New-York tribune., 1901-12-15

and Of professors in the faculty like Drs- Bran
ner. Anderson. Dudley and others who received
their training at Cornell under President An
drew D. White now American Minister to Ger
many. Like Cornell Stanford University passed
through dark days of financial stress; 1t was
threatened with total extinction by the govern
1nent suit against the Central Pacific Railroad;
but il weathered the storm, and now 1t Is en-
terins upon new career with the largest en-
dowrnent of any institution of learning in this
country It has made co-education practically
successful, and its colony Of five hundred girls
includes many students who have already won
honors for their work in specialties. Many hne
new buildings are being erected, and the uni
versity can now boast Of a S2OoUoo chapel
building. the finest in America, with great or
gan of three thousand pipes; library building
that contains the largest railroad library in the
world as well as the DR.. Hildebrand collection
and Justice Stephen J. Fields law library, and
8 fine art museum. The buildings are unique,
being Of yellow sandstone. with red tile roofs
and of old Spanish architecture.
The Golden Gate Park Museum will be en-
riched by the collection Of Indian relics and
curios now belonging to the State Mining Bu-
reau This bureau desires to make its exhibit
at headquarters purely mineral. and therefore
II has decided 10 loan its valuable collection Of
lection of twelve hundred mineral specimens
given by NJ Braverman, of Visalia. is now being
Installed No visitor to San Francisco should
miss the park museum, as it is well worth sew
eral hours study. It was founded by NJ H De
Young. who purchased the nucleus for the mu-
scum with funds left over from the Midwinter
Fair and he has been mainly Instrumental in
securing many Of the exhibits Of this country.
Nothing noteworthy brought out at any
of the local theatres this week Jefferson de
Angels is at the Columbia for two weeks with
"a Roval Rogue" AS an old San Franciscan
and clever comedian. De Angels received
warm welcome. but his show is not so good as
he is Clyde Fitch's The Cowboy and the
Lady" at the California, was pronounced the
woolest travesty Of Far Western life that has
ever been seen here. This afternoon Paul Stein
dorf gave the first of a series Of symphony con-
certs at the Grand Opera House to a large audi
'ence. Steindorf, who has worked hard to make
the symphony season a success, has gathered an
orchestra Of ffty-five pieces and has trained ii
carefully
The fftieth anniversary Of the opening of the
first public school in San Francisco was cele-
brated this week by big reception given by the
school teachers 10 James Denman, John SWEET
and A. L. Mann three pioneer leaders in educa-
tonal work. Mr.. Denman, who is now school
Director, said he had seen the public schools
grow from attendance of 100 pupils with two
teachers to attendance Of 5o,o0O, with llo0
Hachers.
mana gers of two ira nscontinental rail
nads in Southern California much worried
over facilities for providing for army of
sixty thousand Eastern tourists who are booked
to start West Immediately after the holidays.
The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe can pro-
vide engines and cars, but the question is
whether their Eastern connections can secure
enough to accommodate the crowd, which far
furpasses the travel in any previous year.
Southern California with its many palatial
hotels and its charming colonies in the midst