The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
STANFORD UNIVERSITY,
Mrs. Leland Stanford's Plans In Connec-
ton with That Institution.

mrs. Leland StanfOrd's Plans In Connec
ton with That Institution.
Mrs. Leland Stanford, in an interview
In the San Francisco Chronicle, give.
many facts hitherto imprinted in regard
to plans for the new university at Pale
Alto. She says the same attention will
be given to girls as to boys, and it is hel
purpose to have an art training school
like the Cooper Institute, where girl.
who have taste for designing may Sc
cure instruction that will enable then
to earn a good living. If they then wish
to study higher art they will have mean.
to support themselves. The chief ain
will be to ground the students in ele
mentary studies, and then to give then
some practical training by which they
may easily support themselves. If ther
they desire higher training it will be
freely given, but the whole spirit of the
institution will be against merely orna
mental education. To quote Mrs. Stan
lords words on this point:
Il think it absolutely cruel to give g
young man or woman who must depend
upon their own exertiOns for a liveli
hood classical education pure and sim
pie. There is scarcely a week that Mr.
Stanford is not asked to give employ
ment to graduates of Yale and Harvard
he has six OF them as car-conductors or
the Market street line now. OF course
it is no disgrace to then and they will
not remain long. but it is pitiful to wit
ness the helplessness of wrongly edu
Gated young people,"
When asked whether any plans had
been devised for the association of the
sexes she said: eyes, indeed. Cot.
tages will be built which will accommo-
date about twenty students each and
these will be in charge of teache4,
where the personal habits, manners and
amusements of the students may be
under supervision. Every care will be
taken to make these cottages homes in
the best sense of the word, place
where no creed is taught, but where the
day begins and ends with prayer and
where each individual is brought under
refined discipline. The cottages in
tended for boys will be about mile dis
tant from those occupied by the girls.
but the evenings may be passed together
in music or social games in the presence
OF and with the consent of the teachers.
sis it true you intend TO give paint
ings and curios in your house to the
university museum"
''Quite true, and / am determined
there shall be copies of all the old
masters added to the collection OF
paintings. Down in my ballroom is an
exact reproduction of The Lords Sup
per- painted by Raphael, which was
found during the wars of Napoleon, and
which hangs in the cathedral neal
Milan. King Humbert allowed me to
have it copied. Through Mr.. Pendle-
ton, our recent Minister to Germany,
the young Kaiser has given permission
to secure copy of the famous 'Sistine
Madonna in Dresden, reserving only
the right to name the artist. 1 have
just given an order to have the work
begun"
1t is expected that the university will
be open next fall. The colleges will
be provided with ample lecture-rooms,
and the trustees will be required TO of
fer high salary for instructors The
higher courses will be free to post
graduates of all colleges and UNIVERSE
ties, and to such other deserving per.
sons as the trustees may elect to admit.