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Title: College of California
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: College homestead association, San Francisco. (from old catalog) Willey, Samuel Hopkins. (from old catalog)
Subjects: College of California
Publisher: San Francisco, Printed by Towne and Bacon
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ds of thecolleges, with branch pipes for fire hydrants, and smaller pipes for allthe interior and exterior uses of the establishment. As the wants of the college increase, a dam should be thrown acrossthe ravine near the milk ranch, but higher than the collecting reser-voir, above-mentioned, and the water therein impounded used to re-plenish the first constructed reservoir as needed. The dam should be so built, with broad base, as to admit of an in-crease in height as the dejpand for water increases. The adoption of this plan will render it unnecessary to expend uponthe works, at first, more capital that its immediate wants demand, andwill yet allow additions, which, thoroughly made as required, will notduring their construction interrupt the efficiency of work already com-pleted ; and when finished will give you a complete system of sup-ply, adequate to all your wants for at least the present century. Respectfully submitted. C. W. BOYNTON, Civil Engineer.San Francisco, Dec. 22d, 1864
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COLLEGE PAPERS By S. H. WILLEY. Paper No. I. WHERE A COLLEGE SHOULD BE LOCATED. It is a matter of the highest importance that a College should berightly locatetl. It is one of the choicest and most costly possessionsof the State, and therefore it should be situated in the midst of thevery best natural advantages which the State affords. This mattershould be well considered in the beginning. A mistake in locatingsuch an institution cannot be remedied. Where it is put, where itspermanent buildings are erected, where public sympathy is first drawnto it, there is its home, and there it must remain. All succeeding gen-erations will enjoy the advantage of a wise selection in this particular,or, if the choice is unfortunate, they will never cease to regret it. Itsstudents, especially, and those immediately connected with it, mustsuffer the loss, down to the latest years. And in this particular State,the matter of the location of such an institution, is of more importanceto its value and usef

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