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Title: The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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A. Hearst, widowof United States Senator Hearst, has contri-buted great sums to the imiversity, and hassecured in a competition open to all the world(won by M. Benard of Paris), a complete archi-tectural plan whose buildings will cost at least$10,000,000. Leland Stanford Jr. Universitywas founded 1891 by Gov. and United StatesSenator Leland Stanford and wife. The widowhas recently turned over to the university thecomplete endowment they designed, amountingto nearly $30,000,000. A harmonious architec-tural plan, of symmetry and beauty unrivaledat present by any university in the world, hasalready been carried far enough to accommo-date the 1,200 students (of whom one third arewomen) and has cost several millions. Uni-versity affairs in California are in the handsof noted educators from the East; standardsare high, and friendly rivalry has done muchto promote educational affairs throughout theState; while the two imiversities have togetherabout five times the enrollment that the one O--
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CALIFORNIA had 12 years ago. David Starr Jordan is presi-•dent of Stanford, and Benjamin Ide Wheelerof the State University. The accrediting sys-tem has been developed to high efficiency.Co-education in both universities is not anexperiment, but acknowledged success. Thereis a large number of colleges, private schools,seminaries, academies, and other educationalinstitutions, besides those under State super-vision ; also medical, law, and other schools.Educationally, California ranks very high inthe Union. A large number of distinguishedteachers have been attracted by climatic andother considerations. It pays its teachers inpul<lic schools the highest average salaries inthe Union ($943, as compared with $620 forOhio). Public libraries are very numerous, and areto be found even in the smallest cities. Withits free public library of 80,000 volumes, SanFrancisco has four other libraries aggregating200,000 volumes — besides the great Sutrolibr.iry of 500,000 titles, not yet availabl

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