Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19
EXAMINATIONS FOR RHODES
SCHOLARSHIP THIS MONTH
Any Resident Of State ls Eligible to
Compete in Contests Conducted
by Presidents Of Unl-
VersltIes

The examinations for the Rhodes
scholarship are to be given on January
q 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 man who
will be the California representative IN
oxford next year and the two following
years. On Tuesday, January Il, from
10 IL, will be given the examination III
translation from Latin into English; on
that afternoon, from to 3, In Latln
prose- and from 4 to in arithmetic.
Wednesday, January % will be devoted
to translation from Greek into Enghsn'
from to IL In the morning, ana TO Lath
grammar from l to 2 in the afternoon.
From 2:10 to $40 the examination IN
Greek grammar will be held, and from
4 to 6 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
versailles will conduct the examinations
on behalf of the trustees OF the Hhooes
beQuest.
Farmers Institutes for the State
The department of university extension
in agriculture announces farmers instl-
tuteS TO De nelU Ut INuiuoCyg iOAO SNNAAN''
January 81; at Clovis, Sanger and her-
man, Fresno county, January q, 70 and
20; at Florin, Sacramento county, tep-
ruary and T. A. Warren Robinson,
sneciaIist in poultry, will be in attendance
at the Rumsey meeting. He VIII also
attend other meetings in this series, as
will also Prof w. T. Clarke superinten-
dent of university extension in agricul-
ture: C. Westergaard instructor in farm
mechanics; Prof. C. w. Woodwork, sta
ton entomologist, and Mrs. M. r. Sher-
man of Fresno, a 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,
"a follows: Carpenteria, January 81 ana
February i; Nordhoff, February and 4;
Santa Paula, February and 8; San Fer
nando, February z; Burbank, February
s. NJ f. Sherwin of Fresno, DR.. Twofn-
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 STAR
The regents of the university have
added to the strength of the department
| of agriculture in appointing M. T. Sher-
win. late of the department or agrlcul-
| ture In Washington, as assistant in cereal
|
ed at the same time assistant In plant
| pathology. Mr.. Yeaw has been DONG
valuable field work under the direction
of Prof Smith in the work Of exterminat-
ing the pear blight.
prof. George Malcolm Stratton, one OF
the best known psychologists in TINS
country. has been appointed professor OF
psychology for the beginning of the next
academic year at the University Of Cali
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 1865; graduate Oh
the University OF California OF the year
1898. took his masters degree at \ ale
IN 1900 and his degree of doctor of phil
| osonhv in Leipzig in 1885, He was direc-
| for and assistant professor and associate
| nrofessor of psychology in the University
! oF california from 1896 to 1904, when ne
was called to Johns Hopkins. His recali
| TO California adds great strength TO the
already widely known department Oh
philosorhy under the leadership OF Prof.
| George H. Howison.
Musical Clubs Make Prosperous Tour
The University of California Glee club
| and De Koven club, assisted by wei
| known talent, have returned to Berkeley
after a long and successful trip through
the southern part of the state. The trip
was a success financially as well as So
cially, and will long be remembered by
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 along
the line. 1t has been several years since
the University of California musical or
ganization has made a trip and this VIII
20 far toward renewing their popularity.
More Students at Berkeley Than Ever
The registration for the spring term
began on Monday, January 13, and
showed an increased total of those reg
istered over any previous year; 21S1 regis
tered 2O6 Of whom are graduates and 1915
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
total of 2O6 thirty-two Of whom are
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