1896. Jordan was President of Leland Stanford Junior University. From the Prefatory Note: This volume is made up of addresses relating to higher education, delivered at different times before assemblies of teachers and students. Table of Contents: The Value of Higher Education; The Evolution of the College Curriculum; The Nation's Need of Men; The Care and Culture of Men; The Scholar in the Community; The School and the State; The Higher Education of Women; The Training of the Physician; Law Schools and Lawyers; The Practical Education; Science in the High School; Science and the Colleges; The Procession of Life; The Growth of Man; The Social Order; The Saving of Time; The New University; and A Castle in Spain. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.