The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1905, Page 8

m TR W P - = o the tip top utiful is That vicinity ‘of gents of the Uni- ot a bee in their dig- perma- aken i_exp: an ala til their peace of know that they have wot been ldle and work more -characteristic. * So with acres of land, .rising at first in a JO e WWWWWW 3 e 3 & CRSSRRRSRIGIITTRIIIToo000%: R N R N N N I I NS00 B0 N 000 T0 SO SIS0 0000000 mind was sorely tried. Evidently there was just one tl g to do, and like wise did it and did it to the best of their ability, too. Wires were promptly laid. Here they tock up and there they let out and so skillfully did they manipulate them that before many months * they held in the palm of their hands ab- solute and definite ways and means to an end. Slowly but surely they and ce: have advanced, step now the result is a complete plan for the erection of their new college and the promise of its speedy reaMzation. Of a truth they have even go so far as to make a miniature Berkeley beau- tiful and have placed it at Mark Hop- kins so that the world may see and es Wilson.) gs that floor of she not almost an when the mistress walid! He had halt and tell her he ~that he feared, rooms wouldn't do. turned—then s things would bg all ow did so hate house- (Copyriz was was On the second morning after his ar- rival, when he sat like a bewildered monarch among a piled-up, shapeless mass of books, pictures, tables and chairs—wondering why under heaven he had acquired them—there came a knock at door. At the moment he was perched upon a step ladder, smoking a short pive, and taking a rest before he fatigued himself by be- gnning to arrange things. *“Come in!" he roared, without mov- ing, expecting to dee a servant. Then, at a elight hesitation on the part of the person—a hesitation that he felt his rather than saw-—he turned toward the door. “Oh, Ah! I beg your pardon!” he logized with alacrity, laying down pipe and jumping from his perch. “You see, I'm a bit floored—I'm He paused rather helplessly, wait- ing for his caller to explain herself, though he felt vaguely that she was welcome, though she had 'dropped from the clouds, so frank was her aze, so fascinating the way the thick hair rippled away from the low, broad forehead; so utterly womanly her face, “Mamma sent me,” she explained. *“I'm Miss Manice—and she thought perhaps the maid and I might be able to help you out.” She looked about the room inquir- ingly; then, as her eyes came back to the new lodger’s blank, helpless face, she caught her Jower lip between her teeth, thus holding back the smile that struggled to escape. “Have you ever moved?’ he asked ruefully, surveying his helter-skelter possessions with fresh aversion, and at the guestion she laughed out a laugh so girlish and infectious that ‘Wentworth laughed, too, catchidg for 8. moment the point of view from which his dilemma was funny. “What the world needs,” he went on plaintively, “is automatic, self-ar- THE SAN FRA that the culture and civilization of the State are to be jealously nursed and de- veloped from now. on. It was Mrs. Hearst's idea that the new plans lze obtained by international competition' and she assured the re- gents that the success of the enter- prise ehculd not be hampered in any way by a mcney consideration. As long as the university was to be remodeled she wanted it to be wotthy of the great home of learning and to stand for years to come as a memorial that should testify to her own and to Mr. Hearst's love for and interest in the State. % it wasn’t that she lacked confidence in home architects, for we have clev- er ones and to spare, but she thought the rivalry would be keener and the ranging furniture; furniture that, placed in the room, will adjust itself ana save its owner all trouble.” “That's what we will have when the millennium comes,” answered Miss Manice gayly, “but meanwhile, if you really loathe the task of arranging your things and will Jeave it to me—"" She paused questioningly, while Wentworth gazed at her very much as if she were the straw and he the drowning man. Again her face dim- pled. “You wouldn’t—not really?” doubt- ed he, with the shame-faced air of a person who has taken a palpable jest in earnest. “I'd just love it. That ‘is, if you think I can arrange the room to suit vou. You might give me a general idea of how you like thipgs and ‘Wentworth cut her short. “It you can give it something of the look of that little' drawing-rcom of ‘yours,” he ‘ said' warmly, “I shall be more t! satisfled, The fact is you've saved my life,” he finished candidly. “Wait until you see the rooms!” she cautioned, as they parted, he to g0 to his office with-a burden off his shoulders and she to confide to her ‘mother, as she got into a great wise forethought a preliminary circu- lar, as it were, was published in Eng- lish, German and French and the re- gents saw to it that it went into the hands of architects in all parts of the world. It was, short and simple, yet indi- cated the object of the enterprise: ““The purpose is to secure a plan to which gll the buildings that may be veeded by the university in its future growth shall conform. All the build- ings that have been constructed up to the present time are to be ignored, and the grounds are to be treated as.a blank space, to be filled with a single ecautiful and harmonious picture as a Dainter fills-his canvas, g “The site of the University of Cali- fornia at Berkeley, Cal., comprises 245 W E NTW O R T H---By Reith Gordon N ORGSO NGO LOE NSNS 000, apron that covered her from neck to ankles. “He seems a nice, grateful lodger- man. mother mine. Perhaps it worn't be ' so hideous to have a stranger In the: house after all. And think of the money!” ‘When Wentworth opened the door of his sitting-rcom that evening quick approval flashed into his eyes. All the Inanimate cbjects that had huddled together so ingloriously in the morn- ing, as if there wasn't an ounce of self-respect among thegn, now faced him with serene dignity, once more ciothed in the beauty for which he had bought them. g Awe-struck at such insight, he passed into his bedroom, half : fearing that there the charm would be broken—that convenience would have been sacrificed 1o “looks,” and that he would have to dive into a pocket nailed to the closet door for one slipper and then dive again for the other. At the sight of them, standing Openly and demurely ‘beside “the fireplace, Wentworth * voiced the ,highest praise to be spoken of woman. “Bless her heart!” he sald softly. “She ought to be a bachelor's wife! During the three months ‘that fol- lowed this conviction grew more and 7 {CISCO SUNDAY CALL gentie and then in a bolder slope from a height of about 200 feet above the seu level to one of over 900 feet. It thus covers a range of more than Tt feet in altitude, while back of it the chain of hills continues to rise a thou- sand feet higher. “It has a superb outlook overlooking the bay and city of San Francisco, over the neighboring plains and mountains and the ocean. It is the de- sire of those who have charge of this enterprise to treat the grounds and buildings together, landscape garden- ing and architecture forming one com- rosition, which will never need to be structurally changed in all the future history of the university. It is thought that the advantages of the site, whose bold slope will enable the entire mass of buildings to be taken in at a single more fervent. His admiration for the skill with which Ethel Manice (at other times a merry, companionable girl) ran the household, réducing friction to the minimum, making life a continual joy, grew into a sort of religion to him, And it was something of this sort that he said to her one night, scarce know- ing that he was saying it, and adding to it an humble request that she mar- ry him. s She looked at him oddly for a mo- ment. Then she laid ner hand upon his arm and said, half kindly, half mock- ingly: “What you want is a housekeeper, Mr. Wentworth, not a wife.” ‘Then; a little more earnestly, ‘Please, let us— not remember.” And Wentworth, feel- ing more discomfited than ‘he cared to admit to himself, did his best to obey her.. After this life flowed smoothly on for another six months,-the ripples closing "ovér the night when Wentworth was rejected and leaving no sign. It seemed sometimes as if his latch .key admitted him to another world ‘where all was order, simple beauty and good will, where every hour made him " stronger and better. Little by little he had become a part of the small family, P T T T T oo SOOI ONSO00S00O00 NN, SRR DASS ONILLE= | S e 2O The Key to BerKkeley 2 Beautiful. % 1—Observatory. 2—Commons. 3—Geology. 4—Mining Enginecring. 5—Electrical Engineering. 6—Mechanical Enzineering 7—Clvil Engineering. S—Museum. 9—Fine Arts. 10—President’s House. 11—Pathology. 12—Physielogy. 13—Anatomy. s14—Auditorium. 15—Fountain. 16—Greek Theater. 17—Physics. 18—Mathematics. 19—Languages. 20—Library. 21—California Hall 22—Zoology. 23—Agriculture and Horticulture. 24—DBotany. 25—Clock Tower. 26—History. 27—Libeary Extension. 28—Philosophy. 29—Alumni Hall 30—Chemistry. 31—Power ®lant. ; 32—Women’s Gymnasium. 33—Stadium. 34—Men’s Gymnasium. coup @’oeil, will permit the production of an effect unique in tne worid and that the architet who cdn sSeize the opportunity it offers will immortalize himself. “It is seldom in any age that an artist has had such a chance to express his thoughts 8o, freely, on so large a scale and with such entire exemption from the influence of discordant surround- ings. Here there will be at least twen- ty-eight buildings, all mutually related and at the same time entirely cut off from anything that could mar the ef- fect of the picture. In fact, it is a city that is to be created—a city of learn- ing—in which there is to be no sordid or inharmonious feature. There are to be no definite limitations of cost, material er style. All is to be left to the unfet- tered discretion®f the designer. He is often making a third In their cozy drawing - room — sometimes talking, sometimes reading, and again scolding or advising Ethel with the freedom of a big brother. His appreciation of the delightful hominess and ease led him into his sec- ond blunder. It was a blustering might id November. On her couch, Mrs. Man- ice, who had been less well than usual, lay sleeping, while Ethel, who had been .playing Schubert with dreamy uncon- sciousness, wandered off into some im- provisations of her own. PresentlyWentworth laid down the book that he was-reading with an al- most suffocating sense of the nearness of it all. Then suddenly Edith stopped playing and rose from the piano. The action seemed significant. Wentworth was jarred by the thought that just as abruptly might the slender thread by which he. held. this utterly delightful home be snapped. Mrs. Manice might grow worse—Ethel might— He gave a sharp sigh. He would not suffer the thought, and agafn from the fullness of his heart he spoke. “Ethel,” he pleaded, “is it so impos- sible? I can’t tell you what all this is to me. How cduld I ever get along ‘without you?” ¥ asked to record his conception of an ideal home for a university, assuming time and resources to be unlimited. He is to plan for centuries to come. There will doubtless be developments of sclence in the future that will im- pose new duties on the umiversity and require alterations in the detailed ar- rangement of its buildings, but it is believed to be possible to secure a comprehensive plan so in harmony with the universal principles of architect- ural art that there will be no more ne- cessity of remodeling its broad ears hence than thers ling the Parthenon n to us complete and lines a thousand y would be of r had it come do uninjured “In the great wor! of- antiquity the d mer came first and it was the busi- ness of the finan to'find the money to carry out ans. In the building sch the Unis tention to ea, to their old California it is the the artist and the a pre-eminence. The archimect will sim- ply design; others must provide the cost.” Such was the first circular and it was sent out as a bait to lure the wily com- petitor on. In addition to. this it was understood that the object of the strug gle was not all gle and that a snug little check of $10,000 would incidentally change from one pocketbook to an- other. The second circular was issued at the end of '97, and it provided for a double competition, the first to be decided at Antwerp, Belgium, and the second and final at home in San Francisco. The Jury, by the way, was to be interna- tional. The outcome of this circular was an avalanche of plans, but by a process of successive eliminations the jury finally awarded prizes to eleven authors who were entitled to admission to the final competition. Even then ‘the regents and those most interested in the university were not sdtisfied. They wanted the best the world had to offer and they were willing to go to any lengths to get it. So instead of waiting for the final plans and accepting the one that near- est filled the requirements, they in- vited all prize-winners to pack up, bag and baggage, and visit the site of the university in order that they might study the problem on the ground. And this all free of expense, mind you. Needless to say, the Invitations were accepted, and in this way the object of the competition was finally attained. Monsieur Benard, a Franch architect, was awarded ‘first prize, and it is his artistic and appropriate conception that is now keeping Galen Howard, home architect of the university, more than busy. So is it any wonder that Berkeley is feeling mighty proud of herself? All that has been said and done In past years has been more like a myth than anything else, but now she sees with her very own eyes plan after plan signed and sent away, and she knows at last that her day of triumph has come. So here’s to Berkeley Beautiful. But again he was stopped by that odd, impenetrable glance. Again with a smile, half-kind, half-mocking, she looked up at him and answered: “You ‘want a companion, not a wife.” Again they gravely agyeed not to remember! And soon after the illness of a mar- ried sister called her away. Fhe weeks came and went and her stay prolonged itself - dismally, it seemed to Went- worth, though under Mrs. Manice's di- rection things went on as smoothly as usual. Apparently everything was the same, and yet he smarted under an in- tolerable sense of difference. All the creature comforts were there and pleasant companionship. Yet the soul of things had fled. And then, suddenly, he understood, and the knowledse made him strong and humble. It was on the evening of Ethel's re- turn that he found himself alone with her for a few moments. 2 '_Deu' little girl,” he said brokenly, ‘I'm not asking you to mary me. ['m not mad enough to do that again. But I want to tell you this—that I love you Wwith.my whole heart—that I shall al- ways love you—that I would rather -have loved you in vain than—'" Two slender arms were about his neck and a soft voice was saying: “‘At last, you darling, I 1 believ that you want a wife.” e b