SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.

THE PHEBE HEARST SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN.

At a meeting of the Regents, held October 13, 1891, Regent Hallidie, Chairman of the Finance Committee, submitted the following:

"I have the honor to present to the Board the following communication from Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst:

"SEPTEMBER 28, 1891.

"To the Board of Regents of the University of California:

"Gentlemen: It is my intention to contribute annually to the funds of the University of California the sum of fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars, to be used for five $300 scholarships for worthy young women.

"Two of these scholarships are to be given this year; and the remaining three at the beginning of the August term next year. I bind myself to pay this sum during my lifetime, and I have provided for a perpetual fund after my death.

"The qualifications entitling students to the scholarships shall be noble character and high aims, it being understood that without the assistance here given, a University course would, in each case, be impossible.

"I desire that a school officer, say any County Superintendent in this State, shall recommend to the Faculty of the University the applicants for scholarships, the award being made by a vote of the Faculty, but I do not wish any scholarships to be given as a prize for honors in entrance examinations.

"Mr. Irwin C. Stump, my business manager, will arrange the necessary formalities with the Secretary of your Board.

"Yours very sincerely,

"PHEBE A. HEARST."

"The Faculty of the University has already acted upon the suggestions of Mrs. Hearst, and appointed two young ladies to be recipients of Mrs. Hearst's bounty for the current year. It is necessary, therefore, that the gift of Mrs. Hearst be made immediately effective.

"I therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolutions:

"1. Resolved by the Regents of the University of California, That this Board recognizes and hereby expresses its grateful appreciation of the thoughtful generosity of Mrs. Hearst.

"2. Resolved, That this Board gladly accepts the offer of Mrs. Hearst to establish in the University of California five scholarships for worthy young women, upon the terms and conditions named in the communication.

"3. Resolved, That the said scholarships so established be named the Phebe Hearst Scholarships.

"4. Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board is instructed to confer with Mr. Irwin C. Stump and arrange the necessary formalities.

"5. Resolved, That the names of the students securing these scholarships be placed on the salary roll, and that checks be issued to them monthly as directed by Mrs. Hearst."

The above resolutions were unanimously adopted.

On April 12, 1892, Acting President Kellogg reported that Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst had increased the number of scholarships for young women from five to eight. It was voted that the Committee on Internal Administration transmit the thanks of the Regents to Mrs. Hearst by an appropriate letter. The letter sent was as follows:

"Mrs. PHEBE A. HEARST,

"SAN FRANCISCO, April 14, 1892.

"Dear Madam: It gives me the greatest pleasure, in pursuance of the resolution of the Board of Regents, to return to you the thanks of the Board for your kind and munificent gift to the University in founding and endowing the three additional Phebe A. Hearst scholarships, for young women undergraduates. Such gifts are not alone a monument of the generosity and public spirit of the donors, but it must also be a source of the deepest satisfaction to them to reflect upon the number of young lives which will in the course of time be made brighter and easier by their liberality; and it seems peculiarly fit and

pleasing in this instance, that, as the University of California was one of the first to throw open its doors to women, a woman is the first to give to the University a benefaction for the encouragement of undergraduates.

"The State of California has labored nobly in the field of higher education in creating and endowing the State University, but it is only through the coöperation of private persons of generous impulses and lofty ideas that that great seat of learning can reach the full measure of its expansion and perform the full measure of its usefulness. The University belongs to the people, and as its achievements are marked and noted, it will become more and more an object of pride and affection to all, and its needs will be recognized by those who are willing and able to meet them, and I feel the confident hope that your example will kindle a generous emulation in a long line of others. I am, dear madam, your obedient servant,

"GEO. T. MArye, Jr.,

"Chairman Committee on Internal Administration."

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIPS.

At a meeting of the Regents, held March 9, 1897, the following resolutions were adopted:

WHEREAS, At the time of the passage by the present Legislature of the Act granting an additional income to the State University it was suggested by members of the Legislature that the sum of $3,500 per annum should be set apart and used to aid poor and deserving students at the University; now be it

Resolved, That the said sum of $3,500 per annum be and is hereby appropriated until the further order of this Board, out of the funds of the University, which sum is to be distributed equally among the Congressional Districts of this State, for the purpose of aiding, not to exceed twenty-eight (28) students per annum at the University; such students to be selected by the Faculty of the University, solely by reason of their mental ability, character, and needs.

The procedure and manner of the distribution of such scholarships to be, as far as may be, similar to that adopted in reference to the Phebe Hearst Scholarships.

The said scholarships shall always be known and designated as the State of California Scholarships.

THE LEVI STRAUSS SCHOLARSHIPS.

At a meeting of the Regents, held March 9, 1897, the following letter was presented:

"Regent J. B. REINSTEIN,

"SAN FRANCISCO, March 6, 1897.

"Dear Sir: I have noted in the newspapers that while the Legislature was considering the bill to increase the income of the University of California, a suggestion was made to set apart $3500 per annum to aid worthy and poor students from each of the Congressional districts of the State to obtain an education at that University.

"I should be pleased to be permitted to duplicate the generosity of the State in the matter of said scholarships, and request you to kindly communicate the terms of this letter to the Honorable the Board of Regents of the University.

"The University of California has already risen to a plane that challenges the admiration of the entire country, and I deem it a privilege to aid those connected therewith.

"The proper officers are hereby authorized to draw on me each year, until further notice, for the sum of $3500.

"I am, dear sir, yours very truly,

LEVI STRAUSS."

The following resolutions, accepting Mr. Strauss' offer, were unanimously adopted:

"WHEREAS, The sum of $3500 has been set apart annually from the income furnished by the State to the University of California, to be distributed equally among the Congressional districts of this State, for the purpose of aiding not to exceed twenty-eight poor and deserving students at the University each year, and

"WHEREAS, Mr. Levi Strauss, of San Francisco, has duplicated the generosity of the State, for a like purpose,

"Resolved, That the thanks of the Board of Regents be extended to Mr. Strauss, not only for subserving the noble purpose of aiding the worthy poor to obtain an education, and thus filling a long felt want at the University, but also because the terms of his gift constitute a significant recognition that the purposes and beneficence of the University of California extend to every portion of the State alike.

"Resolved, further, That the disposition and procedure in connection with the said scholarships shall be similar in general to the procedure and disposition of the State of California Scholarships.

"Resolved, further, That the said scholarships shall be known and designated as the Levi Strauss Scholarships.

INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR THE

SCHOLARSHIPS.

The Phebe Hearst, the State of California, and the Levi Strauss Scholarships will be awarded annually by the Academic Council, on the recommendation of the standing committee on scholarships. The

awards will be made-subject to the conditions imposed by the founders-solely on the ground of character, ability, and need. For the present, undergraduates in regular courses, and applicants for admission to such courses, will be preferred. It is understood that without this assistance a University course would in each case be impossible. A regulation of the faculties debars from scholarship privileges all students with deficiencies. The scholarships are tenable for one academic year, with the possibility of renewal, upon application. Applications for the State of California Scholarships and for the Levi Strauss Scholarships will be received both from young men and from young women. The amount of each award will be determined upon consideration of the applications, subject, of course, to the conditions imposed by the founders, as above stated; but it is not expected that any award will be for less than $125. It is not supposed or intended that a State of California Scholarship, or a Levi Strauss Scholarship, will, in every case, be sufficient for the beneficiary's entire support; but it is believed that few capable and self-reliant students, who have the assistance offered by these scholarships, will find it impossible to secure such additional means as will be necessary.

Applications for scholarships should be filed with the Recorder of the Faculties, for the consideration of the committee, on or before the first day of May of the academic year preceding that for which the scholarships are desired. A blank form of application is furnished by the Recorder, and will be mailed to any addresss, upon request. Awards will be announced not later, if possible, than June 1, and notice thereof will be sent by mail to each applicant. Payments are made at the office of the Secretary of the Board of Regents, in South Hall, in ten monthly installments, beginning September 10.

In the consideration of applications for scholarships, great weight will be attached by the committee, and by the Academic Council, to the recommendations of principals and teachers in secondary schools, and-in the case of students already in the University-to the recommendations of University instructors. So far as possible, such recommendations should furnish specific and succinct information concerning the essential points of the applicant's (1) character, (2) ability and promise as a scholar, (3) pecuniary circumstances and needs. The multiplication of testimonials of a general sort, by persons who are unable to speak from intimate acquaintance with these essentials, will be of little value. It is desired that undue personal solicitation of individual members of the committee be avoided; that communications be in writing; and be of such character as may properly be discussed at the meetings of the committee. Testimonials need not be transmitted through the applicant, but may, if so desired, be sent directly to the Recorder.