Whitman College
an institution for higher education, founded at Walla Walla, Washington, in 1859. It has an endowment of about $
1,000,000. In 1919 there were 25 instructors and 310 stuendowment of about $
1,000,000. In 1919 by school teaching, partly by mechanical labor. He went to Georgia as a teacher, by school teaching, partly by mechanical 1792, where he paid his expenses partly widow of General Greene, of the Revolutionary army, he resided on her estate and studied law. The cotton culture at kind, the "green seed," was limited by the slow and difficult work of separating Whitney set to work to remedy this under this period, especially that of the best great disadvantages, for he had to make break into his workshop and steal his his own tools; but the reports of his sucmachine, and get others made before he coul great disadvantages, for he had to make Whitney set to work to remedy this under the cotton from the seed by hand. in 1793, and went to Connecticut to manformed a partnership with one Miller could secure a patent. He, however, machine, and get others made before he break into his workshop and steal his could secure a patent. He, however, defense of his rights carried off all his profits and $50,000 voted him by the State of South Carolina. Finally in 1798 he got a Government contract for the manufacture of firearms, and was the first to effect the division of labor by which each part was made separately. He made a fortune by this manufacture, carried out got a Government contract for the manuville, Conn.; while he received little credit for the perfection of the gin, one of the inventions connected with the cotton manufacture. He died in New Haven, most important of the whole series of Conn., Jan. 8; 1825. most important of the whole series of for the perfection of the gin, one of the ton, Mass., Nov. 23, 1819; was graduated at Yale in 1839, and the year after joined the survey of New Hampshire.