Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-03

IN his rlSnC senses anu was acLlnS IN
the wisest and most conservative man
ner. .
stamford is Not Dead"
LELAND Stanford university is not
dead but most decidedly living. All Of
/ the buildings that were destroyed or
damaged so that they can be repaired
only at great expense and loss Of
time, were the show buildings, the
places where the visitors were taken;
but they were not the buildings where
the work of the university is carried
on.
when the next semester opens
September 1, the school will be prac-
tically as we'll equipped to carry on
Its work as ever. The Memorial
church, the new library, the museum,
the new gymnasium, which had never
been occupied and which was consid-
cred the finest in the world with the
ruins, but the old wooden gym is alb.
solutely unframed and the buildings
In the quadrangle. where the recita-
ton rooms and laboratories are, but
| little damaged.
Students Are Loyal.
'The chemistry building is in the
worst condition of any of the regular
college structures, but they say that
1t can be repaired There will be no
exodus of students, practically all of
them will go back. This spirit was
officially and formally expressed in a
mass meeting The men are all loyal
and will stand by Leland Stanford.
Since the first moments there has new
er been any encouragement or pessi-
mism. DR.. David Starr Jordan, presi-
dent of the university, through it all
was the most optimistic and cheerful
and courageous man there.
THE Chi Psi house, one of the frat
buildings was completely squashed
1t looks like some god had set his
mighty foot upon it and stamped it
down. The Encina hall, where I was
rooming, was badly damaged but will
be repaired. The Ruble hall, a girls
dormitory, supposed to be the weakest
and most poorly constructed building
on the campus, stood the shock the
best OF all of the university buildings
4 The girls were calm and collected
though it is said that at first writing
they had net collected many clothes.
The. banks were open for a short
time Wednesday morning and then
closed. l was fortunate enough to get
my money out, but after the banks
closed money became mighty scarce
around there and many of the men had
to stay at Palo Alto for some time be-
cause they could not raise the ready
money to get away.
Goes to Frisco.
Saturday morning went to San
Francisco. At this time the fires had
quit burning, though everywhere there
were smouldering ruins The thing that
most impressed me, remembering San
Francisco as the gay and happy city,
as did, was the awful, terrible desola,
ton chat hrooded over the city as far
as the eye could see.
From what l saw the order there
was good, even excellent. Soldiers
were everywhere, and 1 saw none of
them doing anything but their duty. 1t
is my opinion, from what little saw
that they did wonderfully we'll I saw
rich and poor alike scrambling for
bread. All of the refugees seemed
| jolly and as though they were taking
the calamity as matter of course. l
cannot imagine how a people could be
more contented with their lot, under
the circumstances, than these people
seemed.
II did not see horse, as remem.
/ Der it, while was in Frisco, but the
automobiles were everywhere. They
deserve great credit for the work they
| did through it ALL"