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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barrows, John Henry, 1847- (search)
Barrows, John Henry, 1847- Clergyman; born in Medina, Mich., July 11, 1847; was graduated at Olivet College, Mich., in 1867, and studied at Yale, Union, and Andover theological seminaries, and at Gottingen, Germany. After two short pastorates in Lawrence and Boston, Mass., he became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Chicago, and remained there more than fourteen years. In 1893 he organized and was the president of the World's Parliament of Religions. In 1896 he resigned his Chicago pastorate and went to India, where he lectured in an institution endowed by Mrs. Caroline E. Haskell. Returning to the United States, he lectured in the Union Theological Seminary in 1898, and in November of that year became president of Oberlin College. He is author of History of the Parliament of religions; Life of Henry Ward Beecher; Christianity the world religion; The world pilgrimage, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Free trade. (search)
Rosebridge mine, which he states at 93°, does not exceed 70°. The wages of men are not 3s. a day, but vary from a minimum of 3s. 3d. up to the sum of 4s. 6d. The minimum for women on the bank is not 1s., but 1s. 6d., and the maximum not 1s. 9d., but 2s. Yards such as he estimates at 45 inches wide are forbidden by by-laws of the local board issued in 1883, and similar laws issued in 1860 require that cottages shall have an open space, at the rear or side, of not less than 150 square feet. Barrows are not in use for wheeling coal underground. In a word, so far as the only place I have been able to make the subject of examination is concerned, the accuracy of the supposed statements of fact is contested all along the line by persons on the spot, whom I know to be of the highest trustworthiness and authority. We are, however, happily in a condition to bring upon the arena evidence of far higher moment than assertions or denials founded upon a few rapid glances of a traveller, even
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oberlin College, (search)
Oberlin College, A non-sectarian, coeducational institution in Oberlin, O., founded in 1833 by the Rev. John J. Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart, and so named in honor of J. F. Oberlin (1740-1826), a Protestant pastor of Waldbach, Alsace. In 1900 it reported 84 professors and instructors; 1,323 students; 3,662 graduates; 55,000 volumes in the library; grounds and buildings valued at $562,700; and productive funds, $912,803. John H. Barrows, D. D., was president.