Saint Louis University

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

a Roman Catholic institution for higher education, founded at St. Louis, Mo., in 1832. It includes professional schools and a college of liberal arts. In 1919 there were 1,945 students and 245 instructors. President, Rev. B. J. Otting. ST. LUCIA, the largest of the Windward Islands, in the West Indies, 42 miles long and 15 to 20 wide; area, 233 square miles; pop. (1918) 53,788. The exports (sugar, cocoa, logwood, etc.) in 1918 were valued at $362,785; imports at £368,123. Much of the island is high and rocky land, covered with well-nigh impenetrable forests, and it contains extensive deposits of sulphur. The climate is in the main healthy, a fresh trade wind blowing almost continually. The island, discovered in 1502, was colonized by the French in 1563; but between that date and 1803, when it definitively became an English possession, it five or six times changed hands between France and England, by capture or treaty. The capital is Castries. Caribbee bark is sometimes called St. Lucia bark. ST. LUCIA BAY, a bay in South Africa, an indenture of the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the Umbolozi river in Zululand. The bay is S. of St. Lucia Lake. The Germans claimed it in 1884, but the British gained final possession in 1885. ST. LUCIA LAKE, a lake which is really a lagoon in Zululand, South Africa, united with the on the E. coast. It is Indian Ocean by St. Lucia Bay; is 60 miles long, and varies in breadth from 10 to 25 miles. ST. LUKE. See LUKE. ST. MALO, a seaport in France, department of Ille-et-Vilaine, on an island at the mouth of the Rance river. It is a watering-place and has important commercial interests; is strongly fortified; has extensive docks and quays, notable ramparts, a castle, and parish church (formerly a cathedral); and is noted for the height of the tides (40 to 50 feet). It was the birthplace of Cartier, Mahé de la Bourdonnais, Lamettrie, Maupertuis, Lamennais, and Châteaubriand Châteaubriand. The destruction of the town was attempted by the English in 1693, 1695, and 1758. Pop. about 12,000. ST. MARK. See MARK. ST. MARTIN, one of the Lesser Antilles, W. I. Since 1648 it has been divided between France and the Netherlands. It exports sugar, cotton, tobacco, maize, etc., and large quantities of salt. The French portion, a dependency of Guadeloupe, has an area of 20 square miles and a population of 4,500. The Dutch portion, a dependency of Curaçao, has an area of 17 square miles and a pop. (1919) 2,552. ST. MARY BAY, an indenture of the Atlantic Ocean, on the S. coast of the peninsula of Avalon, Newfoundland. Also an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the W. coast of Nova Scotia. ST. MARY ISLAND, an island of western Africa, Africa, belonging to the British colony of Gambia, at the N. of the Gambia river. Also the largest of the Scilly Islands, S. W. of Cornwall, England.