1904] Stanford University in 1904 



devotee visiting this shrine not long ago was unsym- 

 pathetically repulsed : "We know no man Stevenson. 

 Yonson ban live here; he works in the garage." 



"Happy is the nation which has no history"; so also 

 with universities. During 1904 we went on quietly 

 with our work under conditions which day by day 

 grew slowly better. The second Stone Age now 

 approached its end, adequate space having been pro- 

 vided for expanding classes; libraries and collections 

 were increasing; Mrs. Stanford, still in good health 

 and spirits although seventy-six years of age, had 

 achieved the crowning work of her life, the completion 

 of the University endowment; and the future looked 

 promising. 



In these days Dr. G. Weulersse, a young professor 

 from the University of Lille, visited Stanford on his 

 way round the world as recipient of the Kahn travel- 

 ing fellowship, which requires its holder to prepare a 

 volume on the results of his observations by the way. 

 Weulersse's treatise was a comparative study of uni- 

 versity methods. Writing appreciatively of Stanford, 

 he mentioned being impressed by two features which 

 he regarded as characteristic: first, the children of A French 

 country folk (fils des paysans) were admitted, and, 

 second, the long vacation occurred in the summer so 

 that students might have a chance to work on the 

 land! He had apparently failed to notice that a* large 

 percentage of American college students, East as well 

 as West, are from the farms. In this matter, there- 

 fore, Stanford by no means stands alone. 



For myself, I was as usual busy with administra- 

 tive affairs, my class in Bionomics, and occasional 



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