The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-30
There Will Be at Least Eleven
Hundred Scholars at
the College.
LITTLE ROOM FOR ANY MORE
Most Elaborate Preparations Being
Made for the Grand
Reopening.

formally opened to students for more than
week hence, nevertheless there is hustle
and confusion in every direction in antlci-
patton of the expected influx of the eleven
or twelve hundred young men and women
who will constitute the Stanford student
body the coming year. The spacious dorm
itories, Encina and Roble halls, on the
campus, the hotels, the public houses and
scores of private residences in the neigh
borhood are being renovated and refur-
nished for their accommodation. Not
more than fifty students are on the campus
at present, but within few days they will
pour in by the trainload.
Entrance examinations will be held in
the quadrangle next Monday. On Tuesday
and Wednesday the old students will be
registered, and on the following day the
new students will be formally admitted.
Instruction in all departments begins on
the 9Th.
1t is impossible. so early in the year. to
estimate the number of new students or
the total enrolment. DR.. O. L. Elliott, the
university registrar, approximates the
total number at 100; 700 old students and
400 new. OF the latter 300 are expected
during the opening week. The percentage
of Eastern students is smaller this year
than heretofore. The Oregon and Wash
ington representation remains stationary,
while the delegation from Southern Cali
fornia Is increased. The falling off among
Eastern students is attributable chiefly to
the misleading general newspaper reports
of the uncertainty of the university's sta
bility and at a distance from this coast the
true status cannot be so easily learned.
OF the student prospect in general DR..
Elliott says: 1.-The outlook is bright and
thoroughly satisfactory. We maintain last
years proportion and fall below none OF
our previous records. We are not anxious
for more than 100 students. 1t is crafty
ing to note that our entering classes are
uniformly strong in numbers. These come
OF their own accord. Stanford is their volun-
tary choice. We do not advertise for
students and never send the catalogue to
any except applicants"
President Jordan is pleased with the out
look. ave are not seeking immediate ex-
pansion in any large degree he said
1--WE are quite big enough for our age. We.
will not seek to increase the enrolment;
it already tests our capacity. The uni
versity will bend all its energies in the
direction of raising the standard of work
done here, and in developing scholarship
equal to the best colleges in the land"
Three new additions to the faculty have
just been announced. The department of
economics has enlisted Professor H. H.
Powers, of Smith College. President Jor-
dan has been negotiating with him for
some weeks past, feeling that he was one
of the most desirable instructors in that
line of study that could be secured The
acquisition is a strong reinforcement for
the department. 1t is now definitely I'M
derstood that DR.. A. G. Warner, of the
same department, will be absent again this
year on account of his health. He will So
Journ at Manitou, Colo. Should he regain
his health in season he will Immediately
resume his work here. The faculty of
Romantic languages has engaged Professor
f. A. J. Davidson, formerly of the Univer-
sity of Toronto, to fill the assistant pro-
fessorship of French, vacated by the resig-
nation of Professor Symington, who has
been called to full professionally at Am
herst.
Professor E. NJ. Pease, head of the Latin
department, announced to-day that Miss
Louise Dodge would be an assistant in
that department for the coming year.
Miss Dodge comes here with her kins-
woman, Miss Harriet Waters Preston, one
of the best known writer's of America.
The latter will take up her residence on
the campus, and although not formally
identified with the university, she will
vavartb eIasa ha m ore or laQc in fouol, With
the work in such a manner as to benefit
both students and the community at large.
Both women are scholars of the broadest
culture. They are constant contributors
to the leading magazines, although until
recent years they wrote under mons de
plume. They have written voluminously
on miscellaneous matters, although their
chief work has been in the classics A
number of their productions have been
compiled conformity.
The Latin department feels Justly elated
over the acquisition of two such women,
one as instructor, the other as resident.
Indications are that Rople and Encina
dormitories will be taxed to their utmost.
The latter accommodates 1886 students.
The girls hall has room for 10. The ap-
accommodations. Encina Hall, from an
architectural standpoint, was the pride of
Senator Stanford; it is a magnificent struc-
ture, with every facility for promoting stu
dent comfort. Yet in spite of this fact the
dormitorv has been year after year par
tial failure. The fault lies with the mis-
management of the dining-halI; it has
never given satisfaction. Last year the
board was so poor that the students almost
deserted the place. This year new plan
will be tried. The dining-hall has been
entrusted entirely to Chef Tate, formerly in
charge of the University Clubs cuisine.
He will have sole control and be held
solely responsible for that part of the es-
Enlistment. He will conduct the dining
hall independently of the lodging quar- tiers
which, as heretofore, will be under stu
dent management. The room rent will be
So, ineidentals 81 and board SIS. total 500
per month. Mr.. Tate is man of wide ex-
perience, has always given satisfactory SER
vice, and it is expected that he will revo-
lutionize student life at Encina Hall.
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RACES At WOODLAND.