Show I 1 SPELLING BOARD I 1 resignation of D david avid starr jordan I 1 was received I 1 now new york nov nor 16 at a meeting of the executive cammi of the sim alle held yesterday in the be onice the resignation of david starr jordan president ot of stanford university was received but rio no action was taken upon it the commuted decided to defer action until the annual meeting of tile the full boarde to be held beld early in the new year some of committee the tho expressed the he opinion that the matter was too tooer gra aoto be on hastily and I 1 1 f furthermore urt liermore that it was vas I 1 mostly newspaper talk president jordan had been q quoted 00 tt eed as sayin baying g that he objected to having iving lit the committee 0 commit him to I 1 suon u 0 o a spelling g as aa thru without first c con 0 n suiting bulling him about it |