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Bethune-Cookman College

(Encyclopedia) Bethune-Cookman College, at Daytona Beach, Fla.; United Methodist; coeducational. Named for its founder and first president, Mary McCleod Bethune, the school was formed as a result of…

Poems: A Little Girl Lost

by WilliamBlakeA Little Boy LostThe SchoolboyA Little Girl Lost Children of the future age, Reading this indignant page, Know that in a former time Love, sweet love, was thought a…

Poems: The Little Girl Lost

by WilliamBlakeHoly ThursdayThe Little Girl FoundThe Little Girl Lost In futurity I prophetic see That the earth from sleep (Grave the sentence deep) Shall arise, and seek for…

Poems: The Little Girl Found

by WilliamBlakeThe Little Girl LostThe Chimney SweeperThe Little Girl Found All the night in woe Lyca's parents go Over valleys deep, While the deserts weep. Tired and woe-…

100 Years of Girl Scouts

In 2012, the Girls Scouts of the USA celebrated their 100th anniversary. by Jennie Wood Two Girl Scouts with Juliette Gordon Low (center) Related Links Girl Scouts Official…

"The Girl with the Pearl Earring"

The Question: Where is Vermeer's painting "The Girl with the Pearl Earring"? The Answer: "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" is a painting by the Dutch…

adolescence

(Encyclopedia) adolescence, time of life from onset of puberty to full adulthood. The exact period of adolescence, which varies from person to person, falls approximately between the ages 12 and 20…

Dane, Clemence

(Encyclopedia) Dane, Clemence, pseud. of Winifred Ashton, 1888–1965, English novelist and playwright. She was an artist, teacher, and actress before she turned to writing. Her first novel, A Regiment…

Berry, Martha McChesney

(Encyclopedia) Berry, Martha McChesney, 1866–1942, American educator and philanthropist, b. near Rome, Ga., Ph.D. Univ. of Georgia, 1920. Determined to provide educational opportunities for…