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merce, Agriculture, and Engineering these privileges 

 are offered without charge for tuition, to all resi- 

 dents of California who are qualified for admission. 

 Non-residents of California are charged a tuition fee. 

 In the professional colleges, except that of Law, tui- 

 tion fees are charged. The instruction in all of the 

 colleges is open to all qualified persons, without 

 distinction of sex." 



The Leland Stanford, Jr., University, one of the 

 greatest American educational institutions on a pri- 

 vate foundation, is situated at Palo Alto, also near 

 San Francisco. The following is an outline of the 

 field covered by Stanford University : 



"In its internal organization, and in the scope of 

 its instruction, Stanford conforms to conventional 

 types. There are many departments, each repre- 

 senting a larger or smaller field of knowledge, and 

 covering ancient and modern languages, philosophy, 

 education, mathematics, history, economics and po- 

 litical science, the physical sciences, the biological 

 sciences, and the more formally professional schools 

 of law, medicine and engineering. Each department 

 aims to provide equipment and opportunity for inde- 

 pendent work, thus making the department, for 

 those who have the ability and the calling, the equiva- 

 lent of a vocational or professional school for those 

 interested in its vocational or professional bearings, 

 and a research laboratory for those devoted to pure 

 scholarship. Stanford University has made a sensi- 

 ble contribution to the educational progress of the 

 Pacific Coast, because of the boldness and the vigor 



