University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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ISLUE GOLD The opening of the spring semester was delayed two weeks by a recurrence of the influenza epidemic, registration day being Janu- ary 20, 1919. During the interlude of holiday vacation, much progress had been made toward placing the University on its pre- war basis. By February all barracks were being dismantled and by March few traces remained of the intensive training of the preced- ing semester. With the return of former conditions came many sacrificed traditions under the guardianship, once again, of the Bear. The spring semester was nineteen weeks in length, this being necessary as a balance to the short fall semester, when the four-quarter system was in effect. The past college year will undoubtedly go down as the most important chapter of our history here. Californians numbering 4000 saw service in some branch of the allied armies. One hundred of those made the supreme sac- ri fice. Here, as throughout the Nation, the women gave unceas- ing support. They, too, organized, and toiled in a full realization of the duties incumbent upon those who cannot bear arms. Page 20 S. A. T. C. Barracks

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BLUE 6- GOLD The University OR the first time in the history of the University, the college year opened late, in the autumn of 1918, with its honored and beloved Golden Bear replaced by a yet more honored and revered em- blem the Eagle. The presence of that National Emblem had transformed this institution into a part of the ever-increasing Machinery of War. During the preceding summer months two Sum- mer Sessions were held on the Campus. The latter of these specialized in courses for men and women which would better equip and enable them to do their particular war work efficiently. During this time the Aviation Ground School of the Army graduated class after class of student aviators. P y the opening of the fall semester in the last week of Septem- ber, a Students ' Army Training Corps had been established, barracks were under construction, and automatic induction of all students of required age and fitness promptly began. A Xaval Unit had also been formed and was open to those students pre- ferring that branch of the service. Various technical and vocational schools and courses arose in conjunction with the military training. The semester was a short one, being under twelve weeks in length. The serious epidemic of Spanish influenza which was at its height in October necessitated precautions which resulted in a lessening of all activities. The unexpected armistice brought to a stop the rapidly forming plans for a bigger training center. The men of the S. A. T. C. were discharged by December 21st and those of the Xaval Unit placed on inactive duty by the same date. Xo further enlistments were accepted for the Aviation School but all men in training remained until graduation. The semester ended on the 21st of December. Page 19

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BLUE GOLD BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER A B..A.M.. PH.D..LL. D. Benjamin Ide Wheeler was born at Randolph, Mass., on July 15. 1854. the son of the Rev. Ben- jamin Wheeler and Mary Eliza (Ide) Wheeler. He had his edu- cation first in the public schools of Haverhill and Saco. Maine. It was at Saco that he first entered a high school in 1866. This school is now known as the Thornton Academy. On removing to Franklin, X. H., in 1868, he entered the Franklin Academy, where he stayed six months. From there ne went to the Xew London Academy, now called Colby Academy, in Xew London, X. was duly graduated in 1871. President Wheeler H. From this institution he In the following autumn he entered Brown University, from which he was graduated in 1875. His studies while at that institution followed the regular curric- ulum without any suggestion of specialization. On the com- mencement stage he had the honor of the class oration. During his college course President Wheeler received the Dunn premium, given for the best work of the year in the department of English, with special reference to writing and speaking. In addition he received one of the Carpenter prizes given to the two students of the year who. in the opinion of the faculty, combined in the highest degree the elements of success in life. After graduating from Brown University, Dr. Wheeler taught in the Providence. Rhode Island, High School for a period of four years. During the first two years he taught mathematics, while in the other two he instructed in both mathematics and classics. Then, in 1879, he was appointed a tutor in the university from which he graduated, to take the place of an absent assistant pro- P a S e fessor in Greek and Latin. 21