President David Starr Jordan, of Leland Stanford, Jr., University, will lecture on "The Blood of the Nations" in the Living Room of the Union next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open only to members of the Union.

After receiving the degree of Master of Science at Cornell in 1872, President Jordan has held chairs in various collegiate institutions. In 1885 he became president of Indiana University, which position he held until assuming his present office in 1891.

President Jordan is one of the leading biologists and scientists of the country and his interest in everything that is progressive and humanitarian stamps him as one of the leaders in modern thought. He is prominently connected with the International Peace Movement. He was the founder and is the first president of Leland Stanford, Jr., University. His great success is shown by the fact that today that university is the leading educational institution of the West.