1920-1929 Theses (MU)
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Item The Chinese press in the United States(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1925) Fung, Paul Po-chi"Although journalism is a profession of writing and recording, journalism tells little of itself. It is necessary to obtain a background of the social, economic, and political life of a nation before embarking upon any research as to the character and nature of that nation’s newspapers, magazines, and periodicals. The Chinese press in the United "Introduction: States came into existence because of Chinese immigrants. In order to have a sufficient background and to give a thorough comprehensive interpretation of the Chinese press in this dissertation, a careful study and a better understanding of the history of Chinese immigration, which involves social, economic, and political conditions, seemed necessary. The first chapter of this dissertation is, therefore, devoted to an account of the Chinese immigration and its effects in the United States. The beginning of the native press in China means the beginning of the press in the world. The Chinese press in the United States is largely an imported press and is modeled after the press of China. A study of the Chinese press in China, or the Chinese press of any foreign country, cannot be complete without a study of the history and development of journalism in China where the newspaper of the world was first born. With a view of making this study complete, the second chapter of this dissertation is, therefore, devoted to an account of the history of the Chinese journalism. In view of the light which the history and contents of the Chinese journalism throw upon the inner life of the Chinese immigrants and their efforts to adjust themselves to a new cultural environment, the Chinese press in the United States is interesting. In order to make this dissertation a faithful reflection of this life, it has been necessary to collect material from a multitude of obscure sources. The development of the Chinese press in the United States, it seems, has never attracted much attention from the scholars of the world. Little has been written that deals directly and inclusively with it. Most of the material of this thesis has been obtained by correspondence with the present proprietors of Chinese newspapers in the United States. Some information and historical facts have been secured from Chinese trade organizations in the States and from N. W. Ayer and Son advertising agency, Philadelphia, Pa. This thesis deals then with the history, development, functions, factors, and organization of all the Chinese newspapers, magazines, and periodicals that have ever existed in the United States from about 1850, when the Chinese immigrants first arrived, up to the present."--Page 1.Item The pluralistic theory of the state(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1923) Hsiao, Kung ChuanThe introduction of the word pluralism recently into the terminology of political theory has attracted the attention of many students and inspired several extremely suggestive and illuminating articles in the leading periodicals of political science. Interest in the subject has become more and more manifest, and the discussion has assumed proportions which make it worthy of the careful consideration of every student of political theory. It is with this view in mind that the writer undertakes the present task. The study aims at an analysis and scrutiny of the so called pluralistic theory of the state in its more theoretical aspects, with the hope that some light may be thrown upon its meaning and more interest in its discussion aroused. Fortunately or unfortunately political theory cannot be judged solely by its logical consistency or abstract completeness. The final judgment of pluralism, like any other political conception, must be left to the test of the event. Discussions and criticisms attempted in this study will therefore necessarily be rather of a general and academic nature. The general plan of the whole study consists of a four-part attack on the subject. The first part, ending with the first chapter, will be devoted to the definition and clarifying of the meaning of political pluralism as an alleged rival theory of the state to political monism. The concrete details and the different lines of development of this new conception will be briefly treated in the second part, extending through three chapters. In the third part political pluralism will be discussed in the light of philosophy and ethics in so far as it has any implication in these fields, and the last part will wind up the whole thesis by summarizing the results obtained and conclusions arrived at.Item The effect of different percentages of butterfat on the physical properties of ice cream(University of Missouri., 1922) Nelson, Daniel Horace"Ice cream has long been a favorite frozen product served for desserts and delicacies. Many years ago the nobles used frozen delicacies at banquets and important feasts. The French were always very fond of frozen dishes but in those days, the early infancy of the present ice cream industry, there was no means of obtaining the much desired delicacies except by the use of natural ice in those seasons of the year when natural ice was available. They had no means of storing ice or of producing artificial cold. For these reasons ice cream was for several centuries considered as a luxury to be had only at the time of festivals or on holidays. As civilization progressed, with the development of this country and with the invention of the first refrigeration machines, it was possible not only to store natural ice thru the summer months but also to produce an artificial cold. It was then possible to manufacture frozen dishes thruout the year. The consumption of ice cream soon began to increase rapidly. As science has advanced, the food value of milk and other dairy products has been made known thruout the civilized world. This has resulted in a keen appreciation of the food value of ice cream and has brought about a marked increase in the demand for the different classes of this frozen product. A rapid development of the ice cream industry has resulted until the manufacture of ice cream has now become one of the most important industries. Its rapid progress during the past decade excels that of butter and cheese. Leading authorities have criticized the ice cream industry for the absence of definite standards pertaining to the methods employed in its manufacture and for the lack of uniformity in composition of the frozen product. The progress attained has been difficult to appreciate. The inability of the manufacturers of ice cream to arrive at definite standards has been partially due to the perishability of ice cream and to the varying standards enacted by the different states. An analysis of these state laws defining the fat and total milk solids required in commercial ice cream clearly indicates that these defects will remain until a Federal ruling definitely specifies the fat and total milk solids to be contained in ice cream. A more important reason for the absence of a defnite standard and the lack of a uniform product is that the manufacturer does not possess a practical knowledge of the factors involved, which are of vital importance in the process of manufacturing ice cream. Considerable attention has been given to the experimental study of various phases of the ice cream industry. The work completed by various investigators has, however, dealt largely with the factors affecting the yield of ice cream, pasteurization and emulsifying of mixtures, and with bacteriological analysis of the mixture and of the frozen ice cream, special attention having been given to the types of bacteria that were able to survive when exposed to low temperatures for periods of time varying from one to seventy-two days. These studies have not resulted in conclusive evidence of a character that would tend to materially assist the ice cream manufacturer in standardizing his methods. The need for such uniformity prompted this investigation. During the year of 1919 The Missouri Experiment Station outline a project entitled "The Effect of Each Ingredient in the Manufacture of Ice Cream". The primary object of this investigation was to give to the manufacturer of commercial ice cream information that would prove of value to him in standardizing his methods. The experimental work here submitted is a part of this project, but is limited to a study of the effect of different percentages of butterfat upon the physical properties of commercial ice cream. It will be noted that the apparatus designed and used in this investigation compares favorably with the type of equipment utilized under commercial conditions. This was considered of importance in making the results of the investigation directly applicable to commercial conditions."--Introduction.Item Place names in the central counties of Missouri(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1928) Pace, Nadine; Ramsay, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1880-1953This study is an attempt to determine, while the sources are yet available, the origin of the. names of the towns, streams, country schools, and townships of the following central counties of Missouri: Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau, and Saline; to record the circumstances under which the names were given; and to note the subsequent history of the names. These counties belong to the group that Dr. Raymond Weeks describes as those counties that “lie strung along the Missouri River like a string of sausages.” Although these counties are not the same topogTaphically they were settled, for the most part, by the same kind of people and are therefore a homogeneous group. The counties of Howard, Cooper, Boone, and the southern half of Callaway comprise the original "Boone's Lick" country. However, the tendency, in the early days, was to think of the “Boone's Lick” country as containing the territory lying between the district of St. Charles, perhaps west of the Gasconade River, and Independence. The term was used in a very broad sense. In the present study the term "Boone's Lick” will include only the seven counties mentioned. --Page1.Item The Cid in history and fiction(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1923) Ricks, Melvin ByronAntonio de Trueba has remarked that the adventures of the Cid have been increasing in magnitude, as century after century rolls by, in much the same manner in which the bulk of a snowball is augmented a s it tumbles down the slope of a hill. So greatly does the Cid of tradition differ from the Cid of reality that the very name of this Spanish national hero has come to be associated much less with the idea of a flesh-and-blood warrior of the eleventh century than it is with a purely abstract conception of virtue and patriotism. That is to say, the Cid is more symbolic than human; his name is to the Spaniard what patriay libertad is to the Cuban; his character is the embodiment of Spanish ideals of courageous loyalty to one's country, and serves as a perfect model which the patriotic Spanish youth is expected to imitate. It is obvious that man in the concrete can never have approached this almost divine state of perfection; this model Cid is the product of poets, troubadours, and indulgent historians, all of whom were ambitious to cast the maximum amount of glory about their national hero. Regarding the sub...--Introduction.