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Under the laws of California, in the year 1869, the 

 College of Santa Baebaea was incorporated. It 

 owes its origin to the feeling that, with its health- 

 giving breezes and almost perfect climate, southern 

 California is destined to be the Paradise of America, 

 and that consequently a necessity exi-sts for an edu- 

 cational institution which shall carry its pupils further 

 than is the province of the public schools. The citi- 

 zens of Santa Barbara and vicinity felt that the rap- 

 idly - increasing population and wealth of their own 

 county and those adjoining would justify considerable 

 expense in providing for their children better means 

 and methods of education. In obedience to this feel- 

 ing, a number of public - spirited citizens of Santa 

 Barbara organized a stock company, who erected suit- 

 able buildings for the immediate wants. The success 

 attained by their first efforts, and the encouragement 

 of almost the entire community, induced the incor- 

 porators to re-organize under the new Code, with a 

 capital stock of One Hundred Thousand Dollars. 



The institution is governed by a Board of eleven 

 Directors, who have been chosen from among the 

 most prominent and intelligent citizens of the county. 

 They serve only in order to promote the educational 



