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Albion College – Alfred University

Albion College

a coeducational institution in Albion, Mich., organized under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported in 1919: Professors and instructors, 24; students, 560; president, Samuel Dickie, LL. D.

Alboin

a king of Lombardy, who, after having slain Cunimund, King of the Gepidæ, married his daughter Rosamond. He was slain in 574, by an assassin instigated by his wife.

Albolene

a hydrocarbon oil used in medicine to carry remedies to be sprayed into the nose and deeper air passages. It is also used for dressing wounds. It is a petroleum product.

Alcedo

the typical genus of the species occur in the United States, the

Alceste

or ALCESTIS, was the

Alcide

or ALCADE, a family of birds (natatores), including auks, penguins, puffins, and guillemots. They are oceanic, and have the bill compressed and pointed. Their wings are adapted for an aquatic life.

Aldenhoven

a town of Prussia, Rhine province; 12 miles N. E. of Aixla-Chapelle. Here the French, in 1793, under Dumouriez, were defeated by 50,000 Austrians, under Prince Josias of Coburg, and were prevented from making their contemplated invasion of Holland. In 1794 the French under Jourdon, numbering 35,000, conquered the Austrians under Clerfayt.

Aldrich

THOMAS BAILEY, an American poet, essayist, and writer of

Alexander

Regent of Serbia, born Dec. 4, 1888; second son of King ng Peter I. The eldest son, Prince George, renounced the right of succession in March, 1909, and on June 24, 1914, Peter appointed Alexander Prince Regent.

Alexander Archipelago

or

Annie Hector

an Irish novelist, born in Dublin in 1825. She was a prolific and popular novelist. Her books include "The Wooing O't" (1873); "Ralph Wilton's Weird" (1875); "Her Dearest Foe" (1876); "The Freres" (1882); "A Golden Autumn" (1897); "A Winning Hazard" (1897). She died in 1902.

Alfred University

a coeducational (non-sectarian) institution in Alfred, N. Y.; organized in 1836; reported in 1919: Professors and instructors, 40; students, 400. President, Booth C. Davis, Ph. D.