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Old Crank

(4,532 posts)
Sun Mar 12, 2023, 04:30 PM Mar 2023

Leland Stanford Junior University

Spent 5 weeks in CA Jan-Feb. Clearing out the the house and putting it up for sale. We and our partners have accepted an offer.
Once that is completed it will be the end of a 25 year partnership. Both good and bad times. When I head back to the US I normally try to spend a day at my old workplace. I retired 8 years ago this comign summer. Here are a few images from the campus.



Each one of these is a graduating class. This is the first, 1892, one member a certain Herbert Hoover.


Stained glass from Memorial Church. They have removed the wire protections since I noticed them last.


Detail from the front of Memorial church


From The Burghers of Calais, Rodin.


They are hard to photograph in the sun.


Crane by the building I worked at.


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Leland Stanford Junior University (Original Post) Old Crank Mar 2023 OP
I went to Cal leftieNanner Mar 2023 #1
When I saw the post title, I thought, "What the heck is a junior university?" ShazzieB Mar 2023 #2
The case for a comma. Old Crank Mar 2023 #4
Oh, that makes a little more sense! 😁 ShazzieB Mar 2023 #6
You have caught Stanford University very well, my dear Old Crank! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2023 #3
Glad to help Old Crank Mar 2023 #5
Wonderful pics! Grumpy Old Guy Mar 2023 #7
Thanks Grumpy Old Crank Mar 2023 #8

leftieNanner

(15,667 posts)
1. I went to Cal
Sun Mar 12, 2023, 04:44 PM
Mar 2023

My husband attended Stanford.

I kid him that it's too bad he could only get into a Junior University.



Such a beautiful campus.

ShazzieB

(18,444 posts)
2. When I saw the post title, I thought, "What the heck is a junior university?"
Sun Mar 12, 2023, 05:01 PM
Mar 2023

Then I googled and found out that is the actual official name of Stanford U. Learn something new every day!

Very nice photos. I love closeups of architectural details and ornamentation on buildings like these.

Old Crank

(4,532 posts)
4. The case for a comma.
Sun Mar 12, 2023, 07:13 PM
Mar 2023

Even students get surprised by the Junior. For others who don't know it is named after the Stanford's child. Leland Stanford Junior.

ShazzieB

(18,444 posts)
6. Oh, that makes a little more sense! 😁
Sun Mar 12, 2023, 07:40 PM
Mar 2023

Awkward, though.

To be really correct, it would need 2 commas: "Leland Stanford, Junior, University."

CaliforniaPeggy

(151,805 posts)
3. You have caught Stanford University very well, my dear Old Crank!
Sun Mar 12, 2023, 05:13 PM
Mar 2023

My husband did all his undergraduate and graduate work there. We lived nearby and often walked around these sites.

These are beautiful photos!

I loved MemChu (the nickname for the Memorial Church). We talked briefly about getting married there.

Thanks for the memories . . .

Old Crank

(4,532 posts)
5. Glad to help
Sun Mar 12, 2023, 07:15 PM
Mar 2023

With memories. I'm not sure all those old name contractions are as popular as they were 20 plus years ago.

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