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4. A California Trianon — Peter Coutts — Adorn- 

 ing nature — Disappearance of the "French- 

 man" — Alcoholic fauna — Ordered out — 

 Pioneering — A prohibition town — City fa- 

 thers — Saving the live oaks — "Uncle John" 



5. Naming the streets — Don Caspar de Portola 



— Provision for women — The Museum — In- 

 stalling the general collections — Family treas- 

 ures — The boy Leland 



6. Our new environment — Sierra de la Santa Cruz 



— Sierra del Monte Diablo — Monte Diablo — 

 The golden poppy — Miles and miles of bloom 



— The Lick Observatory — The Coast redwood 



— A noble outlook 



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1. Skepticism and apprehension — Advice and 

 warning — Changed conditions 



2. The opening day — A true Golden Age — The 

 first faculty of Stanford University — Turning 

 to younger men — Stillman — The Indiana 

 group — Some of the "Old Guard" — Not all re- 

 mained — Non-resident professors — Harrison 

 on International Law 



3. Adventurous youth — Handling Encina — 

 Dropped ofF the edge of the campus — No smok- 

 ing in the Quadrangle ^ — -Sunday services — 

 Our padre 



4. The Daily Palo Alto — The Sequoia — The Cha- 

 parral — Early characters — Thoburn — "In 

 Terms of Life" — Prayer — "Four-leaved 

 Clover" — Hoover ~''De Re Metallica" — 

 The women of Stanford — Friends and disci- 

 ples — Wilbur — Not forgotten — The second 

 generation 



5. "Frosh" and "Prof" — Students of mature 

 age — The first football game — University out- 

 ings — Senior-faculty games — "Fanned out" 



— "A Faculty Meeting" — The audience re- 

 assured — Successful vaudeville — A contest in 



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