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A Critical Study And Comparison Of Sir Philip Sidney's "Defence Of Poesy," Of Peacock's "Four Ages Of Poetry" And Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Defence Of Poetry.", Mary Cecilia Gardner Jun 1928

A Critical Study And Comparison Of Sir Philip Sidney's "Defence Of Poesy," Of Peacock's "Four Ages Of Poetry" And Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Defence Of Poetry.", Mary Cecilia Gardner

Bachelors’ Theses

Our purpose in this essay has been to concentrate upon an analytic and appreciative study of Sir Philip Sidney’s "Defence of Poesy" as the earliest critical document of any importance in England and to study both the circumstances attendant upon its production and the matter and form of its context; to inquire into the "Four Ages of Poetry" as the immediate occasion of Shelley’s "Defence of Poetry;" to analyze the "Defence of Poetry" and to attempt to discover how it was influenced by Sidney’s treatise, and what the points of similarity and dissimilarity are between the two; and lastly, to …

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Social Bias Of American Literature, Dorothy A. Gannon Jun 1928

Social Bias Of American Literature, Dorothy A. Gannon

Bachelors’ Theses

Literature is said to embody the best thoughts of the world, a knowledge and appreciation of which is the essential element of culture. It is influenced by whatever effects the thought and feelings of the people, the race, epoch, and surroundings.

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Horace's Aid To Augustus In Reorganizing The National Religion, George E. Mistele Jun 1928

Horace's Aid To Augustus In Reorganizing The National Religion, George E. Mistele

Bachelors’ Theses

The change from the democratic form of government of the Romans to the monarchy of the Caesars also brought with it a loosening of the religious bonds which had bound the people to the carrying out of their civic duties. Augustus, on ascending to the supreme power, saw at once the need of returning to the old religion which had been so powerful a factor in bringing about the rise of the republic. He determined to reorganize the Roman religion and selected Horace to aid him by presenting to the people in the pleasant guise of poetry, the virtues and …

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Tertullian's Influence As A Man And A Writer On The Church, Mary Dominica Mullen Jun 1928

Tertullian's Influence As A Man And A Writer On The Church, Mary Dominica Mullen

Bachelors’ Theses

Tertullian was born about the middle of the second century A. D., at Carthage, a great city with a great history* ’’Tyre in Africa,” is one of his favorite phrases for Carthage and her ’’sister cities,” and he quotes Virgil’s description of Dido’s town ’’studiis asperrima belli.”* But his Carthage was not that of Dido and Hannibal. It was the refounded city of Julius Caesar, now itself two hundred years old - a place with a character of its own, familiar to the reader of St. Augustine’s Confessions - a character confirmed by the references of Tertullian to its amusements …

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Childhood Poetry Of The Nineteenth Century, Kathryn L. Welch Jun 1928

Childhood Poetry Of The Nineteenth Century, Kathryn L. Welch

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the happy voices and sweet faces of children that gladden life, for they give a spirit of youth to everything and their wistful joy and sense of wonder, their simplicity and trustfulness, their winning ways and innocent mirth, help to make others in the world hopeful and happy too.

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The Care Of Old Age In Wisconsin, Eugenia Leone Schmitz Jun 1928

The Care Of Old Age In Wisconsin, Eugenia Leone Schmitz

Bachelors’ Theses

With the changes and. advances made in the industrial system in the past hundred years caused by the rapid spread of the industrial revolution and the growth of the modern factory system, we find the question and problem of the care of the aged increasingly more difficult to solve than it was before this time. In the days of tribal life the aged were looked upon as men of wisdom; they were honored and were given first consideration for their comfort. In the days of the guild system, the old tradesman and artisan worked as long as he was able …

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Mothers’ Pensions, Annette E. Schmidt Jun 1928

Mothers’ Pensions, Annette E. Schmidt

Bachelors’ Theses

Man gradually recedes from his primitive forefathers and in like proportion he recedes from his barbaric days. With this recession as the centuries passed man adopted a kindlier and more humane attitude toward his fellow man; he no longer hanged his neighbor for stealing a kerchief, nor placed him in stocks for public ridicule. Man has come to realize that other men are also human beings with the same tendencies and emotions. The equality of man was definitely expressed in the Declaration of Independence, "That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable …

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The Development Of Character Education, Evelyn M. Shaughnessy Jun 1928

The Development Of Character Education, Evelyn M. Shaughnessy

Bachelors’ Theses

All down through the Christian years of Civilization the ultimate end of all education has been the production of men and women of character and high ideals. Then as the rush and commercialism of modern times swept upon us, this real end of education seemed to be overshadowed in the search for mere information.

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Rebirth Of Turkish Nationalism, Douglas Counsell Moir Jun 1928

Rebirth Of Turkish Nationalism, Douglas Counsell Moir

Bachelors’ Theses

The Turkish Nationalist movement which triumphed at Lausanne in 1922, like other historical events, had its roots extending back into the past. New conditions offered better prospects to Mustafa Kemal, than had lain before Enver, Tal’at and Javid, or before Midhat, or before Mahmud II and Selim III.

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Romanticism In Wordsworth According To The Preface In The Second Edition Of The Lyrical Ballads, Raymond Felix Michalak Jun 1928

Romanticism In Wordsworth According To The Preface In The Second Edition Of The Lyrical Ballads, Raymond Felix Michalak

Bachelors’ Theses

To offer a thorough exposition of Romanticism in Wordsworth, as the nature of this topic justly demands, would be aspiring to loftier heights then anyone it apt to realize, for the genius of Wordsworth, sheltered in a garb of the pious tranquility of his life, as we shall later see, presents a multitude of equally varied and extensive aspects under which it could be duly considered. An endeavor shall be made, however, to Submit an essay, though not exhaustive in its contents, which still shall give a sufficient idea to fully appreciate the magnitude of his literary abilities as a …

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The Histrionic In Dickens, Mary Josephine Markey Jun 1928

The Histrionic In Dickens, Mary Josephine Markey

Bachelors’ Theses

We shall examine the life and works of Charles Dickens to find if he really was histrionically inclined. Of course it will be impossible in a work of this kind to consider all the author’s works but we shall look for passages, scenes and characters which could lend themselves to the stage.

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Plot And Character In The Shavian Drama, Arthur Alan Gilbert Jun 1928

Plot And Character In The Shavian Drama, Arthur Alan Gilbert

Bachelors’ Theses

George Bernard Shaw, as is always the case with people who are unconventional and who broach new doctrines, has become something of a storm-center about which his exponents and opponents rage. Few authors have during their lifetime created the sensation he has done unabatedly since 1890. In his report before the censorship committee which was examining into his plays, he defined what he was doing. "I am not any ordinary playwright in ordinary practice. I am a specialist in immoral and heretical plays."

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Some Social Forces In The Drama Of John Galsworthy, Richard Paul Loftus Jun 1928

Some Social Forces In The Drama Of John Galsworthy, Richard Paul Loftus

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the singular custom of that modern playwright to feel most keenly the social problems of the society in which he lives. Truly the drama is a representation of life, but as we have come to know the great models that have survived the criticism of years, we notice that it has dealt most primarily with a representation of character that is a universal and living representation of life rather than with the problems of the political and social scientist. Yet we are aware that the stage of the present day is not that of a Sophocles or a …

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Cause: Our Idea Of Cause Has Objective Reality, Edward Kazimierz Latocha Jun 1928

Cause: Our Idea Of Cause Has Objective Reality, Edward Kazimierz Latocha

Bachelors’ Theses

If we are to know things about us, there must be reasons for them. We must be able to answer the question, why is it? Our answer to this question will give us the sufficient reason for the thing. Taking for granted that things about us can be and are known, we arrive at the self evident principle that everything that is, has a sufficient reason for its being. Since reality comprises the possible and the actual beings, there must be reasons for the possibility of the possible and reasons for the existence of the actual. The reason for the …

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Gerstaecker's Novels Dealing With America, Dorathy Spangenberg Jun 1928

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.

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The Relative Insignificance Of The Child In Roman Literature As Compared With Greek, Francis Joseph Lukes Jun 1928

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 …

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Bret Harte: Dicken's Influence On Him; His Contribution To The American Short Story, Anne Marie Lucie Jun 1928

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 …

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Formation Of Ideas, Clarence Tennessen Jun 1928

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.

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The Life Of Santa Teresa De Jesus, Anna Margaret Meara Jun 1928

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 …

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Nationalism, Louis Bernard Mountin Jun 1928

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.

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Law -- Rome's Greatest Gift To The World, Annette Marie Zink Jun 1928

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 …

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A Social And Intellectual Interpretation Of European History From The Thirteenth Century Through The Age Of Napolean, Laurence Joseph Younce Jun 1928

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 …

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The Function Of The Comedians In Shakespeare's Plays, Louise Elizabeth Tennessen Jun 1928

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 …

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Divine Justice In Aeschylean Tragedy, Anton C. Pegis Jun 1928

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."

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Character Building Through Literature, Mary Ignatia Wiesner Jun 1928

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 …

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Elizabethan Stage Presentation, Michael Kanderka Jun 1928

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.

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Nationalism, Leon Leonard Kampine Jun 1928

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 …

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Cardinal Newman And Christina Rossetti: Contrasted From A Religious And Literary Point Of View, M. Rosenda Sullivan Jun 1928

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 …

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Newman As An Historian, John H. Schlosser Jun 1928

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, …

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Historical Development And Present Status Of Education For Crippled Children, Lucile A. Wallace Jun 1928

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 …

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