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M. F. O'Donoghue, President

C. E. Williams, Vice-President

Chas. W. Otis, Secretary

C. T. Vogel, Treasurer

Organized 1894

The California State Association

Resolutions on the Death of Mrs. Stanford.

Washington, D. C., April 15, 1905.

At a regular meeting of the California State Association recently held at the Ebbitt House the following preamble and resolutions were adopted:

Whereas on the 28th day of February, 1905, the sad intelligence was cabled from Honolulu, H. T., throughout the universe of the untimely death of Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford; and

Whereas the departure from this life of such a noble and charitable woman came as a deplorable shock to all Californians and to friends everywhere. The many good deeds she has done for the cause of education, the advancement of civilization, and the uplifting of humanity is universally attested, and a great deal of what she did never will be known; and

Whereas the name "Stanford" will be perpetuated and revered for all time to come, especially so by the thousands of students from all parts of the world who can avail themselves of the opportunities offered by that great institution of learning at Palo Alto, Ca;.: