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An Insight Into The Human Interest Stories Of The Daily Newspaper, Marjory H. Shong

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the importance of the human interest feature as a distinctive branch of feature writing and to study the various types and methods under this category. The method used was a daily appraisal of the local newspapers, a perusal of a certain collection of feature articles and an additional study of various texts on the subject.

Evolution And Ethics: A Discussion Of The Ethical Theories Of The Evolution Philosophers, Wilbur E. Kearney

Bachelors’ Theses

It is indeed unfortunate that our mental make-up is so prone to accept as fact whatever appeals to it as novel and plausible. We are, it is true, rational beings but it is just as true that we accept without due consideration and study, any theory which has but a scintilla of truth and a majority of appeal, if that theory is new to us and has embodied in it, something interesting and fanciful. In our quest for modernity, we often overlook or fail to appreciate the fundamental truths of antiquity. And very often, what we think is new, is …

The Student Designer February 27, 1930, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The February 27, 1930 issue had articles about the RISD Jewelry and Silversmithing department, art exhibitions in the Providence area, RISD sports news, class news, and social news. An article about RISD Alum and sculptor Nancy Elizabeth Prophet winning a Harmon Foundation prize for her wood carving of the "Head of a Negro" is present. Also included were local ads and a poem.

The Student Designer January 31, 1930, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The January 31, 1930 issue had an article about RISD architecture students who wanted a change in their curriculum. Also included was an article about the RISD textile department. Bits of humor, ads and information about art exhibitions were also in this issue.

A Philosophical Dissertation On The Origin Of Ideas With Special Reference To Aristotle, Marion Thomas Lucareli

Bachelors’ Theses

The object of our inquiry is to investigate the Theory of Knowledge, or as it is better known; The Origin of Ideas. We shall investigate the existence, the origin, and the nature of the universal ideas. We shall determine whether these ideas are founded on the order of existing beings, or whether they are purely a mental construction having no objectivity.

A Correlation Between The Scholastic Record Of Graduates Of Indiana State Teachers College And Their Yearly Financial Success After Graduation, Ransom Bramblet

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Safety Education In The Elementary School, Julia Alice Sheehan

Bachelors’ Theses

In modern civilization we find numerous and varied hazards, without a sufficient knowledge to combat the startling increase of accidents caused by these hazards. In the United States six per cent to the deaths are due to carelessness. The number of American soldiers, who made the supreme sacrifice in Europe during the nineteen months that our country was in the World War, was 77,118. Statistics of the United States Census Bureau show, in the death registration area of the United States during the twelve months of the year 1920, the number of violent deaths, exclusive of suicide, was 68,697. According …

Spiritism, Ralph B. Lenz

Bachelors’ Theses

In the study of modern Spiritism, one is face to face with a huge collection of facts, phenomena, theories, and frauds. To sift the worthwhile grains of truth from this heap is really a difficult task. Countless books and pamphlets there are in existence today that give us all manner of information relative to Spiritism. They contain descriptions and explanations of the various phenomena produced at sceances; they put forth the religious doctrines of the Spiritists; they expose fraudulent practices at tires; and usually they advance a few theories on the subject.

Effective Editorials, Leonard Scheller

Bachelors’ Theses

During the last fifty years journalism has seen a steady decline of the influence of the editorial. The golden age of the editorial existed during the Civil War period, at the time when journalism was still personal instead of institutional as it is today. Among the writers of that period were Horace Greeley, Charles A. Dana, Henrey J. Raymond, Joseph Medill and Henry Watterson. These writers were specially effective because they enjoyed a nation-wide reading public due to the fact that the west and the middle west were still undeveloped regions for leadership in thought they turned to the writers …

The Teleological Argument For The Existence Of God, Louis A. Wilson

Bachelors’ Theses

After all, the mystic's position is not wholly unintelligible. For while his imagination serves him as an immediate perceptive faculty with which he sees God in his every glance at the universe, his view is not without a philosophical basis. It is from the data furnished us by the universe of our experience that Natural Theology is able to arrive at the knowledge of the existence of God. In doing so it may employ either of three ·types of arguments. If it begins with a consideration of the primary attributes proper to all finite beings as such, it is metaphysical; …

Source Of Moral Obligation, B. Eugene Hibner

Bachelors’ Theses

The question of the source of moral obligation is one over which great conflicts arise, and concerning which the various schools vary widely. There actually are two possible theories:- the Scholastic theory, which claims that the source of moral obligation is the necessary will of God; and the Rationalistic school, which makes reason, whether individual or of the universal substance, the source of obligation. Kantian Ethics, the foremost of the rationalistic ethics, advocates "practical reason as the source of obligation." However, there are many sub-theories concerning this question of obligation, but we find that they are influenced to a great …

The Philosophy Of Eugene O'Neill, Judith Reynick

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Scholasticism An Intellectual Basis And Unifying Principle Of Modern Science, Alice Veronica Johnson

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This thesis, completed at Xavier University of Louisiana in 1929, argues that Scholastic philosophy, and the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas in particular, supplies an intellectual foundation that unifies the findings of modern science. Johnson takes up the common charge that Scholasticism is a barrier to scientific progress. She contends instead that it is the one philosophy able to answer the ultimate questions of “whence” and “how” that science cannot address on its own.

Johnson tests this claim against several fields in turn: astronomy, geology, physics, chemistry, and psychology. In astronomy, she reviews competing theories of the origin of the …

Possibilities Of Character Formation In Our Public Schools, Julia I. Shinnick

Bachelors’ Theses

The end of all education should be the formation of character. Father Hull defines character as "life dominated by principles". No sentence containing four words expresses more food for thought. Life is made up of thoughts, words, and actions. The problem is how are these thoughts, words, and actions determined? The man without character acts upon impulse and he speaks and acts as these impulses seize him. If such a man's life is at all consistent it is because he lacks any originality or initiative to do otherwise. His character depends upon his impulses, or upon the good or bad …

The Development Of Character Education, Evelyn M. Shaughnessy

Bachelors’ Theses

All down through the Christian years of Civilization the ultimate end of all education has been the production of men and women of character and high ideals. Then as the rush and commercialism of modern times swept upon us, this real end of education seemed to be overshadowed in the search for mere information.

Formation Of Ideas, Clarence Tennessen

Bachelors’ Theses

MAN! What a masterpiece of creation! What a wonder of wonders! In composition how harmonious, how singular! Regarded from merely a mechanical viewpoint, the human body is so infinitely complex, so harmonious, so responsive, so delicate and yet so powerful, that all wonders of nature dwarf in comparison. Our huge buildings and beautiful edifices all fade into insignificance when compared to that edifice of Man. The charming splendor and thrilling beauty of nature, of her snowcapped mountains, her warbling streams, her thundering falls and her mighty canyons that defy description, grow placid when compared to Man. Thus, Man stands alone.

Character Building Through Literature, Mary Ignatia Wiesner

Bachelors’ Theses

To make straight the paths for the poets, and the critics, the terms literature and character shall be defined, the extent, as well as the limitation, of the influence of literature on character outlined, and a method of approach to the study of literature discussed. First, then, there will be a discussion of terms, then the opinions of writers on the moral values of literature, and finally, in the light of this discussion, this paper will attempt to show whether these writers claim more for literature than it actually can and does accomplish, and just how literature can be made …

Historical Development And Present Status Of Education For Crippled Children, Lucile A. Wallace

Bachelors’ Theses

The new science of history is not so much interested in past events as it is in the record of the developing capacity of the human mind to transform its own experiences into the things which are valuable to the advancement of the human race. In this process of scientific transformation, education has played, through the ages, a most prominent part; and educators, assuming this interpretative role in the drama of life, have produced the modern science of learning. It seems highly important, therefore, that the historical steps in the development of corrective and special education be given, and that …

Free Will Versus Determinism, Alfred Joseph Biagi

Bachelors’ Theses

Philosophy stretching down from the time of Thales its father, who lived in the sixth century B.C. has continuously grappled with problems of man and the universe. Almost from its very beginnings speculation arose over the question of human freedom -- resulting in the overlasting contest between determinist and libertarian -- a contest which is becoming more and more acute with the modern developments in physical and mental science.

Is Death The End?, Edward T. O'Neill

Bachelors’ Theses

In asking the great question, Is death the end, I understand that I am entering upon the very specific inquiry at to whether death is the end of ourselves as separate and distinct individualities. In discussing immortality, I assume that I am discussing the survival of the human soul, after the dissolution of the body, in the full retention of its conscious identity. In this I follow the same interpretation of the essential problem involved that Professor Josiah Royce lays down in his "The Conception of Immortality."

Epicureanism In The Georgics, Ruth Agnes Crawford

Bachelors’ Theses

Vergil, the Latin poet who has had more influence on literature throughout the ages than any other Latin writer, was born in 70 B.C . He lived during the reign of Augustus Caesar, which was a time of peace and great prosperity. Augustus, in furtherance of his country's prosperity, encouraged literature and raised it to a standard previously unknown in Roman history. Vergil, then, wrote under very favorable circumstances. This era which produced so much culture fostered three philosophies which naturally influenced all the writers of the time. It is only reasonable to suppose that Vergil was affected by one …

On The Beautiful And Its Relation To The Good, John Joseph Jermain

Bachelors’ Theses

When one essays a dissertation on some profound subject, such as The Beautiful and its relation to the Good, he may well begin with an analysis or exposition of the Beautiful. The first question to be answered is, "What do men mean when, viewing some object or event, they say, 'That is beautiful?'" They express themselves in these words when there is present to them some landscape tinted with the sun is fair rays or affording the mellow moonbeams an object upon which to shower their splendor. The fine arts, painting, sculpture, architecture and music evoke such an expression of …

History And Development Of The Platoon School, Marquerite G. Lentzner

Bachelors’ Theses

At every change in its evolution, education has been made to fit the needs of society. The oldest organized system of education is found in China. From earliest times education in some form has existed there, and for 3,000 years it has been a matter of national importance. It is now maintained on legitimate grounds that schools and colleges existed in China 4,000 years ago. These were not state institutions, for China never had a system of national schools, or more strictly speaking, schools supported by the state. For seven years in the schools of the old regime in China, …

A Comparison Of Cicero’S And St. Thomas’S Treatises On The Immortality Of The Human Soul, Clare Carmelita Quirk

Bachelors’ Theses

Among the countless lessons which man perforce must learn in life's school, none is more impressive, none in a sense, more easily learned than the lesson of death. For look where he may, turn where he will, the fact of death confronts him everywhere. Death, too, speaks in the language of pain, in the keen anguish of partings, in the tongueless sorrow of bruised and lonely hearts. And the language of pain man cannot but hear, for it sears its message on his. soul, and though he should close his ears, he cannot shut his heart. Death, man cannot disregard.

Mysticism In The Metaphysical School Of Poets, Jessie Donaldson Corrigan

Bachelors’ Theses

In the desire to transcend the physical world, men of every age have set foot upon the "Mystic Way". This desire, which is a thing internal and intuitive, has been called the "instinct for transcendence." Once upon the mystic way, "the wistful eyes of Life are set towards a vision that is also a Home - a Home from which news can reach us now and again."

Shakespeare And The Aristotelian Katharsis Specifically Studied In The Plays Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, And Macbeth, Meta Charlotte Kortebein

Bachelors’ Theses

In studying Shakespeare with a view to his complying with Aristotle’s idea of the Tragic Katharsis it is primarily necessary to have a clear conception of the meaning of Katharsis and Aristotle's valuation of its function in the tragedy. After such knowledge has been firmly acquired it will facilitate a reading of Shakespeare from the standpoint of Katharsis.

The Beautiful, Richard Frederick Kegel

Bachelors’ Theses

"I don't know much about Art,but I know what I like'! is the hedonistic philosophy,the cause of the degradation of the fine arts whose end is the creation of beauty. The logical conclusions of this view are astonishing; Beauty is made a servile thing to be used for our pleasure;its value is made purely utilitarian. Beauty suffers the same fate dealt to truth and goodness. To say "I know, what I like", implies, I see a thing not because it is beautiful but because I love it,which is the next step to not seeing a thing that is beautiful because …

Religious Experience In The Light Of Current Psychology., Elwyn Judson Trueblood 1896-1963

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Psychology is receiving a new emphasis in the modern age. The subject of human consciousness, always fascinating, is now claiming our attention as never before. When we endeavor to link psychology with religion, the charm is greatly increased; for then we are dealing with two themes, rather than one, in which mankind has an abiding interest -- the human consciousness and the human soul. Thus, the psychology of religion has grown to be one of the most popular studies of our generation. Indeed, an eminent authority in this field ventures the opinion that the theoretical as well as the practical …

Some Philosophical Implications Of Behaviorism., Harold Wayland Tribble

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Psychology is the middle ground between philosophy and science. Philosophy deals with the interpretation of facts, with, a view to determining their ultimate cause. It is the search for knowledge of general principles--elements, powers, causes and laws--as explaining facts and existences. Science is systematized knowledge of facts, laws and proximate causes, gained and verified by exact observation. Science is the effort to show how laws operate, and how certain facts affect other facts. Philosophy seeks to show why laws operate as they do, and to discern what is the first fact. Science deals with the sequence of events and effects …

The Technique Of Cervants’S “Novelas Ejemplares”, Charles Henry Siegmund

Bachelors’ Theses

This story starts out in the first paragraph with a striking description of what constitutes a gypsy. According to Cervantes’s conception, a member of this tribe is simply surrounded by all the possible circumstances, from birth to death, that will directly contribute to his thievish make-up for which he is universally known. No better definition of a gypsy could be given by any lexicographer. Putting such a descriptive definition into the mind of the reader at once, before going into the real story, is a clever literary procedure, or technique; for, in this manner, the mind is thoroughly impressed with …