The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-08

Government on the University of Cali
fornia, Berkeley, Cal, President Ben
jamn Ide Wheeler has announced the
formation Of a military and naval ad-
ministrative board TO represent him in
matters connected with naval and mill
tary affairs at the university. The
board will have jurisdiction, under the
approval OF the president, over the vari-
Gus military schools for enlisted men
and certain proposed and established
schools and courses for naval training
and over the new Students Army Train
ing Corps unit soon to be established
at the university 1t will be the bust
ness of the administrative board to CO.
ordinate the work of the various mill
tary and naval schools, to adjust sched-
ules and in the name of the president
and the advisory committee of deans Of
the university supervise the huge War
and Navy Department programme
which the State university has been
asked to carry out.
President Wheeler has named DR.. T.
NJ Putnam. dean Of the lower division
and associate professor of mathematics
as chairman OF this board. The four
members of the board are James suit
ton. recorder of the faculties: DIR. Ivan
NJ Linforth, associate professor OF
'rTteh ". u. dSsiStahl SoiHp-
troller, and Morse A. Cartwright, as
sistant to the president. The members
of the administrative board will be
charged with the duty, according TO
President Wheeler of cooperating to
the fullest degree with the academic
heads and commanding officers of the
established and proposed schools.
The University OF California extern
son division conducts a preliminary
IL h.
Building. San Francisco, with the sane
ton of the commandant of the Twelfth
Naval district. to assist the United
States Naval Reserve force in preparing
men to pass the examinations for the
ensign's commission. The fifth inten-
sive training course of eight weeks
will begin Monday. September 23. with
classes in navigation and nautical as
tronomy, in seamanship and ordnance
and in naval regulations Students
positively will not be admitted to these
courses after the beginning date.
The requirements for admission are
ms follows: "a Indications of officer
material. (2) Age from 20 to 40 in
elusive. CD Education equivalent at
least to completion OF high school
course. A knowledge OF trigonometry
and logarithms is also required for the
course in navigation and nautical as
tronomy.
The extension division is offering a
special course in trigonometry and
logarthms. to begin September 2. but
students may enter at any time. This
course Is given in three sections. at 4,
and o'clock, in the California de-
velopment board room OF the Ferry
Building Enrolments for any OF these
sections may be made at the university
extension offices. room 330. Lick Build
ing, So Post street. San Francisco, and
1t room 30l, California Hall, University,
Berkeley.
The university has no Official connec-
ton with the Federal Government in
this work and promises the students
nothing, but most OF those who have
finished the courses in the former series
have been able to obtain ensisn's COM
miss ons. The school has been inspected
by Rear Admiral Ross of the Bureau
of Navigation. in general charge of Of
ficers training in the United States
Navy. and more recently by Capt. Sem
of the same bureau. and has received
their approval. The courses offer an
opportunity for training in subjects re-
uuired in the examinations for the en-
signs commission given by the Navy
Department after an applicant had en-
rolled and has been in active service
long enough for the officers OF the navy
TO determine his personal fitness for a
commission The university will issue
n certificate OF recommendation to each
one who completes the three courses OF
the preliminary training school with a
thoroughly satisfactory grade.
An exclusive unit of California
5thletic directors for Y. NJ. C. A. work
In France and Italy will sail shortly
from America. II plans contemplated by
IN organizing committee consisting OF
Robert G. Sproul. comptroller OF the
University OF California Homer Haven
male alumni secretary and manager O.
Inc military bureau, and Prof. Frank l..
t<leeberger. head OF the physical educa-
lion department, are carried out. This
committee plans TO mobilize the uni
tersity's athletes. especially Big &C"
men. into California unit. for i'm
mediate work In the war zone. II Is
sstimated that the demand for athletic
directors over the draft age In at least
10 per cent. In excess OF the supply. and
the army overseas is growing in num-
bers every day.
The extension division of the Univer-
s,tv Of California Is now offering a spe-
rial English correspondence course for
4 business executives. secretaries and
~ stenographers The general SCOPE Of
she work thoroughly covers the field OF
husiness letters, but particular emphasis
n placed on letters of credit collection
adjustment and sales. The cardinal
.prtnciples Of sentence and paragraph