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Faraday's Laws Of Electrolysis, M. Aquinas

Bachelors’ Theses

Physics has no equal, perhaps, in bringing the student to an appreciation of the beauty, the order and the harmony or the universe, and thus drawing the heart and the mind to God whose unbounded powers executed the eternal and marvelous wonders that are all about us.

It is intensely fascinating to take peeps into the "laboratories of God" and wonder what will be the next secret that He will let man in on. It seems as the ages roll by He gradually allows us to share more and more in His secrets or nature; He appears to be slowly …

The Quantitative Analysis Of Sodium Acetate, Henry A. Budzinski

Bachelors’ Theses

There are many methods by which Sodium Acetate can be analysed for its purity. Each method is satisfactory and the results obtained vary only slightly. However, this essay is for the purpose of determining the method which is most suitable for all conditions, and setting this method as a standard.

An Evaluation Of The Shavian Theatre As A Criticism Of Life, Marie Louise Heipp

Bachelors’ Theses

Shaw's plays usually develop a single idea on which he hammers until it is beaten into shape. It is the aim of the writer to take the ideas Shaw has built his dramas upon and consider them as a criticism of life from the ec­onomic, moral and social point of view.

To attempt to write this thesis means to go over ground that has been covered repeatedly. Indebtedness is acknowledged for the following books which have been of most value in the preparation of this thesis: Chesterton: George Bernard Shaw; Shanks: Bernard Shaw; Various mag­azine articles. The plays …

Training For Citizenship, M. Alacoque

Bachelors’ Theses

"If in America there is to be an enduring government of the people, by the people, for the people, then such a government must be perpetually fed and vitalized from the sources of an intelligent and loyal citizenry. Senator Kenyon of Iowa in a recent address before the Lawyers' Club of New York said, "The greatest foe of the United States at present is ignorance. We have to meet this condition by a campaign of education. We can't bludgeon people into good citizenship."

Ibsen's Influence On British Dramatists, Elva Acklam

Bachelors’ Theses

In preparing this thesis I found that one must have an understanding of philosophy, sociology, biology and economics to appreciate the modern drama, and in the reading of the plays I found my knowledge in these subjects broadened. The dramatists and their characters' views on these branches of learning are most interesting, especially those in Bernard Shaw's prefaces.

The labor of the essay was simplified when I found that the reading of a play of Ibsen's or the others gave almost as much pleasure as witnessing it on the stage. Copious stage directions giving character analysis, situations, and literary descriptions …

The Dramatic Technique Of Ben Jonson, Theodore James Hodan

Bachelors’ Theses

"Barring Shakespeare, Jonson is by far the moat significant literary figure of his time,--- leaving be­ hind him a name in the popular drama, second alone to that of Shakespeare." In this vein does Felix E, Schelling speak of the master about whom this thesis is woven, Ben Jonson. In the course of this thesis we will endeavor to set forth the technique, in its various phases of the dramas of Jonson.

Quadratic Equations, Floyd George Hydar

Bachelors’ Theses

In algebra, an equality which exists only for particular values of certain letters representing the unknown quantities is called an equation. These particular values are called the roots of the equation, and the determination of these roots is known as the solution of the equation.

The Influence Of Horace Mann On American Education, M. Carol Fleischmann

Bachelors’ Theses

The ordinary individual believes implicitly in the principle of causality, whether he has learned to couch it in the precise language of the metaphysician, "Every effect requires a sufficient cause", or, whether to his untutored mind "Some­thing don't happen from nothing" A stranger travelling the length and breadth of this country could not fail to be im­pressed with the material provisions which state and commun­ity have made for the education of America's youthful generation. Buildings rivalling each other in beauty of architec­tural design, equipment of a superior order, rolling campuses of inviting beauty,--these would be the first characteristics of our …

Curve Tracing In Polar Coordinates, Virginia Higgins

Bachelors’ Theses

No abstract provided.

The Friendship Of Boileau And Racine, Margaret Lucille Herrick

Bachelors’ Theses

The Age of Louis XIV, which is known as the Golden Age of Classicism can lay claim to two of the greatest poets of the century---Jean Racine and Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux. A short resume of the age in which they lived and attained the summit of their glory will bring us to a better understanding of the works and genius of these two men.

Export Advertising, Walter A. Haise

Bachelors’ Theses

There is a story of a King of Spain who, after making futile attempts to make his subjects fit a common mold so as to be easily governable, gave up his task and became a clock collector. He gathered clocks of every type, shape, and size, from the four corners of the earth. Then he set himself to the task, again a futile one, of making them all tick at exactly the same time. He failed a second time and on his deathbed said: "What a fool I was to try to make my people do what even my clocks …

The German Kings And Emperors Of The Saxon Family, Jeanette Marie Altenhofen

Bachelors’ Theses

A century after Germany had started its separate existence as a kingdom and a nation, the Saxon house was called to its government. This family gave to the kingdom five rulers, all of whom belonged to the better or best kings the country ever had. King Conrad I, a Franconian, had died after a brief reign. On his deathbed he recommended Henry of Saxony as his successor. Henry was elected by the Combined Saxons and Franks, but eventually received general recognition.

The Style And Diction Of Cicero In His Orations, Mary Bede

Bachelors’ Theses

Of all great men of antiquity Cicero stands out pre­eminently in the modern world. And pausing we may ask, "ls this imperishable glory his because he saved Rome from the revolutionary movement of Catiline? Or because he very nearly outrivalled Demosthenes in the second Philippic? Or because he ran atheism to the ground in the De Natura Decorum?" And we answer sagely, "It is because of none of these." His literary fame rests solely on the fact that through him Latin prose reached the full height of its splendor.

The Service Of Trade Publications, Arthur L. Fischer

Bachelors’ Theses

The trade publishing field is a necessity in business as it is carried on today. Early business transactions were conducted by the spoken word; this was replaced by the printed page; the page became a booklet, which in turn, due to rapid industrial progress, was succeeded by the frequent periodical for each trade. Thus literature of all industry was inaugur­ated.

The Cycloid, Some Related Curves And Their Derivation, Ann Downer

Bachelors’ Theses

In studying the history of the cycloid and the related curves, it is interesting to note that the earliest notations and explanations were given not by a mathematician but by an artist. The description and instrumental construction of the epicycloid curve was presented in about 1525 by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) a celebrated sculptor and painter of Nurnberg in his book "Underweysund der Messung mit dem Zyrkenund Rychtsceyd." The original idea, however, goes as far back as the time of Hipparchus, an astronomer, who used it in his astronomical theory of epicycles. This curve was now neglected until G. Desargues and …

The Life And Work Of Vicente Blasco Ibanez, Erma C. Fuller

Bachelors’ Theses

Though a Valencian by birth Blasco Ibanez came of a family who emigrated from the old Kingdom of Aragon whose people were the unconquerable in the days of Napoleon's Spanish Campaign. He was born on January 29, 1867, and thus had a childhood which was profoundly impressed with such events as the Carlist War, the Bourbon Abdication, the Brief reign of the "Princeling of Piedmont," the short-lived Republic of Castelar, and the bourbon Restoration. These events doubtless exerted considerable influence over certain phases of his life.

The Metropolitan Newspaper's Promotion Enterprise, Harry A. Friedman

Bachelors’ Theses

In the heterogeniety of modern civilization, the newspaper commands a position of prominence rivaled only by the greatest of the industrial and commercial corporations. Too many idealists, however, fail to comprehend the really stupenduos growth of the newspaper as a business. To the idealist, the newspaper is the champion of public rights, the defender of the weak, the voice of the people, the combatant of all that is evil. It is granted, of course, that the newspaper is all of that and more, but primarily the newspaper must be a highly organized business before it can function in its idealistic …

The Country Newspaper Is Improving, Not Declining, Louis F. Hoffmann

Bachelors’ Theses

It is a common impression among city dwellers that the country newspaper is declining. The weekly sheet served its purpose in the early days of our nation's history, it is said, but to-day it has outgrown its utility. For doesn't the city daily go into the small town and give the backwoods citizen all the information he needs?

The Cubic Equation In One Variable, Ella M. Horst

Bachelors’ Theses

No abstract provided.

The Constant Of Torsion Of A Given Wire, Ella M. Blunk

Bachelors’ Theses

"Using a given wire, the value of n determined dynamically is generally somewhat larger than the value determined by statical method. This is due partly to the fact that a wire, under the action of a torque, does not at once acquire its final twist. The twist increases under the application of a constant torque; and therefore, during a brief application of the torque (for example, during an oscillation of heavy body attached to the wire) the torque per unit twist has larger value than when the torque is applied for a long time. " Edwin Edser

The purpose of …

Cooperation Between The Home And The School In The Matter Of Hygiene Of Children, Theodore C. Klett

Bachelors’ Theses

In attempting to improve the health habits of the child, little can be accomplished without the interest and cooperation of the home, in which the habits will be practiced. The establishment of an intimate understanding between the school and home goes far towards producing the desired results; and, again, while we may be making. progress by the mere preaching of the gospel of hygiene to the child, the child cannot reform his own ways and revolutionize family traditions without the cooperation of the parents. Important from every point ·of view has been the taking of the parents into the confidence …

The Place Of The House Organ In The Business World, Joseph W. Berg

Bachelors’ Theses

The business of producing house organs is intimately a part of advertising and is precariously linked up with the problem of salesmanship. More generously house organs are the consolidated specialized effort of producing the wide­ spread use of an advertised product. It is well to consider the construction of this widely misunderstood term involving direct advertising, from the foundation of advertising in general.

Advertising is an art older than history, though in its present· forms it is rather recent. The newest of all its developments, of course, is that phase in which we are most interested since it involves the …

Silent Reading, Daniel W. Corcoran

Bachelors’ Theses

No abstract provided.

Dramatic Criticism: Its Place In The American Theater And A Discussion Of Its Exponents, Rowena M. Devine

Bachelors’ Theses

Criticism is as essential to the theater as it is to literature, art or music. It is a connecting link between the theater and the theater-goer. Most authorities today concede that without criticism the theater would wane in popularity.

Many Authors And Writers Have Been Developed In Some Phase Of Journalistic Work, Margaret Baleen

Bachelors’ Theses

A university professor in characterizing journalists said,"I have always considered the journalists the alert of the alert. Perhaps there may be some arguments against this statement by those engaged in other professions but the fa.ct remains that a journalist to be successful must be one vitally interested in every phase of life and ¢ust have a true sense of news values in discovering the interesting facts in society as he sees it. He must know what will hold the interest of his readers and must be ready at any time to obtain that bit of news which rill interest his …

The Country Weekly In Wisconsin: Its' Possibilities And Its' Deficiencies, Harold C. Brunner

Bachelors’ Theses

Nineteen country weekly newspapers, representative of the various sections cf Wisconsin, have been selected by the writer as a basis for this thesis. In the mind of the reader there may be some doubt as to the representativeness of the papers selected by the writer, but in each instance they have been chosen for certain definite reasons.

Optimism Versus Pessimism, James F. Chapman

Bachelors’ Theses

All that promotes success, welfare, or happiness is included in the ideal good. If human beings value their lives and the lives of others; take pride in development and progress-in short, if they consider life worth living, as good, as the best thing for them; they nay be called optimists.

A Problem Involved In The Parkerizing Of Iron And Steel, Frank A. Harmer

Bachelors’ Theses

The problem involved in the parkerizing of iron was presented by the National Lock Washer Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

St. Nicholas Began The Age Of Children's Literature, Claudia Harney

Bachelors’ Theses

A magazine destined to be an outstanding one in the field of children's literature was put before the public in December 1873. "St. Nicholas," Scribner's illustrated for girls and boys, first entered the homes during the month when the coming of its namesake is awaited eagerly. The first issue introduces itself in these words.

A Study Of The Exceptional Child, C. Elizabeth Haisler

Bachelors’ Theses

The content of this paper is based on ten years of personal observation and close study of the problem presented by the Exceptional Child.