Urside
bears; a family of the Carnivora, group arctoidea, or, in older clas- URSIDE, bears; a family of the Carsifications, plantigrada. Claws, five on each foot, large, strong and curved, noneach foot, large, strong and curved, nonerect, and rounded; tail short; nose formerect, and rounded; tail short; nose formabsent. Though ranged with the Carabsent. Though ranged with the Caror partially on vegetable diet, and their teeth are modified accordingly. They are widely distributed, but are entirely opian regions, and only one species, U. (or Tremarctos) ornatus, from the Andes of Peru and Chile. Wallace reckons 15 species, which have been grouped into as many as five genera (Ursus Thalassarcspecies, which have been grouped into as and Tremarctos); Mivart makes two genera (Ursus and Melursus); and Professor Flower includes Ailuropus, an annectant form connecting Ursus with Ailurus. The family appears first in the Miocene.
Ailurus. The family appears first in institution in Collegeville, Pa.; founded in 1869 under the auspices of the German Reformed Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors 17, students, 224, number of gradman Reformed Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instruc- Ph. D. tors 17, students, 224, number of grad- uates, 750; president, G. L. Omwake, curious legend of the Middle Ages, whose origin may be ascribed to the 12th century, and which runs as follows: Deonatus, King of Britain, had a very beau- She was sought in marriage by the heathen prince Holofernes. His suit was granted, but under the following condi- She was sought in marriage by the tian, and wait for three years while the granted, but under the following conditions-the prince must become Christian, and wait for three years while the a pilgrimage to Rome. The suitor was bride-elect went with her companions on immediately baptized under the name of companion virgins. The company crossed the sea and sailed up the Rhine vessels, in each of which there were 1,000 virgins. The company companion crossed the sea and sailed up the Rhine as far as Basel, from thence they proceeded overland to Rome, where they were honorably received by Pope Cyriasiastics, accompanied his fair guests a great part of the return journey, and according to some accounts even shared in the final destruction that suddenly overtook the ban about to land at Köln they were set on by a horde of heathen Huns, by whom they were all slaughtered. Ursula was at first reserved as a bride for Etzel, the Hun king, and on her steadfast refusal arrow, and thus she is represented in mediæval art. But the bloody deed was celestial warriors appeared, who comcelestial warriors appeared, who completely routed the Huns and freed Köln. The citizens buried the unhappy maidens with pious care by the Rhine, held after- Greek pilgrim, built a church in their honor. band; for as they were The story excited suspicion even in a credulous age. But confirmations were not wanting. St. Elizabeth, abbess of the cloister Schönau, by Oberwesel, held irgins, and saw the spiritual communication with St. Verena, one of the murdered virgins, and saw the one of the murdered virg whole tragedy enacted as in a vision.
Moreover, Egbert, brother of the abbess, and inspired by her, wrote down an explanation and defense of the story. In this several awkward inconsistencies were smoothed away. Thus there was no mention by Roman chroniclers of a Pope Cyriakus; but this (explained the narrator) was because the cardinals were angry at his leaving the city, and blotted out all mention of him from the records of the Church. If it was asked how the virgins made such excellent sailors, it with prudent foresight concealed a number of mariners in the hold of each vessel, and so on. Later critics have number. It has been ingeniously conjectured that the number, at first 11, became 11,000 by reading the letter Μ. came 11,000 by reading the letter M.
URSULINES numeral 1,000. However this may be, it seems probable that some Christian maidens were really murdered by heathen invaders near Köln, and that the story has thus some basis of fact.