The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-15
MORE STANFORD
MONEY IS GIVEN
BROTHER OF THE FOUNDER OF
THE GREAT UNIVERSITY is AL
so AIDING 1T.
Especial CorrespondcnceJ

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Febru-
airy Although it has always been |
surmised that Thomas Welton Stan
ford, brother of the founder of Stan
ford University, would devise his whole
fortune to this institution, such has
now become a certainty, through de-
finite knowledge obtained by DIR. Jor-
dan upon his recent trip to Melbourne, !
where Mr.. Stanford is still engaged in
business, Perhaps the most attrac
tive feature of the legacy is the set
ting aside of a fund Of $25O,OOO to en-
dow number of scholarships at Stan
ford University to enable Australian !
students to continue their education |
in America. 1t may be interesting to !
note that more than ten years before !
the splendid bequest of Cecil Rhodes |
Mr. Stanford had already determined |
upon this scholarship endowment.
In a published interview Mr.. Stan I,
ford is reported as saying that the sum
set aside would probably yield suffi
cient revenue to permit of six or eight
students leaving for Palo Alta annual
| ly. Continuing he said: No de-
finite sum Will be set aside for each
student, and the length of his train
| ing at the University will vary, the
trustees being the sole judges of how
| long a student shall remain. Above
everything else, my desire is that Aus
tralia shall reap the entire benefit OF
this higher training of her rising men.
The difficulty is to make some binding
stipulation that the students shall give
Australia the benefit of the training
they receive, but | hope and believe
that in spite of the attractions that
America with it's wide held of enter
prise, offer they will be patriotic
enough to return to their native land,
1t is chiefly in the higher branches OF
technical training in which Mr.. Stan
ford believes the Australian universe
ties are deficient that the scholarships
shall apply.
While Mr.. Stanford has never seen
the college that bears the family name
he has always shown a deep interest
in it and on the smallest details of its
life, and has for many years been a
member of the Board of Trustees. 1t
was he who, when the California SEN
ator died leaving him a generous be.
Iquest, turned the gift over for the
erection of the present library; anu it
was he who put into this building a
collection of Australian literature sec
ond only to that at the Smithsonian
Institute at Washington; and finally
it was he who materially added to the
contents of the museum having stock
ed it, among other things, with many
paintings that were once the pride of
Melbourne. So it will hardly seem
/, strange when it is said that Mr. Stan
ford despite his forty-seven years of
residence in Australia is still loyal
American and that he has filled the
position of vice-consul for the United
States.
Mr.. Stanford, an elderly man over
six feet tall, slight, very erect, and a
most active man for his years. has
had varied life's history. He fol-
| lowed his elder brother from the New
York home to California in the days
, when gold could still be found in the
placer camps, and like him, opened up
a store from which he could supply
! anything from a needle to a ship s
| Il RIO
} of this life he decided to take a holt
day and set out for Europe. In New
} York he casually met an American
miner who had just returned from the
!. gold fields of Australia and who, in
= talking about mining conditions, in
1 cidentally mentioned the fact that the
tallow dip, which had long since been
l discarded in America for the coal oil
lamp, was the only light used, The
business instinct of Mr.. Stanford i'm
l mediately suggested to him a new
V field of operations. He knew the need
3 of mining camp. Why couldn't ne
20 introduce American goods into the
q Australian fields? He hurriedly sailed
4 off, not to Europe, but to Australia
e with a large supply of lamps and oil
0 and opened up a shop in Melbourne
RI which it is related, he had to close
: again in a few days because his entire
d stock was sold out-miners thronged
| in, grabbed lamps put down the pur.
T. chase price and left. In the course Of
T. a short time he introduced additiona
d commodities, such as condensed milk
e condensed coffee and sewing machines
K commodities which were essential il
T. the locality and which seemed to salts
fly the lack of the community viii
3 regard to his continuance in business
r today, Mr.. Stanford said: The onl!
thing that keeps me at this desk whel
II l gladly would be away in the hills, /
VI the fact that when I die | want n