The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-25

address and Bishop Nichols offered
the commital prayer.
This closed the funeral rites as they
had been arranged. but this was not
all. AS the heavy casket was being
carefully lowered into the marble sar-
cophagus, the assembly Of 1900 stu
dents. who formed the inner portion
OF the great circle Of humanity broke
forth with wonderful spontaneity in
the Stanford college hymn, Hail,
Stanford, Hail." AS the last lines Of
the second verse died away the great
marble slab closed over the casket and
the earthly remains of Mrs. Stanford
reposed peacefully beside those OF her
husband and son.
In his address In Memorial church
Rev. Dlnsmore said. in part:
Our lives may be said to be a SER
les OF surprises, punctured at frequent
intervals with shocks, startling and
often terrific shocks. In one way or
another in forms more or less severe
these shocks come to all of us in our
lives. Such shock. great, sudden
startling, stunning, has come to this
university, to this commonwealth, to
this country in the departure out Of
this world of the noble woman whose
body now lies here, In this magnificent
church where her bounty has erected
TO the glory of God. and in loving
memory of her husband OF her sud-
den and sorrowful taking Off, 1t does
not become me to say one word. That
/ leave to others. Only this / may
say; That in common with multituies
i of others near and far away, we grieve
that her passing was not In the quiet.
ness and peace of her own preferred
home, her beautiful country seat, near
this spot, where the sweetest associa-
tions of her life had their center. 1t
is however. II is a comfort to know,
that while she was world-round trav.
eler, 1t pleased God so to order 1t, so
she should pass away under the flag
OF her own country, the country she
loved.
"She lived long life, with varied
experiences and amid varied scenes
During the greater part of her life
her path lay on the highr levels as
regards wealth and prominence. But
the glamour of this world never iaz-
zled her eyes nor made her blind to
the really higher and nobler ends of
existence. She never lost her fellow
feeling for those who lived on lower
levels; with those whom Mr.. Lincoln
called the plain people. Like her Di-
vine Master, she was never ashamed
to call them her brethren.
"she and her distinguished husband
had great plans for the good of pros.
perity and Of mankind. This unlver.
sity is their monument. In the loneli-
ness Of her childlessness and widow
hood this was the central and su-
preme ambition of her soul; the am
bition to found a great university
where the children of the common peo-
pie might receive an education equal
to that within the reach OF the highest;
an institution magniflcently endowed,
yet most democratic; a place where
one is rated not according to his birth
or his fortune. but according to his
worth; a place where the son of the
day laborer stands on the same level
as the son of the millionaire this is the
basis Of this University.
'Here is a fountain opened in this
western land to carry refreshment TO
vast regions of the earth. Here is
striking example of the right use or
large wealth.
"The body of Senator Stanford sleeps