Fun facts about stanford university

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1) The school was originally called the New England College, but in 1825 it changed its name to what we know today as stanford university.

2) In 1769, a group of students from other colleges in Massachusetts formed a new college at the same location and named it after themselves: they were known as the "New England Association." They soon became dissatisfied with their association's lack of independence and decided to form a separate institution.

3) The first class was held on October 1, 1770.

4) The school's first rector was Goodman Nicholas Allen.

5) The first classes were held in a building that still stands on the college campus. They held classes there until 1817, when they moved to their current campus. In 1839, the college had to rebuild after it was damaged in a fire. The current building was first used in 1844.

6) In 1849, the State of California granted land to the university and roads were constructed in order to bring students from the counties all over California to the university.

7) In 1855, the university finally got a permanent campus, as buildings were erected on a spot that was previously used for farming.

8) In 1861, the university almost got burned down by a group called the "Burners," but the university's first fire department was formed in 1864 to help fight fires on campus and stop the destruction of what would become the first medical center in California.

9) In 1891, "Old Stanford," which was the nickname for the original adobe campus, burned down. Due to this fire, the new campus was constructed.

10) The university's seal is the crest of the university with the Latin phrase "uni virtute parati" around the edge.

11) The university has a total of 10 campuses, including one medical school.

12) The university's main campus is really spread out, so it's not uncommon for the university to have classes in multiple buildings within the same campus by itself.

13) The university operates a medical school and has a working relationship with the University of California, which also operates a medical school.

14) The medical school at stanford has different goals than the one at the University of California. While the one at the University of California is intended primarily to train physicians for the benefit of the health care industry, the one at stanford is intended primarily to produce as many physicians as possible so that they may practice throughout the public health system. This means that there is a lower emphasis on things like pre-clinical studies and education, and that those who graduate go on to work directly in fields like emergency medicine, family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics and more.

15) Stanford also has a veterinarian school and a law school.

16) The school has over 40 fraternities and more than 20 sororities.

17) During World War II, the university was given permission by the U.S. military government to operate an internment camp on campus for Japanese citizens. It is known as the "Campus Karat".

18) There are also a few graduate schools at stanford, including an engineering school and a business school.

19) The college was originally non-denominational, but in 1873, the first church owned property was sold to pay off debts.

20) MIT was one of five universities and colleges that competed in the first American football game in 1869. The other four were William and Mary, the College of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College.

21) The first school in the nation to offer classes in aeronautics and astronautics was at MIT. This was one of the first schools to have an electrical machine workshop.

22) Ebeneezer lot was the first person to create a working model of a refrigerator in America. (Well, a model of one anyway. Refrigerators were not common until the 20th century). His wife, Sarah first used one of his models to store food for their inn.

23 The first school in the nation to introduce women into a technical field was at MIT. The introduction took place in 1889 and they were enrolled as "Gentlemen's Ladies." The school was the first to introduce a women's football team in 1895.

24) An 1885 proposal to merge the Massachusetts Normal School with MIT failed after much debate.

25) The first American to be awarded a doctorate in civil engineering from the college was Henry Petroski in 1954.

26) The first American to receive a doctorate in engineering from the college was Clarence H. White in 1955. He is also the first African-American individual to receive a doctorate from the college.

27) The first American to design and build a nuclear power plant was Alvin C. Graves. He also designed the Oyster Bay nuclear power plant, the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States.

28) The first American to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics was Ernest Rutherford in 1909. He was a professor at the college from 1904-1911.

29) The first building to be wired for electricity on campus was Dwinelle Hall in 1887.

30 The first American to lead an expedition to the summit of Mount Everest was Dr. Charles Foster in 1953. He was a geology professor at the college.

31) The first member of the college to drive a car was Dr. David B. Miller in 1877, although he refused to license his skill to anyone else.

32) The first school in the nation to introduce a four-year mechanical engineering program was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. That's right, they were the first! The first classes in that program were held in 1894.

33) The first American to drive New York to Los Angeles in less than 48 hours was Frank W. Jenkins in 1926. He was a senior at the college. The team in which he drove included three other MIT students, all of whom were also from the college.

34) The first American to be awarded a doctorate in electrical engineering by the college was William Joseph Miller in 1929.

35) Most of the buildings on campus are built of brick.


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