Nancy, Maybe the Stanford's got off the train a little sooner and
started Stanford College at Bozeman instead...
Say, when you were in Brazil did you notice a particularly bad economy
down there? Wall Street is all Gloom and Doom these days, blaming it
largely on the economy in Japan and the rest of Asia and how that now
effects so many US companies, especially technology companies. But they
are also saying all the major economies in the world are now lousy and some
of the more pessimistic souls down there are predicting th e US will enter
an actual recession by January or early next year sometime.
The reason I ask is because aside from Japan the two countries mentioned
most frequently as adding all this instability are Russia, with the recent
collapse of the ruble, and BRAZIL, which is one of the dominant economies in
S. America. I just thought that since you were down there on business, you
might have an opinion on how bad things really are here. Presuming no one
else has an interest in this, please answer, if you feel like answering,
off-List. THANKS!
B. Bruce Anderson (52, 49, 48)
Schooley's Mtn., NJ
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Date: Saturday, October 10, 1998 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: NON PD
>Hello,
>A touching but not true story re: the founding of Leland Stanford Jr.
>University.
>
>Leland Stanford Jr. died when he was 15 years old. A victim of typhoid
fever.
>He and his parents were visiting Italy at the time. The University is
>situatated on the Stanford's stock farm where young Leland loved to visit
and
>spend time.
>
>Leland Stanford was instrumental in holding California loyal to the Union.
A
>merchant interested in developing CA and one of the four businessmen who
was
>instrumental in the building of the Transcontinental railway (hence the
>Stanford award to alumni of the "Golden Spike")
>
>Leland Stanford declared upon the death of his young son (only child) that
the
>children of California would become their children and the University would
be
>constructed on "the farm" as a memorial to the young son. Jane Stanford
was
>very actively involved in supervision of the Memorial Church on the campus
and
>reputedly visited the site daily and used the tip of her umbrella to
measure
>the depth of the lettering being etched in the sandstone in the walls of
the
>church.
>
>A beautiful gift in memory of their son.
>
>Rita Weeks
