Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-27

MAS great universities, has
TO do with two vast fortunes
- and the benellcent uses to
which they were put II also
demonstrates woman's capacity for
handling large enterprises In the most
systematic manner and her willingness
to make great sacrifices for the accom-
plishment of worthy ends
Fifty-one years ago sturdy young
Mlssourian, George Hearst, took the
Californian gold fever then prevalent
and went IN search OF his fortune. ATT
ef ten years he found II, and when he
died In 1891 his estate was estimated at
10000 900. He had endured great hard
ships and had been almost on the point
OF giving up when good luck came to
him, After 1t came he returned to his
Missouri home, sought out young wo-
man whom he had known as child
and made her his wife. This young wo-
man, then under 20 years OF age. was
Miss Phebe Elizabeth Apperson, the
daughter OF farmer She was known
throughout the county in which she
wac Jun W. HNl WI tAhh kNAi1iRhN hAo~
position. The miner returned to Cali.
fornla with his bride, and they made
their home in San Francisco In 1887
Mr.. Hearst was sent as United States
senator TO Washington, and in that
city he died.
Forty-nlne years ago another fortune
seeker Joined the great army that had
been for three years moving westward
and cast his lines in San Francisco,
where he entered into business. This
man was Leland Stanford, the son of a
prosperous farmer Of Albany county.
N. y, whose education, obtained in the
common schools, had been supplement-
ed by a few years study OF law. In
1SiS he had married Miss Jane LathrOp.
the daughter Of Dyer Lathrop. sheriff
of Albany county, talented young wo-
man Of great mental endowments and
an inherited sound and sturdy consttu-
ton.
Mr.. Stanford had great success in
business and, becoming identified with
politics. was chosen delegate TO the
convention at Chicago which nominated
Abraham Lincoln and the same year
was elected governor Of his state by an
overwhelming majority AS president
OF the Central Pacific railroad he de-
voted all his energies TO the consumma-
ton Of the gigantic undertaking which |
resulted In uniting the Mississippi with |
the Pacific and in May, 1869, drove the
last spike In the first completed line !
that belted the continent. In 1885 he |
was elected TO the national senate and
reelected In 1891, like his colleague,
Hearst ending his life IN Washington
while serving as senator from Califor-
MIA. Senator Hearst died In 1891, SEN
ator Stanford In 1893.
These are the facts. badly stated,
which form the foundation Of the won
derful story OF CALIFORNIA; advance
ment as great university state. The
fortunes accumulated through the ener-
gy and sagacity Of two enterprising
men and iudiciously left 10 the unre-
strlcted use OF their widows have be-
come in the hands OF these philanthropy
ic almoners a means Of benehcence 70
thousands. These rellcts of two OF Cali
ifornia's great men became. though UNI
Willingly, rivals In educational philan-
thropy. each dominated by the highest
and most worthy sentlment-the desire
to perpetuate the memory OF DEPART
ed member Of her family and to carry
out aims and ambitions which were cut
short by death. II Is through this
friendly ana noble rivalry that the state
OF California Is indebted to two women
for the achievement In a few short
years OF what without their intelligent
guidance and material assistance might
have taken long decades OF effort.
The older OF the two institutions
which have been endowed by the ladies
mentioned above, the University OF Cali
ifornla. was organized in 1868 and es.
tablished at Berkeley, then a large town
opposite the Golden Gate on the eastern
shore OF San Francisco bay II Is a
nonsectarian. coeducational university,
at the present time well to the fore,
with 800 instructors, more than 5000
students, with Benjamin Ide Wheeler,
LIZ D.. as president. The site OF the
university Is unsurpassed for natural
beauty. occupying a broad slope rising
10 height OF nearly 200 feet, one OF the
forest covered buttresScs OF Grizzly
peak which is 1900 feet in height.
There are great fields, green or brown.
according TO the season; magnificent
groves OF live oaks. bays and pines.
dark. miniature canyons and sparkling
streams. while from the yerddre clad
slope that breasts the bay Is outspread
view that charms an who BEHOLD IL.
With n perception OF the surprising
natural features Of the site that In itself
Is a proof Of her wisdom, Mrs. Phebe
Hearst. having decided TO devote a for,
tune to the university, invited interna.
tional competition for comprehensive
plans for permanent buildings and
landscape scheme which should II pos.
sible enhance the beauty Of the site and
It's immediate environment She was