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be those of M. Bénard. The jury had laid 
down four propositions for their guidance 
in the determination of the relative merits 
of the plans. These propositions were: 
Ist. That the buildings should represent 
a university rather than a mere architec- 
tural composition. 
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preéminently above all others. The jurors 
were unanimously of the opinion that it ful- 
filled nearly every requirement that might 
be demanded. 
The site of the University at Berkeley, 
which the architect might utilize, com- 
prises some three hundred acres of land, 
Fic. 1.—Perspective view of the plan for the University of California. 
2d. That there should be a convenient 
grouping of the educational sections with- 
out undue crowding or prevention of pos- 
sible future expansion. 
3d. That the purpose of the several de- 
partments should be clearly defined in the 
design. Mal 
4th. That the architectural forms should 
be adapted to the configuration of the 
grounds and to the preservation of their 
natural beauties. 
Judged by these standards M. Bénard’s 
plan seemed to possess unquestioned superi- 
ority. Its great general beauty, its variety 
yet harmony of detail, its adaptability to 
the site, its convenience of arrangement, 
its flexibility and alterability in respect to 
individual buildings and to minor matters, 
and withal its permanent establishment of 
the great lines of its construction, placed it 
rising at first in a gentle and then in a 
bolder slope from a height of about two 
hundred feet above the sea level, to one of 
over nine hundred feet. Its greatest length 
is east and west. The southeast corner has 
a grove of beautiful indigenous oaks and 
laurels. Two brooks, which meet in this 
grove, come the one from the southeast, and 
the other from the northeast. Along the. 
lines of these streams are native trees, 
principally laurels and live oaks. The east- 
ern limit consists of a plateau of nine hun- 
dred feet clevation. Behind this rises a 
range of hills, which a mile further back 
reaches an altitude of nearly two thousand 
feet. 
M. Bénard’s plan preserves the park in 
the southeast corner intact. Adjoining this 
on the north is his group of buildings for 
the fine arts, formed around what he calls 
