Index 



Jordan, David Starr: 



Book One. Ancestry, i. 1-4; brothers 

 and sisters, 8-10; date of birth and ac- 

 count of childhood days, 10-18; early 

 education, characteristics, and special 

 interests, 19-28; tastes in reading, 28-30; 

 introduction to politics, 30-34; boyhood 

 days in Gainesville, N. Y., 34-46; reli- 

 gious views and personal morals, 46-50; 

 college days at Cornell, 51-99; professor- 

 ship at Lombard University, Galesburg, 

 111. (1872-73), 100-106; summer at Peni- 

 kese, 106-120; principal of Appleton Col- 

 legiate Institute, Wisconsin (1873-74), 

 120-124; second summer at Penikese and 

 visit to Noank, 124-128; appointed 

 teacher of science in Indianapolis High 

 School (1874), 129; marriage to Susan 

 Bowen (1875), 132; friends in Indianap- 

 olis, 132-138; instructor in Shaler's 

 Summer School of Geology (1875), 138- 

 139; elected professor of Biology in Butler 

 University, Irvington, Ind. (1875), 139; 

 eiForts for position in larger institutions, 

 149-153; investigation of fishes of Geor- 

 gia, 1 54-1 59; first visit to Washington and 

 the Smithsonian, 159-160; second and 

 third summers in the South (1877, 1878), 

 160-174; work and friends at the Smith- 

 sonian, 174-180 



Book Two. Last year at Butler, i. 183- 

 185; first student party to Europe, 185; 

 appointed to professorship in Indiana 

 University (1879), 185-186; account of 

 University and of Bloomington, 186-200; 

 work begun at University, 201; appointed 

 to investigate marine industries on Pacific 

 Coast, 201; experience in government 

 service on Coast (1880), 202-230; work 

 resumed at Indiana, 235-240; summer of 

 1881 in Europe, 241; collecting trip to 

 Gulf Coast in spring of 1882, 241-243; 

 subsequent European and Southern trips, 

 243-258; story of ascent of Matterhorn 

 (1881), 258-269; studies at European mu- 

 seums, 269-271; travels in England and 

 on the Continent (1883), 272-278; explo- 

 rations in Florida and Cuba, 281-287; 

 elected president of Indiana University 

 (1884), 289; experiences as University 

 president, 289-301; death of wife (1885), 

 301-302; acquaintance formed with dis- 

 tinguished visitors to University, 303-305; 

 first meetings with Roosevelt (1888, 

 1898), 305-312; elected president of Col- 



lege Association of Indiana (1887), 323; 

 president of Indiana Academy of Sciences, 

 325; 0. summer in Harvard Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, 325; marriage to 

 Jessie Knight (1887), 325-326; travels 

 during summer of 1888, 327-330; explora- 

 tion of Western rivers (1889), 334-343; 

 summer of 1890 in Europe, 344-353; offer 

 of presidency of Leland Stanford Junior 

 University (1891), 353-355; acceptance 

 of offer and visit to California, 355-356; 

 work of organizing new University, 356- 

 361 



Book Three. Account of Stanford fam- 

 ily and steps leading to founding of Uni- 

 versity, i. 365-376; early experiences at 

 Stanford, 376-393; opening exercises 

 (Oct. I, 1891), 395-396; original faculty, 

 396-402; pioneer students, 402-414; first 

 Commencement at Stanford (June, 1892), 

 428; vacation travels in California, 428- 

 439; new friends and acquaintances, 447- 

 477; death of Mr. Stanford (1893) and 

 ensuing difficulties, 478-510, 543-544; 

 completion of "The Fishes of North and 

 Middle America," 524-525; lectures in 

 California, 525-526; expedition to Mazat- 

 lan (1895), 526-535; trips to the Yellow- 

 stone and to Summit Soda Springs, 536; 

 elected president of California Academy 

 of Sciences, 540; expedition to Bering Sea 

 to investigate Fur Seal problem (1896), 

 545-568; writing of "The Story of Mat- 

 ka," 560; " The Book of Knight and Bar- 

 bara," 568-570; " The Story of the Innu- 

 merable Company," 570; trips to Wash- 

 ington, on Fur Seal matters, 570-575; 

 second trip to Bering Sea (1897), 577- 

 598; article on "The Sympsychograph," 

 599-600; visit to Washington for meeting 

 of Joint Diplomatic Commission, 602- 

 606; first pacifist addresses at period of 

 Spanish War, 616-619; addresses pub- 

 lished by Beacon Press, 619; trip to Grand 

 Canyon and to Acoma (1898), 620-637; 

 visit to Mexico and interview with 

 President Diaz, 638-646; appointed an 

 elector of Hall of Fame, 646-648; trip to 

 Kings River Canyon (1899), 648-655; 

 genealogical studies, 665-687 



Book Four. Organization of Association 

 of American Universities (1900), ii. 1-2; 

 investigation of fish and fisheries of Japan 

 (summer of 1900), 4-82; death of daughter 

 Barbara, 83-85; investigation of fish and 



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