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

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There has been, too, during the past year, a counter movement from the ( ld to the New World. The idle spirit of the Orient (from our point of view) lias been awakened. California ' s reputation has become more than Pan-American. In Hongkong, Shanghai, Foochoo, and, certainly, in Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, and Manila, one hears more of the University of California than of Oxford or Cambridge, which, with reference to the Chinese ports, is saying a good deal. As a result, quite a number of Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos are students at the University. Our new relations with the Orient have given, besides, considerable stimulus to the College of Commerce. From a new and somewhat inferior position the College has become one of vital and practical importance. Its growth during the past year has been exceptional, necessitating new departments and instructors. The expansion of the departments of Chinese and Japanese, the introduction of the Russian language, and the establishment of a commercial museum, are indica- tions of its growth. With the development of State commerce and American trade in the East, the College of Commerce will undoubtedly hold a still more important position in the future. Expansion beyond the seas has gone hand in hand with the foster- ing of State in- dustries. In this respect no de- velopment has been more marked than that of the College of Agriculture. The advance has been along decidedly practical lines, as is illustrated by the establish- ment of a School of Practical Dairying with a personal inspection and super- vision of the dairies of the State by the instructor in Dairy Husbandry. Mr. Leroy Anderson. A veterinarian, Dr. Archibald R. Ward, has been appointed. Researches in Olive Culture, Entomology, and Viticulture are further indications of growth.

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The University in the Past Year HE past year of University work might be characterized a the banner year of California ' s progress. No preceding twelve months of University history have marked off so many mile stones of solid advance. Begun on a broader basis, favored by new and encour- aging prospects, the year closes with a brighter prospect for tin- future than ever before. To review in brief space means to neglect many matters of importance. A ' it-tailed resume, indeed, would require a supplement to the present edition. Full justice can be done neither to the development of the other departments, nor to the more recent outlets of University growth. It is only possible, therefore, to cite the more prominent features of progr California ' s advance toward the standing of a World University is, in part, illustrated by it relations to the Far East. The disturbed condition of affairs in the Philippines, resulting necessarily from the transfer of military to civil authority, called for specialized knowledge of a high order. Professor Bernard Moses, of the University of California, was appointed United States Commissioner. Distinguished m authority on Spanish History and Government, his services have been in the present instance, and are, invaluable. The work, too. of Professor Carl C. Plehn. first as a supervisor of the United States Census in California sus Bui no It succed collate i-onditi fused iv inaci Igoroto. want of pre in Luzon, Sa-j other islands. culty of inter- munication knowledge and considerable executive abi; certainly reflects credit on the University as repr Plehn. as head of the Cen- Philippines. wa cult, and no less To collect and here Filipino ere so con- speak of the of i|acababee, .a g a 1 . the Htistk-s and the e diffi- m- fe expert nctertakings Moses and As to the Islands and Orient generally, California ' s position on the western bank of the continent gives her an important advantage with respect to the future. More than a hundred of the Alumni and former students hold positions in the Philippines. Japan and China. In a sense, indeed, the Orient bids fair to become a branch of the Greater University.

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Like the College of Agriculture, the College of Mining has made noteworthy progress in the past twelve months. An increase in the number of enrolled students has necessitated the erection of new laboratories. Again our thanks are due to Mrs. Hearst for furnishing these laboratories for the crushing, sampling, assaying and general handling of ores. In fact, the College has so far outgrown its present quarters that the first building of the Greater University is to be the Mining Building, of which Mr. John Galen Howard, of New York, has already been appointed supervising architect, and the contract let. The past year, too, has seen the initial steps taken in the formation of a Department of Irrigation one of California ' s more important needs. The estab- lishment of the department, under the direction of Professor Elwood Mead, the chief living authority on the subject and Irrigation expert of the United States Department of Agriculture, is bound to result in solid benefit to the State. It is the beginning of a future full of possibilities; for it is no wild-eyed prophecy to that the waters of the Sierras and Coast Ranges will some day be used t great advantage. A new phase of expansion is the remarkable growth of the Summer School. The session of 1901 was most successful, as it must needs have been when cou- were offered by such men as Professor Barrett Wendell of Harvard, Professor John Dewey of Chicago, Professor H. Morse Stephens of Cornell, and Professor L. H. Bailey and Dean Russell of Teachers ' College, not to mention the University Faculty members who participated. This meant a reaction of Eastern on Western spirit, and vice-versa, and a consequent benefit to the many teachers of the State and others attending. Improvements of a more local character have not been lost sight of amidst this international (as we may call it) and State development. The Summer School students of this year will be greeted by a troop of healthy young shrubs covering a dozen acres or more of the Campus. The occasional Northers in June and July will rustle leaves instead of hustling dust. as an Alumnus states it. Then there has been the building and equipment of the best Women ' s Gym- nasium in America. For this we are once more indebted to Mrs. Hearst, not only for making possible so costly an undertaking, but for her foresight in procuring just what was needed. The gift was supplemented by as fine a basket-ball court as exists in the West. The women students now have facilities for exercise and recreation quite on a par with those of the men. With Hearst Hall and the enlarged Harmon Gymnasium, our facilities for University meetings and social functions have been considerably enlarged ; and centralizing University spirit as they do. both places serve a two-fold usefuln- The past year has seen the completion of the first building of the Phcebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan the President ' s house. The style of the building