The Days of a Man 



1906 



Plans for 

 reorgani- 

 zation 



Future of 

 privately 

 endowed 

 institu- 

 tions 



from the "Junior College/' in which basal elements 

 are taught : 



The entrance requirements of Stanford University on and 

 after September 30, 1910, shall consist of two years of collegiate 

 work in addition to the present requirements for high school 

 graduation. 



The work thereafter shall be specialized and professional, the 

 granting of degrees being conditioned on completion of work and 

 on its character, as determined by a series of final examinations 

 on completion of subjects or groups of subjects, these exami- 

 nations to be conducted by the department as a whole. 



In the Senior (or University) College no instruction in 

 languages or elementary science or mathematics shall be 

 included. 



For the present and until such work can be adequately 

 provided for elsewhere, the elementary work in languages, 

 science, or mathematics shall be given in classes which shall 

 constitute a Junior College. For students in the Junior College 

 a fee of $50.00 per semester shall be charged. For those in the 

 University proper, the fee shall be as low as possible. 



The University faculty shall consist of professors, associates, 

 and fellows, the latter chosen each year from among the graduate 

 students. 



This proposal was considered by our faculty in 

 1908 with a view to its possible adoption as soon as 

 the development of Junior Colleges in the state should 

 make it practicable. It seems to me to indicate the 

 inevitable future of the privately endowed university, 

 which in the long run will not be able to cover so 

 wide a range as the state institution but which, hav- 

 ing greater freedom of action, may rise higher in the 

 realm of advanced instruction and special research. 



The founder once (1892) expressed to me the hope 

 that "Stanford University will in time begin where 

 the State University leaves off." The University of 

 California then practically "left off" with under- 



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