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Vermont (UNIVERSITY OF and State)

UNIVERSITY OF, and State Agricultural College, a coeducational, non-sectarian institution in Burlington, Vt.; founded in 1791; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 110; students, 658; number of graduates, 5,500; president (acting), Guy W. Bailey, A. B. born in Nantes, France, Feb. 8, 1828. He studied law for some time, but afterward began writing short pieces for the stage.

In 1863 he published "Five Weeks in a Balloon," and the vein of the marvelous, ness, was worked by him with great sucness, was worked by him with great success. His more popular works are: "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," "From the Earth to the Moon," JULES VERNE "Across Africa in a Balloon," "Michel Strogoff," "To the Center of the Earth," "Round the World in Eighty Days," his works have been translated. He died at Amiens, March 23, 1905. philologist; born in Aarhus, us, Denmark, March 7, 1846; was educated at the University of Copenhagen. In 1876-1883 he was assistant librarian at Halle Univer- VERNET VERONA sity. He was then made Professor of Slavonic Languages at the University of Copenhagen. He was the author of "An Example of the First Permutation of Consonants" (in 1875). This article, which was widely read, had considerable influence. Verner likewise many other articles for linguistic period- able influence. Verner likewise wrote Nov. 12, 1684; was well educated, and umn, indicates the number of hundredths of an inch to be added to the tenths division on the scale next above which the 0 of the vernier stands. icals. He died Nov. 5, 1896.