fifteen dollars to twenty-two dollars a month. A few students "board themselves" for as low as ten dollars a month, but this plan of living is not generally to be recommended.

There are no dormitories maintained by the University.

Other Expenses are: Gymnasium locker and suit, about four dollars; books and stationery, from eighteen dollars to twenty-five dollars per annum. A life membership in the Students' Coöperative Society costs two dollars and a half, which amount is soon made up in the purchase of books and other supplies at prices below current retail rates.

The Dining Hall, recently established within the University grounds, provides board at cost price.

The Students' Aid Society is an organization which seeks to help needy students by making it possible for them to help themselves. To this end it acts as a free employment agency, putting such students in communication with persons in the University or the neighborhood who desire such services as students can render. Communications should be addressed to the MANAGER OF THE STUDENTS' AID SOCIETY, BERKELEY. A circular concerning the work of the Society is sent free to those who apply for it.

LOAN FUNDS.

The Frank J. Walton Memorial Loan Fund, established by the graduates of the Class of 1883 in memory of a classmate, deceased. The income of this fund, amounting at present to about $125, may be loaned each year to some undergraduate student of the Academic Department at Berkeley who is studying for a degree, and who has completed half of his undergraduate course. Application for a loan from this fund should be addressed, through the Recorder of the Faculties, to the committee in charge of the fund.

The Class of 1886 has established a Loan Fund, which may be drawn upon for the purpose of aiding undergraduate students in good standing in the Sophomore, Junior, or Senior class, students in the higher classes having precedence. Application for a loan from this fund should be addressed to the Dean of the Faculty of Letters.

Friends of the University in San Francisco have contributed funds which may be drawn upon in small amounts for loans to students in cases of urgency. Application for loans from these funds should be addressed to the Committee on Scholarships, through the Recorder of the Faculties.

PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

The University Medal, by direction of its founders, is bestowed upon the most distinguished scholar of the graduating class of each

year.

The early English Text Society and the New Shakespeare Society offer an Annual Prize of certain of their publications, for the encouragement of studies in English. The prize is open to all regular students, and is awarded upon written examination under the direction of the professor of English Literature.

The Carnot Medal, given annually (beginning 1895) by the Baron de Coubertin, in honor of the late President Carnot of France, is competed for by three representatives each of Leland Stanford Junior University and the University of California, debating upon some topic connected with contemporary French political affairs. The award is made to the student who displays the highest merit as a speaker.

The LeConte Memorial Fellowship has been established by the Alumni Association of the University, in honor of Professors JOHN and JOSEPH LECONTE. Its value is $500, and it is awarded annually by a Board of Administration elected by the Alumni Association. It is limited to graduates of the University of California of not more than three years' standing at the time of the award; the sole test is superior excellence, as determined at its discretion by the Board; and the recipient is to pursue his studies either at the University of California or elsewhere, as the Board may determine.

Six University Fellowships have been maintained, during 1897-98, by the Regents-one in Pedagogy, one in French, three in Mathematics, and one in Mineralogy. The appointees devote their attention to graduate study and assist in the work of their departments.

Harvard Club Scholarship. The Harvard Club of San Francisco has awarded annually since 1887 a sum of not less than $200 to some graduate of the University of California, the money to be used by the recipient in the pursuit of graduate study at Harvard University.

Graduate Scholarships for 1897-98. As a mark of appreciation of recent University benefactions, and with the object of encouraging advanced study, seven graduate scholarships for the year 1897-98, of the value of $250 each, were established by members of the University, as follows: Four by members of the Board of Regents, one by the Faculties at Berkeley, one by the Alumni, and one by the students. These scholarships have been awarded to such persons, only, as have distinct qualifications for advanced study. The awards have been made by the Graduate Council.

The Phebe Hearst Scholarships for Women. Eight* scholarships in the University of California have been established by Mrs. PHEBE A. HEARST, of San Francisco, for worthy young women, each scholarship yielding $300 per annum. The award is made by the Faculties of the University, but any school officer of this State may recommend candidates. In accordance with the express desire of the founder, the qualifications are noble character and high aims; further, the award is not to be made as a prize for honors in entrance examinations, and it is understood that without this assistance a University course would in each case be impossible.

The State of California Scholarships. In accordance with action taken March 9, 1897, the Regents of the University will set apart annually, out of the income furnished to the University by the State, the sum of $3,500, to be distributed equally among the (seven) Congressional Districts of the State, for the purpose of aiding poor and deserving students to attend the University. The scholarships so founded will be known as the State of California Scholarships, and will not exceed twenty-eight in number for any one year.

The Levi Strauss Scholarships. At the same meeting of the Regents at which provision was made for the State of California Scholarships, Mr. LEVI STRAUSS, of San Francisco, duplicated the action of the Board, by providing for not to exceed twenty-eight additional scholarships, to be distributed and awarded on precisely the same terms as those prescribed for the State of California Scholarships. In formally accepting the magnanimous offer of Mr. STRAUSS, the Regents emphasize the fact that "the terms of his gift constitute a significant recognition that the purposes and beneficence of the University extend to every portion of the State alike.”

The San Francisco Girls' High School Scholarship, of the value of $250 a year, is under the control and management of the Scholarship Association of the Girls' High School. The Association is formed and supported solely by the pupils of the school, and awards the scholarship to a meritorious graduate of the school, to enable her to pursue a course in the University of California. Applications should be addressed to the Secretary of the Scholarship Association, Girls' High School, San Francisco.

The

The Haywards High School Scholarship of the value of $150 a year, is maintained by the pupils of the Haywards High School. scholarship is awarded each year, by competitive examination, to a

*Mrs. Hearst has also provided four temporary scholarships, to be discontinued when the holders of these scholarships leave the University.

member of the graduating class, to enable him to pursue a course in the University of California. It may be held only by a regular student in one of the Colleges at Berkeley.

The Hinckley Scholarship of $300 is awarded each year by the Trustees of the WILLIAM AND ALICE HINCKLEY FUND to some young man in the University of the State, or in some other school.

Application for Scholarships. A circular of instructions concerning applications for scholarships may be obtained from the Recorder of the Faculties. A copy will be mailed to any address, upon request.

The students of Leland Stanford Junior University and the University of California have an intercollegiate debate, in San Francisco, in April of each year. The San Francisco Examiner offers a prize to the University which shall first win three debates, beginning 1894. The Hon. GEORGE C. PERKINS has also offered a prize of $200, to be awarded annually for three years, to the speakers on the winning side, beginning with the intercollegiate debate of 1896.

CURRICULA OF THE COLLEGES OF
GENERAL CULTURE.

College of Letters.

The curriculum is essentially the so-called Classical Course of the leading American colleges, and leads to the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

College of Social Sciences. The curriculum follows the more modern lines of a liberal culture, including language, literature, history and political science, and diverges from that of the College of Letters mainly in that it omits Greek and does not insist upon Latin, except in the requirement for entrance. It leads to the degree of

Bachelor of Letters.

College of Natural Sciences. The curriculum embraces the broad field of general science, together with the languages and arts necessary to the student and investigator. It leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science.

In each of these colleges about one half of the curriculum is prescribed with a view to the information, discipline, and culture requisite for the pursuit of advanced studies. The Prescribed Courses fall, with certain exceptions, within the first two years of the curriculum. At least one quarter of the curriculum consists of an Elective Group of advanced courses, dealing with one subject, or not more than two cognate subjects, in the direction of the study and research which the student desires especially to pursue. The election of this special subject, or group, must be made by the student after he has completed the courses prescribed in his college, and before he has begun his fourth, or Senior, year. The remainder of the curriculum consists of Free Electives chosen from any of the courses offered at Berkeley, and pursued at any time during the undergraduate period, subject, however, to any sequence of studies required by the department concerned.

This organization of the curriculum secures a division into general or fundamental courses on the one hand, and special or advanced courses on the other. With his entrance upon the Elective Group the student is introduced to aims and methods of study which obtain not