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upon the class of people we invite to come among us, as bearing directly 

 upon the elevation and the amelioration of the condition of those already 

 here, is it not a matter of pressing concern to us all? 



The farmers and laboring classes are the chief sufferers from a low state 

 of morals and habits; and, it has seemed to me, that the members of this 

 society cannot permit themselves to be indifferent to influences which, all 

 must concede, are greatly and seriously retarding our progress. 



LELAND STANFORD, JR., UNIVERSITY. 



Much as has been done to develop the wonderful and varied resources 

 of this favored land of ours, there is one noble contribution which should 

 kindle a sense of pride in the heart of every Californian, as it has chal- 

 lenged the admiration of mankind throughout the civilized world. I refer 

 to the founding and endowment of the " Leland Stanford, Junior, Univer- 

 sity." The great heart that inspired this beneficent design was guided by 

 a profound appreciation of the value of practical knowledge as contradis- 

 tinguished from the technical curriculum which leaves so many ripe schol- 

 ars stranded at the very outset of their voyage in life. 



The deed declares as follows: 



Its nature that of a University; with such seminaries of learning as shall make it of the 

 highest grade, including mechanical institutes, museums, galleries of art, laboratories, 

 and conservatories, together with all tilings necessary for the study of agriculture in all its 

 branches, and for mechanical training, and the study and exercise directed to the cultiva- 

 tion and enlargement of the mind. Its object, to qualify its students for personal and direct 

 ■usefulness in life. 



Aside from that personal interest which all must feel in the establish- 

 ment of a great University of learning in our midst, the toiling farmer and 

 fruit grower, the man engaged in mechanic arts, the miner delving into 

 the hidden mysteries of the concealed wealth of gravel and quartz, may 

 take fresh hope that a higher plane of knowledge is soon to be opened to 

 him; that his sons may be inducted into the higher walks of his calling, 

 and be made to feel that a man is to be valued henceforth in this State at 

 least, and we may well hope everywhere, in proportion to the practical 

 utility of his knowledge, and in ratio with his " personal and direct useful- 

 ness in life." 



This is to be the crowning glory of agriculture in California, as it is the 

 crowning glory of a phenomenally successful career. 



APPENDIX "A.' 



FRUIT SHIPMENTS. 



Sacramento, California, August 26, 1886. 



N. P. Chipman, Esq., Red Bluff, California: 



Dear Sir: Yours of twenty-sixth received, and has our attention. We 

 will say in reply, that up to the present time the firm of Strong & Co., E. 

 T. Earl, Lyon & Curtis, and C. W. Reed, have shipped eighteen trains of 

 fruit to the eastern markets during the present season, each train con- 

 sisting of fifteen carloads. The season is fast approaching its close, and 



