Show OALI california FORNIA oAkla oakland iiI berkley california state university from tho the 1111 special SP OCIal just across the buy from sail san francisco is the beautiful thou gh not large city of OAKLAND which is readied reached by ferryboat ferry boat and railroad trains tho tile faro fare is only fifteen cents tills this town is not so much for its commercial importance but as a i place of the roost most princely resi dej dencks ices which arc are numerous and many of them are the scata seats of the merchant princes and bankers whose business busi nesa establishments arc are on oil tho the opposite op p osite side of the bay T the he gardens of these residences arc are laid out ut in styles which combine great elegance and mid neatness beautiful lawns arl anve s plats trees trecia and flowers of the richest variety whose sweet odors peri permeate neato the atmosphere from january to december alic tall vigorous centenary plant one of which I saw over 25 abet acet hi high A the cit city r has an elevation of only 35 feet above above the level of the sea the vast number of handsomely appointed steamers which ply between betwee n tills this and other places lac leave leave their wharves every realf half hour hou r they arrive and depart with great punctuality and so capaci capacious ous arc are they that five thousand passengers can be comfortably accommodated on oil board of them about four miles north of this city on the eastern shore odthe of the bay and facing the golden gate is the more sedate town of BERKLEY through which the central pacific railroad runs behind it arc are the gentle antle the coast range broken by canyons which reach far flir into the solitudes this is one of the seats of Cali fornias learning and culture the educational advantages of this town are considered to be very complete having the elementary school at the base and at tile summit the state university of course between these two extremes arc are grammar schools high schools ch ac F from roin the records of this most excellent institution I glean the following items on oil the ath of june 1868 the board of regents was organized gani zed and consisted of 22 members among whom were cx ex officio the governor and governor governo r of california the speaker of till Assem assembly blythe alie state superintendent of public instruction and the president of the state agricultural society and the president of the mechanics mechanic chadic cs s institute of san francisco of tj alie ie remainder eight were appointed by the tile governor with the consent of the senate and eight were honorary members member sz ch chosen osel I from the body of the state by the official and appointed members gen gen r geo B mcclellan was elected president of the university but declined the honor bonor in consequence of having at that time charge of the stevens battery suitable persons were subsequently elected to fill the various professors chairs on OR the ad of april 1869 tile committee appointed for that purpose prepared die the following synopsis I q is of a COURSE OP OF 16 STUDY rudy appropriate to the colleges of tile university alvers I t A LZ of agriculture A college of mechanic N arts A college of civil engineering A college of mining A college of letters THE university BUILDINGS in 1868 the site for the state university was selected and named as also is the institution in honor of the author of the line linc Wc westward stward the course of empire takes take takes its way the two largest of the buildings stand on a terrace over feet above tide water and command a magnificent view over the bay the corner stone of the agricultural college called the south hall was laid in august 1872 with public ceremonies that of the korth north hall hal I was laid in the spring of 1873 and both were so far completed as to permit many of t the he rooms to be occupied the tile same ye year the architecture of south hall is simple but bands handsome ome the material is is brick trimmed with grey stone is solid and doralle du ralle arey it t is feet four stories high has 34 rooms six of them being feet and others 2020 feet in its basements are the chemical laboratory and agricultural departments on the first floor are the rooms at present occupied by the library the arys Secre office and the instruction rooms of the college of chemistry on the floor above arc are the lecture hall the museum and other rooms in the scientific department de artnie nt the north building is feet it has four stories divided into 28 compartments an assembly room feet a philosophic lecture room feet the university printing picc office the sta students dents reading and reciting rooms tile mathematical departments back of these buildings are two others of later date the bacon art and library building and the college of mining and mechanics arts the ille first of these is named in honor lionor of mr henry A bacon who presented the university with an excellent collection of paintings sculpture and miscellaneous works of arta library of several thousand volumes and L A beai to erect a suitable buil building dim to contain the treasures pr provided ovidea tho state would add more for the accomplishing of of the donor of course tho the state complied the rotunda of the library portion of the buildings is 69 feet in diameter and 67 57 feet high and will hold volumes s THE LIBRARY began with one thousand thou tand volumes which was transferred with alid property of the college of california it lias has grown rapidly through the gifts of air mr reese anda and a lhost lost of other friends of the institution in scientific works it can i only be said to be measurably complete e in ill consequence of the tile periodicals which are yearly increasing it athas lias a present income of per annum derived from a bequest of from air mr reese TI till I E G ROUT da are beautifully laid out and have ample water supply the tile open PO portions r arc are dotted with live jive oak oak and are gay with wild popple poppies I diniro ses and blue lili lilies all the pic year round there arc are trees shrubs and flowers here from all parta parts of the tile gl bobc obeAlie the fields of the agricultural department with their imported fruits grains and trees are undergoing a process of experimental culture which is of great interest to the farmer and botanist itis it is claimed that no other university grounds are so favored in climate universal capacity of production and beamut beauty y as arc are these from the windows of the tile front side of the building can call be obtained a magnificent sight of the golden gate and the vast expanse of the pacific ocean the corps of professors in this university it is claimed will compare favorably in experience attainments tain jain ments dignity of character and intellectual force with those of the best of the eastern colleges the president john Lc laconte Conte lias has a national reputation as a physicist and his associates are all skilful and accomplished in their several departments tile colleges have already done a good work and have still before them a career of usefulness as the course of study through through which t ch the students student will swill pass will be e thoroughly practicable and will qualify them for the tile duties of life and help them to fight its battles tile Berk erk leyan is a periodical published in the university and devoted chiefly to its interests the mechanical as well as the brain work of the paper is done by the students it is ably conducted and widely circulated II 11 |