Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-08
DAY AT PAL0 ALTO
The Home Of Stanford's Great
University.
WHAT is OFFERED The YOUNG
The Kindergarten foE Colts ~ tie
Pzlo AleO Stock Farm Is
DESCRIBED.



the Sanford university, where We met
John n. Wright, con OF DR.. 4. b.
Wright OF this city, also John Heating.
son Of the Hon. l.. \. keatIng OF Nus
kegon, and several other young men
of Michigan, then students of the San
ford university. These young men
kindly ushered rs through this great
Though new institution Of learning.
This noted institution is located near
Msyheld. The estate contains 1900
acres. 1t is endowed by Mr.. and Mrs..
Leland Stanford with lands, money,
gifts, Libraries, museum, etc, 10 the
extent Of $50. 900 900. Everything is on
vast scale. The great masses OF
buildings Will present facade OF half
a mile, four sides of a central quad
rangle are completed, forming a con
tlnuous wal or stone eighteen feet
high, twenty feet deep and LOO feet
long. Dormltorles are 100 feet by $40
and four stories high. The srchltec-
ture is Moorish and the roots tiled.
The museum is completed and open
tor students. IL is also open TO visitors
at stated hours OF the day.
The Leland Stanford university was
founded by Senator Stanford and his
wife in memory of their only child. Le-
land Stanford, Jr., who died several
years ago at the age of l6. 1t is SAID
that the institution was suggested by
ideas entertained by the youth himself
and that his father, IN donating a vast
amount of his great weslth tor the pur-
pose of broader and higher educa-
ton, is only developing aud widening
plans conceived by the liberal mind of
his son during his short life. To the
founding and endowment of the uni
versity Senator Stanford has appropri-
ated the magnificent sum Of SO, 000,-
900, which makes il the wealthlest uni
versity in the world, and this endow-
ment alone will command for it during
all time a high and honorable place
among the greatest educational lnstltu-
tons on earth.
Opportunities to Learn.
The polytechnic is TO be gwen prom
inence. 1t will be the policy of the
| institution TO graduate from Its halls
engineers, electricians, artisans ana
mechanics, as well as professors, artists
and literary men. AT Palo Alto boys
and girls will have the opportunity to
prepare themselves tor the trades and
| callIngs of active modern life. as well
as TO ground themselves in the learning
! of the anclents and TO master the spec
| ulations of philosophers. Already
more than million dollars have been
expended in improvements, prepara-
tory to beginning the great educa-
lonal work.
The open court around which the
buildings are erected is 246 feet wide
and $50 feet long. and contains three
and one-fourth acres. 1t is paved with
asphalt and used for drives, bicycling
and promenades.
The buildings are of bluff stone,
somewhat varied in color. The stone
work is of broken ashlar with rough
rock face, and the roofs are covered
with red tile. The architectural ar
rangement is found III the old Spanish
missions of California. A full descrip-
ton of the buildings and their general
arrangements would be of great inter-
est and instructive at the same time.
There is no doubt that the Stanford
University Is as happily located as any
other important institution Of learning
in the world. IL is on the lower part
| of the peninsula on which San Fran
cisco is located; 1t stands IN the upper
! part of the Santa Clara valley, claimed
to be the most beautiful stretch of land
in the world, upon grounds dotted
with beautiful and magnificent live
oaks and sloping toward the bay of
San Francisco on the east, while to the
west are the undulatlng uplands, then
the handsomely timoered foothills,
next the green-clothed canyons and
lofty ridges. and finally the SUBMITS of
the Sierra Morena, crowned with tower
| ing redwoods.
1t is only about forty minutes ride
to san Francisco by rail. Offering its
climate, scenery and other advantages,
II must in time become one OF inc most
beautiful spots on earth. With $780,
| 600, 900 endowment and a provision for
future SIC, 000,000 more, located in
the midst of a domain OF over 1900
acres, practically a park nov, there
can be no question about the brilliant
future OF this institution.
1t mas already over 600 in attendance
and expects 900 and over next year
Menlo Park is known for its balmy and
healthful atmosphere, and one of the
best tributes 10 the happy conditions
of the surroundings is the fact that
men of wealth, leisure, means, taste
and culture devote energy, time and
| money to beautiiy the place and their
| homes.
| beautiful painting OF the late Le-
land Stanford, Jr., an only child, who
| died at the sge Of Is, hangs in the
| university library which has been
| erected IN his memory and which
| offers 10 worthy young men and
| women the best Of education free OF
| charge.
stsnford's Farm.
| The Pslo Alto stock farm - near by
| and those who are fond of fine horses
visited Senator Stanford's noted stables
and saw tue famous Palo Alto horse,
died since. Many Of our party con-
sldered II as good IS a fortune to have
| the privilege of LAYING on hands.
| Many Of the 500 900 and 500. 600
| horses and over were there.
One OF the most interesting parts Of
| the show was the kindergarten for the
| colts. IL is an enclosure of boards and
| roof. track made o. soft sand. h sck
m color. a railing around the inside,
At either end Il which stands a trainer
pith whfp. The colts are taken
at an age from months
| upward They are turned lO0se in this
| kndersarten race Course one ST a time.
| and he speed g developed by degrees.
a show Of this training was gwen dur
ing our vlst for IRE benefit Of our
party. It a Surprising 10 note tte fl-
| tel .cence n these baby co - After