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

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA most meritorious poems that have appeared in the various college papers since their establishment in the University. It received favorable com- ment from competent critics. But one course of Assembly Lectures has been delivered since the Blue and Gold last appeared. Dr. Sternberg, of the United States Army, favored us on several occasions during the first half of the present col- legiate year. His addresses were exceedingly instructive. These are, in brief, the most important doings of the past year. And now, a word as to the Blue and Gold. It is needless to tell those who are familiar with the University that our annual is in no way intended as a literary production. It is supposed to mirror the brighter scenes of student life, and to record the principal events of what we are told are the happiest days we shall ever know. With this end in view, the editors have compiled the following pages. Our work has not been entirely satisfactory. We have been disappointed in many ways. Our Miscellany department is far from what we had hoped to make it. Overwork in English, combined with the oft-deplored apathy existing among the students, has prevented us from securing the outside assistance that has been so great a boon to the editors of previous issues. With a full realization, therefore, of the faults of the Blue, and Gold, and asking indulgence for its shortcomings, we present it to the kindly consideration of the Students, the Faculty, and so much of the General Public as is interested in our Alma Mater.

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THE BLUE AND GOLD The Class of ' 83 has voted one hundred dollars for the purchase of books to be presented to the University. Succeeding classes will doubt- less imitate this good example, and to ' 83 will belong the credit of having established a worthy custom. Our grounds are undergoing a metamorphosis slow but sure. It therefore follows that when we press the soil o ' our Alma Mater with the tottering step of age, the pleasing lawns, the smiling flowers, and the sparkling fountains will tell us that it has at length become the paradise that Nature designed it to be. The Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton is nearing completion. In addition to this, we are to have a smaller structure within easy reach of the college grounds, five thousand dollars having been appropriated for that purpose by the last Legislature. The gala days of the University have been celebrated in their regular order. ' 82, after a very successful Class Day and Commencement, made room for the mild-mannered Freshmen. Junior Ex passed off with its usual eclat, and Charter Day elicited well-merited praise. The large audiences that greeted the speakers on each of these occasions show that a deeper interest in the University is being aroused among the people. Athletics have been more vigorous than for several years past. Our Cinder Track, which will ever stand as a monument to the kindly and un- tiring efforts of Colonel Edwards, was dedicated on last Field Day. It was constructed at an expense of something over six hundred dollars. The comfortable Grand Stand that overlooks the course was erected through the liberality of the young ladies of the University. Field Day excited unusual interest. Many visitors witnessed the events, and nu- merous excellent records were made. Inter-class games of Base-Ball have regularly occurred. The playing, although enthusiastic, has, however, been poor. Football attracted much attention during the winter months. The University team contended successfully with the most prominent clubs of San Francisco. Class teams were organized, and the Campus re-echoed with yells of touchdown and foul. The Literary Societies have been improved in many ways. The interest in them has certainly not decreased during the past year, and their meet- ings have usually been well attended. The College Papers have maintained their high standard. The BerJce- leyan has been ably edited and well conducted. The Occident has been enlarged, and has presented much readable matter. In October last, a bright meteor made its appearance in our journalistic sky. This was the Eighty-Five. After a brief but lively existence of something over five months, it found repose in the bosom of the Berkeleyan. A volume of College Verses was issued under the auspices of the Berkeleyan Stock Company, shortly before Christmas. It contained the

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THE BLUE AND GOLD off ' Regent of love , lord of folded arms. Love ' s Labor Lost. EX-OFFICIO REGENTS. His EXCELLENCY GEORGE STONEMAN SACRAMENTO Governor, ex-officio President of the Board. His HONOR JOHN DAGGETT Los ANGELES Lieutenant- Governor. HON. H. M. LARUE SACRAMENTO Speaker of the Assembly. HON. W. T. WELCKER .SACRAMENTO State Superintendent of Public Instruction. HON. P. A. FINNIGAN SACRAMENTO President of the State Agricultural Society. P. B. CORNWALL SAN FRANCISCO President of the Mechanics ' Institute. W. T. REID, A. M BERKELEY President of the University. APPOINTED REGENTS. Name. Residence. REV. HORATIO STEBBINS SAN FRANCISCO HON. SAMUEL B. McKEE OAKLAND HON. JOHN S. HAGER, A. M., LL. D SAN FRANCISCO HON. J. WEST MARTIN OAKLAND HON. JOHN F. SWIFT SAN FRANCISCO A. S. HALLIDIE, ESQ SAN FRANCISCO HON. JOSEPH W. WINANS, A. M ... SAN FRANCISCO HON. WILLIAM T. WALLACE SAN FRANCISCO PROF. GEORGE DAVIDSON, A. M., PH. B SAN FRANCISCO JOHN L. BEARD, A. M MISSION SAN JOSE HON. A. L. RHODES SAN JOSE PROF. WM. ASHBURNER SAN FRANCISCO HON. T. GUY PHELPS BEI.M..M I. W. HELLMAN, ESQ Los ANGELES ARTHUR RODGERS, A. B., PH. B SAN FRANCISCO GEORGE T. MARYE, JR SAN FRANCISCO