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Reports that like California's ailing economy, Stanford Business School took big hit in 1993. Applications which plunged 20%: Comments by Admissions Director Marie Mookini; Percentage of the class of 1993 who landed jobs within three months of graduating; Rankings for the top 50 American graduate schools of business (Stanford was number one); Rankings of school that are tops in various business specialties.

Focuses on the discovery of the papers of historian Leon Trotsky and his son Lev Sedov at the Hoover Institution Archives in Stanford, California. Availability of the papers in microfilm.

Highlights the weekly staff meeting of Stanford University's magazine "The Stanford Chaparral" in Stanford, California. Presider of the meeting; Theme of the meeting; Importance of the meeting for the university's magazine.

Reports on the decision of the Stanford University student newspaper to refrain from getting Chelsea Clinton's views on the sex scandal involving her father, President Bill Clinton, when she returns to the campus as a sophomore in September 1998. Remarks made by Adam Kemezis, editor of the student paper, `Stanford Daily'; Student newspaper's coverage of Chelsea's arrival as freshman student in the university.

Presents information on the acquisition of family papers formerly owned by Nathaniel Hawthorne's family by Stanford University, Stanford, California. Detailed information on the collection; Age of the collection; Comments from Jay Fliegelman, professor of English.

Reports on the termination of Jesse Oxfeld, a columnist for the Stanford University campus paper `Stanford Daily,' for writing in his column about student Chelsea Clinton, United States President Bill Clinton's daughter. Rule by editor Carolyn Sleeth that the paper ignore Clinton unless she involves herself in a newsworthy event; Spat between Oxfeld and Sleeth going back to the election that selected the paper's editor.

Deals with artifacts, memorabilia and papers donated to Stanford University by Apple Computer. Interesting memo found by the technology curator; Computer prototypes.

Relates a retired British professor's experience of teaching French literature in Stanford University, California. Comparison of American and British styles of educating; Readiness of American students to talk; Use of class performance and prepared papers rather than honors scripts; Broader education obtained by Americans due to courses outside their main discipline.

Mentions collections of book-related items in the United States. Memorabilia from Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway, and Edgar Rice Burroughs in storage in the library's meeting room in Oak Park, Illinois; Acquisition of papers of philosopher Eric Hoffer by Stanford University's Hoover Institution in California.