The record-union., 1891-10-02

lease lnef0--aS bnoy cannot Sell thernl,
expending and investing moneys re-
ceiyed, etc. They arc also to prescribe
terms Of admission, TO fix salaries land it
expressly stipulated that these shall be
as high as may be necessary to
| secure the best men ayailable}, to
/ appoint or remove the President at will,
1 and to remove professors and teachers
at will, as well as to prescribe their
duties when deemed necessary. They
are to establish and maintain at such
university an educational system which
will, if followed, fit the graduate for
some useful pursuit, and to this end TO
cause the pupils, as early as may be, to
declare the particular calling, which, in
life, they may desire to pursue; but such
declaration shall not be binding if. in the
judgment of the President of the uni
verSity, the student is not by nature fitted
for the pursuit declared.
NO sECTARIANIsM.
The trustees are warned to prohibit
sectarian instruction, but TO have taught
in the university the Immortality of the
soul, the existence of an all-wise and
benevolent Creator, and that obedience to
His laws is the highest duty of man; to
have taught in the university the right
and advantages Of association and CO.
operation; to afford equal facilities and
give equal advantages in the university
to both sexes, and to maintain on the
Palo Alto estate farm for instruction in
agriculture in all its branches.
They are to establish and maintain, in
connection with the university, such
number of free scholarships as the en-
dOwment of the institution. considering
all its objects, Will justify. Such scholar
ships must be given either to those who,
by good conduct and study, have earned
the right thereto, or to the deserving chill
dren Of those who, dying without means
/ the ~ IN "a oo11
! of humanity, have a special claim upon
the goodwill of mankind.
The trustees are to fix the terms and
conditions upon which the students gen
orally may be admitted to all or any of
the privileges of the university They
are also to 1iX the terms and conditions
upon which the students of the public
and private schools and other deserving
persons may attend the lectures Of the
university, or engage in original research
thereat, and the terms and conditions
upon which the agricultural farms, labo-
ratories, museums, art galleries, mechani-
cal institutes, cOnServatOrieS and other
institutions, part Of the university,
shall be opened to deserving per-
sons, without their becoming students
thereof. Further, they are to establish
and have given at the university by It's
ablest professors courses of lectures upon
the science of government, and upon law,
and sciences, which shall be free to the
post-graduateS of the colleges of the uni
versity hereby founded, and to post
graduates of all other colleges and uni
versities, and to all deserving persons, to
the full capacity of the lecture-rooms, un-
der such rules and regulations as the
trustees may adopt. The trustees are to
make annual reports, including 1inan-
cial statement, to the Governor of the
State.
The grantors fill vacancies in the board,
but after their death it becomes Self-per-
petuating.
WHAT 1T MUST BE.
The nature of the institution, according
to the terms of the grant, must be that of
a university in the broadest sense of the
word, with such seminarieS of learning
as shall make it Of the highest grade, in
Guiding mechanical Institutes, museums,
galleries of art, laboratories and conserY-
atCries, together with all things necessary
for the study Of agriculture in all its
branches, and for mechanical training,
and the studies and exercises directed to
the cultivation and enlargement OF the
mind. Its object shall be 10 qualify stu
dents for personal success and direct use
fulness in life. Its purposes are to pro-
mote the public welfare by exercising an
influence in behalf OF humanity and civ
ilization, teaching the blessings of liberty
and reverence for the great principles of
government as derived from the inalien-
able rights of man to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness.
PROVISIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
The grantors instruct the trustees with
reference to the addition OF buildings
and improvements at PalO Alto as fol-
lows: "Chey shall be built as needed.
and no faster, and in manner which
hal n low o1
from time to time, as the necessities of the
university may demand, the trustees
bearing in mind that extensive and ex-
pensive buildings do not make a uni
versity; that it depends for its success
rather upon the character and attain
ments OF its faculty. In this behalf, and
TO the end that the endowment may not
be wasted or impaired by the premature
construction of expensive buildings. the
trustees shall be the exclusive Judges,
free from all interference from any source
whatever, of the time when buildings
are needed, and of the time and manner
of their construction, and of the time and
manner of making additions thereto. Law
off on the Palo Alto farm one or more
sites for buildings for the officers and
employees of the institution, and erect and
maintain thereon such buildings as maybe
necessary. Lay off on the Palo Alto farm
one or more sites for dWeliing-houses for
IdlnlllGS.
and for such other persons as the board
may direct, and erect thereon buildings
and lease the same, or lease the land and
permit the lesSeeS to erect such buildings.
on such terms and conditions as the board
may direct. Lay off on said Palo Alto
farm lot of about ten acres, and suit
ably improve and maintain the same for
ever as place of burial and of last rest
on earth for the bodies of the grantors
and of their son, Leland Stanford, Jr,
and, as the board may direct, for the
bodies of such other persons who may
have been connected with the university.
Lay off on the Palo Alto farm a site for,
and erect thereon, a church,
[NoTE.-In the sketch of the deed of
endowment above given appear the
names Of the original trustees. Since the
imposition of this important trust death
has made vacancies in the board. Judge
Lorenzo Sawyer, Hon. Henry Vrooman,
Hon. John +. Miller and Josiah Stanford
have passed away. These vacancies have
not been filled as yet, except that S. +.
Leib has been added te the board
THE WORK BEGINS.
First Meeting of the Trustees and Ac-
ceptance of the Grant.
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