Plans for the $4,000,000 Arts Center and Museum on the Berkeley campus of the University of California have suddenly plunged from high hopes to actual distress, as a result of an unexpected decision by the University’s Board of Regents. There are conflicting interpretations of the reasons given, but that the University’s new art museum will not be built for some time seems to be a certainty. An art museum and theater were to be opened on the campus in 1966 as part of the University’s centennial celebration. Hans Hofmann gave 45 of his own paintings and a quarter of a million dollars toward the