The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
ADVANTAGES
OF ALAMEDA COUNTY

q PECIAL interest attaches 10 the
subject Of education in Alameda
=: county The University OF Cali
tornia is at Berkeley; Mills college
is IN Alameda county. an institution
known al over the world. 81. Mary's
!. college plays an important part; Snelrs
and Miss Heads institutions have rep
.Vtations.
lin the several school districts the
educational needs of the Boys and
girls and the young men and misses
who form the rising generation are
.sttended 10 with great care Millions
Of dollars have been invested in the
buildings Of the public school systems
OF the counties, cities and towns, n the
Institutions that are conducted under
private auspices and II the largest ed
ucatioaaI factor Of them all the state
university.
In the past few years the arts and
hahdicrsfts have received marked at
teQtion IL all parts Of the United States,
the advantage OF giving an education
that can be made Immediately avail
able IN life having been generally rec
ognized. Schools in which the course
or polytechnic institutions are followed
have come into existence. There IS no
- branch Of scholastic knowledge that is
not. bestowed in Alameda county. In
Berkeley is q great school Of mining
engineering The University Of Califor-
:. rifa. teaches agricultural branches and
devotes much research and time 10 get
ring facts that are OF value TO Call
fornfa agricuIturists, horiculturists
: and vineyardists. Men and women VINO
wish 70 acquire useful knowledge IN
these lines find exceptional advantages
n Alameda county
At Berkeley also is a college Of COM
rnerce that deals with matters relating
70 trade movements. TO commercial
practice and problems Of various kinds;
. 70 commercial geography and kindred
subjects. In these lines students may
specialize with large profit All pro-
fessfons have their opportunities. All
branches that are considered essentiai
70 securing q well rounded education
are put in reach Of the studious.
President Wheeler of the University
of California. speaking OF education
SAYS that IL is the plain purpose oi
California and Of all californians to
create and maintain an eoucstlonal sys-
TEN on the highest standards recog-
nized in any part Of the nation This
purpose is due not only TO the value
. which this energetic and ambitious peo-
ple set upon trained personality, but Is
based also upon the obligations VII CT
the pioneers OF California and theil
descendants have always recognised
the obligation of providing for theil
.. families every comfort and adyantas'
they would have had in the eastern
= homes that were left behind
1T Is pretty well recognized says
president wheeler, that IN other de
partments OF life equipment Caiifor'
mans are fond Of the best there s. IN
epectfon Of their schools VIII saf |,
s-r4
ton Is no exception TO the California
tule.
In the life OF spirit and mind, IN
stttutions have always be en- Influenced
q from above rather than built UP IRON
beEeath. Our common school system
. extending as il does straight tnfousi
from the kindergarten TO the uniFer
. sity in one continuous cnain, receif e e
its vftslizafson and its guarantee o
vigor- and wA-.h from the untversit,
at the head. Grade standards ant
proper spirit in the university first o
all infect The high school and the nor
nal school. These institutions lool
for their teachers and inspiring lead
ers 70 the university"
President Wheeler has had ample op
portunities in the series OF years dur
Ing which he has been the preside =
OF the University Of California TO oh
serve school and collegiate methods il
California. and especially in A ame :;
county with which he has been in al
most daily contact since he accep .e'
tile position he now occupies. HIS yer
dict that the people want the best viii
be accepted as a final judgment b,
those who know. and his statement
viii serve as a guide on that point 4
persons who DO not reside in Califor
MIA or who are recent comers- ~
other part OF the state is as wei
equipped with educational institution
as Berkeley.
Within a comparatively few years tn,
University Of California has growl
from a small college OF about 800 O.
500 students to an institution who's
undergraduates alone number 2.500 an
whose graded and professionals school,
add another thousand or more to tn
number With this showing and wit
che standards that are maintained III