History 



19163 Becoming Emeritus 



tion, explaining the causes and nature of the Revolu- 

 tion and commending the main features of Wilson's 

 policy. 



On August I, this being the end of the academic 

 year following my sixty-fifth birthday, I became 

 automatically Chancellor Emeritus of Stanford Uni- 

 versity.^ 



Later in the month I assisted in the dedication at A plea for 

 La JoUa (near San Diego) of the new building of the ^^J"™^ 

 Scripps Institution for Biological Research affiliated 

 with the University of California. On this interesting 

 occasion I made a plea in behalf of "old-fashioned 

 Natural History," the study of animals and plants 



' On this occasion I received the following communication, beautifully 

 inscribed and bound: 



The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University to Chan- 

 cellor David Starr Jordan, Greeting. 



At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Uni- 

 versity held on the i6th day of May, 1916, the following resolutions were 

 adopted : 



On the occasion of the retirement of Chancellor David Starr Jordan from 

 office, we, the Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University, 

 desiring to place on record our deep appreciation of the lifelong service 

 rendered by him to the cause of education, now therefore 



Be it Resolved, That we recognize that as President and Chancellor he has 

 laid our University and the American people under lasting obligations. An 

 eminent scientist, a great teacher, an inspiring personality, and an organizer 

 and administrator of high ideals and wide vision, he has made an enduring 

 impress upon the fabric and spirit of Stanford and upon educational progress 

 in America. 



Resolved, That we gratefully acknowledge the cordial cooperation and 

 wise counsel which we have always received from Dr. Jordan as President 

 and as Chancellor, in our personal and official relations with him, and that 

 we assure him of our lasting regard and affection, confident that the future 

 will bring still further fruition of his knowledge and experience and of his 

 zeal for the promotion of the highest interests of humanity. 



(Signed) W. Mayo Newhall 



President 



Leon Sloss 

 Secretary 



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