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HALLOCK. lion of the slaves. He was one of the founders of the Southern Aid Society (1854) : and in ISGl the use of the mails was forbidden liis paper, and he was indicted for 'encuuraginj; rebels.' Unwilling to give up his principles, lie retired from journalism, and lived at Hallocl<'s Castle in New Ha^•en, where he was known as a liberal and generous citizen. Hallock was one of the foundei-k of the Associated Press of New York. HALLOCK, William Allen (1794-1880). An American editor, brother of Gerard Hallock. He was born at Phiintield, Mass., and was educated at Williams College and at Andover Theological Seminary. From the foinidation of the Ameri- can Tract Society (1S2.'5), he was its correspond- ing secretary until ten years before liis deatli. He edited the Aniprirnn Mcxseiiger. and in addi- tion to his labors as editor and reviser of the publications of the society, wrote several biog- raphies and many tracts. Consult Knight. Me- morial of William Allen Halloek (New York, 1882). HALL OF FAME. See Wai.ti.ux.v. HALL OF FAME FOR GREAT AMERI- CANS. A structure on the grounds of the New York I'niversity, completed in 1900, and designed to commemorate the acliievements of distin- guished citizens of the United States. It con- sists of a colonnade, 500 feet in length, following the curve of a lerraee which suoports three of the university Iniildings, and resting on a granite corridor which contains a long hall and five rooms, intended for a nuiseum for the preserva- tion of portraits and mementos of those whose names are inscribed in the colonnade. The colonnade contains 150 panels seven feet long and one and one-quarter feet high, designed to be filled 1>.V bronze tablets bearing the name of the person commemorated, the dates of his birth and death, and a selection from his writings. The agreement between the university and the donor of the Hall of Fame provided that no name shall be inscribed except of a person born in what is now the territory of the United States, and of a person who has been dead at least ten years. Fifty names, if selected, were to be inscribed dur- ing 1900, and five additional names every five years thereafter, completing the full number by the year 2000. Nominations were received from the general public by the University Senate, who transmitted the names seconded by any member to a hoard of 100 electors selected from educa- tors, writers, and others interested in American history, 51 votes being necessary to a choice, subject to the final approval of the University Senate. The first fift.v names were required to include representatives of a majority of fifteen classes: authors and editors; business men; edu- cators: inventors; missionaries and explorers; philanthropists and reformers; clergymen and theologians; scientists; engineers and architects; lawyers and judges; musicians, painters, and sculptors; physicians and surgeons; rulers and . statesmen; soldiers and sailors; distinguished men and women outside these classes. Panels left vacant by these restrictions may be filled the ensuing year. The announcement of the new foundation created wide interest. It was favor- ably considered by the press, and some papers offered prizes for the lists of names which should approach most closely to the final choice of the 485 HALLSTATT EPOCH. electors. The Senate received over 1000 names, of which 200 were submitted to the elec- tors, who were themselves invited to add to the nominations. From the names suggested, the electors chose 29, as follows: George Washing- ton, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster, licn- janiin Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant, John JI;ir- shall, Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Fulton, Henry Wadsvvorth Longfellow, Washington Irving, Jonathan Edwards, Samuel F, B. iMorsc, David G. Farragut, Henry Clay, George Peabody, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Peter Cooper, Eli Whitney, Robert E. Lee, Horace Mann, John James Audubon, James Kent, Henry Ward Beecher, Jose))h Story, John Adams, William Ellery Channing, Gilbert C. Stuart, Asa Gray. Of the remaining names, those which re- ceived the votes of ten or more electors ^■ere by that fact placed in nomination for the next elec- tion. HALLOPEATJ,. a'lo'po', Francoi.s Henki (1842 — ), A French physician, bom in Paris and educated there. He was appointed hospital physician in 1877, and became a member of the Academy of Medicine in 1893. Besides special monographs on diseases of the skin, Hallopeau wrote a standard Traite iUmentaire de patlwlogie gciicnilc (4th ed. 1893). HAL'LORAU, Lawbence Haynes (1706- 1831). An English poet and author, bom prob- ably in Ireland. He was first a teacher in a private school near Exeter. Afterwards he took orders, and was chaplain in the English fleet during the battle of Trafalgar. He published a descriptive poem, "The Battle of Trafalgar," in 1806. He went to South Africa as chaplain to the forces there, but owing to his defense of two officers court-martialed for dueling in 1810, and his satirical pamphlet, Cap-Abilities, or l^oiith African Characteristics (1811), he was banished. On his return to England he led a wandering life, and was ultimately condemned to seven years' transportation for forgery. He opened a school in Sydney, Australia, where he died. His works include: Odes. Poems, and Travslations (1790) ; I.aeri/m(B Hihernicw, or the Genius of Erin's Com- pldiiif (1801); and The Female Volunteer, a drama (ISOl ). HALLOW-EVEN, or HALLOWE'EN, The name popularly given to the eve or vigil of All Hallows, or festival of All Saints, which being the 1st of November, Hallowe'en is the evening of the 31st of October. In England it was long customary to crack nuts, duck for apples in a tub of water, and perform other harmless fireside revelries. Sometimes there were ceremonies of ;i more superstitious character, as, for example, charms to discover who should be the husband or wife of the person inquiring. Consult Brand, Popular Antiquities, edited by Ellis (London. 1813). HALLOW-FAIR. A market held in some places in Scotland during November, i.e. at Hal- lowtide. HALLSTATT (hal'stat) EPOCH. The name ajiplicd to the last stage of bronze or the first stage of iron culture in Europe. It is so ealled from the necropolis of Hallstatt, Upper Austria, near the border of Salzburg, It is asso- ciated with the Celtic langu.age group and the Alpine race of Ripley, who characterizes the