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LEFT FOBD 172 FORELANDS to announce a reduction in the prices of his goods in order to reduce the high cost of living. He was defeated for the United States Senate in 1918 by Tru- man H. Newberry. FORD, HENRY JONES, an American educator, born in Baltimore in 1851. He graduated from Baltimore City College in 1868. In 1872 he became an editorial v/riter on the Baltimore "American" and for several years acted as editor for papers in New York, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore. He was lecturer on political science at Johns Hopkins University in 1906-1907. In 1908 he was appointed professor of politics at Princeton. He wrote "The Rise and Growth of Ameri- can Politics" (1898) ; "The Scotch-Irish in America" (1915); "Woodrow Wilson, the Man and His Work" (1916) ; "The Cleveland Era" (1919). He was a fre- quent contributor on economic subjects to magazines. FORD, JOHN, an English dramatist; born in Islington, England, in April, 1586. He turned from law to devote himself to the drama. His first poem was "Fame's Memorial," an elegy on the Earl of Devonshire. Alone and in co- laboration he wrote a series of very suc- cessful plays. As a poet he ranks among the foremost outside of Shakespeare. Among his best plays are: "The Lover's Melancholy," "The Broken Heart," and "Love's Sacrifice." He died about 1640. FORD, PAUL LEICESTER, an Amer- ican author; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1865. His works include: "The Honor- able Peter Stirling" (1894) ; "The True George Washington" (1896); "Biblio- theca Hamilton"; "Franklin Bibliog- raphy"; "The Works of Thomas Jef- ferson" (1897) ; "The Story of an Un- told Love"; "Tattle Tales of Cupid"; "Janice Meredith" (1899), etc. He died in 1902. FORD, WORTHINGTON CHATJN- CEY, an American statistician; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1858; was chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Department of State, in 1885-1889, and of the Bu- reau of Statistics in the Treasury De- partment in 1893-1898; became connected with the Boston Public Library in 1897 ; was chosen Lecturer on Statistics in the University of Chicago in 1901. He was the author of "American Citizen's Man- ual"; "The Standard Silver Dollar" (1884)and "George Washington" (1899) ; "Journal of Continental Congress" (1905) ; "Life and Writings of John Quincy Adams" (1913). FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, a Roman Catholic institution for higher education, formerly known as St. John's College. The latter institution was opened in 1841 as the New York Diocesan College and Seminary. It then included St. Joseph's Seminary and a college department. The seminary was in 1864 removed to Troy, and in 1896 to Dunwoodie. In 1907 the charter of the college was amended to authorize the estab- lishment of law and medical depart- ments, and at the same time the name was changed to Fordham University. It is situated in Fordham, N. Y. In 1919 there were 201 instructors and 3,209 students. The president is Rev. E. P. Tivnan, S. J. FORECASTLE, a short deck placed in front of a ship above the upper deck. It is generally terminated at each end, in ships of war, by a breastwork, the foremast part reaching to the beak-head, and the after portion reaching to the fore-chains. This part of a ship used to be very much elevated in former times, for the accommodation of archers and cross-bowmen; whence the term fore- castle. FOREIGN WARS, MILITARY ORDER OF, a hereditary, patriotic or- ganization formed in New York in 1894. During the first year it was known as the Military and Naval Order of the United States, but the name was changed to its present one in 1895. The foreign wars referred to are the War of the Revolution, the War with Tripoli, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War with Spain — and the objects are to preserve the names of those engaged in them and collect the records. The mem- bers fnclude Veteran Companions, con- sisting of commissioned officers of the army, navy, and marine corps, who took part in the wars, and Hereditary Com- panions, descendants of commissioned officers who so participated. When the World War broke out the State com- manderies numbered 20, and the mem- bership was over 1,500. FORELANDS, NORTH and SOUTH, two headlands on the S. E. coast of Eng- land, and on the E. seaboard of the county of Kent : the first, or North Fore- land, forms the N. E. angle of the county ; it projects into the sea in the form of a bastion, and consists of chalky cliffs nearly 200 feet in height. A lighthouse of the first class, having a fixed light elevated 340 feet above the level of the sea, was erected on this promontory in 1688. The South Foreland, about 16 miles S. of the former, consists also of chalky cliffs, and has two lighthouses, with fixed lights, erected upon it, to warn ships coming from the S. of their