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Real and Personal Property, 1873 -- 74.
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA .- Total real and personal, 1873, $39,705,- 285; 1874, $35,178,400.
CITY OF OAKLAND .- Real and personal, $14,202,630.
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THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT,
CITY OF OAKLAND, 1873-4.
Incorporated March 25, 1854.
THE
MUNICIPAL ELECTION,
First Monday of March,
STATE ELECTION,
First Wednesday of September, 1875.
MAYOR-HENRY DURANT, ex officio Chairman Board of Health, President Board of Equalization and Board of Police Commissioners. Term expires March, 1874. No compensation.
CITY COUNCIL.
Term of office, two years; the terms of four members expire in March of the odd years, and three in March of the even years. No compensation. Meetings held every other Monday. Special meetings at the discretion of the President of the Council.
President-MACK WEBBER. Term expires March, 1875. City Attorney-HENRY H. HAVENS. Appointed by the Council.
Clerk-HENRY HILLEBRAND. Term expires March, 1875.
Sergeant-at-Arms-PERRY JOHNSON. Term expires March, 1874.
Members.
MACK WEBBER, N. W. SPAULDING,
ISRAEL W. KNOX, FRANKLIN WARNER,
W. S. SNOOK, JAMES LARUE,
BENJAMIN F. FERRIS.
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STANDING COMMITTEES .- Ordinance and Judiciary- Spaulding, Larue, Ferris. Auditing and Finance-Ferris, Spaul- ding, Knox. Streets and Buildings-Snook, Knox, Larue. Fire and Water-Larue, Warner, Snook. Education-Warner, Ferris, Larue. Street Lights and Lamp Posts-Warner, Knox, Ferris. Removals and Obstructions-Spaulding, Snook, Warner. City Hall and Police-Knox, Snook, Spaulding.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Term of office, two years; the terms of three members expire in March of the odd years, and four in March of the even years. No compensation. Meetings held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
President-R. E. COLE. Term expires March, 1875.
Secretary-BENJAMIN P. WALL. Appointed by the Board of Education. Salary, $480 per annum.
Superintendent of Public Schools-FREDERICK M. CAMP- BELL. Term expires March, 1874. Salary, $2,500 per annum.
·¡ Members.
R. E. COLE, WILLIAM BOLTON,
E. W. PLAYTER, C. W. KELLOGG,.,
A. W. SWETT, O. H. BURNHAM,.
W. K. ROWELL.
STANDING COMMITTEES .- Rules and Regulations-Bolton, Kellogg, Playter. Classification and Course of Instruction-Swett, Burnham, Bolton. Text-books, Music, and Drawing-Kellogg, Bolton, Rowell. School-houses and Sites-Burnham, Rowell, Swett. Furniture and Supplies-Rowell, Swett, Playter. Sala- ries, Judiciary, Finance, and Auditing-Playter, Kellogg, Swett. High School-Campbell, Burnham, Bolton. Modern Languages, Cosmopolitan and Evening Schools-Playter, Kellogg, Burnham.
CITY OFFICERS.
POLICE COURT .- Judge-ANSELM H. JAYNE; term ex- pires March, 1874; salary, $2,000 per annum and fees. Clerk- EDWARD HOSKINS, appointed by the Council; salary, $1,200 per annum.
JUSTICES' COURT .- Justices-GEORGE H. FOGG, JAMES LENTELL; terms expire January, 1874; salary, fees. City Justices-JAMES LENTELL; term expires March, 1874; salary, fees. Constables-WILLIAM DERBY, W. T. MYLES; terms expire, January, 1874; salary, fees.
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MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. - Commissioners - HENRY DU- RANT, MACK WEBBER, PERRY JOHNSON. Captain-F. B. TARBETT; salary, $1,800 per annum. Detective-DAVID H. RAND; salary, $1,500 per annum. Policemen-William Ald- rich, Charles Barlow (Alameda Bridge draw-tender), William P. Brant, James Brown, George H. Carleton, Charles P. McKay, Spencer Poole, Albert Shorey, William H. Summers, W. D. Thomas, O. Whipple; salary, $1,200 per annum, each. Special Policemen-G. F. Blake, G. H. Tilley, J. H. Tyler, A. Wilson; salary paid by property-holders.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION .- Members-ex officio, HENRY DURANT (President), MACK WEBBER, PERRY JOHNSON, HENRY HILLEBRAND (Clerk). No compensation.
BOARD OF HEALTH .- Members-HENRY DURANT (ex officio President), C. S. KITTRIDGE (Secretary), GEORGE E. SHERMAN (Health Officer), E. S. CARR, WILLIAM BOLTON; appointed by the Council ; no compensation. STANDING COMMIT- TEES : Nuisances-George E. Sherman, C. S. Kittridge, William Bolton. Judiciary and Auditing-Henry Durant, E. S. Carr, William Bolton.
FIRE DEPARTMENT .- Commissioners-Q. A. CHASE (Pres- ident), WALTER SMITH, G. S. BROWN, JOHN GIESCHEN, HIRAM THORNE, GEORGE CHASE, W. K. ROWELL, C. W. FREEMAN ; appointed by the Council ; no compensation. Secretary-A. B. HEYMAN ; salary, $180 per annum. Chief Engineer-J. F. STEEN ; salary, $500 per annum. Assistants- R. E. HARMON, WILLIAM MYLES; no compensation. Board of Fire Wardens-J. F. STEEN, R. E. HARMON, WIL- LIAM MYLES, PERRY JOHNSON ; no compensation.
City Clerk and Treasurer-HENRY HILLEBRAND. Term expires March, 1875. Salary, $2,500 per annum. Assistant- C. J. ROBINSON, $1,200 per annum.
City Marshal, Tax Collector, and Street Commissioner-PERRY JOHNSON. Term expires March, 1874. Salary, $2,000 per annum and fees. Assistant-JAMES J. PORTER ; appointed by the Council. Salary, $1,200 per annum.
City Assessor-JOSEPH M. DILLON. Term expires March, 1875. Salary, $2,500 per annum.
City Attorney-HENRY H. HAVENS, appointed by the Coun- cil. Salary, $1,800 per annum, and fees.
City Engineer-THOMAS J. ARNOLD. Appointed by the Council. Salary, fees.
City Wharfinger-CAPT. WILLIAM HARWOOD. Appointed by the Council. . Salary, $1,200 per annum.
Pound Master-GEORGE TAYLOR. Appointed by City Coun- cil. Salary, fees.
Janitor of the City Hall-C. D. ELMS. Appointed by the Council. Salary, $360 per annum.
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COURTS, COUNTY OFFICERS, AND SUPERVISORS.
DISTRICT COURT .- The Third District is composed of the Coun- ty of Alameda and the Fifth Ward of the City of San Francisco. The terms are held as follows : County of Alameda-at Oakland, third Mondays of February, June, and October ; in the City of San Francisco, third Mondays of April, August, and December. Judge, Samuel B. McKee; salary, $5,000. Term expires Decem- ber, 1875.
COUNTY AND PROBATE COURTS .- Terms held at Oakland, first Mondays of January, April, and July, and third Monday in Sep- tember. County and Probate Judge, Stephen G. Nye; salary, $2,500. Term expires January, 1876.
JUSTICES' COURT .- Sessions held daily. Justice, George H. Fogg; Constable, W. T. Myles-Court-room, 814 Broadway. Justice, James H. Lentell; Constable, William Derby. Court- room, north-west corner of Eleventh and Franklin streets.
POLICE COURT .- Sessions held daily at the Court-room, City Hall. Judge, Anselm H. Jayne; Clerk, Edward Hoskins.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS .- Regular meetings take place at Oak- land, first Mondays of February, May, August, and November, and adjourn from time to time. Special meetings at the call of the majority. Members-Isham Case (President), Joseph B. Martin, Howard Overacker, Joshua A. Neal, F. K. Shattuck, P. S. Wilcox, W. B. Hardy.
COUNTY OFFICERS (March, 1874) .- County Seat, Oakland. Coun- ty Judge, Stephen G. Nye; County Clerk, J. V. B. Goodrich; District Attorney, Albert A. Moore; Sheriff, Henry N. Morse; Recorder, B. S. Marston; Auditor, P. R. Borein; Treasurer, R. S. Farrelly; Tax-Collector, C. J. Stevens; Assessor, - Morehouse; Surveyor, Lewis Castro; Coroner, Solon H. Mather; Public Ad- ministrator, William P. Gibbons; Sup't. of Public Schools, W. F. B. Lynch; Supervisors, District No. 1 (Murray Township), Joshua A. Neal; No. 2 (Washington Township), Howard Overacker; No. 3 (Eden Township), Joseph B. Marlin; No. 4 (Brooklyn Town- ship), Isham Case; Nos. 5, 6, and 7 (Oakland Township), W. B. Hardy, P. S. Wilcox, and F. K. Shattuck.
SPECIAL POLICE DISTRICTS .- The city is divided into Special Police Districts, as follows :
No. 1 is bounded by Franklin, South Front, Washington, and Fourteenth streets.
No. 2-Franklin, South Front, East Front, and Fourteenth streets.
No. 3-Washington, South Front, Market, and Fourteenth streets.
No. 4-Market, Union, West Fourteenth, and South Front streets.
No. 5-Union, Peralta, West Fourteenth, and South Front streets.
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No. 6-Peralta, and West Fourteenth streets, and the waters of the Bay.
No. 7-Fourteenth and Market streets, and the charter line.
No. 8-Market, and West Fourteenth streets, the old charter line and the Bay.
No. 9-The territory recently added to the limits of the city, from the old charter line to Logan Street.
COUNTY INFIRMARY.
The County Infirmary is located on a tract of 127 acres of land near the San Lorenzo Creek, about five miles from the town of San Leandro.
The Infirmary is intended to answer the double purpose of a hospital and an almshouse, and suitable steps have been taken to secure the comfort of the patients. The County Board of Supervisors are ex-officio directors of the Infirmary. The build- ings are inexpensive; the original cost of the main edifice -- which is of wood-having been $5,000. Numerous fruit trees have been planted, and the extensive grounds are cultivated by the convalescent patients and other inmates of the institution.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The past history and present condition of the public schools in the city of Oakland are detailed at considerable length in the carefully prepared report of the City Superintendent, Frederick M. Campbell, Esq., to the Board of Education, for the year end- ing June 30th, 1873. From this document we compile the fol- lowing information concerning the public schools.
The first public school in the city was organized in July, 1853, with sixteen pupils. The teacher was Miss H. J. Jayne, sister of the present Police Judge, and now Mrs. Edson Adams. The building used was erected at a cost of one thousand dollars, and it is now occupied as an African Church, having been removed from its original location, at the corner of Clay and Fifth streets, to the corner of Market and Seventh streets. This building af- forded all the public school accommodation of Oakland until the year 1862. In May, of that year, the block of land bounded by Twelfth, Eleventh, Jefferson, and Grove streets was pur- chased for nine hundred dollars: now worth, at least, forty thou- sand dollars. A small building was erected thereon, and school was opened in November of the same year. In August, 1865, the lot, 100 by 125, on the corner of Alice and Fifth streets, was purchased. The first grammar school was commenced in what is now the Lafayette Primary, in November, 1867. The Pres-
* For names of the members and organization of the Board of Education see page 36.
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cott School-house, at Oakland Point, was the next building erected, and it was occupied, for the first time, on January 4th, 1869. In August of the same year, the primary school building, corner of Grove and Fifth streets, was formally occupied. The High School building, on the corner of Market and Twelfth streets, was dedicated September 17th, 1871. In twenty years the department has increased from one building, with sixteen pupils, to buildings containing near fifty rooms and over twenty- one hundred pupils.
List of Teachers and Annual Salary of Each.
HIGH AND IRVING SCHOOL .- High School Building, corner of Market and West Twelfth streets; cost, $37,376. Prin- cipal, J. B. McChesney, $2,400; E. R. Sill, Assistant, $2,100, · and Miss E. Temple, $1,200.
IRVING GRAMMAR .- High School Building. Head As- sistant, Miss Jennie Walbridge, $1,020; Assistants, Miss E. Bir- mingham, $900; Mrs. Standeford, $900; Miss G. Smith, Miss S. Towle, Miss Emily Jayne, and Miss Pettengell, $840 each.
PRESCOTT GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- N. E. corner of Camp- bell and Taylor streets; cost, $10,000. Master, A. F. Craven, $1,800 ; Head Assistant, Miss Irene Hardy, $900 ; Miss Mary Kimball, $840; Miss Julia Benjamin, Miss E. Stevens, Miss Lou- ise Graffieman, Miss Loleta Graffleman, $780 each.
LINCOLN GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- N. E. cor Tenth and Alice; cost, $18,000. Principal, A. W. Brodt, $1,800; Miss Mary Lichtenthaler, $960 ; Miss M. E. La Grange, Miss Elizabeth Craig, Miss M. F. Kimball, and Miss Jennie Walbridge, $840 each; Miss A. Meek, Miss L. Betancue, $780 each.
BROOKLYN GRAMMAR SCHOOL .*- Twelfth Avenue, be- tween East Nineteenth and East Twentieth streets. Principal, J. H. Sumner, $1,800; Mrs. E. R. Tucker, $900; Miss E. White, $840; Miss Watson, Mrs. S. H. Richardson, Miss H. Bonner, Miss Hattie Buel, Miss Carrie Ellis, $780 each.
LAFAYETTE PRIMARY .- S. W. corner Twelfth and Jef- ferson; cost, $17,000 ; Principal, Mrs. M. W. Phelps, $1,200 ; Assistants, Mrs. Charles Robinson, Miss Allie Bills, Mrs. Emma W. Anderson, Miss Julia Merritt, Mrs. C. Curtis, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. C. W. Tarbox, Miss Alice Thompson, and Miss Annie Shinn, $780, each.
GROVE STREET PRIMARY .- E. side of Grove Street, be- tween Fourth and Fifth; cost, $1,200; Principal, Miss A. F. Al- drich, $1,020 ; Assistants, Miss M. A. O'Neil, Miss J. Nesbitt, $780, each; Miss Mary Clow, $600.
ALICE STREET PRIMARY .- S. W. corner of Alice and Sixth streets ; cost, $1,200; Principal, Miss Ada A. Hamilton, $1,020; Assistants, Miss L. H. Gladding, and Mrs. Emily P. Rann $780 each.
* Came into the Department, by the annexation of Brooklyn to Oakland, Nov. 4, 1872
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COSMOPOLITAN .- N. E. corner of Grove and Eleventh streets ; cost, $1,100; Principal, A. D. A. Champion, $1,500; Assistant, Miss E. C. Head, $900.
TEMESCAL .- Cost, $500; Principal, Miss M. Harvey, $900; Assistant, Miss A. A. Taisey, $780.
Special Teachers.
Drawing, Mrs. A. W. Brodt, $1,020.
German, Prof. T. Soehlke, $1,200.
French, High School, A. D. A. Champion, $300.
Janitors.
High and Irving schools, E. G. Jones, $780.
Prescott Grammar and Primary, James Allen, $450.50.
Lafayette and Cosmopolitan, M. A. Woodruff, $780. Grove Street Primary, William Aldrich, $240. Alice Street Primary, Mrs. A. Peel, $180.
Finances for Year Ending June 30, 1873.
RECEIPTS.
City taxes
$ 21,181 80
Delinquent taxes.
State and county taxes.
25,051 64
Sale of bonds (1872)
27,360 00
Sale of bonds (1873)
21,120 00
Miscellaneous
1,626 44
Total
$ 96,339 88
DISBURSEMENTS.
Teachers' salaries
$ 46,849 72
Superintendent, Clerk and Janitors' salaries
6,053 90
Fuel.
1,853 22
Repairs.
607 13
Lights, water, and rent
558 45
Furniture
3,873 06
Books and supplies.
1,907 17
Building
25,400 15
Incidentals
2,171 75
Total . $89,274 55
Annual cost per pupil, for tuition only, $23.44.
Average number of pupils to a regular teacher, High Grammar schools, 31.16; Primary schools, 40.12.
For the fiscal year 1873-74, the Board of Education estimates the expenses at eighty thousand dollars .* Of this, twenty thou- sand dollars are expected from the State and county, and thirty thousand dollars from the city.
* Exclusive of building fund and interest on School Bonds outstanding June 30, 1872.
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Bonds have been issued for the use of the School Department to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, as fol- lows :
In 1868
$50,000
In 1870
50,000
In 1872
50,000
Attendance, Public and Private Schools, 1863 to 1872.
Year.
Private Schools.
Public Schools.
1863
193
109
1864
276
138
1865 ..
288
227
1866
218
307
1867
313
455
1868
317
569
1869
355
684
1870
417
915
1871
333
1,132
1872
289
1,241
1873
343
2,118
Summary of School Statistics.
Population of the city, June 3, 1873, as per census, taken by order of the City Council.
15,387
Children under 1 year of age.
between 1 and 2 years of age
381
2 3
66
446
3 5
5 10 66
1,578
60 10 66 15
1,524
Number of children between five and fifteen years of age entitled to State apportionment of school money .... No. of children bet. 5 and 15 attending Public Schools .. 2,118 66 5 15 66 Private School .. 343
3,002
66
66 5 15 66 No Schools . .
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There are one High school, four Grammar schools, six Pri- mary schools, one Cosmopolitan school, and one ungraded school (Temescal). There are three classes in the High School, eight- een in the Grammar schools, twenty-eight in the Primary schools, two in the Cosmopolitan, and two mixed, making a total of fifty-three classes. Increase since last year, eighteen.
The average monthly enrollment is 2,088. The average num- ber belonging to schools is 1,789. Average daily attendance, 1,692.
During the month of May, and the first week in June, 1872, were held the annual examinations for promotions. There were examined 1,263 pupils, of whom 737 were promoted.
In reference to the comparatively small number of promo- tions, the Superintendent says :
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" Our department has grown very rapidly within the last year; families moving into our city from various portions of the State where the children have been necessarily deprived of the thor- ough drill in the lower grades, which the children living in cities, where there are graded schools, as in our own city, have. These pupils are almost invariably found to be unequal in their attainments-well advanced in some branches, and very deficient in others; so that while grading them correctly for some studies, it is often found to be too high for others. The examinations this year have also been more rigid than heretofore. Yet, while they were difficult, they were not unjust. The Superintendent is confident the results will be fully up to those attained in the San Francisco schools."
Vocal music is taught in all of the classes by their respective teachers.
Under the instructions of Mrs. A. W. Brodt, the classes have made good progress in the study of drawing.
The Cosmopolitan School was started in 1870 as an experi- ment, with twenty pupils, and the services of Professor A. D. A. Champion were secured as teacher. The exercises are con- ducted in the French language, and the pupils show remarkable proficiency in their studies.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
The State Constitution requires that the Legislature shall maintain a university, but only a technical obedience was given to this section of the fundamental law of the State until the year 1863, when the Legislature passed a concurrent resolution ac- cepting the donation of lands tendered to the State by Congress, for the endowment of a College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. In March, 1866, the Legislature passed an Act to estab- lish an "Agricultural, Mining and Mechanical Arts College." The directors specified in that Act, decided that the proposed college should be located in Alameda County, but did not desig- nate the part in which it should be located. The College of California owned a tract of one hundred and sixty acres of land at Berkely, five miles from Oakland, and in August, 1867, the Trustees passed a series of resolutions, proposing to donate this property to the University, and offering to give its entire assets to the State institution, provided the State should forthwith occupy the property, and organize and put into operation a Uni- versity of California, which should include a college of Mines, of Agriculture, and an Academical College-all of the same grade, and with courses of instruction equal to those of Eastern colleges. The Directors of the Agricultural College accepted the offer, and received a conveyance of the property at Berkeley. In March, 1868, the Legislature passed the Act incorporating the State University, under which its affairs have ever since been
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conducted. The control of the institution is placed in the hands of the Board of Regents, constituted as follows:
Ex Officio Regents.
His Excellency Newton Booth, Governor.
His Honor Romualdo Pacheco, LieutenantGovernor.
Hon. M. M. Estee, Speaker of the Assembly.
Hon. Henry N. Bolander, State Superintendent of Public In- struction.
R. S. Carey, President of the State Agricultural Society.
A. S. Hallidie, Esq., President of the Mechanics' Institute of San Francisco.
Appointed Regents.
John F. Swift, Esq., Hon. Lawrence Archer,
Hon. Richard P. Hammond,
Hon. J. West Martin,
Hon. John W. Dwinelle,
Hon. Samuel B. McKee,
Hon. Samuel Merritt, M.D.
Honorary Regents .*
H. H. Haight,
J. Mora Moss, Esq.,
S. F. Butterworth, Esq.,
Hon. John B. Felton,
Hon. John S. Hagar,
Louis Sachs, Esq.
His Excellency NEWTON BOOTH, President. ANDREW J. MOULDER, Secretary. WILLIAM C. RALSTON, Treasurer.
The exercises of the University were commenced September 23, 1869, with Professor John LeConte as Acting President. The classes of the College of California were transferred to a corresponding rank in the University. The Faculty is com- posed as follows :
D. G. GILMAN, A.M., President.
STEPHEN J. FIELD, LL.D., Non-Resident Professor of Law. JOHN LECONTE, M.D., Professor of Physics, Industrial Me- chanics, and Physiology.
JOSEPH LECONTE, M.D., Professor of Geology, Natural History, and Botany.
MARTIN KELLOGG, A.M., Professor of Ancient Languages.
Gen. W. T. WELCKER, Professor of Mathematics.
PAUL PIODA, Professor of Modern Languages.
EZRA S. CARR, M.D., Professor of Agriculture, Chemistry, Ag- ricultural and Applied Chemistry, and Horticulture.
WILLIAM SWINTON, A.M., Professor of the English Language and Literature, Rhetoric, Logic, and History.
# The term HONORARY, applied to these Regents, indicates only the mode of their elec- tion, which is made by the ex officio and appointed Regents. Every Regent, however, appointed, is a voting, legislative, and executive member of the Board.
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GEORGE DAVIDSON, A.M. [Assistant U. S. Coast Survey], Non- Resident Professor of Astronomy and Geodesy.
WILLARD T. RISING, Professor of Mining, Metallurgy, and Ana- lytical Chemistry.
Col. FRANK SOULE, Jr., Professor of Engineering and Astronomy.
J. M. PHILLIPS, Instructor of Hebrew.
GEO. C. EDWARDS and L. L. HAWKINS, Instructors in Mathe- matics.
ROBERT OGILBY, Instructor in Drawing.
GEORGE BUNNELL, A.M., Assistant Professor of Ancient Lan- guages.
A. H. ALLEN, Instructor in Classics.
L. GROSSMANN, Instructor in German.
M. M. CORELLA, Instructor in Spanish.
A. W. JACKSON, J. M. STILLMAN, and S. B. CHRISTY, Assistants in Chemistry.
Prof. WILLIAM SWINTON, Librarian.
The University consists of five distinct and independent col- leges, viz .: Four colleges of Arts, and one college of Letters, as follows:
1. A State College of Agriculture.
2. A State College of Mechanic Arts.
Colleges of Arts.
3. A State College of Mines.
4. A State College of Civil Engineering.
5. A State College of Letters.
The full course of Instruction in each college embraces all ap- propriate studies, and continues for at least four years.
The University possesses apparatus procured from Europe, valued at $30,000, for the use of the chemical and other scientific experiments. The student are organized into four military companies, under the State law, and are drilled twice each week. Professor Welcker and Professor Soulé, graduates from West Point, have charge of the military instruction of the pupils. The exercises are conducted in the elegant and spacious new buildings erected by the State at Berkeley. The State owns the four blocks of land between Twelfth, Fourteenth, Franklin, and Harrison streets, in Oakland. Provision is made by law for five scholarships, of $300 per annum each, to be given to members entering the fourth class, after a competitive examination.
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