The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21

Special Correspondence OF The Sunday Republic.
san Francisco. Cal, ism. 1S-A curious
competition is going on here n California
J. is that Of TWO or the greatest estates
which have ever been ril-d Up in this land
Of gold in the line C educational charity.
Every one has heard OF Senator Sjarford's
enormous requests to the Leland Stanford.
Junior. University. These began with tn.
origin Of the university scheme in the Sem
ator's mind years before his Death. They
were continued UP 70 that time. and are be
ing added 10 b. Mrs. Stanford, who has for
that purpose given up almost the whole Of
his fortune. amounting to tens Of millions.
Only a month or so ago the sale Of the Pa
cifc improvement stock gave something like
SO. 6D0.c5 more cash to the Institution, and
It has already lands. stocks and other In
which make It the best endowed
college OF the world.
sirs. Hearst and the state Univer.ity.
The Hearst estate. OF. rather. Mrs. Hearst,
has now become interested IN the State Uni
versity at Berkeley. across the bay from
San Francisco. and she hopes to make this
rival IL not surpass that Of Leland stan
ford. Junior. She has had the greatest arshi- |
NSS9 u LA4viS anu ILe United States
competing with each other in making plans !
FOR # and has, according 20 her agreement. |
already paid out prizes to them amounting |
10 S2o,02o. The only Instructions given were
that the plans were to be made without re- |
gard to cost, and that the university build
ings were to he the finest and g~ranaest "a
the world The prize FOR the best plan was
20 be $1,000. and. IN addition, there were
prizes Of A,c0. 5000. 5000 and 5000 for
the seccnr. third and fourth best plans. Cir |
culars giving the proposition were sent out
through our foreign ministers to the great |
est architects OF nearly every country On
the globe, and last September. from the
plans sent In, the first prize was awarded
TO E. Bernard Of Paris. The smaller prizes |
were won by architects OF New York and
Boston. VI. Bernard. in addition to get |
ting hts $4,000, has, l am told. been direct
ed to come to San Francisco. nn9 he will
probably be here before this letter IS pub .
lishe6. lie VIII be given the successful p,an "a
and Will from them combine the one which !
IS 10 stand for what California believes Will
be the finest university on the globe. Tho
idea is that. when completed. the buildings
Will cost In the neiEhborhCcd Of s2luA.e |
and IL is said that Mrs. Hearst viii furnish
the money for one or two Of them. so that ,
AS mas b'.AE tl tsi-t- Ire t-lGt eN-
penscs OF tho competition. including the
prizes. have approXimated s55.oal.
The New University.
The new university will 10 on the hills !
facing the bay Of san Francisco. and II
ever completed according 10 plans Will f.
time be a very city Of learning. TIE plans
embrace wide avenues. statues. a gym
nasium. n theater. rs well as tho ordinary |
collage cfrnrrrIra aud h.1'= TI.-. 49, ,---l
imposing. and it may he that other multi
miil.onaires may aid IN carrying them out. |
The University Of California. for which the
buildings are planned. IS at present not
more pretentioUs than some OF the large
colleges OF our Middle States. such as
pberlin, for instance. II was founded by
an ect Of Congress, passed IN 1862, and 1t
still has an income Of about $4,000 a year !
from the United States. The State of Call
fornia annually gives II an amount eQuai !
10 2 cents on each 800 Of taxable properly
IN the State, which brings It IN 500. 600 a !
year. 1t has also resources amounting 10
about 100000. and about 100000 have |
been already pledged 10 the now scheme.
Rival. in Teaching.
The university has now $500 students.
which is a hundred or so more than Stan
ford. II has trehled its attendance since
the Stanford University was established
and Il is tho existence and completion cS
Stanford which IS making 1t now one Of
the up-to-date colleges of the country. Il
was sleeping along In a. duh way when SEN |
ator Stanford put M his building and be-
gan to employ the best talent OF the United
States fer his professors. The friends Of
the college then became alarmed. and it
was feared that the State institution would !
be seriously damaged. II began to put in |
better men. The old professors pricked up |
their ears. and to-day the race between il
an. Stanford Is close.
One Of the strongest cards Stanford has
Is ito high-priceG president, David Jordan.
who get I en- told. a salary OF $4,000 a
YER He is a good advertiser. an able ex-