Adler (FELIX an American lecturer)
FELIX, an American lecturer and scholar; born at Alzey, Germany, 1851. The son of an eminent Jewish rabbi, he emigrated when young to the United States, where, and at Berlin and Heidelberg, he was educated. After being for some time professor at Cornell University, he founded in New York (1876) the Society of Ethical Culture, of which he is lecturer. Similar societies have been established elsewhere in the United States and in other countries. He is an effective writer and speaker. Since 1902 he has been professor of political and social ethics at Columbia University. During 1908-1909 he was the Roosevelt exchange professor at the University of Berlin. He is chairman of the National Child Labor Commission. He has published a number of books on religion and social and political ethics.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Administration
in law, the management of the personal estate of anyone dying intestate, or without an executor. If the deceased leaves real estate, the estate devolves upon heirs related by blood; if personal property is left and no executors named, administrators are appointed by some court. In the United States a surrogate or judge of probate appoints the administrator, and grants letters of administration as authority. The word is also applied to the official terms of the President of the United States, and the Governors of States, and to their official advisers.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Admiralty
that department of the British Government which, subject to the control of Parliament, has the supreme direction of naval affairs. The high court of admirality is that court which has jurisdiction over maritime causes. Its judge judge was originally the lord high admiral, or his deputy, but is now appointed by commission from the crown. The term is applied to the building where the lords of the admiralty transact their business. In the United States all admiralty and maritime jurisdiction is as signed by the Constitution to the Federal courts.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Admiralty Inlet
a of water connecting Puget Sound with the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Seattle, Tacoma, and Port Townsend are the chief cities on the Inlet.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Admiralty Island
a mountainous island, 90 miles long, off the W. coast of Alaska, to the N. E. of Sitka; belongs to the United States.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Admiralty Islands
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about other peoples, religions, or nationalities that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) a group of 40 islands, to the N. E. of New Guinea; Basco, the largest of them, being 60 miles in length, and is mountainous, but fruitful. The total area of the islands is 600 square miles. They were discovered by Schouten, in 1616. Some are volcanic, others are coral islands. They abound in cocoa-nut trees, and are inhabited by a race of tawny, frizzle-headed savages of the Papuan stock, about 4,000 in number. Together with New Britain and some adjoining groups, aps, they were annexed by Germany, in 1885, and became part of the Bismarck Archipelago. During the World War they were occupied by Australian forces. The Paris Peace Conference, on May 7, 1919, decided that the mandate over them should be held by Australia. ADOLESCENCE. A well-defined period of life extending from puberty to 21 in females and 25 in males. It is marked by an unusual rapid physical growth, and the mental development during this time is also rapid. In recent years educators have come to lay special stress on the importance of developing the individual during this period.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Adoptive Masonry
Masonic societies which adopt women as members. Early in the eighteenth century such societies were established in France , and spcedily spread to other countries. One of the first to adopt" women were the Mopses. The Felicitaries existed in 1742. The Fendeurs or Woodcutters were instituted in 1763 by Bauchaine, Master of a Parisian Lodge. It was modelled on the Carbonari, and its popularity led to the establishment of other lodges, notably the Fidelity, the Hatchet, etc. In 1774 the Grand Orient Lodge of France established a system of three degrees called the Rite of Adoption, and elected the Duchess of Bourbon as Grand Mistress of France. The rite has been generally adopted into Freemasonry, and various degrees added from time to the number of about twelve in all. Latin and Greek mysteries were added to the rite by the Ladies' Hospitallers of Mount Tabor. The greatest ladies in France joined the French lodges of adoption. The Rite of Mizraim created lodges for both sexes in 1819, 1821, 1838 and 1853, and the Rite of Memphis in 1839. America founded the Rite of the Eastern Star in five points. In these systems admission is generally confined to the female relations of Masons. The Order of the Eastern Star and that of Adoptive Masonry were attempted in Scotland , but without success.
Only in An Encyclopaedia of Occultism
Adorno
a great plebeian family in Italy. It furnished many doges to Ge- For 165 years they struggled for noa. supremacy, especially with the Fregosi, and were definitely destroyed by Andrea Doria, in 1528.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Adour
a river of France, which rises 6 miles to the E. of Barèges, in the department of the Upper Pyre nees, and, running by Tarbes and Dax, falls into the Bay of Biscay, 3 miles beyond Bayonne, where it joins the Nive. Its course, through many fertile valleys, is about 180 miles.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Adowa
or ADUA, one of the principal towns in the kingdom of Tigré, Abyssinia, with houses built in a conical form, and arranged into streets. It is the great mart between the interior and the coast, and reaps the advantage of a transit trade between the Red Sea ports and Gondar. It was here that the Italians were decisively defeated by the Abyssinians in 1896. Population, though greatly varying, about 3,000.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Adramelech
According to Wierius (q.v.,) Chancellor of the infernal regions, Keeper of the Wardrobe of the Demon King, and President of the High Council of the Devils. He was worshipped at Sepharvaim, an Assyrian town, where children were burned on his altar. The rabbis say that he shows himself in the form of a mule, or sometimes, of a peacock.
Only in An Encyclopaedia of Occultism