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on both the front and the back. The back ones are Greek and female with naked breasts. They were originally on the front but the Stanfords disapproved of them and replaced them with Egyptian style male sphinxes and moved the female sphinxes to the back.
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party held each year at 10:00pm on the last Friday or Saturday of October. After being temporarily cancelled from 2002 to 2005, this tradition was revived in 2006. It is sponsored and planned annually by the Stanford Sophomore Class.
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is opened to the public and a wreath laid (usually in October during the reunion weekend) as part of the annual Founders' Day activities.
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The original intent of the Stanfords was to build a family mansion here. They had only gotten as far as planting a
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Stanford Mausoleum is also the site of the traditional Mausoleum Party, informally referred to as Maus, a student
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37°26′11″N 122°10′12″W / 37.43651°N 122.16989°W / 37.43651; -122.16989
Palo Alto, California

Stanford University
Stanford University Arboretum
Leland Stanford, Jr.
Leland
Jane Stanford
mausoleum
cactus garden
Angel of Grief
William Wetmore Story
sphinxes

Halloween
"Founders' Celebration |"
"Mausoleum Party October 31, 2009 (Saturday)"
"Mausoleum Party October 30, 2010 (Saturday)"
"Mausoleum Party October 28, 2011 (Friday)"
"Mausoleum Party October 26, 2012 (Friday)"
"Mausoleum Party October 26, 2013 (Saturday)"
"A Party to Die For"
Virtual Reality of Stanford Mausoleum
Stanford Mausoleum
Founders' Celebration
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Stanford University

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