Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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for student feeding and opportunity for every student to take part in some kind of athletic exercise. In Toyon hall 154 men are enjoy- i n g a dormitory whose beauty and convenience are not surpassed any- where. In plan Toy- on is built to house four groups of about thirty men each. This year it housed members of Tlic iirii ' Eiicina kitchen is in many u ' ays the finest on the coast SCVeU Catmg ClUDS as well as a few men who are not affiiliated with any small group. The present idea is that succeed- ing dormitories will follow the same general architectural scheme. At the ends of the four wings are group sitting rooms, each with its fireplace and many windows. The high ceilinged, finely proportioned ballroom is the most beautiful and impres- sive room on the campus, excepting, perhaps, only the IJranner dining hall, not yet quite completed. Branner hall, named after the late John Casper Branner, the university ' s sec- ond president, is a contribution of athletics to the university. When the old dor- mitories had become so crowded that a large proportion of men in the university were uncomfortably housed, the Board of Athletic Control conceived the idea of relieving the situation by vising a part of the stadium earnings. This appropria- tion for Branner hall is one of the first cases, if not the only one, on record in which college athletics have given support to a university building plan anywhere. Unlike Toyon, Branner hall is built for men who prefer to live without any affiliation except that provided by a large group organization. Its rooms are arranged like those of Toyon: for the most part in suites of sleeping porch, dressing room, and study, or of bedroom and study, ac- commodating two men each. But it has not the group sitting rooms. As has been indicated, it has a remarkably beautiful and imposing dining hall. The two halls, con- structed of reinforced concrete designed for earthquake resistance, 30 Colonnades connect the neiu Encina dining rooms with each other and with Encina hall ■ i

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HIGH LIGHTS IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRESS By John M. Marble STANFORD may well be proud of the fact that she is a young university. Life at Stanford follows no well worn channels, continuing from one college generation to the next; no moss-covered traditions bind all her sons to a certain course, and no hide- bound rules hinder her progress. So long as Stanford refuses to be bound by the past, although not refusing to accept the lessons of past experience, so long wdl she continue to be a young university and to follow a course of consistent progress. If the record of Stanford ' s progress in the year 1923-1924 may be taken as any indication, it will be long before she drops into any state of disastrous self satisfac- tion. The past year has been one of realiza- tion, and of planning. Policies of the past have matured and new policies have been carefully formulated. Accomplishments of the university dur- ing the year, which are indicative of its progress, mav be divided into three general Staimay in one of the iiezv dorm tones: a study in , c ' • • i u • i symmetrical curves classes : hrst, improvements in the physical plant — athletic equipment, dormitories, eat- ing clubs, and various other buildings: second, changes in curricular and admini- strative organization; and, finally, additions to the endowment. Additions to University Plant Important The most apparent changes of the past year, from the standpoint of an outside observer, have been in the physical plant of the university. Two new dormitories, Toyon and Branner halls, have been erected; new dining halls in connection with Encina have furnished food for over 500 men throughout the year; a program of athletic expansion has been adopted which will eventually give Stanford the finest outdoor athletic equip- ment of any university in the country; a new unit has been added to the Stanford convalescent home ; and numerous other improvements have been made, particularly in the Union. These im- provements mean that Stanford is gradually nearing the ideal of hav- ing every student a resi- dent on the campus, with university responsibility 29 Cloisters of the Renaissance: the lobby of Toyon hall

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Ill Toyoii hall 154 men are enjoying a dormitory zvhose beauty and convenience are not surpassed anywhere were erected at a cost of $450,000 each. This figure includes furnishings in either case. The Encina dining halls, with their high beamed ceilings, sturdy walls, and great windows, are among the most attractive spots on the campus. In this well designed building, two main dining rooms, in which freshmen are required to board for their first year, form the largest single unit of the new boarding system; six smaller dining rooms are occupied by eating clubs and transient boarders. All of these rooms are furnished with tables and chairs of special Spanish design. The new Encina kitchen is in many ways the finest on the coast. It has a staff of twenty- one professionals, and although less than a year old, already feeds 580 persons three times a day. The object of the new boarding system is to make each unit as homelike as possible. A student board of governors, meeting with Comptroller A. E. Roth and Miss Etta H. Handy, director of dining halls, not only decides the general scheme of operation, but actually determines the menus, rules and regulations, and various other details. An addition to the Stanford convalescent home, built by Mrs. Henry Crocker in mem- ory of Mrs. Kate D. Mc- Laughlin, was completed during the year. This beautiful addition, which accommodates twenty children in addition to the sixteen already pro- vided for by the home, cost, with equipment, nearly $50,000. Serra house, a beau- tiful home in Spanish architecture, built by the university last fall, was Strength and simplicity of style V;jti ;, «( ■ to the nevj Toyon ballroom 31