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The Oratory Of Reverend Charles E. Coughlin, Earl Charles Bach

Bachelors’ Theses

Perhaps one of the most talked of persons in the country today is the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower at Royal Oak,. Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Wherever there is a radio set in this broad land and Canada, Father Coughlin's name has become a household word.· When Father Coughlin speaks over the radio all America listens. The banker in Wall Street drops his talk about business and listens. The farmer, lost in the far reaches of the West, interrupts his afternoon nap and listens. The young men in the gymnasiums; the sick …

Ralph Adams Cram And His Philosophy Of Art, Mary Carol Caffrey

Bachelors’ Theses

Today there are not very many men who seek a return to a socio-spiritual life. There are some saints who have found their own spiritual life, and there are some people who do yearn for a social revolution (in the true sense of the word) that would bring men to their right minds regarding the true worth of things. But there are only a few who are really doing anything about it. Yet the influence of their strong characters is amazing.

La Signification Des Romans De Francois Mauriac, Frank James Bartz

Bachelors’ Theses

En bornant l’action de presque tons see romans, à l’égard du local, au département de la Gironda, François Mauriac s'assure de ce qu'on n'aura jamais lieu de lui accuser manque de connaissance intime des hommes et des moeurs qu'il y peint. Girondin de naissance et d'éducation, il sait par excellence reproduire la vie des vieilles familles provinciales, d'entre lesquelles il choisit la plupart de ses personnages. Alors même que la scène se passe à dietance de ce département, ceux-ci restent Girondins, au moins d'origine. Un critique, comprenant bien que Mauriac est plus fort quand il décrit son département natal, a …

Napoleon The Man And The Napoleonic Legend, William Jennings

Bachelors’ Theses

Napoleon Bonaparte entered upon the stage of French history during a period of unrest. The French masses had overthrown and beheaded their Bourbon king. They were trying new theories and fine-spun doctrines or government. Human selfishness made many or these ideal forms of democratic government failures. European royal governments looked with alarm at these (New Deal) governments, and were waiting at a moments notice to crush the French nation and replace the government with that of a king. France was looking for a leader like the type of Napoleon. Whether it were accidental or through courage or perseverance, we find …

Euthanasia Or Mercy Killings, George Joseph Nicoud

Bachelors’ Theses

In this modern and changing world new problems are constantly arising and older ones are being dispensed with. Man has to adapt himself almost daily to changing and more complex situations. The world has advanced to such an extent that in this present generation we are known as "human machines" rather than human beings. Men are worked until they drop off from the strain or they work until they are broken, decrepit old men, no longer a use to anybody and a burden to almost everybody. As our modernity progressed, so also did conventions and ideas. Ideas of morals changed. …

A History Of The Milwaukee Journal From 1921 To The Present (1937), Marcella Marguerite Connelly

Bachelors’ Theses

Though the title, A History of The Milwaukee Journal from 1921 to the Present (1937), may suggest merely a compilation of facts and figures showing material changes during that fifteen year period, that is not the primary object of this study. The author has chosen to pass lightly over the matters of mechanical changes, minor personnel adjustments, circulation increases and the like. Even the great work of Lucius Niemann, founder and inspiration of the paper, will be only briefly referred to, for that might well be the subject of another research.

One Hundred One Act Holiday Plays For Catholic High Schools, Camilla Doucette

Bachelors’ Theses

No abstract provided.

Adequacy And Flexibility Of Hospitals And Clinics In Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Edna Mary Diez

Bachelors’ Theses

The survey of hospital and clinic facilities in Milwaukee County with respect to their adequacy and flexibility was assigned to the author as the subject for a thesis by the Department of Sociology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The gathering of the information required in this connection, necessitated many calls, both personal and by telephone, as well as many references to books, journals, reports and other written papers on the subject.

Edward Gibbon Wakefield, J. E. Orschel

Honors Theses

Edward Gibbon Wakefield: This interesting man wes an.enigma.

Nothing about himwas ordinary. Even his faults were extraordinary,

but generally of an amiable kind. He faced the

world with two extremely potent weapons: a vision capable of

piercing the thickest 'problem, ancl a mastery of the art of

convincing and persuading. His ultimate aims were always

laudable; but he applied, without quibble, any effective means

of execution at his disposal. As a widower with a passionately

loved little daughter, a kidnap-marriage.put him on the road

to prison as well as on the highway to fame. During his incarceration

he became the …

Development Of Charleston And The Great Kanawha Valley, Cecil Anderson

Honors Theses

The development of the Valley of the Great Kanawha River has been rapid and has not as yet reached its peake in growth. The Valley has been richly endowed with abundance of raw material and the facilities for the changing or these materials in­to useful commodities. Along with the growth of the industry comes civic growth and it is these growth that I wish to present in this monograph.

History Of Education In Loudoun County, Dorsey Ford

Honors Theses

This paper is prepared as an original research monograph in American History. In it the author has tried to give a true account of the schools in Loudon County, Virginia, from the earliest times up to the present.

Woodrow Wilson And His Fourteen Points, Allen W. Bathke

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the purpose of the author to show the origin of President Woodrow Wilson's fourteen Points; from the initial drafts to the completed draft, as given in the President's speech before the Congress of the United States on January 8, 1918.

First, let us visualize the conditions present in Europe and the United States, which made peace proposals necessary, and which resulted in the Fourteen Points. Three long years of fierce and bloody fighting had called into the trenches tens of millions of men. Over four mil­lion had already been compelled to lay down their lives, and other millions …

Emotional Behavior As Aroused By Initial Experience In School, Frances M. Edwards

Student Work

Kindergarten children, on their first day in school, give one who has the opportunity to observe them an interesting experience. Each child reacts to this new situation in an individual manner. Some show their own particular idiosyncrasies, while others appear to accept this now contingency as though they were well experienced in school activities. The outstanding mannerisms and reactions of each child can give a watchful teacher some insight into the emotional characteristics of the particular child who shows marked variations from the ordinary.

A Study Of Communistic Philosophy Ancient And Modern, Magdalene Krebs

Bachelors’ Theses

Communism is not exclusively the product of our modern age. As the term is commonly used today, it signifies, in its mildest form, a political theory of community control of the means of production and distribution; in its severest form it means the attainment of such control by a force so ruthless as to disregard life, liberty, and humanity of mankind in the accomplishment of its purpose. Through the ages, however, Communism has had many different meanings. History records some of these meanings for us. To the early Christian Church it meant, "As many as were possessors of lands or …

Thomas Moore The Poet, Mary Magdalene Steckel

Bachelors’ Theses

Thomas Moore started writing at an early age. His parents were extremely interested in their son's education and consequently had sent him to school as soon as possible. At the excellent grammar school which he attended young Thomas was well-versed in the fundamentals of grammar and of writing besides being taught and reminded never to neglect the habit of rhyming. To these practices he was ever afterwards indebted and before his fifteenth birthday two of his lyrical verses were printed in a popular Dublin magazine.

The Ethics Of William James, W Dean Lowry

Bachelors’ Theses

In our own time Psychology holds the vital position in philosophical discussion. This came about naturally in the trend of modern thought. Towards the middle of the nineteenth century the Science-Philosophy arose emancipating the philosophical theory of evolution based upon data of the Physical Sciences. This theory was confidently claimed to be the solution and the explanation of all Wings. To realize these hopes its advocates contended that man also was included in the great evolutive process. Hence the discussion about man’s place in nature became the crucial problem. Had man a spiritual nature with an immortal destiny, or was …

A Discussion Of The Rogue Novel La Celestina With Special Reference To The Social Conditions Of The Time, Blanche Todes

Bachelors’ Theses

Because the picaresque novel is so intimately connected with the Spanish people, and so clearly expresses their spirit, I have always been extremely interested in this genre. Therefore, I have written on the Celestina because it is the forerunner of this genre and is one of the most worth while and important works in Spanish literature.

A Basic French Vocabulary, Charlotte F. Kupper

Bachelors’ Theses

In 1931 a committee was appointed by the French section of the Association of Modern Language Teachers of the Central West and South to undertake the task of securing a basic French vocabulary list which was to be designed to meet the teaching needs of American schools and which, it was hoped, would become basic for the construction of elementary textbooks and of tests and for the editing of graded reading texts. The list, containing 2753 items, was finally submitted as "A Basic French Vocabulary" - suggested as basic for the two-year course in high schools and for the first …

The Teaching Of Latin In High School, M. Speranda Vogelsang

Bachelors’ Theses

The aim of this thesis is to give the young teacher of Latin a brief survey of the aims and values of Latin, as well as of the material to be taught in each of the four years. It also contains useful classroom activities.

The History Of Panama, Frank Romeo

Bachelors’ Theses

Roosevelt and the Panama Canal. In no other field can such food for thought be found as in this project, launched by our American forefathers of a few years back. Ideas galore may be seen in each phase of the work. America's part in the endeavor; the part played by France; the work of England and other European countries are fit subjects to be discussed in more than the pages that I have filled here. Only a simple study can be given through the material which I have explored. Of course, other works might state more in regard to certain …

The Little Theatre Movement In Wisconsin, Austin Norbert Robert Rodeman

Bachelors’ Theses

The decline of the professional theatre in Wisconsin, and in this country as a whole, has brought with it the rise of what is known as the Little Theatre Movement. This decline of the professional theatre has been brought about by the distraction of modern life, the cost of railroad transportation as it affects traveling companies and especially the diversion of the masses to the motion pictures. With the decline of the commercial trouping companies, many cities found themselves without any spoken drama except the synthetic production, motion pictures, which to the genuine lover of the theatre is, in a …

A Comparison Between The Percent Of Maltose Sugar In The Malt Wort And The Characteristics Of The Malt, William Black

Bachelors’ Theses

Interest in this problem was brought about through working with malt in a malting laboratory. The curiosity of the author prompted research along the lines herein explained and a correlation between the amount of maltose in a malt wort and other variable factors explained in the following chapters was sought.

There has been a great deal of work done in the malting field which adapts itself readily to organic research. The chemistry of malt and malt products has arrived at a state where regular standard analysis can be applied. However, the research possibilities are practically unlimited and this work done …

History Of The Tennessee Valley Authority, John Dale Farnsworth

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to present a history of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The history of the Tennessee Valley Authority affords an interesting topic for investigation, since it contains one of the most important recent decisions handed down by the Supreme Court or the United States on the question of constitutionality of a federal project. Herein is found a history that dates back to the history of the Valley and proceeds to the present date.

This project may be a keynote in governmental works yet to come and for that reason it is of foremost importance.

Educative Value And Construction Of Laboratory Equipment For Physics, With Emphasis On An Optical Screen, Warren D. Conrad

Bachelors’ Theses

In the preparation of this thesis the writer has constantly kept in mind three distinct purposes: a) to show the place and importance of the lecture-demonstration in the teaching of physics; b) to provide the teacher of physics in the small high school a means whereby he may equip a laboratory at the smallest possible cost; and c) to describe in detail the construction of an optical screen for purposes of demonstration, indicating what can be done. in the building of home-made physics apparatus.

Development And Operation Of The Universal Coal Mine, Clinton, Indiana, Horace Herbert Clark

Professional Degree Theses

No abstract provided.

Line And Grade Control Of The Subaqueous Midtown Hudson Tunnel, Lauren Preston Tuttle

Professional Degree Theses

"The entire system unifies all Preliminary Survey, Construction Control, and Independent Traverse work; bringing them under one common balanced system; thus, their precise relation is definitely established regardless of which side of the Hudson River the unit occurs. The establishing of a complete system is a subject within itself, and as this paper deals with the method of obtaining and carrying to completion the method of control for the river section of the tunnel, we shall limit our reference to the Triangulation system to the River Quadrangle"--Triangulation System. General, page 1.

Highway Bridges, Design And Cost, John Edward Kirkham

Professional Degree Theses

"Specifications for highway bridges have been modified considerably during the past 15 years. The principal modifications have been the result of the continuous development of motor traffic. The principal changes made have been with reference to live load, impact, and allowable unit stresses. The live load has been changed to conform with the increased weight of modern motor traffic; impact has been included to provide for the effect of heavy fast-moving trucks; and the change in unit stresses has resulted by agreement of engineers. The following specifications, which will be used herein, are practically excerpts from "Specifications for Highway Bridges," …

Manufacture And Application Of Rubber Belting, Lynn Harbison

Professional Degree Theses

"Rubber belting is one of the major products manufactured by the rubber companies and a wide variety of applications is found among many industries. These applications require belts which will meet the needs of the purchasing party both from a cost and a maintenance viewpoint. Belts are installed and operated for two basic purposes, namely, transmission of power and conveyance of level...Transmission and conveyor belting are fundamentally the same for one important factor; this factor is power transmission. Other data are necessary to make and select a belt of the proper type, construction and size. The subject of rubber being …

Design And Construction Of Ponds And Small Reservoirs, Harry Franklin Bossert

Professional Degree Theses

"In presenting this paper, "The Construction of Ponds and Small Reservoirs", the writer wishes to call attention to a report by the National Resources Committee entitled "Little Waters : A Study of Headwater Streams and Other Little Waters: Their Use and Relation to the Land"--Introduction, page 5.

An Analysis Of The Needs Of Commercial Students In Morton High School (Richmond, Indiana), Paul Robertson

Management, Information Systems, and Business Education

No abstract provided.