Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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the conditions of the overly harsh scholarship regulations which have been an incnbus to many a. student generation, the rela.tions between facility and students have been friendly and intimate, and, through the creation of the progressive and diligent University Conference and of the position of Student Advisor, these helpful and amiable relations will continue. The measure of self-govermnent afforded by these two institutions is gratefully received by the Student Body. An exceedingly happy choice was made by Dr. Jordan in the selection of A, li. Roth, '09, as Student Adviser, and it is to be hoped that he may continue to be as useful a servant of thc common weal as he has the past year. of Dr. Jordan 's contemplated retirement under the The announcement benefits of the Carnegie lfoundation, comes as a distinct surprise to the u'orld-at- large. As nmch as the present generation regrets Stanford's loss of its present chief executive, just so much do we congratulate ourselves upon our attendance here during his regime, which the world recognizes as one of the most brilliant and remarkable in the history of education. lle has builded here upon this western rim of the hemisphere one of the world's greatest Universities, which will forever live as an expression of the genius of its First ,l'resident. .During the year we have witnessed the proposal, the growth, and the positive assurance of the founding of the Stanford Union. That this is achievement of and for Stanford people, since the completion of the biggest the present University, there is no doubt, and in awakening our need for it, and in doing so much to make it a possibility, we owe a great debt of gratitude to ll. C. lloover, '95. We hope that like success attend the women in the establishment of a Women 's Clubhouse. Both projects need nmch more financial support from Stamford people. The 1911 QUAD is the first animal in seven years to record a football defeat. This has been our hardest task. We take pleasure, however, in giving the oiiicial account of great victories in Track and Crew, not only over California, but over thc Universities represented at the Conference Meet and the University of Washington. The stamling given us outside of the State by our teams is an enviable one. Yet the Intercollegiate year, as a whole, has been an unfortunate one for Stanford. Football, Baseball, Tennis, both the Debates, -and Women 's .Basketball have been California victories. Although disappointed in the results, We are not disappointed in our teams. All honor and respect to them! Under the leadership of Coaches Presley and Theile and Trainer Moulton, aml with the genuine support of a united Student Body, we predict a better year to come. The past twelve months have seen the abolition of Boating as a Varsity sport. That such a step was as regrettable as it was necessary, in view of our financial status, there can be no doubt, and no finer application of the Stanford Spirit is seen than the continuance of the sport by the llagnnita Boat Club. We congratulate the Student Body for its sportsmanlike attitude in the recent controversy with California over Intercollegiate relations, and we feel that It California will not comply with our future requests for a more nearly just scholarship rule in determining an athlete 's eligibility, we are justified in severing relations with her. i We wish also to commend the present Executive Committee and Student Body President for their successful and business-like administration. Praise is due the Guild Board for the efficient management of its affairs aml f01' the adequate way in which it counteracted the tllreatening epidemic. There IS no reason why it should not be granted an Isolation Hospital on the Estate by the Board of Trustees. The prevalence of a ravaging epidemic among the students may some day prove the folly of the present attitude. All the subsidiary student organizations have been unusually active aml successful this year. The Musical Clubs have at last arisen from the dead and nlflleared before us as live organizations on several occasions. We wish that they might appear at the University Assemblies. An Oratorio Society has been formeil and a great Musical lfestival given by it. Similar festivals to be rendered in the future .deserve unbounded support. All the Classes have succeeded in their many Qntefluascs. A fine spirit of mutual acquaintance and cordial fellowship has been fostered to an unusual degree by Fresluuen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors alike. 7 ...A- 1

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SANFORD QUAD :aim I FOREWORD 'l'ANl 0R:lJ events fly past with such machine-like regularity, history is made with such remarkable rapidity, :Lnd the scope of University activity is so general, comprehensive and enliveued, that, if it were not for the QUAD, the Student Body as :L whole wouhl have no tangible way of recollecting how the months from one Junior Ilay to the next IIPLVC been spent. lf you have no ledger, you Il:1'0 at :L loss to know where in the world :Lll the money went. If Stanford had not :L QUAD she would with dilliculty account for her expenditure of time. Tt has, therefore, been the constant aim of the 15111 QUAD Board to make this volume as 2tCl5111'2l.i70, as complete, and as attractive :L time ledger as could be compiled. To make it at once Il, record which is representative Itllil pleasing is no small task, and in presenting this, the seventeenth Junior Annual, to you, men and women of Stanford, we have no apologies to make, knowing th:Lt we have at all times endeavored to do our best. NVe trust that it will meet with your favor. Aside from enlarging the book and making more attractive the mass of statistical matter, we have made no radical changes in it. As expressed by a former editor, The QUAD is :L growth, and, recognizing the truth of his statement, we have tried to stimulate and perfect this growth, so :Ls to make the book even more the true exponent of the Spirit of the year, g'l'll,SI70l'i and bound in a single volmue and expressed in printer's ink. So great has been the :Ldvance that we necessarily h:Lve had to :Ldd pages, and so voluminous are the statistics, that we felt we must embellish these particular pages to save the QUAD from again assuming too much the appearance of :L li0lJ2Ll't111C1l12l1.l syllabus. With this same end in view, we have eliminated the unnecessarily large nmnber of blank pages heretofore appe:Lring. lt is with regret th:Lt we were compelled to eliminate :L literary department, owing to the palpable dearth of interest in literary activity. We believe that we may be justly proud of our art work, and we t:L.ke this means of expressing our appreciation of the exception:Llly :Lble efforts of A. P. llill, '13, ll. V. Poor, '10, ll. Rosso, '10, A. S. Macdonald, '10, A. T. King, '12, lfl. M. Albright, '12, Miss ll. Park, '11, Miss H. T. 'i'l1lllllPS01l, '10, and lt. -il. Sterrett, '02, who, under the direction of our art editor, have worked unselfishly for this annual. We wish especially to thank Mr. Andrew Hill for his copious contributions, and also Professor llarshe for his helpful and considerate co-operation. l or their great :Lid in other fields, our gratitude also goes out to R. W. Barrett, '04, 'W, C. Shelton, '08, A, IC, Roth, '09, S. A. Lindauer, '10, G. F. Morgan, '10, and J. l'1. Shelton, '10, W. Tucker, Jr., '12, and L. T. Lenox, '13, have been invaluable to us as photographers. The remark:Lble flashlights :Lre the work of Robinson-1Irandall of Palo Alto. The year which this book records has been very active and ve1'y important, and will go down as one of lasting value to Stanford. Not only has the entire Student 'Body been healthily busy with the affairs of momentary concern, but :Lctu:Ll and decided steps have been taken in attaining those substantial ends for which Stanford students have been striving since theifounding of the institution. ln several instances, the goals have been reached, The faculty has ameliorated 6

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STANYORD UAD ,lnterclass jolly-ups, as well as Interclass rivalries, have been witnessed. Indeed, we have had a fine time-all of us! We have had the greatest year of dramatics in Stanford history. Such a talented group of Thespians as now in attendance here are.-seldom brought together in one University. Their brilliant successes have been indispensable in providing the necessary recreation of the college year. We fear, however, that another such season will not be enjoyed by us, unless the present attitude of the faculty be changed. We can see no justification for the rule restricting actors to one play a semester. It is apparent that the general probation rule is entirely adequate to meet all scholarship delinqnencies without enacting a specific regulation for a particular activity. Although defeated in the Intercollegiate Debates, Stanford has enjoyed a busy and progressive forensic season. The Society programs have been interesting and good debating material has been developed. The establishment of the Edward Berwick, Jr., Peace Prize Contest is the most important step taken in the progress of 1909-1910. We nmst also deal in superlatives in speaking of the publications. We have read a strongly edited and promptly printed Daily Palo Alto, a live and virile Sequoia, and a Chaparral funnier than ever. All of the editors have enjoyed the confidence of their assistants, and their editorials have been a positive force in the community. Each of them in completing his four years of service to Stanford journalism deserves a mark of appreciation at this time. Editors Fuller and Morgan have been such vital factors in so many branches of activity that their loss will be especially felt by Stanford. For bringing the Sequoia out of the lethargy into which it had fallen previous to his regime, and making it a live magazine, Editor Leaf is to be congratulated. The second semester numbers of the monthly contained a remarkable series from tl1c pen of R. Justin Miller, '11, which were undoubtedly the most widely read articles in the history of' Stanford journalism. They attacked a local so-called ' ' Scarabaza Society, the main charge being that the society was a secret organization for the purpose of controlling Student Body politics and policies so as to serve its own selfish ends. Although there is a wide diierence of opinion as to whether the Sequoia proved its charges or not, it is evident that it proved the existence of the society in question. The charges were answered in the Daily Palo Alto both by the editor and in the news columns by the Scaraboza Society, itself. The opposition claimed that the charges were false and unfounded, and. that the Sequoia was actuated by ulterior political motives in making them. 'The Quadrangle Club was also drawn into the controversy owing to a desire to make a public defense of its elective policy, which it did in the daily paper. In defending itself, however, it made serious charges against the President of the Associated Students, which were in turn answered by communications signed by W. C. Theile, '08, and S. A. Lindauer, '10, Seven lengthy articles, appearing in the two Student Body publications, not to mention the shorter efforts and numberless editorials were necessary before thc controversy was finally brought to a close. Throughout the entire contest we did not impugn the motives of any of the contestants, and we believe that the Student Body, as a whole, respected the moral courage of .those who expressed their honest convictions despite great opposition. Stanford is growing to have less and less respect for the man who Hsits on the fence. And now that the evidence on bot11 sides is in, it is for the members of the Student Body to draw their own conclusions. To be perfectly honest to our convictions in the matter, as we have in all others in this Foreword, we would say that the whole controversy has taught us a good lesson-that of the ever-present need of a unified Student Body-and we believe that we are expressing the opinion of an overwhelming majority of Stanford students when we say that we can never have a united Student Body as long as we have societies in our midst with secret membership, and honor societies which consider primarily personality rather than service to the University as the prerequisite for membership. And so may we take 1909-191.0 for what it has been worth. As we said before, it has been a valuable year and the 1911 QUAD is glad to record its events. May 1910-1911 be yet greater! LAURANCE L. HILL. 8