Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Foreword Stanford Quad 1904 lEN in tlie beginning A. Lewis, Jr., ' 95, made the first Quad lie ga e this explanation of its name : It was chosen, first, )ecanse it is peculiar to this institution only ; secondly, for its nap and vigor, — a marked characteristic of the University; thirdly, because in it is embodied the nucleus of the University ' ettlement and sentiment. — the Quadrangle. In the middle years, Chris Bradley, ' 99, who made the fifth Quad upon the fashion plate of the first, said at the conclusion of it : It is with a great pang of pleasure that we lay aside the iiisintiiienta opcris, the proof sheet, the blue pencil and paste stick. We now have time to sympathize with those who have gone before, and to pity those who shall come after. The public we can only tell to do what we know will be done. Take the book, that is, — buy it, look through it, or at least part of the way, and then come and arrange yourselves artistically upon our neck. It is our reward. We expect it of you. That was in ' 98. In these days the official custodians of the shears and pastepot, find so rich an inheritance of ideas from Lewis and Bradley and the other editors, that they feel that the day for originality in Quad making is over. Each book has had its predecessor for a model, and each editor according to his tastes has emphasized the art, or josh, or literary, or statistics features. Last year Mr. Renaud developed the art feature as far as it is practicable for an under- graduate body to carry it. The year before Miss McDougald ' s book contained a remarkable collection of literary productions. This year the Board has attempted no special development along any particular line. A careful examination of the year books of other colleges shows that in the larger and older institutions the annuals are mere records of the year ' s activities, consisting mostly of statistics and comparisons of present records with those of previous years. The literary competitions are left to the literary magazine, and the humorous record of pass- ing joshes is left to the college funny paper. The Sequoia and Chaparral are perhaps sufficiently well established now to eliminate the literary contests from future annuals, and to greatly restrict the josh field. In keeping with this idea the present editors have republished several of the most successful features of our college papers, and have developed the statistics until they give a complete record from the beginning to the present. The special articles of Dr. Jordan, Dr. Elliott, Dr. Angell, Prof. Newcomer, Will Irwin, 99, Everett Smith, ' 99, Bristow Adams, ' 01, and Dane Coolidge, ' 98, give us a comprehension of Stanford ' s early life, and the possibilities of its future, that cannot be gleaned from mere statistics. It seemed fitting that we who are commencing a second decade, should glance thus carefully over what has gone before. It makes for a better realization of the spirit of the place and a deeper love of the privilege of being here in the days of ' 04. That ' s our feeling in the matter. Those who are pleased will kindly thank the contributors. To others the Board will be at home in the tall timber behind Frenchman ' s Cave on alternate Januaries.

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Stanford Quad 1904 A Stanford Hymn (lAIXST tlu ' ni.ulil, tlic skies disclose Their heaiily shadow- frau.s ht ; I roll! out the night, a star arose; Through sorrow, gleamed a thought. r.ut for the grief which sat hy death, And dreamed its dream alone. Our Alma ne ' er had felt (iod ' s hreath Turning to life the stone, — God ' s hreath of love, to purpose warm Transmuting- human loss ; Revealing life ' s ideal form To those beneath the cross. O Stanford, look unto the height! Athene-like, thy youth ! Led bv thy star, seek thou th might In time ' s advancing truth ! — Ainclia IV. TrucsdcJl.

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Stanford Quad 1904 A Castle m Spain HERE stands a castle in the heart ofiSpain, Builded of stone, as if to stand for aye, With tile-roof red against the azure sky ; And skies are bluest in the heart of Spain. Castle so stately men build not again ; ' Neath its broad arches, in its patio fair. And through its cloisters, open everywhere, 1 wander as I will, m sun or rain. Its inmost secret unto me is known. For mine the castle is. Nor mine alone, — Tis thine, O Love, to have and hold alway ; Tis all the world ' s as well as mine and thine ; For whoso enters its broad gates shall say : I dwell wathin this castle ; it is mine. David Starr Jordan.