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Journal of AgricitUure, Victoria. \ 10 May, 1918. 



THE UNIVERSITIES OF CALIFORNIA. 



There are three Universities in California :-t- 



1. The University of California (which is the State University), 



situated at Berkeley. 



2. The Leland Stanford Junior University, situated at Palo Alto, 



some 30 miles south of San Francisco. 



3. The University of Southern California, situated at Los 



Angeles. 

 I visited each of these institutions. Only at Berkeley is provision 

 made for the courses of agriculture. The Leland Stanford Junior Uni- 

 versity was endowed with an estate worth $40,000,000, and has i:iost 

 elaborate and ornate buildings. Its normal attendance is about 

 2,000 students. At present it does not provide instruction in agricul- 

 ture, though the regents contemplate providing for an agricultural 

 department in the near future. The University of Southern California 

 appears to be restricted in its work by lack of funds. ■ The principal 

 feature of the institution is the College of Liberal Arts. The maiority 

 of the students in attendance take the arts course. 



View of the College of Agriculture— University of California. 



The University of California is a fully-equipped institution, and is 

 supported liberally by State funds. 



I propose to discuss briefly the organization and administration of 

 the University, and then deal in some detail with the work of the Col- 

 lege of Agriculture. 



The University is administered by a president — Benjamin Ide 

 Wheeler. The president is responsible to a body of regents, sixteen in 

 number. These regents are appointed by the Governor for a term of 

 sixteen years. As the Governor holds office for four years, each 'Gover- 

 nor appoints four of the sixteen regents. In addition, there are several 

 regents ex officio. The regents determine the financial policy. In some 

 States, e.g., Illinois, they are elected by popular vote. Dean Hunt 

 considers the ideal system of University government would be — 



(1) A president; 



(2) Seven regents, appointed for seven years, one regent being 



appointed every year. 



