page_title: Main Quad (Stanford University)
section_title: Current use
hierarchical_section_title: Main Quad (Stanford University) / Current use
caption_attribution_description: View of Stanford University from the Oval.
context_page_description: The Main Quadrangle, or more commonly Main Quad or simply Quad, is the heart and oldest part of Stanford University in California. The collection of connected buildings was started in 1887 and completed in 1906. The Quad was damaged in the 1906 earthquake, repaired, less severely damaged in an 1989 earthquake, and repaired again. The exteriors have remained almost the same since the beginning, though the interiors of most of the buildings have changed radically. The Main Quad is still used for its original purposes of teaching, research, and administration.
context_section_description: The Main Quad now houses many departments and classrooms and also the offices of the President, Provost, and administrative offices of the School of Humanities and Sciences.  The main courtyard is used for University functions, in particular the Baccalaureate service held on the day before the main graduation ceremony, departmental graduation ceremonies, and the annual alumni reunion dinner. 
  A long-standing tradition is Full Moon in the Quad. In its oldest form it was an event at which "a Stanford girl becomes a Stanford woman ... when kissed by a senior man in front of Memorial Church under the light of a full moon"; now it is a party with much kissing held on the first full moon of the school year.
caption: View of the main quadrangle of Stanford University with Memorial Church in the center background from across the grass covered Oval.  The History Corner is to the left (partially obscured by a tree) and the Math Corner to the right.
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