18953 Increased Esprit de Corps 



soul most craved — a long-barreled muzzle-loading 

 musket, and such we forwarded, to his great satis- 

 faction, on our return home. 



The following lines were offered by me as a part- 

 ing toast : 



Here's to you, Ygnacio! Ygnacios 



May your escopete scatter escopetg 



Far and wide: it does not matter 



If a single shot should gather 



Half the ducks in Mexico! 



After my return from Sinaloa the financial side of 

 university administration became increasingly ex- 

 acting ; yet the strain of this period, shared as it 

 was by all, stabilized and intensified the general 

 esprit de corps. This fact lent a special quality to The 

 the Commencement exercises of that year, the ^'°YZ^ 



•' graduate 



graduation of the " Pioneer Class." The usual 

 senior reception, for instance, was given by the 

 faculty as a whole at their request, instead of by the 

 president and his wife. And the farewells, always 

 tinged with regret, were in this case more than 

 ordinarily touching. Probably in no other institution 

 of the size had the relations between professors and 

 students been so intimate and so cordial as those 

 which prevailed at Stanford University during the 

 first decade. 



The strenuous duties of the academic year, in 

 connection with continuous scientific work which I 

 was not willing to abandon, made it imperative, as 

 well as delightful, to seek new vigor in the open 



