Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-05
MYTH FRISCO REFUGEES
Strange and Picturesque Scenes
 on a College Campus.
GIRL STUDENTS IN RELIEF WORK

California University Faculty and
 Pupils United In SuccorinE tho
 Destitute Who Blocked to Berkeley,
 Cal.-Return of Cadets From Patrol
 Duty-Incident on the Picket Line.
 ''Can do anything to help you" po- litely asked lad in the Berkeley ca det uniform of me on the afternoon of the fourth day after San Franciscos terrible earthquake, writes the Berke- ley (Cal) correspondent of the New York Post under date of April P. I was standing at the station in Der kelley, where the University of Caiifor- mia is situated, anxiously scanning the crowds seeking missing friends.
 Where do you register refugees?"
 ''This way, madam, please and the cadet piloted me across the way, through groups of men wearing badges of relief committees to an inner wall where were posted printed sheets Of names and addresses.
 of you do not find your friends names here,'' said he, these gentle men will start inquiries for you at once."
 In the group he indicated l recog- nized some members of the college fac ulty, while others of that body came and went, each wearing relief badge and one a Red Cross band. The little plot around the Southern Pacific sta ton was roped in and piled with bun dles, cots, bedding and loose clothing. Citizens and refugees crowded the sidewalks; Red Cross nurses ran hither and yon; boys were calling the latest extras; excited Chinese gabbled and gesticulated to special police in khaki. As I walked up Centre street and turned in at the gateway nearest the Le Conte oak passed groups of men instantly recognizable as "Barbary Coasters" knots of wild looking Polish Jews children plainly of tenement house experience, Italians, Portuguese sailors and other types ordinarily not seen in Berkeley. Under the oak was group of Germans, looking like section of a Socialstic meeting, and l when I reached the Football statue on the campus I heard the unmistak- able ..south O Market factory girls | twang: .<
 Are youse out alive tool" said a thin voice.
 "sSwat! Fletcher life! An jest get ! wise to the waist I've got on! Got it up to a church, yisteday. They gim- me this skirt, too; ain't it beaut? My, but you look lovely! Did you git out O town in them clothes?'
 Nope. They gimme everything l got on, most. Look at this hat! Don't it match me skirt?"
 .Where ye eatin'?' Right here, at the free lunch"-pointing to the board tables beneath the oaks, where girl stu dents were quietly serving all who, pre- sented tickets. God knows what'll be next; we can't bum forever, but meals is sure now, and we're sleepin' in the tents; so we're just waitin'. We ain't saved thing.'
 Student cadets were patrolling the walks, and on the fence of the foot hall grounds were posted notices to the effect that every effort would be made to supply the wants of the refugees, the only conditions being that sanitary rules should be observed. One sign read:
 Letters will be written; stamps and paper furnished to those who apply
 The students relief headquarters are in Stiles hall, and here bright faced, light footed women students were running about or chatting. as they are wont to do when arranging a class reception. The halls and steps now, however, bore a motley array of bales, piles and bundles of bedding and cloth ing, and at the side of the steps a serious faced girl was searching In a pile for clothing to fit scared and grimy old man who looked like dock laborer or factory helper.
 A young woman paused moment in her work to answer my remark abou, the perfect organization which ap
 peared everywhere.
 "Yes." she said, "the women stu
 dents, under Mrs. Wheeler's direction
 are beautifully organized for work Each committee reports. morning and night. here, and no time or labor ii , permitted to be lost. Up to now wt have had on the campus chiefly the poorer foreign element, what some
 people call riffraff.N One great need ha:
 been for interpreters. The main body
 of men students has been detailed fol , duty in San Francisco, so in some in ; stances we have had to ask young girl i to try to explain sanitary regulations 5 and such things. For the last twenty } four hours the campus has been unde ' martial law. and we are making ever 1. effort to have the whole town unde that rule. as otherwise these peopl'
 will have brought an epidemic upon us we fear. We have almost every knowl . disease now in the improvised hos s pitals."
 1 Just then a girl came up jinglini e coin and saying. "Mr. Blank just gav !. s1O to the maternity fund" Yes,
 said my informant, we have severs
 cases in our Maternity hospital al q ready
 l. On the sidewalk before Stiles hall q | left 1t was an old German womal Q struggling with a huge dishpan file f with small kitchenware. "Let me hel a you. madam" said a delicate gir s stretching out a slender hand an a sfoanfnc fo share the burden.