. The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines .. . University of Rochester, founded 1851 as a Baptistinstitution, but now non-sectarian, occupies a tract of 24 acreson University Ave. in the eastern part of the city. Notablemen who have been connected with the university includeHenry Augustus Ward, professor of natural history from 1860to 1875; Martin Brewer Anderson, president from 1854 to1888, and David Jayne Hill, president from 1888 to 1896.
. The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines .. . University of Rochester, founded 1851 as a Baptistinstitution, but now non-sectarian, occupies a tract of 24 acreson University Ave. in the eastern part of the city. Notablemen who have been connected with the university includeHenry Augustus Ward, professor of natural history from 1860to 1875; Martin Brewer Anderson, president from 1854 to1888, and David Jayne Hill, president from 1888 to 1896. David Jayne Hill was born at Plainfield, N. J., June 16, obtaining his first degree at the University of Bucknell, Pa.,he studied for his A. M. in Berlin and Paris. He was president ofthe University of Rochester from 1888 to 1896, then spent 3 years inthe study of the public law of Europe. As one peculiarly fitted byeducation and training for a diplomatic career, he was minister firstto Switzerland (1903-1905), then to the Netherlands (1905) and from1908 to 1911 ambassador to Germany. His numerous writings covera wide field in biography, rhetoric, diplomacy, history and Falls of the Genesee River at Rochester About 1850(From a print in the N. Y. Public Library)For many years Rochester was the most important flour milling centre in thecountry, owing to the valuable water power furnished by the falls and the fertilitycf the wheat fields of the Genesee Valley. 88 THE GREATEST HIGHWAY IN THE WORLD Rochester Theological Seminary prepares students for theministry of the Baptist Church, and has no organic connec-tion with the university. The Mechanics Institute, foundedin 1885 by Henry Lomb of the Bausch-Lomb Optical Co., isan unusually successful school of trades and handicrafts. Itoccupies a large building, the gift of George Eastman of theEastman Kodak Co. For many years Rochester was the most important flourmilling centre in the country, owing to the valuab
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