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NEW ULM Churches in 1825 at Newton Center, Mass. While the instruction is under Baptist auspices, students from any denomination may be admitted. The course is three years and leads to the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. The grounds and buildings are valued at $700,000, while the college has an endowment of $800,000. The enrolment of students numbered 70 in 1915 with 8 instructors.  NEW ULM, a city of Minnesota, the county-seat of Brown co., 88 miles S. W. of St. Paul, on the Minnesota river and on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural and stock-raising region and has important trade interests. There are manufactories of flour, cigars, marble, bricks, machine products, pipe organs, etc. The city has a handsome court house, hospitals, and public schools. It is the seat of Martin Luther College. Pop. (1910) 5,648; (1920) 6,745.  NEW WESTMINSTER, a city and former capital of British Columbia; on the Fraser river; 15 miles from its mouth, and 60 miles N. N. E. of Victoria, on the Canadian Pacific, the Great Northern, and the Canadian Northern railways. It has the residences of Episcopal and Roman Catholic bishops, a convent, Roman Catholic and Methodist colleges, the Dominion Penitentiary, Provincial Asylum for the Insane, sawmills, and great salmon-canning establishments. There are also manufactories of wire and nails, gasoline engines, etc. Pop. about 22,000.  NEW WORLD, THE, the Western Hemisphere. This name is of very early origin, for Ferdinand inscribed on the tomb of Columbus, “To Castile and to Leon Columbus gave a new world.”  NEW YEAR'S DAY, the day on which the year commences in the Gregorian calendar; the 1st of January; usually called New Year, or New Year's. The celebration of the commencement of the new year dates from high antiquity. The Jews regarded it as the anniversary of Adam's birthday, and celebrated it with splendid entertainments; a practice which they have continued down to the present time. The Romans also made this a holiday, and dedicated it to Janus with rich and numerous sacrifices; the newly elected magistrates entered upon their duties on this day; the people made each other presents of gilt dates, figs, and plums; and even the emperors received from their subjects New Year's gifts, which at a later period it became compulsory to bestow. From the Romans the custom of making presents on New Year's Day was borrowed by the Christians, by whom it was long retained; but even in those countries where it has lingered longest, it is falling rapidly into desuetude.  NEW YORK, a State in the North Atlantic Division of the North American Union; bounded by Ontario, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Long Island Sound, and the Atlantic Ocean; one of the original 13 States; number of counties, 62; capital, Albany; area, 47,620 square miles; pop. (1890) 5,997,853; (1900) 7,268,012; (1910) 9,113,279; (1920) 10,385,227.

Topography.—The Adirondack system lies in the N. E. corner, W. of Lake Champlain, and contains the only great forest remaining as a public domain within the boundaries of the State. Its highest peaks are Mount Marcy, 5,379 feet; Mount MacIntyre, 5,183 feet; and Haystack, 4,919 feet. Other high peaks are Skylight, Whiteface, Clinton, Dix, Baldface, and Hopkins. S. of the Adirondacks lie the Catskills, noted for their scenic beauty, and as a summer resort. These mountains form the termination of a chain extending into the State from New Jersey, and are a continuation of the Blue Ridge range. Another branch enters the State at its S. boundary and terminates in the Highlands on the Hudson. These mountains range in altitude from 1,500 to 3,500 feet. Among the more prominent are Beacon Hill, Bull Hill, and Butter Hill. A third range extends N. as far as the Mohawk, and reappearing on the N. side of the river continues toward Lake Champlain, connecting with the Adirondacks. The W. portion of the State is undulating, descending in rolling terraces to Lake Ontario. The river systems are divided into two divisions, one flowing N. to the Great Lakes, and St. Lawrence, and the other reaching the Atlantic by the Hudson. The Hudson river, the most important in the State, rises in the Adirondack Mountains and is navigable for 150 miles. The St. Lawrence forms 100 miles of the Canadian boundary. Other important rivers are the Mohawk, entering the Hudson at Cohoes, the Susquehanna, formed by the Chenango and Tioga, the Delaware, Niagara, Black, Genesee, Oswego, and Allegheny. The lakes are numerous and noted for their beauty. One half of Lakes Ontario, and Champlain, and the E. end of Lake Erie are property of the State. Lake George, S. of Lake Champlain, is an extensive