1891!] Lieland Stanford yunior Museum 



Moreover, she had the long future in mind. Many 

 things that might possibly seem out of place in her 

 own lifetime would no doubt later acquire a museum 

 value and would certainly be of special interest to 

 the university community. 



In the collection made by the boy were many fine The boy 

 objects well chosen and giving proof of dawning ^^^^""^ 

 artistic judgment. As a whole it serves to fix for- 

 ever the warm human quality underlying the dedi- 

 cation of the Stanford millions to the training of 

 American youth. For young Leland was a real 

 boy, with healthy interests and undoubted promise. 

 The significance of his life to the uncounted numbers 

 who shall pass through the institution that bears 

 his name it would be impossible to compute. That 

 fact alone should hallow the toys with which he 

 played, the books he read, the nucleus of a collection 

 he left. Moreover, while most lads of his age and 

 social position were spending their pocket money 

 on trivial even if innocent amusements, his chief 

 joy was to pick up treasures for his projected 

 museum. 



During the weeks of preparation Mrs. Jordan and Our new 

 I, alone or with friends, explored the mountains and 

 shores within easy distance of Palo Alto. Little by 

 little, then and afterward, the great and varied 

 charms of the four counties of our new environment 

 — Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and Mon- 

 terey — unrolled before us. And even at that early 

 period we felt that we should never want to live 

 anywhere else. In such a frame of mind I wrote 

 for my wife the following verses: 



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