Show O O O O O OtO Oto OtOto O O O Ototo O OtO O oto O Oto o O O O O O O O O O O O Ototo o o o oto 6 0 0 0 OtOtO Oto O OtO jj f I IIII TWO WONDERFUL WOMEN AND WHAT 1 1 T i THEY ARE DOING FOR EDUCATION E J Jot HH 1 I H H H n M riM ot OO O JJ A O oto oo oto AVA O O Oto o O o O to o I 4 y I It t Y 4 X i ii s I II i i 4 w 9 ij t r story Etory stor relating to Callo nills groat grant hua hUR huato hURto THIS T to do It with two fortun s sand and nud the tho th beneficent ue U f to f which they were put hut It ft also demonstrates womans capacity for tor large enterprises es In III the most moat systematic manner antI arni her tier willingness to make great sacrifices for tor the accomplishment of ot worthy ends ono no years ngo ogo a n sturdy young George Hearst took the California gold fever then prevalent and a d went In search of his fortune Aft Mt eft e ten yearn ho he h found It and when whon he died II ed In 1891 1831 his estate was estimated at He Ife had endured gnat hard hips s and had been almost on the point of giving up when good luck came cume to t thim him After ACtor It Il came lit lie returned to his hi Missouri home honl sought out a It young wo woman woman man whom ho had known as III a n child and nd nade her his wife This young youn wo Wa woman nina man under 20 tU years ears of age wan wani was ll t i I Elizabeth Apperson the r of a n farmer She was known tt the tho county coulty In which she was born for tor her wit mid and generous die position The rhe miner returned to Call Cull I fornia with his bride and they made their home In San Francisco In Mr Hearst was sent as United States senator to Washington and nn In that city he died dl years yearn ago another fortune seeker lIecker joined the great groat army nr that had been bee i for or three years moving westward and antI cast cut his lines In San Francisco where ho entered Into Inlo business This man was WitS Leland Stanford Sian for the son of at a prosperous prospero R farmer of at Albany county N Y whose education obtained in the tho common schools had been supplement ed rd by a n few years yearn study of ot law In ISIS IBIS he had married Miss 1 9 Jane Jano Lathrop the daughter of at Dyer Lathrop sheriff of at Albany county a n talented young wo WOe woman woman man of ot great mental menial endowments and anti antian an Inherited sound Bound and aud sturdy constitution tion Mr Stanford had hod great success In business bulnes and becoming Identified with wilk politics was chosen a n delegate to the convention at Chicago which nominated Abraham Lincoln anti and the same year van nR as elected governor of his state by an nn overwhelming o majority As AR president of at the Central railroad ho he dt lie voted ote all nil his Ids energies to the consummation consummation tion of ot the gigantic undertaking which resulted In uniting the Mississippi with the Pacific and In May 1111 drove the thelast thelast last spike In the first completed line lI r that belted the continent In US iS he hewus was sas elected to the national senate enate and andre reelected re In 1891 like his colleague Hearst Ending QI his life lire In Washington I while serving Bc us senator front from Califor California nia nm Senator Hearst died die In Sen Senator Senator I ator Stanford In These UFO are the facts acts baldlY boldly stated which form torm the foundation of the won WilLI wonderful story IIlo of advance advancement ment as a n great university state slate The foi fortunes tunes accumulated through the ener eMr energy RY gy and nn sagacity of lit two to enterprising men melt and judiciously ly left Mt to the unrestricted ute uso of their widows have hare be become become become come In the hands of these thelle philanthropic ic 10 a n means of beneficence to thousands Those These relicts of two of ot Cat Cal 1 great grat men became though un nfl unwittingly unIt wittingly It rivals In educational philan phila philanthropy each dominated by L the highest and most worthy sentiment the desire to perpetuate ler et ate the memory of a n depart departed ed ld member of at her family and to carry carryout carryout carr out alms and ambitions which were cut short sl rt by death It Is through th I friendly frIend I anti and noble rivalry that the state of California Js is Indebted to two women for Cor the In a n f tOw tw w short hort ears MIi of oC what without their Intelligent guidance It anti and material assistance might have hav taken long decades of ot effort Tho The older of ot the two I Which have been endowed by the lie ladles mentioned above the University of Cal CM California If was vas organized in anti and es cs h at nt Berkeley then a large town ton opposite the th Golden Oate Gale on the eastern shore hoN of at San Son Francisco I bay It Is III n I nOn coeducational university un I y at Rt the lie present time lime welt well to the fore for forwith with Instructors more than then J 3 students with Ide Wheeler LI D aa sa president The site sit of the university Is unsurpassed for tor natural I beauty bt Uty occupying a n broad slope e tilIng rising to ma a II height of ot nearly nearl OO feet teet one of the th forest otest covered co red fI of ot Grizzly r peak which Is 1980 1990 feet In height Then There are ore great fields green or brown I according to the season magnificent t groves IOU of live Ie oaks bit and pines dark miniature canyons canyon and F streams while from Crom the clad i slope that breasts the bay Is II d da I Ia a view that charms nit alt who wo It With n a perception of at the surpassing natural leninism features of ot the site that tbt In Itself Is III a proof preot of her wisdom wom Mr Mrs I Hearst t having ving decided to devote a for fort fortune tune to the university lt Invited Interns b competition for tor comprehensive com t tS plans for Cor permanent And find a t S landscape scheme which It If pos poe sible enhance the beauty of ot the site He ill and a ani 4 its Iti Il Immediate environment She wot wai we t t 1 I v 1 A MRS Rs STANFORD resolved to build magnificently but Iut not notto notto notto to erect any an structure until a n bread anti and general plan had hal been evolved In which each building should form a II part of at a harmonious whole Too little attention has been paid to natural environment In the locating of our colleges anti and schools In general and In this instance starting out with a n location beautiful In Itself It was wisely resolved to 10 make the most of ot It In order enter that a 11 grand and enduring monument should be bo erected that would last for tor nil all time Invitations lions inns for or architects to compete were Is IR Issued Issued sued lIue four years ears eara ago ABO and In September 19 1893 the International jury met In the I Hoy ft I Museum of or Fine I lne Arts at nt Antwerp for COt the tue purpose of examining the plans submitted and awarding prizes es The 11 H I successful competitors at this meeting were wre Invited to submit revised plans plane for forthe forthe forthe the following September at which meet meetIng meetIng Ing inc the first prize of ot was wall award awarded ed d to M I l 1 K of Parts Paris and nn another er was divided among tour four OUt firms of at architects all eli Americans for designs ranking respectively third fourth and nn fifth The Tho preliminary out outlay outlay outlay lay of ot In prizes prize represented but buta a small entail proportion of the sum destined for the architectural enrichment of Berkeley for tor after the first and second competitions the successful artists artiste were Invited to study the site on the spot as guests of ot their generous patroness Bs and spent months there In elaborating cor correcting correcting and on perfecting After Afler the great general scheme was waa perfected the erection of the new structures tures was commenced commented the first flut to go up being the mining building which Mrs Hearst Intends as a a fitting memorial of her husband shall be as complete and beautiful as human mind can conceive and ami human hands can ean n erect Titus Thus sen sentiment sentiment Is combined with utility In this which supplies one of the greatest needs of at the university As 1 tho urn architectural scheme Is to be per perfected r without reference to the pres pros present ent cut structures comprising the old uni university university most If not all of will probably be razed In the process of re to rehabilitation habilitation and their places supplied with Ith others otheN up UI to date It Is I Intended that the new shall be perfected along the lines of d a t noble architectural standard structurally considered d the tho whole Iole work may limy consume at least loail lea t a n when completed It will willbe wille willbe be e anh of the mightiest monuments of human lauman thought and endeavor embodied In lit stone that the universe contains at least this American portion of It The university already ranks fifth firth In Its lis to tai enrollment the number of students of ot both boil being above 1000 and within the cope of Its curriculum will viii willIn willbe be In Included every eve branch of ot learning known knowli to the lie world of ot pedagogy In Including eluding forestry anti and Irrigation naval architecture ture and marine engineering as aswell well eil lIu as nil ll the standards recognized recognIsed J In Intha Inthe Inthe the tha more ancient colleges While Mrs Hearst alone will vII probably contribute from teu too to twenty millions to the uni university varsity nil other millionaires have hava been moved moud to open their purse pur e strings and endow It II liberally so that the future Is I certainly full tull of promise for tor the beau beautifully beautifully situated University at ol The woman who ho has ball revitalized Call Cali fornias state university Is so 80 w well ll known through her many benevolent enterprises In Washington In Ir 11 Ban Sar I Francisco Fran and elsewhere through eel HI scientific entitle expeditions she sho has financed to Ic p various parts of the old world worl and the th new through the scholarships she ebb has ha I founded 1 for tor girls and the kindergartens I she he has hal established for tor or children that thai I little can un be 00 written of her which would I Ito be new to the average reader She Is III of ol at delicate ten even trail frail physique slight I and not tall tail with n a face fac and brown hair tinged with gray Though her benefactions have hare made mad 1 lI her hei herthe heithe the of the public the he has a I I horror ot of i HI bl telly and nothing can be hi bemore ben more n re distasteful to this reline refined and an I gentle woman than t n to tu l be pulsed d for tor deeds hath ahe lb ib as a the natural I outcome of a life devoted to noble nobl ends The Th Leland Stanford Jr university at Palo alo Alto ft although nearly X I I years eara younger oun r than ban the uni already alread has haa about the ha I number of at Instructors anti and with an endowment that places pla ell It In iii the thc th first rank milk While the tho University of or California has had a phenomenal suc success success cess that at ut Palo Alto Allo sprang up like full tull armed and equipped for tor conflict It R owes Its origin to Governor Stanford and ond his wife wit who many mani nan years year I Iago ago decided to devote deoto their vast tast for Cor fortunes fortunes tunes to some purpose that should ben benefit benefit LInt humanity and Inclined to tha the unto uni university of their adopted state Al At Although Although though turned from their Idea itea of at en cn endowing dowing the Institution at Berkeley they thea nevertheless held to the original I plan When therefore the th death ot o otheir their young youn son non deprived them of an ar anheir heir to their wealth the people pe le in gen general general eral oral became the beneficiaries of a R for fortune fortune fortune tune which would have gone cone to their thel I 4 C 0 4 1 H r rM M 3 I I L VI only child It Is III to their credit and to the tha credit of the best bent of which human nature Is ii capable that they should hate liae sought surcease of ot sorrow In doing doln doin good In projecting n a scheme of at education lion tion as ns a perpetual l memorial to their son soil Leland Stanford Jr tied died In n 1585 anti and that same name year as ns soon as they had recovered from blow that had halt prostrated them his hla parents wrought out the plan for tor a great university to bear his name Their TheIr Ideals were vere ole all elevated and refined but they the both were practical and anti It Is to their sterling common sense as well as JI to their being actuated by sentiment that the tho world owes this school of ot learning now In such luch a flourishing condition which like that at nt Is nonsectarian and coeducational The love and affection which would have haye been lavished upon their son lIOn were sp spent nt In designing and rearing thin this costly monument to his hb memory memol The Tt endowment of the Leland Stanford Jr university was 1 8 placed at gave It an Irresistible Impetus from the first Its Ita object as lS stated d In the deed of ot endowment shall be to qualify quality students for tor personal suc success cess cese ant and direct usefulness In life lICe and I Its Ita purposes to promote the public wel welfare welfare fare tate by exercising an Influence in be half of at humanity and civilization teaching leaching the th blessings of liberty regu reu regulated laced by b law w anti and Inculcating In love loe and reverence for tor the great t principles principle of I I government as u derived from the Ina ma Inalienable rights of ot man to life liberty j and the pursuit pu ot of And AndI I while by the tho terms of or the deed of en endowment endowment sectarian Instruction Is I for tor forbidden forbidden bidden the students shall shah bo Le taught the immortality of ot the soul Boul the exist existence existence existence ence of ot an all nil wise rIse wl e and benevolent benevol nt Cre Cree Creator Creator ator and that obedience to his laws Is tho the highest duty of man Tuition Is free froe and the charges charles for tor board and room rent are low so o that while found founded ed and supported by a 11 rich man and his wife this college Is intend Intended cd ed for far the education of those th e students who cannot afford to pay the price de do demanded mended mande at tho the aristocratic Institutions The primary object of ot Its founders was to furnish a u school for practical train trainIng trainIng Ing log In all nfl the trades but at nt the same time affording every facility for tor tho the pursuit of ot classical studies hence It Is well supplied with machine shops schools of anti and laboratories for tor the study of ot theoretical and applied chemistry The Leland Stanford Jr Ity la lit located about SO ZO miles from tram San Fran Francisco Francisco cisco deco on all the former Stanford estate of or Palo Alto in the heart of the Santa Clara valley vailey anti and comprises acres ot of land It Is unique In one ont at eastIn having a stock farm tarm attached which experience has baa shown la is 1811 a valuable able adjunct to the property It can cannot cannot not bo ho 1 0 said of at thU university that it ithan has han an Ideal Ident location for tor unlike that at nt Berkeley It Is set sel down In the tho middle of or a level plain with a glimpse of low hills at a 1 distance Architecturally however It will compare favorably td with any institution In in the land arid add I MRS HEARST I II I again may be said to be unique In this respect also Twelve buildings are ar nr arranged ranged around a central quadrangle They Thoy are only one story In height and andare andare andare are connected by a continuous open ar arcade arcade arcede cade cede surrounding an asphalted court SG feet long by 16 wide There TheN are ore more than three |