10-28-2014, 12:52 AM
Leland Stanford Junior University: 31
The University that nearly closed in 1881 because of a debt of $8,182 until railroad magnate Henry Villard donated $7,000 to pay down the debt, and the faculty took a 25 percent salary cut: 27
The University that nearly closed in 1881 because of a debt of $8,182 until railroad magnate Henry Villard donated $7,000 to pay down the debt, and the faculty took a 25 percent salary cut: 27
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)