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Is it Stanford University or Stanford College?
Full name is Leland Stanford Junior University-Leland Stanford Junior was a person; the school is not a junior college. Stanford University is its common name.
What does Stanford university stand for?
"Stanford University" is short for Leland Stanford Junior University. It was named after the deceased son of a railroad tycoon.
Who was a famous personality born in 1870 and graduated from Stanford junior University in 1891?
Leland Stanford, Jr.
List of the largest us colleges by land mass?
The Leland Stanford Junior University,or commonly known as Stanford University located in Stanford,California,USA.spread across at 8,180 acre land.
What are the highest ranking online colleges?
Pennsylvania State University World CampusUniversity of British ColumbiaNortheastern University OnlineUniversity of LiverpoolStanford Center for Professional Development (Stanford Leland Junior University)
Why did Leland Stanford create Stanford University?
he was a railroad developer
How did universal get its name?
The full name of the university is "Leland Stanford Junior University." Leland Stanford (senior) was one of the "Big Four" who founded the Southern Pacific Railroad, and he participated in the "Golden Spike" ceremony when the Central Pacific (later the Southern Pacific) linked with the Union Pacific at Promontory Point, Utah, to establish the first transcontinental railroad. Stanford held the offices of Governor of California and later U.S. Senator from California. He and his wife Jane established Stanford University in honor of their son Leland, Jr., who died at the age of 15 in 1884 on a trip to Italy. It opened its doors in 1891.Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Where_did_Stanford_University_get_its_name_from#ixzz1B2qjH7Bq
Why is Stanford mascot a tree?
Stanford University currently has no mascot. The Tree which appears with the LSJUMB (Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band) is a long-running gag of the band which has now become a tradition. But it has no official university sanction. Here is the story behind all that:http://wiki.answers.com/Why_are_they_called_the_Stanford_Cardinal_not_cardinals#ixzz1B2sMjLJ1Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Why_are_they_called_the_Stanford_Cardinal_not_cardinals#ixzz1BBcKa8xlhttp://wiki.answers.com/Why_are_they_called_the_Stanford_Cardinal_not_cardinals#ixzz1B2sMjLJ1
Did Leland Stanford originally attempt to have a building built at Harvard to honor his son but was rebuffed and built his own university?
http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/history/begin.html You may have heard a story that a lady in "faded gingham" (Jane Stanford) and a man dressed in a "homespun threadbare suit" (Leland Stanford) went to visit the president of Harvard, were rebuffed, and as a result, went on to found their own university in Palo Alto. This untrue story is an urban myth, and Stanford's archivist has prepared a response for those desiring more information: For what it is worth, there was a book written by the then Harvard president's son that may have started the twist on actual events. Leland Stanford Junior was just short of his 16th birthday when he died of typhoid fever in Florence, Italy on March 13, 1884. He had not spent a year at Harvard before his death, nor was he "accidentally killed." Following Leland Junior's death, the Stanfords determined to found an institution in his name that would serve the "children of California." Detained on the East Coast following their return from Europe, the Stanfords visited a number of universities and consulted with the presidents of each. The account of their visit with Charles W. Eliot at Harvard is actually recounted by Eliot himself in a letter sent to David Starr Jordan (Stanford's first president) in 1919. At the point the Stanfords met with Eliot, they apparently had not yet decided about whether to establish a university, a technical school or a museum. Eliot recommended a university and told them the endowment should be $5 million. Accepted accounts indicate that Jane and Leland looked at each other and agreed they could manage that amount. The thought of Leland and Jane, by this time quite wealthy, arriving at Harvard in a faded gingham dress and homespun threadbare suit is quite entertaining. And, as a former governor of California and well-known railroad baron, they likely were not knowingly kept waiting for too long outside Eliot's office. The Stanfords also visited Cornell, MIT and Johns Hopkins. The Stanfords established two institutions in Leland Junior's name -- the University and the Museum, which was originally planned for San Francisco, but moved to adjoin the university.
How did Stanford university get its name?
The full name of the university is "Leland Stanford Junior University." Leland Stanford (senior) was one of the "Big Four" who founded the Southern Pacific Railroad, and he participated in the "Golden Spike" ceremony when the Central Pacific (later the Southern Pacific) linked with the Union Pacific at Promontory Point, Utah, to establish the first transcontinental railroad. Stanford held the offices of Governor of California and later U.S. Senator from California. He and his wife Jane established Stanford University in honor of their son Leland, Jr., who died at the age of 15 in 1884 on a trip to Italy. It opened its doors in 1891.Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Where_did_Stanford_University_get_its_name_from#ixzz1B2qjH7Bq
What is Stanfords mascot?
Stanford's "mascot" is the color Cardinal. The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band's (LSJUMB) mascot is the tree. Each individual selected by the band to be tree builds their own costume using their own interpretation of what the tree should look like-- it has been a pine, but also a palm.
Where did Hoover go to school?
Hoover went to the Friends Pacific Academy in Newberg, Oregon for two years. Then then took the college entrance exams at newly formed Stanford College, but failed all but math. He took some college prep. classes at Palo Alto, Cal. , took the exams again and passed, becoming the youngest student in the first graduating class at Stanford at age 17. He never graduated from high school.
