A California University

The Farm and Hoine gives a very iu¦ri'stiiiff account of what will bc in the uture one of tbe greatest seats of leurning i the country. lts magniflcent endowïent contrast strangely with that of the '¦ of M, which ha9recently met with areuff by a picayiine governor and his little . 8. : An event wliich is likely to have fareaching innuences occurred in Califora May 18, whea the corner stone of the eland Stanford, Junior, University was aid at Palo Alto, in Santa Clara county, bout an horu's rlde by from San Franisco. Thls uuiversity is being built by Senator Stanford as a memorial of his only son wlio dleil a year since. The Insütuou has been endowed with real estáte to he valué of f5,;$00,000, and wlih 9tocks, onds and raoneys amounting to $14,700,30, making a total endowment of $30,000,K) with which to begin and maintain the nstitution. Senator Stanford has also ntimated that at his death an additional urn will be bequeatued to the university. t is already tlie most richly endowed intitution of learning in the world. It s to be opened to botli sexes and tlie varius colleges of tlie university are to be of ie very highest grade attainable. Senaor Stanford has long taken a deep inter8t in agriculture, and tlie Palo Alto iinch, upon which the university is ocated, contains 7,200 acres, about 5,000 f which are iu cultivation, and constiutes the model norse breeding and fruitrowinji ranch of the world. Naturally, lierefore, the the agricultural college of jeland Stanford, Junior, Universlty will e one of its prominent Institiitions, comlning with its curriculum extensive exeriments in ttald and laboratory. There s a splendid opening for a hih class college of agrlculture, such as this eau be made. The agricultural colleges of the present dy are destined mainly to take boys from the farm ind ffive them a good practical education, which will stand them iu good stead In the battle of life what ever vocation they may take up. But we have no institution in this country in whieh, in addition to this traininj?, specialists uan be tlioroughly educated M as to be qualitied to teach agriculture in all its pilases. An institution is needed tbat will do thls, that will train men to be competent professors of agriculture and of the natural science kindred thereto. The i.ri'adiiates of sucli an institution will be the agricultural professors, agricultural college presidenta and agricultural expe rinient station directora of the future, lf the agricultural college of the Leiand Stanford, Junior, University proves the ni'cdci! Institution, a quarter ol a fíentury henee the graduaten ot' U college of a;riculture will be the leaders iu the progresa of American agriculture.