandoning the ex-
! perimental station.
After hearing the arguments OF the
members OF the delegation the board
voted to refer the matter to the COM
mittee on agricultural and expert
mental stations.
PUTZKER'S LONG SERVICE.
/ DR.. Franz KuCkein. Theodore PintheI
and Albert Curtin, representing vari-
Gus German organizations, numbering
many thousands, appeared in relation
/ to Professor Albin Put5ker. who. after
! thirty-one years service in the uni
versity, had been reduced from a full
/ TO an honorary professorship, with the
reduction also of his salary from $4,000
to $4,000. The gentlemen petitioned thar
the professor be restored to his former
position, urging that he was just as
capable as he ever was of holding the
full professorship, and that after SO
many years he should be entitled TO a
pension, which, they feared, might be
lost TO him by the step taken by the
board. II was thought that If his sal
ary was not provided for in the next
budget he would be dropped without
notice or pension.
DR.. Curtin hoped they would not de-
prive the professor of a pension after
SO long a service. William W. Deamer
also spoke in support of Professor Putz-
keT
Later the board went into executive
session and decided that the best in
terests of the university and justice of
the cause would be best suhserYed by
adhering to the action taken by the
board in May.
The grounds and building committee
recommended that 200 granted by
the last Legislature be used TO COM
plete the presidents house for his use.
A contrsct amounting to SS22S was
awarded to the Contra Costa Construe-
ton Company for grading around Cali
foInia Hall, Regent Hearst was ap-
pointed TO the grounds and buildings
committee.
1t was determined to hold al meet
ings in san Francisco instead of two
at the end OF the term in Berkeley. The
report of the corsInittee on grounds aud
buildings approved the item of $4,000
for the library.
PRESIDENTS REPORTS.
President wheeler's reports were
adopted, as foI4ows:
That the resignation of f. G. Dorety
as lecturer having been accepted, H.
w. Ballentine be appointed lecturer in
law at $3.50 per annum, and A NJ. Kidd
instructor in law at 500 per annum.
Mr.. BaIlentine received his A. B. and
his LIB. from Harvard University, and
Mr.. Kidd graduated from the Uniyer-
sity of California in 1900, and from the
law school of Harvard University in
1903.
That Bernard Etcheverry be appoint
ed assistant professor of irrigation at
80 - . Af,z%
ment date from June l, 1905, A P. Sto-
veris resignation as instructor in irri-
cation having taken effect at that time.
That Don e. Smith, a graduate of
Cornell University of the class of 1900,
be appointed lecturer in university eX-
tension and assistant in history at $500
per annum, from July /, 1905. This
represents no increase of the budget.
Six hundred dollars of Mr. Smiths sal
airy will be paid from university exten-
sion funds and the remaining 5000 from
the funds already provided for assist
anee in history. Mr.. Smith was for two
years a graduate student at Cornell; he
was a fellow and assistant in history at
Cornell; he has studied in Germany,
spain and Italy, and fer the past two
years has been head of the department
of history in the Buffalo High School.
That c. F. Gilerest be appointed as
sistant in electrical engineering at 5000
for the year beginning July 1, 1905,
succeeding Arthur S. Wheeler, resign ed.
Mr. GiIcrest graduated from the Uni
versity of California in 1903; for two
years he was in the Schenectady fac
tory of the General Electric Company,
and for the past six months he has
been at the De Saba power house of
the California Gas and Electric Corpor-
alton. This involves an increase in the
budget
That the resignation be accepted of
DIR. Max AIargolis, associate professor
of Semitic languages. DR.. Margolis has
resigned TO accept a call from the He
brew Union College.
That r. Pinger be appointed assist
ant in German from July /, 1905. at $500
per annum. to succeed w. H. Matlock.
resigned.
That Miss Adelaide NJ. Hobe, gradu-
ate of the University OF California, and
Miss Fredrica Chase, graduate OF
Yassar, be appointed Carnegie assist
ants in the Lick Observatory from De-
cenber /. 1907, with salary at se2 so
each per month. They will take part
in the measurement and reduction OF
~rosEIev reflector photo gra phS of Eros,