Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-16

whose act the race of man is made the ben
efciary of unparalleled munifcence.
The benefits to the world that flow from
such deeds do not stop with the country in
| which the dispensation takes place, nor are
they limited by the narrow confines of
State or nation. Nor are they hedged in
| by the financial measurement of the gifts
| on which they are based. On the con-
trary, the example of the Stanfords will
| have an influence upon mankind and hu.
mainly that is beyond the power of men to
estimate, the capacity of the intellect to
| compass, or the vision of the most marvel
| Gus prescience to foresee. OF greater value
| to the race of men is the act itself than
the benefits that will accrue to those so
| fortunate rs to be able to avail of the edu-
cational facilities, the scheme of Governor
Stanford contemplates. 1t viii be
esteemed for all time as one of
those human actions that is mighty
to mold and fashion civilization, and
one of the most potent of agencies in adj
| vancing man still further upon the path
that leads him nearer to the ultimate of
lofty human possibility.
One special feature in the address of
Governor Stanford to the Trustees should
command the attention of all men, and the
thought of every citizen. 1t is character
istic of the man, gives an insight into the
springs OF the motives that have made and
preserved him patriot in the highest sense
and that marks him as a devoted friend of
free government. 1t is that passage where
in he impresses upon the Trustees his own
conviction that an educational system is
faulty that does not keep in view the gen
eral development of the great body of the
people in the direction of clear under
standing of the underlying principles of
those forms of government which depend
for vitality upon the eternal truth, that
governments derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed. Not less sig
nifcant is his declars1npa that the new
university, and its Gordon of colleges and
| schools, must be agencies in the education
of the people in the principles of co-opera-
ton, by which each individual has the
benefit of the intellectual and physical
forces of his associates" He adds: "Hence
it is that we have provided for thorough
instruction in the principles of co-opera-
ton. We would have it early instilled
into the students mind that no greater
blow can be struck at labor than that
which makes its products insecure"
Governor Stanford means that the peo-
pie shall clearly understand that he would
have love of free government burn with
steady and reliable flame in the hearts of
the children of the land. He means that
they shall realize how conservative power
in national life a sound education is
Avoiding the extreme upon which
Girard fixed, the giyers of this princely
donation to the cause of humanity have
wisely freed it from the possible issues
that the conflicting views of men concern
ing religion would have injected into the
scheme. So it is provided with gentle
firmneSs that sectarian doctrines shall
have no foothold in the University, but
that nevertheless it shall there be taught
that the soul of man is immortal and that
there is Supreme Being, all wise and
bene6cent
Without thought, probably, of doing so,
Governor Stanford has nevertheless struck
a severe blow, and administered a Just
rebuke to not few great educational in
stitutions, that still adhere to the rule
that excludes woman from full partici-
patton in schemes of liberal education
Wisely and in the same lofty spirit that
dictated the noble gift, the donors firmly
impress upon the Trustees the fact that
great University does not consist in costly
and vast structures, but rather is depend
ent for its usefulness and its influence upor
the character and attachments of its fac
ulty.
The considerations that suggest them.
selves from reading of the many clause:
and injunctions of the grant are toe
numerous to be taken up here They are
all of such simple, unambiguous and com
pact character that they will appear tc
even the casual reader, and their force
justice and foresight will be impressed
upon every one who peruses the deed o
gift.