Relation Between Local Authorities
Relation Between Local Authorities And The National Executive. In The Matter Of The Relation Between The National Executive And The Authorities Admin Istering The Various Services Of Local Govern Ment, England Occupies A Position Intermediate Between That Of France On The One Hand, And The New England Or Western States ...
Scotland
Scotland. Preliminary.— The History Of Education In Scotland Accounts For The Virtues And Most Of The Defects In The Scottish System. In The Old Days The Elementary School Led Direct To The Universities, And The Universities Were Hampered By Doing The Work Of Secondary Schools. On The Other Hand There ...
Sir Grey
Grey, Sir George, British Colonial Gov Ernor And Statesman: B. Lisbon, 14 April 1812; D. London, 20 Sept. 1898. He Was The Son Of Lieutenant-colonel Grey Of The 30th Foot Guards. After Receiving His Training At Sand Hurst Military College, He Was Commissioned In 1829, Becoming Lieutenant In 1833 And ...
Sir Haig
Haig, Sir Douglas, British Soldier, Com Mander-in-chief Of The British Expedition Ary Forces In France And Flanders: B. 19 June 1861. The Youngest Son Of Mr. John Haig, Of Cameronbridge, Fife, Scotland, He Was Educated At Clifton College And Oxford University. He Passed The Staff College At Camberley And Joined ...
Sir Hamilton
Hamilton, Sir William Rowan, Irish Mathematician: B. Dublin, 3 Aug. 1805; D. There, 2 Sept. 1865. He Knew Greek And Latin When Only Six, And Before He Had Completed His 14th Year Had Made Himself Acquainted With 13 Lan Guages, Among Which Were Arabic, Persian, Hindustani Sanskrit And Syriac. When ...
Ss The Co Operative Move
Ss. The Co-operative Move Ment In Great Britain. The Earliest Examples Of Co-operative Institutions Are The Corn Mills And Baking Societies Started In The Closing Years Of The 18th Century And The First Decade Of The 19th As A Relief From The Millers' Monopoly And The Exorbitant Price Of Flour. ...
The Services Administered By
The Services Administered By Local Ities. The Government At Present Entrusted To Local Authorities In England And Wales May Be Divided Into Four Great Classes, Which We May Term Respectively The Collective Organiza Tion Of Public Services, The Collective Regula Tion Of Individual Conduct, The Collective Provi Sion For Special ...
Theory And Prospects 51
51. The British Tariff Move Ment: Its Origin, Theory And Prospects. "for More Penetrating Ob Servers," Writes Dr. Schulze-galvernitz In His Able Study Of The British Economic Situation, The Overwhelming Success Of The Liberals In The Elections Of January 1906, Was Less Sur Prising Than The Number Of Votes Given ...
Vases
Vases. Decadent Period.—after The 4th Century Many Potter-artists Appear To Have Deserted Athens And Migrated To Greek Colonies In The Crimea And South Italy (capua, Tarentum, Pastum, Etc.). Their Attic Refinement Disap Pears, But The Red-figure Technique Continues In This Greco-italian Ware. The Aim Is At Vulgar Display Rather Than ...
W Harpers Ferry
Harper's Ferry, W. Va., Is Situated In Jefferson County, 55 Miles Northwest Of Washington, At The Eastern Extremity Of West Virginia, On The Baltimore And Ohio Railroad. It Is At The Confluence Of The Potomac And Shenandoah Rivers, Where The Former Breaks Through The Blue Ridge,, Presenting One Of The ...
Wales
Wales. Of The Four Quarters Of The United Kingdom, Wales Has Made The Most Rapid Progress. In The Middle Of The 19th Cen Tury Her Elementary Education Had Probably The Worst Equipment; Her Secondary Schools Were Inadequate And Inefficient ; While In Higher Edu Cation She Possessed Only The Recent ...
Or Guelfs Guelphs
Guelphs, Or Guelfs, And Ghibel Lines, Names Of Rival Political Parties In Italy During The Middle Ages. The Words Are Of German Origin, Derived Respectively From Welt The Name Of A Princely Family In Bavaria (from Which Is Descended The Royal Brunswick Line And The Line Of Este), And Waiblingen, ...
Or Guendar Gondar
Gondar, Or Guendar, Abyssinia, Former Capital Of Amhara, About 21 Miles Northeast Of Lake Tsana, And On A Spur Of The Wogara Mountains, 7,500 Feet Above Sea-level. The Town Is In A More Or Less Ruined Condition, Having Suffered Severly In The Civil Wars Of Abyssinia And Being Ruthlessly Damaged ...
Or Hareem Harem
Harem, Or Hareem' (ar. "the Pro Hibited"), Is Used By Mussulmans To Signify The Women's Apartments In A Household Establish Ment, Forbidden To Every Man Except The Hus Band And Near Relations. The Practice Of Erect Ing And Maintaining A Separate Apartment For The Women Of A Well-to-do Household Dates ...
Or National Party Party
Party, Or National Party. The Workingmen Dur Ing The "panic Years" (1874-78) Increasingly Resorted To Political Activity To Right Their Griev Ances, And In Ohio In 1877 Began To Call Their Local Organization The "national Party." In Massachusetts And Pennsylvania They Fused With The Greenback Party (q.v.). On 22 Feb. ...