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Title: The Chamber of commerce handbook for San Francisco, historical and descriptive; a guide for visitors ..
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Todd, Frank Morton Greater San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
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Publisher: San Francisco, San Francisco Chamber of commerce under the direction of the Publicity committee
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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s an equally erninenl position in the world of education.Its great endowment of $25,000,000 has enabled it to attractfamous teachers. Its teaching stafF is one of the strongest inthe country. It is coeducational, but the number of womenstudents is limited to 500. The university is located on the Palo Alto Farm of thelate Senator Leland Stanford, by whom and by his wife, JaneLathrop Stanford, it was endowed in memory of Leland Stan-ford Jr., who died in his sixteenth year. The grounds consist of over 7,000 acres, partly rising intothe foothills of the Santa Clara range. All the subjects of a full college course are offered here,and tuition is free except for an Incidental and Guild fee of Universities and Colleges 215 $17 half yearly, and charges in the departments of law andmedicine. An adaptation of the mission style of architecture has beenemployed on the campus with fine effect. The MemorialChurch bears on pediment and interior walls, some of the mostbeautiful mosaics in the world.
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LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY. The Leland Stanford Junior Museum, containing the arch-eological and art collections of the university, is situated aquarter of a mile north and a little west of the Quadrangles.It grew from the collection begun by Leland Stanford, Jr.Here is preserved the skeleton of the great sire of trotting horses.Electioneer, of much interest to breeders. There are also in-teresting collections of Chinese and Japanese art, and the DiCesnola collection of Greek and Roman pottery. In 191 1-12 the number of students enrolled was 1774, ofwhom 2 1 6 were graduate students. 216 HandbooI( for San Francisco California is fortunate in having two such universities, eachof which is a stimulus to the other. Mills College (formerly Mills Seminary). Situated in thefoothill region east of Oakland, about an hours ride from SanFrancisco. To reach it. Take Southern Pacific jerry at the foot of Market street,for Alameda pier, and there change to train marked Oakland

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