a new 



residence 



CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE 



In July, 1893, Mrs. Stanford having made her de- 

 cision as to the University, it was thought best for 

 me to keep an engagement of several months' stand- 

 ing to serve as one of the judges of the educational 

 exhibits in the great Columbian Exposition, popu- 

 larly known as the "World's Fair." During my 

 stay in Chicago I was the guest of my sister, Mrs. 

 Edwards, whose husband had charge of the Expo- 

 sition Bank. 



Returning to California, I was at once faced by Needoj 

 the staggering administrative complications which 

 I have just attempted to make clear. At the same 

 time a minor crisis confronted my household, as it 

 seemed impossible for us to spend another winter in 

 Escondite. Indeed, some months before, Mr. Stan- 

 ford had ordered plans prepared for a commodious 

 stone residence to be rented to me as president,^ 

 and a builder's contract was placed in his hands the 

 afternoon before his death. But it will be readily 

 understood that the University was then in no 

 position to supply the necessary funds. I was 

 therefore compelled to build for myself hastily and 

 under unforeseen conditions. The new house (which 

 we began to occupy early in 1894) was naturally 

 much more modest than the one originally con- 

 templated and entirely inadequate also for a perma- 



^ From the beginning it was understood that there would be no perquisites 

 for any one connected with the University, it being the founder's desire to pay 

 ample and definite salaries. 



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