The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-05
CHANGE IN THE FACULTY
Newly Enlisted Educators Who
Will Preside During the
Coming Year.
PRAISE FOR THE STUDENTS.
President Jordan Says CALIFORNIA;
Climate Is Conducive to
Rapid Progress.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL, Aug. 4.
President David Starr Jordan was seen in
his private office on the Quadrangle and
interviewed concerning the outlook of the
university for the ensuing year. In con-
nection Herewith he spoke warmly of the
intellectual character of the California
student; expressed his admiration for the
athletic proves of the University of Cal
ifornias track athletic team, and made
searching criticism of the good and bad
features of the general system of educa-
ton throughout the State.
"In regard to the Government suit
against the Stanford estate, as 1 said be
fore in THE CALL, think the outcome
will be favorable to the university. l do
not believ that any of the higher courts
are likely to disturb the principles of law
as laid down by Judge Ross in his decision.
On this point l am not at all worried.
1.-THE immediate policy of the univer-
sity," said DR.. Jordan, "has already been
declared. We purpose to continue at our
present capacity. We are quite as large as
we ought to be after four years of existence.
Our future growth will be a process of
slow expansion.
ga number of changes have been made
recently in the faculty. Assistant Pro-
lessor Symington of the department of
Romano languages has resigned his posi-
ton and accepted a full professorship in
French at Amherst College. This is an
unusually fattering promotion; it places
Professor Symington in the heart Of the
Eastern college world and at the same
time makes him one of the youngest pro-
fessors in New England. J. A. Miller, as
sistant professor in mathematics, has been
promoted full professor to the chair of ap-
piled mathematics at the University of
Indiana. The latter institution gains
good man in securing him. His work here
will be placed in the hands OF two of our
own graduates, W. E. Winship and D. L.
Arnold. Professor E. H. Woodruff, uni
versity librarian and assistant professor of
law, has been granted leave of alb
sence for one year IN order to
further pursue his law studies and
furthermore to complete another law book
which he has been working on. He will
spend most of his time in the law Libraries
at Cornell and in New York City. Upon
his return he will give up the library work
and devote his attention exclusively to
the law department. During his absence
the library will be under the direction OF
Mr.. F. J. Taggart. Mr.. Woodruff has re-
ceived several very fattering calls from
other institutions, but" said President
Jordan, with a smile, nothing can get
him away from Stanford University. DR..
a. G. Warner of the department of Geo.
Monies will be absent for another year on
account of his health He will be at Mani
tou Springs, Colorado. His absence is felt
very keenly, indeed. When l engaged DR..
Warner as a member of our faculty felt
assured that l had secured the ablest man
in the country in that particular line of
work. At that time he was superinten-
dent of charities in Washington, D. G. His
research work is Of almost inestimable
value to students of social science. His
book on American Charities has at
tracted National attention and is recog-
nized as the greatest work yet produced on
that subject. His work here" continued
the president, Twill be in the hands of a
competent specialist. Another addition to
the faculty which was looked forward to
with pleasure is the Identification of the
younger Mr.. Pomeroy of San Francisco
with our law department. He will give
course in equity and several other branches
He is peculiarly well equipped for the
work"
When Intercepted in regard to the last
graduating class, the pioneer class OF the
university, the first product affording any
standard whereby to estimate the value of
work done at Palo Alto, DR.. Jordan said:
"The body of young men and women
known as the pioneer class is extremely
strong. It is the strongest class 1 have
ever known. 1t may not contain any
higher percentage of good scholarship than
the average classes OF the best Eastern
schools, but it possessed far greater vari-
ETY. of individual strength. Most of them
have since been located. The demand for
teachers has been specially large; in fact,
larger than the supply. In addition to
this we have contributed several men to
the United States Geological Survey.
Others have gone into engineering estab-
lishments. Several have secured positions
in different colleges. A number of the
graduates will be back for postgraduate
work, while a small colony of others will
go to the Eastern schools for the same
purpose. Harvard will receive the largest
number; the others will go to Cornell,
Julius III phAuS
The president of Stanford University has
an unbounded admiration for the Califor-
MIA student. Comparing the Western and
the Eastern college men he said "Califor-
MIA students possess a greater degree of
physical health than an equal number of
students in the East. Physical health goes
with mental health. A great many of the
California youths are dissipated, but this
class wears out before reaching college.
The residue are decent. They are ener-
getic and sef-reliant; more SO than the
Eastern type. l think it is because they
have larger experience in life; they have
seen more of the world. They evince a
readiness to take hold of things. They are
enterprising. They possess the power of
initiative in a remarkable degree"
DR.. Jordan believes that the peculiar eli
mate of California enables the Western
student to perform larger volume and
better quality of work than the Eastern
student He says this is due to the fact
that "we do not have the extreme cold of