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r,snesco. Cal, Jan. 49, 1900
s ..,,ous competition is going on mere
!. 4 ' ..'',ornIa. II Is that of two OF the
% Ne'', , .s,stes which have ever been
slsI'' - II This land Of gold in the line
pi'I ,.' - charity Every one mas
q .s II senator stanford's enormous
a''.. ..,s "a the Leland Stanford Junior
: ',...s,,v These began with the orr
s - :, tbe university scheme in the
7. mind years before his death.
nav we're continued up to that Tune
81 ..s ave being added to by Mrs stan
E .,.a who has for that purpose gwen
wv ,,.o., the whole Of his fortune,
.,r,,lnr to tens of millions Only a
q IN or 50 ago the sale Of the Pacific
'...oy,ment stock gave something like
,~sa oaO more cash to the institution
4 has already lands, stocks and
4 ~, Investments which make 1t the
81 -, endowed college in the world.
vVs SENATOR HEARST AND THE
STATE UNIVERSITY.
~. Hearst estate, or rather Mrs.
-, usarst. has now become inter-
,,,,s N the State University, and she
Ban, 10 make this rival II not surpass
,h,t Of Leland Stanford, Junior She
n, had the greatest architects of Eu-
IN. and The United States competing
,rItb each other in making plans for 1t,
ma has according to her agreement,
,lrsdy paid out prizes to them
Amounting 10 $4,000. The only instruc-
,lv oven we're that the plans were
|, B, made without regard to cost, and
,hu the university buildings were 10
\. Ne finest and grandest in the world.
IN Prize for the best plan was 10 be
,VM and, in addition, there were
triss Of 1900, $1,000, $1,000 and $1,000
,r the second third and fourth best
hans Circulars giving the proposition
yert sent out through our foreign min
,eey 10 the greatest architects Of near
h every country on the globe, and last
Isep,ember from the plans sent in the
Xfyt prize was awarded to T.. Bernard.
u Paris The smaller prizes were won
Nv architects OF New York and Boston.
Monsieur Bernard, in addition 10 get
King bis $1,000, has, am told. been
<flrected to come 10 San Francisco, and
DE- Will probably be here before this
Better Is published. He will be given
5tAs successful plans and will from
kfhsm combine the one which is TO stand
Dor what California believes will be the
+nest university on the globe. The idea
Is that when completed the buildings
Evil cost In the neighborhood OF $685..
100000, and II is said that Mrs. Hearst
ffill furnish the money for one or two
b them so that so that the work may
5fegin al once, The total expenses OF
M competition, including the prizes,
pas Appropriated $4,000.
THE NEW UNIVERSITY.
The new university will be on the hills
Facing the bay Of San Francisco, and IL
sVtr completed according to plans will
y tine be very city OF learning. The
ans embrace wide avenues, statues, a
gymnasium, a theater, as well as the
|oI1lnary college structures and halls.
iney are very imposing, and Il may be
f'has other mutl.millionaires may aid in
raHylng them out. The University OF
1'aulornia, for which the buildings are
panheo, IS al present not more pre-
Fslu0us than some OF the larger colleges
~ our middle States, such as Oberlln.
w Instance 1t was founded by an act
n congress passed In 1862, and IL still
"a an income Of about $4,000 a year
Eivh me United States. The State OF
Alofnla annually gives II an amount
1esasl 70 cents on each 500 OF taxable
t,,Npetty In the State. which brings IL In
|.Nw a year. II has also resources
n0uhung 70 about sS,0O0.000, and
|seoW 100000 have been already
|r''eed to the new scheme.
RIVALS IN TEACHING.
lhe university has now $500 students
Mon Is a hundred or 80 more than
t.ahiofa. II has trebled its attendance
, Ne me Stanford university was es-
'apnshed, and II Is the existence and
csanptuuon OF Stanford which is max.
pss y now one OF the up-to-date colleges
y snv country II was eleeping along In
h, NJ way when Senator Stanford put
NJ ps buildings and began TO employ
fs. ~. TALENT OF the United States for
H. p'ytessors. The friends OF the col.
NV men oeeame alarmed. ana n waa
HI ss.ea mat the State institution would
A. ~,lousiy damaged. IL begun 10 put
|p,' S,'.er men. The old professors
IN ~ w Their ears and today the
n. 0s.Wesn 1t and Stanford Is close.
n, =, me strongest cards Stanford
jos,s US hlgh-priced president David
tesnn VINO gets, | am told a salary OF
FL ' NJ year. He is O good advertiser
nDn,s, ny executive and has a national
sbIs s.sHeh 10 Offset this the stare
fsr,ss l'y recently sent East and i'm
\, ~ q ten-lhousand dollar presIden,
~ wy petson Of Benjamin Ide Wheeler
u ~ s.a known historian and educator
,u IsI now the rival inetltutIons ar
Tb nv amos almost neck and neck.
,spr,s,,inave already an international
lto cs svn,ahd have students from Mex.
MI sshtal America end Hawaii as
s,a,.s rom all parts OF the IIni,sd
ksss Both sexes are admitted but
h. NV university recently Restricted
hors I'M Of female students 10 not
tscsusa , ~ wy az one time. This was
turbsr, ne elIls We're applying In such
crowd az, may u was feared they would
rIs., out the boys and the unlvarsItv
nsls Imiereby become more Of a ~,
for 49,, sieee than one Intended oh,aav
s,antors's1 % understand was Senator
rv,, original Intention.
BEST ENDOWED coLLrcrs
VI THE WORLD.
se ~, STAFFORD =! university and tho uni.
tsst sDS o. California are already ths
With ,,lbl ~ wed colleges OF The wor t
tlslnss h hYe millions which has n is
rnIys,.,,,o een already promised tho
tbou, ~ Of California, n win bene e
epvsrs rsn! millions outside Of Tits I,s
tsvs s,s, ni and State aid ana az
lIors,,.'ss ,ea the hope is thai he y, n,,'
. tvs MEN, . California viii Increase s tSis
'sge. NY 'y-hye millions. Columbia c e,,
,Air,ssSO. r York, has an endowmep, tV .,
tRcss. Nyllllons: Harvard has elevsn :,
Hopkir, i iale ten millions ana Johns
ssr.ity !, ' he millions. Chicago sJ npI.
lpne ., = 9sing supported by he Sor.
Iyshtssrs,o hn Rockefeller ana /, , ,v
p,hers ~ have more than any OF " ,bs
false ,v,t me Methodlsts are trying ' ,o
pew p tfssh'y million dollars FOR ,ba 10
'sr their ,'s lily at Washington bur az
mail. '0Hscuons are Comparatively
RICHER THAN ION