The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-05-13
ARE OBSERVING
GOLDEN JUBILEE
University Of California Students
and Alumni Join in Weeks
Celebration
NOVEL FEATURES ARRANGED
Address by President Arthur T. Had
ley Of Yale Next Tuesday One Of
the Most important Features
Of Weeks Program

Berkeley, Cal. May IA weeks
celebration of the golden jubilee Of
the University of California was be-
gun today i'm commemoration of the
founding of the institution and the
work il has accomplished during the
fifty years of its existence. Hundreds
OF graduates and other friends of the
university are returning for the semi
centennial celebration. In honor Of
the occasion the city of Berkeley as
well as the college buildings and
grounds is profusely decorated in the
university colors of blue and gold.
The programe prepared for the cell
ebration is replete with interesting and
attractive features and includes the
regular commencement exercises of
the university The senior ball, the
presentation of Greek play and big
athletic meet on California field are
among the events scheduled for the re-
mairder of the week. The athletic
meet is to be Held tomorrow and will
have as its participants the crack ath-
letes of the five great universities OF
the Pacific coast Washington, Nevada
oregon, Stanford and California.
The baccalaureate sermon is to be
delivered Sunday and on the following
day there will be numerous class and
fraternity reunions and other affairs
of "a social nature.
Tuesday has been set aside for the
main exercises of the golden jubilee
celebration. The days programme
will begin in the morning with the de-
livery of the jubilee address by Presi-
dent Arthur T. Hadley Of Yale Univer-
sity. In the afternoon a good of the
university" meeting will be held in
the Greek Theater
a monster Illuminated parade
Tuesday night, marching through the
streets of Berkeley and across the
campus. will furnish the big spectacu-
lar feature bf the celebration. The
pageant premises 70 be orc of the
most magnificent affairs Of it's kind
lever seen i'm this section of the coun-
try A huge dragon, manipulated by
students OF the university from China,
will be one of the special features The
Japanese students will also have a
unique float in the pageant, and the
India students and the Spanish stu
dents will contribute unique features.
At the conclusion Of the pageant there
will be a grand pyrotechnic display on
the university campus
The university was founded first as
the College of California. and from a
humble beginning has grown to be one
Of the most important centers OF edu-
cation in the United States, while
among its graduates are numbered
scores of men who have DISTINGUISHED
themselves in the professions, i'm COM
merciAl life and in the political world.
The father Of the university" was
Professor Henry Durant, who estalb-
lished a school i'm Oakland in 1853. The
College of California was. through his
influence and suggestion, incorporated
i'm 1855, ard he was enabled to bring
about the organization as a working
institution some four or five years la
ter. Prof, Durant continued his con-
rection with the institution until he
was enabled to bring about the con-
summation of his hopes by merging ii
into the University of California.
This he accomplished I'm 1869 when the
College of California. which had been
maintained as n private corporation.
transferred its rights to the University
OF California, which had been organic
ed and approved by the legislature the
year before. Prof. Durant became the
first president Of the university and
served in that capacity for about a
year.
Since 1871 IN which year President
Durant resigned the university has
had seven presidents, as follows: Dan
iel Colt Gilman. 1S71-76; John LeConte.
1S76-S1: william Thomas Reid. 1881
Sc: Edward Singleton Holden, 1sS6-SS
Horace Davis. 1SSS-9O; Martln Kel-
logg 1s9S-se; Benjamin Tde Wheeler,
1S99-19f0.