The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03

tracted much attention later In the even
ing. Itwas nothing less than the Stanford
yell in cardinal letters. Worked by alter
mating flashes of electricity, the immense
red letters showed out in brilliant rays
which caused great enthusiasm at each
touch of the electric button.
In the evening at O'Clock the quad
rangle was crowded with students carry
ing lanterns, torches and every conceiv-
able ear-torturing device, from a shotgun
with blank cartridges to saucepan and
pewter soup-ladle. Cardinal was inter-
American flag.
The co-eds were out in force; their
dresses and hats were trimmed with the
prevailing hue, coutrasted with their
torches, and made a pretty picture, one
seldom seen in any institution.
For more than an hour this vast con-
course of bowling students marched about
the quadrangle singing university songs
mingled with National songs. At 8 O'Clock
the march was taken up to Encina Gym
nasium, where speeches were scheduled to
take place.
Fully 1000 people managed to jam them
selves inside the doors. A band had been
brought out for the occasion, and the roof
was fairly lifted off its supporting walls
by the din. President Sheldon of the stu
dent body introduced each speaker with
appropriate remarks, and with every sem
tence of the speakers the audience broke
into cheers.
Mrs. Stanford was not present, but the
following letter was read from her:
To the Students: Icannot refrain from saying
that am profoundly thankful to the ministers
of the law at their just decision, and 1 thank
you one and all for your loyalty throughout
the past year of doubt and uncertainty, and
now you can rejoice to your hearts content
while | will remain quietly at home and be
thankful. Yours, always,
JANE L. STANFORD.
San Francisco, Cal, March 2, 1896.
President Jordan said:
Friends and students: You may not
have noticed it, but / have made my
speech while you were yelling. l believe
this is not the second time | have spoken
to-day. l have spoken very many times
since the news was received. 1t came to
my attention as soon as L had received
this message that the world has seen
many changes
II remember once when l was travelling
down in Kentucky that slept one nigh.
on the floor with Judge Harlan. That was
twenty years ago. / was thinking this
afternoon that l was almost sorry that it
was over. We have been Tor the last three
years under a cloud.
zone gets used to that kind of thing and
/ more than any one elso, because | was
college president. | was leading forlorn
hope As Senator Stanford said once he
thought l made better president at Stan
ford than / would at Harvard.
"Then, too. l had made up my mind to
finish up my college career in pictur-
esque way. All this is passed away, and
the forlorn hope is passed away too.
Down in San Antonio there was an
old padre who sold tiles and geese,
and l had made up my mind to flood the
quadrangle here, live all alone and sell
tiles from the chapel roof and geese like
the old padre, but this hope is now
banished. l was going to say something
about the way in which these three years
have solidihed us-how they have given
us strength and hope for the future. [
think all of US can feel what this must
mean to the woman who has waited for so
long a time for this result.
''What a lesson in self-devotion that
must be, in order, as Mr.. Stanford once
said, that the children of California shall
be- my children. (Three cheers were given
for Mrs. Stanford.) And now that is all
that 1 have to say tonight"
Lester J. Hinsdill spoke for the class of
'95, and said that this time marked the be-
ginning of the students real career at the
university.
E. A. Ross spoke for the faculty. H. H.
Brown addressed the assembly for the
class of '96 and made very eloquent
speech, specially praising Mrs, Stanford.
Burton NJ. Palmer, for the class of '97, read
an original poem on the occasion, which
was very clever in thought, and elected
salvos of applause.
The students concluded the evening
with display of fireworks on the campus,
wAile few of the most enthusiastic, un-
deferred by the cold wind, marched down
to Palo Alto and, after some cheering, dis
perSed.