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MOUNT GILEAD. 73 by east of Columbus: on tlie Whetstone River, and on the Toledo and Ohio Central, and the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis railroads (Map: llhio, E 4). It has a public school library. There are some manufactures and a trade with the surrounding agricultural country. ]>pulation, in 1890, 1329; in 1900, 1528. MOUNT HOL'LY. A town and the county- seat of Burlington County, X. J., 19 miles east by north of Philadelphia ; on Rancocas Creek and on the Pennsylvania Railroad (Map: New Jersey, C 4 ) . It has the Burlington County Hospital. Children's Home, and the Burlington County Lyceum of History and Natural Science, founded in 1876, which possesses a library of 6500 volumes. The industries are represented by several extensive shoe factories, and by foun- dries, canneries, a hammock factory, etc. Pop- ulation, in 1890, .5376; in 1900, 5168. MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE. An un- denominational woman's college in South Hadley, ^lass.. founded by Jlaiy Lyon as a seminary in 1837 and chartered as a college in 1888. In addition to the regular undergraduate courses, provision i.s made for graduate work, and special courses are open to teachers. The four years' course consists of two years of prescribed work and two years elective, and leads to the degree of B.A. The college offers a large number of scholarships and two graduate fellowships. Dur- ing the collegiate year 1902-03 the college had S3 instructors and officers, and an enrollment of 671. The campus includes 150 acres, at- tractively laid out, and contains seven dormi- tories: ilary Lyon Hall occupying the site of the original building destroyed by fire in 1896, and including the chapel and offices of adminis- tration ; a well-equipped g;'mnasium ; an obser- vatory; Lydia Shattuck Hall for chemistry and physics; Lyman Williston Hall for natural sci- ences; Dwight Jlcmorial Art Building, opened in 1902; and the library, with ,a permanent fund of .$10,000, containing 23,000 volumes and 3800 pamphlets. Its productive funds amounted to $613'.000. and its gross income to $168,000. The buildings and grounds were valued at .$862,000, and the whole college property at $1,450,000. MOUNT MOR'GAN. A municipality of Rag- lan C'ounty. Queensland, Australia, 23 miles southwest of Rockhampton, and 404 miles north of Brisbane by rail (Map: Queensland, G 7). It is noted for the abundance and richness of the gold deposits found on the mountain-summit and inclosed in a rock mass largely composed of iron ore and siliceous sinter. The yield of gold in 1900 was 187.352 ounces, valued at $3,758,550. Population, in 1901, 6280. MOUNT OF OLI'V^ES. See OtrvES, Mount OF. MOUNT OF OLIVES. An oratorio by Bee- thoven, originally Chrixtiis am Oelberg (1803J, produced in 1814. In deference to the sentiment against representing Christ as a character in a performance. David was substituted in his place, and the name of the oratorio was changed in 1842 to Eiiriedi. MOUNT PLEASANT. A city and the coun- tj-seat of Henry County, Iowa, 28 miles we.st by north of Burlington; on the Chicago, Burlington, MOUNT-STEPHEN. and Quincy Kailroail (Majj: Iowa, F 4). It is the seat of the State Hospital for the Insane, the Iowa Wesleyan University (Methodist Epis- copal), opened in 1844, and the German College (Methodist Episcopal), opened in 1873. It has also several secondary institutions, a conserva- torj' of music, and a public libr:iry. Mount Pleasant is the centre of a protluctive farming country, and is an important shipping point for live stock, especially horses. There are grain elevators and manufactories of flour, lumber, carriages, and wagons, agricultural implements, brick and tile, etc. Limestone is extensively quarried in the vicinity. The water-works and electric light plant are owned bj' the mu- nicipality. Population, in 1890, 3997; in 1900, 4109. MOUNT PLEASANT. A city and the coun- ty-seat of Isabella County. Mich.. 53 miles west by north of Saginaw; on the Chippewa River, and on the Ann Arbor and the Pere Marquette railroads (Map: Michigan, .T 5). It is the seat of the Central State Normal School and of a L'nited States Government Indian school, and has a handsome court-house. A fertile agricultural region surrounds the city, and there are manu- factures of lumber and various lundjer products, Hour, woolen goods, plows, foundry products, gasoline engines, brick and tile, wagons, etc. The water- works are owned and operated by the nni- nieipality. Population, in 1890, 2701; in 1900. 3662. MOUNT PLEASANT. A borough in West- moreland County. Pa.. 11 miles south of Greens- burg, the county-seat ; on the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania railroads (Map: Pennsylvania, B 3 ) . It is the seat of the West- ern Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific Insti- tute (Baptist). The borough is the centre of an extensive coke-making industry, and manufac- tures also flour, lumber, iron, foundry products, glass, etc. Population, in 1890, 3652; in 1900, 474.5. MOUNT SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE. A Roman Catholic college at Eniniitsburg, Md., founded in 1S08. Its material interests are under the control of a board of directors, of whom the Archbishop of Baltimore is president. In addition to the regular college work, it has a preparatory and a scientific and business course, with a total registration in 1902 of 220 students and 15 instructors. It confers the degree of B.A. The library contains 27,000 volumes. The buildings and grounds are valued at about $200,- 000. Tlie income was about $50,000. MOUNT-STE'PHEN, Georoe Stephen, Bar- on (1829—). A Canadian capitalist, born at Dufftown, Banffshire, Scotland. He came to Canada in 1850 and entered the dry goods busi- ness in Montreal. He succeeded there as a cloth manufacturer, and became wealthy, but was con- spicuous chiefly for his share in carrying through to completion the long-delayed Canadian Pacific Railway, of which he became president in 1881. For his services in this connection he was knighted by Queen Victoria (1886). and the fol- lowing year he and Sir Donald Smith gave $500,- 000 each for the building of the Victoria Hos- pital in conuncmoration of her Majesty's jubilee. In 1888 he went to reside in England, and in 1891 he was created first Baron Mount-Stephen,