Haverford College
an educational institution in Haverford, Pa.; founded in 1833, by the Society of Friends, under the name of Haverford School, and was made a college in 1856. It possesses a well-selected library, a chemical laboratory, philosophical apparatus, mineralogical and geological cabinets, an astronomical observatory and a gymnasium. It was the first collegiate institution founded and conducted entirely within the Society of Friends, and since 1849 others besides the sons of Friends have been admitted. In 1919 it reported: Professors and instructors, 25; students, 200; volumes in the library, 80,000; president, William Wistar Comfort, Ph. D.; Litt. D., L.L. D.
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Havergal
FRANCES RIDLEY, an English author; born in Astley, Worcestershire, Dec. 14, 1836. She began to write hymns and letters in verse at the age of 7, but did not publish anything till 1860. She was a frequent contributor to "Good Words." Among over 30 publications, which once enjoyed considerable popularity, may be noticed: "The Four Happy Days" (1873); "Under the Surface" (1874), poems; "Royal Graces and Loyal Gifts" (6 vols. 1879); "Under His Shadow" (1879); and a number of posthumous works by various editors. She died in Swansea, Wales, June 3, 1879.
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Haverhill
a city in Essex co.. Mass.; on the Merrimac river, and on the Boston and Maine railroad; 33 miles N. of Boston. It is connected by bridges with the towns of Groveland and Bradford on the opposite side of the Merrimac, and has extensive manufactures of boots and shoes, hats, cotton and woolen goods, leather, lumber and brick. It is the trade center of a large farming district, and has gas and electric lights, electric street railways, waterworks, public high school, public library, daily and weekly newspapers, 4 National Banks and many notable public buildings. The city, originally the Indian village of Pentucket, was settled in 1040, incorporated as a town in 1645, and was chartered as a city in 1869. The birthplace of John Greenleaf Whittier. Pop. (1910) 44,115; (1920) 53,884.
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Haversack
the bag used by a soldier to carry food. It is large enough to hold several days' rations. It is carried usually at the left side, being suspended from the opposite shoulder by a belt passing diagonally across the body. The knapsack for clothes, which is much larger, is carried on the back like a pack.
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Haverstraw
formerly Warren, a city in Rockland co., N. Y.; on the Hudson river, and on the West Shore, the New Jersey and New York, and the New York, Ontario and Western railroads; 35 miles N. of New York City. It is the largest brick manufacturing city in the world. Other manufactures are brick-making machinery, dynamite, and baskets. The city has several parks, and points of interest, electric lights and street railways, daily and weekly newspapers, National bank. Pop. (1890) 5,070; (1900) 5,935; (1920) 5,226.
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Hawarden
a small market-town of Flintshire, North Wales. There are some manufactures of tiles, pottery, etc. Lady Hamilton passed her girlhood here. Hawarden Castle, Gladstone's home, dates from 1752.
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Hawkesbury
a river of New South Wales, Australia, rises in the Cullarin Range, and enters the Pacific at Broken Bay. It has a total length of 330 miles. The Hawkesbury is crossed by a steel girder bridge (1886-1889) on the railway between Sydney and Newcastle. It carries a double line of rails, and is one of the largest structures of its kind in the world, having seven spans of from 410 to 416 feet, and a total length between abutments of 2,900 feet.
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Hawkins
ANTHONY HOPE, an English novelist; writing under the name "Anthony Hope"; born in London, Feb. 9, 1863. He was admitted to the bar in 1887. Among his best-known works are: "A Man of Mark" (1800); "Father Stafford"; "The Prisoner of Zenda"; "The Indiscretion of the Duchess"; "Phroso"; "Heart of the Princess Osra"; "Rupert of Hentzau"; "The King's Mirror"; "The Great Miss Driver" (1908); "Young Man's Year" (1915); "Lucinda" (1920).
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Hawkins, Anthony Hope
Anthony Hope (1863-), an English novelist. He was born in London and received his education at Oxford. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1887. He practiced until 1894. In that year he published The Prisoner of Zenda, over the pseudonym of Anthony Hope. It was a striking literary success. It is a romance as thrilling as a medieval tale of knight errantry, but is presented in a nineteenth century environment. The plot hinges upon the resemblance between a young Englishman and the king of an imaginary state of South Germany. Other writings of Anthony Hope's are The Dolly Dialogues, Double Harness, Heart of Princess Osra, Rupert of Henzau, which is a sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda, and Sophy of Kravonia.
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Hawkwood
SIR JOHN, in Italian, L'ACUTO or L'AGUTO, an English captain who won renown in Italy in the wars of the 14th century. He distinguished himself at the battles of Crécy and Poitiers. After peace was signed at Bretigny (1360) he gathered a band of mercenary soldiers and led them to Italy, where he at first took service with Pisa against Florence. Then, after fighting in most of the petty Italian wars of the period, notably for the Visconti and for Pope Gregory XI., he agreed to fight the battles of Florence in return for an annual pension. He died in 1394.
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Hawse
hawz, a nautical term. Strictly speaking, the hawse is the part of the bow of a ship in which hawse-holes are cut for the passage of anchor chains. A hawser is a large rope running to an anchor and used in warping or drawing around to a new position. A seaman who has begun by shipping as a common sailor, not as an officer, is said to come aboard through the hawse-hole. The term hawse is applied also to the space between a ship and its anchors. To come athwart the hawse of another ship, that is, to cross directly in front of a ship at anchor, with the risk of catching her cable chains, is an unpardonable breach of seaman's etiquette. When two anchors are out and both chains run directly to their respective anchors, the hawse is said to be clear. If the chains are crossed or twisted together, the hawse is foul. See Anchor
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