The San Francisco call., 1906-06-27
MANY At TENDING
SUMMER SESSION
Falling Off in Enroll
ment Not So Large
as Expected.
Registration for School
on Opening Day
Is 644.

BERKELEY, June 26.-The univer-
sity authorities jubilantly announce to-
day their belief that the summer school
will almost equal in point Of numbers
the session last year, and this in spite
of the cloud that was cast over the
prospects of this year by the disaster
in San Francisco.
The recorder issued the following
statement. including figures. today:
The summer session of the Univer-
sity of California opened with total
registration of 644, as compared TO I5l
registered on the opening day of last
year. The late registrations last year
brought the total up to 7s5. There
will be a considerably larger per-
centage of late registrations this year
Eastern students will avail themselves
of the cheap rates which. were effective
June 25. From present indications the
will be nearly the equal of and may
possibly exceed that of last year, not
withstanding the fact that many peo-
pie were deferred from attending. on
account of the San Francisco fire. Con-
trary to the expectations of some the
students have all secured accommoda-
tions at the same average rates which
lodging, There are still plenty of ac-
COMMUNICATIONS for all those who viii
come. The special rate of one fare
plus two dollars for the round trip
is open until July TO- There Is no
charge for late registration, there
fore many who found 1t inconyentent
to register today will do so later.
The biggest card" at the summer
school undoubtedly is Professor Hugo
de Vries of Holland.
His work on osmosis in plant cells is
a classic which has not only proved Of
fundamental Importance to botany, but
has led to far reaching CONGRATULATIONS
In physical chemistry. The theory of
solutions developed by Arrhenius, Want
Hoff and Ostwald is largely founded
on the work OF De Vries. His theory of
heredity, founded on the pangensis the
ory of Darwin, has attracted wide at
tention among biologists. The devel-
opment of this theory led him to the
conclusion that evolution must take
place by sudden changes or leaps He
began to seek for evidence on this
point and has carried on his expert
ty years In the botanic garden of the
University of Amsterdam, where he is
professor of botany.
Professor de Vries. more than any
other man of his generation, deserves
to rank with Darwin. His mastery
grasp of the great body of facts in
volved In the study of evolution is
equaled only by his patience and skill
in following up the obscure and frag-
mentary clews which have eventually
led to such brilliant success. Seien-
lists since Darwin have been able to-
do little more than pile up accumula-
tions of lifeless facts. De Vries by
single stroke of genius has vivified this
great mass and put new meaning into
the theory of evolution. He has ac-
complished what most Darwinians be-
lieved impossible. He has shown that
evolution may be observed and ex-
perimented with in the same manner as
any other life process. Henceforth ev-
olution is removed from the limits of
indirect observation and speculation.
The time has now come when it may
be investigated blythe sure and tried
methods of direct observation and ex-
pertinent.