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or from that signifying proficiency in this or that 

 particular instrument. Another yarn concerned the 

 "ground squirrel" or spermophile — Otospermophilus 

 — with which our region was then infested and the 

 many holes of which were visible along the roads 

 and by the railway. According to Uncle John, the 

 Southern Pacific Company had ordered the holes 

 burrowed at its own expense for the accommodation 

 of the animals. Few ever knew his real name, 

 which was Asa Andrews, or that he had once been a 

 prosperous merchant in Chautauqua, New York. 



That a flourishing little city would soon spring 

 up just without our gates we hardly dreamed when 

 first set down on a great country estate adorned by 

 a group of beautiful (though empty) collegiate build- 

 ings which seemed somehow marvelously to fit their 

 environment. 



Meanwhile Escondite and Cedro Cottage, another 

 picturesque retreat which was soon rented by Dr. 

 Jenkins, were the only occupied residences on the 

 Campus proper. Streets had been graded, how- 

 ever, and on one of them several simple frame 

 houses for professors were being completed as rapidly 

 as possible. Requested by Mr. Stanford to give Naming 

 names to the streets already finished, I decided, ' "■ 

 with his approval, to commemorate thus modestly 

 several fine figures in the early history of California. 

 Accordingly the line of new dwellings became Al- 

 varado Row in honor of Juan B. Alvarado, an early 

 governor. Next comes Salvatierra Street, recalling 

 the Jesuit father in Mexico who first urged the 



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