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

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THE UNIVERSITY Student Emerging from Self -Government the old Athletic Association in the year 1 90 1 , the present organization of the Associated Students of the Uni- versity of California has firmly estab- lished itself and become the central governing body in undergraduate affairs. The five thousand members of the college community are cen- trally administered by an Executive Committee of three elected and four appointed officials. The Presi- dent, Vice-president and Secretary are selected by general ballot. A Graduate Manager is chosen bi-annually by a special commission of seven elected Seniors. The Big C Society ap- points one of its members as Athletic Representative, and an alumnus and a faculty representative are appointed by the committee itself. Assisting this Executive Council in its various functions of student rule are the several subordinate organizations which administer the affairs of the A. S. U. C. in the different branches of its activity. Athletic relations are in the hands of the Intercollegiate Agreement Committee. A Rally Committee is appointed to organize and direct the strictly undergraduate gatherings of the Student Body. Aiding the Sophomore class, with a systematic method of selecting officials for its Junior book, is the.fi ue and Gold Advisory Com- mittee which designates those second year students whose work on the previous book merits their eligibility to election as editor and manager of the next annual. Especially important in student government are the committees on Under- graduate Students ' Affairs and Students ' Welfare. The former is mainly delibera- tive in its fostering of the honor spirit in the University and its discussion of general matters of student concern. The Affairs Committee is executive and administra- tive in nature, carrying on investigations of all such matters as may tend to violate University rules and injure the interests of the Student Body, and acting as a supreme court before which are tried all misdemeanors committed by undergraduates as such. The admirable work of the Students ' Welfare Committee during the past

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ft? (INI VI R H pM MM K g pHgg3gSj x s w izg L aE m JL 1 Faculty During the year the additions to the Faculty have far overbalanced the Changes losses by retirement, death or departure. Many new personalities have come as visitors in place of exchange professors or to replace officers absent on sabbatical leave. Some of these newcomers have become permanent mem- bers o f the University Faculty. All have left a positive impression upon the minds with which they have come in contact. In a faculty of over eight hundred, only three permanent losses have been felt. Death has robbed the University of Dr. Reinhardt, head of the Department of Hygiene, and Dean Christy, of the College of Mining. Professor Lincoln Hutchin- son left for South America during the year to enter the diplomatic service, and there- by the Economics Department lost a valued member. Eleven professors have been absent on leave throughout the year. Many more chairs have been filled than were left vacant by absentees. In the School of Agriculture alone there were no less than thirty -nine instructors added to the faculty roles. Principal among these were the two new professors in the Department of Forestry. Professor Walter Mulford came from Cornell University, and Professor David Townsend Mason of Yale left the University of Montana for a chair at California. As first professor on the Jane K. Sather $140,000 foundation for the study of classical literature, Henry W. Prescott from Chicago was in resi- dence during the second semester. In the Law School, Professors John Wurts and Barry Gilbert were newcomers during the year. The Hooper foundation brought two new men to the medical faculty in Dr. George H. Whipple of Johns Hopkins as Director, and Dr. Ernest L. Walker as Associate Professor of Tropical Medicine. Dr. Robert T. Legge became Professor of Hygiene and University Physician to replace the late Dr. Reinhardt. As Agassiz Professor of Oriental Languages and Literature, Dr. Alfred Forke of the University of Berlin was chosen. At the open- ing of the first semester the Physical Education Department was divided into separate organizations for men and women. Miss Maude Cleveland was made Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Director of the Women ' s Gymnasium.

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THE UNIVERSITY year has not only greatly fostered the spirit of honor in the University, but its members, by extensive correspondence, have aroused an abundance of interest along similar lines among the high schools of the State. During the last year the Associated Students have added another institution to those under their super- vision, in taking over the management of .the Associated Students ' Store. During the fall term, the Co-op declared dividends of eight per cent, in favor of the student buyers on purchases approximating $45,000. Self-government has been possible at California only through the co-ordinate efficiency of these many factors. A constant corollary to the proposition of self- government by undergraduates had been the dominance of Senior control. In the early days the Seniors were wont to gather weekly on North Hall steps to light- heartedly meet together and sing. When student government was introduced, the song was hushed at these Senior Singings, and the weekly gatherings became earnest discussions of general University welfare. Annoying disorders have been entirely suppressed and eliminated by the upper class control, and dishonesty in examinations has been largely conquered by the honor spirit. So all these insti- tutions have increased the spirit of union and honor among the members of the student community until now the student governs himself and gov- erns well. The In a sense the $1 ,800,000 Bond Issue bond issue voted at the last election for Uni- versity buildings is a gift from the Alumni Association, for it is due to their perseverance and zeal that the amendment carried. It was an alum- nus who first thought of initiating the measure and through the co-operation of the entire Alumni Association the required number of signatures was secured to get the proposition on the ballot. It occupied the eleventh place on the list of over forty proposed amendments and soon became gener- ally known as Number Eleven. Faculty, alumni, students, and all the WEST END OF DOE LIBRARY