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Jordan (DAVID STARR an American)

DAVID STARR, an American educator; born in Gainesville, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1851. He studied at Cornell and Harvard. After holding important professorships, he served as president of the University of Indiana from 1885 to 1891. In the latter year he was made president of Leland Stanford Jr.

University. He served in this capacity until 1913, and as chancellor from 1913-1916, when he became chancellor emeritus. ( He wrote "Science Sketches," "Care and Culture of Men," "Footnotes to Evolution," etc., and served on a number of important government commissions, since 1909 Director of World Peace Foundation, author of 400 scientific monographs, "The Way of Lasting Peace" (1916), etc. , president California Academy of Science, of Science , 1896 and 1909, chairman U. S. Fisheries Commission (1901-1904) and Alaska Salmon Investigation (1903-1904 .) AM, the son and t, King of Judah. father, from 889 d four years alone. thalich, daughter hose ovil influence to the land, He number, He slec their woressful revolt of nding"), the princie, the bed of which stretching from N. of the country. It junction of three source of the Jorhich rises near the ya, on the W. side There is another of the same nounidan at Dan. The after a course of a e, having passed Huleh Lake (The and the Lake of lee), 682 feet below falls into the N. ex- SBA (9.0.), 1,292 erranean. Besides ceives four streams, ad Wady Kelt from x and Jabbok from is 1,700 feet above Dead Sea of 3,000 rdan was first exigor in his Rob Roy STARR, na Amer- Gainesville, N. Y., died at Cornell and important proresident of comm 1885 to was made Jr. Unioscity until 1918-1916, emeritus. ( "Cara and otes to Evoluon a number of missions, since Peace Foundazonographs, ce" (1916), etc., Academy of Science, rman U. S. Fish- 01-1904) and Alastion (1903-1904) JORDAN