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Compus Construction
The Stanfords engaged landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to design the campus. The Stanfords’ collaboration with Olmsted and the architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge resulted in California Missioninspired buildings of local sandstone with red-tiled roofs, surrounding a cloistered quadrangle with Memorial Church as its focus. The rectangular plan of the Main Quadrangle was designed to provide for expansion through a series of quadrangles developed laterally.
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一·Bacic Overview 二.The Founding of the University 三.University Motto 四.Compus Construction 五.Academics 六.Research 七.Compus Life 八.Alumni
They decided to create a university, one that, from the outset, was untraditional: coeducational in a time when most private universities were all-male; nondenominational when most were associated with a religious organization; and avowedly practical, producing “cultured and useful citizens” when most were concerned only with the former.
The Founding Grant states the university’s objective is “to qualify its students for personal success, and direct usefulness in life” and its purpose “to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization
universities ，located in
California's Bay Area. It covers an area of 35 square kilometers, is the second largest University in the United States. Since its opening in 1891, Stanford has been dedicated to finding solutions to big challenges and to preparing students for leadership in a complex world.
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The Founding of the University
The Leland Stanford Junior University was founded in 1885 by California Senator Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Jr., who died of typhoid fever at 15.
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Basic Overview
Stanford University (full name: Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private university, is genBiblioteka Baidurally considered as one of the world's most distinguished
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University Motto
“Die Luft der Freiheit weht”
is Stanford’s unofficial motto and
translates as “the wind of freedom blows.” The phrase is a
quote from Ulrich von Hutten, a 16th-century humanist. Stanford’s first president, David Starr Jordan, embraced the questioning, critical spirit of von Hutten’s words and included them on his presidential seal. The motto is part of the university seal, depicted here to the left.
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Stanford University is known for its entrepreneurial character, drawn from the legacy of its founders, Jane and Leland Stanford, and its relationship to Silicon Valley.