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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1899)
nil- . . _ Conservative ; 11 tiou for the generations that are to follow. The lesson thus taught will remain with them through life and help them to teach the lesson to others. The university buildings and grounds are for their use while students , in trust for students to come. Another subject I have given serious consideration to is that wo should not be nmbitious to increase the present number of students eleven hundred for some years. If our Heavenly Father spares me to become the actual possessor ser of the property it was intended should bo mine , it would afford me great satisfaction to add some necessary buildings the chapel , library building , chemical building , and two additions to the museum the latter in order to have a place for the works of art and curios I direct to have removed there from my home in this city , my home at Palo Alto , and my home in Washington , D. O. , after my departure from earthly life. Even with the addition of these buildings the present number of stu dents would only be made comfortable , but they could then use all the rooms in the quadrangle , which are now over crowded as recitation rooms. These buildings are needed , and I hope the trustees will be able , in the future , to build them , if I am not during my life time. The next subject to which I would call your special interest and attention in the future is the mechanical depart ments. I know full well how important my husband considered these depart ments. The Inrge workshops were fitted up at an enormous expense with the very finest and best of machinery and tools. During the first two years there were over a hundred students busily engaged in learning how to use their hands deftly and usefully in the machine shops. This number , from some cause which wo cannot under stand , has been steadily decreasing from year to year. It was a theory of my husband that the labor of a man whose brain has been developed in conjunction with skilled hands , made him so superior to the or dinary workman as to enable him to command the highest compensation. He also felt that the presence of these de partments in the university tended to greatly dignify labor. Many of the students como to this university because the advantages are free and because they know that they will 'kbe obliged to carve out their own future ; and with the encouragemenl which we will give these departments in the future they may gladly pursue this course of study. The professional world has more than its quota , while the manual has still room for more skilled workmen. If these departments are encouraged , and work in the ma chine shops and wood-working depart meuts are made major subjects , their graduating classes would be Jarger and - > . ' . * . Lrf vould readily find responsible positions. When you put on the armor and take up ho work where I leave it , 1 charge you o pay special attention to these depart ments. Let the laborer keep always joforo him these words of our precious Savior : "My father workoth hitherto , and I work. " In the net of the legislature under vhich the Leland Stanford Junior Uui- rorsity was founded and is now in exis- euce , is the following clause : "Tho ) erson making the grant may therein lesignato such rules and regulations for lie management of the property con- feyed as the grantor may elect to pre- cribe ; but such rules shall , unless the grantor otherwise prescribe , bo deemed advisory only , and shall not preclude such trustees from making such changes is new conditions may from time to time require. " And in the sanio ant of the egislatnre occurs the following clause : 'And in all cases the powers and duties conferred and imposed by such grant upon lie trustee or trustees therein named shall ) e exercised and performed by the per son making such grant , or by his wife , during his or her life , as the case may be ; provided , however , that upon the death of such person , or his surviving wife , as the case mny be , such powers and duties shall devolve upon and shall 30 exercised by the trustees named in the grant and their successors. " Now , therefore , under the terms of : hese clauses and in the exercise of the powers that the act of the legislature gives me , I , as remaining grantor of the Leland Stanford Junior university do tereby elect to direct that in the future when a vacancy or vacancies shall occur in the board of trustees of said univer sity , either by death , resignation , re moval , inability to serve , or by any other cause , said vacancy or vacanies shall not bo filled until the number of the members of the board of trustees be reduced by death , resignation , removal , inability to serve , or for any other cause , to the number of fifteen , after which as a vacancy may occur it shall be filled in the manner designated in the grant of endowment , but the number ol trustees shall thereafter never exceed fifteen. In the board of trustees nine persons shall constitute a quorum , but the assent of not less than a majority ol the whole , to-wit , eight , shall be neces sary for affirmative action in the execu tion of the trusts herein contained. And further , in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid act of the legislature , I do hereby elect to direct That from this time forth when a member of the board of trustees shal be appointed , he shall be appointed foi the term of ten years instead of , as heretofore tofore , for life. But this shall not opplj to the members of the present board o trustees. In explanation of these , two change in the board of trustees , I will state ii regard to the first that during the las 'ow years of my husband's lifetime ho Tequently discussed with me the ad- antages of a smaller board than one of iwenty-four members , and the advisa- ) ility of the number being some day reduced. As regards the appointment of mem bers for a limited term of years instead of for life , I have considered the matter rom many standpoints , carefully and irayerfnlly , and have had the advant- igo of the experience of 'Other institu tions governed by boards of trustees , vith the result that I deem it important and beneficial to make the change. This change , however , does not apply to my member of the present board. In making alterations in the original grant of endowment I feel a solemn con viction that I am doing what my hus- jand , were ho still with us , would have done. Before closing lot mo further direct that in course of time the board of trus tees shall elect and number among its nembers many of the alumni of the university. "Jcar Father in Heaven , I wish Thy vill to lie done and not mine ; unless my will be TJty will , I ask for Thine instead of mine. " The commander of the United States forces in Cuba , Major-Goneral Brooke , is a native of Pennsylvania. Ho entered the United States service in 1861 and early distinguished himself as colonel of the fifty-third regiment , Pennsylvania vol unteers. For heroic conduct at Fredericksburg - ericksburg , December , 1802 , ho was specially commended by the heroic Hancock. Entering the regular army at the close of the civil war promotions have advanced him to the rank of ma jor-general in the regular establishment. In his present assignment , which is semi-civil , ho is displaying the same efficiency and good judgment that have marked his entire military career. CHU1STIAN SCIENCK. THE CONSEUVATIVE , at the request of estimable citizens , publishes in this issue a sermon by Mrs. Eddy. Hero comes a French scientific jour nal with the wonderful news that the English have a box of sand on the table , along with the pepper and salt , and use all three condiments alike freely on their food. The Warner Library Club will bo closed on or before April 1. next. The publishers have decided to close out the stock on hand at the most liberal intro ductory prices ever offered. This propo sition will positively not bo offered after April 1 and wo would advise an early response. All those of our readers who desire to purchase this the greatest work of the century , send your name and address to the Warner Library Club , 512-518 Pnxton Blk. , Omaha , Nebraska , nnd full particulars , sample pages , etc.- , & will be sent free of charge. .
