CORPORATIONS 



1596 



CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE 



CORPORATIONS, BUREAU OF. See COM- 

 MERCE, DEPARTMENT OF; FEDERAL TRADE COM- 

 MISSION. 



CORPORATION TAX. See INCOME TAX, 

 subhead Tax on Corporations; also, see TAX. 



CORPUS CHRISTI, kawr'pus kris'tee, TEX., 

 noted as a resort and shipping point for sea- 

 food, had a population, chiefly American, of 

 8522 in 1910; it had increased to 10,432 in 1916. 

 Of this number twenty per cent are Mexicans 

 and two per cent negroes. The city was 

 founded in 1838, was incorporated in 1852 and 

 received its name from the Latin, which sig- 

 nifies body of Christ. Its area is nearly five 

 square miles. 



Corpus Christi is the county seat of Nueces 

 County and is situated on the southwestern 

 coast of the state, on Corpus Christi Bay, at the 

 mouth of the Nueces River. Brownsville is 

 about 150 miles south, Laredo is 150 miles 

 west and San Antonio is 150 miles northwest. 

 Railway facilities are afforded by the Texas 

 & Mexican, the San Antonio & Aransas Pass, 

 the Gulf Coast Lines and the San Antonio, 

 Uvalde & Gulf railways. There is also steamer 

 connection with Galveston. A reinforced con- 

 crete causeway connecting Nueces County with 

 San Patricio County, on the opposite side of 

 the bay, was completed in January, 1916, at a 

 cost of $165,000. 



The maintenance of the city is largely de- 

 pendent upon tourists and the agricultural 

 products of the district. A fine harbor attracts 

 considerable coasting trade. Corpus Christi 

 has extensive fishing and oyster-packing indus- 

 tries, cigar and tobacco factories, machine 

 shops, a cotton compress and a cotton-oil mill. 

 The $250,000 county courthouse, a $500,000 

 hotel and the national bank are the most not- 

 able buildings. A library adds to the educa- 

 tional advantages offered by a public school 

 system, a Roman Catholic Academy and a 

 business college. 



Corpus Christi adopted the commission form 

 of government in 1908. E.N.F. 



CORREGGIO, korred'jo, the name by which 

 ANTONIO ALLEGRI (1494-1534) is popularly 

 known, was an Italian painter, master of the 

 art of foreshortening (which see), to give fig- 

 ures the appearance of motion. He was un- 

 rivaled in the handling of light and shade and 

 in the beauty of expression and grace he gave 

 his figures. Antonio was born at Correggio, 

 near Modena, 'and the name by which he was 

 known was that of his birthplace. Among his 

 best productions are his- decoration of the 



main dome of the cathedral at Parma, called 

 the Assumption of the Virgin and regarded as 

 his masterpiece; Night, now in the Dresden 

 galleries; and Saint Jerome, Marriage of Saint 

 Catharine, and the Penitent Magdalene. He 

 also produced several exquisite Madonnas, and 

 the altarpieces of Saint Francis, Saint George 

 and Saint Sebastian. 



CORRELA'TION. A farmer who desires to 

 raise wheat succeeds best in a wheat country; 

 one desiring to raise corn finds another section 

 the most desirable location, and one choos- 

 ing to raise cotton must locate in the warmer 

 states. Each of these locations is adapted to 

 the crop named because the soil and climate of 

 the locality are especially suited to the re- 

 spective plants. This fact leads to the conclu- 

 sion that there is a very close relation be- 

 tween agriculture and geography. There is 

 a like relation between geography and history, 

 between history and literature, between geog- 

 raphy and geology, and so on. Arranging sub- 

 jects so that pupils will study them in their 

 true relations to each other is correlation. Cor- 

 relation increases interest in the subject stud- 

 ied and enables pupils to gain a more thorough 

 and practical knowledge of the various branches 

 pursued. It is receiving constantly increasing 

 attention among educators. 



CORRESPOND'ENCE SCHOOLS. See 

 SCHOOLS, subtitle Special Schools. 



CORRIGAN, kor'rigan, MICHAEL AUGUSTINE 

 (1839-1902), a prelate in the Roman Catholic 

 Church in America, noted for his scholarship, 

 administrative ability and liberality. He was 

 born in Newark, N. J., was graduated at Mount 

 Saint Mary's College (Maryland) in 1859, and 

 in the same year was one of the first twelve 

 students to enter the new American College 

 at Rome. He was ordained in 1863, shortly 

 afterwards became professor at Seton Hall, 

 South Orange, N. J., and was made president of 

 the institution in 1868. He was elevated to 

 the office of bishop of Newark in 1873, holding 

 this position until 1880, when he was called 

 to be coadjutor of Cardinal McCloskey, arch- 

 bishop of New York, receiving then the title 

 archbishop of Petra. In 1885, upon the death 

 of Cardinal McCloskey, he became archbishop 

 of New York. 



CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE, koYo'siv sub'li 

 mate, or BICHLORIDE OF MERCURY, a compound 

 of mercury and chlorine, in the form of white 

 crystals. It is soluble in water and is used 

 by surgeons to disinfect wounds and by taxi- 

 dermists to protect skins from insects. Cor- 



