Author Title •* *** Class IJLsMiO. Imprint Bo«k.iaaL 16-—47372-1 opo THE Leland Stanford Junior university CIRCULARS i and 2 [REPRINT ] PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY 1891 THE Leland Stanford Junior university v 1< CIRCULARS i AND 2 [REPRINT.] ^KRY OF CO^^^ 1892 *2j> OF WA3HING1?^ PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA PUBLISHED B V THE UNIVERSITY l39I Contents. The Act of the Legislature, ----- - 5 The Grant of Endowment, - 10 The Address of Leland Stanford, - - - - 23 The First Meeting of the Trustees, ... 28 The Laying of the Corner-Stone. - - - - 31 The E?idowment Act. THE ENDOWMENT ACT. PROVISIONS UNDER WHICH THE GRANT IS MADE. AN ACT to advance tear ni?ig, the arts and sciences, and to pro- mote the public welfare by providing for the conveyance, hold- ing, and protection of property , and the creation of trusts for the founding, endowment, erection, and maintenance within this State of universities, colleges, schools, seminaries of learn- ing, mechanical institutes , museums, and galleries of art. (Approved March 9, 1885.) The people of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section i. The provisions of this act shall be liberally con- strued with a view to effect its objects and promote its purposes; and in the construction thereof the singular number shall be deemed to include the plural, and the plural shall be deemed to include the singular number, and the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine. Sec 2. Any person desiring, in his life-time, to promote the public welfare by founding, endowing, and having maintained within this State, a university, college, school, seminary of learn- ing, mechanical institute, museum, or gallery of art, or any or all thereof, may, to that end and for such purpose, by grant in writing, convey to a trustee, or to any number of trustees named in such grant (and to their successors), any property, real or per- sonal, belonging to such person and situated or being within this State; provided, that if any such person be married and the prop- erty be community property, then both husband and wife must join in such grant. Sec. 3. The person making the grant may therein designate: (1) The nature, object, and purposes of the institution or institu- 6 The Endowment Act. tions to be founded, endowed, and maintained. (2) The name by which it or they shall be known. (3) The powers and duties of the trustees, and the manner in which they shall account, and to whom, if accounting be required; but such powers and duties shall not be held to be exclusive of other powers and duties which may be necessary to enable such trustees to fully carry out the objects of such grant. (4) The mode and manner and by whom the successors to the trustee or trustees named in the grant are to be appointed. (5) Such rules and regulations for the man- agement of the property conveyed as the grantor may elect to prescribe; but such rules shall, unless the grantor otherwise pre- scribe, be deemed advisory only, and shall not preclude such trustees from making such changes as new conditions may from time to time require. (6) The place or places where and the time when the buildings necessary and proper for the institution or institutions shall be erected, and the character and extent thereof. The persons making such grant may therein provide for all other things necessary and proper to carry out the purposes thereof, and especially may such person provide for the trades and professions which shall be taught in such institutions, and the terms upon which deserving scholars of the public and pri- vate schools of the various counties of this State may be admitted to all the privileges of such institutions as a reward for meritor- ious conduct and good scholarship, and also for maintaining free scholarship for children of persons who have rendered service to or who have died in the service of this State, and also for main- taining free scholarship for children of mechanics, tradesmen, and laborers who have died without leaving means sufficient to give such children a practical education, fitting them for the useful trades or arts, and also the terms and conditions upon which students in the public and private schools and other deserving persons may, without cost to themselves, attend the lectures of any university established, and also the terms and conditions upon which the museums and art galleries and conservatories of music connected with any such institution shall be open to all The Endowment Act. 7 deserving persons without charge and without their becoming students of the institution. Sec. 4. The trustee or trustees named in such grant and their successors may, in the name of the institution or institu- tions as designated in such grant, sue and defend in relation to the trust property and in relation to all matters affecting the institution or institutions endowed and established by such grant. Sec. 5. The person making such grant, by a provision there- in, may elect, in relation to the property conveyed, and in rela- tion to the erection, maintenance, and management of such institution or institutions, to perform during his life all the duties and exercise all the powers which by the terms of the grant, are enjoined upon and vested in the trustee or trustees therein named. If the person making such grant and making the election afore- said be a married person, such person may further provide that if the wife of such person survive him, then such wife during her life may, in relation to the property conveyed and in relation to the erection, maintenance, and management of such institution or institutions, perform all the duties and exercise all the powers which by the terms of the grant are enjoined upon and vested in the trustee or trustees therein named; and in all such cases the powers and duties conferred and imposed by such grant upon the trustee or trustees therein named shall be exercised and performed by the person making such grant, or by his wife, during his or her life, as the case may be ; provided, how- ever, that upon the death of such person or his surviving wife, as the case may be, such powers and duties shall devolve upon and shall be exercised by the trustees named in the grant and their successors. Sec. 6. The person making such grant may therein reserve the right to alter, amend, or modify the terms and conditions thereof, and the trust therein created, in respect to any of the matters mentioned or referred to in subdivisions 1 to 6 inclusive of section 2 hereof, and may also therein reserve the right, during the life of such person or persons, of absolute dominion over the 8 The Endowment Act. personal property conveyed, and also over the rents, issues, and profits of the real property conveyed, without liability to account therefor in any manner whatever, and without any liability over against the estate of such person ; and if any such person be married, such person may in such grant further provide that if his wife survive him, then such wife, during her life, may have the same absolute dominion over such personal property and such rents, issues, and profits, without liability to account therefor in any manner whatever, and without liability over against the estate of either of the spouses. Sec. 7. The person making such grant may therein provide that the trustees named in the grant and their successors may, in the name of the institution or institutions, become the custodian of the person of minors, and when any such provision is made in a grant the Trustees and their successors may take such custody and control in the manner and for the time and in accordance with the provisions 01 sections 264 to 276 inclusive of the Civil Code of the State of California. Sec. 8. Any such grant may be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the same manner as is now provided by law for the execution, acknowledgment, and recording of grants of rea property. Sec. 9. No suit, action, or proceeding shall be commenced or maintained by any person to set aside, annul, or affect said con- veneyance, or to affect the title of the property conveyed, or the right to the possession, or to the rents, issues, and profits thereof, unless the same be commenced within two years after the date of filing such grant for record; nor shall any defense be made to any suit, action, or proceedings commenced by the trustee or trus- tees named in said grant, or their successors, privies, or persons holding under them, which defense involves the legality of said grant, or affects the title to the property thereby conveyed, or the right to the possession of the rents, issues, and profits thereof, unless such defense is made in a suit, action, or proceeding com- menced within two years after such grant shall have been filed for record. 1 he Endowment Act. 9 Sec. 10. The property conveyed by such grant shall not, after the lapse of two years from the date of the filing for record of the grant, be subject to forced sale under execution or judicial proceedings of any kind, against the grantor or his privies, unless the action under which the execution shall be issued, or the pro- ceedings under which the sale shall be ordered, shall have been commenced within two years after such grant shall have been filed for record. Nor shall such property be subject to execution or forced sale under any judgment obtained in any proceedings instituted within said two years, if there be other property of the grantor subject to execution or forced sale sufficient to satisfy such judgment; provided, nothing in this section contained shall be construed to affect mechanics' or laborers' liens. Sec. i 1. Any person or persons making any such grant may at any time thereafter, by last will or testament, devise and be- queath to the State of California all or any of the property, real or personal, mentioned in such grant, or in any supplemental grant, and such devise or bequest shall only take effect in case, from any cause whatever, the grant shall be annulled or set aside, or the trust therein declared shall for any reason fail. Such devise and bequest is hereby permitted to be made, by way of assurance that the wishes of the grantor or grantors shall be car- ried out, and in the faith that the State, in case it succeeds to the property, or any part thereof, will, to the extent and value of such property, carry out, in respect to the objects and purposes of any such grant, all the wishes and intentions of the grantor or grantors \ provided, that no wish, direction, act, or condition, ex- pressed, made, or given by any grantor or grantors, under or by virtue of this act, as to religious instruction to be given in such school, college, seminary, mechanical institute, museum, or gal- lery of art, or in respect to the exercise of religious belief on the part of any pupil or pupils of such school or institution of learn- ing, shall be binding upon the State; nor shall the State enforce or permit to be enforced, or carried out, any such wish, direction, act, or condition. Sec. 12. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. io The Grant of Endowment. GRANT FOUNDING AND ENDOWING THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY. We, Leland Stanford and Jane Lathrop Stanford, husband and wife, grantors, desiring to promote the public welfare by- founding, endowing, and having maintained upon our estate known as the Palo Alto farm, and situated in the counties of San Mateo and Santa Clara, State of California, United States of America, a university for both sexes, with the colleges, schools, seminaries of learning, mechanical institutes, museums, galleries of art, and all other things necessary and appropriate to a univer- sity of high degree, to that end and for that purpose do hereby grant, bargain, sell, and convey to Lorenzo Sawyer, James McM. Shafter, Charles Goodall, Alfred L. Tubbs, Francis E. Spencer, Henry Vrooman, Charles F. Crocker, Timothy Hopkins, Henry L. Dodge, Irving M. Scott, William Ashburner, H. W. Hark- ness, Josiah Stanford, Horace Davis, John F. Miller, John Boggs, T. B. McFarland, Isaac S. Belcher, John Q. Brown, George E. Gray, N. W. Spaulding, of California; Mathew P. Deady, of Oregon; William M. Stewart, of Nevada ; and Stephen J. Field, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States — Trustees, and to their successors forever, all and singular the fol- lowing described real property. That certain tract of land situated in the county of Butte, State of California, and now commonly known and designated as Stanford's Gridley Farm. Also, that certain tract of land situated partly in the said county of Butte and partly in the county of Tehama, in said State, and now commonly known and designated as Stanford's Vina Farm. And, also, that certain tract of land situated partly in the county of Santa Clara and partly in the county of San Mateo, and now commonly known and designated as the Palo Alto Farm. The Gra7it of Endowment. 1 1 Together with all the tenements, hereditaments, and appurte- nances thereunto belonging, with the water rights, water ditches, pipes, flumes, canals, aqueducts, and reservoirs now used in con- nection with either of said tracts of land; said tracts of land being more particularly described by metes and bounds in the paper hereto attached, marked "Schedule A," and made part hereof. To have and to hold said property and all other property, real and personal, which we, or either of us, may hereafter convey or devise to them or their successors, upon the trust that it shall con- stitute the foundation and endowment for the University herein provided, and upon the trust that the principal thereof shall for- ever remain intact, and that the rents, issues, and profits thereof shall be devoted to the foundation and maintenance of the Uni- versity hereby founded and endowed, and to the uses and pur- poses herein mentioned. , Now, therefore, further, in pursuance of said desire, and that the trust hereby created may be executed according to the wishes of the grantors and each of them, they do hereby, as it is pro- vided may be done by the act of the Legislature of the State of California, approved March 9, 1885, entitled "An act to advance learning, the arts and sciences, and to promote the public welfare, by providing for the conveyance, holding, and protection of property, and the creation of trusts for the founding, endowment, erection, and maintenance within this State of universities, colleges, schools, seminaries of learning, mechanical institutes, museums, and galleries of art, ' ' designate — I. THE NATURE, OBJECT, AND PURPOSES OF THE INSTITUTION HEREBY FOUNDED, TO BE: Its nature, that of a University, with such seminaries of learn- ing as shall make it of the highest grade, including mechanical institutes, museums, galleries of art, laboratories, and conserva- tories, together with all things necessary for the study of agricul- ture in all its branches, and for mechanical training, and the 12 The Grant of Endowment. studies and exercises directed to the cultivation and enlargement of the mind. Its object, to qualify students for personal success and direct usefulness in life. And its purposes, to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization, teaching the blessings of liberty regulated by law, and inculcating love and reverence for the great principles of government as derived from the inalienable rights of man to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. II. THE NAME OF THE INSTITUTION. Since the idea of establishing an institution of this kind for the benefit of mankind came directly and largely from our son and only child Leland, and in the belief that had he been spared to advise as to the disposition of our estate, he would have desired the devotion of a large portion thereof to this purpose, we will that for all time to come the institution hereby founded shall bear his name, and shall be known as "The Leland Stanford Junior University." III. THE NUMBER, QUORUM, AND DESIGNATION OF THE TRUSTEES. The number of Trustees shall be twenty-four, and fifteen thereof shall constitute a quorum, but the assent of not less than a majority of the whole, to wit, thirteen, shall be necessary for affirmative action in the execution of the trusts herein contained. The Trustees herein named, and their successors, in their collective capacity, shall be known and designated as "The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University." IV. that the trustees (subject to the reservations and to the rights to alter and amend hereinafter con- tained) shall have power and it shall be their duty: i. To meet in the City of San Francisco on the fourteenth The Grant of Endowment. 13 day of November, 1885, or as soon thereafter as practical, and then and there — a majority of their number being present — to organize as a Board by electing one of their number chairman, and to transact such other business as may be proper. 2. To manage and control the institution hereby founded. 3. To manage and control the trust property, care for and improve the same, operate or lease it, and apply the net proceeds or profits thereof to the purposes of the trust hereby created. 4. To, in their discretion, receive grants of property from others in aid of the institution founded, or to establish scholar- ships therein, providing the same are made upon terms and con- ditions in harmony with the purposes of the institution as herein declared. 5. To receive from the grantors, or either of them, by grant or devise, such other property as the grantors or either of them may hereafter elect to give, and to hold such property upon the same conditions and to the same uses and trusts as are herein prescribed. 6. To make by-laws not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or the purposes of this grant, for the government of the institution hereby founded. 7. To make rules and regulations for the management of the trust property. 8. To keep a full and fair record of their proceedings. 9. To appoint a President of the University, who shall not be one of their number, and to remove him at will. 10. To employ professors and teachers at the University. 11. To fix the salaries of the President, professors, and teach- ers, and to fix them at such rates as will secure to the University the services of men of the very highest attainments. 12 To use the rents, issues, and profits of the trust company (but no part of the principal) in the execution of their trust, and in case such rents, issues, and profits, for any one year, exceed 14 The Grant of Endowment. the amount necessary to execute the trust and maintain the in- stitution for said year, then to invest the same until its use be- comes necessary. 13. To establish and maintain at such University an educa- tional system, which will, if followed, fit the graduate for some useful pursuit, and to this end to cause the pupils, as early as may be, to declare the particular calling, which, in life, they may desire to pursue; but such declaration shall not be binding if, in the judgment of the President of the University, the student is not by nature fitted for the pursuit declared. 14. To prohibit sectarian instruction, but to have taught in the University the immortality of the soul, the existence of an all-wise and benevolent Creator, and that obedience to His laws is the highest duty of man. 15. To have taught in the University the right and advan- tages of association and co-operation. 16. To afford equal facilities and give equal advantages in the University to both sexes. 17. To maintain on the Palo Alto estate a farm for instruc- tion in agriculture in all its branches. 18. To do and perform all things hereinafter provided for, and all things necessary to the proper exercise and discharge of their trust. V. THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY. It shall be the duty of the Trustees to give to the President of the University the following powers: 1 . To prescribe the duties of the professors and teachers. 2. To remove professors and teachers at will. 3. To prescribe and enforce the course of study and the mode and manner of teaching. 4. Such other powers as will enable him to control the edu- cational part of the University to such an extent that he may The Grant of Endowment. 15 justly be held responsible for the course of study therein, and for the good conduct and capacity of the professors and teachers. VI. * THE FACULTY. The Trustees shall constitute the President and professors the Faculty of the University, and prescribe their powers and duties as such. VII. THE MANNER, AND TO WHOM, THE TRUSTEES SHALL REPORT. The Board of Trustees shall annually report all their proceed- ings to the person who, for the time being, shall fill the office of Governor of the State of California, and shall accompany such report with a full account of their financial operations for the pre- ceding year, and with a statement of the financial affairs of the institution. VIII. THE MODE AND MANNER, AND BY WHOM, THE SUCCESSORS TO THE TRUSTEES NAMED IN THE GRANT ARE TO BE APPOINTED. Any Trustee named in this grant, or the successor to any Trustee, may for good cause be removed by a proper court of equity jurisdiction, after notice to him, and upon the application of the grantors herein, or either of them, or upon the application of the Board of Trustees. Any Trustee named in this grant, or the successor of any such Trustee, may, in writing, addressed and delivered to the Board of Trustees, resign his office as Trustee, and every vacancy in the Trustees which shall occur during the lives of the grantors, or during the life of either of them, either from the failure of any Trustee named in this grant to accept the trust, or from death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by the grantors, or either of them, as the case may be, and every vacancy occurring there- after shall be filled by the surviving or remaining Trustees, by ballot. 1 6 The Grant of Endowment. IX. THE PLACE WHERE, AND THE TIME WHEN, THE BUILDINGS NECESSARY AND PROPER FOR THE INSTITUTION SHALL BE erected; CHARACTER AND EXTENT THEREOF. The Trustees shall : i. Within two years from the date hereof, select and lay off on the Palo Alto farm a site, and adopt a general plan, for the construction of the University buildings. Such buildings shall be plain and substantial in character and extensive enough to provide accommodations for the University and the colleges, schools, seminaries, mechanical institutes, museums, laboratories, conservatories, and galleries of art, part thereof. They shall be built as needed, and no faster, and in a manner which shall allow for additions and extensions from time to time, as the necessities of the University may demand, the Trustees bearing in mind that extensive and expensive buildings do not make a University; that it depends for its success rather upon the character and at- tainments of its faculty. In this behalf, and to the end that the endowment may not be wasted or impaired by the premature construction of expensive buildings, the Trustees shall be the ex- clusive judges, free from all interference from any source what- ever, of the time when buildings are needed, and of the time and manner of their construction, and of the time and manner of making addititions thereto. 2. Lay off on the Palo Alto farm one or more sites for build- ings for the officers and employees of the institution, and erect and maintain thereon such buildings as may be necessary. 3. Lay off on the Palo Alto farm one or more sites for dwell- ing-houses for parents or guardians and their families, and for such other persons as the board may direct, and erect thereon buildings and lease the same, or lease the land and per- mit the lessees to erect such buildings, on such terms and con- ditions as the board may direct. 4. Lay off on said Palo Alto farm a lot of about ten acres, and suitably improve and maintain the same forever as a place The Grant of E?idownient. ij of burial and of last rest on earth for the bodies of the grantors and of their son, Leland Stanford, Junior, and, as the board may direct, for the bodies of such other persons who may have been connected with the University. 5. Lay off on the Palo Alto farm a site for, and erect thereon, a church. X. THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED THERE- WITH. The Trustees shall have power, and it shall be their duty: 1. To establish and maintain, in connection with the Univer- sity, such a number of free scholarships as the endowment of the institution, considering all its objects, will justify. Such scholar- ships must be given either to those, who, by good conduct and study, have earned the right thereto, or to the deserving child- ren of those who, dying without means in the service of the State, or in the cause of humanity, have a special claim upon the good- will of mankind. 2. To fix the terms and conditions upon which the students generally may be admitted to all or any of the privileges of the University. 3. To fix the terms and conditions upon which the students of the public and private schools and other deserving persons may attend the lectures of the University, or engage in original research thereat, and the terms and conditions upon which the agricultural farms, laboratories, museums, art galleries, me- chanical institutes, conservatories, and other institutions, part of the University, shall be opened to deserving persons, without their becoming students thereof. 4. To establish and have given at the University, by its ablest professors, courses of lectures upon the science of govern- ment, and upon law, medicine, mechanics, and the other arts and sciences, which shall be free to the post-graduates of the colleges of the University hereby founded, and to post-graduates of all 1 8 The Grant of Endowment. other colleges and universities, and to all deserving persons, to the full capacity of the lecture rooms, under such rules and regu- lations as the Trustees may adopt. XL ELECTION OF THE GRANTORS TO CONTROL THE PROPERTY AND THE EXECUTION OF THE TRUST DURING THEIR LIVES, OR THE LIFE OF EITHER. The grantors, and each of them, do hereby, in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid act of the Legislature, elect : i. In relation to the property hereby conveyed, and in relation to such other property as may hereafter be conveyed or devised by them or either of them, to said Trustees for the purposes of this trust, and in relation to the erection, maintenance, and manage- ment of the institution hereby founded, to perform during their lives all the duties and exercise all the powers and privileges which by the terms of this grant, are enjoined upon and vested in the Trustees therein named. 2. That the survivor of either of said grantors shall, after the death of the other, and during the life of the survivor, in relation to all of said property, and in relation to the erection, mainte- nance, and management of the institution hereby founded, per- form all the duties and exercise all the powers and privileges which, by the terms of this grant, are enjoined upon and vested in the Trustees therein named. 3. That upon the death of both grantors, then all such duties shall devolve upon, and all such powers and privileges shall be exercised by, the Trustees named in this grant, and by their successors forever. XII. RESERVATION OF THE RIGHT TO ALTER, AMEND, OR MODIFY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS GRANT, AND THE TRUST THEREIN CREATED, IN CERTAIN RESPECTS. The grantors hereby reserve to themselves, during their lives, and hereby reserve and grant to the one who shall survive the The Grant of Endowment ig other, during his or her life, the right to alter, amend, or modify the terms and conditions of this grant, and the trusts therein created, in respect to the nature, object, and purposes of the institution founded, the powers and duties of the Trustees ; the manner in which and to whom they shall account; the mode and and manner, and by whom, their successors shall be appointed; the rules and regulations for the management of the property conveyed; the time when, and the character and extent of, the buildings which shall be erected ; the right to provide for trades and professions which shall be taught in the institution, and the terms upon which scholarships shall be founded. XIII. RESERVATION OF OTHER RIGHTS. The grantors hereby reserve to themselves during their lives, and hereby reserve and grant to the one who shall survive the other, during his or her life : i. The right to absolute dominion over the personal property, which they, or either ot them, may hereafter give to said Trus- tees, or their successors, and over the rents, issues, and profits thereof. 2. The right to absolute dominion over the rents, issues, and profits of the real property hereby granted. 3. The right to improve, manage, and control the trust prop- erty, as if this grant had not been made; but this reservation does not include the right or power to sell or encumber any of the real property granted. All these rights, and all other rights reserved by and all powers and privileges given, or duties imposed upon, the grantors, or either of them, by the terms of this grant, shall be exercised, en- joyed, and performed by said grantors, or either of them, as the case may be, without let or hindrance, and free from all interfer- ence from any source whatever, and from all duty to report their action, and from all liability to account in any manner therefor, 2b The Grant of Endowment. and from all liability for waste, loss, misappropriation, or for any act or deed whatever, by them or either of them, done or per- mitted. XIV. THE CUSTODY OF THE PERSONS OF MINORS. And further, in pursuance of said desire, the grantors hereby provide that the Trustees named in this grant, and their success- ors, may, in the name of the institution, become the custodian of the persons of minors, taking such custody in the manner, and for the time, and in accordance with the provisions of sections 264 to 276, inclusive, of the Civil Code of the State of California. XV. LIMITATIONS UPON THE POWERS OF THE TRUSTEES. 1. Neither of the Trustees herein named, nor their successors, shall have power to sell or convey the real property hereinbefore described and granted. 2. The Trustees herein named, and their successors, shall serve without compensation. XVI. MISCELLANEOUS. The grantors hereby declare: 1. That all the property hereby conveyed was acquired by them during coverture, and was, until this grant was executed, their community property, and for that reason, and because of their mutual desire to be associated in this undertaking, they, in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid act of the Legis- lature, have joined in this conveyance. 2. This grant, and all grants and devises hereafter made by the grantors or either of them for endowing and maintaining the institution hereby founded, shall be liberally construed, and always with a view to effect the objects and promote the purposes of the grantors as herein expressed. The Grant of Endowment. 2t In testimony whereof, the said Leland Stanford, and Jane Lathrop Stanford, his beloved wife, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals, at the city and county of San Fran- cisco, State of California, United States of America, this eleventh day of November, in the year of our Lord and Saviour one thou- sand eight hundred and eighty-five. Leland Stanford, Jane Lathrop Stanford. In the presence of Stephen T. Gage, E. H. Miller, Jr., Nicho- las T. Smith, Herbert C. Nash, and Creed Haymond. State of California, V eg City and County of San Francisco. On this fourteenth day of November, a. d. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, before me, Holland Smith, a Notary Public in and for said city and county, duly qualified, and acting as such, personally appeared Leland Stanford, known to me to be one of the persons whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office, in the city and county of San Fran- cisco, the day and year last above written Holland Smith, Notary Public, 307 Montgomery Street. State of California, \ ss. City and County of San Francisco. On this fourteenth day of November, a. d. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, before me, Holland Smith, a Notary Public in and for said city and county, duly qualified and acting as such, personally appeared Jane Lathrop Stanford, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and therein described as a married woman, and upon 22 The Grant of Endowment. an examination without the hearing of her husband, I made her acquainted with the contents of said instrument, and thereupon she acknowledged to me that she executed the same, and that she does not wish to retract such execution. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office in the city and county of San Fran- cisco, the day and year last above written. Holland Smith, Notary Public, 307 Montgomery Street. Note — "Schedule A," referred to in the foregoing grant, is annexed thereto and contains a complete description by metes and bounds and legal subdivisions of all the property granted. The undersigned Trustees named in the foregoing grant do hereby accept the trust thereby created. In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this fourteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord and Saviour one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five : Lorenzo Sawyer, H. W. Harkness, James McM. Shafter, Josiah Stanford, Chas. Goodall, Horace Davis, Alfred L. Tubbs, John F. Miller, Francis E. Spencer, John Boggs, Henry Vrooman, T. B. McFarland, Chas. F. Crocker, Isaac S. Belcher, Timothy Hopkins, John Q. Brown, Henry L. Dodge, George E. Gray, Irving M. Scott, N. W. Spaulding, Wm. Ashburner, Wm. M. Stewart, Matthew P. Deady, Stephen J. Field, By Lorenzo Sawyer, By Lorenzo Sawyer, His Attorney in fact. His Attorney in fact. Mr. Stanford' s Address. 23 MR. STANFORD'S ADDRESS. Following is the text of the address of Leland Stanford to the Trustees, at their first meeting, November 14, 1885: To the Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: Gentlemen — In the trust deed providing for the endowment and organization of the University, the nature, objects, and pur- poses of the endowment are very generally stated. We deem it appropriate, however, to enlarge somewhat upon what is therein set forth. The reasons that impelled us to select the Palo Alto estate as the location for the University, are its personal associations, which are most dear to us, the excellence of its climate, and its accessibility. The deed of trust conveys, and at once irrevocably vests in you the title to all the real property described therein. The endowment of lands is made because they are in themselves of great value, and their proper management will insure to the University an income much greater than would be realized were their value to be invested in any reliable, interest-bearing security; again, they can never be alienated, and will, therefore, be an unfailing support to the institution which they are designed to benefit As a further assurance that the endowment will be ample to establish and maintain a University of the highest grade, we have, by last will and testament, devised to you and your suc- cessors additional property. We have done this as a security against the uncertainties of life, and in hope that during our lives the full endowment may go to you. With this in view, we have provided in this grant that you may take such other property as we may give to more fully carry out the objects of this trust. The Palo Alto farm furnishes a sufficiently diversified soil, with 24 Mr. Stanford's Address. a topography which admirably fits it as a place for agricultural education. In time, also, a handsome income will be derived from the rental of desirable residences to parents and others who will choose the place as a residence on account of its social, in- tellectual, and climatic advantages. Of course, the Trustees will see to it that no objectionable people are allowed to reside upon the estate, and that no drinking saloons shall be opened upon any part of the premises. BROAD AND GENERAL IDEAS OF PROGRESS. It should be the aim of the institution to entertain and incul- cate broad and general ideas of progress and of the capacity of mankind for advancement in civilization. It is clear that to in- sure the steady advancement of civilization great care must be exercised in the matter of the general development of the great body ol the people. They need education in the fundamental principles of government, and we know of no text so plain and so suggestive as that clause in our Declaration of Independence, which declares that 'among the inalienable rights of man are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.' A government founded on such principles commands for the support and protection of individual rights the force of the whole people. With these principles fully recognized, agrarianism and communism can have only an ephemeral existence. The merely physical wants of civilized man are not much greater than those of the savage, but his intellectual wants are bounded only by his capacity to conceive. His wants, therefore, will always depend upon his advancement in civilization, and the demand for labor will be measured accordingly. The rapidity ot the communication of modern thought and the facilities for transportation make the civilized world one great neighborhood, in whose markets all producers meet in competition. The rela- tive compensation to the producer must depend upon his powers of production.' Mr. Stanford *s Address. 25 DESIRES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY. When we consider the endless variety of the wants and the de- sires of civilized society, we must fully appreciate the value of labor-aiding machinery and the necessity for having this of the best character. Too much attention, therefore, cannot be given to technical and mechanical instruction, to the end that from our institution may go out educators in every field of production. Out of these suggestions grows the consideration of the great advantages, especially to the laboring man, of co-operation, by which each individual has the benefit of the intellectual and physical forces of his associates. It is by this intelligent appli- cation of these principles that there will be found the greatest lever to elevate the mass of humanity, and laws should be formed to protect and develop co-operative associations. Laws with this object in view will furnish to the poor man complete pro- tection against the monopoly of the rich, and such laws properly administered and availed of, will insure to the workers of the country the full fruits of their industry and enterprise. They will accomplish all that is sought to be secured by the labor leagues, trades-unions, and other federations of workmen,, and will be free from the objection of even impliedly attempting to take the unauthorized or wrongful control of the property, capital, or time of others. Hence it is that we have provided for thorough instruction in the principles of co-operation. We would have it early instilled into the student's mind that no greater blow can be struck at labor than that which makes its products insecure. ARTICLES OF ENDOWMENT. While the articles of endowment prohibit sectarianism, they direct that there shall be taught that there is an all-wise, benevo- lent God, and that the soul is immortal. It seems to us that the welfare of man on earth depends on the belief in immortality, and that the advantages of every good act and the disadvantages of every evil one fellow man from this life into the next, there attach- ing to him as certainly as individuality is maintained. 26 Mr. Stanford's Address. As to the manner in which this shall be taught and whence the confirmations shall be derived, we are not prepared to advance any thought other than that they may be sought from every available source that tends to throw light upon the subject. While it is our desire that there shall be no sectarian teaching in this institution, it is very far from our thoughts to exclude di- vine service. We have provided that a suitable building be ■erected wherein the professors of the various religious demon- inations shall, from time to time, be invited to deliver discourses not sectarian in character. We deem it of the first importance that the education of both sexes shall be equally full and complete, varied only as nature •dictates. The rights of one sex, political or otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized. We have sought to place the free scholarships upon the basis of right to the student. We think this important, in order that his dignity and self-respect shall be maintained, and that he may understand that in his political relations he is entitled to nothing he does not earn. With respect to the expenses of the students of the University, we desire that the Trustees shall fix them as low as possible. The articles of endowment are intended to be in the nature of a constitution for the government and guidance of the Board of Trustees, in a general manner, not in detail. We hope that this institution will endure through long ages. Provisions regarding details of management, however wise they may be at present, might prove to be mischievous under conditions which may arise in the future. In the deed of trust we have designated the purposes of this University. The object is not alone to give the student a tech- nical education, fitting him for a successful business life, but it is also to instill into his mind an appreciation of the blessings of this government, a reverence for its institutions, and a love for God and humanity, to the end that he may go forth and by pre- Mr. Stanford'' s Address. 27 cept and example spread the great truths by the light of which his fellow-man will be elevated and taught how to attain happi- ness in this world and in the life eternal. THE GROWTH OF TIME. We do not expect to establish a University and fill it with students at once. It must be the growth of time and experience. Our idea is that in the first instance we shall require the estab- lishment of colleges for both sexes; then of primary schools, as they may be needed ; and out of all these will grow the great central institution for more advanced study. We have fixed the number of Trustees as twenty-four, that the institution may have the strength which comes from numbers. There is little danger of divided counsels, for the Educational Department will be under the control of the President of the Uni- versity, who will have and exercise all the power necessary to make him responsible for his successful management. In order that he may have the assistance of a competent staff of professors we have provided that the best talent obtainable shall be pro- cured, and that liberal compensation shall always be offered. We are impressed with the deep responsibilities of this under- taking, and invoke at all times your aid and the Divine help and blessing. During our lives we hope that we shall be com- pelled to make little draft upon the time of you, gentlemen, mem- bers of the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, yet we trust that you will be ever ready to assist us with your counsel. 2h> First Meeting of the Trustees. MINUTES OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. San Francisco, Saturday, November 14, 1885, | At twelve o'clock, m. J Pursuant to the invitation of the grantors, a meeting of the Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University was held at the time and place above mentioned in the library of the resi- dence of Leland Stanford, in the city and county of San Fran- cisco, State of California, Thefe were present of such Trustees : . Lorenzo Sawyer, Charles Goodall, Alfred L. Tubbs, Francis E. Spencer, Henry Vrooman, Charles F. Crocker, Timothy Hopkins, Henry L. Dodge, Irving M. Scott, William Ashburner, H. W. Harkness, Josiah Stanford, Horace Davis, John Boggs, T. B. McFarland, Isaac S. Belcher, John Q. Brown, George E. Gray, N. W. Spaulding, W. M. Stewart, The meeting was called to order, and upon motion, Lorenzo Sawyer was chosen Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and H. C. Nash, Secretary, pro tern. First Board of Trustees. 29 Leland Stanford, and his wife, Jane Lathrop Stanford, were then presented to the members of the Board of Trustees, and thereupon they delivered to the Trustees the grant made by them, duly executed and acknowledged, founding and endow- ing the Leland Stanford Junior University. Upon motion of Mr. Spencer, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the Trustees receive said grant, and accept for themselves and their associates the trusts therein imposed." On motion of the Chairman, the following resolution was adopted : "Resolved, That the Secretary be authorized for and as the act and deed of the Trustees to have the grant herein properly recorded on the records of the counties of Tehama, Butte, San Mateo, and Santa Clara, State of California. " On motion of Mr. Vrooman, the Trustees adjourned to meet at the call of the Chairman. Lorenzo Sawyer, Chairman. H. C. Nash, Secretary. TRUSTEES. The Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Univer- sity are as follows: Lorenzo Sawyer, one of the presiding Judges of the United States Cir- cuit Court, San Francisco. James McM. Shafter, San Francisco, lawyer, formerly State Senator, and ex-President of the State Agricultural Society. . Charles Goodall, San Francisco, of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, tormerly a representative of San Francisco in the Legisla- ture. Alfred L. Tubbs, merchant, St. Helena, Napa County, formerly a State Senator from San Francisco. Francis E. Spencer, Judge of the Superior Court, San Jose, and for- merly a Representative from Santa Clara County, in the Assembly. Henry Vrooman, lawyer, and State Senator from Alameda County. 30 First Board of Trustees. Charles F. Crocker, San Francisco, Vice-President of ths Southern Pacific Company. Timothy Hopkins, San Francisco, Treasurer of the Southern Pacific Company. Henry L. Dodge, San Francisco, merchant, formerly a State Senator, from San Francisco, and ex-Superintendent of the Mint. Irving M. Scott, San Francisco, of the Union Iron Works. William Ashburner, San Francisco, Regent of the State University. Dr. H. W. Harkness, San Francisco, of the Academy of Sciences of San Francisco. Josiah Stanford, viniculturist, Warm Springs, Alameda County. Horace Davis, merchant, San Francisco,, ex-Member of Congress from San Francisco. John F. Miller,. Napa, United States Senator from California. John Boggs, farmer, Colusa, formerly State Senator from Colusa, a Director of the State Agiicultural Society, and of the Board of Prison Directors of the State. Hon. T. B. McFarland, Sacramento, formerly in the Legislature of the State from Nevada County, and at present a Judge of the Superior Court of Sacramento. Isaac S. Belcher, Marysville, formerly of the Supreme Bench of Cal- ifornia. John Q. Brown, Sacramento, Mayor of Sacramento. George E. Gray, San Francisco, ex-Chief Engineer of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. N. W. Spaui.ding, manufacturer, Oakland, ex-United States Sub-Treas- urer, and Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of California. Matthew P. Deady, Portland, presiding Judge United States Circuit Court of Oregon. Willtam M. Stewart, Virginia City, ex-United States Senator from Nevada. Stephen J. Field, Washington, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States at Washington, D. C. Prayer. 3 1 LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE. The corner-stone of the Leland Stanford Junior University was laid on May 14, 1887, by Senator and Mrs. Leland Stan- ford, at Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California. The Rev. Horatio Stebbins, D. D., a member of the Board of Trustees of the University, offered the following prayer — Almighty God! We confess with revering awe Thy being and power, and dominion, and glory. Above all Thy works Thou art in inaccessible light and eternal life. In devout acclaim of praise and prayer, we lift up our voice to Thee, holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who wast, and art, and art to come! When Thou didst appoint the foundations of the earth and lay the corner-stone thereof, wisdom was with Thee, as one apprenticed unto Thee, the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy! Thou didst take counsel of no man that he should instruct Thee, or teach Thee in the path of judgment, or teach Thee knowledge, or show Thee the way of understanding. Thou hast measured the waters in the hol- low of Thy hand, meted out the heavens with a span, compre- hended the dust of the earth in a measure, weighed the moun- tains in scales, and the hills in a balance. When we consider Thy heavens the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars which Thou has ordained, what is man that Thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that Thou visitest him? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet; there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Al- mighty giveth them understanding. 32 Laying of the Corner-Stone. Thou source of intellectual rays! Fountain of moral inspira- tion! We adore Thee, and bow humbly down, and lift up our heads, unabased, in presence of Thy works of world, or sun, or moon, or star, and rejoice with humble, grateful joy that Thou hast made us partakers of Thine own nature. In the name of that nature, in the name of man. Thy Son, we implore Thy blessing now upon the work of our hands, and upon the intents of our hearts. We lay this stone, this precious corner-stone, chosen of the builders as a sure foundation, in Thy name and in our name, and consecrate it with all the work that may be reared upon it to Thy spirit and the mind of man. With mingled love and grief and gratitude, we would write upon the pile that shall be reared here and upon the sky above, and upon the earth be- neath, that youthful name to which, baptized in tender human sorrow, we would give an earthly immortality, while his spirit dwells with God in eternal life; and may that name be a token of good to mankind forever. To this end we humbly consecrate our earthly successes, and implore Thee to receive the gifts that we lay at Thy feet. O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed, give good success, and establish Thou the work ol our hands; and may wise master builders and skilled workmen of God build from generation to generation upon the foundation which Thou hast laid. Thou, who art God, were all the nations dead, send down Thy blessing upon our commonwealth, the State of California; upon the Governor and the people, and may all human interests have the gracious benediction of heaven. Stretch forth Thine arm of protecting power and peace over our common country, assuag- ing human passions and kindling the beams of intelligence, rea- son, and virtue. Let Thy blessing ever be on Thy servant, the President of the United States, to the end that the nation's life shall be rooted in everlasting righteousness, freedom used with reverence, power exercised with justice toward the strong and with generosity toward Address of Judge Sawyer. 33 the weak. Let our strength. and stability be in wisdom and knowl- edge; let industry be rewarded by upright gain, wealth used with wisdom and moderation, and may no successes of worldly pride, or power, or knowledge lead us to forget Thee, the Almighty Maker and Inspirer, on whom we depend — and unto Thee be honor and glory, dominion and power, forever and forever. Amen. Judge Lorenzo Sawyer, President of the Board of Trustees, then delivered the address of the day. ADDRESS OF JUDGE LORENZO SAWYER. Founders, a?id the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford funior University \ and Ladies and Gentlemen: — I regret that a short notice, and the pressure of official duties have rendered it impossible, were I otherwise competent, to prepare an address worthy this great occasion. We have met to perform a great and interesting public duty. We have assembled, at the request of the founders, to lay the corner-stone of an edifice — the first of a series — for the use of the Leland Stanford Junior University — a University which, it is hoped, in the near future, when more fully developed, will be second to no institution of learning in the land. That it may be such, is the ardent desire of its founders; and to secure that grand result the University has been so munificently endowed as to attract the attention and call forth the admiration of the world. All this has been done while those making the endowment yet live — while ambition for further acquisitions is usually still ac- tive in the human breast. The founders of the contemplated University, very properly and very wisely, resolve to themselves, personally, carry out the great plans they have formed, and see that their designs are duly executed and the desired results attained. The nature, objects, purposes, and scope of the coming institution may be best stated in the concise language of the founders, as set forth 34 Laying of the Corner- Stone, in their deed of trust: ''Its nature, that of a University, with such seminaries of learning as shall make it of the highest grade, in- cluding mechanical institutes, museums, galleries of art, labora- tories, and conservatories, together with all things necessary for the study of agriculture, in all its branches, and for mechanical training; and the studies and exercises, directed to the cultivation and enlargement of the mind. Its object, to qualify students for personal success, and direct usefulness in life. And its purposes, to promote the public welfare, by exercising an influence in be- half of humanity, and civilization, teaching the blessings of lib- erty, regulated by law, and inculcating love and reverence for the great principles of government as derived from the inalien- able rights of man to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." To what nobler objects, what more beneficent purposes, what grander work, can human energies and the accumulations of a successful business life be devoted ? It will be seen by this brief statement of the nature, objects, and purposes of the foundation, that the ultimate scope of the in- stitution, when fully developed, is of the broadest and most comprehensive character; that it embraces the whole range of human instruction, human knowledge, and human research; and contemplates affording the means for still further research, dis- covery, and advancement in knowledge. It contemplates preparatory and academic instructions; collegi- ate instruction in various colleges, such as colleges of letters, of law, medicine; of technical colleges, and institutes for instruction in the various mechanical, and fine arts ; and the pursuit of post- graduate studies, and research appropriate to a university proper of the highest grade. It is especially designed to give instruc- tion in those mechanical arts, the exercise of which tends to ameliorate the condition and contribute to the elevation and hap- ness of mankind at large — such as agriculture and the various mechanical pursuits. The ample donation of means; the location within an hour's ride of the metropolis of the Pacific States; and the amount of Address of Judge Sawyer. 35 territory set apart for the sole, special immediate use and occupa- tion ot the University, not including the large domain exclusively appropriated to the purposes of affording revenue, are on a scale corresponding with the extent and grandeur of the conception. The tract of land thus set apart and forever devoted to the uses of the University, upon which we are now about to lay the corner- stone of the first of a series of edifices to be erected for its accom- modation, contains more than thirteen square miles^ all of which is admirably adapted to the requirements of the various depart- ments, and, especially, those of agriculture, and the mechanic arts. There is ample room for all departments of the grandest of institutions of the kind to work harmoniously together; The fitness of the location for the contemplated purposes is pointed out and the objects more fully developed in the address of the donors to the Trustees made at the time of the execution of the deed of trust, after the organization of the Board, to which ad- dress reference for further information is made. Should the plans of the founders of the Leland Stanford Junior University be successfully carried out, there is no calculating the benefits that must necessarily accrue, not only to the State of California but to the entire nation and to mankind at large. Who can estimate or conceive the influence of such institutions as Harvard and Yale, or even of the hundreds of lesser note, upon the intellectual, moral, and material wellbeing and prosper- ity of our vast country ? Or of such institutions as Oxford and Cambridge, not only upon the destinies of England but of Europe and of the entire human race ? It is the cultivation of letters and of the various arts and sciences through such agen- cies, that elevates civilized and enlightened man and places him upon the plane so far above the savage. That people which carries its educational institutions to the utmost point of perfec- tion and of usefulness attainable is the people that rises to the highest plane of human existence and happiness. The little grove in the suburbs of Athens which Academus presented to the Athenians, constituted the academy in which 36 Laying of the Corner- Stone. Socrates and Plato, and their disciples, taught their pupils phil- osophy, rhetoric, logic, poetry, oratory, mathematics, the fine arts, and all the sciences, so far as then developed. The influence emanating from those schools, notwithstanding their limited re- sources, has been largely felt through all succeeding ages; and it has to this day given direction to thought and contributed largely to mold the characters and the civil institutions of all the peoples of Europe, and their descendants in America and wheresoever else they may be found on the face of the earth. The people of that little Republic of Attica — the whole area of whose territory was only about two-thirds as large as that of the county of Santa Clara, in which our coming University is located — exercised a greater influence over the civilization, institutions, and destinies of modern nations, than any other people however great. The groves of Palo Alto — the tall tree — are much larger than "Academus' Sacred Shade." These sturdy, umbrageous oaks, with Briarean arms ; these stalwart, spreading laurels, and these tall eucalypti are much grander and more imposing than the arbor- tenants of the grove at Athens. The soil of Palo Alto is far richer and more productive than that of Attica ; it yields as fine wheat, as delicious figs, grapes, olives, and other fruits. Its scenery is almost as grand and awe-inspiring, and quite as pic- tursque. Its climate is as dry, equable, and delightful. The arroyo de San Francisquito is as flush and turbulent in winter, if — although abundantly supplied for all purposes of the Univer- sity above — as waterless in its lower reaches in summer, as the two rivulets Cephissus and Ilissus. The transparent clearness and coloring of our sky is as "matchless" as that of Attica; and the azure dome above our heads, by day or night, is as pure and as brilliant as the ''Violet Crown of Athens." All our conditions are equally favorable to health, to physical and men- tal development, and to physical and mental enjoyment. Not an hour in the year is so cold as to interfere with mental, or phy- sical labor, nor an hour so hot as to render one languid, indis- Address of Judge Sawyer. 37 posed to physical or mental exertion, or as to dull the edge of thought. There is not a place in our broad land, outside our own beloved State, where one can perform so much continuous physical or mental labor, without weariness or irksomeness. Should the plans of the founders of the Leland Stanford Junior University be carried out, in accordance with their grand con- ceptions, with such advantages as the location and climate afford, why should not students be attracted to its portals not only from California but from all other States of our vast coun- try, now containing 60,000,000 of people; and even from foreign lands ? What should prevent this University from becoming, in the great future, the first in this, or any other land ? When fully developed, who can estimate its influence for good upon the des- tinies of the human race ? A word to the founders of the Leland Stanford Junior Uni- versity. It is fit that the corner- stone of this edifice should be laid on the anniversary of the birth of him who, while yet a mere youth, first suggested the founding of a university — a sug- gestion upon which you have nobly acted and to the establish- ment of which you have devoted so large a portion of the accum- ulations of a most energetic, active, and trying life. It is eminently fit, that an institution founded and endowed on that suggestion should bear his name. The ways of Providence are inscrutable. Under divine guidance, his special mission on earth may have been to wake and set in motion those slumbering sentiments and moral forces which have so grandly responded to the impetus given, by devoting so large a portion of your acquisitions and the remainder of your lives to the realization of the objects thus suggested. If so, his mission has been nobly performed, and it is fit that both his name and the names of those who have executed his behests should be enrolled high upon the scroll of fame, and of the benefactors of the human race. You have wisely determined, during your lives, to man- age and control for yourselves the funds of the foundation; to supervise and direct the arrangement and construction of the 38 Laying of the Corner- Stone. buildings, and the required adjuncts, and to superintend and give direction to the early development and working of the new- University. This is well. He who conceives is the one to successfully execute. May you remain among us, to manage and control this great work, until you shall see the institution founded by your bounty, firmly established ou an immovable basis, en- joying a full measure of prosperity, affording the citizens of vour adopted State the educational advantages contemplated, and dispensing to all the blessings and benign influences that ought to flow from such institutions. Long may you enjoy the satisfaction afforded by hopes fully realized — Seri in coelum redeatis. Fellow-members of the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stan- ford Junior University, in accepting this grand trust you have assumed the most weighty responsibility, not only to the founders of the University but to the children and youth of the commonwealth and to their posterity in all time to come. You have assumed the guardianship of the vast inheritance to which they have fallen heirs. In the near future, and thenceforth till time shall be no more, the duty will devolve upon us and our successors to administer this inheritance in such manner as to accomplish its great ends. I call to mind no instance where so large an estate has, at one time, been devoted by the same per- sons to the foundation of a single institution of a similar character — certainly, none to take effect during the lifetime of the donors. Since our organization, other lands with ample water rights and facilities have been added to the estate at Palo Alto, especially dedicated as the situs and future home of the University ; so that the tract, now, embraces about eight thousand four hundred acres. The estate at Vina, set apart for all time as a source of revenue, embraces about fifty-five thousand acres, of which some four thousand acres are planted in vines, already in bearing, and the remainder is devoted to various other agricultural and .grazing purposes. The Gridley estate, at this time devoted largely to the production of grain, embraces an area of about Address of Judge Sawyer. 39 twenty-two thousand acres. Since our organization, at an ex- pense of nearly $100,000, a winery has been erected at Vina and furnished with vats, casks, and other appliances for making and handling 300,000 gallons of wine — the products oi the vine- yards—and other wineries and their necessary adjuncts are now in course of construction, sufficient to afford facilities for the manufacture and handling of 1,000,000 gallons. These improve- ments are in pursuance of the statement, made in their address upon the organization of the Board of Trustees, wherein the founders of the Leland Stanford Junior University say: "As a further assurance that the endowment will be ample to establish and maintain a University of the highest grade, we have, by last will and testament, devised to yon and your successors additional property. We have done this as a security against the uncer- tainty of life and in the hope that during our lives the full en- dowment may go to you." The aggregate of the domain thus dedicated to the founding of the University, is over eighty-five thousand acres, or more than one hundred and thirty-three square miles, among the best improved and most valuable lands in the State. The contemplation of these facts will suggest some idea of the magnitude of the responsibilities resting upon us and our suc- cessors. It will not only be our duty to so administer this trust as to accomplish to the utmost extent possible the desired end, but also as the institution is developed by time and its needs become greater than its resouces, as they well may not- withstanding the present munificent endowment, it will become the further duty of the Trustees to seek an enlargement of its means by influencing other public-spirited individuals of wealth to add to its funds, by founding particular colleges or depart- ments, or contributing to enlarge the general fund. The income of Harvard from property and tuition, is now about $400,000 per annum, considerably more than half of which is derived from its investments of funds received from time to time from donations by benevolent and public-spirited citizens. That of Oxford and 40 Laying of the Corner- Stone. Cambridge amounts to some millions per annum. So in the great future, with the rapidly increasing millions of our people, the large amount so nobly given to this University may become wholly inadequate to its wants. In that event, or even in anticipation of its occurrence, it will be the duty of the Trustees at all times to seek additional endowments. With our means of rapid and cheap communication, it will be far better to concen- trate future benefactions upon the maintenance of one great and as near as possible perfect University suitably located in a healthy and invigorating climate, than to scatter and fritter them away in feeble, isolated, and fruitless efforts. Fellow Trustees, some of us are already well advanced in years. While it will at all times be our duty and, I trust, our pleasure to give when desired such aid and counsel as we may to those who conferred the trust, it is not at all improbable that many of us will never be called upon to engage very actively in a substantial execution of that trust. Two of our number have already responded to the final summons. The place of one has been, and that of the other doubtless soon will be, wisely filled by the founders of the University. But in the due course of na- ture the active execution of the trust will, sooner or later, de- volve upon some of us and the successors of the others, after which all vacancies will be filled by the remaining members of the Board. In supplying such vacancies, great care should be taken to secure men in the prime of life; men of energy and fixed determined purpose; men of intelligence, large attainments, broad views, and sound judgment and discretion ; men of large finan- cial and administrative ability; and, above all, men thoroughly imbued with the spirit that prompted the foundation of the Leland Stanford Junior University, and in full and active sym- pathy with all its purposes and aims. With such men always to manage and carry out these great trusts, we may confidently predict an ultimate triumphant consummation of the object sought. Should we succeed in establishing and fully developing the new University in accordance with the conception and purposes of Address of Judge Sawyer. 41 its founders — as succeed we must with proper efforts and proper management, and with the aid and blessing of the Omnipotent and All-wise Being who created all things and without whose approval we can accomplish nothing — its power for good will go on from age to age to the end of time increasing and expand- ing till no corner of this broad earth will be beyond its human- izing, elevating, and benign influences. Invoking the Divine blessing on our work, let all put forth a united, continued effort to secure a consummation so devoutly to be wished. When this shall have been done, and the Leland Stanford Junior University shall have been once securely established upon a firm and stable basis, we may exclaim with unhesitating confidence that the idea will be fully realized — esto perpetual On the conclusion of the address the corner-stone was laid by Senator Stanford, the choir singing the hymn beginning "Heirs of unending life." The 19th Psalm was then read by Dr. Stone, of the Episcopal Church, and the ceremony concluded with the benediction, de- livered by the Rev. J. E, Scott, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Menlo Park.