Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
EXAMINATIONS FOR RHODES
SCHOLARSHIP THIS MONTH
Any Resident of State Is Eligible to
Compete In Contests Conducted
by Presidents Of unl-
versailles

NoTSlLl6S
The examinations for the Rhodes
scholarship are to be given on January
H and % at the University of California
at Berkeley, at Stanford university at
Palo Alto and at Occidental college in
Los Angeles.
The purpose is to select a man who
will be the California representative in
oxford next year and the two following
years. On Tuesday, January Il, from y
20 Ii, will be given the examination IN
translation from Latin into English; on
that afternoon, from l to 3, In Latin
prose- and from to in arithmetic
Wednesday, January %, will be devoted
to translation from Greek into Engiisn,
from to IL in the morning, and to Latin
grammar from / to In the afternoon
From 2:10 to $40 the examination In
Greek grammar will be held, and from
4 to in algebra or geometry. Any resi-
dent of California is eligible to take these
examinations at any one of the places
named where the presidents of the uni
versities will conduct the examinations
on behalf Of the trustees of the Rhodes
bequest
Farmers Institutes for the State
The department of university extension
in agriculture announces farmers lnstl-
tutes to be held at Rumsey, Yolo county
January 81; at Clovis, Sanger and Kerr
man. Fresno county, January u. ~ ana
20: at Florin, Sacramento county, FEB
ruary and Z. A. Warren Robinson,
specialist in poultry, will be in attendance
at the Rumsey meeting. He Will also
attend other meetings in this series, as
will also Prof. w. T. Clarke, superinten-
dent of university extension In agrlcul-
ture; C. Westergaard, instructor In 1arm
mechanics; Prof. c. w. WOODWORK, STA
ton entomologist, and Mrs. M II. sher-
man of Fresno specialist in the matter
of shipping grapes.
Institutes will also be held under the
direction of J. B. Neff, conductor of far
mers' Institutes for Southern California
as follows: Carpenteria, January 81 and
February /; Nordhoff, February and 4;
Santa Paula, February and g. San Fer
nando, February z; Burbank, February
S. NJ. e. Sherwin of Fresno, DR.. Twom-
BLY, Mrs. Basley of Hollywood. Pror'
Ramsey and j. W. Mills of the Southern
California pathological station will at
tend these meetings.
New Men Added to University STAFF
The regents of the university nave
added to the strength of the department
|
win. late of the department of agricul-
| ture In Washington as assistant in cereal
investigations F. L. Yeaw was appoint
| ed at the same time assistant In plant
pathology. Mr.. Yeaw has been uoihs
valuable field work under the directoh
of Prof. Smith in the work of exterminat-
| ing the pear blight.
Prof George Malcolm Stratton, one OF
the best known psychologists in this
country. has been appointed professor OF
psychology for the beginning of the next
academic year at the University or Call
fornia. Prof Stratton has been professor
of governmental psychology and director
of the psychological laboratory IN johns
Hopkins university since 1904 He was
born in Oakland in 1866; graduate Oh
| the University of California OF the year
1885. took his masters degree Yale
in 1890 and his degree of doctor of phil
osophy in Leipzig in 1896. He was dlrec-
for and assistant professor ana associate
nrofessor of psychology in the University
| Of California from 1896 to 1904, when ne
was called to Johns Hopkins. His recaii
to California adds great strength TO the
already widely known department OF
philosophy under the leadership OF FroI'
George II. Howison.
Musical Clubs Make Prosperous Tour
The University of California Glee club
and De Koven club, assisted by wen
known talent, have returned to Berkeley
after a long and successful trip through
the southern part of the state. The trip
was q success financially as well as So
cially. and will long be remembered py
those who were fortunate enough to take
part in it.
The stops included all the important
| towns of the coast and the San Joaquin
valley, as we'll as Los Angeles, River
| side and other southern cities
Everywhere a most hearty welcome was
accorded the college men, and they are
| loud in their praises of the courtesies
that were extended to them all aiong
| the line 1t has been several years since
the University of California musical or
ganization has made trip and this VIII
go far toward renewing their popularity.
More Students at Berkeley Than Ever
The registration for the spring term
began on Monday, January Ii, ana
| showed an increased total Of those reg
istered over any previous year; 21S1 regis
tered, FOG of whom are gradtHtes and 1875
undergraduates.
The largest total registration OF any day
previous to this was on the first day or
the term, January, 1906. On the first day
of this term forty new undergraduates
were registered as against thirty-seVen
last year and forty-six the year before.
The second day of registration made q
total of 206, thirty-two OF whom are
entering freshmen and ia are OLD
students.
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