Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Contents Frontispiece ' Dedication Foreword In SMemoriam oAlma ater BOOK I The University BOOK II Classes BOOK III Student oActivity BOOK IV oAthletics BOOK V Organizations BOOK VI The 1926 id t

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To THE STANFORD STUDENT who is seeking, in an cnriroinicnt of freedom, to develop keen intelled and strong body, appreciation of the heU in life, power to contribute to the pro- gress of his country and the world— -who IS seeking in the knowledge of the past the truths of the future, WE DEDICATE THIS BOOK

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U I [F ' ' 5 - -- l ■ fll- tniircruty is today the stronghold of lt irit- lug. For to the university comes the youth norw past the stage of early discipline and elemen- If I bV ' 11 ' ' 7 ' ' ' f ' O . ready for serious work in the ' ' ! !lL — -! riJ.I higher branches of education. He has a broad field to choose from : history, science, literature the whole scholastic heritage of the human race is his for the seeking. Besides this, he finds himself in a center of intellectual activity. Important research and investigation are here carried on by eminent scien- tists who are often his own instructors. In these surroundings the student develops and learns; he is in an environment of study, of tolerance, of progress; for this is the spirit of the university. i This enlightening influence is worldwide. Whether in Europe or Asia, Africa or America, the youth ' s desire for education is universal. It is a far cry from the colleges of Oxford or the mosque of El-Azhar to the Imperial University of Tokyo. The life is different; the systems of education are different; there arc different customs, studies, and methods. But though the forms and functions of educational institutions are as varied as the races of the earth, the spirit of the university remains the same. From the Universities of the World, the theme of this book, there have been chosen five as typifying the various nationalistic forms. But different as Stanford is from Paris, or as Cairo is from Tokyo or Oxford, through them all runs the same spirit of intellectual development and tolerance. From group to group round the whole world stretches the bond of common interest, of common understanding, of sympathy the spirit of the university.