CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

during the period 1910-25, the university of california grew to such an extent that in 1925 it stood first in number of students among american universities. on nov. 1 1925 the enrolment was as follows: at berkeley, in the colleges of letters and science, ed caliphate engineering, agriculture, chemistry, commerce, jurisprudence, medicine (part), education and architecture, 8,726 undergrad- uates (4,757 men and 3,969 women) and 943 graduates (484 men and 459 women); at san francisco, in the hastings school of law, schools of medicine (part), dentistry, pharmacy, hooper foundation for medical research, 656 students; at los angeles, in the southern branch (instruction in lower division), 872 students, and in the teachers’ curricula, 1,108 students, making a total, less duplicates, of 11,197. there were in the university extension division courses, 13,792; in the agricultural extension courses, 5,625; in the summer session and intersession courses, 6,436, and on the university farm, 530, making a grand total, less duplicates, of 37,480. many new buildings were erected in this period, including the boalt hall of law (1911), costing $190,000, partly the gift of mrs. elizabeth josselyn boalt as a memorial to judge boalt and partly subscribed by the lawyers of california; agriculture hall (1912), costing $267,000; benjamin ide wheeler hall (1917), costing $700,000; and hilgard hall (1917), costing $350,000, both the gift of the people of california; gilman hall for the chemistry dept. (1917), costing $197,000; sather tower (1914), costing $200,000, in addition to $25,000 for the bells; the university library (1917), costing $1,442,000, of which $730,000 was bequeathed by charles franklin doe; stephens memorial hall (1921), costing $300,000, provided for by popular sub- scription as a memorial to henry morse stephens, for 17 years a professor in the university; le conte hall (1922), costing $500,000, housing the physics dept., a gift of the state; haviland hall (1923), costing $350,000, of which $250,000 was provided by bequest of mrs. anna n. haviland; stadium (1923), costing $1,361,000, made possible by public subscription; and hesse hall, costing $41,750, and veterinary science hall, costing $11,500, built from the general funds of the university. dr. benjamin ide wheeler resigned the presidency in july 1919 after 20 years of service. dr. david p. barrows, head of the political science dept., who then succeeded, resigned in 1923 to resume instructional work, and dr. w. w. campbell became the tenth president. mrs. phoebe apperson hearst, for 22 years a regent of the university, died april 23 1919. among her many gifts to the university were the hearst mining building, mearst hall; scholarships amounting to more than $30,000; contributions to the anthropological museum, $130,000; and the swimming pool for women. hearst hall, destroyed by fire, is being rebuilt as a memorial to mrs. hearst by her son, william randolph hearst, at a cost of more than $1,000,0co. the endowment of the university in 1924 was $9,593,354, yielding a gross income of $362,542. the total assets, including real estate and improve- ments, were $33,834,097. the total income for the year ending june 30 1924 was $9,591,498. (w. m. h.)