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The Religious Element In The Popular Ballads., Elizabeth Phillips Mcconathy

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The present study of the religious element in the popular ballads is based largely on Mr. George L. Kittredge's edition of Mr. Francis J. Child's collection of English and Scottish popular ballads, the completeness of which, up to this time, has not been disputed.* Mr. Kittredge has printed in his volume one or more versions of every ballad which Mr. Child has given as an authentic folk ballad (omitting Nos. 33, 279, 281, 290 and 291), besides including a few of somewhat doubtful origin. It has not been judged necessary for the purposes of this article to discuss more than …

The Chemical Distribution Of Phosphorus In Potato., Hattie L. Heft

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The first effective impulse to a systematic investigation of the chemistry of food was given by Liebig some fifty years ago. The earliest quantitative analyses of food materials which we have found are those of potatoes reported by George Pearson in England, 1795. In 1805, Einhoff made similar analyses of potatoes. He also determined several of the constituents of the ash. Liebig and his associates Playfair, Boeckman and others, in the latter half of the last century, made analyses of foods using methods similar to those now in use. It is interesting to observe how accurate many of their results …

The Potato, I. S. Oakland

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I respectfully submit this investigation and thesis to the committee of Master of Science, realizing that a long time is needed for proving any scientific principle no matter how large or small that truth may be. I have labored patiently for the last two years trying to find what part inheritance takes in lowering the yield of tubers in this state. I found that inheritance plays an important part in lowering the yield. I also found that there was a direct relationship of size of seed piece to yield, and that possibly the low yield of today is due to …

Atmospheric Nitrous And Nitric Acids And Their Absorption By Rain And Surface Water., Alexander Y. Lee

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Having been born and brought up in China, an empire, where the people are utterly ignorant of the vital importance of a good system of public water supply, and having decided to take chemistry as my profession, I feel intensely interested in the examination of water for the purpose of convincing our people in the far east to pay proper attention to sanitation on a chemical basis. The average life period there has been roughly estimated to be thirty years, and we have now in the Middle Kingdom a population of 450,000,000. It means in each century we have approximately …

Analysis Of Water-Insoluble Proteins Of Flesh : An Application Of Van Slyke's Method Of Analysis Of Pure Proteins., H. H. Mcgregor

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The fundamental importance of a definite knowledge of the quantity of each amino acid yielded by the several food proteins justifies the expenditure of much effort in studying the analytical methods in order that these may be improved or their limitations definitely ascertained." "From the standpoint of physiological chemistry it is highly desirable that the present very limited knowledge of the protein substances of flesh be increased." The desirability of a knowledge of the amino acid content of food proteins has led to much experimentation looking towards a method that will yield quantitative results without involving excessive time or manipulation …

An Abbreviated Scheme For The Detection Of Acid Radicals., Mary Pressley Smith

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In studying qualitative chemistry, two things impress you. The one being, the systematic, inclusive and generally accepted tables for the detection and identification of the several metals; the other, the lack of any agreement as to the method of the identification of acid radicals. The metal analysis tables are so well arranged and so true that even the inexperienced person finds little or no difficulty in working with them. But with the acid radicals, it is an entirely different proposition. There is no generally accepted grouping of the radicals into divisions, some text books giving as many as seven divisions …

Le Misanthrope., Henry William Lenz

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The aim of this thesis is to show that there is found in this "noblest of comic masterpieces" an absorbing study of mankind and a profound knowledge of the human heart. It is In his work that man gives himself to the world; in his literary efforts he gives a vivid portrayal of himself, his real and inner self is splendidly revealed, though the merely material man is kept in the background. Bearing this in mind the writer has endeavored not so much to depict the character of Moliere, but, rather by an analytical process, to designate the elements which …

Motor Tests And Experiments In Light., Bennett Mattingly Brigman 1881-1938

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This experiment was performed by the use of a Spectrometer using the customary methods of measurements usually adopted for this work. Method "A" The telescope having a Gaussian eyepiece attachment, the telescope's cross-hairs are illuminated and reflected upon the two plane faces of a prism in succession. The angle through which the telescope is turned between the first and second face equals 180 degrees – A, where A is the angle of the prism. Method "B" The Collimator so placed that the slit is illuminated by a flame it falls upon both faces, being divided by the edge of the …

Some Peculiarities Of Shelley's Rhythm., Ethel Allen Murphy

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The most striking quality of Shelley's poetry meets our attention once, in the play of ever-changing emotion through his lines. When he called himself "A pard-like Spirit beautiful and swift," he characterized the spirit of his poetry, with its ever-shifting imagery, and its pulsing, leaping rhythms continually falling into new and unexpected adjustments of difficult stresses, but always resolving themselves into a wonderful coherency of thought and form which produces the effect of strange and beautiful music. He builds up large rhythm-forms in what we may call the phrasing of his lines, using the term in a musical sense, and …

The School Garden From An Educational View Point., Emilie Yunker

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"School gardens are not intended to create gardeners or farmers but to afford the growing boy or girl an opportunity for many aided developments." In the school garden the children are taught by one who can inspire them with a love not only for plants, but for everything else that has life and grows to take care of trees, lawns, flowers, vegetables and such things planted with their own hands. It is a place where the plants together with their friends and enemies have an intimate relation to the child personally; where the lessons are far more vital than anything …

Our Rivals : The Molds, Yeasts And Bacteria., H. B. Knighton

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In this day when the erstwhile plebian hog has taken to scaling the social ladder and has climbed beyond the ken of many an honest workman, it behooves the housewife to wage, with double zeal the warfare on our rivals, the molds, yeasts and bacteria who come as unbidden guests eating the very food that we must have, raising enormous families at our expense, frequently making themselves obnoxious as long as the food lasts, then quietly withdrawing into themselves and either waiting for a fresh supply of food or allowing the housewife to start them by the dust-brush route to …

Stress Of Romance Words In Chaucer's Prologue To The Knight's Tale., Helen S. Ward

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The effect of the Norman-French Conquest on the vocabulary of the English language was profound. Prior to the Twelfth Century the language contained but few word forms foreign to the Old English. The vocabulary of the Eleventh Century contained about thirty words of French origin and these must have come into the language previous to the conquest.

The Early Missionary Work Of The French Jesuits In North America., Edward Thomas Poulson

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There are perhaps but few passages in history that are more striking than those which tell of heroic efforts of the early French Jesuits to convert the Indians of North America. Many of these efforts are full of dramatic and philosophic interest, and they also bear strongly upon the political destinies of America. While the small young colonies of England still clung feebly to the shores of the Atlantic, events, almost wholly unknown to them, that would eventually have great bearing upon their future, were in progress in the very heart of the continent, the main participants being the French …

Bacteria In Relation To Every Day Life., Inga Werness

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It is to be noticed that if there be any marshy places, certain animals breed there, which are invisible to the eye and yet getting into the system through the mouth and nostrils cause serious disorders." This quaint observation is taken from a manuscript written over two thousand years ago, showing that bacteria even if not seen, were living and active. Latin writers of about the same time recorded a relation between insects and malaria which has but lately been proved and explained. The infectious character of leprosy has long been recognized, since the ancient Hebrews caused the isolation of …

Chimney Design And Chimney Formula Comparison, W. F. Schaphorst

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The object of this thesis, then is to compare chimney wall sections conforming with the accepted rules as quoted by Kent, Kidder, Molesworth, and Christie, with wall sections obtained by formulas that were derived by means of an analysis similar to that in the preceding paragraph; to show chimney wall sections of uniform height and of diameters varying from one to ten feet, assuming the upper wall thickness in all cases to be the same as the used in common practice and keeping sure constant so that the several chimneys may be compared as to relative volume, outline, stress, and …

The Evolution Of Cooking Apparatus With Some Tests With The Aladdin Oven, Hattie Dibble

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Inventions are but brought forth spontaneously; they are a growth. We cannot conceive of a mind which is capable, without the aid and thoughts of other minds of investing anyone of the many machines and apparatus which so far assist in lightening and perfecting man’s work. The most of our inventions are new combinations of other inventions made to serve men purposes. It will be the endeavor of this paper to show this growth as it is manifested in cooking apparatus, by showing its evolution from the very crudest forms up to the present degree of perfection.

Thesis, William H. Knox

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All soil constituents are formed form the disintegration of rocks with the exception of a small percent of organic matter. The soil is sometimes removed as fast as formed by the action of water and air. Streams of running water, tides and waves, or the moving of immense ice fields called glaciers are the most active agencies. The land formed by the deposition of the materials carried by glaciers is usually known as drift. A large portion of the soil of the northeastern prairies has been formed in this way. Particularly is this true of the land lying east of …

Course In Sewing For Children, Lilla Harkins

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Introduction: “Upon the education of the American school girl depends the future of the American home.” The object of all education is to prepare men and women for the duties and pleasures of life, to make good citizens, useful men and women of our boys and girls. Every accomplishment a girl possesses is one more thing toward making her a useful woman. Sewing bases its claim to a place in the schools on the same grounds that give wood-work a foothold. “It is a form of Manual Training of hand and head work, of training of the hand for the …

A Comparative Study Of Degenerative Tissue, Homer Davis

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Nutrition is the earliest and most constant of vital operations. So prominent is the nutritive apparatus of an animal that the animal has been likened to a moving sac, organized to convert foreign matter into its own likeness, to which the complex organs of animal life are but auxiliaries. In growth more material is used by the body-protoplasm that is expelled. Nutrition includes excretion i.e. the removal of spent material which is usually poisonous and which if allowed to remain in the body organism would impair nutrition in its fullest sense. The objects of nutrition are growth, repair, and propogation. …

Hygienic Analysis Of Some Of The Potable Waters Of Brookings, Lloyd E. Work

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Introduction: While it is universally recognized that there is a difference between good and bad drinking water, few realize how important a part water plays in producing or destroying health. Comparatively recent investigation has shown that water forms the most active agent in the production as well as the promotion and spread of disease. Water containing organic impurities will, when used, because various forms of disease, while if the water of a well which has received the excreta of a patient suffering from some infectious disease, be drunk, the drinker is almost sure to contract the disease. Pure water may …

The Trend Towards Socialism In Recent Law-Making, James Arthur Brown

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Introduction: It is an undeniable fact that civilized nations are drifting towards socialism. Whether we reach the goal of ideal and theoretic socialists at last, or stop short of socialism in its modern accepted meaning it is not the purpose of this work to investigate. Socialism is of recent origin. It was started less than seventy years ago in France. The progress that it has made is worthy of some attention. It has spread to all civilized nations and has won many earnest supporters in England, France Germany and the United States. A great deal of confusion results from the …

Specifications For A System Of Irrigation For College Grounds, Harry M. Cornell

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The rainfall of this portion of country not being sufficient, or if sufficient not uniformly distributed, it has become necessary to successful work in agriculture that provision be made for a system of irrigation which will tide agriculturists over a dry season or be a means of supply when most needed. Deeming it therefore a prime requisite to successful experimenting along agricultural lines, I thought of planning a system of irrigation which could be profitably and advantageously applied to the grounds of the South Dakota Agricultural College. My plan is simply to give drawings, data, cost and location of a …

A Study Of The Wheat Market, William J. A. Schoppe

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The most prominent food grain of the Caucasian race is wheat. It is an important crop in almost every country under their domination, and, perhaps, has a wider habitat than any other prominent product of the soil. Under diverse climates, differing soils, and varied development of agricultural methods, it is an important resource in almost every portion of the globe. It forms a large item in the foreign trade of every commercial nation, and either in the form of grain or flour appears in the trade of even the most obscure country. The present discussion has for its purpose, first, …

The Power Absorbed By A 60 In. Circular Saw And Other Wood Working Machines, Duston W. Mckenney

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The series of tests here described were undertaken for the purpose of determining the power absorbed by a large circular saw in cutting various kinds of timber also the power required to run various wood working machines of standard make, paper making machinery, and dynamo electric machines.

A Study Of The Forage Plants Of South Dakota With Their Fungous And Insect Enemies, David Griffiths

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The main object of this study being a better acquaintance with fungous parasites, the work on the host plants has been considerably abridged in order that the discussion might be shortened. It was the plan at first to include in this paper a carefully written description of each of the principal forage plants of the state. The futility of such a plan, however, soon became apparent, and it was accordingly decided to omit the description and include simply Distribution,

Habitat, Value as Forage, and the Fungous Parasites of each host. There are, therefore, several of our best forage plants omitted …