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Sorel – South Hadley

Sorel

AGNES, the mistress of the worthless Charles VII. of France; born in the village of Fromenteau, Touraine, France, in 1409. She came to court in 1431 in the train of the Duchess of Anjou. Her influence was beneficial as long as she lived; she died suddenly, near Jumigny, Feb. 9, 1450.

Sorghum

a genus of Andropogonex, sometimes made a synonym of Trachypogon. S. vulgare is the Indian or great guinea In 1918 the United States produced 16,532,382 gal- millet, or guinea corn. In 1918 the lons sorghum molasses.

Soria

a city of Spain, in Old Castile, capital of a province of its own name, on the Douro, 113 miles N. E. of Madrid.

Adjacent to the town, on the N., are the ruins of the famous city of Numantia, destroyed by the Romans 132 B. C. Pop. (1918) province, 157,856; city, 7,500.

Sorsogon

a province of the Philip pine Islands. It is situated in the south eastern portion of the island of Luzon Area. 755 square miles. It is almost sur SORSOGON rounded by water and is traversed by forest-clad mountains. It produces hemp and copra. Before 1901 it was a district of the Province of Albay. Pop. about 150,000.

South Amboy

a city of New Jer-

South Britain

England and Wales, as distinguished from Scotland, popularly called North Britain.

South Carolina

UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational non-sectarian institution in Columbia, S. C.; founded in 1801; reported at the close of 1919; Professors and instructors, 37; students, 508; president, W. S. CARRELL, LL.D.

South Dakota

UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational non-sectarian institution in Vermilion, S. D., founded in 1883; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 64; students, 825; president, R. L. Slagel, Ph.D.

Southend

an English wateringplace, at the mouth of the Thames estuary; 42 miles E. of London. It has good level sands, a public hall, and piers, pleasure grounds, etc. It was bombarded by the Germans during the World War.

Pop. about 75,000.

Southern California

UNI- VERSITY OF, a coeducational institution in Los Angeles, Cal., founded in 1880 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 314; students, 4,375; president, George F.

Bovard, A.M., D.D.

Southern Cross

a constellation of the Southern Hemisphere, composed of four stars, one of which is of the first, and two of the second magnitude; they form an elongated figure, lying parallel to the horizon, nearly at the height of the pole. The largest of the four stars is the pole star of the S.

SOUTH ISLAND

South Hadley

a town in Massachusetts, in Hampshire co. It is on the Connecticut river. Its industries include the manufacture of writing paper, brick, cotton goods, lumber products, etc. It is the seat of Mount Holyoke College.

Pop. (1910) 4,894; (1920) 5,527.