grounds are covered by a series of quadrangles, the buildings, in the English Gothic style, being constructed of gray Bedford stone, with red roofs.
In 1919 there were in the institution a total of 5,650 students. These were divided as follows: Graduate, 681; undergraduate, 2,531; professional, 1,490; university college, 1,219. The faculty comprised 346 members. There were 570,849 volumes in the library. The income for the year was $1,874,182. The productive funds amounted to $32,537,886. Harry Pratt Judson, LL. D., was president.
CHICHEN, one of over 50 ruined towns in the Mexican province of Yucatan, a few miles W. S. W. of Valladolid, with the remains of an ancient Indian city, comprising a vast temple with bas-reliefs, a pyramid, houses containing sculptured chambers, etc.
CHICHESTER, a municipal borough of England, in Sussex co. It contains many notable buildings, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries. The former city walls are now used as a public promenade. The cathedral is remarkable for several features. Other notable buildings are the guildhall, the church of St. Olave, and the market cross, erected about the beginning of the 16th century. The town has a theological college and a grammar school. It has considerable trade in agricultural products and live stock. The harbor, about 2 miles S. W. of the city, is connected with it by a canal. Pop. about 15,000.
CHICKAHOMINY, a river in Virginia, affluent of the James and running parallel to it for many miles from its source N. W. of Richmond. As it lay between the Union armies and Richmond, on and near it occurred many of the most important events of McClellan's Peninsula campaign in 1862, including the battles of Williamsburg, Hanover Court-house, Fair Oaks, Mechanicsville, Cold Harbor, Savage's Station, Frazier's Farm, and Malvern Hill. The second battle of Cold Harbor under Grant took place in 1864.
CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. See Park, National.
CHICKASAW, an Indian tribe, occupying a reservation in Oklahoma. The tribe had a chief and a legislature chosen by popular vote, but its members are now citizens of the United States. Cotton and corn are grown by the tribe. The tribe numbers about 4,500.
CHICKASHA, a town of Oklahoma, the county-seat of Grady co. It is on the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific, the Frisco Lines, and the Oklahoma Central railroads, and on the Washita river. The town has machine shops, flour mills, stock feeding pens, and other industries. It is the seat of a State college for women, and has a public library. Pop. (1910) 10,320; (1920) 10,179.
CHICKEN-POX, a contagious and infectious disease, is characterized by a specific eruption, which breaks out over the whole body, and runs a definite course in about eight or ten days. The disease appears to be the result of a specific poison which, after a period of latency or incubation, develops into one of more or less feverishness. This lasts for two or three days, when an eruption of pimples appears, at first on the body, then on the face and head, the fever subsiding as the rash appears. These pimples soon fill up with lymph, and become vesicles which in their turn, two or three days later, shrivel up and fall off in the form of crusts or scabs, seldom, however, becoming purulent or pitting as in the eruption of small-pox. Adults seldom suffer from chicken-pox.
CHICLAYO, a city of Peru, 12 miles S. E. of Lambayeque; is the center of a valuable sugar district. The United States consular agent resides in this municipality. Population about 14,000.
CHICO, a city of California, in Butte co. It is on the Southern Pacific and the Butte County railroads, and on Chico creek. It is the center of an important fruit-growing, dairying, and mining region. It has a large plant of the Diamond Match Company, flour mills, and machine shops. It is the seat of a State normal school, and has a public library and a park. Pop. (1910) 3,750; (1920) 9,339.
CHICOPEE, a city in Hampden co., Mass., on the Connecticut and Chicopee rivers, and on the Boston and Maine railroad, 3 miles N. of Springfield. It is connected with Holyoke and Springfield by electric street railway lines and contains the villages of Chicopee Falls, Willimansett, and Fairview. It is an important manufacturing city, and has fine water power, obtained from Chicopee Falls. Its manufactures include bicycles, blankets, military equipments, brass and cotton goods, machine tools, etc. It has a high school, graded public schools, public library, newspapers, several banks, etc. Pop. (1910) 25,401; (1920) 36,214.
CHIEF-JUSTICE, or LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE, in England, the presiding judge in the King's (or Queen's) Bench
