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Grinnell

a city of Iowa, in Poweshiek co. It is on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific and the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroads. Its industries include the manufacture of gloves, washing machines, aeroplanes, carriages, etc. The notable public buildings include a Carnegie library, and the city is the seat of Grinnell College. Pop. (1910) 5,036; (1920) 5,362.

Grinnell

GEORGE BIRD, American editor and author; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1849. He was the editor of "Forest and Stream." His works deal principally with Indian life and folklore. Among the best known are: "American Game Bird Shooting"; "The Story of the Indian"; "Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk Tales"; "The Fighting Cheyennes."

Grosbeak

or GROSSBEAK, in ornithology, the English name of Coccothraustinæ, a sub-family of Fringillidæ. The cardinal grosbeak, an American bird. The pine grosbeak is Loxia enucleator, called also pine bullfinch; and the social or republican grosbeak is Philæterus socius. It is from south Africa, and belongs to the sub-family of Ploceinæ, or weaver birds.

Grove

in comparative religion, a group of trees under which religious worship is held.

Grove City College

a nonsectarian coeducational institution in Grove City, Pa.; founded in 1876; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 54; students, 859; president, W. C. Ketler. In

Guelf

or GUELPH (gwelf), the name of a family, which in the 11th century was transplanted from Italy to Germany, where it became the ruling race of several countries. The family, until the World War, continued in the two lines of Brunswick, the royal in England, and the ducal in Germany.

For their history, see GHIBELLINES.

Guildhall

a building in London, the place of assembly of several courts, and the scene of the civic banquets of the city corporation; originally built in 1411, but almost wholly destroyed by the great fire of 1666. It was rebuilt in 1789 in its modern form.

GUINEA

Guilford College

a coeducational institution in Guilford, N. C.; founded in 1837 under the auspices of the Society of Friends, reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 15; students, 177; president, Raymond Binford.

Guinea

GULF OF, that portion of the Atlantic which washes the shores of Upper Guinea, between Cape Palmas and Cape Lopez, and including the bights of Bein and Biafra. The islands of Fernando Po, Prince's, and St. Thomas are within this gulf.

Gum

in anatomy, the soft covering of the dental arches. The gums consist of a dense connective tissue, covered by a scaly and stratified epithelium.

Gun

See AUTOMATIC GUN; FIREARMS; ORDNANCE; ARTILLERY; MACHINE GUN; EXPLOSIVES.

Gunnison

a river in Colorado, a tributary of the Grand river, and which passes through a remarkable cañon 15 miles in length.