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

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praise and pride. Not only does the student receive benefit of their eminent learning, but also has an example set him that will last through after years, when the k nowledge itself, may, perhaps be forgotten. Having considered the students and the faculty, we shall next inquire into the common bond between them, that which the one receives and the other imparts, instruction. At the present day there are no less than 310 distinct courses, graduate and undergraduate, offered in the University, the majority of them being elective. These are constantly being added to and expanded. New departments, new colleges are formed as the demand for differentiation and specialization appears. The recent change in courses, cul- minating in the group elective system, has served to show that the State University is abreast of the times. The creation of a college of pure science has answered the needs of those students whose lives are to be devoted to the exploitation of nature in all her intricate ways. Iyikewi.se the technical col- leges have been revised in regard to their requirements, both for entrance and for graduation, combining as nearly as may be the two opposites required of a technically educated college man, general learning and special knowledge. The present position of the University can hardly be better shown than by the number of graduate courses offered to those who desire to go beyond the usual limits of collegiate learning. These courses cover a broad field, in- cluding philosophy, history and political science, languages ancient and modern, mathematics, physics, astronomy, geology and related sciences, as well as other courses under less extended departments of thought. A university ' s graduate department is justly taken as the most prominent factor in determin- ing its relative standing ; and while as yet there is no demand on this Coast for the extended post graduate courses that are to be found in some of the old Eastern institutions, yet, the showing made by the University of California is, un- doubtedly, not only one of great promise, but also one of great present utility. The fact that men, who re- ceived their bachelor ' s degree at Harvard, Yale, Michi- gan. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wisconsin, and other well-known institutions of higher education, are enrolled in this department, evinces the truth of this statement at first glance. The small number of colleges with which the University originally opened has been gradually increased in some cases by differentiation from other colleges, in other cases by affiliation until at the present time there are twelve separate colleges, besides the L,ick Astronomical Department, the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, the Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts.

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That the University of California is rapidly making its way to the first place among American Universities is evinced by the words of President Eliot of Harvard, who placed it, some three years ago, among the first six of those institutions. When we consider the height which we have attained, and the comparatively short period of time in which it has been accomplished, we have excel- lent reason to be proud. But let us examine a few facts to substantiate our progress. The number of students seeking higher learn- ing has increased from 40 in 1870 to 1685 in the present year. That this phenomenal growth is due, in part, to an increase in population is undoubtedly true ; but the great number of knowledge-seekers, entering since 1890, is out of all proportion to census returns. The opening of Stanford University in 1891, it was presumed, would diminish the number of students in the Uni- versity of California. An opposite effect has taken place. The intrants in the colleges at Berkeley in the fall of ' 91 numbered about 170. The intrants in the fall of ' 93 were nearly double that number. In 1889 there were 701 students in all the departments of the University. In 1895 this number has been increased to 1685. Nor have our graduate departments suffered. Within the space of two years the number of candidates for higher degrees has increased 220 per cent. With the growth of the student body has been a corresponding augmen- tation of the actual teaching force. During the past twenty years -the faculty of the University of California has been increased from 40 to 269 members. And a faculty that contains such world-known names as L,e Conte, Hilgard, Stringham, Barnard. Kellogg, Moses, Howison and Hesse is worthy of all

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The facts that changes are constantly being made, and new colleges evolved, are potent illustrations of our progress toward the goal of all universities universality of education. Again, when ' 73 graduated but one building graced our college grounds South Hall, the os sacrum, as Professor Joe has so fittingly called it. Now eight large structures, built on the most improved plans, scarcely serve to ac- commodate the numerous students who throng these halls of learning. Several scholarships and fellowships have been established either by draw- ing on university funds or through private munificence. These are, at the present time, altogether too few in number, but a more perfect equilibrium between supply and demand will undoubtedly be effected within a few years. And now for the future ! While there have been almost insurmountable difficulties to overcome in the past, and many days of dark outlook, yet we have passed through the ordeal, purged for future effort. Although satisfied with the endeavors and successes of the by-gone years, yet ambition spurs us on to better, many fold, all that has been accomplished. What the future may bring forth no man can tell ; but the Faculty, the Alumni, and the Stu- dents the Trinity, the All in One, and One in All of any university are full of promise, and bid us forward with hope for to-morrow.