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Ireland (NATIONAL UNIVER- SITY)

NATIONAL UNIVER- SITY OF, an institution for higher edu- cation, established in 1908. It superseded the former Royal University of Ireland, and in its place was established the Belfast University and the National University of Ireland. The latter con- sists of the University College of Dublin, Queens College Court and Queens Col- lege, Galway. It was organized in order to meet with the wishes of the Roman Catholics. The institution, however, is undenominational. Religious instruction may be given, but not out of public funds. The enrollment in the University of Dublin in 1919 was about 1,800, with a faculty of 200. author; born in Manchester, England, Jan. 19, 1871; was educated at Berlin University; traveled extensively in 1887- 1897; was made lecturer on politics at Chicago University in 1900. He is the and Descriptive" torical, Critical, author of "Demerariana: Essays, Histroduction to the Study of the Subject" (1899); "The Anglo-Boer Conflict: Its ; "Joseph Pulit- History and Causes" (1900 ); "China and the Powers" (1901) ; zer" (1914). an American