WELLESLEY 



WELLINGTON 



clads was formed on the Mississippi River. He 

 supported the reconstruction policy of Johnson, 

 but in 1876 used his influence in favor of the 

 Democratic candidate, Samuel J. Tilden. 



WELLESLEY, wclz'li, MASS., a town in 

 Norfolk County, situated in a beautiful wooded 

 and hilly region fifteen miles west of Boston. 

 It is of chief interest as the seat of Wellesley 

 College (which see). Other educational insti- 

 tutions here include the Academy of the As- 

 sumption and Dana Hall, a school for girls. 

 , which is made up of several vil- 

 lages, has many beautiful homes. It is served 

 by the Boston & Albany Railroad. Population 

 in 1910, 5,413; in 1915, 6,439 (state census). 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE, at Wellesley, 

 Mass., pne of the leading American colleges 

 for women. It was founded in 1875 by Henry 

 Fowle Durant as a distinctly Christian but non- 

 sectarian school. The campus, a park of 300 

 acres, borders upon a beautiful lake. Welles- 

 ley contributes to the support of the Ameri- 

 can schools of classical study at Rome and 

 At lions, to the Marine Biological Laboratory 

 at Wood's Hole, Mass., and to the Zoological 

 Station at Naples. The college library, which 

 contains over 86,000 volumes, includes the pri- 

 vate collection of Mr. Durant, the Library of 

 American Linguistics, a gift of E. N. Hors- 

 ford, and a library of Italian literature, estab- 

 li.-hed by G. A. Plimpton. All undergradu- 

 ate work leads to the degree of B. A., and those 

 who complete graduate work receive the M. A. 

 degree. The main building of the college was 

 burned in 1914, and was rebuilt by funds raised 

 by students and alumnae. 



Henry Fowle Durant (1822-1881), the founder 

 of Wellesley College, was born at Hanover, 

 N. H. He was graduated at Harvard in 1841, 

 and after studying law engaged in practice in 

 Boston, where he built up a large legal busi- 

 ness. Later he was converted to evangel KM! 

 rim-iiaiiity; from ISO I to Is7.~> In- preached as 

 Miian in Massachusetts and New Hump- 

 . His contributions to Wellesley amounted 

 to over a million dollars. 



Consult Converse's The Story of Wcllcalcy. 



WELLINGTON, tn I '.mjtnn. tin- capital and 

 one of the busiest seaports of New Zealand, is 

 situated on the southern coast of North Island, 

 on an ml.-t of Port Nicholson. It is 1,280 

 miles from Sydney, the. nearest Australian port, 

 ami l.ino miles from Cape Horn, at the south- 

 in tip of South America (see map, following 

 4336). The harbor is beautiful and < 



and is well equipped with facilities 



for handling the great volume of shipping that 

 contributes to the prosperity of the city. Wel- 

 lington has modern streets and public buildings, 

 two cathedrals, a public library, fine botanical 

 gardens and a beautiful public park. Its chief 

 educational institution is Victoria College, which 

 is affiliated with the University of New Zea- 

 land. Manufacturing is carried on extensively ; 

 the articles made include plows, lumber, meat 

 products, soap, candles, brick, and malt liquors. 

 Wellington was founded in 1840 by the New 

 Zealand Company, and was the first settlement 

 of that organization. Population in 1911, 64,- 

 372; including suburbs, 70,729. See NEW ZEA- 

 LAND. 



WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, Duke 

 of, a British general and statesman, famous for 

 his splendid military career which culminated 

 in the final overthrow of Napoleon in the Bat- 

 tle of Waterloo. By his tenacity of purpose, 

 coolness and firm- 

 ness, he won the 

 title of the "Iron 

 Duke," and even 

 during his life- 

 time was vener- 

 ated as one of 

 England's great- 

 est heroes. 



He was the 

 fourth son of 

 Garret Wellesley, 

 Earl of Morning- 

 ton; was bom at DUKE OF 

 Dublin in 1769 and educated at Eton and at 

 the Military College of Angers, France. In 

 1787 he entered the army as an ensign and 

 after rising rapidly through the lower commis- 

 sions attained the rank of colonel in 1796. His 

 first active military service \v:us in the campaign 

 in Flanders in 1794 and 1795, where he distin- 

 guished himself for bravery. In 1797 his regi- 

 im-nt was sent to Bengal, where it played an 

 important part in the victory at M ala\ lly and 

 in the capture of Seringa pataiu. Wellesley was 



M the rank of inajnr-jrmrnil .. 

 in command of the Hnti.-h force* m tin- M.ih- 

 ratta War. He not only defeat, d the natives 

 in battle, but by his shrewd judgment, 

 ment and personal ascendancy onmim th. 

 :s was able to establish firmly British au- 

 thority in the East. 



Shortly after his return to Midland in 1806 

 lie \\a> elected t. Parliament, and in 1807 WOS 



appoint ed Secretary of State for Ireland. In 

 1808 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant- 



