CINCINNATI
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., on the Ohio See also:river, opposite the mouth of the Licking, about too m
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S.W. of See also:Columbus, about 305 M. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Chicago, and about 76o m
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(by rail) W.S.W. of New See also:York
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Through the city flows See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill See also:Creek, which empties into the Ohio
.
Pop
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(18901) 296,908; (1900) 325,902, of whom 197,896 were of See also:foreign parentage (i.e. either their fathers or mothers or both were foreign-See also:born), 57,961 were foreign-born, and 14,482 were negroes; (1910) 363,591• The See also:German is by far the most important of the foreign elements
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In addition to the large number of inhabitants of German descent, there were, in Igloo, 107,152 of German parentage, and of the foreign-born 38,219 came from See also:Germany
.
Cincinnati is situated on the N. See also:side of the river upon two terraces or plateaus—the first about 6o ft., the second from See also:loo to 150 ft., above See also:low See also:water—and upon hills which enclose these terraces on three sides in the See also:form of an See also:amphitheatre, rising to a height of about 400 ft. on the E. and of about 46o ft. on the W., and commanding magnificent views of the river, the valley, the numerous suburbs, and the more distant wooded hills
.
About See also:half of the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill-enclosed See also:plain lies S. of the river, and it is upon this See also:southern half that See also:Covington, See also:Newport, See also:Dayton, See also:Ludlow and other See also:Kentucky suburbs of Cincinnati are situated
.
Cincinnati has a river-frontage of about 14 m., extends back about 6 m. on the W. side in the valley of Mill Creek, and occupies a See also:total See also:area of about 44 sq. m
.
Since 1867 it has been connected with Covington by a See also:wire suspension See also:bridge designed by See also:John A
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See also:Roebling, and rebuilt and enlarged in 1897
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This bridge is 1057 ft. See also:long between towers (or, including the approaches, 2252 ft. long), with a height of for ft. above low water, and has a See also:double See also:wagon road and two ways for pedestrians
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By two See also:bridges there is See also:direct communication with Newport; by one, that of the Cincinnati Southern railway, with Ludlow; and by one (Chesapeake & Ohio; see vol. v., p
.
109)
1 Previous See also:census reports of the total See also:population were as follows: (181o) 2540; (1820) 9642; (1830) 24,831; (1840) 46,338; (185o) 115,435; (186o) 161,044; (1870) 216,239; (188o) 225,139
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In the territory within a See also:radius of to m. of the See also:United States See also:government See also:building there was in 1900 a population of about 480,000
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with See also:West Covington
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On the terraces the streets generally intersect at right angles, but on the hills their directions are irregular
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To the " bottoms " (which have suffered much from floods') between Third See also:Street and the river the manufacturing and wholesale districts are for the most See also:part confined, although many of these interests are now on the higher levels or in the suburbs; the See also:principal See also:retail houses are on the higher levels N. of Third Street, and the handsomest residences are on the picturesque hills before mentioned, in those parts of the city, formerly See also:separate villages, known as Avondale, Mt
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See also:Auburn, See also:Clifton, See also:Price Hill, See also:Walnut Hills and Mt
.
Lookout
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The See also:main part of the city is connected with these residential districts by electric street See also:railways, whose routes include four inclined-See also:plane railways, namely, Mt
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See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams (268 ft. See also:elevation), Bellevue (300 ft.), Fairview (210 ft.) and Price Hill (350 ft.), from each of which an excellent panoramic view of the city and suburbs may be obtained
.
There are various suburbs, chiefly residential, in the Mill Creek valley, among them being See also:Carthage, Hartwell, See also:Wyoming, Lockland and Glendale
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Other populous and attractive suburbs N. of the Ohio river are See also:Norwood and See also:College Hill
.
Buildings, &c.—See also:Brick, See also:blue See also:limestone, and a greyish See also:buff freestone are the most See also:common building materials, and the city has various buildings of much architectural merit
.
The chamber of See also:commerce (completed '889), designed by H
.
H
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See also:Richardson, is one of the finest public buildings in the United States
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Its walls are of undressed See also:granite, and it occupies a ground area of too by 1 50 ft
.
The United States government building (designed by A
.
B
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See also:Mullet, and built of See also:Maine and See also:Missouri granite) is a See also:fine structure in classic See also:style, 36o ft. long and '6o ft. wide, and 41 storeys high; its See also:outer walls are faced with sawn freestone
.
It was erected in 1874–'885 and cost (including the See also:land) $5,250,000
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The city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall (332 ft. by 203 ft.), with walls of red granite and See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown See also:sandstone, is a massive and handsome building erected at a cost of $',600,000
.
The county See also:court See also:house (rebuilt in 1887) is in the Romanesque style, and with the See also:gaol attached occupies an entire square
.
The Cincinnati See also:hospital (completed 1869), comprising eight buildings grouped about a central court and connected by corridors, occupies a square of four acres
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A new public hospital for the suburbs was projected in 1907
.
St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's (See also:Roman See also:Catholic) See also:cathedral (begun 1839, consecrated 1844), Grecian in style, is a fine structure, with a graceful See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:spire 224 ft. in height and a See also:chime of 13 bells; it has as an See also:altar-piece See also:Murillo's " St Peter Liberated by an See also:Angel." The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Francis de Sales (in Walnut Hills), built in 1888, has a See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell, See also:cast in Cincinnati, weighing fifteen tons, and said to be the largest swinging bell in the See also:world
.
Several of the See also:Protestant churches, such as the First Presbyterian (built 1835; See also:steeple, including spire, 285 ft. high), Second Presbyterian (1872), Central See also:Christian (1869), St See also:Paul's Methodist Episcopal (1870), and St Paul's Protestant Episcopal See also:pro-cathedral (1851), are also worthy of mention, and in the residential suburbs there are many fine churches
.
Cincinnati is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishopric and a Protestant Episcopal and Methodist Episcopal bishopric
.
The Masonic See also:temple (195 ft. long and too ft. wide), in the See also:Byzantine style, is four storeys high, and has two towers of 140 ft.; the building was completed in '86o and has subsequently been remodelled
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Among other prominent buildings are the See also:Oddfellows' temple (completed 1894), the public library, the See also:art museum (1886), a Jewish See also:synagogue (in Avondale), and the (Jewish) See also:Plum Street temple (1866), Moorish in See also:architecture
.
The Soldiers', Sailors' and Pioneers' building (1907) is a beautiful structure, classic in See also:design
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The business houses are of stone or brick, and many of them are attractive architecturally; there are a number of See also:modern See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office buildings from 15 to 20 storeys in height
.
There are also several large hotels and ten theatres (besides halls and auditoriums for concerts and public gatherings), the most notable being See also:Springer See also:music hall
.
' The most destructive floods have been those of 1832, '847, 1883, 1884 and 1907; the highest See also:stage of the water before 1904 was 71 ft
.
1 in. in '884, the lowest ft
.
'in. in 188'
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One of the most noted pieces of monumental art in the United States is the beautiful See also:Tyler See also:Davidson See also:bronze See also:fountain in Fountain Square (Fifth Street, between Walnut and See also:Vine streets), the business centre of the city, by which (or within one See also:block of which) all See also:car lines run
.
The fountain was unveiled in 1871 and was presented to the city by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Probasco (1820 1902), a wealthy See also:citizen, who named it in See also:honour of his deceased See also:brother-in-See also:law and business partner, Mr Tyler Davidson
.
The design, by See also:August von Kreling (1819–'876), embraces fifteen bronze figures, all cast at the royal bronze foundry in See also:Munich. the See also:chief being a See also:female figure with outstretched arms, front whose fingers the water falls in a fine spray
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This figure reaches a height of 45 ft. above the ground
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The city has, besides, monuments to the memory of Presidents See also:Harrison and See also:Garfield (both in Garfield See also:Place, the former an equestrian statue by See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis T
.
Rebisso, and the latter by See also:Charles H
.
See also:Niehaus); also. in See also:Spring See also:Grove See also:cemetery, a See also:monument to the memory of the Ohio See also:volunteers who lost their lives in the See also:Civil See also:War
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The art museum, in See also:Eden See also:Park, contains paintings by celebrated See also:European and See also:American artists, statuary, engravings, etchings, See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal See also:work, See also:wood See also:carving, textile fabrics, pottery, and an excellent collection in American See also:ethnology and See also:archaeology
.
The Cincinnati Society of Natural See also:History (incorporated '870) has a large library and a museum containing a valuable palaeontological collection, and bones and implements from the prehistoric cemetery of the See also:mound-builders, at Madisonville, Ohio
.
Parks.—In '908 Cincinnati had parks covering about 540 acres; there are numerous pleasant driveways both within the city limits and in the suburban districts, and several attractive resorts are within easy reach
.
Eden Park, of 214 acres, on See also:Mount Adams, about' m
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E. of the business centre and near the river, is noted for its natural beauty, greatly supplemented by the landscape-gardener's skill, and for its commanding views
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The ground was originally the See also:property of See also:Nicholas Longworth (1782–'863), a wealthy citizen and well-known horticulturist, who here See also:grew the grapes from which the See also:Catawba See also:wine, introduced by him in '828, was made
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The park contains the art museum and the art See also:academy
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Its gateway, See also:Elsinore, is a See also:medieval See also:reproduction; other prominent features are the reservoirs, which resemble natural lakes, and a high water See also:tower, from which there is a delightful view
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In See also:Burnet See also:Woods Park, lying to the N.E. of Eden and containing about 163 acres, are the buildings and grounds of the University of Cincinnati, and a See also:lake for boating and See also:skating
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The zoological gardens occupy 6o acres and contain a notable collection of animals and birds
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Other See also:pleasure resorts are the See also:Lagoon on the Kentucky side (in Ludlow, Ky.), See also:Chester Park, about 6 m
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N. of the business centre, and Coney See also:Island, about 'o m. up the river on the Ohio side
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See also:Washington (5.6 acres), See also:Lincoln ('o acres), Garfield and See also:Hopkins are small parks in the city
.
In 1907 an extensive See also:system of new parks, parkways and boulevards was projected
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Spring Grove cemetery, about 6 m
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N.W. of Fountain Square, contains 600 acres picturesquely laid out on the park See also:plan
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It contains many handsome monuments and private mausoleums, and a beautiful See also:mortuary See also:chapel in the See also:Norman style
.
Water-See also:Supply.—A new and greatly improved water-supply system for the city was virtually completed in 1907
.
This provides for taking water from the Ohio river at a point on the Kentucky side opposite the See also:village of See also:California, Ohio, and several See also:miles above the See also:discharge of the city sewers; for the carrying of the water by a gravity See also:tunnel under the river to the Ohio side, the water being thence elevated by four See also:great pumping engines, each having a daily capacity of 30,000,000 gallons, to settling basins, being then passed through filters of the American or See also:mechanical type, and flowing thence by a gravity tunnel more than 4 M. long to the main pumping station, on the See also:bank of the river, within the city; and for the pumping of the water thence, a part directly into the distributing pipes and a part to the principal storage See also:reservoir in Eden Park
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See also:Education.—Cincinnati is an important educational centre
.
The University of Cincinnati, originally endowed by Charles M'Micken (d
.
'858) and opened in 1873, occupies a number of
372
handsome buildings er9cted since 1895 on a campus of 43 acres in Burnet Woods Park, has an astronomical See also:observatory on the highest point of Mt
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Lookout, and is the only strictly municipal university in the United States
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The institution embraces a college of liberal arts, a college of See also:engineering, a college of law (united in 1897 with the law school of Cincinnati College, then the only surviving See also:department of that college, which was founded as See also:Lancaster See also:Seminary in 1815 and was chartered as Cincinnati College in 1819), a college of See also:medicine (from 1819 to 1896 the Medical College of Ohio; the college occupies the site of the old M'Micken See also:homestead), a college for teachers, a See also:graduate school, and a technical school (founded in 1886 and transferred to the university in 1901); while closely affiliated with it are the Clinical and Pathological School of Cincinnati and the Ohio College of See also:Dentistry
.
With the exception of small fees charged for incidental expenses, the university is See also:free to all students who are residents of the city; others pay $75 a See also:year for tuition
.
It is maintained in part by the city, through public See also:taxation, and in part by the income from endowment funds given by Charles M'Micken, See also:Matthew Thorns, See also:David Sinton and others
.
The government of the university is entrusted mainly to a See also:board of nine See also:directors appointed by the See also:mayor
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In 1909 it had a See also:faculty of 144 and 1364 students
.
See also:Lane Theological Seminary is situated in Walnut Hills, in the See also:north-eastern part of the city; it was endowed by Ebenezer Lane and the Kemper See also:family; was founded in 1829 for the training of Presbyterian ministers; had for its first See also:president (1832–1852) Lyman See also:Beecher; and in 1834 was the See also:scene of a See also:bitter contest between abolitionists in the faculty and among the students, led by See also:Theodore See also:Dwight Weld, and the board of trustees, who forbade the discussion of See also:slavery in the seminary and so caused about four-fifths of the students to leave, most of them going to See also:Oberlin College
.
The city has also See also:Saint Francis See also:Xavier College (Roman Catholic, established in 1831 and until 1840 known as the See also:Athenaeum); Saint See also:Joseph College (Roman Catholic, 1873); Mount St See also:Mary's of the West Seminary (Roman Catholic, theological, 1848, at See also:Cedar Point, Ohio); See also:Hebrew See also:Union College (1875), the leading institution in the United States for educating rabbis; the largely attended Ohio See also:Mechanics' See also:Institute (founded 1828), a private See also:corporation not conducted for profit, its See also:object being the education of skilled workmen, the training of See also:industrial leaders, and the See also:advancement of the mechanic arts (in 1907. there were in all departments 1421 students, a large See also:majority of whom were in the evening classes); an excellent art academy, modelled after that of See also:South See also:Kensington; the College of Music and the Conservatory of Music (mentioned below); the See also:Miami Medical College (opened in 1852); the Pulte Medical College
(homeopathic; coeducational; opened 1872); the Eclectic
Medical Institute (chartered 1845); two See also:women's medical
colleges, two colleges of dental See also:surgery, a college of See also:pharmacy, and several business colleges
.
The public, See also:district, and high See also:schools of the city are excellent
.
The City (or public) library contained in 1906 301,380 vols. and 57,562 See also:pamphlets; the University library (including medical, law and astronomical branches), 8o,000 vols
.
(including the See also:Robert See also:- CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
- CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
- CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
- CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
- CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
- CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
- CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
- CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
- CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
- CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
- CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
- CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)
Clarke collection, See also:rich in Americana, and the library—about 5000 vols.—of the American Association for the Advancement of See also:Science); the See also:Young Men's See also:Mercantile library, 70,000 vols.; and the Law library, 35,000 vols.; in addition, the See also:Lloyd library and museum of See also:botany and pharmacy, and the library of the See also:Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio (1831), which contains a valuable collection of rare books, pamphlets and See also:manuscripts, are worthy of mention
.
Art, &c.—The large German population makes the city See also:note-worthy for its music
.
The first Sangerfest was held in Cincinnati in 1849, and it met here again in 1870, when a new hall was built for its See also:accommodation
.
Under the leadership of Theodore See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas (1835–1905), the Cincinnati Musical Festival Association was incorporated, and the first of its biennial May festivals was held in 1873
.
In 1875–1878 was built the large Springer music hall, named in honour of See also:Reuben R
.
Springer (1800-1884), its greatest benefactor, who endowed the Cincinnati College of
Music (incorporated in 1878), of which Thomas was director in 1878–1881
.
Until his See also:death Thomas was director of the May festivals also
.
The grounds for the music hall were given by the city and are perpetually exempt from taxation
.
The great See also:organ in the music hall was dedicated at the third of the May festivals in 1878
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The Sangerfest met in Cincinnati for the third See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
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time in 1879, and its See also:jubilee was held here in 1899
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By 188o the May festival See also:chorus had become a permanent organization
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The city has several other musical See also:societies—the See also:Apollo and See also:Orpheus clubs (1881 and 1893), a Liederkranz (1886), and a United Singing Society (1896) being among the more prominent; and there are two schools of music—the Conservatory of Music and the College of Music
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The city has large See also:publishing interests, and various religious (Methodist Episcopal and Roman Catholic) and fraternal See also:periodicals, and several technical See also:journals and See also:trade papers are published here
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The principal daily See also:newspapers are the Enquirer, a Democratic See also:journal, established in 1842 and conducted for many years after 1852 by Washington McLean (1816-189o), and then by his son, John See also:Roll McLean (b
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1848) ; the Commercial See also:Tribune (Republican; previously the Commercial-See also:Gazette and still earlier the Commercial, founded in 1793, The Tribune being merged with it in 1896), the Times-See also:Star (the Times established in 1836), and the See also:Post, established in 188r (both evening papers); and several influential German journals, including the Volksblatt (Republican; established 1836), and the Volksfreund (Democratic; established 1850)
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Among the social clubs of the city are the See also:Queen City See also:Club, organized in 1874; the See also:Phoenix Club, organized in 1856 and the leading Jewish club in the city; the See also:Cuvier Club, organized in 1871 and originally an association of hunters and anglers for the preservation of See also:game and See also:fish; the Cincinnati Club, the Business Men's Club, the University Club, the Art Club, and the See also:Literary Club, of the last of which many prominent men, including President See also:Hayes, have been members
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This club See also:dates from 1849, and is said to be the See also:oldest literary club in the See also: