The San Francisco call., 1910-12-20
STATE UNIVERSITY
SHOWS Big GROWTH
President Wheeler Details Adj
vance of University in
Biennial Report
Many Improvements Made in
College From Public and
Private Funds

bEhhELEY, Dec. I9.-The growt
and progress of the University of cali
fornia during the last two years. and it
pressing needs are shown in the bien
NAL report Of President BENJAMIN Id
Wheeler TO Governor James n. .Gillet
which was made public at the colleg
today. Concerning the external growt
Of the university President wheele
says:
The increase Of the total body Of
sLUCents from 3,SO5 TO 1850 of the
StoQents In the colleges at
Berkeley from 2.9l6 10 1852. of
graduate students from 324 TO
so; the erection Of the Doe IL
prary building by use Of $4,000
ne git OF Charles Franklin
doe, with the addition of $500 600.
provided from university income
-or equipment; the erection of the
oya-t memorial hail of law the gift
q MIS- Elizabeth Boalt and the
-e". tls OF the state OF California:
lne peglnnlnE Of q new agricuI-
tural building, the erection of a
Dlluing Tor pathology and bacter-
-ologE, the erection OF a geological
III 1!n building 10 store the rich
coLiections given 10 the university
py MISS Annie NJ. Alexander: the
aQQluon 10 the innrmary of a wing
cunlc- the building of the Sather
Sate al Il cost OF $4,000 given bv
mrs. Jane X. Sather; the building
OF an addition 10 the agricultural
8ulolng, more than doubling its
iloef space the building OF six ten
ms courts for student use with
moneys derived from the students
gymnasium fees. the purchase of
30 acres or lano, constituting the
-o"ef pofuOn OF Straw berry can
y0ns and the location there OF a
swimming pool for student use. its
construction 10 be paid for IN a
term OF years out of the gymna-
SUM Fee the establishment Of a
Idrm school at Davis. the develop
meuC OF the university farm at that
place, with the erection Of AT least
y buildings; the Introduction of
the agricultural demonstration
train, which in its circuit OF the
state was visited by $4,000 people:
lhe annexation Of the Los Angeles
medical department for the two
nnal years Of the course, action
mace possible by q timely gift of
$4,000 by j. A. Graves to found
The Selwyn Emmett Graves memo
rial Qlspensary; the building Of the
san Diego marine biological sta
uon AZ la JOlla, the gift OF Miss
Ellen T. Scrlpps; the establishment
OF q nnely equipped chronological
station at the university; the great
extension of the universitys system
OF publications during the two
years lS0S-l0. no less than $50
individual publications being is
sued, which does not include the
University Of California Chronicle.
The agricultural expa riment station
bulletins, etc, the nnal taking over
Of the kearney estate Of 5400
acres, the gift Of N. TheO Kearney;
the reorganization of the admins
tratiVe part Of the university by
the creation Of salaried deanships
with new and definite assignments
OF functions, and of the teaching
body OF the university through the
creation of the university council,
made up Of deans and other repre-
sentatiVes Of all the colleges of =
the university-pro tech
nical. literary and scientific-in
other words. the whole university,
are among the things accomplished.