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guidance and counseling

(Encyclopedia)guidance and counseling, concept that institutions, especially schools, should promote the efficient and happy lives of individuals by helping them adjust to social realities. The disruption of commun...

Indian National Congress

(Encyclopedia)Indian National Congress, Indian political party, founded in 1885. Its founding members proposed economic reforms and wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India. By 1907, however, ...

Independence, American War of

(Encyclopedia)Independence, American War of: see American Revolution. ...

industrial alcohol

(Encyclopedia)industrial alcohol: see ethanol.

industrial engineering

(Encyclopedia)industrial engineering: see engineering. ...

Cooperative Commonwealth Federation

(Encyclopedia)Cooperative Commonwealth Federation: see New Democratic party. ...

Mitchell, John

(Encyclopedia)Mitchell, John, 1870–1919, American labor leader, b. Braidwood, Ill. He became a miner at the age of 12 and in 1885 joined the Knights of Labor. When the United Mine Workers of America was formed (1...

Order of American Knights

(Encyclopedia)Order of American Knights: see Knights of the Golden Circle. ...

fraternity and sorority

(Encyclopedia)fraternity and sorority, in American colleges, a student society formed for social purposes, into which members are initiated by invitation and occasionally by a period of trial known as hazing. Frate...

Quill, Michael Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Quill, Michael Joseph, 1905–66, American labor leader, b. Co. Kerry, Ireland. Quill was active (1919–23) in the movement for Irish independence before emigrating (1926) to the United States. He wo...