Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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EDITORIAL. UST as our fathers and grandfathers in the days of ’49 carved kf out settlements with vigor and energy, to prepare the way for those that were to follow, so a body of students, in the days of ’91, broke the ground near Palo Alto to form a new settlement peculiar in itself; for it was to be a college settlement. The men of ’49 will pass down through the history of California with the noble epithet of Pioneer engraved with their memories. It has been the happy lot of the Class of ’95 to be so associated with the establishment of this institution as to be placed upon the records of the Leland Stanford Junior University as the class to receive first the benefit of a full four years’ course, and bear the proud name of Pioneer. By a singular coincidence, the three former classes having deemed themselves unable, on account of numbers, to undertake such an enterprise, there devolved upon this same class the pleasant though arduous task of publishing the first college annual. The publication fills a peculiar place in college life. It calls forth resources which no other college publication can affect. It combines in one volume a complete •record of University affairs, literary, social, and athletic, connected by the best artistic sense of the University. This publication has been christened The Stanford Quad (the plan on which the University is built). The name was chosen : firstly, because it is peculiar to this institution only ; secondly, for its snap and vigor,—a marked characteristic of the University ; thirdly, because in it is embodied the nucleus of the University settlement and sentiment,—the quadrangle. Of the phenomenal development and success of the University, in every endeavor, we shall say nothing more than to direct a careful perusal of the records given in this book. In publishing the first volume of The Stanford Quad, the editors have labored under many disadvantages, obvious to all. If we can but present a happy remembrance of the peculiar and unique incidents of the first years at Stanford, we may feel assured that the sympathetic nature of every' collegian will pardon the faults of this volume. 10

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Iceland Hanford, Jr. E library door is thrown open, and a party of stylishly dressed tourists enters. A few steps inside the room; a glance round to gain a general impression; then with one accord the visitors advance to the most striking feature of the room,—a portrait on the east wall. Not one of the usual array of Doctors Dry-as-dust which such places reveal: but the picture of a boy, a beautiful child face, is inclosed in the massive gilt frame. “ Lki.and Stanford, Jr., Aged 15 Years. “ PAINTRD BY FBV.IX CHARY, PARIS.” is the simple inscription ; and the careless travelers pause reverently before the painting, for in those words they read the whole story. Sitting beside an old ruin on the far-away Mediterranean, his steady brown eyes gazing thoughtfully out on the blue water, did the boy see any vision of this great institution which, because of him, was to spring up a few years later in his native California ? Did he dream that his name would be on hundreds of lips? Did he fancy that his memory — alas, that the thought of him is only a memory! — would bring a flood of gratitude to hundreds of hearts ? Leland Stanford, Jr., was born at Sacramento, California, May 14, 1869. From his early youth he seems to have shown a desire for information, although he never attended any school beyond the kindergarten. His collections made while abroad and his interest in educational enterprises give evidence of this. It is told that one day his teacher showed the children some pebbles, explaining that the flat ones had probably lain in the bed of a stream and so been worn flat; whereas another which was round must have been rolled to become such a shape. The young Leland came home and reported the story in delight; from that day dates his investigating spirit. During his eleventh year he made a European collection, which is now placed in the Leland Stanford Junior Museum. One of his earliest 12