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Modernism And Graphic Arts, Frank L. Vander Heiden

Bachelors’ Theses

No abstract provided.

Religious Contents In School Readers, Mary Leocadis

Bachelors’ Theses

A task worthy of the wisest minds and of the biggest efforts is to place before the young a series of reading books that will contain noble and elevating thoughts and inspiring ideals, the best that has been enshrined in the literature of ages. Whatever may be gleamed from the glorious past that will contribute to the better and holier living of the present is, by right, the heritage of the youth of today. A reading book, therefore, should be a collection of the sayings and writings of the best and noblest men. "Nothing," says Professor Brooks, "in the entire …

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.

The Importance Of The Community Newspaper Has Not Decreased But The Function Has Been Changed By Improved Transportation And Communication Facilities, Thomas P. Mannion

Bachelors’ Theses

Greater than a citizen's self assertiveness or his frequent lapses into petty strife is his fundamental tendency to work and live in union with his fellow men. Neighborliness is one of the more personal expressions of the universal tendency to cohesion among human beings and every means available that tends to concentrate and centralize this social demand is necessarily brought into play. From the beginning of time people have formed themselves into clans, tribes and communities, comprised of those interested in similar ideas and things, all working for the development and progress of themselves and their particular group. For centuries, …

The Magazine In America Before 1850, Domingo J. Thill

Bachelors’ Theses

The magazine in America has never been made a subject of exhaustive and definite research. Though the study is interesting and informative few have cared to resign themselves to it because of the evidently meager returns and the scarcity of accurate material. An occasional remark concerning the DIAL or the NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW is all that is heard about the magazines previous to 1850. The trials and tortures of the magazines and their sponsors have been forgotten more readily than is deserved. This essay-thesis attempts to bring back to the attention of the reader the problems and misfortunes that confronted …

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 Development Of English Grammar From 1750 To 1929, Helen Kathryn Walsh

Bachelors’ Theses

For some time I have been interested in the subject of Grammar. A generation ago, it was considered one of the most important subjects in the elementary schools. But now, grammar is a thing one teaches only incidentally. What has brought this change? What is the situation to-day? What may we hope for in the future? These are some of the questions which need to be answered. The pendulum has indeed swung far out into empty space. It surely must return. Will we be able to stop it midway in its course?

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.

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.

Modern Geometry Of The Triangle, Irene Nolan

Bachelors’ Theses

It has been the object of t he writer to present in this thesis theorems and proofs of modern geometry which seemed most useful and most interesting to her. Concepts of modern geometry have been presented and developed with reference to the triangle.

A Comparison Of Certain English And French Poets Of The Romantic Era, Robert Howard O'Keef

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the purpose of this paper to compare the poetry of the romantic movement in England and in France. First it will present the characteristics of the leading poets in each of these countries. Then these traits will be compared to determine in what respects they were similar and what respects they differed. Lastly, there will be a discussion of the concepts of romanticism held by the leading poet is each nation, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats and Shelley in England, and Lamartine, Vigny, and Hugo in France are the romanticists to be considered.

Periodic Functions, W. Kenneth Koehler

Bachelors’ Theses

The first known publications on the periodic functions were those of Fantet de Lagnv, a French mathematician born at Lyons in the year 1660. Although previous to this, mathematicians, notably Galilio in his analysis of the cycloid, had studied functions and curves whose properties necessarily involved periodic functions, no specific mention of this property was made.

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

Silent Reading, Daniel W. Corcoran

Bachelors’ Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Financial Considerations, Offered Teachers Of Utah, As Inducement For Professional Growth With Comparisons Drawn From Some Other States, Alvin Hess

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Much has been written on the subject of supervision and the improvement of teaching. It is the general opinion of authors on this subject that it is a much better procedure to retain the services of competent teachers over long tenure than to follow any of the uneconomical plans of adapting large numbers of new teachers to the task of establishing the necessary teacher-pupil contacts for successful learning. But, of course, these authors do not suggest long tenure without active improvement of teachers while in service. Tenure laws are of such importance in some states as to take the form …

Genesis, Development And Progress Of The United Church Of Canada, Dougald K. Mccoll

Graduate Thesis Collection

There is an almost universal demand in Christendom for a union of churches, which will, in some way, give stability and visibility to the unity of all Christians. Throughout the world there are new movements toward unity. In England, Scotland, United States and Canada, in fact the majority of countries where the reform faith is in the strongest, there is a tendency to accentuate the things that unite.

Bionomics Of The Clover Leaf Weevil, Hypera Punctata (Fabr.), In Utah, Lorin C. Fife

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Clover Leaf Weevil, Hypera punctata (Fabr.),* is a foreign pest introduced from Europe into New York, which first became noticeable in 1881. The insect has rapidly spread westward reaching Utah at least by 1912. Since this time several out-breaks have occured. In 1927 the injury to alfalfa, Medicago sativa, was severe in limited areas in Hooper, Weber County, and in 1927 and 1928 the infestation was very pronounced in certain parts of Salt Lake City.

Municipal Lighting Of Logan City, Maya M. Fonnesbeck

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Municipal lighting in Logan City is a contemporary development of municipal lighting in other American cities, because it has involved public opinion and lawsuits and competition between a private corporation and a municipality owning and operating an electric light plant. It is perhaps one of the most eventful and serious conflicts between owners of a public utility which has come before public and legal observation in the State of Utah. The case of Logan City vs. Utah Power & Light Company was brought before the Utah State Utilities Commission and the Utah State Supreme Court and the Court decided that …

Correlated Inheritance In A Cross Of F 22 X Dicklow Wheat, R. Kenneth Bischoff

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This paper reports a study of the inheritance and of the correlated inheritance in certain observed and measured plant characters in a cross between a hybrid from Dicklow x sevier, (F22) and a pure line from Dicklow, (D#3), one of the original parents of F 22.

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.

The Apostolic Succession Of The Episcopal Church, W Poehler

Bachelor of Divinity

"By this term (Apostolic Succession) is understood the claim made by most episcopally ordained clergymen and bishops (Anglican, Syrian, and Catholic churches) that they constitute links in an uninterrupted chain of similarly ordained persons, the first of whom were ordained by the apostles themselves. With this opinion is combined the view that only clergymen who are in the line of this spiritual succession are entitled to a pastoral office in the Christian Church, and that all others usurp the functions of the ministry….. the authoritatively commissioned minister is the proper divine instrumentality through which Christ, the exalted invisible Head of …

The Just Price, James F. Quirk

Bachelors’ Theses

In a hearing before the Industrial Commission the president of the American Sugar Refining Company answered his inquisitors in this notable manner: "I think it is fair to get out of the consumer all you can, consistent with the business proposition." Now whether this gentleman felt that he was here laying down a canon of injustice or no, it is not our purpose at this place to discuss. But there is one thing concerning which he does not leave us in any doubt; we know how he fixes his prices-- get as much as you can. It shall be the …

A Study Of The Official Methods Of Analysis For Determining The Availability Of Nitrogen In Fertilizers, Raymond A. Schmidt

Bachelors’ Theses

The Milwaukee Sewage Disposal Plant is unique in that it has successfully met the engineering and chemical problems encountered in putting the theories and ideas of the simple experimental station into operation on a large scale. Municipal sanitation was the aim of the plant. It has accomplished its purpose and has been operating several years with a high degree of efficiency and low per capita cost. The plant will be called upon to take care of the sanitary needs of Milwaukee for many years to come.

Economics Of Supplying Electric Service To Downtown Areas Under Various Methods Of Distribution, Pericles P. Stathas

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis aims to present the problems involved in supplying electric service to downtown areas of high load density, with particular stress on the economies of rendering such a service. A considerable portion of the thesis is devoted to the new method of distribution, namely, the low-voltage A-C network.

The Objectives Of Primary Reading, Leona L. Zarling

Bachelors’ Theses

Recent investigations in reading have shown us the need for adaptation of methods to the needs of modern social life, and the broadening of the school curriculum. The National committee on Reading has adopted three major objectives of reading.

The first of these is to give rich and varied experience in reading. Since reading aims to prepare a child to live a fuller and more intelligent life, early reading should aid in establishing a good fund of information, and thereby should broaden his interests and help him to understand and interpret future situations. Care in selection of materials will help …

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; …

An Historical Review Of Prohibition And An Observation Of Its Conflict With Individual Rights, Harold J. Cook

Bachelors’ Theses

That in any institution of government, but most especially so in one of pro-fessed democratic proclivities, the drawing, legitimatizing, and interpolation upon the subjects of that government, of any legislative measure, which, under the false banner of indispensability, takes away a thing of import in the enjoyment of personal liberty, becomes a mere mockery if there is present, no sentiment or innate under standing of the necessity of such a prohibition back of that law. To show the veracity of this statement will be the purpose of this paper. The method followed will involve chiefly an investigation of the historical …

Prevocational Guidance, Burton L. Ambrose

Bachelors’ Theses

A critical appreciation of the historical aspects of any contemporary educational movement is important. All modern social programs have their roots in the past. Our modern world is not static. No civilization rests on permanent changeless foundations. All reveal a growing changing organism. Development is the keynote, of what we often presume to call, progress. Movements, which were important a generation ago, have ceased to register a present value. Society is in a constant state of flux, and at no two periods have conditions been the same.

Care And Education Of The Defective School Child, Mathew Barkley

Bachelors’ Theses

In the past, we have either paid too much attention to the defective child, to the detriment of the normal child­ren in the schools, or in a majority of the cases we have neglected him entirely. We must figure out a system of education which will take care of him adequately without working a hardship on the children who are able to do the regular school work. We must measure hie capabilities and gauge his work according to hie ability.