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Quiz: Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools

Corporal punishment in school is a controversial topic that has been debated for many years. While some argue that it is an effective way to maintain discipline and order, others believe it can cause…

Pembroke, Mary Herbert, countess of

(Encyclopedia) Pembroke, Mary Herbert, countess of, 1561–1621; sister of Sir Philip Sidney. His Arcadia was written for her, and after his death she prepared it and his other works for publication.…

Woodson, Carter Godwin

(Encyclopedia) Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875–1950, African-American educator, b. New Canton, Va., Ph.D. Harvard (1912). He taught at Howard Univ. and helped organize (1915) the Association for the…

Beers, Clifford Whittingham

(Encyclopedia) Beers, Clifford Whittingham, 1876–1943, American founder of the mental hygiene movement, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1897. After the publication of A…

Bull, Olaf

(Encyclopedia) Bull, OlafBull, Olafōˈläf b&oomacr;l [key], 1883–1933, Norwegian lyric poet. The son of a successful writer, Bull began his career as a journalist. His poetic brilliance was…

phrenology

(Encyclopedia) phrenology, study of the shape of the human skull in order to draw conclusions about particular character traits and mental faculties. The theory was developed about 1800 by the German…