Evening star., 1928-11-18
President.Elect Is in High
Spirits as He Faces Siq.
nificant Mission.
WILL BOARD BATTLESHIP
MARYLAND TOMORROW
Thousands of Fans Cheer Him as
He Sees Game at Stan.
ford Stadium.
BY REX COLLIER.
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.


PALO ALTO, November 17.-Sere.
raded and cheered on his final public
appearance in the United States thi;
year, President-elect Herbert Hoover
tonight looked forward in high spirits
to his departure tomorrow evening on
the first leg of significant mission oi
national good will.
Out of his unprecedented tour in
tropical waters to the south he hopes
will come a new era of friendship and
understanding among the peoples Of
the New World. Nothing short of that
will satisfy him. His pleasurable duty
performed, he will enter with lightened
heart, a few months hence, upon his
solemn trust at Washington.
Bearing the passport of plain citi-
zen but rating the extraordinary honors
Of a prospective ruler, the President
elect will foresake his beloved home on
San Juan Hill-scene of his latest
triumph-and entrain at 7:30 o'clock
tomorrow night for San Pedro. There
Monday morning he will board one of
Uncle Sans proudeSt battleships, the
Maryland, and embark on his $4,000
mile tour of Central and South Amer
lea, Mexico and Cuba.
He does not expect to be back in his
own country until early In the new
year. And he probably will not return
to the National Capital until few days
before Inauguration day, for he may
succumb to the lure of Florida's fishing
grounds upon the fulfillment of his mis-
sion.
Chaerad af Eoot Rail Came
Today he was serenaded by q college
band, cheered by thousands of foot ball
fans when he appeared in the huge
Stanford Stadium and extended the well
wishes of his Palo Alto neighbors at an
informal reception in his home At the
stadium he rose and applauded like the
other $4,000 grid fans when his alma
mater administered a good licking to
team from Seattle. It was the second
successive Saturday he had seen stan
ford whip an invading eleven
Last week the Santa Clara team was
vanuuiShed.
He was accompanied to the game by
MIR. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, jr.: Col
william j. Donovan, a Secret Service
squad and a group of newspaper men,
Mrs. Hoover remained at home to pre-
pare for the little party which she had
arranged for her neighbors on San
Juan Hill and at other nearby places.
A graduate of Stanford, too, she was
deeply interested in the outcome of the
game, however, as evidenced by re-
mark to members of the University OF
Washington Band when they marched
to the hill to play In the Hoover
garden, before the game.
Taking note of Mr.. HOovers remark
that he hoped the visitors had good
luck" Mrs. Hoover called from a
balcony above: But please don't make
it more than tie. If your boys play
foot ball as well as your band plays
music, It might be better than a tie. "
Mr.. Hoover, leaving his study on the
second floor to come out on the balcony
and listen to the concert, stood smil-
ingly as the neatly uniformed youths
struck up, "Therell Be a Hot Time in
the Old Town Tonight" and stanford
Forever"
Thank you very much" the Presi-
dent-to-be said as the boys stopped to
get their breaths. I'm glad to see you
all here. I hope you have some luck in
the game today"
The band replied by rendering an
other college song, and as it did so
Mrs: Hoover noticed nursemaid in the
yard with her pretty little granddaugh-
ter, Peggy Ann, all of years old.
Come up here, Peggy" she called.
"You can hear the music better"
She descended an outside staircase
and took the child from the arms of
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