McKEES ROCKS. A borough in Allegheny County, Pa., on the Ohio River, opposite Al legheny, and on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie and the Pittsburg, Chartiers and Youghiogheny railroads (Slap: Pennsylvania, A 3). It iS known for its extensive iron and steel interests, and there are also railroad machine shops, and manufactories of glass, lumber, flour, etc. The rapid growth of its population is shown as follows: in 1890, 1687; in 1900, 6352.
MacKEL'LAR, THOMAS ( 1812-99). An American poet, born in New York City. He learned the trade of printing in the Harpers' pub lishing house, and then entered the firm of Law rence Johnson & Co., Philadelphia, as a proof reader. Ile rose to be a partner, and the head of the establishment, later known as the firm of MacKellar, Smith & Jordan. His works include: Droppings from the Heart (1844) ; Tam's Fort night Rumblc (1847 ) ; Lives for the Gentle and Loving ( 1853 ) ; and Rhymes At ireen Times (1873). The last volume contains his popular poem, "Let Me Kiss Him For His Mother," which is founded on an episode of the Civil War.
IVIcKENTIREE, WILLEAm ( 1757-1835) . A Methodist Episcopal bishop. He was born in King William County, Va., July 6, 1757 ; served in the Revolutionary War; was converted and joined the Methodist Church in 1787; became presiding elder in 1796, and bishop, the first one born in America, in 1808. He died near Nash ville, Tenn., March 5, 1835. By reason of his travels with Bishop Asbury and as superintend ent of the societies in Virginia, Kentucky, Ten nessee, Ohio, and Illinois, before he became bishop, and his travels after that, he was well known to Methodists, especially in those States.
His Life by Paine (Nashville, 1869; new ed. 1875) is consequently an important source of early Methodist history.
McKENDREE COLLEGE. An institution of learning at Lebanon, Ill., under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church. organized in 1828 as Lebanon Seminary, and one of the ear liest institutions in the West dedicated to higher education. Its name was changed in 1830 in honor of Bishop McKendree, who devised his es tate to the college. A new charter was secured in 1839 with the cooperation of Abraham Lin coln, granting the institution full university privileges. The college proper offers a classical and a scientific course; it has also graduate and law departments and a conservatory of music. It confers the bachelor's degree in arts, science, law, and musie, and the master's and docto•'s degrees for graduate work. Students are ad mitted on examination or on certificate from ap proved schools. In 1902 it had a faculty of 12 instructors. The student enrollment comprised 42 in the college, 105 academie, and 70 in music.
The library contained 10,000 volumes. The en domnent, was $42,000, and income $6111. The buildings and grounds were valued at about $50,000.