Wittenberg College
a coeducational institution in Springfield, O., founded in 1845 under the auspices of the Lutheran Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 32; students, 1,050. President, C. G.
Heckert Heckert , D. D.
WITWATERSRAND (Anglicized WHITE WATER RANGE), the name of a height of land in the Transvaal, south Africa, running S. and S. W. of Pretoria, and located between the Klip and Vaal rivers on the S. and the Limpopo on the W. It is about 100 miles long and extends nearly E. and W. with lat. 26° S. In 1886 gold was first discovered here, and since that date the region has developed into one of the most famous gold mining districts in the world. The production of gold in 1919 was valued at £35,384,000. See TRANSVAAL.