The San Francisco call., 1906-04-07
CALIFORNIA
LEADS AMONG
UNIVERSITIES

BERKELEY, April e.-The University OF
California leads all State universities of the
country in the number Of students enrolled. In
the amount of money paid as salary to the
university president, and the maximum salary
paid to professors. President Wheeler today
received a table of statistics for the years
19c4-05 OF the National Association of State
Universities that reveals these facts.
California in l904-05 had 42f9 students en-
rolled. Illinois was next with 3731, Wisconsin
third with 3342, Nebraska fourth with 272S,
her State College and 1854 in her state 'U UNI
versty. New Mexico has the fewest students.
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In the matter of salary paid to university
presidents. California leads. President Wheeler
receiving $4,000 yearly. The University of
Illinois pays $4,000; Wisconsin, $1,000; Nebraska,
$1,000: Missouri, $4,000, while New Hampshire
pays least $2100.
The maximum salary paid professor is
$1,000, and this is paid at the University of
California. The Massachusetts Agricultural
College is next, paying $500 as maximum
Wisconsin $4,000 and Texas $4,000. New Mexico
is lowest with $500.
Illinois leads in the numerical strength of the
teaching force. having 261 instructors: Missouri
POI. New Mexico has fewest instructors, in
number.
The choice of university farm site near
Davisville. Yolo County. is commented upon
by Professor Wickson. in a signed statement
today follows:
THE. selection of the Davisvile site for the
university farm is emnently wise. At the
close of my first examination of the farms Of
fered l considered 1t as the most available
because of convenience of access, means of
frequent communication, prominence through
proximity to main overland and local railway
lines and because it so fully answered the
requirements of the law in the character of the
soil. amply and established irrigation facilities
and because 1T is so thoroughly representative
of wide interior valley conditions. There can
be no question that the law passed by the last
Legislature contemplates just such a situation
and in it's action the commission has directly
carried out the law.
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account some other considerations which led
me TO commend other sites alternative with
County sites Woodland seemed to me to
stand first because SO many excellent buildings
would be acquired with the land and the util-
ization of them would save time and money In
opening instructional work the land An
other site which was commended, chiefly be-
cause of proximity to the university was the
tract near Walnut Creek but it was for the
commission to decide just what weight should
be attached to proximity 1t is possible that
the confuGion of interests in Contra Costa
County may have obscured the claims of that
site.
THE fact remains however. that Davisvlle
is chosen the most available from all points
OF view ard most thoroughly representative of
irrigated interior valley conditions
The university meeting this morning was adj
dressed by President Tucker of Dartmouth
College and by Rev C. r. Brown, pastor of the
First Congregational Church of Oakland. Rev
growth, physical. intellectual and spiritual
urging that the seeds of strong manhood be
planted early in life. President Tucker spoke
of what education really is, declaring that 1t
is the possibility of seeing the things that one
has to do
The fifth concert of the symphony series will
be held in the Greek Theater Thursday after
noon, April IL, at $3.50 O. clock. The programme
will be devoted to a rendition of Wagner music
as follows: Prelude to ''Parsifal''; transforma-
tion and finale of the first act from
.'Parsifal'; Good Friday SPELL from "Parsi-
fal"; Wotan's farewell and magic fire music
from die Gotterdammerung overture to
'.Tannnauser."
The orchestra has been strengthened and en-
larged to 100 players including thirty-eight
wind and percussion instruments and sixty
two etringed instruments.