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LEFT DBASE 418 BBAMA ing straight across the Indian Ocean doubled the Cape of Good Hope, and ar- rived at Plymouth Nov. 3, 1580, being thus the first of the English circum- navigators. The queen showed her favor to Drake by knighting him on board his own ship. Five years afterward Drake was again attacking the Spaniards in the Cape Verde Islands and in the West Indies, and in 1588 particularly distin- guished himself as vice-admiral in the conflict with the Spanish Armada. In 1593 he represented Plymouth in Farlia- SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ment. His later expeditions, that in 1595 against the Spanish West Indies and that to Panama, were not so suc- cessful, and his death, on Jan. 28, 1596, at sea off Porto Bello, was hastened by disappointment. DRAKE, FRANKLIN JEREMIAH, an Ahierican naval officer, born at Yates, N. Y., in 1846. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1868. He rose through the various grades, becoming lieutenant-commander in 1893, commander in 1899, and captain in 1903. In 1906 he was retired as rear- admiral. He served during the Civil War and filled many posts on shore cind at sea as a commander of vessels and on special duty. He was executive officer of the Oregon in 1896-1897. From 1913 to 1915 he was technical expert at the Hague Tribunal, and was expert of the revision of regulations of the United States Navy in 1918-1919-1920. DRAKE, JOSEPH RODMAN, an American poet; born in New York, Aug. 7, 1795. The poems for which he is gratefully remembered are "The Culprit Fay" (1819), and "The American Flag" (1819). With Fitz-Greene Ilalleck, under the signature, "The Croakers," he pub- lished in a New York journal in 1819 a series of short lyrics, mostly of a humor- ous kind, on the political affairs of the time. He died Sept. 21, 1820. DRAKE, SAMUEL ADAMS, an Amer- ican journalist and writer; born in Boston, Dec. 20, 1833. He entered journalism in 1858 as correspondent of the Louisville "Journal" and St. Louis "Republican." In 1861 he joined the army and served throughout the war, be- coming Brigadier-General in 1863. He returned to Boston in 1871 and resumed literary work. His most important pub- lications are: "Old Landmarks of Bos- ton" (1872); "New England Legends" (1883) ; "The Making of New England" (1886) ; "The Pine Tree Coast" (1891) ; "Our Colonial Homes" (1894), etc. He died Dec. 4, 1905. DRAKENBERGE (dra'ken-ber-ge) (Dragon Mountains), the general name given by the Dutch colonists to the range of mountains in the E. of south Africa, between Cape Colony and the Vaal river. From about 29° S. lat, the three chains which form the S. portion unite and extend N. E. in one mass, whose highest points are the Mont f^nx Sources and Catkin Peak (10,360 feet). The range is crossed by Van Reenen (5,415) and De Beers (5,635) passes. DRAKE UNIVERSITY, a coeduca- tional institution in Des Moines, la.; founded in 1891, under the auspices of the Christian Church; reported at the end of 1919: Professors and instructors, 60: students, 1,460; president, Arthur Holmes. DRAMA (I act), a class of writings which almost entirely consist of dia- logue, persons being represented as act- ing and speaking, and the pieces being usually intended to be acted on a stage by parties assuming the characters of the respective persons. Its two great branches are tragedy and comedy, the former, roughly speaking, melancholy in character, the latter cheerful. The origin of the drama must be sought for in the love of imitation, and dramatic performances of some kind are to be met with probably among all nations. Dramatic compositions are found in the