3045 1913 " '%■:.;■' A A JTHi 3D 1 3 = o 2 3> 4 5 -r> 6 •^ 7 ■- 5 Addresses at the installation of John Casper Banner 1 mt THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES m ;:v/':'ii •:'' > 1' i LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS 1913 TRUSTEES- SERIES NO. 24 ADDRESSES AT THE INSTALLATION OF JOHN CASPER BRANNER, LL. D. AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER I. 1913 STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY 1913 LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS 1913 TRUSTEES' SERIES NO. 24 ; ADDRESSES i AT THE INSTALLATION OF JOHN CASPER BRANNER, LL. D. AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER \, 1913 STANFORD UNIVERSITY. CALIFORNIA PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY 1913 m INSTALLATION OF PRESIDENT BRANNER Joliii Casper Uraiiner, LL. D.. was installed president of the Ice- land Stanford Junior L'niversitx on Wednesday. ( )ctQber t. 1913, the twenty-second aimiversary of the foinidini^ of the universit\'. Horace Davis, LL. D Master of the Ceremonies Professor George James I'eirce, Ph. D Marshal of the Day Order of Exercises. Overture, "Poet and Peasant" voti Suppc Processional. "Le Prophete" Meyerbeer The Graduate Students The Members of the Senior Class The Members of the Junior Class The ^fembers of the Soj^homore Class The Meml)ers of the Freshman Class The Faculty of the Cni^•ersity The Academic Council The Advisory Board of the Alumni Association The Trustees of the University The Speakers of the Occasion The Acting Registrar of the L'niversity The Chaplain of the University The ^Master of the Ceremonies The President of the l'niversity The President of the Board of Trustees Invocation The Chaplain of the L^niversity Installation of the President Afr. Timothy Hopkins, President of the Uoard of Trustees Response The President of the University Presentation of the Presidential Chair Arthur Gainsford Halm Acceptance on Behalf of the LIniversity Horace Davis. LL. D. Address on Behalf of the Students Karl Charles L.ehrens of the Class of 1914 Address on Behalf of the Alunmi Charles Kellogg Field of the Class of 1895 Address on Behalf of the Facidty. .Professor John Maxson Stillman — 3 — The Inaugural Address The President of the University Benediction The Chaplain of the University Choral, "Hail, Stanford, Hail !" Albert IVilliain Siiiit'h Recessional, "Tannhauser" JJ'agiicr The procession formed at ten o'clock in the morning on the east side of the Inner Quadrangle and marched around by the south entrance up to the stand erected in the central court, where the ceremonies took place, as follows : Invocation by the Chaplain of the University Almighty God, we beseech Thee to bless all institutions of learning throughout the world, and especially this university and all its mem- bers and benefactors. Bring to it whatever it may need of schol- arship and endowment to carry its good designs into efifect. Estab- lish it to all generations to Thy honor and glory. To Thy servant, the president of the university, and to those to whom are committed the duties of administration and instruction, give Thy heavenly grace, that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same. And to those who are here to be trained up for the work of the world, give a proper sense of the honor and danger of the trusts to which they are called. Endue them with sound minds and mod- erated desires, fill them with the spirit of zeal for the truth, and grant that, when they are called to give an account of their steward- ship, they may not be found unprofitable servants. Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. Installation of the President by Mr, Timothy Hopkins, President of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Timothy Hopkins, President of the Board of Trustees, was in- troduced by the Master of the Ceremonies and spoke as follows : Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends -of the University: Just twenty-two years ago, on the first of October, 1891, the doors of Stanford Univer- sity swung open for the reception of students. These years have been eventful ones in the life of the institution. It began its career full of high hope under the wise and loving care of Senator and Mrs. Stanford, but after a short period of sunshine, it lost the strong guiding hand of Senator Stanford and was plunged into a period of gloom and distress from which it was rescued by the heroic struggles and noble sacrifices of Mrs. Stanford which were crowned with final victory. The clouds passed away, and now as we approach the end of our first quarter of a century, we find the university on a firm educational basis, enjoying the vigor of robust youth, with a future full of promise. — 4 — In readinc^ the Foundiiisa: Grant we are impressed with the p^randcur of the scheme and the 1)roadth of its desit^n. The nltimatc scope of the institntion is of the liroadest and most comjirehensive natnre and de- manded exceptional qnalities of mind and character in tlic execntive head chosen to pnt into effect the plans of its founders. In his hands lay the success or marrinj^ of the project, and Senator Stanford showed his wisdom anil knowdedp^e of men by the selection of David Starr Jordan as the first president of this institntion. Edu- cationally broad and sane. ]nn-poseful, enerp;-etic and courageous, with constructive ability of an muisual type, President Jordan has safely guided the unixersity through the most trying period it probably will ever have. His ideals and spirit have become Stanford ideals and Stanford spirit, and to him and the faithful men chosen by bis wisdom to carry out his plans belongs the praise for the high standing of the university in the educational world. The Founding Grant enjoins upon us "to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization." The time has come when, in deference to Dr. Jordan's request, the trustees have relieved him of the executive burdens of the university that he may tlevote part of his time to these broader aspects of world affairs, and have made him chancellor of the university that be may represent us in this wider arena. David Starr Jordan stands in the very front rank of university pres- idents ; as Chancellor Jordan he is acquiring international fame in the greater field of human interests ; his idealism is voiced at the Hague ; his sturdy supj^ort is given to every movement for general betterment of the human race; but his heart is still, as it always will be, with us here at Stanford. The trustees have chosen for bis successor a man whose worth has been tested by long years of experience, a man who is loved, honored, and respected equally by alumni, faculty and students. Eminent in his profession and distinguished as a scholar, his strength of character, sovmd judgment, and executive ability combine to promise success for his administration. Marked out for the place by all these assurances of efficiency. Doctor Branner takes up his burdens with the cordial and hearty support of trustees, alumni, faculty, and students — the whole university, in each and all its parts, stands ready to assist him in the great work which is before him. Turning to Dr. Branner Mr. Hopkins then said: Doctor Jo/in Casper Branner: ( )n the first of August, KJ13, the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University unanimously elected you president of this institution. In the name of the Board and as its president. I now formally invest you with the authority and dignity of that office, and in token of the trust reposed in you, I present to you a copy of the Founding Grant, in — 5 — full confidence that the objects and purposes therein set forth will receive your loyal support and that you will cherish and foster with zeal and fidelity the ideals of the University. May the fullest measure of success crown your labors. Response by the President of the University President Branncr responded : Mr. President Hopkins, and Gentlemen of tlie Board of Trustees: I ac- cept the ofifice of president of this university with a profound sense of the dignity and honor you have bestowed upon me ; and I promise to do all in my power to carry out the purposes for which this university was established as set forth in the Founding Grant. Presentation of the Presidential Chair, by Arthur Gainsford Halm, President of the Associated Students The Master of the Ceremonies then presented Mr. Arthur Gainsford Halm, president of the Associated Students, saying: The students of the university desire to accentuate their joy and satis- faction on this occasion by making a gift to their ahna mater, or what is to be their alma mater, and for that purpose have appointed the president of the student body, Mr. Arthur Halm of the senior class, to make the presentation. I call upon Mr. Halm. Mr. Halm said : Mr. Hopkins and Members of the Board of Trustees: The students of Leland Stanford Junior University desire me on this auspicious occa- sion to express their pleasure and deep satisfaction upon the inaugura- tion of Dr. John Casper Branner to the presidency. Thev desire to ofifer as proof of their affection and admiration for President Branner a presidential chair — symbol of authority and scat of power. It is built to harmonize with the happy style of the quadrangle and bears the seal of the University. Its massiveness and strength of line are peculiarly appropriate to this occasion, as they symbolize the firmness, the stability, the solid worth of him who is to be the first to occupy it. To President Branner I bear the felicitations and lasting good will of this generation of Stanford sons and daughters, and for them express the hope that for many years you may be spared to uphold the dignity of your high office. Acceptance on Behalf of the University, by Horace Davis, LL. D., the Master of the Ceremonies On behalf of the university. Dr. Davis accepted the chair with the fol- lowing remarks : Mr. Halm: It gives me a great deal of pleasure in the name of the trustees and of the faculty, alumni and all the friends of the university here present to accept this beautiful gift. We shall treasure it among — 6 — our precious relics and it will go down to posterity connected with the incidents of this occasion. It is proper that the university should collect about it such heirlooms as this. Go to Harvard and Yale and they will show you with pride those relics of past generations which have come down to them as price- less heirlooms. Stanford should do something of the same kind and this is a beginning toward such a collection. These things betoken the character of an institution as they do of a house. Sometimes when you enter a house you are ushered into a drawing room upholstered in the style of Louis XIV or the Empire. You look around in vain for something characteristic of the family ; it all savors of the upholsterer. You go into another house and as soon as you open the door you feel that you have come closely in touch with the life of the family. In a corner of the hall stands a clock which has, perhaps, ticked away the lives of five or six generations. In the library you see an old desk dating from colonial times, on which per- haps Washington wrote his dispatches. In another place is a table on which a great-grandfather may have written his sermons. Ancestors look down upon you from the wall, beaming peacefully and with satis- faction, as it were, upon the history of the family as pictured in these surroundings. We ought to have something here that gives a touch of the life of the family. Alma mater should collect around her these traditional household objects, relics and mementos that illustrate the history and life of the university family. This beautiful chair of yours will take its place generation after generation in this collection. These present classes will pass out of the gates of the university. They will be for- gotten. We shall all be forgotten — if we are remembered at all it will only be as dim figures in the past history of the university. But this chair, as class after class passes away, will gradually come to be invested with a haze of mystery. Stories will gather about it of what occurred here today and of the men who are here today, and it will become clothed not only with mystery but with reverence for the memory of this man who is to occupy it and of those other men who with him have built up the university. I thank you again for this token of your good will, and hope that it may go down among the treasures of the university forever. Address on Behalf of the Students, by Earl Charles Behrens of the Class of 1914 Turning to President Branner, the Master of the Ceremonies then con- tinued : Dr. Branner: Besides giving you this beautiful testimonial of their love for you, the students desire further to express their welcome to you today, and for that purpose have chosen Mr. Earl C. Behrens to extend you the hand of greeting. Mr Behrens spoke as follows : — 7 — Members of the Stanford Pauiily: This mornino; the four elements which make up the Stanford family — trustees, faculty, alumni and un- dergraduates — meet on terms of equality to do honor to the man on whom is placed the burden of the presidential duties. As a representa- tive of the undergraduates of the university it becomes my agreeable duty to express our sense of good fortune to the members of the Board of Trustees upon their choice of an executive head of the university. We desire also to thank the trustees for giving us an opportunity to participate in this distinctive and memorable occasion — marking the twenty-second anniversary of the founding of the university and the installation of its second president. It is a truism that the personality of the teacher is the vital factor in all grades of education and that a university cannot be truly great without great teachers. There are invaluable elements which only reach us through vital contact with the mind and personality of a masterful teacher. As we replace the exuberance of youth by the sober judg- ment of upperclassmen days v;e become more and more conscious of this truth. Though we forget all we learned from books, the influences woven into our lives by personal contact with the personalities in our faculty will always remain a part of us. At no time more than during the formative period of undergraduate days is there needed that life giving breath which emanates from scholarly, courageous and whole- some personalities. Personality though difficult to define is easily rec- ognized when one comes into its presence. Today we pay homage to a teacher who possesses a conspicuous personality, together with intel- lectual qualities which have enlarged the world's stock of knowledge ; emotional qualities which endow him with a rich sympathy ; volitional qualities which lead him to action and achievement, and moral qualities which inspire him to seek what is right in all things. We are fortunate at Stanford in having other rich minds in ou.r fac- ulty. For the advantage of present and future generations of Stanford students we hope that this day which witnesses the installation of a new president may also mark the beginning of a golden age of contact be- tween faculty and students. Students and faculty are only a part of the university. A quadrangle is noi complete without its four sides and for its perfection our univer- sity requires the proper alignment of its four sides- — trustees and faculty, alumni and undergraduates. If the student profits from his personal contact with the faculty, how much greater must this profit be if he and the faculty continue in touch with the two other factors in the uni- versity. For the sake of the university, as also for selfish reasons, the undergraduates wish to see the quadrangle complete by the intimate con- nection of all its parts. Therefore, on this day marking the beginning of a new era we not only express a wish for close relationship with the faculty, but also an earnest and sincere desire for effectual contact with the trustees and alumni. President Branner, we look to you as one whose administration is to bring about the perfect association and co-operation of the trustees, fac- ulty, alumni and undergraduates. We believe in you and we believe that your personality will attract all of us to you as the center of our activities. We are confident that the unification which you will achieve will have as its fruit the advancement of the great and noble ideals for which this institution stands. And on this anniversary which marks the close of the first era of our history we pledge our lovaltv to vou in your efforts to realize these great aims. We congratulate you. We wish you success and we pledge you our loyalty in the name of that future toward which our faces are so hopefully turned. Address on Behalf of the Alumni, by Charles Kellogg Field, of the Class of 1895 The Master of the Ceremonies, in introducing Mr. Charles Kellogg Field, who spoke on behalf of the alumni of the university, said : As Mr. Behrens has remarked, the university has four sides, which unite today in honor of Dr. Branner. We have heard from the trus- tees ; we have heard from the students. Now we are to hear from the real body of the university, that is, from the alumni. They furnish the real vital force, power and character of the university. If I tell you of Oxford and of the glory of Oxford you don't think of its buildings, beautiful and venerable though they are; you don't even think of the distinguished body of teachers who are gathered in those buildings. You think of the men who have gone out from her doors — the scholars, the statesmen, the preachers, the military men : the scholars who have illu- mined the intellect and intelligence of England, the preachers who have raised up her piety and her morals, the statesmen who have dictated her course in politics. There lies the real Oxford and that is what you mean when you speak of the power and influence of Oxford in the his- tory of England. And it will be so here. The alumni of an old univer- sity are the university. They are its power and influence. They give it character and it is to them that the community looks to see whether the university is worth the money which has been spent on it. Those men are here. They are in full sympathy with what has been expressed. They love Dr. Branner and they desire to participate in the honor that has been given to him today and have appointed for that purpose one of their owti number, who will address you with reference to their thoughts on this occasion — Mr. Field. Mr. Field said : Mr. Chairman: When the Advisory Board had named me for this honorable office I asked with appropriate modesty, "Why have you chosen meF" They replied: "Because we know that what you say will be neither long nor academic and besides, the man we really want is sick." Thus I stand here a spokesman in a double sense: to speak for a very healthy body of Stanford people, and at the same time to repre- — 9 — sent one who is too unhealthy to appear. I ought to be able to do jus- tice to one or the other. This happens to be the first time that an alumiuis of Stanford has been called upon to welcome a president to his chair in the university. The interesting duty is a new one, even to the pioneers of '95. It is true that twenty-two years ago today, in practically this very spot, we were on hand to hear the president of Stanford deliver his inaugural address, but we were not invited to express ourselves on that occasion. As I remember it we had not even a yell and we let out the pent up enthusiasm of the hour by singing a hymn. Yet on that other first of October, in that first Stanford "get-together" under the leadership of Stanford's first president, the Stanford spirit was born. It is for us who were there that day to testify to the steady growth of that spirit under the inspiration of his ideals. We were all freshmen really, in that first year, in an uncharted sea, unmarked by precedent or tradition. And our captain had been himself a freshman at Cornell under the same sailing conditions. He knew that "the great- est value of tradition lies in the making of it." He believed in us and we in him and that is a combination hard to beat. So we and the classes that have come after us understood and rejoiced in the spirit which he breathed into Stanford at the beginning — a spirit of democracy which accounts a man's clothes of less moment than his skin, and both less im- portant than his mind and heart ; a spirit that declared "the strength of being clean," a spirit of definite loyalty which, after the inevitable vicissi- tudes of twenty-two years, has undeniably and unequivocably triumphed in this place. Ten years ago this month, as it happens, at a university assembly, I tried to paraphrase that spirit, and the words of the credo come to me today as they came to me then : In loyalty to Stanford — to the whole university — by word and deed, always, by silence, even, when speech were disloyal ; in honoring Stan- ford people to the measure of their loyalty and no more ; in building with the builders through faith in the Stanford plan ; in making every best eflfort to spell Stanford before another name ; in planting no seed in Stanford ground without hope of flower somewhere ; and for the sake of these things reverencing the sentiment that gave the Stanford opportunity ; — therein lies the beginning, but not the end of the Stanford spirit. Today, from the deepest depth of that loyal spirit, the hearts that learned it from their first president send grateful tribute across the world to their first chancellor. Against such a background an alumnus of Stanford stands to welcome the new president of the university. Who shall say which it is easier to welcome — the old-timer or the tenderfoot? With the stranger any- thing you say about the climate, for instance, is likely to pass, but your old friend knows that the heat and the fog are no surprising novelty and you must needs choose your words with care. But if words today — 10 — are few and cautions the joy of thorn is all the <;rcater that the man of the hour is no new man in these qnartcr-century old places which we love in direct ratio to the numher of years we have known them. He has been a part of all that we count worth while ui)on this campus, shoulder to shoulder from the he^innini;- with the leader of the Stanford spirit, hardly second through it all in the devotion of the sons of that spirit, to the man whose active ])lace he takes today. It needs no sleij^ht- of-hand to slip over his shoulders the mantle of Stanford leadership — it lies there so easily in Stanford minds. Confidence, loyalty, affection- ate esteem, if there be need of speech let twenty-two years give tongue to them'. Let twenty-two years of love for the okl Stanford pledge alumni support through unnumbered years of the new Stanford whose bugle call the trustees have sounded in this memorable year of 1913, ])le(lge the best that is in us all to the service of the new president. Such days are milestones on the royal road of the university. For myself, I know that today's deep meaning for me is drawn not onh' from that other first day of October, long ago, but also from the hour when Senator vStanford talked to us in his library, the day the suit was won, the day we brought Mrs. Stanford's casket from the ship to the home over yonder, the day the trustees announced their new i)olicy — all milestones in the sunshine and shadow of the Stanford vears. And because verse was always my medium of Stanford expression, let me end in the manner of beginnings : Here, on this milestone by the way, Let us sit down together. There have been skies of heavy gray. But no such shadow dims today And this is resting weather ; We have come up so long a wa\-, Let us sit down together. Sec how along the road behind The other milestones lie ; Some on the hill-tops in the wind, And one we had no heart to find But passed in silence by — Today, how strangely close behind The other milestones lie ! Our road turns sharply, just ahead — Let us keep on together ; Perchance through shining uplands led Or through some valley of the dead — It will not matter whether That road be rough or smooth ahead So we may keep together! — II — Address on Behalf of the Faculty, by Professor John Maxson Stillman ^ The Master of the Ceremonies then introduced Professor John Maxson StiUman. as a representative of the facuky of the university', saying-: It is proper that before we separate today those who have been Dr. Branner's comrades and friends through all his university life should express the pleasure they receive from this new honor given to him. To Dr. Branner they are veterans. They are the old guard who were here at the beginning and saw the infancy of the university and helped to nurse it, who saw its bright, sunny childhood and then stood by it when it went under the clouds — when its period of trial and adversity came on and almost disaster. When that time came they stood together, shoulder to shoulder, and carried the university through its deep dis- tress. And now when it has come out again into the sunshine, as beautifully expressed by Mr. Hopkins, they are here to express their pleasure and their satisfaction in the promotion of their comrade. They are the Old Guard and as one by one the classes of the univer- sity pass, they bring up the rear. That is the old guard, tried and true, whom you always have relied on and always will rely on. They upheld President Jordan in his time of trial. They will uphold you, Dr. Bran- ner, if your time of trial should come. They have asked Professor Still- man, your old comrade and friend, to speak on their behalf — Professor Stillman. Professor Stillman responded as follows : Mr. President: On behalf of the faculty of the Leland Stanford Junior University I extend to you congratulations and felicitations upon your accession to the presidency of the university. You come to this position, not as a stranger, but as one who, by long service as professor and as vice president, is thoroughly familiar with the history, the traditions and ideals of this university. From its begin ning you have been the closest friend and most trusted adviser of your distinguished predecessor to whom Stanford University owes most that has given it a distinctive character and an honored rank. No one save Chancellor Jordan has been so conversant with the ad- ministrative history of the university as have you. To us of the faculty you have been long and well known as a widely honored scholar, an inspiring teacher, and a wise counsellor, a respected colleague and a loyal friend. The office of president of this university by the conditions of the Founding Grant confers upon its incumbent great powers and great re- sponsibilities. Upon his widom and his watchful care depend in large measure the efficiency, the harmony and the prosperity of the university. We of the faculty are, as you, vitally interested and concerned in the material, intellectual and moral growth of the university. None can realize so completely as we the burden of labor, cares and perplexities which necessarily accompany the honors and dignity of your office. None can better understand the gravity, the difficulty and the delicacy of the — 12 — problems of which the sohition is largely dependent upon your initiative or your decision. Realizing- all these things, knowing as we do your ability and your character, and recognizing the spirit of self-sacrifice and devotion with which you have assumed the responsibilities of your office, we are con- fident of your successful administration of its duties. We believe you will advance the interests of the students for whose training the univer- sity exists, that you will inspire and encourage the enthusiasms and safeguard the prerogatives of its teachers, that you will wisely advise the trustees in matters of university development and administration. By your merits and by your tried and faithful service you have achieved the right to expect that which we can freely and gladly ofifer — our loyal and sympathetic support. We welcome you to your high post of leadership in the assured expec- tation that with the cordial co-operation of the trustees, the chancellor, the faculty, of students and alumni, your administration, conserving the honorable achievements of Stanford University in the past, will a(l- ^'ance her efficiency and extend her service ever nearer toward the ful- fillment of the dreams and ambitions of her great-hearted founders. The Inaugural Address, by the President of the University The President of the university was introduced by the Master of the Ceremonies with these words: "President P.ranner, we have done our work ; the occasion is yours," and delivered his inaugural address, as follows : Dr. Horace Davis, Chairman ; Mr. TimotJiy Hopkins, President of the Board of Trustees; Members of the Board of Trustees; Members of the Faculty; Alumni and Students of Stanford UniT'crsitv; In assuming the duties and res])onsibilities to which I am called todav I take upon myself anew the vows of loyalty to the ]nirposes for which this institution has been founded, and T make ]iublic confession of the faith and hope that are in me. Inasmuch as the trustees are primarily responsilile for inv apjiearance before you as the president of the university. I address myself first and principally to them. Gentlemen of the Board: I count it a great honor to be chosen pres- ident of Stanford University, and in that capacity I count it a great privilege to be in a position to co-operate with you in carrying out the purposes for which this university was founded. I count it a great honor to succeed to the office so long and so ablv held by David Starr Jordan ; and a great ])rivilege to carrv forward the work so well begun by him. But I warn you at the outset that you must not expect to find in me any of the evidences of Chancellor Jordan's genius. — 13 — Being a practical man the problems of life appear to me to be simply the problems of each day as the days bring them along. I am com- pelled by nature and by principle to depend — not on the inspirations of genius, but on routine work directed to a definite end. I bespeak your patience and forbearance with my personal shortcom- ings. I cannot promise to be diplomatic, but you can always count on my frankness .and my straightforwardness, which are more important, I hope, in our dealings with each other. As we enter upon this new period of university administration it seems an appropriate occasion to take stock of our deeds, our fears, our hopes and our promises. And while taking stock we might go through the house, open all the doors and look in, and we might see whether there are any skeletons hidden away in dark closets or in obscure corners. In the Founding Grant Mr. and Mrs. Stanford stated in so many words that it was their purpose to found "a university of high degree" (page 53). In defining its nature, they say that it is to be "a university with such seminaries of learning as shall make it of the highest grade" (page 55). And while we are looking over our results we may ])rofit- ably ask ourselves whether and how closely we are coming to the clearly expressed purposes and expectations of the founders. The university has now been open twenty-two years. In that period we have conferred 4092 bachelor's degrees and 565 advanced degrees. The degrees conferred, however, represent only a part of the instruction given, for the total number of persons enrolled in the twenty-two years amounts to 11,251. This number includes each individual only once, and it does not include the new students of the current year. These numbers are not large as compared with those of some of our American universities, but they are certainly large enough when all things are considered. In the faculty gathered here we have some of the most distinguished scholars now living. It is a faculty of which we may be proud, and one that it will not be easy to improve. And not only are they able men and ripe, productive scholars, but they are men of the finest possible fiber. Speaking from a knowledge of the circumstances I am constrained to tell you that the cheerful courage of the faculty during these years of hope deferred is beyond all praise. A more loyal, self-sacrificing body of men cannot be found anywhere. And when we look over the total — the thousands of fine young people who have been educated here, the present faculty, the material equip- ment in the forms of libraries, apparatus, and buildings, and when we contemplate the university's secure financial condition, and when we glance back over the difficulties that lie well behind us, the difficulties of starting the university and getting it through the second summer of its childhood, and through the growing pains of its youth, we have just reason to be contented with the results and to take courage for the future. Such in brief are our deeds. And now as to our fears : The university has only lately reached the — 14 — stage of its growth and that fixity of pohcy that permits us all to feel confidence in its orientation and in its stability. Like a ship that has set out on a long voyage, and that has lately clcarerl the dangers of the shoals, the cross currents, and the rocks of the coast line, it must now be headed on a definite course, and if every one on board will do his duty, there can be no doubt that the voyage wmII be a happy and successful one. We must not forget, however, a grave danger that threatens ships it sea, and that is the shifting of the cargo. For the benefit of those of you who may not be familiar with nautical terms T mav ex])lain that owing to the rolling of the vessel, the cargo of a ship sometimes moves gradually from its original position toward one side or the other, causing the ship to list. This shifting may be so light that it is scarcclv noticeable and may be of no particular importance, but it is sometimes not only serious, but it may even throw the vessel so far over on its side as to lead to disaster to all on board. A university is very like a ship to this extent at least, that a shifting cargo spreads panic. The only deep-seated fear of which I am aware in regard to this ship of ours is the fear that the cargo mav shift. Having been promoted from the ranks of the faculty of our own uni- versity I take it upon myself to mention some of the hopes of the faculty that cannot w^ell be sent in to you in the form of requisitions. They are hopes that are in the air. and they are in our hearts and in our lives. The beauty of our surroundings is an educational asset which some of us are slow^ to appreciate at its full value. When this group of build- ings was first put up it was unique, and justly excited world-wide admi- ration. In this country it was a revelation. Colleges and universities everywdiere began at once to realize the importance and esthetic value of attention to their architecture and to the grouping of their buildings. Meanwhile the novelty of it wore off for us; we forgot that we were good-looking; we gave the matter less attention, and the attractiveness of the grounds has been greatly diminished by the bare, sunbaked courts and the general shabbiness that probablv seemed too imimportant to be taken seriously. A few years ago a visitor to these grounds was heard to remark, entirely without feeling, that he had never seen an institu- tion where there were so manv evidences of poverty. I am delighted to say that the trustees now have in mind the improve- ment of these conditions, and the new grounds committee will doubtless see that they do not continue. The question often arises in mv mind whether or not our buildings can be made more attractive within. The attractiveness and good influ- ence of our church is unquestionably due in no small degree to its beauti- ful interior. We have in the museum thousands of beautiful works of art. and our students seldom or never see them. In addition to many valuable orig- inal paintings, the museum contains copies of many of the most famous — 15 — paintinjs^s in the world, copies that most of us could hardly distinguish from the oriijinals ; and yet the walls of our lecture and seminar\- rooms are as bare as the walls of a prison or of any factory. To be sure the students can visit the museum if they sec fit. but there is no concealint^ the fact that our educational institutions are larc^ely engaj^od in thrusting- education upon the young people who come within our reach. I do not say this as a reproach to the young. That is what we do with our own children, and wc nmst do it with all the rest of them. For purposes of education it must be confessed that the works of art in the museum are of but little value at present. They need to be thrust upon our students. From the faculty i^oint of view there is nothing this univcrsit\- de- sires or needs so much as a sympathetic atmosphere for all of its legiti- mate functions. There is probably nothing you can do that will contrib- ute more to this sympathetic atmosphere than to encourage and stimulate every member of our instructing body, young and old alike, each in his own work, no matter what that work may be, whether in science, art or literature. Indeed, as I see all these things, work that is not worth encouraging ought not to be here. And I do not need to remind you that a university is judged, and very jiropcrly judged, bv the contribu- tions made by its faculty to literature, science, art, and all the rest, and above all by its contribution to good and sound citizenship and to high thinking and to right acting. Indeed it is for this very reason that most of our modern civilization has its roots in our universities. On the other hand, any act of the trustees that discredits or tends to discredit our professors is absolutely fatal, not only to the individual, but to the faculty and to the imiversity as a whole. A sympathetic atmosphere doesn't necessarily cost money ; and neither does it spring from promises that flee before our advancing footsteps. As for promises : most of our disappointments have come from prom- ises forgotten. I feel like asking you — beseeching you — never to prom- ise anything to anyone, for although promises keep alive that hope that springs eternal, sometimes they also leave behind them a brood of evils without name. Many of the members of our faculty have lived on promises and hope now these twenty-odd years, and we all know by bitter experience what hope deferred means. They came here young men. full of vigor, cour- age, and enthusiasm, they have learned the lessons of poverty, they have restrained their demands, they have been put off from year to year with promises old and new, and now behold them with gray hairs, with grown-up families, and with defeated ambitions, but still cheerful and faithful and loyal. To be sure, all promises do not turn out disappointments. For that reason I want to make just one myself, and if I make it here and now perhaps the occasion will bclji hold me firmly to it. Gentlemen of the Board, permit me to call your attention to a pro- — i6 — vision printed on pa.c^e 157 of the Trustees' Mainial. Tt is there proxirlecl "that the President of the University shall annually present to the I'oard of Trustees . . . the names of all members of the tcachinj^ or exe- cutive staff of the University who shall be over sixty-five years of a.ije on the first day of the followinj^ academic year, with his recommendations as to the retirement or retention of all such persons." Here and now I be^: to remind you that I shall be sixty-tive years of age in July, 191 5, ami I recommend that I be retired at the end of that academic year. In spite of protests on the part of some of my friends it seems to me best for the university to fix that limit to my tenure now while I have the strength of mind to see what is best for the university, and to set the limit before old age can fasten me on the institution as an unproductive and unwelcome pensioner. In closing here what I address chiefly to the r)Oard I wish to give public expression to my high appreciation of the cordial sujiport gi\cn me by the trustees, and also to express my admiration of the unselfish- ness of the busy men who give so much of their valuable time to the affairs of the university. To my CoUcai^iics of tJic Faculty: My friends, I take up the duties of this oflfice with a strong sense of my own shortcomings and with a pro- found feeling of personal gratitude to you for the cordial support you have given me as your president. More than any other one thing it is my knowledge of your sympathy, of your faith in me, and of your long-tried patience, that has given me courage to undertake the duties of this office. I would have every one of you feel that T am here to serve you in every way in my power, and in everything that pertains to your work- as instructors in this university, and as scholars interested in your own special lines of work. I expect and I intend to be the servant of every member of this faculty except myself. There is no other thought in my mind : I consider the support I can give you my most important duty, and it will be my greatest pleasure. We may differ occasionally about the methods by which a given end is to be reached, but I am sure that our purposes are absolutely identical. Conversation with some of my friends discloses the impression that I am rather expected to do something out of the ordinary ; conversation with others discloses the impression that I am expected to do nothing out of the ordinary, but that I am to follow the footsteps of my honored and illustrious predecessor so closelv that no one may know that there has been anv change in the official head of the university. I am sorry to disappoint all of these expectations. Really, I have no new policies to announce, no new theories of education to try out, and no reforms to urge; and as for following in Chancellor Jordan's footsteps — I could not take his long strides if I would, and in addition to that impossibility. I find it difficult or impossible to do things just because some one else has done them. It never appeals to me as a sufficient reason. I believe in the reasonableness of most tbinq^s as they are. and. as I take no y)leasnre in sensations, you arc liable to finrl me a rather unemo- tional university president. Of late years a great hue and cry has been raised among college fac- ulties against the tyranny of college presidents. It must be confessed that there is some cause for this outcry, but I cannot help thinking that much of it is ill-founded. Out of a considerable number of college pres- idents whom I know, T find the majority of them perplexed bv problems they cannot solve, and staggering under burdens tlTe\- should not be asked to carrv. On the other hand, it behooves us to remember that tyranny is not necessarily an attribute of individuals alone — faculties are sometimes tyrants too. As you will have observed T have stipulated that I am to retire at the end of two years. Within those two years let us see to it that we do all that human effort can to make Stanford University known for sane, sound, and productive scholarship. Ladies and Gcnilcnicn of the Aliiiiiui: You have often been told in one way or another that ^■ou are the living outjiut — the flesh and blood and bone — of the university. In a sense your lives and ours are one. We live in you ; as you become men and women of importance in the world, we become a university of importance. Like that of anv mother, the heart of the university warms with pride and satisfaction when it thinks of its ofifspring — of its alumni, following with courage and high purpose the paths they started upon right here in this quadrangle. Kach in his own way has demonstrated the value to the state, to the nation, and to the individual, of the imiversity's ex- istence. There is one utilitarian theorv regarding imiversitv alumni in general, however, which has been enormouslv overworked — one with which I cannot sympathize. Perhaps I can best illustrate my meaning by an instance. I know an estimable lady who was educated at a famous college for women. From the time she graduated — now a good many years ago — down to this day, although she assures me that she paid all her bills, she has been followed up and down the face of the earth, appealed to and beset by boards, by societies, by secretaries, and by treasurers, through circular letters and through personal letters, on behalf of organizations of everv conceivable kind, for raising monev for her alma luatcr. It seems as though she had committed some unpardonable sin that is to follow her to the grave. With this sort of thing I have no sympathy. It is too suggesti\-e of the cannibal king who raised his own children for his own food. I can freely promise our alumni that T shall not be a party to such a policy. The alumni are already acquainted with our needs, and when they want to help us thev know where to find us. The thing we want of you above all things is your respect, your affec- — l8 — lion, your loyalty, and your sympathy. And of these we are already assured. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Student Body: You are the junior mem- bers of the universit\- family. I congratulate you heartily that vou are well started in your university careers, in the midst of this active, pro- ductive, hustling age. There has never been a time when life was so well worth living, when so many attractive careers opened their flow- ery paths before ambitious young people. Your new president has no new experiments to try out on you, unless it be an experiment to treat you, every one of you, like men and women. I feel that students, even those whose minds are undeveloped and un- awakened, have rights, hopes, and aspirations, as well as trustees, presi- dents, and professors, and I feel bound to respect those rights and to treat students justly. I have no particular advice to give you ; if I had, it would probably surprise you and shock the faculty, for I should tell you not to study too much. It is not my idea that a student should work so hard here that he will be unable to do any work hereafter. Such things do happen, you know. And it is an o])en secret that more trouble comes of stu- dents' trying to do too much than of their trying to do too little. At the same time you are not to get the idea that I a])prove of any sort of laxity either in your studies or in your conduct. I would have you feel that you are here in the process of entering upon the privileges and duties of manhood and womanhood, and I want you at the same time to realize that it is one of the inexorable laws of life that when we abuse our privileges we are on the road to lose them. A man's work lies before every one of you. You too will soon be numbered with the alumni. May you so live your student life that you will get nothing but pleasure and good out of it here and hereafter. • Finally, it is for every one of us, for every member of the university community, trustees, faculty, alumni, and students, each in his own way and in his own sphere to be of good cheer, and to stand firm in his moral support of the faculty in their efforts to make and keep Stanford University what its founders meant it to be — a "university of high de- gree." The choral, "Hail, Stanford, Hail." was sung by the entire assemblage standing. Then followed the Benediction, by the Chaplain of the University I'nto God's gracious mercy and protection we commit you. The Lord bless you, and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace, both now and evermore. At the close of the benediction the procession reformed and, led by the President of the University and the President of the l^oard of Trus- tees, marched out of the quadrangle to the music of theRecessional, which closed the official portion of the exercises. — 19 — LITHOMOUNT PAMPHLET BINDER Manufactured by GAYLORO BROS. Inc. SyracHse, N.Y. Stockton, Calif. UCLAYoung Research Library LD3045 1913 y L 009 602 662 UC SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY AA 001 324 567 5