Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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THE STANFORD QUAD Beachey's Last Flight At the Entrance XVhen the Gates Opened 361 buildings in quiet radiance and now tear off a fox-trot in the clouds. Gorgeously domi- nating the scene, the Tower of jewels is the focusing point of two hundred con- cealed searchlights. These lamps of Aladdin have made San Francisco nights Arabian. The pictures show especi- ally well one feature of the Exposition. This feature is the colonnade which forms part of the surroundings of the Palace of Fine Arts. This building and its approaches constitute an exceptionally effective harmonizing of na- tural features, flowers, trees and water, with architectural creations. The myrtles and roses which embower this colonnade and live again in the lagoon are banked against a vine none the less effective by reason of its formidable name of 111cscn1bryantlzc'n1um. In the Palace of Fine Arts is to be seen the contribution of the Stanford Art Club, and the work of H. V. Poor and other Stanford artists. Another building whose dome may be seen more than once in these illustrations is the Palace of Horticulture. This same dome is 186 feet in height and 152 feet in diameter. Architecturally the building is patterned after the Mosque of Ahmed I. in Constantinople. Horticultural Building is one of the first on the grounds to catch the eyeg

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Court of Four Seasons Horticultural Building Court of Abundance Palace of Varied Industries Tower of Jewels I35 l

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