The San Francisco call., 1896-03-31
WOODRUFF TO
LEAVE STANFORD,
A Popular Instructor Lost
to the Palo Alto
Students.
HE GOES TO CORNELL.
rendered a Chair in the Law
Department of the Eastern
College.
END OF THE EASTER VACATION
Studies Resumed After Brief Period
of ReSt-The Presentation of
"Said Pasha."
END OF THE EASTER VACATION

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. CAL, Marcel
30.-President Jordan this afternoon re-
eeived a dispatch from Professor Wood
ruff, who is now in the East on leave o
absence, announcing his resignation from
the Stanford faculty in order to accept a
$4,000 professorship of law at Cornell.
Professor Edwin Hamlin Woodruff was
one of the youngest and brightest men in
Stanford's corps of professors. In 1888 he
took the LIB. degree at Cornell and was
at different times assistant librarian at the
Astor Library, chief cataloguer at the
Cornell University Library, instructor in
English at Cornell University and then
librarian of the Fiske Library at Florence,
Italy. He accepted the librarianshlp OF
Stanford University Library while travel
ing abroad and in 1898 became an instruc-
tor in law here. His wonderful aptitude
for work made him a favorite with the
students, and he at once stepped to the
front as one of the most thorough instruc-
tors at Stanford. Professor Abbott, at the
head of the law department here, says
that Professor Woodruff, who was ap-
pointed to full professorship last year,
was one of the most skillful tutors in ele-
mentary law and contracts in the United
States.
Professor Woodruff in June last received
leave of absence for one year, being en-
gagged with Profe ssor Huffcut OF Cornell in
compilation OF a new law textbook. They
were already authors of a well-known text
book on cases in contracts. At that time or
a little later Professor Woodruff was offered
a chance at Cornell, but refused. His loss
will be keenly felt at Stanford. DR.. Jor-
dan says:
Although his resignation has been ac-
cepted, no steps as yet have been taken to
fill his chair"
Instruction began again to-day after the
weeks Easter intermission. Many of the
students are still absent, but class work
will not be delayed by that fact, for
hard work begins at once with the open
ing day. This begins the final eight weeks
of the college year.
The performance of the opera "Said
Pasha" is billed for April II, and the
scores of students who are to participate
are rehearsing diligently. A stage is in
process OF construction in the gymnasium
while the elaborate scenery and costumes
are to come from San Francisco, Those
in charge assert that this will be one OF
the most elaborate presentations of an
opera ever given by college students.
Stanford glee and mandolin clubs have
not yet returned from their tour OF the
southern part of the State, but are ex-
pected back tomorrow. Since the middle
of the month these musical organizations
have given more than dozen concerts,
and the tour has been comparatively sue
cessiul 1t is probable that, financially,
the clubs will not quite make expenses,
but the slight deficit is much more than
offset by the good impression made on
their first tour.
Discussion on the question of uniform
varsity sweater is not yet ended. The
final disposition of the matter will doubt
less be made at another student body
meeting, for that alone will satisfy the
football men.