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华盛顿州瓦拉瓦拉地区的一座麦田,在惠特曼大学附近 (摄于1941年)

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库兴.爱尔斯 (Cushing Eells) 生于1810216

位在华盛顿州瓦拉瓦拉 (Walla Walla) 地区的惠特曼大学 (Whitman College) ,乃是该州最古老的教育机构。一个叫做库兴.爱尔斯的传教士 (生于1810216日) 创建了这所学校,并且以他两位在1847年被「凯尔斯斗士」 (Cayuse Warrior) 谋杀的传教士朋友马可仕与娜西莎.惠特曼夫妇 (Marcus and Narcissa Whitman) 的名字为学校命名。


Whitman College, located in Walla Walla, Washington, is the oldest educational institution in Washington state. A missionary by the name of Cushing Eells, who was born on this day in 1810, founded the college and named it for Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, fellow missionaries, who were massacred by Cayuse warriors in 1847.
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