3d6/ 576 a 1903 A — A— S i 1 3! 3^ ^i 2 —^f 4 _S 6 ^ 3 ^=P 4 Address Upon as President Trustees of Junior Her Inauguration of the Board of Leland Stanford University By Jane Lathrop Stanford ADDRESS — OF — Jane Lathrop Stanford UPON HER INAUGURATION — AS — '^^' "^PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES — OF — THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY JUI.Y 6tli, 1903. ADDRESS — oif — Jane Lathrop Stanford UPON HER INAUGURATION PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES — OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY JULY 6tli, 1903. c^ To the Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University: Gentlemen: I think it fitting that I should not only thank you for the compliment paid me in my election as a Trustee of the Leland Stanford Junior University, and as President of this Board of Trustees, but that I should also address you relative to certain matters of policy upon which I think I am qualified to speak by my ten years of experience, and as to such matters as are likely to come before you for considera- tion during my term of office as President. I appreciate these honors not only because they were voluntarily and unexpectedly tendered by you immediately upon the announcement of my intention to resign all of the powers and duties heretofore vesting in me by law as Surviving Founder of the University, but because the positions will enable me to keep in touch with its affairs and to see it assume its final form and organization. Your first serious problem is that of organizing this Board and the University. The importance of this question cannot well be over- estimated, and its solution should receive all of the thought and investigation which its importance demands. The Founding Grant contains the following clauses upon this subject : "That the Trustees shall have power and it shall be their duty: "2. To manage and control the institution hereby founded. "3. To manage and control the trust property, care for and improve the same, operate or lease it, and apply the net proceeds or profits thereof to the purposes of the trust hereby created. 295504 ''6. To make by-laws not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or the purposes of this grant, for the government of the institution hereby founded. '■7. To make rules and regulations for the management of the trust property. "8. To keep a full and fair record of their proceedings. ''9. To appoint a President of the University, who shall not be one of their number, and to remove him at wnll. "10. To employ professors and teachers at the Univer- sity. "11. To fix the salaries of the president, professors and teachers, and to fix them at such rates as will secure to the University the services of men of the very highest attain- ments. ''13. To establish and maintain at such University an educational system which will, if followed, fit the graduate for some useful pursuit, and to this end to cause the pupils, as early as may be, to declare the particular calling, which, in life, they may desire to pursue, but such declaration shall not be binding if, in the judgment of the President of the University, the student is not by nature fitted for the pursuit declared. "18. To do and perform all things hereinafter provided for, and all things necessary to the proper exercise and dis- charge of their trust." "THE FACULTY. The Trustees shall constitute the President and Profes- sors the Faculty of the University, and prescribe their powers and duties as such." "The grantors, and each of them, do hereby in accord- ance with the provisions of the aforesaid Act of the Legisla- ture, elect: "I. In relation to the property hereby conveyed, and in relation to such other property as may hereafter be conveyed or devised by them or either of them to said Trustees for the purpose of this trust, and in relation to the erection, main- tenance and management of the institution hereby founded to perform during their lives all the duties and exercise all the powers and privileges which, by the terms of this grant, are enjoined upon and vested in the Trustees therein named. "2. That the survdvor of either of said grantors shall, after the death of the other, and during the life of the sur- vivor, in relation to all of said property, and in relation to the erection, maintenance and management of the institution hereby founded, perform all the duties and exercise all the powers and privileges which, by the terms of this grant, are enjoined upon and vested in the Trustees therein named. ''3. That upon the death of both grantors, then all such duties shall devolve upon, and all such powers and privileges shall be exercised by the Trustees named in this grant, and by their successors forever." I have nevertheless strictly adhered to the following clauses quoted from my addresses, delegating to the Presi- dent of the University the exclusive freedom to appoint and dismiss professors and teachers free from all control by me, never having in a single instance deviated from this power I delegated to him. As frequently stated to you heretofore, the Founders as- sumed those powers only so far as they related to the man- agement of the University properties, to the erection and permanent equipment of University buildings, and to the determination of the gross amount of the annual appropria- tions for the maintenance of the institution. In my address to you of June ist, 1897, is the following: "In the grant founding the Leland Stanford Junior Uni- versity, November 14, 1885, it is made the duty of the Trus- tees to give the President of the University the following powers : (quoting the clauses defining the powers of the Pres- ident) "The history of the University for the past six years has fully vindicated the wisdom of this clause in the grant. It is my wish that this clause shall be in the future, as in the past, respected, both in word and in spirit. I therefore explicitly direct that the selection and removal of the professors and teachers and all questions relating thereto shall be deter- mined by the President and by him alone. "The plan pursued by me during the past four years is to set aside at the beginning of each year a certain definite fund for the payment of salaries, another definite fund for the purchase of books and supplies, leaving to the President (ex- cept in the matter of his own salary, that to remain as my husband fixed it) to determine at his sole discretion the par- ticular distribution of these funds." In my address of May 31st, 1899, I stated: "The selection, appointment and removal of all profes- sors and teachers, and all questions relating thereto, shall be made and determined by the President of the University." In my address of October 3rd, 1902, will be found the following upon the same subject : "Any directions heretofore made by me inconsistent with any of the provisions of Subdivisions 9, 10 and 11 of Article IV of the Founding Grant are withdrawn. The Board of Trustees should adopt such a plan for the nomination and appointment of professors and teachers, and the determina- tion of their salaries, as experience of this and similar insti- tutions may prove to be desirable. During my administra- tion the President of the University shall continue to have the exclusive control over the appointment and dismissal of professors and teachers, as he has had heretofore. '"The Board of Trustees should always avail itself of the knowledge and experience of the President of the University, who, by reason of the high and disinterested position which he holds, will be found to be a safe counsellor in all matters of University administration and in all differences and con- flicting claims within and between departments." Although I found the system described in the foregoing extracts from my former addresses to be advantageous while the University was under my personal supervision, after very serious consideration I withdrew these directions in my ad- dress of October 3rd, 1902, so far as they extended the orig- inal powers of the President as defined in the Founding Grant. You should accordingly assume the foregoing and any other functions of the Trustees which I have delegated to the President of the University during my administration, and, after full investigation and deliberation you should formulate general rules providing for the government of the Univer- sity, and defining the powers and duties of the President and Faculty. I recommend that in the determination of all matters af- fecting the General Faculty or any Department Faculty, provision should be made whereby the views of any such fac- ulty or any professor, not personally interested, should al- ways be received and given whatever consideration their special knowledge may warrant, and that without curtailing the proper functions of the President or Board of Trustees the greatest freedom of action consistent with the interests the University be accorded each faculty. There is great necessity that in every department the pro- fessors should make rules of discipline and have them obeyed, and every department should catalogue its books, instru- ments and tools and send such inventory to the Trustees, and at the end of each year render an account of same. There has been great laxity in the past in the care of property, instruments and tools, and the heads of each department should be held responsible, and they in turn should hold their students responsible for these articles. Only in this way can the students be made to appreciate and care for the means freely accorded to them. You should at the same time provide for the permanent organization of this Board of Trustees that its organization and that of the President and Faculty, which are more or less related, should be harmonious. The Trustees are in control of Encina Hall. I do not approve of having this Hall under the supervision of student monitors, as in the past. No rooms in the building should be rent free to any one connected with the University, and no money from University funds should be allowed to pay stu- dents' room rent in this building for services rendered. I think that whatever compensation is made to any officer or employee should be made directly, and not indirectly in the form of rebates of rents or otherwise. This will permit of the administration of the business interests of the University upon business principles, and independently of the charitable or University department. The Trustees are in control of Roble Hall. No rooms in this Hall should be rent free and no University funds should be appropriated for student's room rent in this Hall. An experienced, dignified lady should be selected by the Trustees for this Hall as Matron, one wdio would be a safe counsellor, judicious in her management, and understanding the proprieties governing the conduct of the young ladies in this Hall towards the male students of the University. No collections of any kind should be sent to the Museum or accepted as a loan without the consent of the Trustees. They alone can accept gifts for the Museum or make or authorize purchases for the same. No electric road constructed by any outside corporation or interest should ever be allowed to be built or operated on the University grounds. If ever an electric road becomes necessary in the future, it should be governed by the Trustees of the University, and should not be allowed to run upon the main University Avenue. That should ever be kept free for carriages, pedestrians and bicycles, as at persent. Any such road should also be kept out of the Arboretum. No buildings of any kind whatever should ever be erected within the grounds of the original Arboretum. It should always be retained in its present condition as a Park for drives and walks so long as the University exists. This Park was a favorite project of my husband and carried into effect twenty-eight years ago. There are many miles of drive within, or connected by shaded avenues with this beautiful park. The choicest trees are there planted from all parts of the world, and as the years roll on and this most beautiful valley of Santa Clara becomes, as I have no doubt it will, the educational center of our State and thickly settled with beau- tiful homes, this park will be unique and of itself memorable and monumental. It should, accordingly, always be sacredly preserved from mutilation. The foregoing does not refer to sites of the museum or new gymnasium or to the proposed athletic field. I have always regretted that I allowed the professors to build a club-house within the boundary line of this Park, and in the very near future it should be removed to another location, and thus obliterate the precedent that I established of occupying these grounds for any use save as above men- tioned. No houses on the campus are ever to be rent free to any one connected with the University, or otherwise. No hospital or sanitarium should ever be erected on the University grounds and I think no sanitarium or hospital should ever be managed by any one connected with the Uni- versity, except by the students themselves. It is, however, deemed wise and expedient that the students should tax themselves each year at the rate of fifty cents or one dollar a semester, to create a fund with which to provide for them- selves the proper care and attention which might be required lO in case of sickness. Aside from being a necessity, it is an education and discipline which will enable the students to learn the great advantage of having their own funds at their command to supply a perhaps much needed want if ever a hospital or sanitarium is necessary for their personal use. The Trustees, President or Professors of the University should never undertake to manage a cafe or boarding-house for the benefit of the students. It was tried by the Founders but not found expedient and consequently abandoned. Such a place, if allowed, should be managed and controlled by the students themselves. All parties erecting Fraternity Houses, I think, should advance one-fifth of the cost before the ground is leased to them. It will make them more responsible and interested to pay the balance of the debt on the same if this plan is pursued. The personal knowledge I have gained by experience and close observation leads me to make the following sugges- tions: There must be a decided stand taken as to the usages of the Memorial Church. It was built solely for religious pur- poses, to be open during all hours of the day from sunrise to sunset: that all seeking spiritual comfort for the soul may feel in this holy place that they are welcome, and God grant them peace. No contributions should ever be solicited for any purpose from the congregations assembling there. There must be no secular use of this building, no concerts, no lessons on the organ. Already I have been obliged to take a firm stand regarding the use of the Church. Fearing a laxity of respectful feeling as to its use, I planned and built the Assembly Hall first, which seats the same number of people as the Church. There is also the Chapel, which seats from five to six hundred, and which can be used as it has been in the past for lectures, and for such prayer meetings and II preaching as the Young Men's and Young Women's Chris- tian Associations may wish. It should ever be kept for such purposes. I have always felt these associations have hal- lowed this building, and so good a man as Rev. Dr. Thoburn has left his impress there, never to be effaced, and my own meetings in early days with these societies are memorable to me. These young hearts have taught me how beautiful it is to give one's soul to God while young. Having made such a beginning early in life they will have fewer regrets to carry than they would have should they do so when near the end of life's journey. Another reason why I would ever preserve this Chapel for purposes above the ordinary class recitation room is, because this was the place the Founder loved to go to. The subject of student employment has been discussed between us and I found your opinions coincided with my own, which are derived from personal experience and obser- vation. There should never be any partiality in furnishing employment to students at the expense of the University, nor should students be employed merely to enable them to avail themselves of the advantages offered by the University. This is not what the Founders intended, which was to give an education only, and it should never be allowed. I have found the system of student employment to be in most cases very unsatisfactory, expensive, and usually very unreliable, because of their duties as students continually calling them away from their work. I think those immediately respon- sible for clerical and manual work should, subject to such regulations as this Board may make, have the power of employing and dismissing the necessary help. They should only use such help as will do the work best and cheapest. No professor or teacher employed to give his whole time to the University should engage in or be connected with, or employed in any outside business while a professor of the 12 University, as he is expected to give his whole attention to his calling. No one connected in any way with the Board of Trustees, or with the University, should be allowed to accept commis- sions on any goods or articles purchased for the University. The acceptance of any such commission should be regarded as such an act of dishonesty on the part of the recipient and the merchant as to warrant the severance of business or other relations with both parties. No one connected with the University should be allowed to publish books on their individual account, employing type- writers, printing-presses, or clerks whose services are paid for by the University. No one connected ofificially with the University should start a business on the Campus with the expectation of indi- rectly deriving profit out of the University. Another subject I draw your particular attention to is that no professor or teacher should be allowed to make any demands upon the treasury except through the proper chan- nel provided by the Trustees. Only registered students should ever be permitted to use the appliances, instruments or machinery in any of the buildings. Only registered students should be allowed to use either of the gymnasiums. During my ten years of administration of University affairs my policy has been to provide for the gradual and normal growth of the University by making only such mod- erate and needful increases in the annual appropriation for salaries and other fixed charges as the finances of the Univer- sity have warranted. By persistently resisting the natural tendency of the fixed expenses of universities to absorb the whole income, or even to exceed it, I have been enabled to provide such buildings and equipment as the needs of the University have demanded. Even when all the buildings 13 now under construction have been completed, I will not have satisfied the immediate demands of the present University- authorities for more new buildings. Had I allowed the fixed expenses of the University to consume much more of its income, I could not within a generation have afforded ade- quate facilities for instructing the great number of students which would have already come to it. My policy has been efficiency of equipment and professors and not mere num- bers, either of students, professors or departments. I quote the following from a letter dated Berlin, May lo, 1 90 1, from Hon. Andrew D. White, whose opinion and advice I value highly: "I believe devoutly in the mission of the Arts, Architec- ture, Sculpture, Painting and Music in uplifting human life. Vastly important as Science is, I should dislike institutions which are restricted to the cultivation of science alone. Therefore it is that I rejoice to hear that you are increasing your buildings, adhering to your original most beautiful plan. "The rapid multiplication of Professorships is, in my opinion, of not so much importance as completing the origi- nal plan of buildings. The extension and multiplication of departments will, of course, go on, but it can wait somewhat, while the material foundation and surroundings are pro- vided." Another suggestion which I have given much thought is not at present to begin new departments in the University, but strengthen and perfect those already commenced, pre- ferring rather to discontinue the weak; not to be ambitious as to large numbers of students; not to try to keep up in numbers of professors or students with such universities as Yale, Harvard, Cornell or our own excellent State Univer- sity, all of which so largely outnumber Stanford. I myself prefer to keep within the limit of fifteen hundred or two thousand for a few years to come; to give students an extra quality of education and to send out each year master minds 14 and skilled workmen from strong departments that they in iheir turn may fill places of credit to themselves and to the University they represent. There are already too many universities that are attempt- ing more than they can do with the best results. The Trustees of the University should not attempt to do more than they can accomplish with the best possible results. In establishing or developing departments they should so apportion the funds of the University as to produce results of most value to the students, to science or to industry. In other words, without curtailing the scope of the University as planned and maintained by the Founders, the money should be spent where it will go the farthest. In no case should funds be appropriated for current expenses in advance of the actual needs. Any other policy leads to neglect and extravagance rather than to efficiency and economy. There is no danger that the funds of the Uni- versity will be larger than the growing needs of the Institu- tion will demand. The richest universities all see new or larger fields of usefulness than they can enter upon. This is the healthy, normal state of universities. In addition to providing for the present expenses and future needs of the institution itself the Trustees will find it necessary to make adequate reserve funds to provide against destruction or deterioration of properties and depre- ciation of securities. I do not believe in drawing from the treasury all of its resources, but in keeping enough in reserve to meet any emergency that may arise. I have in the past ten years followed this practice strictly. I am convinced that a larger and more commodious Library Building is required, and it will give me great pleas- ure, if I am spared, to erect this in the future. The next subject to which I would call your special inter- est and attention in the future, is the Mechanical Depart- ments. I know full well how im[)()rtain my husband consid- 15 ered these departments. The large workshops were fitted up at an enormous expense with the very finest and best of machinery and tools. During the first two years there were over a hundred students busily engaged in learning how to use their hands deftly and usefully in the machine shops. This number, from some cause which we cannot understand, has been steadily decreasing from year to year. It was a theory of my husband that the labor of a man whose brain has been developed in conjunction with skilled hands, made him so superior to the ordinary workman as to enable him to command the highest compensation. He also felt that the presence of these departments in the University tended to greatly dignify labor. Many of the students come to this University because the advantages are free and because they know they will be obliged to carve out their own future, and with the encour- agement which we will give these departments in the future, they may gladly pursue this course of study. The profes- sional world has more than its quota, while the manual has still room for more skilled workmen. When you put on the armor and take up the work where I leave it, I charge you to pay special attention to these departments. Let the laborer always keep before him these words of our precious Savior : "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." In the next place I would impress on you the importance of a subject near my heart — that of economy being taught the students. A student will be better fitted to battle with the trials and tribulations of life if he (or she) has been taught the worth of money, the necessity of saving and of overcom- ing a desire to imitate those who are better off in the world's goods. For when he has learnt how to save and how to con- trol inordinate desires, he will be relatively rich. During the past three and a half years of close observation on my part, the importance of economy has impressed itself forcibly upon i6 me and I wish it to be taught to all students of the University. Nature has made the surroundings of the University beautiful and the substantial character of the buildings gives them an appearance of luxury. I wish this natural beauty and comparative luxury to impress upon the students the necessity of their preservation for the generations that are to follow. The lesson thus taught will remain with them through life and help them to teach the lesson to others. The University buildings and grounds are for their use while students, in trust for students to come. I also feel there is very great necessity for each professor to teach the sinfulness of waste, to impress on the students the importance of practicing economy, particularly in an institution of the character of the Leland Stanford Junior University, for the larger number of students are fitting themselves to earn a living. Tools, machinery, chemicals, and all the adjuncts of the different departments must be regarded and handled with care and responsibility for pro- tection against damage, always remembering that others are to follow them who will need the same appliances. 1 mention this so very particularly for I do indeed think it the duty of all the professors and teachers to teach to the students self discipline and economy for they should be the recipients of such influence and teachings in their youth. It is as needful to them as the study of abstract science and will be helpful to them as long as they live. I wish to call your attention to the following clause in the Founding Grant: "Any Trustee named in this grant, or the successor to any Trustee, may for good cause be removed by a proper court of equity jurisdiction, after notice to him, and upon the application of the grantors herein, or either of them, or upon the application of the Board of Trustees." If ever an occasion arises when this clause should 17 be put into operation I trust that you will not have any hesi- tancy in pursuing the course specified therein. I hope you will take such steps as may be necessary for the protection of the primary school upon the campus, which constitutes a school district, against large numbers of stud- ents from other school districts in the vicinity and against the consequent crowding of the classes. There is no reason why the laws applicable to other district schools should not be enforced in the case of this one. Before closing my address, I would be unjust did I not mention to you the fact that my dear brother, C. G. Lathrop, has been to me the past ten years, also to the University, a tower of strength beyond your conception; his unselfishness, his remarkable good common sense to see quickly the right or wrong of a question; his ability to say "no" under trying circumstances; his unfailing watchfulness over all that most affects me for good or evil, and his unique fitness by nature and experience as a safe and careful financier has been plainly and repeatedly demonstrated. He deserves the supreme con- fidence I have placed in him, and I am more than grateful to him that he has consented to hold the same position with you in the future he has held so faithfully and judiciously for the past ten years with me. But his course speaks louder than words can tell, and I am going away feeling he can give you all the information you might need from me as regards the finances. In my address to the Trustees of February nth, 1897, I said to you as follows, and I wish now to repeat this extract to you as it seems to me very fitting to the occasion, although six years have elapsed since then. "A subject I feel most reverentially under obligations to touch upon, is one of a religious nature. An impression exists in the minds of many whose commendation and strengthening prayers I need and seek, that the students of the University are not directly taught to reverence God and i8 His wonderful works. It was God's goodness to my hus- band and myself, as evidenced in the many blessings we received from Him, that inspired our hearts with gratitude and gave birth to this University. It seems to me, therefore, most proper and necessary that a reverence for God's name should be one of the fundamental truths there expounded. It was such a feeling that caused my husband to direct during his lifetime, that while no particular sect or creed should be allowed to intrude on the University, there should be taught therein 'the immortality of the Soul, the existence of an all wise and benevolent Creator, and that obedience to His laws is the highest duty of man.' I will here quote his own words once written to me in a personal letter on the subject: 'Religion is intended as a comfort, a solace, a necessity to the soul's welfare, and whichever form of religion furnishes the greatest comfort, the greatest solace, is the form which should be adopted, be its name what it may. The best form of religion is — trust in God and a firm belief in the immor- tality of the soul, life everlasting.' "It is my direction that this vital and most important fact be not lost sight of : that the students when they enter the University, be taught that every one born on earth has a soul germ and that on its development depends much in life here and everything in the Life Eternal. Cultivatmg the soul intelligence will endow them with that which is beyond all human science, and reveal to them God's very self. Thomas aT'vempis has said 'How noble is the soul of man: what wondrous powers are hidden within it. It can find no rest until it hath attained to the Supreme Good — reached its aim; when once this is attained, it then enjoyeth peace.' "There is no narrowing so deadly as the narrowing of man's horizon of spiritual things; no worse evil could befall him in his course on earth than to lose sight of Heaven. And it is not civilization that can prevent this, it is not civiliza- tion that can compensate for it. No widening of Science, 19 no possession of abstract truth can indemnify for an enfeebled hold on the highest and central truths of humanity. What shall a man give in exchange for his soul? To teach this means the simple truths taught by our greatest of all teachers — Jesus Christ. "In this connection I recall a statement made to my husband and myself by the late Mark Hopkins, President of Williams College, while spending an evening at our home in Washington in 1886. After reading aloud to us the fourth chapter of Ephesians he remarked : 'A general observance of this chapter would civilize the world.' I call your atten- tion to this remark because it was made by one of the fore- most educators of this country. "Representatives of all denominations without any restriction are invited to occupy the pulpit from Sabbath to Sabbath at the University, and I note with satisfaction that the students as a rule attend voluntarily in large numbers, and listen with rare attentiveness to the sermons preached. I also note with gratification that there pervades among them a deep and sincere religious sentiment, as is shown by the regular Sunday evening meetings attended chiefly by the young men and women of the University. I feel assured that God has a place in their hearts, therefore I have thought that as soon as my financial condition warranted it, I would like to establish a professorship of Bible History to be filled by one who will teach it without any prejudice." I recommend the establishment of standing committees of seven members each upon Finance and upon the Univer- sity; also a standing committee upon the Church and upon the Museum, and a standing committee upon auditing, organization and rules. The latter committee should report within one year upon the permanent organization of the Board and the University and upon the powers and duties of the President and Faculty, of the standing and special committees of the Board, and of the Board as a whole. In 20 all matters relating to the University proper it should report as a subordinate committee, to the University Committee, and meet jointly with an advisory committee representing the Faculty. The committee should not be necessarily restricted in its membership to that of the University Com- mittee, as it will probably be desirable to refer to it questions involving conflicts of jurisdiction between officers or com- mittees of the Board or the University, and other matters affecting the orderly conduct of the affairs of the Board and the University. I recommend the continuance of the present practice which requires the annual preparation and consideration of estimates of income and expenditures for the coming year, and that appropriations for running expenses and for such special purposes as can be estimated or determined in advance, be made accordingly. In determining the amounts of the appropriations, you will take into account the ten- dency of such institutions to develop more rapidly than their resources, and to thereby impair their efficiency for work of the highest order. It will be necessary for you to make a careful study of the condition of the securities and other properties lest you should exceed the net or normal income of the University. Accordingly I recommend that the Finance Committee be requested to prepare estimates of all necessary appropriations from the gross income, always to preserve the capital of the endowment intact. I suggest the preparation of estimates and the creation of funds for the following pui-f^oses : 1st. To meet possible depreciation in the value of the endowment for any cause, and to constitute a self-insurance fund. 2nd. To manage and maintain the University prop- erties. 3rd. To forestall all accruing obligations for buildings or otherwise. 21 4th. To provide for anticipated expenditures on account of plans for improvements, buildings, equipment, etc., not provided for out of the running expense fund. 5th. To provide for fixed or regular annual expendi- tures on account of the running expense fund. 6th. A general or contingent fund. My frequent reference to subjects previously mentioned in this and former addresses, and quotations from the Found- ing Grant, are made with the hope of impressing the sub- jects on the mind of you Trustees, and to make you familiar with the provisions of the Grant, and not with a view to establish them on a firmer basis, for I fully understand that it does not require repetition to strengthen an established fact. My addresses have been too long and the provisions of the Founding Grant are too numerous for you to carry them in your minds, and being intended solely to promote the welfare of the University and its students, I have had copies made in pamphlet form of all these writings, wdiich are at your disposal. FINAL. On retiring from the active management of affairs con- nected with the University allow me to say to you that in the past I have endeavored to put into all my work my truest self. I have learned to love this work so sacredly entrusted to my care. Through trying and unique experiences my life has been brought nearer to others who carried burdens. I recognize we all have human hearts, and it has called out for faith in God, and in this way I have been led and sus- tained by God, and I can now say truly that I am thankful to the All-Wise and Loving Father for His leading. I realize fully the great change that will come to me from being released from active mental life to one of quiet and peace, consequently I have planned to go away to other scenes in foreign lands for a year or two and divert myself 295504 22 through my eyes. I have no regrets whatever in taking the action I have to release myself from and turn over to you the affairs of the University. You have my entire confidence in your abiHty and in your determination to do earnest, con- scientious work to the very best advantage to the students, they to be considered paramount to all and everything else. The same Good Father who guides and rules all w411 con- tinue His watchful, loving care. He knows the work was inaugurated through love for humanity, and love for human- ity must ever be the University's motto as long as time lasts. (Signed) JANE L. STANFORD. San Francisco, July 6, 1903. yii 1/ h — ^--A' IL "loL' LIBRABY J V DEMCO LIBRARY SUPPLIES 114 South Carroll Streel Madison, Wisronsin UCLA-Young Research Library LD3001 .S78a 1903 yr L 009 602 656 2 UC SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY AA 001 324 563 4