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Gerstaecker's Novels Dealing With America, Dorathy Spangenberg

Bachelors’ Theses

During the first half of the eighteenth century, the new world received scant attention in the German literary field. Germans had been emigrating from time to time, but undoubtedly because of the difficulties involved in traveling, and the great distance between the two countries, there was little or no contact.

Solubility Of Different Waxes In Various Solvents, Sol Leslie Spracker

Bachelors’ Theses

The waxes are esters formed by the union of fatty acids and alcohols not belonging to the glycerol series. Hence waxes are sharply distinguished from fats in that they contain no glycerol; they have howe er, many properties in common with true glycerides (fats); thus they can be saponified with alkalies, the salts of fatty acids and alcohols being obtained.

Milwaukee's Public Markets, Arthur H. Kersten

Bachelors’ Theses

The aim and purpose of this research is to present the history and development of Milwaukee Public Markets and to point out the necessity of such form of selling in the economic world.

Every man depends on the farmer for food, and the marketing of the farmers’ product is of world-wide importance.

The Relative Insignificance Of The Child In Roman Literature As Compared With Greek, Francis Joseph Lukes

Bachelors’ Theses

The pity which certain tragic characters inspire in the breasts of the audience has its source not only in the situations in which the poet places them, and in the sentiments which they express; often it results also from their sex and from their age. A woman who is the victim of cruel circumstance or who has fallen prey to some moral frailty will. arouse far more pity on the stage than would a man in a similar condition; and this is true simply because she is a woman. A child which is threatened by some great danger or is …

Bret Harte: Dicken's Influence On Him; His Contribution To The American Short Story, Anne Marie Lucie

Bachelors’ Theses

Bret Harte is not a lonely figure in our literature, but he is a unique one. His fame is identical with the nation's memory of early California, and it came about as the most natural thing in the world. Everybody's imagination had been fired by the California gold era and the field had been untouched by romancers; his material was timely to the moment. Dickens had just visited America and the fame of him and his work had penetrated very household; then had come the news of his death, and enormous space had been given to him in all the …

The Development Of The Gametophyte And The Apogamous Embryo Of Pellaea Viridis (Forksk) Prantl, Eugene Stowell Mcdonough

Bachelors’ Theses

A sporophyte tissue element in the cells of a fern gametophyte was first reported by Leszcyc-Suminski (1848) who found tracheids near the apical notch of the prothallium of Pteris sulcata L.

The Platoon School As Modified In The Cass Street Rotary School, Anne E.M. Mccusker

Bachelors’ Theses

The aims of education are determined by the needs of society. In our first school, those of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the American colonists demanded that their children should have at least the rudiments of an education. The most important aim of instruction was to enable children to take their place in the community as God fearing, Bible reading citizens. After the Revolution came social and industrial development. The aims of education changed. The curriculum expanded. The twentieth century ushered in a great industrial and social age with new and peculiar problems. The school again expanded its curriculum …

The Psychology Of Propaganda, John Shields Taugher

Bachelors’ Theses

The object of this paper is to establish the fact that propaganda has a psychological basis, in so far as it aims to sway the mind through the emotional faculties and depends upon suggestion and prejudice for its successful operation. In treating the subject from this standpoint we will find it expedient to describe the methods of propaganda and advert to its importance and influence as one of the most forceful agencies at work ln the world to-day.

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.

The Growth And Development Of Banking Advertising, Gretchen Wagner

Bachelors’ Theses

Banks have only recently cashed in on advertising. Large banks in all sections of the United States have been notably increasing both the frequency and size of their current advertisements for the comparatively brief period of the past ten years. Until the Great War was thrust upon our nation, advertising was looked upon by bankers, as well as other businessmen, as an expense, while at present, it is quite generally regarded in its proper light ... as an investment.

The Life Of Santa Teresa De Jesus, Anna Margaret Meara

Bachelors’ Theses

Santa Teresa, de Jesus was born at Avila on the 28th of March 1515. Her father, Don Alonso Sanchez de Cepeda had been married twice, and Santa Teresa was one of the children of the second marriage, Don Alonso was pious, stern and austere; if not exactly rich, at least so far well-to-do that he was able to provide for his three daughters and twelve sons. Santa Teresa, who has left a beautiful character sketch of him, delighted in speaking of him, and always did so in the terms of the highest veneration. He was fond of good books, of …

Nationalism, Louis Bernard Mountin

Bachelors’ Theses

The breaking-up of Austria Hungary and of Russia has emphasized the difference between a nation and a nationality. It has become evident that unity of racial descent does not bring about national cohesion, and that distinct racial elements may combine and form a nation of great solidarity. We also recognize that between the members of a nationality language is a firmer bond than race, although it does not necessarily coincide with national boundaries.

Law -- Rome's Greatest Gift To The World, Annette Marie Zink

Bachelors’ Theses

It is now nearly two thousand years since the curtain fell upon the last act in the history of the Roman Republic. During these twenty centuries many other republics have flourished and passed away, while, in turn, new republics have arisen to take the place of the earlier ones; but no other fallen republic in the world during the whole course of history has attained to the same degree of importance, or has exerted the same influence on the history of the world, as did that of Rome. Any adequate discussion of Roman Law necessitates a clear conception of the …

A Social And Intellectual Interpretation Of European History From The Thirteenth Century Through The Age Of Napolean, Laurence Joseph Younce

Bachelors’ Theses

One of ·the most outstanding features of this century, called by Walsh "the greatest of centuries'', is the steady decline it exhibits of the power of the Holy Roman Empire. The causes for this decline were as numerous as inexorable: there was (1) a well-nigh insuperable combination of physical difficulties in the way of effective unity, (2) a disintegrating rise of differing national consciousnesses among the component parts of the Empire, (3) the anarchic tendencies of feudalism, (4) the influence of the contemporaneous Commercial Revolution through the rise of the city states, (5) the rise of the nation states of …

The Function Of The Comedians In Shakespeare's Plays, Louise Elizabeth Tennessen

Bachelors’ Theses

There is an old adage, "It takes a wise man to make a fool", which is familiar to most of us, but the full significance of the proverb will be comprehended only after reviewing several plays in which the fools carry prominent parts. Tracing the history of the court fool back to the early and middle ages, it has been found that it was customary tor a monarch, prince or a powerful noble to have in his retinue a fool or jester, whose office it was to entertain his master and courtiers. He enjoyed privileges and liberties denied the higher …

The Freedom Of The Press As It Exists In The World Today, Deborah M. Rothlisberg

Bachelors’ Theses

The original draft of the Constitution of the United States did not mention freedom of the press. The guarantee is among one of the ten forced into the document by Thomas Jefferson. Yet even Jefferson could not go to the length of affirming that freedom of the press is "an unalienable right, an absolute good, comparable to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.'' What he said was merely that Congress should make no law abridging it. This does not mean that it should never be abridged, only it is a denial that Congress is the authority by whom it …

Divine Justice In Aeschylean Tragedy, Anton C. Pegis

Bachelors’ Theses

Briefly, then, I intend to give an exposition of the seven extant plays from the point of view of the conflict between divine justice and moral freedom, with an attempt of reconstructing, in the light of criticism, the Aeschylean solution to the problems involved in the investigation. Maurice Croiset has said of Aeschylus that his dramas were revelations on the stage of the divine will; the Aeschylean meditative genius searched for causes, and thus each trilogy " divine l'expose dramatique d'une grande destinee, et, ainsi concue, elle eveilla desormais autant de peosee que d'emotion."

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 …

Chain-Stores And Their Relation To Present Day Advertising, Marion Helene Witmer

Bachelors’ Theses

Modern distribution is becoming a science. Standardization in buying and selling goods is approaching the precision already reached in producing goods. Just as machines are used in packing food and making dresses, so are machines used to sell this food and these dresses. Efficient production is making more goods with less effort in less time. Efficient distribution is selling more goods with less effort in less time. Chain-stores form the machinery of modern distribution. Each chain is a sales factory, where every effort is directed toward making more sales per person per day. Each store or link in the chain …

Vocational Guidance Administration, Mary Elizabeth Keenan

Bachelors’ Theses

As listed in the United States Census of occupations and home making the term "vocational" comprises all gainful occupations. (1) In order properly to understand the administration of vocational guidance, a practical survey of section 11 of the Smith-Hughes Act, of 1917, is necessary as a background to the genesis of this movement which promises to form the major problems of our schools for an indefinite period.

Elizabethan Stage Presentation, Michael Kanderka

Bachelors’ Theses

Elizabethan plays print very few stage directions beyond the necessary entrances and exits. There is never anything like the elaborate description of setting and furniture that modern dramatists use. Rarely are there references to properties, furniture, doors, windows etc. In many cases it is doubtful whether we have directions designed to govern the actual presentation of the plays; some are manifestly mere suggestions by the author, and others are not intended for the actors, but for the readers of the play. Stage directions are scanty and uncertain.

Nationalism, Leon Leonard Kampine

Bachelors’ Theses

The world has cried for peace in all ages, still we find no genius or hero of this advocation. When we search for heroes or for prominent men of the past, we immediately reflect our minds upon some crisis. Washington's greatness was attained in the Revolution of the Colonies. Lincoln's success was preserving the Union. This is evidently true of the people of our country and With other countries as well. In my opinion, one of the catastrophies of human life is to be forced to settle our sincerest devot16n on the bloodshed of the past. If all the energy …

Story Telling Helps To Develop Creative Powers In The Intellect Of The Child, Genevieve A. Roncke

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis is primarily concerned with the development of creative powers in the intellect of the child. It would be well to determine exactly what is meant by "creative" as it will be treated here. To think of creation disentangled from change would be as futile as to connote man without soul. Change, then, is the distinguishing feature of creation, as soul is of man. Creative power is first manifested in creative thought, its colder, more hardy variety called reason.

Nutrition Of The Elementary School Child, Lucy I. Welch

Bachelors’ Theses

Realizing how this greatest of all national resources has been squandered, the people of today are aroused to the need of conservation of the race. They realize that the future of the country depends on the strength and vigor of the children of today. This realization, that the child must have a body, "as splendid as a king's castle -- with food that serves his needs, with play and rest and the habits which shall safeguard him through life," (2) is the chief reason for the development of the health and nutrition work.

Cardinal Newman And Christina Rossetti: Contrasted From A Religious And Literary Point Of View, M. Rosenda Sullivan

Bachelors’ Theses

Literature is a magic wand possessed of the power to transport the dwellers of earth away from this sphere of sordid reality into a fairy palace of ecstatic joy. It is the sesame to a world of pleasure indiscoverable in the actual world. Truly it is, to use the words of a poet, "The touch of a vanished hand And the bound of a voice that is still," for through it as a medium the spirits of men and of races long since turned to dust reinhabit their discarded bodies to appear in life-appareled form and re-act time's changeful drama …

Newman As An Historian, John H. Schlosser

Bachelors’ Theses

In this thesis I am attempting to evaluate the historical · writings of John Henry, Cardinal, Newman. Most of the material herein contained may also be found in Jos. J. Reilly's excellent book, "Newman as a Man of Letters", however, I have treated some few phrases of Newman's history which that author ignores. The topic of my thesis, "Newman as an Historian", though treated at greater length by Reilly, is of merely secondary importance in his volume, consequently there are certain points, small or elementary, which the scope of that work m4de it impossible for h1m to treat. These, then, …

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 …

Reading Outside Of School, Marion E. Daley

Bachelors’ Theses

Thomas, in "The Teaching of English in Secondary Schools" says, "When we English teachers consider the infinitely small amount of reading our pupils can do in school hours, in contrast with the infinitely large amount they can do outside of school~ and will do in the years that, in varying number, stretch far beyond their graduation days, when we realize the opportunities that we have in directing them to books that will fill their lives with a loftier ideal and open to them an ampler range of thought and emotion, we are indeed false to our trust if we do …

Trade Education For The Elementary School Graduate, Nettie Stewart Davis

Bachelors’ Theses

Trade Education for the Elementary School Graduate - An Educational Need Adequately met by The Milwaukee Girls' Trades and Technical High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Theory Of Limits, Molly E. Davis

Bachelors’ Theses

The theory of limits is among the most important theories in mathematics as mensuration of curves, and surfaces, the treatment of series and the foundation of calculus rest upon this theory.