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Origin and development of the University of California

ix, 710 pages 24 cm · Foreword / Joseph C. Rowell -- I. Movements for a state university. 1. The constitutional convention and education -- 2. First movement in the legislature for a state university -- 3. Seminary of learning grant and San Luis Rey mission lands -- 4. The military institute plan for a state university -- 5. The Morrill Land Grant Act and the university movement -- 6. State museum plan for a university -- 7. Public schools in relation to university movement -- 8. Agricultural, mining and mechanical arts college -- II. The College of California : the inceptive part of the university. 9. The college movement in 1849 -- 10. The constant continued interest in education -- 11. The coming of Henry Durant and the founding of Contra Costa Academy -- 12. Incorporation of the College of California -- 13. Horace Bushnell's search for an ideal site -- 14. The selection of the college site -- 15. The difficult task of the founders and upbuilders -- 16. Opening and establishing the college -- 17. Creating an interest in higher education -- 18. Name of Berkeley, the philosopher, chosen for the college town -- 19. The decisive year for the college and the university -- III. The un

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