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William Arthur Ganfield (September 3, 1873 – October 18, 1940) was an American minister, educator, and academic administrator. He was ordained in 1901 and began his first preaching role later that year in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He became a professor at Carroll College (now Carroll University) in 1905 and taught there until he was elected president of Centre College in 1915. During his six-year term, he helped Centre's enrollment recover from a lull and grew the school's endowment past $1 million for the first time, in part by reinstating ties between the college and the Presbyterian Church. He returned to Carroll as its president in 1921 and oversaw a strengthening of requirements for professors and implementing tenure, pensions and a fixed salary for faculty. Ganfield supported sports at both schools: Centre's football team won a major upset victory over Harvard in 1921, and Carroll's football and basketball teams each won multiple league championships during his term. (Full article...)
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On this day
- 863 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Byzantine Empire decisively defeated the Emirate of Melitene at the Battle of Lalakaon, beginning the era of Byzantine ascendancy.
- 1651 – English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell (pictured) won the Battle of Worcester, the final battle of the English Civil War.
- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The British Army and their Hessian allies defeated an American militia at the Battle of Cooch's Bridge.
- 1936 – The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America was founded in Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada.
- 2001 – The Troubles: Ulster loyalists resumed a picket outside a Catholic girls' primary school in the Protestant portion of Ardoyne, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Thelenota ananas, also known as pineapple sea cucumber, among other names, is a sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae. It is found in tropical Indo-Pacific waters, on the sandy bottom of lagoons and in slabs near coral, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Hawaii, Polynesia, the Maldives and Australia. The species is characterized by its large size – reaching up to 70 centimetres (28 inches) in length, with a mass of 3 to 6 kilograms (7 to 13 pounds) – and has pointed, star-shaped teats covering the entire body. The body is reddish-orange in color. It plays an important role in coral reef ecosystems, for example by recycling nutrients, and is often eaten as food. This T. ananas sea cucumber was photographed in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt.
Photograph credit: Diego Delso
