Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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KTHE STANFORD QUADE STANFORD FOREVER On men of Stcmfovcl the met 'ry awmts you Owr oes shall tremble as yowr valoof they see Hall loyal sons o the all conqu 'rmg Ocwdmal' STANFORD FOREVER' ofmgs owr Cty of mctofry . -, . U 3 3 - I f 5 1 1 1 u , J' - cc 1' ' ' The words of this mafch written by john M. Willits, 'zgg th p d b, Ed ' R. Fl' . y Y . . N I l26l

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J X BUQK UNE ADMIELWSTRATJION Q 7

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f m ADM1N1sTRAT1oN 9 X RAY LYMAN WILBUR A HE academic year of 1926f27 is especially noteworthy for the reason that President Ray Lyman Wilbur has entered his second decade as director of the destinies of Stanford University. A comparison of the University at the end of ten years of progress under President Wilbur, with the Univerf sity of 1916 shows the presence now of an institution which is larger, covers a wider field, and stands higher in the eyes of the world. During Dr. Wilbur's presidency a number of important alterations have been made in the organization of the University to suit such changes as the increased number of students on the campus. This increase has exerted pressure on all universities of the country. One result at Stanford was the creation of the lower division, which aims to give two years' training over a wide field with a view toward future specialization. Dr. Wilbur has always looked ahead, keeping in mind the relation of the University to outside iniluf ences. Even now he is preparing Stanford for the possible elimination of the first 'two years of undergraduate work, since junior colleges are continually increasing in number and may before long remove the need for duplicating their work in universities. Stanford is encouraging the development of junior college by expressing a cordial attitude towards making space available for such a college on the campus. Dr. Wilbur holds membership in various educational foundations, and has been pref sented with honorary degrees by many universities of the country. He was chairman of the meeting of the Institute of Pacihc Relations in 1925, and is chairman of the committee organizing the next meeting, to be held in Honolulu this summer. His trip to Japan during the autumn quarter was made as an American delegate to the Third Panflnaciiic Science Congress. While in the Orient he inspected some of the projects of the Rockefeller Foundation, of which he is a director. Since his return he has been influential in presenting a sympathetic view of japanese and Chinese difliculties. libs 24.7 ,,z'Aj 'f-J. N mi W