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The Function Of Play In The Primary Grades, Florence K. Mccabe

Bachelors’ Theses

Play is universal. It is a form of language by means of which people all over the world express their emotions. It is not confined to any one people; it is not isolated to any one section of the world. In the kingdom as well as in the republic play reigns supreme. No law can or does attempt to suppress it, for leaders everywhere recognize the valuable part it holds in the life of man.

Value Of Reading In Character Training In The Intermediate Grades, Manilla R. Larson

Bachelors’ Theses

This paper is an effort to find to what extent the technical development of Character Training can be adjusted to the reading program. To reach a conclusion a study was first made of the general aim of education and of character training in particular. The various methods used in teaching character were taken under consideration. Finally, the intrinsic value of reading and its adjustment to an objective character training program were considered.

Teaching Of General Science In The Junior High School, Joseph T. Petska

Bachelors’ Theses

In this age of science and materialism there is not in the writers opinion, a more enriching course in our high schools as is a well balanced, well organized course in general science! It is enriching because, if taught well, it functions in the lives of the learners, it bridges the gap between the life of the learner and his environment.

The writer feels that the work in general science is of great importance and is worthy of the best thought of those responsible for the details of the courses in this subject in the junior high school. In spite …

Fundamental Needs Of The Preschool Child, Kathryn Mccabe Jacks

Bachelors’ Theses

The greatest gift life can yield is its own propagation. The greatest loss one can sustain is the deprivation of that life. These two facts have prompted me to make the present study . I have lost my -precious possession - a beautiful little girl. My loss has convinced me that nothing should be left undone in the promotion of the welfare of the child. A better understanding of the preschool child will enable us to guide him so that he may attain the greatest good at all times. To discover the basic needs of the child is, therefore, the …

The Gifted, Julia Bell Archambault

Bachelors’ Theses

The aim of the writer in this thesis is to show how the bright child has been neglected, and the evil that results therefrom; and to show that is is he who is to be our future leader; therefore, it is our duty to plan specially for the gifted, whereby he may make the most of his innate capacities.

The Development Of The Archegonium Of Marchantia PolymorphumL., Mary Virginia Braukman

Bachelors’ Theses

Marchantia polymorphum L. grows commonly under moist conditions, in ravines or along the sides of ditches, banks of streams, and in other similar places. It can be found in what appear to be quite dry situations, though it is more nearly correct to state that it can exist through more or less prolonged dry periods. It grows actively only when conditions are comparatively moist. Marchantia reaches its best development on damp burnt-over wooded places. Marchantia polymorphum L. appears as a flat dichotomously branched thallus, closely pressed to the substratum on which it grows. The thallus is selt-supporting, possessing chlorophyll, and …

How Far Is The Argument Of Homology Acceptable To Reason, Wilmur Daniel Ackerman

Bachelors’ Theses

Evolution is a subject that involves a great deal more than the average person really thinks about. To approach subject like this, one must try to obtain as many of the different factors that taken into consideration as is possible.

The Function Of Play In Education (With Special Reference To Third Grade), Eileen M. Mackin

Bachelors’ Theses

What are we seeking to do in the schools today? Where are we heading in education? The effort to discover what education should accomplish in the light of the contradictory and varied demands of the world of today is the chief problem of the philosophers of education.

The Teaching Of Geography In The Seventh Grade, Clara Kann

Bachelors’ Theses

Universal public education is the foundation upon which democracy is built. In an autocracy or in a society organized upon the basis of a. ruling class. education may be reserved for the few, but in a democracy the welfare of every member of the group depends upon the intelligence of each. Free schools for the education or all of the members of a democratic society are quite as fundamental to the continuance and development of democracy as is the idea or universal suffrage or of equality before the law.

Marriage And Divorce, Severin J. Wiza

Bachelors’ Theses

Marriage and divorce have of late received a great deal of attention throughout the world. The recent Encyclical Letter of Hie Holiness Pope Pius XI, on Christian Marriage, has occasioned comment and considerable thought. Anyone desiring a full treatment of marriage and divorce should consult the Encyclical on Marriage. But yet I would be glad to have the reader attend to the thought that the reading of the Encyclical has stimulated in me. Perhaps a reading of this thesis will result in a strong desire on the readers part to write a thesis on this subject which will excel my …

The High School Can Guide The Adolescent Girl In Her Choice Of A Vocation, Amanda J. Barsness

Bachelors’ Theses

A half century ago, high school girl graduates were not numerous enough to constitute a major problem to the community. Besides, it was taken for granted that a girl's career was to be that of homemaking. Today the picture is different. There has been an increase of over 500% in the number of girls who graduate from high school and the American girl has developed interests in many fields. Women of to-day are called upon to help solve· political, social, economic and educational problems as never before. The tendency now is for a girl to choose a career outside the …

Can Pyorrhoea Be Cured?, Albert Richard Moeder

Bachelors’ Theses

Pyorrhoea is one of the best known and commonest diseases in civilization. A certain dental company is advertising that four out of five are infected by this disease. This company has been lenient in their accusation, as men who are ardent students of pyorrhoea state specifically that 90 per cent of the world’s population have it in some form or other or have symptoms which would eventually turn into pyorrhoea. Knowing this and knowing also the results and unnecessary pain and discomforts that are produced, every individual should respect and fear this disease accordingly.

The Pulpless Tooth, John Saggio

Bachelors’ Theses

The pulpless tooth has been a topic of long discussion in the dental profession. From the maze of arguments that have been given certain concepts, have been accepted. To begin with, it is commonly believed that the periapical infection, if allowed to persist, will sooner or later lead to a breaking down of the patient’s general health. It is also generally accepted that, biologically, the pulpless tooth is not a dead tooth, in the sense that it becomes a foreign body. The greater part of the dental profession also believe that an exposed, non-infected pulp may be so treated that …

Microsporogenesis In Lilium Formosum, Marcella Alice Zeman

Bachelors’ Theses

Anthers of Lilium formosum were collected ranging from the very young to the mature. Anthers used for the writing of this paper were gathered around Easter time or early April. The anthers were removed from the bud and the ends were cut off. Each anther was cut into three or four parts at right angles to their respective lengths. After the washing, infiltration, and imbedding was completed, sections were cut from eight to ten micra in thickness. Before staining the sections were placed in a solution of hydrogen peroxide to bleach for three hours. Flemming 's triple stain, a combination …

The Argument From Design, Eileen Q. Coakley

Bachelors’ Theses

The object of this thesis is to prove, by the Argument from Design, that God, the First Cause of all things, is an Intelligent Being. This is done by reasoning a posteriori, i.e. from the effects of order an harmony found in the universe to an intelligent cause of the order. To substantiate the argument I have given a short resume of the views held by philosophers throughout the various ages. I have then reviewed the argument itself which is based on the philosophy of St. Augustine and St. Thomas. And finally, since the argument has been bitterly assailed, …

The Social Studies Laboratory And Its Use In The Secondary Schools, Mary Anastasia Omann

Bachelors’ Theses

A vital problem facing us at the present is to find a more effective and interesting method in the teaching of social studies in our high schools so as to prepare pupils, in a limited period of time and in an already overburdened curriculum, for a useful and satisfying life guided by well cultivated social attitudes and ideals. The social studies laboratory, where pupils learn by doing, seems to be indispensable if, with economy of time and space, a thorough course of social studies is to be covered effectively.

A Brief History Of The Playground Movement In Milwaukee, Harold W. Hahn

Bachelors’ Theses

In writing this thesis, the writer has traced the story of the Playground Movement in America from the earliest to the modern times. Due consideration is given to the rise of the Milwaukee Playground System, its administration, and maintenance under competent leaders. The thesis also offers, in as vivid a way as possible, the main facts about the play movement and program, its significance in the life of the individual and the community, and the sources of information regarding it.

The Life Of L. Annaeus Seneca, And His Philosophy As It Is Presented In The Epistulae Morales, Marguerite E. Riedl

Bachelors’ Theses

In view of the great number of books and articles that have been written about Seneca, it would seem at first thought somewhat presumptuous for us to add another to the list. But even a fairly extensive bibliographical search reveals the interesting fact that although the books on the Stoics in general — in which Seneca’s name is almost never forgotten to be mentioned — and the books on Seneca as a tragedian or as an influence on succeeding literature are very numerous, the works that treat of him as a philosopher are very few. Nevertheless, his philosophical works are …

The Radio In Music Education, Adaline E. Wilk

Bachelors’ Theses

Up to the present the music of the world, in its completences, has been the private preserve of a little band of people who happened to live in the places where it could be heard, and who happened to have money enough to pay to hear it. Henceforth, it belongs to everybody. This means an immense widening of public interest in music, and I believe, a great raise of public taste. In five years' time, in my expectation, the general musical public of Europe and America will be treble or quadruple its present size. And the next generation instead of …

The Care Of The Illegitimate Child In Milwaukee, Clare A. Sexton

Bachelors’ Theses

The one vital f act that is really the greatest concern of society regarding illegitimacy, is the illegitimate child; a child that is fashioned the same as the rest of us; that bears no mark of nature's ill favor; that develops according to all the biological and psychological laws that control humanity in general, giving no more and no less response to ill treatment; reacting viciously only according to the same causes that operate in general. A society that does not properly care for this individual, born or unborn, callously sins against its own moral and physical welfare.

The Gifted Child And His Education, Virginia W. Smith

Bachelors’ Theses

The ordinary child is one who is able to enter school at the age of six years and taught by a recent normal school graduate of ordinary mental ability is able with forty or more other children to do the pre¬ scribed work of the first year in not more than nine months, five days a week, attaining at the end of this period a proficiency adequate to begin the prescribed curriculum of the second grade. A child is not an ordinary child if he requires two years or more to do the prescribed work of the first grade; nor …

Blood Calcium Determinations Of Arthritic Patients, M. Wilma Delgrande

Bachelors’ Theses

The determination of Calcium in the blood of Arthritic patients as an interesting problem was suggested by Doctor J. C. Metts, physician at the Sacred Heart Sanitarium from August 1927 to September 1930, and encouraged by Doctor F. W. Mackoy, present physician at the Sanitarium.

All the experimental work was carried on in the Laboratory of the Sacred Heart Sanitarium and all the specimens of blood were taken from cases present at the Sanitarium during the time of the writing of this thesis.

Probability, The Historical Development Of The Theory And Its Application To Games Of Chance, Rose M. Brandt

Bachelors’ Theses

The theory of probability had its origin in isolated mathematical problems taken from games of chance. The beginnings of many of our modern theories and concepts can be traced back to Chinese origin. So too can the theory of probability. With the exception of the Chinese problem, dating from the beginning of the Christian era, no reference seems to have again been made to the theory prior to the latter part of the fifteenth century. In 1494 an Italian monk, Pacioli, was one of the first to introduce the "Problem of Points" into a treatise on mathematics. By the solution …

The Use Of Current Events In Schools, Alexander Lilly

Bachelors’ Theses

Ab a comparatively recent addition to our public school curriculum, the function of current events is probably not as well known as that of the older studies in the curriculum. The author wishes to set forth, therefore, the importance of a knowledge of current events, the necessity of and various methods of teaching current events, and the use of current events as an aid to teaching other school subjects.

To this end he had delved into the many books and magazine articles on the subject and presents in this volume his findings, with the hope that they will be of …

Freedom Of The Will With Deterministic Opposition, R. Ward Dunphy

Bachelors’ Theses

In our thesis on freedom of the will it is necessary to select a meaning that will make the issue clear, unambiguous and sharply joined. Our discussion will be of no value if the term "freedom of the will" is not clearly understood. The method employed will be to define the term •freedom", the term "will" and then the combined issue "freedom of the will". The purpose of this form will be to clearly enunciate the terms of the proposition, thus offering a com non meeting ground for the discussion. "Freedom" is defined as an absence from any factor, the …

The Gifted Child, Ida H. Witt

Bachelors’ Theses

Our goal in the educational field today is a nation of independent thinkers, characterized by the qualities of initiative, self-reliance, and the marks of a good citizen--unselfish devotion and service toward group, class, city, and nation. In order to realize this goal, all the educational forces must unite in the recognition of instinctive capacities and potentialities and provide such situations as will modify and develop the same to the degree where all knowledge and skill may operate toward as complete a social adjustment as is humanly possible.

Eugene O'Neill And His Prize Winning Plays, Joesph Flynn Rice

Bachelors’ Theses

Eugene O’Neill has ever walked alone and seemed a stranger to those about him. In his photographs you will see a mask of arrogant disdain. The tortured dreamer’s eyes, the tossed black head with its streaks of white, the scowling, thunderous face glimpsed at some formal dress rehearsal, escaping from praise, seem to confirm the legend.

The Spleen Considered With Special Reference To Its Functions, Louis J. Schmidt

Bachelors’ Theses

In arranging this thesis an attempt has been made to show that by virtue of its embryology, anatomy and histology, the spleen is the better enabled to carry out its alleged functions. The discussion here presented is confined to a story of the functions of the mammalian spleen alone. The similarities in the reactions of the spleen in the various mammalia is quite evident. Experimentation and observations were carried out on the lower mammalia while only the reactions of the splenectomized humans could be observed.

The Spleen With Special Reference To Its Origin And Comparative Morphology, Morris Aaron Gilbert

Bachelors’ Theses

Throughout the ages the spleen has been an object of the most active curiosity. The opinion that the spleen is unnecessary and of no use to the individual has prevailed with an uninterrupted succession in the World in all ages. In Persia, man centuries ago, in the reign of Abouserous it was a custom to splenectomize the horses that were kept to carry the King's dispatches, in order to give them more agility and swifter feet. The great Aristotle thought the spleen to be a sort of spurious liver planted in the left side to correspond to the liver in …

The Spleen Considered With Special Reference To Its Physiology As Determined Mainly From Splenectomy, Frank X. Schuler

Bachelors’ Theses

The spleen is essentially a vertebrate organ and its steady persistence throughout the group is an indication of its importance. Comparative study shows that it has certain common structural features , which may be counted fundamental or essential. In some animals, for example, in mammals, there are found additional structures, notably lymphoid tissue and splenic muscle often regarded as secondary acquisitions.