Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-03-10

When she lived i'll her residence on
the Leland Stanford university grounds
the late Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford
of San Francisco. widow of Senator
Leland Stanford, founder of the uni
versity, attended all the college fuuc-
tions, says the New York Globe. Mrs.
Stanford encoura ged students TO vis-
it her in her home. and to the less for
tunate she was the more ready with
her advice and help. She is said never
10 have refused aid TO Il poor student.
Ii financial help was not always given,
Mrs. Stanford would recommend the
student to some university employ
ment.
Hearing of two chums in straitened
circumstances, Mrs. Stanford sent for
them and offered them Adolanta villa.
one of her great unoccupied mansions
Oh the university estate, furnished lux
uriously throughout. Besides giving
this mansion over TO them for year.
she gave them each SO month.
Mrs. Stanford was regarded as q
business woman Of exceptional ability,
and after her husbands death she as
sumed the responsibility Of the man
aRement of ranch of 62,9J0 acres,
says the New York Tribune. In 1902
a church iu memory of her husband
was dedicated at the university, cost
ing S5UU,UUO. of which DR.. Heber New
ton of New York city became rector.
A characteristic of Mrs. Stanford
said one who knew her several years
ago. was that she did not give her
money and then close her eyes and
ears and try to shut out sights and
sounds of the world while she brooded
over her own sorrows. Instead she
contributed with her money her own
wise thought and strong personality.
Mrs. Stanford was always famous
as hostess. and whether ID cabinet
members or to newsboys III Washing
ton or to students of the university In
California she was the kind, genial
woman, forgetting herself for others.
She was the personal friend OF every
girl at the Leland Stanford university
and an active member of the Young
Womens Christian association con-
uected with that institution, attending
all its meetings regularly.
Her action in deciding 70 Stanford
university the great bulk Of her pri-
vate fortune, with the property which
Senator Stanford assigned for the
foundation of the institution, was no
surprise TO any one who knew OF the
sacrifices which she made for the col
lege. In the dark days of 1888, when
the governments suit for SlJ,tUOnO
against the Central Pacific railroad
threatened to sweep away Il large part
Of the university endowment, Mrs.
Stanford was importuned by Hunt
inyton and other railroad managers 10
close the university for two or three
years rather than sacrifice railroad
stocks and bonds. She declared she
would do neither but out of her pri-
vate fortune she would pay the eX-
ltllSpS VI Nlll,Ii tLS'i
ed 10 $1,000 a day. So she actually
sold many costly jewels and works or
art and disposed Of securities for Which
she could get a good price and In this
way kept the doors Of Stanford open.
When asked why she resorted to such
means, she replied: The university
stands to me for husband and son. 1t
is dearer than anything in the world.
and will sacrifice anything rather
than see it suffer-"
Senator Leland Stanford and his
wife always were adored by the people
of California who lived in the vicinity
OF their home and Of the university
established by them, says the New
York Press. Among their admirers
was an Italian named Bracchi, who
drove the bus that carried students
back and forth between the campus
md their homes