Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Indians of the peninsula region delineated by a F ranch artist, Choris, dur- ing a visit to San Francis- co about 1818. A commu- nity of this primitive race lived where the Quad- rangle now stands. The San Francisquito region was first inhabited by a prehistoric tribe of Indians whose civilization was much superior to that of later tribes. They cared for the sick and aged, used elaborate burial rites, and eventually dis- appeared as mysteriously as other tribes of those early times. When in 1767 the Jesuits were replaced by the Franciscan missionaries to offset the strength of the order, the Indians were docile and in a primitive state. Father Serra became the Presidente of the missions that developed rapidly, aided by the early military and colonizing expeditions of Portola, Anza, and Rivera. Crude log houses were followed by the 'dobe architecture of the presidios, missions, and haciendas. Father Palou was Father Serra's choice for the San Francis- quito area, and in 1779 a great whitened cross was erected under the age-old Palo Alto Tree although the fotuiding of Mission Dolores and Mission Santa Clara made a church there tmnecessary. But the peaceful, happy age of the Missions ended in 1813 with the Secularization Act depriving them of their property to provide money for the Spanish Crown. Without the paternalism of the Missions the Indians realized the loss of their lands. California became troubled with the Spanish, the Indians, and the 'fgringosn fighting for its fertile fields. Through California's adoption into the Union, through the Civil War, land disputes raged between the old order and the new, the Spaniards and the Americans. From the time the first explorers coming through the bay had discovered the valuable land and brought settlers, a long and violent con- flict had raged, and was only settled by the decision of Congress in favor of the Americans in 1887. The Palo Alto Tree, a huge redwood, was first chronicled when Portola pitched his base camp un- der it in 1769, but the tree had been venerated for generations by primitive Indians of the region. Out- standing in this area because it is so far from its natural habitat, Senator Stanford once saved the tree, at a cost of fifteen thousand dollars, when the surrey for local railroad had marked it for cutting. Father .lunipero Serra, father of all the Califor- nia missions. Many times, on his travels between the missions via El Camino Real, he crossed what is now Stanford University property. .laan Bautista de Anza marched overland from Sonora, Mexico, in 1775, bringing the first colonists to San Francisco. The old Spanish Missions of California, typified by the tile roofs and cloistered walks of Mission Santa Barbara, were the models for the architecture of Stanford University. Mission San Juan Capistrano in particular was examined by the Stanfords while planning the building form of their memorial, and they found the Mission style with an inner quad- rangle which allowed for future expansion both prac- tical and appropriately Californian in appearance.

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N N NE NE E E The panorama view of the Stanford farm. lands, taken to aid in planning the University buildings, was made in 1886 by Archibald Treat, who continued to photograph the development of con- struction for Senator Stanford. The picture was taken from Lagunita Knoll, today the site of the Presidcnfs residence. The barren flatlands of this first photograph present a strong contrast to lh e panorama of the same area as il appears today fshown belowj. .sm-ui. -. . . -. , vi iorfl was a farm hoy hefore he came to California in lays of the Forty-Ninersll to hegin his great career. rs retained his love of the land, his interest in agricul- 2 stock. The wide fields of the old Spanish grants :he bay and hy the hills fulfilled his ideal. A 'view of the paddocks of the Stanford Farm. Unsatis- hed with the performance of horses he bought, Senator Stanford decided to breed his own harness racers. From the fine Eastern stock. bought to test breeding and train- ing theories on the Farm, numerous champions were developed. The fame of the Palo Alto Farm was well es- tablished among horse lovers the world over long before it achieved a greater and more lasting fame as a seat of learning. Milli ll-uni' -- 'e' , ,- The kinder arten rin , an invention of Senator Stan ord's, 3 3 .Q 1. fi K - . - ' v-.mm--v - M that changed the raczn t1 tuning o harness horses com- ' p ete y y eginnlng t ze routine w en t ey were co ts. L8 Q lZbUb lg'hh tri fraphic studies of ani- ring was three hundred and thirteen feet around, and ,tlhe taken in 1878 on the 1- , I ' '- colts were taught to show their paces at the sound of a w ip ery of cameras aided . as they trotted around thehminiature track. Although the 'd in the training of K' Senator had a famous trainer in Charlie Marvin, he de- red trotting horses. Q - -' ' . A lighted in being able to handle his colts himself and to Yeveloped by Edward X judge their possibilities. He also developed the brush the forerunner of the fig method of training trotters by testing speea on short 1 -' - f ' V -V' stretches without straining his horses. A panoramic view of Stanford University in the year 1941, fifty years after the University opened its doors and fifty-four years after the around-the-compass photographs shown at the top of these pages. Taken from approximately the same location on Lagunita Knoll but, necessarily, from the top of the Presidentis house, the shooting and piecing together of this panorama was a dijficult undertaking. The result shows the full extent of the Universityis development to date. N N N E NE E E SE 2 'ff -fi.: V -' KW-ffe getff.1,f.,sM,1pa-,se-:.ge5s.it.s.msst-t-4es.mst.zm'-Ag.Ygi5,:sw,.,ee'fffffrm: Qgzrtgewtsaegtev-f.'1, sw, get ,Q :-, -4 'f ' segxsessfz-hem-1'a -,: gg.gg.e,.,fs3s,:Q:s zzqgggg 4- . ywgf 1 P- f ' L51ft1 'f521'f3?.ii- ' ' 5i'4'.' i1f'1'fi.'3.1-vi: ' ' -ti ,zff 'H'-iii 'iii-211.1 ' '.:..py: iv' 14+ :CWB S315 ,g,. :e, -C: , ' 1 A . H.,