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

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Regents were empowered to set University policies such as admissions, affirmative action and student fees. The Regents contracted architect David Farquharson to design a master plan for the University campus. Farquharson proposed six buildings, one each for studies in Agriculture, Mechanic Arts, Civil Engineering, Mines, and Letters, built around a central library building, California Hall. Only five were actually constructed. Only South Hall, a Victorian built in 1873, stands today. Sather Tower, better known as the Campanile, is Berkeley ' s ubiquitous building and symbol. Campus architect John Galen Howard completed the bell tower in 1914. Tiffany and Company designed the University Seal in 1910. Let there be light is a translation of the University ' s Latin motto, Fiat Lux. And thus, the University began its journey into the annals of intellectual history. INTRODUCTION 5

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Campus traditions and history go far beyond The Big Game, South Hall, all of the Nobel Laureates and their choice parking spots. . .even just a dog that likes to get wet. In the beginning. . . The Ohlone Indian tribe lived for thousands of years in the Straw berry Canyon area of the Berkeley f J: v. hills and on the land which is now the campus. By the 1849 Gold Rush, the Indian community had been displaced by cattle and dairy farms. In 1860, the Oakland-based College of California purchased the land from a farmer. In 1868, the trustees of the College of California gathered at the corner of Hearst Avenue and Gayley Road. This oldest campus landmark is Founder ' s Rock. There, the trustees dedicated the surrounding property as the site of the new campus — the University of California. The trustees became an independent corporation known as the Regents of the University of California. The

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