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Show $10,000 PER YEAR WITH RESIDENCE. Ilr Jordan of Indiana Accept, the Presidency Presi-dency of tho I.eland .Stanford 1'nlver.lty. Bi.oomington, Ind., March 24. Dr. David S. Jordan, president of the Indiana university for the last seven years has been offered the presidency of the famous Leland Stauford. jr., university of Palo Alto, Cab, and has accepted. Tho salary is $10,000 per year, with residence. Dr. Jordan has been president of tho Indiana university for the past seven years, aud at the time of his election was the vonngest president in the country, lie is a graduate of Cornell, '72, and is an alumni member of tho board of trustees. He is 40 years old, a native of New York, and his first college werk was done at Lombard college, Galesburg, Ills, lie then went to Butler university. lie has the largest private collection of lishes in the world, and his books are standards on icthyology, as are also his botanical writings. |