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$30,000,000 IN ENDOWMENTS

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MRS. STANFORD'S PRINCELY GIFTS TO THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY.

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"OUT-CARNEGIES" CARNEGIE BY MANY MILLIONS IN REARING OF A GREAT MEMORIAL

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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. - The deeds of gift executed by Mrs. Jane L. Stanford, conveying $28,000,000 to $30,000,000 to the Leland Stanford, Jr., university, do not affect the control of that institution during her life time. The total of her endowment is said to be three times greater than what was ever before given by one individual to educational purposes in the history of the world. The properties given to the university include interest bearing

[image, sketch, woman's head in profile. Mrs. Stanford] MRS. LELAND STANFORD. Who has just given $30,000,000 to the Leland Stanford university, of California.

stocks and bonds of the highest class, conservatively appraised at $18,000,000, and worth probably $20,720,000; real estate in 26 countries, aggregating about 100,000 acres of land, valued at $12,000,000.

Since the university first opened its doors, Oct. 1, 1891, after being legally founded in May, 1887, it has received about 4,000 matriculated students from all parts of the world and has conferred degrees upon 1,200. Instruction at the university is free.

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