The San Francisco call., 1909-01-13
HENDERSON MAKES
ANNUAL REPORT
Secretary of State University
Urges improvements Total
ing Several Millions

BERK kelley, Jan. 12.-The annual re-
port of Victor Henderson, secretary Of
the regents of the university, for the
fiscal year 19o7-S, was issued from
the university press today. While the
report deals largely with the financial
situation of the university, Henderson
announced that the most notable event
for the university year was the COM
pletion by Prof John Galen Howard of
the Phebe A. Hearst architectural plan
for the greater university. The plan
represents II years work, in which 10
architects participated, and an expen-
diture of 100000.
Upon the development and execution
of the plan there has already, been ex-
pended S1,165,275, and prospective pay
ments on the work on the Doe library
total $650,000; $150000 is available for
the building of the Boalt law building
under the plans, making total OF
s1,965,275.
Passing on to vital statistics, Hen
derson reported:
That the expenditures for 1907-0S were ST.
Oos, o53IS. OF this total $I02 52l 30, or 6b.5I
per cent, was spent for general educational and
scientific work; $232 / ". 50, or 2l.92 per eeni,
was spent for the library and for general ad-
mlnlstrative purposes, aud $l23,92o.4o, or iii
per cent, permanent improvements.
That the Salaries for educational administra
tive and scientific positions amounted to Sjl2,-
99l.0S, which represents 81. 81 per cent or the
total current expenditures other than permanent
improvements
That the endowment of the university June
30 1905, u, III ,S0550, and the rate of in
come for the year on the endowment pool, IN
which are merged for investment purposes all
endowments the terms of which permit, was
5.2362 per cent
That the property of the university was
valued on the books at $40, IFS, 334 80 ON, June
~ buildings
for educational purposes, and 81, ,4sl ,2I5sl equip
That the student enrolment for 1907-0s was
3,S5I. OF these students 2,592 were undergradu-
ates, 324 graduates, $50 were students in medi
cine, dentistry, pharmacy, law and art, and 552
were students during the summer session
That the teaching and administrative force
numbered PSI persons. or these l9o ranged In
rank from professor TO instructor and were en-
gagged in service in Berkeley or at the Lick
observatory, while SO men OF the same grade
were engaged In instruction in San Francisco in
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and law.
That the most vital need OF the university is
an agricultural building, TO cost s3O0,O00 TO
tiyities in research, In economic investigation in
agricultural extension and to provide for the
needs of agricultural students, whose enroll
ment was 1872.
That other vital needs are: A general class
room building 10 replace North hall, $500,
600; permanent inhrmary, $i50,0o0 an audi
torum, 81. 100000; a museum of art archaeology
and anthropology, 81 ,OOO, 900; botany building,
$3.50, 900; a museum of zoology and geological
laboratory. $3.50, 600: number of dormitories,
TO cost from 100000 TO 5000, 900 each; further
equipment of the university farm; several con-
crete foot bridges at from 81, 600 to $1,000 each.
and several concrete wagon bridges ranging in
cost from $4,000 up; addition to the chemis-
try building; adequate water supply for the
university; steel bookstacks and furnishings and
equipment for the university library, S210, 900;
completion of the freproof vault at the Lick OBJ
servatory, $4,000; additional equipment for the
Lick observatory $4,000; organ for Harmon
gymnasium, $4,000; 20 fellowships, to be en-
dowed to the amount of $4,000 each, and a
Of n 10 he
amount Of 5000 each; loan funds TO be held as
an endowment and income TO be loaned to needy
and deserving Students endowments for profess
sorships, $4,000 to 100000 each endowments
for the university library.