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

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I ICE) THE Associated Students, the ultimate authority on all questions of purely student activities, is com- posed of all the undergraduate students enrolled in the Colleges at Berkeley. It was organized in 1887 to take effective action upon all matters relating to the general welfare of the Student Body and of the University. In 1897 the Athletic Association was organized as a separate body, and the control of athletics taken from the Associated Students as such. Yet the Association still exercises an all important influence in this realm and furnishes the effective support which makes victory possible for our teams. In other respects the Association has remained the same as when first organized. Among the important problems which have pre- sented themselves for consideration has been the sup- pression of class rushes, which was resolved upon last year. The most important work undertaken this year was the arousing of an enthusiastic College Spirit. This was accomplished largely through the instrumentality of rallies organized by the Association and supported by its funds. Several were held at night and several during football practice, and they were addressed by prominent members of the Student Body and of the Alumni. The result of this work may be partially summed up by the figures 22 to 0, but the end is not yet. v-c-s-c 34

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University Extension lectures, on the Cambridge plan, were begun in 1891. They were at first confined to courses in San Francisco and Oakland. But later, courses were given in San Jose, Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, and even Los Angeles and Ventura. Repeated requests from towns throughout the State prove that the people are alive to the advantages University Extension has to offer. Unfortunately, as the demand grows, the University ' s means of satisfying it declines. In the past ten years the number of students at Berkeley has increased five-fold. During the same time, the teaching staff has been increased only three-fold. It is not to be wondered at, under these circumstances, that volunteers for additional courses outside the Uni- versity should not be plentiful. A course originally embraced sixteen sessions, and these were often two hours in length. For the reason mentioned above, the tendency has been to give briefer and briefer courses. The attendance is always good, and it has increased during the past year. Professor Fryer ' s second series on China attracted so large an audience, that the lecture room in the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art had to be abandoned for the more roomy auditorium of the Academy of Sciences. During the first half of the year 1898-99, the following courses were given : In San Francisco, at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art : CHINA. Six lectures by Professor John Fryer. MATHEMATICS. Six lectures by Associate Professor Haskell. Subject, The Theory of Equations, based on the Theory of Substitutions. GREEK. Six readings, with translation and comment, from the first half of the Odyssey of Homer, by Associate Professor Flagg. INTERNATIONAL LAW. Four lectures by Assistant Professor Hengstler. AMERICAN HISTORY. Three lectures by Dr. K. C. Babcock. In San Jose : SPAIN AND HER COLONIES. Six lectures by Professor Bernard Moses. During the second half of the year 1898-99, the following courses were given : In San Francisco, at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art : PHYSIOGRAPHY. Six lectures by Dr. H. W. Fairbanks. PSYCHOLOGY. Four lectures by Assistant Professor Stratton. POLITICAL ECONOMY. Our Finances in the Spanish War. Two lectures by Associ- ate Professor Plehn. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF VISION. Six lectures by Dr. A. A. D ' Ancona. CHINESE. Throughout the year 1898-99, Dr. John E. Gardner, of the department of Oriental Languages and Literature, conducted a class in the Cantonese dialect. In San Francisco, at the Academy of Sciences building : BOTANY. Six lectures by Dr. Willis L. Jepson. Regular attendants upon Extension courses, who pass a satisfactory examina- tion at the end of any course, are entitled to receive from the University Certifi- cates of Record of the work done. Regular University credit will be given on these certificates when the holders become registered students of the University. Correspondence regarding Extension courses should be addressed to Mrs. May L. Cheney, Secretary for University Extension, University of California, Berkeley.

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The Association has also greatly strengthened Debating, this year and in the past. Last year saw the establishment of a committee of three, appointed by the president, which has full control of all debating interests, and the plan has proved a marked success. This year a new departure has been made in presenting to members of the Debating teams an official emblem, as an acknowledgment of their services to the University. A similar action has been taken with regard to members of the Intercollegiate Chess Team. Many important committees have been appointed by the president during the past year. One of these has as its duty the revision of the constitution, which is in an unsatisfactory condition, due in part to the neglect of past officers and in part to new needs which have arisen. The most pressing of these needs is for a stable system of finances, in place of the lax system of collecting assessments which has been in vogue since the organization of the Association. Such a system the Association has been making efforts to establish. An exceedingly valuable feature of the Association has been the opportunity it offers members of the Faculty and Alumni, and friends of the University to address the Student Body under circumstances conducive to closer sympathy and better apprecia- tion. Many such addresses have been delivered ; notably, during the past year, those of Hon. Wm. R. Davis on behalf of the Alumni, and President Harper, of the University of Chicago. With the prestige of the precious results already obtained, and the promise of closer union with the Alumni and more consistent support from our own members, the future promises much to the Associated Students. The officers for the present year are : CHAS. E. THOMAS, 99, President. KNIGHT DCNLAP, 99, Secretary. ROBERT H. COLLINS, XX), Vice-President. RALPH C. DANIELS, 99, Treasurer. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer ex officio. RALPH T. FISHER, of the Sophomore Glass. JOHN A. MAGEE. of the Senior Glass. ARCHIE J. CLOUD, of the Junior Class. EDWIN H. ANDREWS, of the Freshman Glass. 35