Letter from David Starr Jordan to May Wright Sewall.

Description:	(From Office of President, Stanford University.) I shall be delighted to see you when you come to the university. I shall be interested in reading what you have written. We have in each nation rampant patriotism backed by money of the armament syndicates. Behind all this is the money invested in exploiting the different nations. Everything worth taking in Turkey and in Europe is owned in France, in Asia is owned in Germany and the rest are just hungry. People fighting against murder cannot stop fighting because murders are so nemerous. The blacker the night, the greater the need of beacons.David Starr Jordan (1851-1931), American naturalist, educator, university president, and peace advocate. Jordan was a professor of natural history at Northwestern Christian College (later Butler University) and chairman of the department of natural sciences at Indiana University. He became president of Indiana University in 1885, and during his tenure instituted the concept of major fields of study for students. In 1891 he accepted the post of president of Stanford University, later becoming chancellor. He wrote many books on topics in natural history and education. Jordan also became a tireless proponent of international peace, delivering lectures all around the country. In 1925 he was awarded the Raphael Herman prize of $25,000 for the best working plan to create and maintain international peace.
Origin:	1913-02-15; 1913
Created By:	Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
Source:	http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/mws/id/523
Collection:	May Wright Sewall Papers
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Copyright:	Copyright undetermined.
Subjects:	Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920 Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 Indiana University--Presidents Stanford University--Presidents Naturalists--United States Educators--United States Pacifists--United States Peace movements--United States

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