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

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APPERSON HEARST PLAN UNIVERSITY I CAMFORM REVISED PLAN 1. Greek Theatre Annex. 2. Greek Theatre. 3. Auditorium. 4. Chemistry. 5. Mining 6. Physics. 7. Senior Hall. 8. Faculty Club. 9. Training Quarters. 10. Tennis Courts. 11. Women ' s Gym. 12. Basketball Courts. 13. California Field. 14 Electrical 15. Mathematics. 16. Mechanical. 17. Campanile. 18. Civil. 19. Languages. 20. History and

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The Greater University Even-where, at all times, under all sorts of conditions, we of the Uni- versity of California are hearing about The Greater University. Whether it be in Faculty meetings, discussing new regulations, or at such ceremonies as the laying of the cornerstone of the Sather Campanile, where the students of the University express their senti- ments, or at gatherings of the Alumni. we are beset by this talk about The Greater University. Sometimes the phrase is used in tones of jubilation as if there was something to be proud of in the mere growth of numbers, and sometimes it is set forth in the nature of an excuse for shortcomings. But the condition is universally admitted, and The Greater University is taken as an accepted fact. But in what respects is the Univer- H. MORSE STEPHENS s jty o f California really greater than it used to be? Ye all know that its Faculty is larger and that the enrollment of students increases by leaps and bounds; we all know that buildings are being added to buildings ; we all know that more courses are offered and more lecture- rooms are crowded. But is this what we mean by greatness? Is our growth in numbers and in facilities of education our sole title to greatness? Surely it is time that we should call a halt in the mere glorification of size and numbers and look for a minute to see whether the University of California is becoming greater in its ideals, in its services to the higher aims of civilization, and above all in its fulfillment of the duties that it owes to the State of California which so generously provides for its support. The mere question of size and numbers brings with it disadvantages as well as advantages. The small, compact college has the definite advantage of putting a stamp upon the whole body of its students, since they are kept together, both socially and educationally, since they are held to a limited number of courses of instruction, and since they are perforce obliged to know each other. Individuality 11

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in a small college is either sacrificed by the requirements of a rigid cur- riculum or takes upon itself the form of eccentricity in those who cannot or will not conform to the prevailing type. Closer relations between Faculty and students, closer relations among the students themselves, are the distinguishing marks of the small college. Small communities, whether of students or citizens, present the advantage of neighborliness for those who wish to be neighborly. The small village and the small institution try out the qualities that make good neighbors. The members of small communities live under the rigid inspection of each other ; every one knows his neighbor ' s business as well as his own ;. every one rejoices or mourns in sympathy with his neighbor ' s happiness or his neighbor ' s sorrow : and the small community resembles a large family. But with this goes the inevitable disadvantage of a large family, a certain narrowness in the outlook toward the larger world outside, a certain interference with the privacy of the individual, and a certain stunting of the possibility of larger BQtDSEYE VIEW OF CAMPUS 13