John R. Glascock, of the class of 1865, of the College of California, replied as follows:

"MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN: After listening to so many eloquent speeches from those who have the honor and future welfare of the College of California at heart, I am afraid that what few remarks I may utter will fall upon unappreciating ears. But, sir, as it is one of the recognized principles of this College never to back down from what has been once undertaken, I consider it a religious duty to speak for her, and I know I shall find it a pleasure.

"Every true lover of education must, and does, take an interest in the cause of learning. And you who have issued from the portals of old Yale, Harvard, Williams, Union, and a host of other grand centers of learning, give hearty cheer and sincere congratulation to our young and glorious enterprise. But in comparison with this feeling, what must be the interest taken in this College by us, who have seen her spring, a new-born Venus, from the foam of California ignorance. It is not strange, then, that we should entertain for her a deeper and holier affection. It is not strange that every rude wind that jostles her should send a chill to our hearts, for we love her with a 'love that passeth understanding.' We have watched her, this young mother of ours-not as old as her children-from tottering infancy to vigorous youth. And if at times she has seemed to falter, it was not from lack of energy nor want of courage. If cares and troubles have left their mark on her fair young brow, we feel a deeper veneration for every furrow-for only that is worthy which has passed the furnace of trial.

"It was held among the ancient Romans, as a law well defined and beyond dispute, that to be born in the purple was a higher mark of dignity than admission to it. So we think. No 'purpureus Pannus' for us, our whole cloak is royal. So we deem it a peculiar honor that our lot was cast here at such an early period as to enable us to witness the inception of this College, and so early to become identified with her fortunes. And toward the four short and happy years spent under her tutelage, our hearts now beat with emotions of pleasure, as we recollect and acknowledge her earnest, noble efforts in behalf of virtue and manly honesty, and the pure spirit of Christian philanthropy breathed through all her teachings. No sectarianism, but a basis as broad as the Bible. No creed, but a love for the Book of books. Governed by such principles, and guided by such men as

she is, can we predict aught for her but a brilliant future? No, we shall see her continue steadily on the course which she has marked out for herself, still holding in view, and being swayed by, those principles which presided over her birth; and, piercing the dark, misty ranks of ignorance, like the Macedonian phalanx, widen as she penetrates, and make her influence felt throughout the length and breadth of the land. Even now, young as she is, she extends to you, sons of kindred Alma Maters, maternal greeting, and though her grasp be not as forcible as others, it is none the less hearty. Though her voice be not as strong, yet she gives you a welcome as broad as our plains, as deep as our valleys, as rich as our mines, and as warm as the pure, devoted love she bears her own offspring."

"This eloquent and appropriate effort," continued the President, "convinces me only too well of my prescience, in saying that these young accessions to our ranks are those whom we are most to welcome and to fear.' Cavete pueros-beware of the boys-that is Latin, isn't it, Professor? [To Professor Durant.] We see plainly that the time is coming when the indigenous Alumni will take these festivities into their own hands, and if we get any invitation to them, it will be only to occupy the back seats. But our personal sadness at our future fate does not hinder us from rejoicing at the intellectual future of California. Let us rejoice, and rejoicing let us sing the old familiar song of 'Gaudeamus.'"

And it was sung with great fervor by the audience, all standing.

After as many more speeches as the evening would hold, and a few parting words by the President, the Alumni sang another song of the good old college times and then reluctantly dispersed. Thus ended their third annual meeting; more fully attended, and certainly not less enjoyed than those of the two previous years.

It was the habit of the College School to hold its anniversary exercises at the close of its school year in the week following that of the College Commencement. These exercises consisted of declamations, dialogues, recitations, and the speaking of original pieces by some of the more advanced students. At this time the school was very large. The catalogue gave the year's attendance as two hundred and forty

three, and the number of teachers, twelve. And this fairly represents the size of the school for a series of years. After the close of this year's work, 1865-66, and the usual anniversary occasion, the Pacific gave the following account of it:

OAKLAND COLLEGE SCHOOL.

"The first four days of last week were devoted to the examination of students in the various departments of this institution. We could not be present during the entire examination, but in these instances we had accounts from gentlemen upon whose critical judgment we can rely. The examination extended over a range of studies from the primary up to the advanced English and Classical Course for business, or for admission to the College, to which some are transferred every year. This number we hope to see increased with each succeeding year. Our young people must not forget that while a thorough and accomplished English education is a great thing, there is no country in the world where a complete college education will be more available than here.

"The examination showed as much careful training and thoroughness as we have ever seen. An excellent band of teachers has been attached to the institution, and each one seems to have striven after especial excellence. Of course, in so large a school, there are all grades of mental development and native capacity, and no uniform. proficiency can be attained. Each student, as near as may be, is put upon his possibilities after being furnished with the best aids the school can command. We think it is fair to say that the results of the examination fully met the just expectations of all who were present.

"This institution has come to be the largest training school for boys and young men on this coast. Commencing with a small number many years ago as the nucleus of the College, it has now become a separate department, requiring the entire supervision of one of the professors, Rev. I. H. Brayton, who brings to his assistance some nine or ten teachers. Besides the ordinary routine of study, music, French, and drawing are represented by teachers of the best attainments. The pupils during the last term have averaged one hundred and fifty, of whom eighty and upwards have boarded at the institution.

"The new school building furnishes additional facilities in the way of class-rooms and dormitories, and has also one of the most spacious and commodious halls in the State.

"During the exhibition, which occupied Thursday and Friday evenings, every available seat in the great hall was taken. Dialogues were spoken in both French and Spanish, and the music, vocal and instrumental, including that of a brass band, was furnished by performers among the pupils in attendance. The one hundred and fifty boys who filed in upon the stage and sang the opening piece with their own band for an accompaniment, was something worth a journey to see and to hear. The declamations which followed were

more than up to the average of such performances, and not a few of them showed decided rhetorical excellence."

The work of this college year being thus completed in all the departments, it became immediately necessary to prepare for the next. In respect to the College, we had to face the fact that the three-year subscriptions for the temporary support of the College had expired. There were special reasons at that time why it was very difficult to renew them, or to raise an income in that way. The consultations in the Board and among the friends of the College were frequent and prolonged. The expenses of the College, as it grew, were necessarily increasing. Especially was this so in the Department of Natural Science. Costly apparatus for illustration and experiment must be had. Nor would a little do. There must be enough to enable the instructor to teach the classes successfully. And also for several other purposes besides the payment of salaries, money must somehow be raised. In the pinch we felt keenly the need of endowment. After all, the deliberations resulted in this only-they could result in nothing else-first, resolutely to undertake to obtain for five years ensuing an annual subscription of $15,000; and second, to sell the remaining homestead lots, and other salable lots around the College grounds, as fast as could be done to advantage. On these two things as our working plan we set our faces toward 1866-67. At this time came from New York the report of the completed work of Fred Law Olmsted, who had been employed to project a plan for the improvement of the College property. The report is here reproduced as the fourth number of the Appendix.

But the sale of the lots came now to depend on the intro