The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1902, Page 29

2 D e e e S S e R S Y : [ 4 44444 2 ¥ p- | b4 $ $ ) - 4 ) +* b - - 28 > Q O+ 4 MO. P4+ +H44eS £ + 3 - DAY, MARCH 23, 1902. ’ £ e o 5 + —_— 1 1 DR. PERRY | DISCUSS . - DELIVERS || R aG ORATION FINANCES 11 [ Ia B I ; ‘ Many Graduates Meet Noted Editor and Art || g Py Critic Speaks to ' || With President | %% Thousands. [l henlers |0y Says America Lacks Regent Offers Money National Poetic to Library Fund | . Composition. Amid Cheers. | . Whitelaw Reid and| Athletic Games Draw D. O. Mills Hear | Crowds to College the Address. 3 Campus. ——— | G0 9 | LARGE number of alumni of H spprepritie Sheme: | the State University met at nies arter day” was celebrated at the | the biennial conference yes- te University at| terday afternoon in the stu- . i dents’ observatory to . con- keley yesterday, and | " 151 sider the question of financial y-fourth anni- | of the founding | ald to the Iinstitution from 2 | which they had graduated. Was the occas | Many of the alumni present belonged to . . the gertler sex, and they took an active a ia ¢ part In the proceedings. T. A. Perkins, e s ! president of the council of the assocla- _\ » tions of alumni, was in the chair, and Ed- & (‘ ward Booth acted as secretary. : The-feature of the proceedings was a the natal | spirited speech delivered by Attorney " Charles A. Wheeler, an alumnus of the Xy, i et | university and one of the regents. He > R “‘l:-"; closed his remarks by offering to give > a ais § 35000 toward a library fund and asked E iver the Vm'*“ that ninety-nine alumni of the State Uni- ere were proces-| | o versity make similar donations. . nts, alumnt | Tho proceedings opened with an ae- © lled Har. count of the previous conference given T Eciag T "by Charles A. Green, president of the A a day Th Berkeley Alumni Soclety, when it was A e | decided to form alumni clubs in every s | affairs of part of the State. There was a long discussion on the sub- ject of an alumni newspaper, the need S of which had been suggested by President Wheeler. e NEED A COLLEGE PAPER. » | Seth Mann, chairman of a committes T { appointed to make a report, stated that a to Whitelaw Reld, newspaper had recently started up, con- e nation at.the cor- ducted by some alumnl as a private en- terprise. He did not favor the alumai » assoclation indorsing a private venture, E i but that they should control the publica- P e { tion In the same manner as the college - { periodicals of Eastern colleges. Charles BELOVED PROFESSOR MISSING. | A. Green spoke on similar lines. et hus s who took part in the cel- | F. W. Altken, one of the publishers of - the California Graduate, said that it was not fair for the associated alumni to try | and down his venture after he and his assoclates had shown the association that | a publication was possible. President Wheeler, who entered the hall during the discussion, was called upon to speak, and he said that he fa- | vored an alumni newspaper controlled by a committee of the alumni. : 3 The subject was disposed of by the pas- sage of a resolution that the'desirability and bprac;lcabll:!y of an alumni newspa- per be referred to the council, with power to act, after Aitken had failed to secure the passage of an amendment that the : council confer wit m and his associ- v ! ates. v | President Wheeler was asked to ad- | ol ' dress the meeting on the needs of the w opened 1l university, but he declared that h 4 g & - ieo tired to do %o “and " had given Tis 1 . views-on the sul ! VIR ‘_v;mnz people through college that it was | porary verso deserves little motice, that morning in L;’S;&;n’"é‘,’i,,;‘;;g?n"f - 3 : his purpose to endow a free bed in the | the elder singers have passed away or are . ‘ oo I when it is founded. He is Mr. | silenf and that the new volces do not yet Suggested that questions be put to him. - * nhelm of Sacramento. Iy ho| gommand one's admiration and _regard, | PRESIDENT ANSWERS QUESTION - - | ‘eaching is an art and can only be | The contempt expressed for so-called | | o ct - | acquired by practice and research. ~ For | magazine poetry has become £o common | | m,},‘;,’,‘;;l;:{;o,‘,"z,"J:L"‘:}m’:fl?,,{ffit e purpose we need a training school | as to pass unchallenged. The ‘poet’s cor- an _alumnus. ity s i g se in Eastern colleges.” | ner’ of the newspaper is supposed to be a4 1 | _“By moral suppo quickly replied ey | Wheeler then announced the | corner avoided by the wise. But I do not i - President W heeler. ere are enough STUDENTS MAKE RAFTERS RING (rjn;(mx Lo » te h;r}nm sr_;,gx? .\‘ixl-sihli;?:ln{u\n shn‘re ‘]hl.;, ;fi»pula'rhs\(nsrl:\icloni of the minior 5 3 people to find fault.” The answer was S B the ot | chs; a chec 500 fro vidow | poet. elleve that American verse is, - —- — ved with ¢ )l gpore than | of the late Professor Hallidie, being her | upon the whole, and setting aside the Arst "-"-%‘.‘,:“J,fl?:‘,,‘,i‘:*fg- in need of money.' - et thiise syak | SOUOSL Opastas Euward tht JiDrary, Sud | {35;?;}2';21;‘3'“35- e O At s DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE THIRTY-FOURTH ~“ELEBRATION OF “CHAR- continued President Wheeler, “and you P e ctation, being a donation to the building | shows a wider range of thotght and a TER DAY" AT THE STATE UNIVERSIY OF CALIFORNIA, AND PHOTOGRAL ..3 OF PROMINENT GUESTS San help us an thoss ines. Theve sve rough the campus e | °F, Alliinnt Hal | more finished technique. Ang the ameunt AND GATHERINGS OF STUDENTS ON THE CAMPUS, AT BERKELEY DURING THE FESTIVITIES. Bction of the alumni befgre the st Loy young isdles wore I am glad it came to-da said Presi of tolerably acceptable verse that some- islature was of immense value.” “board” and black | dent Wheeler. “It was as good to me how gets written in this country is enor- | se— = — | President Wheeler agreed with a sug- e gymnasium they | it 1t bad been half a miliion. It showe ust how enormous only those who : gestion that arlist.of the needs of the uni- and given scats | Lhe love of the alumni for thelr univer- | see it {n manuscript cap know. iic | ¥TODE, because she will perish 1f you ) both sides of the bay. Refreshments '05, seconda; Minor, '04, third. Time, | versity be published, showing what could any ii\”; W ;‘“h|1~s 3035} kgor |‘t it 1s x.ul' for | “There is one chardcteristic. of this|abandon her, and her fall is a greater | were served in the lower hall. 39, s be done with donations of sums ranging Soere made 10 MINg | university that expresses the best and | curiosity. It is the relatively humb e rank | AIMS AT PATRIOTIC VERSE. ALUMNI NINE WINS GAME. | ™% CoutTie for fst between Harry Ir- | /.M of the best things I can think 4 SomEs. LYerY oDe| highest thoughts and to provide the | as regards both quantity and quaity that | - ST win of the Olymplc Club and Wileox ‘04 at | 9. sald President Wheeler, “is a loan i ore lungs of the | tratning for the best of our youths, to | I8 occupled by patriotic poetry. 'Next (o | . Vere bearing on the present war in| picked Team Defeats University Men |10 tcet % inches Wilcox getting the points: R oot Yiwws irs Many, Rk ing % tell men- how to live, to tell them of im- | God,” said Cardinal Gibbons the other day | S0uth Africa was quoted. The speaker Geary, '04, second; Ching and Symmes, tle for | Ships suffe Y SRRt S ¢f S o U regents, faculty, | mortality and their right to be and live | in the Baltimore Cathedral, ‘our eountry | continued: on the Diamond. © | thira, are living g6 3 1o $8 per Jonth. A, ke guests of honor started from | with God." ghould hold the st e ol e itical f : -| BERKELEY, March 22.—The California-| High jump—Tie between Cooley, '04, and | of 50 in such cases would be of great E y building, fec y e strongest place in our af For the political poet is always tempt- ® Cheek, '04, at 5 feét 61 inches, dividing first | good. The money would be eventually re- gymnasium. | DR. BLISS PERRY ORATES. | {he peneral ohieietsr "o} impression of | ed to declamation; to speech rather than| Alumnl baseball game played this atter- | TIgek U 000, feef, G inchce. (LA _| turned. 1 have always found it so when- wore WRSIf | President Wheeler was loudly cheered | verse be correct, our country I5 ner omiy | S0n. Bitter Indignation, burning / elo- | noon on the college campus proved a sur. | *"Snot putWon by Briggs. ‘05, distance 37 | ever I had any money to joan.” zether with the | 5t the close of his speech, and the intro- | less frequently than religlon the theme | dUence, when metrically expressed, have | prise. The Varsity men were defeated fest 2 inches; Lidga, '04, second:’ Coombs. ‘05, | . President Wheeler made an urgent plea ble § ‘hfl” ““"‘:fi’ | duced Dr. Bliss Perry, who was given a | of poetry, but far less frequently than na- | 0ften the outer form of poetry; but.they by a score of 14 to 4. Before the fourth |thge = = o0 00 b e o4 - f“h‘hfi i’};m’f"?‘“”‘(‘ . & ‘1""""{‘} He oD the proces- | hearty welcome. | ture or the purely personal affections, | usually lack its inner spirit.. The violent | Inning they did not score and the alumni | tance 114 feet 3 inches; Wallop, 05, second: ]’finfiw! I ot oo gl {’W te, escorted | 0 the delivery of his address Dr. Perry | More sonnets scem to be written about | phrase is more easily compassed than the [ had made five runs. The victorious nine | Ligda, '04, third, 3 g comeing o the wiversity (o tenet. ., esc BcTtion e oy umemaster of com- | John Keats than about the United States | new vision into the heart of things, but | was not composed entirely of alumni, but | , Broad jimp—Won by Metcalf, 05, distance | COMUNE to the university to teach. =~ Bliss Per- | Fiu ta a yonne man. poessenteOf Mterature. | of America. Our better verse writers In | mere vialent and resonant phrases are|had in It some star players who have |20 feet 9 inches; Minor, ‘04, second; Nelghbor, | = ~Men do mot want to come There is b e is a young man, ps a command- | particular are but rarely inspired by na- | not noetry. Most patriotic verse is at|been in constant practice, Its battery | 0% third. - . 2 oS was the | IDE though slight 'physique and his dic. | tional themes. best a sort of political oratory, a speclal | was particularly good, Hamilton and B0 TEAS Ut v e Saie RS the ‘Student | L7, 15, OF the clearest. 'He was listened | nyproms NATIONAL FEELING, |blea fora special verdict: it atims to per- | Swindells acting In ‘that capacity. —The| PARK COMMISSIONERS pi g X BB T Wee SRk Lh peoc, e on, @ - | suade and convince rather than liberate | Varsity battery was Willlams and Hatch, Tio & = hose in hezad. e 4 he finished his oration the cheering was m’i‘ll‘l:e ‘:}\lehalg‘er iUpplemtemhed this state- | and helghten the nobler cmotions. It The game was attended by a large crowd. PLAK IMTROVEMBINTS | is not poseible and we are Sendicupged = platform " The subj ; g analyses of the verse based | voices the temets of a party instead o - b o the alnmnt fo ettt < subject chosen by Dr. Perry was Ph A " ; The Park Commission notified the | vitation a recep- he request of President W i « en. by 4 on Stedman's “‘American thology.” | embodying a_universal truth. It {s seen At the regus 3 tne avovigeler the | «Literature and National Feeling” and | Gontiroine e’ sain Authology. ™ | H O e etective form in poilticar sat. | SOPHOMORES WIN VICTORY. |poara of Supervisors vesterday that its 36 tu. Heurat Nl Godl 1otk G sy e et Boh the lack of distinct— | “wpatriofic poetry, to begin with, then, | ire, like parts of ‘Don juan,’ or = music. Rival estimated expenses for the next fiscal | U5l 8ot iens spoke on the meeds of compor{tions of many modern Frinen ang | 15,10 its larger features an easily recos. | hail chorus like “The Absent-Minded Beg. | Best Rival Classmen in Field Day at | year will be $439,000. The construction ac- | aseaata sl e the oseomts o edsy °f - : English poets and showed how the wrliers el oo f'ci.l‘r‘,.g‘“cté*:'{“;“’“ in verso %i‘,;‘,;,;,f;"B"*‘-'?.,";“"‘gif,{;‘.’g ‘A\sgggsfim Berkeley. count wil. absorb $248,500, of which $25.50 | tribute to President Wheeler for the man- 8 ning speech | were imbued with national poetic inspira. | oL, ationa ing. orty-four forty or v BERKELEY, March 22.—The second | will be used to improve the grounds of | ner in which he had conducted deltbera~ President Wheeler tion. : s {IEil I member the Plamat o e | eonciuston Mr. Perty sald: year athletes of the University of Cali- | Alta plaza, Lafayette square and Lobos | tions with the last Legislature on. the PRESIDENT WHEELER SPEAKS.| In part Dr. Perry eaid: | around which poems have readtly srycra: | “I should not have asked your atten- | fornia defeated their freshman rivals L | square; $1000 for a botanical library, $3500 | Question of financial aid. se of his remarks President ynqlrhfitf\;rufliir'fiflv w‘rflr:‘fnmrg::*t':}n'go‘“z(,dv though it 1 ssingularly illustrative | tion to a single field of contemporary | the interclass field day held this. after- | for enlarging the Japanese garden, $2500| REGENT WHEELER SPEAKS. gy e A o Was | faith that education is a lifeiong growtn, | Ofthe better and deeper side of human | letters if literature were an end in itself. | noon on the college cinder path. Few |for improving school grounds, $5000 for| Regent Charles S. Wheeler sald the He paid a tribute to the | 10 access to books and teachess for 4 |Dature that mere national anger and cu- | The proof of national greatness does not | yioiowred vove peen more easily won. The | improving Holly Park, $2000 to recon- | time had come when the alumni could university. who, despite | JOt 83 accese to books an i or pidity or revenge have never produced a | lle primarily in verse or prose; it is rather | 7= 0! b & > [t "t P2 ol and should help the university. He said 1aid thelr fotindatlong | T&M tunate vears, but a process that | Preat noem. In the cheerful acceptence of every na-| freshmen got but two first places and (struct Hamilton square, $2000 for Colum- | and should help the university. He said of past and pre at | E\FFDS !) lel o TR, a \‘:l OadF'ns a“: The endowment with permanent beauty | tional responsibility, the glad undertaking | had to b? contented with a score of 40, | bia square and $30,000 fo conStruct a salt ing was a good one. He thought that the reviewed by the speaker ang | $e€DeNS with experience. Ve t““;‘ Dooks | of some symbol of American life by poets | of any sacrifice demanded by twentleth | against 8% for their opponents. water bathing pond at the weat end of | o) jumn( could sectire sufficlent appro- ity was evlogized, | TEert o Reren tite nnooacone than life of this country was touched upon. “'The | century civilization. ¢But a discussion of [ The spectacular race of the day was | the park. One hundred thousand dollars | ooz tions from the next Legislature to Wheeler dwelt fupon the love | itselt searc asingly for the Star “Spangled Banner,” ‘Ironsides,” | patriotic verse is not¥without significance | the two-mile run. Freshman W, will be required to malntain the grounds, | fin"the university. He deplored the fact g evidence of those great hopes which q the t; estdahl, £ 1d P P ve ;\'n‘ d"—‘mi‘:!dr‘r)ayx:hde lumn; | M‘: T m"mmrr ch- we | “My Capta:n,” ul'nsu?‘rdded Gates” and | if it hgs led :sd‘t;l;rghtlgmghtlm?l rmelm YAt R IE Tamerate re s ans wis (‘xpecud‘ :fiil‘au?}};l r;‘qn(c.lfiyow‘:;o":n Gate Park that Whete 600 had been appropriated na student body, =nd thes ed | Baye X 3 ; o we 5 v e som. ctive standard of clv- g X : 3 ’ o ihe growth of the university during the| -1 Co wish to take this tenet of our| ‘Nofarring fo M.« Gosan's. Scelbaiion |fisstion in the United Siates: mome s | 0 Win, but after the first few laps Tib- | - Assessor Dodge fNgures that he will we- b Bt P e Bl past year. He pointed out that !und:. v:"mmo:d(ren ldz :lla:fl%)l lY !l})‘ @ Some- | that internationalism was evil Mr. Perry | tive test of soclal progress, s6me deep | bits, a sophomore, commenced forging | quire $105400 to conduct his office for the State prisons and reform schools. He y needed to meet the in-| |<‘1m1?h Tional Itfe. too. 3 ; S individ- | 5a4q; community of cmotional life. These are|ahead and on the lap before the finish | BeXt fiscal year. He estimates the earn- | PIR'C PHEPRS SOC PO 000 SEICEE, B8 aber of the students and said | U8 r“d" ! Th o "; a long pro- | M. Goyan declares that the moment | the prerequisites of any literature that is | was 200 yards 4n the lead of the other | \n&S o]g the'om(c!e at :zs.ml)o in col?zr'nlull]ons o Rart o the ok e o r the action of the last State | ¢35 of education. Th “er’l‘gnc""»lh"k{ the | you neglect ‘the frontlers,’ the natural | worthy of the name. If American ideals | runners. " He sprinted the last 100*yards o g ‘.‘?l" Tt e ipeollec- | wants of the university and secure suffi- it would have been impossi- | 0 O A O e Tand e i°jyalue | boundarles, the inherited hatonal duties, | remain noble, if American life grows in- | and won by three quarters of a lap. His | Lions pai i s o “‘d‘{ clent support for the passage of such leg- on the work of the,institu- | Of its bookish pring ste aitos its X you let locse individualism; in other words | creasingly rich and joyous, we shall not | performance was remarkable for a new | :TeASUTY. or $4000 for extra depanenG. | islation as would give the university the d perience, in turn, spring its vital books. ‘That is a most egotistic con- | care very much whether we have national | man and the crowd rose on the bleachers | ture I8 one for 3600 for extra deputies to | 3" \t" Squired. The speaker concluded ent_made a plea for assist-| jhe histor o B o merica he asserts, ‘which allows a man | poetry; but it is out of that divine care- | and cheered him as he crossed the tape | c0llect poll tax. his remarks by making his offer to give new buildings, a college 1i- | transiat of ‘Anierican ilife ifif{‘“’ate of his own free will to refuse assistance | lessness, that serene consclousness of vic- | alone. His time was 10:39. In the poie $5000 to the lbrary fund. 1 for the students. He | “iorslated, h it i SVery | to a national! undertaking which in his | torlous energy, that poetry is born.” vault Ching, the only Chinese who evcr Court Presidio’s Anniversary. The regents. faculty and alumni N ablishment of new de- | P ,';, . "'dnalkma) ex st‘enlce, li is true, re- | own private judgment Is butchery.’ The audience then joined in singing the | entered a California fieldd day, tied for |- Court Presidio No. 40, Foresters of | to raise $1,000,000 for the library. one half lflm,qm(g m{?s;, of Porgmema, t‘g"c dlfixdfleélla[vs)ols,la?:fi});: nr"}:g{grl‘lllg:é “This h: w}'11athtwe call in America the duxolcg‘;y bnndR the l;fnedlct!'vmvwzx; pl";‘- third place with S{mmes_.rh’rhe point was | » orica celebrated the twelfth anniver- | of which Is to be used for a bullding and vdraulics, dairy production, 44 g 4 my country right or wrong’ question. It |nounced by Rev. Homer J. Vosburgh, | divided between them. e games were | * 1 + | the other half for the purchase of books y ussian, Chinese and n(s((!l;n;’xlll(-nns" usness )Ia\]o found some | has been elcquently argued of late on | bringing the exercises to a close. attended by a large crowd and th® events | Sary of its institution by a banquet last | ' G5 “rormatlon of an endowment fund Japanese concluding His speech Presi- MI\\'Z ar:em“ !rjl:;l;p;gl:!‘gn» 5 e both sides. Ex-President Harrison dis- passed off smoothly. Following are the | night in a California street rotisserie. W. | 1o secure annual additions to the collee~ dent Wheeler said: B lh oy qmdl‘gned Sational &:f‘:g_l 19;*‘; i f::t“fr 1;1lrsre:‘ll_w}-)l?éldsg:isrr;:::gonaé%lg;}ge:gs DR. PERRY THEIR GUEST.’ results in detail: J. Donlox:. pasllucthk:f lrr:ms'er. presided as | tion of books. . WHAT UNIVERSITY NEEDS. astonishing achievements of our country- ' as an abstract, academic.question, it is £ - 1190 yard dash—Won by Abadte, :?::;mafn"'order." The ";‘?KE "::?.7'; R,ojluluo‘::mO{ r:(‘l;e‘:ogga;r: weear'eh.c;fi “The peeds of the university are past| men make us proud of the America that not very easy to answer. Precisely at | Eresident and Mrs. Wheeler Hold | ‘04 second: by Tanger responded to Liberty,” Grand | tied by & rising vote, and the proceedings the possibilities of speech. “They are 115 bs-lor{exnur eyes. We chierish a still what point ought a minority, in our seif- Reception in Hearst Hall. Sub-Chief Ranger E. I. Wolfe to'“Benev- | closed. glear before my vision by night and also | dceper falth In the greater Amerlca that | governing democracy, to yield its right of [ . prREEIEY, March 22.—President and b; olence,” Grand Treasurer Frank Conklin Sit—— by day. Many people would gladly help | is to be. Is this faith voiced as it should private judgment and give loyal support held > *05, second: Maclish, '05, to “Fraternal Finance,” Grand Secretary by Hi Payot. they knew how much good a little as- | be by our writers? We must limit the in- to a policy which it belleves to be mor- | Mrs. Wheeler held a reception in HeafSt; 120 yard hurdle—iVon by, Cheek, "0+ Cordy to “Growth of the Order. Grand Lecture by Henry Payof sistance wo uld So. r! na;ph‘-er,vd rarely | dUiry to fif",:fl%,,““‘?,gé’;.,};"e{fi‘ and ‘5 ally wrong, it ‘mt hara tg say. But what- | Hall this nlfternoon in ‘;mnor of Dr. Bliss ‘04, second; Cooley, '04, third. Recording Secretary John E. O'Brien to| An entertaining illustrated lecture was asksd for help, but when ave done so Choos: Vs . e worl ever the theorists may decide, the rough- , their guest, and the ch -8, ' ‘¥ he hall thy i always met with a cheerful re- | OVer, it is the poets who register most and-ready popular judgment of this conne f;:ar{er. D Bttt ot _the B:éce: td::i 220 yard dash—Won by Johnstone, *04; Adler. F"“""}‘;‘on"‘(‘,‘)“&!l!::!i‘dg: d ustee | given last night 1:\ te:t :I of the library D H. L. S Jacob La- bufidi 31 Post str y Henry Payot, % =pe ext vear, with the incre; quickly and most permanently the high s has always been i 1 P *06, second; Whitman, '05. third. Time, :24 3-5. - = uflding. o - o Ko . ase of ¥ gh , try has ¥ mpatient with such | were from 4 to 6. President and Mrs, | ‘%5 gecond; Whitman, 05, third, Time. -2 1 of the American Foresters' Review to | who spoke on “The Land of the Casta the students, we must hold some of our | tides of national emotion. | theorizing in war time. And our French | Wheeler and Dr..Perry stood on a large | .o goani: Smille 05 thira. mime 2 4y he Fraternal Press,” Ernest C. Stock | net.” The lecturer told of the many beau- x‘l sses in g 2\'mna>1\.|m, or out of doors, CONTEMPT FOR POET’S CORNER. | essayist believes that this popular instinct | Turkish rug near the center of the up- | 920 yard hurdles—~¥Won by Cheek, '04; Hanni- | to “Any Old Thing” d Past Chief | tiful citles of Spain and the historic fea. \' ae & 12) 1 \l\'r: need a hovsplufl, Sy Frle i 4 * | is right. He falls back upon the fine say- | per hall. There the guests were recelved, gan, ‘04, second; Hartley, '05, third. Time, | Ranger M. J. Maguire to “Court Presidio: | tures connected with each. The pictures and I received e other day from am ere is a general im- | ing of M. Provost-Paradol, ‘You ought to [ who included regents, members of the | 326 45 Its Past and Future.” Between toasts an | shown helped to make the Iceture ome of & men who is quietly helping a dozen pression that the great body of contem- serve your country even if she is In the faculties and distinguished: people from “Two mile Tun—Won by Tibbits, '03; West- orchestra played popular airs. great Interest to all