Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Stanford Quad 1904 When Stanford Becomes of Age Synopsis of a Report of the Alumnus Trustee on the Conditions of the Lelana Stajford Junior University, June i, igi2. [tie present writer had the fortune to he a member of the Pioneer Class of Cornell University. Twenty-one years later it was his duty as a trustee elected by the alumni to prepare a report on the progress of the institution in that time. Stanford University, also, will some time reach the age of legal maturity. When it is twenty-one, doubtless some one of the old pioneers will be on its Board of Trus- tees and will write its history and future needs. The history of the first eleven years of our University, years of love and toil and hope and sacrifice, years of the growth of the Stanford spirit, we all know more or less well. Some day most of us will come to understand it better, but this is not the time nor the place to give the details •hich the world does not know. For the rest, let the Alumnus Trustee tell his story, which we shall here greatly abridge, cutting down his rhetorical periods to the bare recital of the salient facts, and omitting all his references — doubtless very kindly — to the individual persons concerned in the University development. Now for the report of the Alumnus Trustee of Stanford University in 1912: The Twentieth Century, ' he said, bids fair to be known as the era of University-building, as the Thirteenth Century long before was the era of Cathedral-building. Already the larger universities of Amer- ica are surpassing those of the Old World in beauty, in wealth, and in facilities for work. This arises in large degree from the spirit of demo- 13

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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.

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Stanford cratic dirccliu ' ss. W ' halcveT is [o he done is done in the simplest, Ouad slraightest a . witlnuii waste of time or strength. The student pur- 1904 ' ' - ' ' I ' ll ' ' ] ' ■ ' ' -■• turning aside for something he does not want, nor swerving from his real aim through any bait of degree, nor tlie lure of any i)rize. The ideal of the old universities of England has been ]X ' rsonal eultiu ' e : that of the deep-rooted universities of Ger- uvAuv has been personal thoroughness; that of the American institu- tions has been personal effectiveness. To this end culture and thor- oughness are vitally essential, but only as means to the greater end of usefulness in life. And in personal helpfulness to the community, and in the happiness which springs from worthy activity, the phrase ' suc- cess in life ' as used by the founder of Stanford, finds its meaning. In the front rank of institutions essentially democratic, thor- oughlv effective, and therefore in line with the spirit of the times, fair- est of all in surroundings, wealthiest of all in money, and wealthiest in love and tears and in fragrant memories, Stanford University has increased its means for investigation without losing the spirit of roman- tic comradery and mutual helpfulness which so enriched its crude but glorious pioneer days. The Stanford spirit still survives within the circle of its minster chimes, and it is carried over the world wherever the Stanford feet may wander. The Stanford man is adequate for whatever the fates may give him to do. Already the political and social life of the Pacific Coast is undergoing a transformation. Where- ever the spoils system has ruled the Stanford man is on the other side. He counts as a moral influence and a physical power as opposed to bigotry, intolerance, vulgarity, venality or corruption. Wherever he is, he is a force that must be reckoned wnth, and the side he represents is alwavs that of wisdom, democracy, and freedom. Like teachers, like students, the professors at Stanford have been men of intellectual honesty, men of simple tastes, devoted to truth, devoted to their stu- dents, and equal to whatever they may undertake. They have been not ashamed to be teachers, men without longings to be anything else, men who have taken ' the vow of poverty ' which science has always demanded and who have taken it without regret, putting aside the showy things of life, for the sake of the ' things which abifle ' in the lives of men and in the truth of God. ' They were not only our teachers but our friends, ' as Agassiz once said of the men who had helped him most. And the spirit of the early days still remains with the Faculty 14