Maryville College
a coeducaenemy's fleet was successfully repelled. At the outbreak of the Civil War, founded in 1819 under the auspices of tional institution in Maryville, Tenn., At the outbreak of in 1861, the Marylanders were divided in sentiment, many of the people being in sympathy with the Confederates, though cause. During a series of Confederate inthe State remained loyal to the Federal vasions from Virginia during the protraction of the war, the State became the theater of important military operations and sanguinary engagements. Maryland is one of the few States of the Union that rejected the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the the Presbyterian Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 60; students, 826; productive funds, $803,701; president, Samuel T. Wilson.
MASAI (mä-sī'), a people of British East Africa, dwelling in a district that includes Kilimanjaro, Kenia, and Lake Baringo. The S. half of the district is low and barren, with no rivers and little rain, while in the N. it rises into a plateau region (5,000 to 9,000 feet), rich MASANIELLO in running streams, forests, and grass land. The Masai are not a Negro or being men of magnificent stature and Apollo-like forms, though their faces are marriage, which takes place when they lay aside the habits of the warrior, they an aristocratic race, and clever public speakers. The work is done by slaves and by the women and boys. They speak a Hamitic language.
MASANIELLO (mä-sä-nyel'lō), the commonly received name of TOMMASO ANIELLO, a fisherman of Naples; born in Ar Amalfi, in 1623. He headed the populace in their revolt against the Spanish viceroy in 1647, when only 24 years of age. His career lasted but nine days, in which time he had 150,000 men under his orders, and was elevated to sovereign finally entered the University of Leipsic, fort he gained further education and finally entered the University of Leipsic, where he subsequently taught. In 1882 he became professor of philosophy at the his criticism of the Austrian policy in 1891 he was elected to the Austrian Parliament, where he gained prominence by his criticism of the Austrian policy in came to the United States and lectured for a time at the University of Chicago.
Czech nationalist movement. He then for a time at the University of Chicago. came to the United States and lectured In 1907 he returned to Prague, where he remained until December, 1914, when he was compelled to flee to Italy, on account of his activities in favor of a trian Government. During the war he he was sentenced to death by the Austrian Government. During the war he ington, D. C., and gradually gained the organization in Paris, London, and Washrecognition of the Czecho-Slovak nation from the Allied countries. In 1917 he ff, whence he proceeded to went to Russia, at the urgent call of Paul Milyukoff , D. C. In October, 1918, he was formally proclaimed President of the Czecho-Sloto Prague, where he took his oath of office on December 21, 1918. In politics to Prague, where he took his oath of he was liberal in his tendencies, but strongly nationalistic. authority. He was murdered by four ington, D. C., and gradually gained the assassins armed with arquebuses at Naples, July 16; and, as the resistance he commenced never ceased till the Spanish yoke was broken, he has since been ish yoke was broken, he has since been venerated as the liberator of his country.