The San Francisco call., 1913-08-04
DNIVE RsITf NOW
| HAS 98 COURSES
IN CURRICULU UNI.
Study of Celtic, Irish and
Welsh Tongues Added
to Wc-k for Com
ing Year
NEW SECRETARY FOR.
LECTURE BUREAU
Victor H. Henderson Is Ap-
pointed-Outlines Lee
lures to Be Given

BERK EEEY. Aug. 3.-Ninetv Eight
separate branches OF instruction are
outlined in the announcement of
courses TO be given in the coming year
tt the University of California, Just
ssued Agriculture occupies first place
n the book, not only alphabetically
4 but in the number and scope of the
courses offered in that department.
| The study of Celtic tongues. Irish
and Welsh. is included in the eurrieu-
hum this year the work being given
BY William ". Lyman. instructor and
4 y. J. O,Hegarty, reader. Sufficient
curses are offered this year in do
nestle art, under the direction of Prof.
:hIary Lois Kissell, for students so
blinded TO make it their major study.
srhe departments of agronomy. chem
! iistrv, architecture and drawing co
Prof Richard Gauss Boone will head
|during the coming two semesters the
department of educa ton, in the alb
Isence of Prof. Alexis f. Lange. The
department. of geography is prepared
|this year TO consider the growth of
Pacific coast cities. the transportation
and other problems OF
economic geography along the western
edge of the continent with special ref
|erenee to the opening of the Panama
eanal.
PHILOSOPHY CHAIR VACANT
The announcement shows the Mills
|professorship of philosophy still empty
and no real head to that department.
This position has not been occupied
since the emesiting of Prof. George III.
(Ifowison, and the work in philosophy
is given jointly by Prof. c. H. Rieber
and Prof. George III. Stratton of logic
and psychology respectively.
Prof Rudolph Schevin. head OF the
romance language department. will be
half year. Prof. Gilbert Chinard will
have charge of the department during
lhis absence thereafter.
Victor II. Henderson, secretary of
the regents of the University of Cali
fornia, has been appointed secretary
of the bureau of lectures and class in
structiop, and Newton W. Drury -secfe-
tary of the bureau of public discussion
of the new university extension de-
psrtInent by the director, Prof. Ira W.
Howerth
LECTURE BUREAU COURSE
Secretary Henderson announces that
Ills DufedU Will provide courses OF SIX
or twelve lectures for such communi-
ties as want them, to be given by uni
versity faculty men. Among the sub
jects of such lectures he has announced
the following: Architecture, history of
art, the history and theory of music,
primitive man. California birds, Cali
fornia wild flowers political science,
economics, education, mathematics and
the languages and the literature of
England, America, France, Germany,
Italy. Spain. Greece, Rome, Slavic
lands and ancient India.
Secretary Drury's bureau will assist
i1 organizing debating societies. will
provide any one who may require it
with selected lists of topics for dis
cvssion and will send TO responsible
parties package libraries containing
pamphlets, magazine articles, news
paper clippings and other material
covering these subjects for the mere
cost of transportation.
There have already been a number
Of students registered for the corre-
spondence courses out of 500 or more
who have applied for information in
regaSl thereto.