Leland Stanford

Junior, University, an institution of higher learning at Palo Alto, California. The site is picturesque. It is situated in the Santa Clara Valley, about three miles from the Bay of San Francisco. The campus comprises 9,000 acres of land, rising to the foothills of the Santa Mareno Mountains. The institution was founded by Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford as a memorial to their only son, who died at the age of sixteen. It was opened to students October 1, 1891. It is a co-educational institution. The number of women who may attend, however, is limited to 500. The faculty numbers about 130. There are about 1,500 students in attendance. Tuition is free to residents of California. Non-residents pay a small registration fee. The institution is strictly undenominational. Affairs are managed by a board of trustees. The original endowment was about $30,000,000, which has been increased largely of late. The buildings are patterned after the old Spanish missions of California and Mexico. They are of buff sandstone with red tile roofs. They form two quadrangles one within the other. The inner quadrangle is composed of one story buildings. The outer buildings are two stories in height. There are the usual departments of college work, including engineering. Professional schools have not been established. Degrees are conferred three times a year, in May, September, and January. The buildings were injured by the earthquake of 1906. Beautiful statuary and decorations--works of art that can hardly be restored--were destroyed.