Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-18
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49,. ."sora's Pihns In Counee-
ZION With That Institutiop.
pits Leland Stanford, in an nterv,aw
y .ne San Francisco Chronicle. oivos
many iacts hitherto imprinted In regsrd
~ pians Tor the new university AZ Pala
ALTO. She says the same attentIo, 20,
% given to girls ~ to boys, and q "a he.
purpose TO have an art training-sohaa,
IKE the Cooper Institute. wbsrs 80,
VINO have taste for desipnino SO
. - instruction that will enable them
% earn agood living. II they then wiah
70 study higher art they will have ynaans
support themselves. The cbief a;rs
Will be to ground the students T.. ~
mentary studies, and then to Give ~.
some practical training by which than
may easily support themselves. r. thaS
tney desire higher training n u,;,i ~
10y 10y gwen but the whole spirit of the
institution will be against merely orna
mental education. To quote Mira Stu.
lords words on this point.
i think 1t absolutely cruel 10 oive
young man or woman who must depend
upon eheif own exertions for a live,i.
hood classical education pure aud liz
pie. There is scarcely week tbat NJ
stanford Is not asked TO give employ.
ment to graduates of Yale and Harvard
ne mas SIX OF them as ear-conductora ~,
the Market street line now. or conrso
IL Is no disgrace TO thers and tbev MIN
not remain long, but it is pitiful to viii.
ness the helplessness of wrongly edu.
Gated young people,
when asked whether any plans had
oeeh ueVised Tor the association OF the
sexes she said: sYes, indeed Cot
tages Will be built which will accommo.
date about twenty students each and
these Will be in charge of a teacbet
"here the personal habits, manners and
amusements of the students NAV he
under supervision. Every care will ba
taken to make these cottages homes in
ehe best sense OF the word. Mace
where no creed is taught, but where the
day begins and ends with praver and
where each individual is brought under
rehned discipline. The cottages in
tended for boys will be about a mile dis
tant from those occupied by the Urls
but the evenings may be passed together
in music or social games in the presence
OF and with the consent of the teachers.
is 1T true you intend TO give paint
ings and curios in your house to the
university museum,
Quite true, and i 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 SIM
per- painted by Raphael, which was
found during the wars of Napoleon, and
which hangs in the cathedral near
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 | have
just given an order to have the work
begun"
1t is expected that the university will
be open next fall. The colleges will
he 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