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Jane Lathrop Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University
Jane Lathrop Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University
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Kindle version of vintage magazine article originally published in 1899. Contains lots of great info and illustrations seldom seen in the last 100 years.
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The idea of the university, in the words of its founders, "came directly and largely from our son and only child, Leland; and in the belief that had he been spared to advise as to the disposition of our estate, he would have desired the devotion of a large portion thereof to this purpose, we will that for all time to come the institution hereby founded shall bear his name, and shall be known as The Leland Stanford Junior University."
The stated object of the university is to qualify students of both sexes for personal success and direct usefulness in life, and its purposes, as stated in its charter, are: "To promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization, teaching the blessings of liberty regulated by law, and inculcating love and reverence for the great principles of government, as derived from the inalienable rights of man to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
By direction of Mrs. Stanford the number of women students in actual attendance has been limited to five hundred, her expressed reason for this limitation being her fear that if the number of women exceed the number of men the university would be regarded by the public as a university for women instead of for men. "This was not my husband's wish," she said, "nor is it mine, nor would it have been my son's." This limitation caused critics to say that Mrs. Stanford opposed the higher education of women. This is entirely contrary to the fact, the only reason for her recent action being as here stated.
The original university endowment comprised property worth between $6,000,000 and $7,000,000. It included the Palo Alto estate and famous stock farm, nearly 8,000 acres in all; the Vina Ranch of 55,000 acres with its vineyard of 2,860,000 vines - the largest vineyard in the world; and the Gridley wheat ranch of 21,000 acres. The latest gift of about $10,000.000 worth of property from Mrs. Stanford included stock of the Southern Pacific Company, valued at $2,000,000, but which, if it reaches par, will be worth many times that amount.
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The idea of the university, in the words of its founders, "came directly and largely from our son and only child, Leland; and in the belief that had he been spared to advise as to the disposition of our estate, he would have desired the devotion of a large portion thereof to this purpose, we will that for all time to come the institution hereby founded shall bear his name, and shall be known as The Leland Stanford Junior University."
The stated object of the university is to qualify students of both sexes for personal success and direct usefulness in life, and its purposes, as stated in its charter, are: "To promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization, teaching the blessings of liberty regulated by law, and inculcating love and reverence for the great principles of government, as derived from the inalienable rights of man to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
By direction of Mrs. Stanford the number of women students in actual attendance has been limited to five hundred, her expressed reason for this limitation being her fear that if the number of women exceed the number of men the university would be regarded by the public as a university for women instead of for men. "This was not my husband's wish," she said, "nor is it mine, nor would it have been my son's." This limitation caused critics to say that Mrs. Stanford opposed the higher education of women. This is entirely contrary to the fact, the only reason for her recent action being as here stated.
The original university endowment comprised property worth between $6,000,000 and $7,000,000. It included the Palo Alto estate and famous stock farm, nearly 8,000 acres in all; the Vina Ranch of 55,000 acres with its vineyard of 2,860,000 vines - the largest vineyard in the world; and the Gridley wheat ranch of 21,000 acres. The latest gift of about $10,000.000 worth of property from Mrs. Stanford included stock of the Southern Pacific Company, valued at $2,000,000, but which, if it reaches par, will be worth many times that amount.
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