<p>It would have been interesting if CC was around in the 1890’s when Jane Lathrop Stanford had to appeal to Grover Cleveland to get her husband’s estate out of probate to pay the faculty’s salaries. Stanford was founded to rival Harvard and other east coast schools and had a very rough start. Imagine the comments of those old established schools during Stanford’s early years.</p>
<p>I would be interested in hearing the comments of UC Merceders this year. With the crowding on other campuses it is inevitable that Merced will grow in enrollment. As the father of a high school sophomore I curious as to whether Merced will be an option for him.</p>