The San Francisco call., 1907-01-03
WHEELER TELLS Of
THE UNIVERSITY
His Biennial Report Shows
Need of More Money to
Meet College Expenses
CAPT. NANCE PRAISED

BERKELEY, Jan Bouquets for
Captain j. T. Nance a flower for the
university students who have de-
creased rowdyism among themselves
during the last two years and a sable
wreath for the financial end OF the
university-these stand out prom
inentiy in the biennial report of Pres
ident Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the
University of California to the Gov
ernor OF the State. The report was
issued from the university press to-
day II consists of 274 pages and deals
exhaustively with the history of the
university during the last two years
Especlal attention is given by Pres
ident Wheeler in his report to the eff
feet upon the universitys finances of
the San Francisco disaster of last
! spring He declares that the uni
versity's income for the next two
years is to be reduced from one-sev-
enth to one-sixth because of the calam-
] lty. and describes this prospect of
loss as appalling" He says that
the finances of the university suffered
a much severer blow than has gener-
ally been recognized The immediate
losses arising from damage to build
lngs in San Francisco and from loss
OF income up to January 1, 1907, were
In part made good by special appro-
prlation of the Legislature. The re-
port explains how this appropriation
OF SsS,s00 was allotted for the repair
Oh losses to the various departments
and TO make up the estimated loss of
income from the 2-cent tax Emphasis
Is laid on the fact, however. that the
university suffered in the disaster
many losses of more permanent char
acter, losses the effect of which will
ture.
Discussing this situation. President
Wheeer says:
The university was the owner of 100 shares
OF the tiremen's Fund Insurance Company given
II ny Mrs. Jane X. Sather as a portion OF an
G valued 0 at gr4Ge0TnP o this Thesf mss
pc. pc ADDED on assessment of s3O.0O0 making
out the entire fund Our interest T IN the vet
nd undlridea portion of the Charles F. Doe estate.
would, if liquidated at present probably suffer
shr1nkage of $l50 900 TO 5000 0O0 Welding
,d total for the bequest of perhaps s575,ooo in
had been hoped. and as Is absolutely necessary
Ior the construction even OF the bare shell of a
ou1lpsnE Tps I,s,,r sncn IA as lis is ., demanded
street. has returned us $I0s.474.s7. while the
new building such as would be ifted to the
site. and such as would be. indeed. suited
the withdrawal of such a sum from the in
vested capital of the university would there
fore involve a loss of $50 900 of annual income
Sacramento building (Ffrst street, has returned
ms SSi, $50 while the appraised value of the
building was according to estimate. S105.
500; and q new and suitable building would
any new e pan OF loss
on these TWO buildings has as been. approximately
the two LOTS before the IRE was about 5000 600
/ The idleness Of the land alone means loss Of
$50: 600 year IL income: on the two properties
other, face lnss OF income during the next
] two years Of somewhat over s125. 600. Adding
I from the 2-cent tax. especially as compared
with the natural increase which fromf year to
reason to expect. we find ourselves face to face
with the appalling prospect of a loss for the
next two years of one-seventh to one-sixth of
/ the entire income available for the support of
the colleges at Berkeley.
AS an apparently irreparable loss to San
Francisco and, the State nnfsst be mentioned last
of all the destruction of the building and equip
ment Of the Mark Hopkins Institute Of Art Art
which had cost certainly not less than 81 600 000
President Wheeler's report con-
tains fine tribute to Captain ]. t.
Nance, whose military rule so an
noyed the undergraduates two years
ago that they rebelled and created
trouble on the campus. After making
a plea for a permanent drill ground.
! Wheeler says:
! The standard of discipline and the soldierly
/ tone of the department is higher than it has
l been at any time during my connection with
/ the university. ] have, therefore requested the
\ Nance he prolonged and in accordance Herewith
his detail has been extended to October, 1908.
President Wheeler notes with graf
ification the marked progress in stu
dent self-control and government
during the last two years." He says:
There has been a notable development Of
student public opinion In favor of the suppression
of dsOrderiy rilshes and other outbreaks preju-
dcial TO the welfare off the university, The
of redwood logs and the gift of the Golden
Bear Order, is doing much to foster this good
4 to assemble and talk things over frankly to-
gether. The institution Of what is known as the
same direction This is a large gathering open
to all men Of the university in which the prob
! lens OF student life are freely and frankly dis
cussed by any who so desire.
The president states that he believes
/ the conjunction Of Senior Hall and the
student mass meeting will do more to
solve the problem of how to create a
public opinion among students even
! than could the much commended dor
mitory system.
The success of the department of
music under Professor J. r. Wolfe.
the high standing of the college of
/ mining, which has a larger attend
ance than any other mining school
/ in the country; the acquisition of the
| great Bancroft library, the gift of
the Boalt Law. School building and
other donations to the university are
described in the report
The president calls attention to the
decided increase in the number of Of
ficers of instruction and In the num-
ber of students. undergraduate and
graduate. The report of the recorder
of the faculties shows that the year
1905-06 witnessed the largest enroll
ment of students in the history of the
university. In spite of the San Fran
cisco disaster. 1t Is interesting to
know that the freshman class was
larger in August. 1906. than in August.
1905. A steady drift of men to the
colleges of engineering. commerce and
agriculture is very noticeable.
Discussing the progress of the diff
ferent departments of the university,
the president says:
There are certain changes and developments
which during the past two years have affected
the whole life of the university rather than any
single department Among these the erection
and occupation of the new California Hall is
prominent. The Administrative offices are now
congregated together on the second door of the
! hail in convenient relation one to another. This
has added immeasurabIy TO the efficiency of the
administration of the university and to the con-
yenience OF the students. The nrst floor is given
over principally TO the departments OF econom-
les, commerce, political science and history;
/ with the result that the work In all of these
orGn