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"wilderness,"' comprising that far distant "Land near 

 the Setting Sun," known as Cahfornia. 



There is no State in the Union that lias provided 

 better educational facilities, from the kindergarten to 

 the university, than the State of California. The public 

 school system of the State is built upon the most ad- 

 vanced methods and receives generous support. Teach- 

 ers must hold certificates obtainable only upon exami- 

 nation or possession of university diplomas. High 

 schools are provided by law and most of the teachers in 

 these are college graduates. One of the functions of 

 these schools is to prepare students for college courses, 

 and they thus become the link connecting the common 

 school with the university. There are five State Nor- 

 mal Schools, which, like the common and high schools, 

 are free, the Legislature having provided for their 

 support. They are located at Chico, San Francisco, 

 San lose, Los Angeles and San Diego. The pioneers 

 of the State laid the foundation of that splendid uni- 

 versity at Berkeley by giving it a large landed endow- 

 ment, obtained from the national government, which 

 has made it one' of the leading institutions of learning 

 in the United States. The course of study embraces 

 law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and veterinary 

 science in what is known as Affiliated Colleges in San 

 Francisco. The Mark Hopkins Institute of Art and 

 the Lick Observatory on Blount Hamilton are con- 

 stituent parts of the university. The great Leland 

 Stanford Jr. University at Palo Alto, presided over 

 bv David Starr Jordan, ranks high among the great 

 educational institutions of the world. With its twenty 

 niillion dollars endowment, it will no doubt realize the 

 loftv aspirations of its founder and his noble wife, who 



