Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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To Ihcsc words siiokcn wlu-n tlu ' sliock of tlio dralh of tlir motluT of tlu ' riiivcTsity tlrsl faino to Iut cliildrni, 1 w i li to acid a siiii k- tlioui lil as to Mrs. Stanford ' s coiu-ci tion of ihi ' fiiltiro (k ' (.-loiiniciil of tin- riii (. ' rsil . It sliould hr al)o r all otlior things sound and i ' ood, nsiuL; ' its forces not for mental d(. ' (. ' loiinK ' nt aloni-, hut for physical, moral and S])iritiial s;ro vtli and strength. It sliould make not only schol- ars. l)ut men ami women, alert, fearless, wise, ( lod-fearint; ' , skilled in team work ami ea.L;er to sjet into the tjame, whatex ' cr the strut - fjle into which they may he thrown. To this end she would ha e the l ' ni -ersily not lar ;e hut choice. There should he no more stu- dents than could he well taken care of. no more departments than could he placed in master hands, no teachers to whom the students could not look up as to men whose work and life should he an inspiration to them. The huildings should be beautiful, for to see beautiful things in a land of beauty is one of the greatest elements in tlie refinement of clean men and women. Great libraries and great collections the University should have, but libraries and collections should be chosen for their fitness in the training of men. And with all the activities of athletics, of scholarly research, of the applications of science to engineering, the spirit of self-devotion and of self-restraint. by which lives have been made beautiful and sweet through all the centuries should rise above all else, dom- inating the lower aspirations and activities as the great church towers above the red tiles of the lower buildings. But for all this, the Church should exist for men — for the actual men who enter its actual doors — not men for the church. For this reason, any special alliance with any of the historic churches of Christendom is forever forbidden. We do not yet see all these things. Rome was not built in a day, nor Stanford in a century. Hut as the old pioneers returning now behold in solid stone the dream-castles of their college days, so shall you, Stanford men and women, find here as you come back to future reunions, the University of your dreams, the University of great libraries and noble teachers, the University of the perfect democracy of literature and science, of self-devotion and of self- restraint, the University in which earnest men and women find the best possible preparation for work in life, the University which sends out men who will make the future of the republic worthy of the glories of its past, the University of the plans and hopes of Leland Stanford, the University of the faith and work and prayer of Jane Lathrop Stanford. David Staur Jordan. 13

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University Ideals K i H E sudden death oi Mrs. Stanford has conie as k a great shock to all of us. She has been so ]5ra e and strong that we hoped for her return well rested, and that her last look on earth might be on her beloved Palo Alto. But it was a joy to her to have been spared so long: to have lived to see the work of her husband ' s life and hers firmly and fully established. Hers has been a life of the most perfect de otion to her own and her husband ' s ideals. If in the years we knew her she ever liad a selfish feeling, no one ever detected it. All her thoughts were of the University and of the wav to make it effective for wisdom and righteousness. No one outside of the University can understand the difficulties in her way in the final establishment of the University, and her patient deeds of self-sacrifice can be known only to those who saw them from day to day. Some day the world may understand a part of this. It will then know her fnr the wisest, as well as the most generous, friend of learning in our time. It will know her as the most loyal and most devoted of wives. What she did was always the best she could do. Wise, devoted, steadfast, prudent, patient and just — every good word we can use was hers by right. The men and women of the University feel the loss not alone of the most generous of helpers, liut of the nearest of friends.

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