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

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FRANK F. MERRIAM TO THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, GREETINGS: Students who have been enrolled in the University during the past few years have pur- sued their studies during one of the most critical periods in the history of our country. All phases of life have been under review. In a real sense, teachers and students have had opportunity to make inquiry and draw conclusions without prejudice. As graduates you will represent a University that has gained a position in the field of intellectual leadership that is recognized throughout the world. Upon you will rest the responsibility of making effective the ideals of this institution in modern life. You, of course, will not fail to meet this obligation. Governor of California. 22

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FACULTY ADMINISTRATION

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ROBERT GORDON SPROUL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA in allies history has never been better, or finer, or greater than it is today. Having myself been president for only five years, that statement is reasonably modest, for, obviously, any contribution I may have made to the result is still microscopically minute. Moreover, the statement is scientifically unprejudiced, for it is based on the findings of the American Council on Education, recently made public in Washing- ton, D. C. This Council asked two thousand of America ' s greatest scholars to appraise the work of the leading universities of the United States. These scholars in seventy-nine different institutions were asked to rate universities as distinguished or adequate in re- spect to thirty -five fields. The results placed California with Harvard at the very top; it was the single western university to appear among the national leaders. This is a great record, a record indicating that the University of today may for the perpetuity of its fame repose on the virtues of its descendants as well as its ancestors. of California.