The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-12

TO prevail among them which would keep each
one from doing anything that would be a blot
on the institution. We do not idealiEe this
feature. 1t is remarked on by outsiders. What
lie it2 1t Is freedom of thought. It Ia absence of
seotarianism and the whole place is untainted
by biRoted doctrines. That the university
may be kept so is our first prayer in the morn
ing and our last at night. aud prayer is the key
to Heaven. Say that, for 1t Is the truth"
When asked about the present financial con-
dillon OF the university. Mrs. Stanford said:
We cannot speak OF that, but we can say
that work is going ahead. Anew building. a
tremendous library. is being erected and will
be completed the first Of June. Then. too. the
new Assembly Hall will be finished In time for
the graduating exercises to DO held there in
June. 1t seats LOO. Other necessary build
inGs will 20 up Immediately. The administia-
ton rooms are crowded, and other build
inRs must be given to relieve this
state of congestion. We are now work
ing on plans for n museum Of natural
history, n botanical building and a chemical
laboratory. This year, IL all is we'll and good
health is further granted, l shall commence.
and l beg pardon for saying / shall commence.
what is to be known as a Temple OF Love, u
memorial church dedicated TO God. 1t Is q
great deal to say that one is going to do all this.
but we shall IL God is willing.
"A great many Of the boys in the university
are getting their own living. 1t was surprising
this summer to see seventeen OF them working
away on the new buildings. Some were
outing stone and others wheeling q bar
row: all were earning 81 a day. Thu
head stonecutter said that the students
were entirely and absolutely satisfactory
as laborers. or course. q feature Of the uni
versity has always been cheap living. This
year l built an inn and opened II as Stanford
Inn. a restaurant for students. 1t has sue
ceeded beyond expectations. From fifteen to
twenty boys wait on the tables and from six to
eight hundred eat there every day. This res
~taurant solved a problem. and the students
get a first-class meal there for % cents. Many
boys live on SIS a month, but they have to
economic where they do that. We have there
what is called the Camp. a lot OF low, rather
rough buildings. fitted up with hunks. which
Mr.. Stanford put up to accommodate
the workmen. After the university was
opened the students begged Mr.. STAN
ford to leave these buildings for their use. A
student has charge OF the place and a large
number Of his fellow students lodge and board
there for SIS a month. The Camp is built
around a beautiful square court. which the
boys have made positively lovely with grass.
trees and lowers. The boys who are making
a great sacrifice to get an education are to be
found living in that camp. For $50 a month a
student can have all the things that are abso-
lutely necessary. There is no aristocracy Of
money in Leland Stanford University; there
is only one aristocracy. and that is the aris-
tocracy OF WORTH
Almost everybody has heard something about
the great estates which Mr.. and Mrs. Stanford
granted and conveyed to twenty-four trustees
and their successors for this remarkable uni
versity. For the sake of economy Mrs. Stanford
has reduced this board TO fifteen in the past
two years. The most notable were the Palo
Alto estate Of 5000 acres, which has been in
creased by 5000 acres since she became pos
sessed OF the estate: the Nina ranch of 10000
acres and the Gridley ranch of 1000 acres.
Mrs. Stanford personally looks after these es-
tates for the university. and under her man
agement each is beginning to yield a good in
come. In speaking OF the VIVA ranch, which.
while it did not yield her husband a dollar OF
profit. gained for him the distinction of pos
sessing the largest vineyard in the world4,OOO
acres-she had this to say:
Last year we made 100000 gallons OF
wine at Vina. 1t is sold In large quantities,
and the entire amount almost was bought and
Is being sold right here in New York. When
Mr.. Stanford was living We made about 300.
600 gallons Of brandy. but we only make
10000 gallons now. devoting our attention
mainly to wine. We make a specially of port
I dllu liz Ii INV lhfVu ~ hSi'N
where large quantities of wine can be
cooked at a time. For the last two years
the vineyard has been on a paying basi:
and has yielded the university a very gooC
income. The prospects of California wine are
better than they've ever been. so much OF on
wine is being shipped abroad. and much more
particularly our sherries and port, Is being
used in the United States"
DO you look after the vino making per
sonally?"
Yes. 1 look after everything personally
Every year 1 go to the Office and ask what ar
the receipts. Next the expenditures are sought
and If the expenditures are in excess two or
ders are given. dismiss and cut down. Econom
is our keynote, and we teach that in the uni
versity and on every acre connected with it."
H. spite OF all the great wealth acquired b
Nj. Stanford, he was not always a successful
investor. He spent money lavishly in develop
ing the resources of California. but always wit
the idea Of beneating all the people OF tn
State. His great stock farm at Palo Alto repre-
scented an expenditure of S5.0O0.000 and wa
conducted ut a loss. But it was for his DIV
amusement rather than gain that he cultivate
the American trotter. He bred the famou
Sunol. sold to Mr.. Bonner, and the great ArioI
for which Malcolm Forbes OF Boston pal
$l3O.O 900. Mrs. Stanford keeps up the breedin
OF fine horses at Palo Alto. where she now ha
upward OF 800. though she says her doing s
is more of u sentiment than Il business. A
especial feature in which she Is experlmentin
and out OF which she hopes eventually to max
something for the university however,
the raising of Russian thoroughbred horse
, Just before his death her husband received I
3 a present from the Gar several handsom
Russian horses from the imperial stables. Or
, OF them is still on the stock farm and their of
> spring. which now number eight pairs OF ca
} rage horses. are said to be Che only ones OF u
' breed in this country. Mrs, Stanford says NJ
Z only that they thrive in this country and retai
their characteristics. but she also has gree
hopes that there ia money for the university
raising them for the Eastern market, as the
8 give promise Of being eNtraordinarily fine ca
riage horses.
How Is the business boom affecting Cal
t fornia 2" asked the reporter.
= California is feeling the good effects OF it
answered this woman, who is keenly alive
o everything that goes on in the business worl
r Mot only that. but California has q great Il