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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.

The Origin And Growth Of Parliament, Marie De Bolt

Bachelors’ Theses

The history of the growth of Parliament is a history of' the transformation of a merely advisory feudal body, composed of great lords and vassals, to a legislative assembly representing the entire nation.

Henrik Ibsen, And His Influence On English Drama, Helen Rose Dempsey

Bachelors’ Theses

There are a great number of dramatic critics who claim that all the most important dramatic work that is being done in the world or has been done in the last quarter of a century, bears the unmistakable impress of Ibsen's influence. The poetic change that Wordsworth and Coleridge inaugurated in 1798, was nothing they say, compared with the revolution in dramatic art that began when Ibsen produced his "Pillars of Society," the first of his purely sociological plays.

Lamartine, As Historian Of The French Revolution, Jane Devoy

Bachelors’ Theses

Any discussion of Lamartine as an historian necessitates a study of his political career. His "Histoire des Girondins" was the culmination of' his political career, it was the embodiment of the theories and principles which he had advocated all thru his speeches in Parliament. To understand these principles it is necessary to trace their growth from the time Lamartine entered politics. After tracing his political growth a discussion of the "Histoire des Girondins'' will show that its value lies not in its historical value but in the influence it had on the people of France.

Social Forces In Ludwig Anzengruber's Dramas, Theodore Charly

Bachelors’ Theses

In view of the fact that the various phases of life and culture of a people are reflected in its literature, the criterion upon which a correct and complete evaluation of any literary writer in any epoch is based must necessarily include the degree of truthfulness with which that epoch is represented in his works. Conversely, one of the essential prerequisites of a true and complete evaluation of the literary product-s of a writer is the study of the epoch in which his works were created, and of the problems which confronted this epoch. Such study is of even greater …

Free Will Versus Determinism, Alfred Joseph Biagi

Bachelors’ Theses

Philosophy stretching down from the time of Thales its father, who lived in the sixth century B.C. has continuously grappled with problems of man and the universe. Almost from its very beginnings speculation arose over the question of human freedom -- resulting in the overlasting contest between determinist and libertarian -- a contest which is becoming more and more acute with the modern developments in physical and mental science.

The Influence Of Seneca On The Elizabethan Tragedy, James Aloysius Bielefeld

Bachelors’ Theses

In the world of letters it was the fortune of Seneca like that of Banquo to beget a posterity greater than himself. Seneca is really more philosopher than dramatist, and his "Tenne Tragedies" are mainly unac­table closet-dramas. It seems unlikely that they were ever produced at Rome beyond being declamed before some select reading circle gathered by personal invitation. How the Elizabethans turned to Seneca rather than to Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, the giants of the Periclean age, is a problem we may take up later, but that Elizabethan tragedy is deeply indebted to Seneca will be made clear by …

Newspaper Fights And Campaigns For The Public Good, Matthew Jerome Berlowitz

Bachelors’ Theses

Many newspaper editors consider the newspaper merely as a business concern with news as the product. The newspaper is more than that. It is a sort of public utility and as such must function in the public interest other than getting out the various editions. It must aid in bettering the society that comes within its influence. There are two ways of doing this, internal and external. The internal method consists in the actual publication of both news and advertising. By following a strict ethical policy in its columns the newspaper can be of an infinite benefit to its readers.

The Treatment Of Nature Including The Indians In Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, Orvilla Adlgunde Beilfuss

Bachelors’ Theses

The first half of the Nineteenth Century is one of the most important, and of universal interest. It is notable for two very important events namely: the establishment of democracy in government, and the triumph of romanticism in literature.

Cooperative Advertising, Mary Ellenbecker

Bachelors’ Theses

Cooperative, group, or association advertising is the common effort of competitors to increase their sales, improve market conditions, combat a common enemy, or in other ways to improve the industry in which they have a mutual interest by advertising.

It is an economical, effective way of influencing a market. The greatest difficulty in the way of increasing group advertising is the difficulty of organizing. To present a program to which competitors will subscribe, for joint action by individuals or firms which have habitually been antagonistic, requires a high degree of organizing ability combined with a great abundance of tact.

The Religion Of William Shakespeare As Shown In His Plays, William G. Friar

Bachelors’ Theses

For over three hundred years, the plays, the life, and the character of William Shakespeare have been the subject of discussion wherever men of literary taste congregate. There have been thousands of volumes written about him; there has been argument pro and con concerning nearly every phase of his existence. Much is conjecture; much is theory; some is fact; nearly all is a matter of personal opinion. There is question even of the author­ ship of the works attributed to Shakespeare. Some say that a man with as little education as Shakespeare received could not have written the plays as …

The Religious Conceptions Of Lamartine In Les Permieres Mediatations Poetiques And Les Nouvelles Mediations, Anita Ewens

Bachelors’ Theses

Two main impulses discernible throughout French literature have been the inspiration of the greatest masterpieces of the French language, namely - love of diction and sound reason. These were the predominant characteristics of the litterati in the seventeenth century. With the advent of the Romantic move­ment we have a momentous reaction against the cold reason found rampant in the prose of Voltaire. In other words, Romanticism was a complete break from the artificial formal expression of the Classicists. Boileau's "Art Poetique" with its rigorous and exacting rules governed verse, structure and style. Now all was to change. Romanticists demanded of …

Favorable Cultural Conditions For Tuber Development In Nephrolepis Cordifolia (L.) Presl. (Nephrolepis Tuberosa (Bory.)Willd.), Hazel Mae Henderson

Bachelors’ Theses

Recently there has been brought to the attention of writers a number of plants that produce water-storing organs commonly known as tubers. Luerssen, (Campbell, 1905) refers to special reproductive bodies or tubers in Marsilia hirsuta. These tubers are thought to survive long periods of drought, and to germinate under favorable conditions. Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) Presl., one of the Boston ferns, which produces tubers in large numbers has interested a number of investigators.

The Economic Value Of Advertising To The Manufacturer And The Consumer, Edward D. O'Keef

Bachelors’ Theses

Advertising is something that has not as yet been accurately defined. When a dictionary of recognized authority falls so short of defining the modern significance of advertising, it is not surprising that a careful analysis and summary of the economic functions fulfilled by advertising is needed at this time. The business man and the trained economist have frequently been misled in their efforts to classify and interpret this tremendous force which, despite the opposition of some powerful business factors, has grown into almost universal use within two centuries.

Is Death The End?, Edward T. O'Neill

Bachelors’ Theses

In asking the great question, Is death the end, I understand that I am entering upon the very specific inquiry at to whether death is the end of ourselves as separate and distinct individualities. In discussing immortality, I assume that I am discussing the survival of the human soul, after the dissolution of the body, in the full retention of its conscious identity. In this I follow the same interpretation of the essential problem involved that Professor Josiah Royce lays down in his "The Conception of Immortality."

The Norm Of Morality, Francis J. Laczniak

Bachelors’ Theses

Acts are termed human when they are proper to man as man,when on the contrary they are elicited by man but not proper to him as a rational agent, they are called acts of man. Human act is one that is accompanied with freedom and deliberation of the will. Some acts in the abstract are neither good nor bad for they are neither conformable nor contrary to a moral norm, and these are said to be indifferent. It is universally admitted that there are actions that are morally good and actions that are morally evil. We can bring that out …

The Aurora Borealis, Magdalen Kramschuster

Bachelors’ Theses

The Indians wondered if their beloved aurora would return. They watched and philosophized about the dawn, the twilight, the stars and all the phenomena of the heavens. They pondered the mysteries of lightening and thunder. Peoples down through the ages have written poetry about the mighty thunderhead and the lacy cirrus clouds. One by one these mysteries have been solved, but one still remains--the Aurora Polaris. Advances have been made in scientific fields so that we no longer worry whether or not the next day will come. Thunder, to us, is not the voice of an angry god. Rapid strides …

The Study Of The Curves Of Equations Having The Type Form Of Y=XN, Frank Kohn

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate those properties of curves having the general type form of y = xⁿ that will enable us to determine the graph of a particular curve of this type. The investigations will not only determine the graph as it appears in the finite region of the curve but its appearance in infinite regions as well.

What Did Irish Civilization Contribute To The Civilization Of Europe?, Emil A. Kuester

Bachelors’ Theses

It is with the greatest pleasure that I have attempted to answer this question. Much has been revealed that was hitherto unknown to me. I did not realize the importance of Irish civilization and its contributions to the entire world. Everywhere in Europe, it has left monumental evidence of this fact. The world does owe a debt to the Irish. Irish antiquity is the reverence of all Irish people and no small wonder when its true worth is made known. There may be many startling statements made in this thesis, but they can all be verified by sufficient evidence. Why …

Shakespeare's Delineation Of Criminal Characters, Herbert Lloyd Hinstorff

Bachelors’ Theses

We like what we are not, or we are not what we think we are. In no subject is this truism more evident than in the literature of a people. Literature reflects the taste of the time rather than the time itself, and of­ ten the two are widely different. Literature is, of course, not life, neither history nor material for history, but a scroll whereon are traced and charactered the unfettered thoughts of writer and reader, - a life within a life, fancy somewhat at odds with fact. fut by critics and historians this is often forgotten - "To …