The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 22, 1897, Page 19

PAST. PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE STATE UNIVERS The State U upon the thirtieth y with a prospect of more rer just entered | ar of its existence of future development kable than it has ever known Indeed, the ou has recently proportions that will not only ve erest throt State, 1ight well challenge the attention of laid, with success, | 1 such a {onn- ress upon as leading place right 1iversities of the twen- the reasonable tion of t wi expect 1 ation to build its future pre at the head of the u tieth cen There number of improvements in progress made vossible by the largely in- creased income ited by the State, but th 15 that buildi movement t transcen the secur oup of home of any other center of earn The arduous work of studying L how to obtain the best p'ans for this ambitious desi has at length been ¢om- pleted and all the suzgestions and accu- T ed information of two years of cor- respondence and travel by those who had the matte charge will be laid before the committee t week order that a method of procedure may be adonted. This com tee cc s of M Phebe Hear gives the_ funds ins; Governor Bu velop- form to, say to carrying on the ent *here will be at can be built in € ear: 'he income t The bulk will be priva‘e dona- iis great enterprise AS e adequate to meet the \ ty prepared to give the cation in the coming centur- | y what /ines education is likely to idly; what buildi c manent, and which more i the nature of tempo- uctures; and just where it was ary to provide for extensions uent: nions of the leading architects of ‘tnis country, of England, of France, ( and Ttaly were htas to th abi f the scheme the best genius can devise. A of r Wn we asked a3 to the styles e e thetic group- i o the a.ds oi land- vlors that would atmosphere and king an i te and city. al comb na methods have been proposed for this great pian, but the one | s the most adequate and will ected is to bave the gen- | obtaining whic probabl eral outline of ihe scheme decided upon | by a congress of men at the top of their | profession in the us lines mentioned above, and then allow these various minds free scope for the ercise of their genius upon the different parts so long as they do nothing to mar the uniformity of the whole as agreed upon by the congress. In this way the university will gain the prod- uct of the best brains of the age. The representatives of the university who have been traveling and correspond- ing in pursuance of this magnificent project report that the foreign savants think most favorably of the idea. They are very far from feeling that it is an | absurd presumption for so young a Staie | | that “Westward the sta otbers | the world were | will e e T U UC U — to what general plan of } to attempt to rival and surpass the great universities of the old world, but on tbe contrary admit that it is a true saying r of empire takes its way,” and they consider California to be the most favored section in all this Wesd:rn world. Here in tnis temperate belt, they con- sider, is where the culture of the future will naturally rate. People of latge means and lei will be led by the to select this asa conce 1T climate and the scene dweliing - place. Scholars whose pre- eminence will give them first choice of | positions will pick upon this as their per- manent home. Not only will the best brain ot the world naturally gravitate here, but the of California, at once valmy and i orati will be more conducive o the resultful exercise of rare th other sections intell f n in | where mate is either rigorous or | enervatin With especial enthusiasm did these sa- vauts p:ophesy that this State would be he future center of the hne arts. Itis t the loftiest inspirations will en- ter into the souls of men, because the tic surroundings are such as to romar make them most receptive to messages from Pallas. Genius will be atiracted here irom other lands; it will have a nataral birthplace here, and there will be abun- dant wealth in tne land to support, en- courage and enjoy it. I'he men who went st of the g he worid in alifornia 2 grandear from here to arouse t architects and ar- were abunaantly pro- passi vided witu comprehensive photograpuic s of the site at Berkeley, and the out- the bay and mount- the Golaen Ga'e. The the pictures called forth the look theref s and display of opinion that the site was for the purpose | most beautiful and appropriate on the In Con- tantinople alone is there a combination of natural grandeur to com- pare with it, and there are climatic and other serious reasons why Constantinople is excluded from rivalry with Berkeley as an ideal home for a great universiiy. So deeply impressed were these masters in the realm of fine arts with the project that they considered it a great opportun- ity for the men at the top of their profes- sion to have a hand in the work; they thought it would be among the chief architectural achievements of modern time I curious!y interestin: to note that with all the vast cost it will iake to realize dream of a m ficent city of schol- ip, that portion of the work which re- the supremest efforts of geniu be obtained by California absolutely qui THE plan to design for | University a home of sur- | GROUNDS WOULD LOOK WITH THE THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. UNDAY, AUGUS 29 =2, 1897. | i There is something more than mere coincidence in the initials of two oi the most famous and brilliant of the drama- tists who have in the past and present decade bestowed enjoyment upon piay goers in this country and in England. These initials are D. B. One person to whom they b:long is Dion Boucicault; the other David Belasco —the first of Irish birth, the latter an American. Despiiethediffeience in their nationality, early educationzl advaitages and the begiuning of their theatrical career, d ite the great contrastin their temperaments, method and the nature of their dramatic works, they strove to achieve the same result and ‘o reach the same g Dion Boucicault has passed from human kin into that other and unknown world which presses so closely upon this, but he had gained tne summit of his fame years | ived nearly all his profes- sional rivals and contemporaries of his | eariier time; he had survived the en- es and petty jealousies over which his uius had triumphed; he had lived to see his comedies and plays become a part | of the standard dramatic literature of the English-speakin= worid, and, though dymg a solitary but not friendless old man in an alien land, he was honored, and his death mourned as universally here i the great circle of his literary and theatrical association as in his native land beyond the sea. His contemporary and friend, David Belasco. still lives. He is in the meridian = | of his career as a dramatist, and there is yet before him—as the average age al- | loted humaukind goe:—more than a score | of ye. Boucicaull's first great uccess and Be- lasco’s t success both had the saine ini- tial, *L.”” Boucicaunit’s was “London A surance,” Belasco’s was ““La Belle Russe,” and the two authors were of abou: the same age when they wrote these play the age at which Sheridan produced his immortal, “The School for Scandal.” In | each of these plays of Sheridan, B cauit and Belasco there is another coinci- | dence in the fact that in either of them the letter “*S” oceurs twice only. The greatest financial as well as popular succees in the long list of Bouc.cault’s ro- mantic [rish dramas was the “‘Shauch- raun’ and virtually the last in that line from his pen. It brought him and the management of the theater where it was given its longest run and over half a | mi'lion doliars. Belasco’s greatest financial success and tinest example of dramatic work, he Heart of Maryland,” before termi- nating :is run in this country and Eng- { land, will have brought to its author and | the managers of the theaters not less than | three-quaiters of a million of dollars, One of Boucicault's earliest plays had |also a ‘Heart” (“The Heart of Midlo- | thian,” from Walter Scott's novel), but its pulsations brought out but a small pecuniary reward and little addition to his reputation as a playwright. And Belasco’s ‘‘Heart of Oak,” a drama | which still holds the slage, bas brought ih PRESENT APPEARANCE OF PRESENT BUILDINGS REMOVED. STATE UNIVERSITY GROUNDS. [ | | i | | methods in | start this work. | cateh of without money and without price. The most renowned architects and artists of the world will give their judgment as to the general plan for fame, for the love of humanity, for pride in their proiession, from sheer gladness in the world’s ad- vance. When the suggestion of liberal payment was made to them they cour- | teously waved the offer aside. It is the determination of this comprehensive de- sign that princivally calls for extraor- dinary talent. The drawing of the de- tailed plans will not be labor for which an enormous price will or could be asked. Professor B. R. Maybeck, who was one of the commission sent to Europe to gather information applicable to the pro- posed new buidings, is in Paris studying at the School of Fine Arts, and preparing himself to help in tne selection of the plans. Professor A. O. Leuschner, also of the State University, who has been in urope on leave of absence to perfect himself in astronomical scnolarship, is still abrond studying the latest foreign cb:ervaiory work. His in- iormation will be used in the new plans, for the university expects to have an ob- servatory at Berkeley in addilion to the one at Mount Humilton. A notable work now going forward at the nniversity is the investigation of the bills and valley behind the buildings, for an abundant water supply. The purpose is 1o build a great reservoir to catch the drainage from the extensive watershed that nas been condemned for that pur- pose. A dam will be built so substantial as to prevent the people living in the town of Berkeley from having any sleep-mur- dering uneasiness from being some time <uddenly swept 10 destruction 1n a great flood, a la Johnstown, as it were. An ap- propriation of $10,000 has been made to The valley is now being bored for the purpose of finding a site with a water-tight bottom, so that the big infall from the hillsides shall not all seepaway. The need of this water supply is very urgent, for the expense of the amount now bought from the outside is $3500 per year for us:s in the buildings, and there is none to water the grounds, 10 put out fires or to irrigate the agricul- tural experiment lands. During the last academic year there were two buildlngs burned, entailine a loss of $12,000, which is chargeable 0 the lack of water and fa- cilities of usinv it on the flames. At present the grounds are deep in dust and bare of grass. With the new reser- voir all th will be remedied, and the | usefuiness of the agricultural experiment d will be greatly augme nted. Prominent among the recent actions of the board of regents is the selection cf a S > g gt site for the Wilmerding Indus'rial Schocl, which has a fund of $400,000 by originat | gift and is now considerably increased by interest. The site was tendered by the Merchants’ Assceiation, and at a meeting of the board of regents on the 10th it was accepted. In this the youths will be taught how to work with their hands as | well as brains. | The progress of university extension by | means of affiliated colleges still goes bravely on, and at the present time there are three petitions before the board of regents for admission from prominent | colleges—the Hahneman Hospital Asso- | ciation, the College of Prysioiogy and | Surgery and the Cooper M eaical College, {'all of San Francisco. The ouiidincs for the | Affiliated Colleges of Law, Medicine, | Dentistry and Pharmacy, now being con- structed on the heights overlooking | Golden Gate Park, are far enough ad- vanced to show that they will be im- posingly handsome. The Agricultural College and Experi- ! ment Station, under the direction of Pro- fessor E. W. Hilgard, is rapidly extend- ing the work of instructing the tarmers by means of farmers’ institutes. This work | has been organized by giving Professor A. L. Cook, with residence at Pomona, super- vision of all the institutes south of the | Tehachapi range of mountaias, and D. T. Fowler, who has had great success in or- ganizing this work in Michigan, will take i charge of the northern part cf the State. | The other profes-ors will go out at various times when the farmers desire enlighten- | ment on special subjects. Seventy of these institutes are now organized and | there are applicauons for 100. A new and interesting feature of the agricultural work ix in charge of Pro- fessor M. E. Jaffa. He has a special ap- | paratus for testing the value of sugar beets, and in his visits among the farming community he takes his instruments along and quickly demonstrates to them | whether the beets grown on their land | contain a profitable proportion of sac- | charine matter. This is of much import- ance just now, for beets are being experi- mented with all ail over tue State and are | now getting ripe. | With the pecple collectively giving | attention to itasa potent factor in their welfare, with millionaire capitalists anxious to give it fostering care and with the great architects and artists of the world willing to bestow the best powers of | their genius upon the creation of an ideal | home for it, the University of California | has such a prospect abead of it as it enters its thirtietn year as might well fire the enthusiasm of all who have a hand in 1ts development. DION .BOUCICAULT. D. B~TWO HEARTS THAT BEAT DA AS ONE-D. B. VID BELASCO, to its author thus far a larger income than Boucicaul: received for his sterling comedy “Old Heads and Young Hearts.” Boucicault, in his earlierday, once he had \fornulated the idea of a play, wrote it to | completion rapidiy. According to a state- | ment made long ago to an interviewer for a daily paper, he was occupied but little more than two monthsin writing *‘Lon- don Assurance,” yetin the arranging of the material, constructing the work and writing the play he was busily employed an entire year. As was Boucicault, Belasco is kindly and patient with the younger ulayers who are attentive to their work and intel- ligert, but heis inflexibly stern and impsr- ative with the elders who fancy their ideas as to the nature of a character are as good, if not better, than those of the author who created it, *Try that bit over again, please,” and, again, “Pshaw, that's not it at ail. Do it my way. That’s bstter”—are some of his injunc- tions to them. As with Belasco, so it was with Bouci- ;cnult, a nervous, resiless nature. If anve | thing, Boucicault was the more impatient acd prone to anger, yet was gentle- hearted. | So with a kind!y memory for D, B., who nas left a legacy to the yr ion he served so well and to the literature of the stage he so grandly enaowed with his genlus, it is happiness to know that the living D. B. has already achieved fame and distinction which pface him in the track of his proiotype as the fittest pos- « 8ible successor. i