Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-03-08
SUMMER SCHOOL TO HAVE
TWO EMINENT TEACHERS
ENGLISH INSTRUCTORS ENGAGED
FOR BERKELEY
Chinese Minister Is Entertained by
Students and Professors.
Basketball Games
Arranged

BERKELEY, March THE Univer-
sity of California has secured for its
summer session two of the foremost
scholars in this country to give courses
In English literature. Robert Herrick,
who since 1898 has been professor OF
English at the University of Chicago,
is one OF Americas best known novel
lists He YVES horn ~ ranihrids &c.
Mass, and graduated from Harvard In
1890. Some OF his most widely Known
books are The Web of Life" the
Common Lott and Memoirs of an
American Citizen" Prof. Herrick will
offer two courses, one on q theory OF
English style and O second on the
technique of the novel. Prof Willlam
Lyon Phelps, who comes from Yale
university, is win known as an editor
and an author and contributor to peri
odicals on various linguistic topics In
university circles Prof. Phelps is known
as one of the most successful teachers
of English literature in any of our
American colleges. For years he has
been voted the most popular professor
by the students OF Yale, and his COM
ing to California Is looked upon as
great treat to all those that VIII have
the opportunity to come in contact with
him.
/ American literature and Tennyson ana
Browning. The department of English
with it's strong corps of eminent men
Is but one of the unusually interesting
opportunities that will be offered at tho
coming summer session for teachers,
students, and the general public. Tho
SCOPE of the summer session has been
widened both In regard to the depart
ments that will be represented and the
courses offered. In addition to the
many regular courses of the summer
school, there will be this year more
evening lectures, informal receptions
and excursions so that teachers should
find this most delightful and proht-
able way to spend six weeks of their
summer vacation.
The intercollegiate debating commit
tee has submitted to Stanford the ques-
ton for the intercollegiate debate this
spring and the sides will. soon be am
nouncedk The California committee
submitted the question for 1908 as fol-
lows: Resolved, That labor unions
are justified in insisting through the
use of all lawful means at their dis
posal on the closed shop Stanford
will choose its side of the question be-
fore March the seventh. Tryouts for
the California team will be held about
March Is.
Notes Of the Ball Fields
The baseball scores for the past week
have been as follows: The Varsity
versus the Honolulu All-Stars was q
victory for the visitors by a score or
/ to 0. The Varsity again defeated
Santa Clara two days later by score
Of to 6.
At a meeting of the Alpha chapter of
| California of Phi Beta Kappa, the ma
| tional honor society which elects men
of scholarly attachments. the follow
! inc' honorary members were elected at
| the regular meeting last Monday night:
Profs W. S. Ferguson, &c. w. Hiigard
and w. e. Ritter.
Eighteen active members were also
elected consisting OF thirteen seniors.
of whom FIVE are women and fve jun
| Tors of whom four are women. Fol
| Il wing are. the seniors: Miss A. NJ.
| Allen of San Diego, A. r. Anderson OF
Berkeley. r. p. Blake of Berkeley, E;
Berkeley. J. M. Burke of Berkeley.
Miss E. Gamble of Haywards. Miss r.
| KedroIivansky of Los Gatos, ID. Nj.
! Peixotto Of Berkeley, Miss q. 5. Perry
of Sacramento, II. T. Smith of Berkeley,
L. X. Underhill of San Francisco ana
| Miss C. M. Winter Of San Francisco
The junior members-elect are Q. D.
Crossfield of Berkeley, Miss A. 2. John.
| son of Piedmont Miss NJ. N. Keeler OF
| Berkeley. Miss r. B. Phillips of Han
ford, Miss NJ. L. Phillips of Hanford'
Chinese Minister Entertained
WI Ting Fang, the Chinese minister
to the United States, who has lateiy
been reappointed to that important
post, was the guest of the university
on Monday morning. With his attend,
| ing party, among whom were several
students, he arrived In Berkeley, Wnere
| thew were shown about the university
grounds by several of the professors.
THE party was later entertained at
luncheon by Prof. H, Morse Stephens.
prof. Bernard Moses, Prof. John Fryer.
prof. Hilgard and Prof. Stringham'