Home Club in East Oakland, at the Grammar School Hall in Visalia, at the Common School Assembly Hall in Oakland, at the Normal School Assembly Hall in Chico, and in the High School Assembly Hall in Long Beach and Merced.

APPOINTMENT REGISTRY.

In January, 1898, the Regents of the University established, in the President's Office, a Registry for teachers and others who desire the coöperation of the University in securing employment The aim is to obtain complete information in regard to all University candidates for the teaching profession or for other callings. A Secretary is in charge of the lists of applicants, which include the names of many who have already won success in their professions, or in the business world. The Secretary secures evidence in regard to the scholarship, experience, and personal qualifications of each candidate, and on the basis of this information the President answers inquiries from appointing authorities.

The purpose is to secure such information as will enable the President to name the best available person for a given position. The practice of giving written recommendations to students, to be used at their own discretion, has been discontinued. Reports from instructors are filed in the President's Office. Copies of these reports will be mailed to school officers, or to professional or business men, at their request, or at the request of the student concerned. But the President reserves the right of refusing to extend the cooperation of the University to students when they apply for positions for which they are manifestly unfit. Official recommendations for positions are made only on request of those in authority. Letters requesting such recommendations should state explicitly the subjects to be taught, or the work to be done, the salary paid per year, and the time when the engagement begins. Prompt answer will be made to such letters throughout the summer vacation as well as during the University year. The Secretary will consult any member of the Faculty whose advice is especially desired. There are no fees for the services of this office. Communications should be addressed to the Appointment Secretary, University of California, Berkeley.

LICK ASTRONOMICAL DEPARTMENT.
(LICK OBSERVATORY.)

OFFICERS OF THE OBSERVATORY.

BENJ. IDE WHEELER, President of the University.

WILLIAM W. CAMPBELL, Director and Astronomer.

RICHARD H. TUCKER, Astronomer.

WILLIAM J. HUSSEY, Astronomer.

WILLIAM H. WRIGHT, Acting Astronomer.

CHARLES D. PERRINE, Assistant Astronomer.

ROBERT G. AITKIN, Assistant Astronomer.

HEBER D. CURTIS, Assistant Astronomer.

HAROLD K. PALMER, Assistant in the Lick Observatory.
ELLIOTT SMITH, Assistant at Lick Observatory.
JOSEPH H. MOORE, Assistant at Lick Observatory.

KEIVIN BURNS, Assistant at Lick Observatory.

FREDERICK E. BRASCH, Computer at Lick Observatory.

RALPH H. CURTISS, Fellow at Lick Observatory, Carnegie Assistant

in Spectroscopy.

SEBASTIAN ALBRECHT, Fellow at Lick Observatory.

JAMES D. MADDRILL, Fellow at Lick Observatory.
MARGARET E. FRENCH, Secretary.

HISTORY OF THE LICK OBSERVATORY.

The Observatory was founded by James Lick, by a deed of trust dated September 21, 1875. This deed devotes the sum of $700,000 to "the purpose of purchasing land, and constructing and putting up on such land *** a powerful telescope, superior to and more powerful than any telescope yet made; suitable observatory connected therewith."

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provides that "if, after the construction of said telescope and observatory, there shall remain of said $700,000 * * * any surplus,'' the surplus shall be invested and that "the income thereof shall be devoted to the maintenance of said telescope and the observatory connected therewith, and shall be made useful in promoting science; and the said telescope and observatory are to be known as the

Lick Astronomical Department of the University of California.” The gift of Mr. Lick was accepted by the Regents December 7, 1875.

LOCATION.

Mr. Lick had already, in August, 1875, selected Mount Hamilton, in Santa Clara County, as a site for the Observatory. Land for the site (1,350 acres) was granted by act of Congress, June 7, 1876. One hundred and forty-nine additional acres were purchased by Mr. Lick, and a tract of forty acres was added by gift of R. F. Morrow, Esq., in 1886. The north half of section sixteen of the township was granted to the University, for the use of the Observatory, by the Legislature of California in 1888. This land (320 acres) is contiguous with the grant from the United States. Congress also granted, in 1892, an additional tract of 680 acres. Α tract of forty acres, adjoining the reservation on the east, was purchased in 1901. The total area of the reservation is about 2,621 acres.

BUILDINGS AND INSTRUMENTS.

The Observatory consists of a Main Building, containing computing rooms, library (of 6,000 books and 5,000 pamphlets), and the domes of the 36-inch Equatorial and the 12-inch Equatorial: and of Detached Buildings to shelter the Crossley Reflector, the Meridian Circle, the Transit, the horizontal Photoheliograph, the portable Equatorial, and the Crocker and the Floyd Photographic telescopes. On the grounds are dwelling-houses for the astronomers, students, and employees, and shops for the workmen. The Observatory is well provided with instruments, some of which are enumerated below:

36-inch Equatorial, objective by Alvan Clark & Sons, mounting by Warner & Swasey. This instrument has also a photographic corrector of 33-inch aperture, figured by Mr. Alvan G. Clark.

3-foot Reflecting Telescope; presented to the Lick Observatory in 1895 by Edward Crossley, Esq., of Halifax, England. The large mirror of this instrument is by Sir Howard Grubb. An entirely new mounting has just been constructed. The building was erected from funds subscribed by citizens of California.

12-inch Equatorial; by Alvan Clark & Sons.

62-inch Meridian Circle; objective by Alvan Clark & Sons, mounting by Repsold.

62-inch Equatorial Mounting; by Warner & Swasey.

6/2-inch Bruce Comet Seeker; objective by Brashear, mounting made at the Lick Observatory.

6-inch Crocker Photographic Telescope; objective by Willard, refigured by J. A. Brashear, who provided the mounting also.

5-inch Floyd Telescope; presented by Miss H. A. L. Floyd; interchangeable photographic and visual objective by Alvan Clark & Sons.

5-inch horizontal Photoheliograph; by Alvan Clark & Sons.

4-inch Transit; objective by Alvan Clark & Sons, mounting by Fauth & Co.

4-inch Comet Seeker; by Alvan Clark & Sons.

A Spectriscope, especially adapted for photography; given by Hon. D. O. Mills, for use with the 36-inch Refractor.

A Spectroscope, especially adapted for photography with the Crossley Reflector, and two Photometers for use with the 36-inch and 12-inch telescopes, provided from the proceeds of a gift from the late Miss C. W. Bruce, of New York City.

A 362-inch Cassegrain Reflecting Telescope, with modern dome, and a 3-prism spectrograph, the gift of Hon. D. O. Mills, for use on an astronomical expedition to the southern hemisphere. This expedition is now at work, on the summit of San Cristobal, in the northeast suburbs of Santiago, Chili.

There are, besides, many minor pieces of apparatus.

FELLOWS.

The Regents have established in the Lick Astronomical Department three salaried Fellowships, two of which are usually awarded to graduate students who are candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

SPECIAL ASSISTANTS.

On the recommendation of the Director and with the approval of the President, persons with experience in astronomical investigation may occasionally be received at the Lick Observatory, to act as assistants in definite researches then in progress. These assistants, serving without pay, will be assigned to such duties as will be advantageous both to the Observatory and to themselves. Opportunity for making independent researches will be available only in exceptional cases.

SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS.

It occasionally occurs that eminent investigators from other institutions desire to utilize the exceptional advantages of the

Lick Observatory, for the solution of special problems. Opportunity for such researches will be provided in case no interference with the regular program of work would arise therefrom.

REGULATIONS REGARDING STUDENTS AT THE LICK

OBSERVATORY.

At the Lick Observatory graduate instruction in Astronomy is offered by the Director and the Astronomers, in connection with the investigations in which they are engaged, or which may be specially assigned to the students by the Director. Graduate instruction at the Lick Observatory is restricted, as a general rule, to students qualified to be on the footing of astronomical assistants. All undergraduate instruction in astronomy and such graduate instruction as is not carried on at the Lick Observatory is conducted at Berkeley.

Applicants for admission to the Lick Observatory must first qualify before the Graduate Council as graduate students of the University. Applicants are advised to file their applications with the Recorder of the Faculties, at Berkeley, before May 1st. After admission as graduate students, their applications for admission to the Lick Observatory are referred to a standing committee of the Graduate Council consisting of the President of the University, the Director of the Lick Observatory, the Director of the Students' Observatory, and the heads of the departments of Mathematics and Physics.

As many graduate students as can be furnished accommodations at Mount Hamilton, without expense to the University, may pursue astronomical studies at the Lick Observatory; and in return for the accommodations they will be required to execute such computations, etc., as are assigned to them.

It is usually advantageous for students to choose their time of residence at the Lick Observatory in the period from May to December.

HIGHER DEGREES.

Graduate students enrolled in the Lick Astronomical Department of the University may become candidates for the Degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy. The general conditions on which they are granted are printed elsewhere in this REGISTER.