The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-21
MRS. STAMFORD.

its immediate environment. She was
resolved to build magnificently, but not
to erect any structure until broad and
general plan had been evolved in which
each building should form a part of
harmonious whole. Too little attention
has been paid to natural environment
in the locating of our colleges and
schools in general, and in this instance,
starting out with a location beautiful
in itself. it was wisely resolved to make
the most of it in order that a grand and
enduring monument should be erected
that would last for all time Invita-
tons for architects to compete were is
sued four years ago, and in September,
1898 the international jury met in the
Royal Museum of Fine Arts at Antwerp
for the purpose of examining the plans
submitted and awarding prizes The II
successful competitors at this meeting
We're invited to submit revised plans for
the following September. at which meet
ing the first prize of $4,000 was award
ed to NJ. E. Barnard of Paris, and anoth-
er $1,000 was divided among four firms
of architects, all Americans, for designs
ranking respectively second, third
fourth and fifth. The preliminary out
lay of 5000 in prizes represented but
small proportion of the sum destined
for the architectural enrichment Of
Berkeley, for after the first and second
competitions the successful artists were
invited to study the site on the spot as
guests of their generous patroness and
spent months there in celebrating, cor
recting and perfecting.
After the great general scheme was
perfected the erection of the new struc-
lures was commenced, the first to go up
being the mining building, which Mrs.
Hearst intends, as a fitting memorial Of
her husband, shall be as complete and
beautiful as human mind can conceive
and human hands can erect Thus SEN
timent is combined with utility in this
building, which supplies one of the1
greatest needs of the university AS
the architectural scheme is to be per
fected without reference to the pres
ent structures comprising the old uni
versity, most if not all of these will
probably be RACED in the process Of re-
Mobilization and their places supplied
with others up to date. It is intended
that the new Berkeley shall be perfected
along the lines of a noble architectural
standard, structurally considered, and
the whole work may consume at least
generation But when completed it will
be one of the mightiest monuments of
human thought and endeavor embodied
in stone that the universe contains-at
least this American portion of it. The
university already ranks fifth in its to-
tai enrolment, the number of students
of both sexes being above 3.O00 and
within the scope Of its curriculum viii
be included every branch of learning
known to the world of pedagogy in
GLIDING forestry and irrigation, naval
architecture and marine engineering as
well as all the standards recognized in
the more ancient colleges. While Mrs.
Hearst alone viii probably contribute
from ten to twenty millions to the uni
versity, other millionaires have been
moved to open their purse strings and
endow it literally, so that the future is
certainly fun of promise for the beau
tifully situated university at Berkeley
On-the- Bay
The woman who has revitalized Cali
fornia's state university is so wei
known through her many benevolent
enterprises in Washington. in San
Francisco and elsewhere. through sci
entific expeditions she has financed to
various parts Of the old world and the
founded for girls and the kindergartens
she has established for children. that
little can be written of her which would
be new to the average reader. She is of
delicate, even frail, physique slight
and not tall, with a Madonna like face
and brown hair tinged with gray
Though her benefactions have made her
the cynosure of the public, she has a
horror of publicity and nothing can be
more distasteful to this refined and
gentle woman than to be praised for
deeds which she regards as the natural
outcome Of life devoted to noble ends.
The Leland Stanford, Jr., university.
at Palo Alto, Cal, although nearly 80
years younger than the Berkeley uni