Iowa River
a river rising in Hancock, Iowa, near the Minnesota border, and flowing in a southeasterly direction into the Mississippi. It is about 300 miles long and is open to traffic to Iowa City, about 65 miles from its mouth.
IOWA STATE COLLEGE IOWA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRI- CULTURE AND MECHANICAL ARTS, a coeducational institute for higher edu- In 1919 it had about 3,500 students and a faculty of over 200. The endow- In 1919 it had about 3,500 students and a faculty of over 200. The endowment is about $700,000 and the annual income about $350,000. The library contains 45,000 volumes. President, Raymond A. Pearson. IOWA, UNIVERSITY OF, a State University, at Iowa City, Iowa. It is coeducational. In 1919 the faculty numbered 438 and the students 3914. The library contains 153,700 volumes. numbered 438 and the students 3914.
The library contains 153,700 volumes.
President, Walter Albert Jessup, PH.D. IOWA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, a coeducational institution in Mount Pleasant, Ia.; founded in 1842 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919.
Professors and instructors, 21; students, 265; number of graduates, 1,072; president, W. S. Smith. dent, W. S. Smith. or IPECACUAN (-kak'u-an) (the native Brazilian name), in botany, the plants producing the drug so named. In pharmacy: (1) The dried root of Cephælis ipecacuanha, a conchonaceous plant from Brazil. The ipecacuanha from that country is called annulated, to distinguish it from the striated kind from country is called annulated, to distin- guish it from the striated kind from chiefly in the cortex. It contains a feeble alkaloid called ceretin. Its preparation are pills, powders, lozenges, and wine.
IPHICLES IPSWICH (if'i-klēz), the twin brother of Hercules, and father of Iolaus.
IPHICRATES (if-ik'rä-tēz), a Greek won renown by his victories and his elosoldier; born in Athens, 416 в. c. He quence. He died in Thrace in 353 B. C.
IPHIGENIA (if"i-je-nī'ä), in Greek legend, a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. When the Greeks, going formed by Calchas, the soothsayer, that, Iphigenia to Diana, because her father had killed the favorite stag of that godto appease the gods, they must sacrifice contrary winds at Aulis, they were in the favorite stag of that god- Grecian forces, commanded one of his heralds to order the army to disperse. daughter, Agamemnon, as chief of the dess. Rather than shed the blood of his heralds to order the army to disperse.
Grecian forces, commanded one of his After much solicitation from the other chiefs, Agamemnon consented, however, to immolate his daughter for the common good of Greece; but as soon as Calchas had taken the knife and was about mon size was found in her place. This to strike the fatal blow Iphigenia sudsupernatural change animated the supernatural change animated the Greeks, the wind suddenly became favorable, and the combined fleets set sail for Diana, who carried her to Taurica, where she intrusted her with the care of her cited the compassion of the goddess temple, whence she subsequently fled with her brother Orestes and his friend she intrusted her with the care of her temple, whence she subsequently fled with her brother Orestes and his friend Pylades.
In large doses it is an emetic; in smaller in the warmer parts of both hemispheres. ones it is an expectorant and an altera- In large doses it is an emetic; in smaller ones it is an expectorant and an alterais a counter-irritant. (2) Various other plants produce a similar drug, as, for example, all the Alsodineæ, a tribe of Violaceæ. plants produce a similar drug, as, for river Drin, about 400 miles northwest of Uskub. Until the Balkan Wars (1912-13) the town was on Turkish territory, and was part of the Vilayet of Kossovo, but after the readjustments of (1912-13) the town was on Turkish terarest (1913) it was part of the territory included in the share of Montenegro. Having been famous as the site of an old Slavic monastery, it is now the seat of a bishopric. The population is now about 10,000.
IPHIANASSA (if-i-a-nas'sä), the daughter of Prætus, turned into a cow by Juno for pride.
IPOMEA (-mē'ä), a genus of Contribe Convolvuleæ. The volvulaceæ, species, which are numerous, are found About 100 are cultivated in gardens for their showy flowers, which are an ornaa kind of scammony; the root of I. pan. is the ment to trellis-work. I. tuberosa, the I batatoides Spanish arbor vine of Jamaica, furnishes jalap; jalap of Mestitlan; I. quamoclit is durata is employed in this country as jalap; I batatoides is the male sternutatory; I. turpethum, tive of the East Indies, and I. operculata is purgative. The foliage of I. maritima is made into a fomentation, and applied to joints enlarged by scrofula. The sweet potato was formerly called I. batatas, now it is Batatas edulis. a na-