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* GKEENOTJGH. 254 GBEENSBXTBG. Instruction of Women, from which Radcliffe Col- lege was developed, and was the first chairman of its academic board. He was joint autlior with Prof. Lyman Kittredge of Words and Their IVaj/s ill English ^iieech (1901). Besides his more serious work, he wrote many gi-aeeful verses in both English and Latin. GEEENTORT. A village in Suffolk County, N. Y., 94 miles east by north of New York City; opposite Shelter Island, in Gardiner's Bay, with which it is connected by steam ierry, and on the Long Island Railroad (Map: New York, H 4). It is a popular summer resort, and lias a fine land- locked harbor, accessible for the largest ships, and oyster, fishing, and boat-building interests. The water-works and electric-light plant are o-ned and operated by the municipality. Greenport was settled in 1831, and was incorporated in 1868. Population, in 1900, 2366. GREEN RIVER. One of the head-streams of the Colorado River (q.v. ). It rises in the Wind River Range, in the western part of Wyoming^, and flows in a southerly direction into Utah, in the southeastern part of which State it joins the Grand River to form the Colorado (Map: Utah, B 2 ). Its length is about 500 miles. For the greater part of its course Green River flow,s through very deep, rugged caSons, and is, for the most part, too rough or shallow for naviga- tion. B.v way of this river Major Powell and others have made perilous trips into the Grand CaiSon of the Colorado. GREEN RIVER. A large tributary of the Ohio. It rises in Lincoln County, near the centre of the State of Kentucky, flows in a generally westward, then northwestward, direction, joining the Ohio near Evansville, Ind. (ilap: Kentucky, D 3). Its length is about 300 miles, and it is 200 yards wide at its mouth ; locks and dams make it navigable for small steamers for 200 miles. It passes within a quarter of a mile of the mouth of the JMammoth Cave, and it has a subterranean affluent in the Echo River of the Cave. The lower valley of the Green River abounds in coal ; its upper part contains lime- stone. GREENROOM. In the theatre, a room, usual- ly at the side of the stage, where actors wait during the intervals of their parts in the play, and from which the dressing-rooms lead. It also serves as a. reception-room (in French, the faiier des artistes) where actors meet friends and callers at the close of the play. The name is derived from the hangings and furnishings, which at an earlier period were uniformly green. No such uniformity prevails at the present day, and many greenrooms are very meagrely furnished. GREENS. A common name for any green herbage boiled as a vegetable for the table. Spinach, young beet-tons, dandelion-leaves, kale, and mustard are the principal plants used for this purpose, though in early spring, when the appetite craves something green, the foliage of many other plants is used. The culture of the above plants is noted under their names. GREENSAND. A name given to greenish, clayey, or sandy deposits of which the mineral glauconite (a hydrated silicate of potassium and iron) is the predominant constituent,, but which contain particles of other minerals, such as quartz, feldspar, hornblende, pyroxene, and garnet. Greensand occurs in formations as old as the Cambrian, but it is most abundant in Cretaceous strata. In the Atlantic coast region the deposits are distributed over wide areas, and in places attain considerable thickness. Here tliree beds have been recognized, known as the Upper, iliddle, and Lower Greensand, all of Cretaceous age. In Europe the deposits occurring in the Cretaceous are divided into the Upper and Lower Greensand. The Upper Green- sand consists of beds of sand, generally green in color, with included masses of calcareous grit called fircstone. The strata on the cliffs of the Isle of Wight are 100 feet thick. The Lower Greensand is made up of indurated sandstones and claj's, with occasional calcareous beds, and has a thickness of 800 or 900 feet. Between the two formations is the series of strata known as the Gault. See Cretaceous System. GREENSBORO, grenzljur-u. A town and the county-seat of Hale County, Ala., 100 miles west by north of Montgomery; on a branch of the Southern Railroad (Map: Alabama, B 3). It is the seat of the Southern University (Metho- dist Episcopal, South), opened in 1859, and of the Greensboro Female Academy. The most im- portant industries are farming and cotton-grow- ing. Greensboro, first settled in 1816, is governed under a charter of 1898, which provides for a mayor, chosen biennially, and a council, elected on a general ticket. The town is in the heart of the famous 'black belt' of Alabama. Popula- tion, in 1890. 1759; in 1900, 2416. GREENSBORO. A city and the county-seat of Greene County, Ga., 88 miles east-southeast of Atlanta; on the Georgia Railroad (Map: Georgia, C 2 ). It is surrounded by an agricul- tural region, largely interested also in dairying, and has a cotton-mill, a cottonseed-oil mill, a cot- ton-ginnery, and a creamery. The water-works are owned bv the citv. Population, in 1890, 1313; in 1900, 1511. GREENSBORO. A city and the county-seat of Guilford County, N. C, 82 miles west by north of Raleigh ; on the Southern and the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroads (Map: North Caro- lina, CI). It is the seat of the Greensboro Female College (Methodist Episcopal. South), opened in 1846. the State Normal School for white women, the State Agricultural and Me- chanical College for colored students, and Ben- nett College for negroes. The city carries on a considerable trade in tobacco, coal, and iron, and manufactures spokes and handles, bent rims, bobbins, cotton-mill supplies, cotton goods, flan- nels, carpets, saw-mill machinery, flour, brick, and tile, etc. Lender a charter of 1900, the gov- ernment is vested in a mayor, elected biennially, a municipal council, and administrative officials, appointments of whom are divided between the mayor and the city council. The city owns and operates its water-works and electric-light plant. Greensboro was settled in 1808, and received its first charter in 1870. The battle of Guilford Court House (q.v.) was fought, March 15, 1781, five miles northwest of Greensboro, Population, in 1800, 3317: in 1900, 10,035. GREENS'BURG. A city and the county-seat of Decatur County, Ind., 47 miles southeast of Indianapolis: on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi- cago and Saint Louis, and other railroads (!Map: Indiana. D 3). It is the centre of a fertile agricultural region, and has an abundant supply