The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28

palmer than print so far shalt thou
gosS;and f,i1sz;;fafther,sf ..sAnd then to my
sitsforted vision appeared a big, ugly,
sfhrea tening fngerspointing straight at
me and bearing the words, This means
so Il was outside .und e9'r the spreading
osrsSs, almost zconceaiiilg the slos cabin
beneath. that ! was told;ethe story of
the origin and building Of seiliSSie SSies;a4ail.
z ssEile idea Observation-Disclosures sears ego
in the opening words. of speceH bs,
Professor Gayley at a banquet given
by the senior honor societys dhes
Golden Bear" IN that speech the. Pros
fesscr Of English said, Let the5!men
Of the university have home OF their
own
The keynote sounded in that dozen
words sung and vibrated through EalI
the hlps and downs that had to be met
during the following years.
The girls OF the university had, for
some time, had meeting place at
Hesrst Hall The men of the senior
class had absolutely no rendezvous
which could be called exclusively their
own. Their rallies in the Greek Thea
ter We're OF necessity open TO the CO.
eds, and the demands for a home for
the senior men of the university
seemed imperative.
Gsyley's Idea Adopted.
The Golden Bear. Society adopted
Professor Gayiey's idea and the move
ment went forward with bounds and
jumps. Under the enthusiasm of the
moment $500 was subscribed that
evening. Many Of the alumni helped
TO swell the fund
Governor Pardee.- Charles stctson
Wheeler. Professor II. NJ. stephens and
H. d. cowles were all interested from
the start and gave much more sub
stantial aid than good wishes and ad-
vice.
However. when ali the natural
sources. of revenue were exhausted
there was still a deficit of $1,000 TO meet
the estimated cost Of the building. ac-
cording to the plans drawn by the uni
versity architect John Gaien Howard.
What more natural thing. then. than
to appeal at this junetures to the Fairy
Godmother? She had built Hearst Hall
for the girls. she had given freely of
her wealth to aImest every building on
the campus. Was it unreasonable to
suppose that she would help in this
new venture2 On Mrs. Hearst, then.
committee called There was but one
outcome-there always is but ono as
the result OF any silcn appeal to Mrs
Hearst where college matters arc con-
cerned- The nccessary =. $1,000 was made
up and the actual work began last
October. just year ago
Before, however. any work at all
could be done, it was necessary to OBJ
tain the consent OF the Regents to the
erection OF the building. There is a
law of the university that there shall
be no private homes or buildings with
in the grounds of the university. So
when the proposition came from the
Golden Bear Society to erect this hall
some of the Regents vetoed the sugges-
tion as an infringement of this rcgu-
lation. But it was nor the Intention of
the society to appropriate the building
as its own. They were simply bearing
the greater part OF the expense and,
when completed, it was to be handed
over to the senior class of 1907 and to
their successors, as home for the
senior men.
The building itself is constructed of
rough redwood logs in their natural
dress and is rs feet wide and 60 feet
long. The logs were all brought from
Cazadero. Regent Foster transporting
them free Of charge over the North
Shore Railroad Great care had to be
taken to have them hewn at just the
proper season of the year, when the