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

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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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University Extension. Our Faculty and the Outside World. L I NIVERSITY EXTENSION is a broad term. It may be used to cover all points at which the University touches the outside world. It is true the term originated in England, about twenty-five years ago, where it was used to describe a movement undertaken by Cambridge University. The movement aimed to extend to the many, University teaching, so long the privilege of the few. The different forms of Uni- versity Extension which have grown up in California may all be traced to the same aim. One of the earliest forms of University Extension in California was a series of bulletin-lectures, issued by the College of Agriculture. Professor E. W. Hilgard, having in mind the duty of a State University to find means of spreading and practi- cally applying the scientific knowledge it has in keeping, used this method of reaching the people of the State. Within the last few years, the work has been supplemented by the holding of Farmers ' Institutes in different parts of the State. Over a hundred such meetings have been held during the present year. Another early form of University Extension was the creation of a bond between the University and the High Schools of the State ; in other words, the establishing of the accrediting system. The privilege of entering graduates at the University wit h- out the formality of an examination is one of the minor gains the High Schools owe to this arrangement. The presence among them of members of the University Faculty, the opportunity which the country High School shares with the largest city school, of receiving advice and help from men of large opportunities, is much more to be prized. As an index of the appreciation of this privilege, it might be mentioned that one hundred and ten preparatory schools in the State applied this year for accrediting. Of these, ninety-six were public High Schools. This form of University Extension gave rise to another, the participation of members of the Faculty in the deliberations of Teachers ' Institutes and Associations. The acquaintance formed in the schoolroom, and the informal talks to the pupils of the High School, frequently lead to a request for a more thorough discussion of topics of common interest. A hundred or more talks to teachers, or lectures to larger audiences have been given by members of the Faculty this year. The University ' s summer school is another form of University Extension. It opens the University laboratories and library to the teachers of the State. The courses given have thus far been scientific ; but the Regents intend to offer a wider range of work this year. Members of the University Faculty frequently take part in the work of vacation schools, which are not conducted by the University. Three men were on the faculty of the summer school at Pacific Grove last summer, and as many will be at work there this year. Professor Syle gave two courses of lectures at the Chatauqua, N. Y., summer session of 1898. 32

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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