The Days of a Man 



1:1891 



A true 

 Golden 

 Age 



The first 

 faculty of 

 Stanford 

 University 



endowed university, framed in a beautiful setting, 

 "hallowed by no traditions and hampered by none, 

 its ringer posts all pointing forward." The true 

 "Golden Age" of California began, I said, when its 

 gold was used for purposes like that. 1 



Fifteen professors only composed the faculty on 

 the opening day this at the earnest request of 

 Mr. Stanford, who feared that the presumably 

 small number of students the first year would cause 

 a larger group to seem absurd. Several others had 

 been engaged, however, to begin their work later on, 

 and necessity forced us to increase the original 

 number without delay. 



In selecting the initial faculty I chose first, as 

 already indicated, a few thoroughly tested men from 

 the University of Indiana. Next, in view of the 

 founder's strong preference for Cornell as well as 

 my own knowledge and tendencies, I selected several 

 from that institution. A number of others, es- 

 pecially in the languages, came from Johns Hopkins, 

 then the recognized center of advanced study. 

 From Harvard I was able to secure none the first 

 year, because the best of its actual staff seemed 

 "earmarked" for retention and promotion. As a 

 rule, also, it was my conviction (founded on ex- 

 perience) that men from Cornell, Wisconsin, Michi- 

 gan, and other parts of the West in general would 

 fit themselves more readily to the pioneer life of a 

 new institution. 



Most of the members of the original faculty 

 began as assistant professors at salaries ranging 

 from $3000 to $3500. For higher positions I had 

 tried to secure men of established fame about whose 



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1 For address in full see Appendix B (page 688). 



