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and includes educational subjects, such as psychology and the history of education, in addition to the regular technical work.

Many institutions in our large cities are now offering excellent courses in domestic science. A few of the most noteworthy are the Teachers’ College, the Manhattan Trade-School for Girls and the Girls’ Technical High-School in New York; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; the Manual-Training High-School of Kansas City; Downer College, Milwaukee; the State College of Agriculture at Ames, Iowa; and the Minnesota Agricultural College.

Domingo, St. See Haiti and San Domingo.

Dominic, St., founder of the Dominican order of monks, was born at Colahorra, a village of old Castile, in 1170. At 15 he proceeded to the university at Palencio. The story is told that, while there, he sold his clothes to feed the poor in a time of famine. In 1204 Dominic first became prominent. He then went with the bishop of Osma on a journey to Denmark, and on the way came in contact with the Albigenses of southern France. The legates, whom the pope had sent for their conversion, failed, and were on their way back to Rome, when Dominic met them and with a few followers began the work which the legates had given up. The pope sent a crusading army into the country, and Dominic seems to have gone with it. After the crusade against the Albigenses Dominic formed a society of monks (see Dominicans), and in the course of five years the society spread all over Europe. Dominic died at Bologna in 1221.

Domin′icans, the name by which the disciples of St. Dominic became known. The order was founded in 1216. Its members took a vow to eat no meat, to wear no linen clothes, to fast and to preach continually. They also took the vow of absolute poverty and of obedience to their head; and went about preaching and teaching, begging their living as they went, and thus were often called the Begging Friars or Brothers. In England they were called the Black Friars on account of the black cloak they wore. They soon spread through Europe, and many of the greatest teachers and preachers of the middle ages belonged to the order. See Life of St. Dominic by Archbishop Alemany and The Coming of the Friars by Dr. Jessopp.

Domitian (dṓ-mĭsh′ ĭ-an), Titus Flavius Domitianus, the third of the Flavian emperors of [[../Roman Empire|Rome]], was born at Rome in 51 A. D. When his father, [[../Vespasian, Titus Flavius Vespasianus|Vespasian]], was declared emperor, Domitian was given the administration of Italy by the soldiers until his father’s return from the east; but he so abused the power, that, when his father returned, he excluded Domitian from all share in public affairs; and during the rule of [[../Titus, Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus|Titus]], his brother, he still abjured public life and gave himself up to pleasure. On the death of Titus he was declared emperor by the soldiers, and began his rule by attempting a reform in morals and by passing many good laws. In war he was not successful, and was defeated by the Dacians. He became jealous of the better success of his general, Agricola, in Britain, and in consequence summoned him to Rome and probably had him killed by poison. In 93 a revolt of his soldiers on the upper Rhine caused him to become suspicious of everyone, and from that time he became very cruel, great numbers of prominent men being put to death. He was murdered at Rome in 96. It perhaps was in his reign that John the Apostle was banished to Patmos.

Don, a large river in European [[../Russia, Empire of|Russia]]. It rises in Lake Ivan and flows generally in a southerly direction until it empties into the [[../Azov, Sea of|Sea of Azov]], 1,325 miles distant. In some places the river has a width of 1,800 feet. Navigation is bad, except during May and April, when the water is high; and the river is usually closed with ice from November or December to March or April. It is visited in the lower part by two floods each year—one called the cold water, being caused by the melting of the snow along the lower half of its course; the other called the warm water, being caused by the melting of the snow near the upper part of the river. A canal connects the Don with the Volga.

Donatello (dōn′ ȧ-tĕl′ lṓ) or Donate, a distinguished [[../Italia|Italian]] sculptor, was born at Florence in 1386. He learned the goldsmith’s trade, which then included all kinds of work in bronze, such as the making of statues, but later he became a sculptor and also a painter. One of his first achievements in sculpture was the statue of St. Mark at the Church of St. Michele in Florence, and it also is one of his best. Others of his great works are The Baptist, David, Judith and St. George. The chief man in Florence, Cosmo dei Medici, was his friend and patron. Donatello was a hard worker; 40 examples of his art now exist, there being many more thought to be his, but not certainly known to be so. He died at Florence in 1466. The name also is that of the hero of Hawthorne’s Marble Faun.

Don′elson, Fort, an historic post in Tennessee on the Cumberland River, 12 miles east of Fort Henry. It was strongly fortified by the Confederates during the Civil War, and in 1862, when held by General Floyd with 15,000 troops, was attacked by Commodore Foote, who was driven back. But the forces of General [[../Grant, Ulysses S|Grant]], coming up from the capture of Fort Henry, defeated