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Critism of the methods of Christian missions in China from a sociological point of view
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from page 1: "Christian Missions have been a powerful agency toward the social transformation of mission lands. While it has been as a rule the avowed purpose of missionaries to work for individuals, they have from time to time been drawn...
Interior decoration for boys and girls in the public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
In this thesis the writer has attempted to collect some material which might serve as suggestions for boys and girls in our public schools. The interior decoration is dealt with from the standpoint of young people and ...
Women in war work, 1914-1918
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
in manufacture were able-bodied men fit for famring." Economic gains were at first used as an arguement. Gallatin in 1831 "concluded that the surplus product obtained by the employment of owmen in a single cotton mill of 200 employees was $14,000 annually...
Effective cooperation between rural school patrons and the schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
between school patrons and the schools was needed. A large percent of the remainder mentioned needs that could be easily remedied if cooperation did exist. The one great thing needed is an outline of some definite method of procedure. The writer believes...
The earlier political career of Thomas Hart Benton 1820-1833
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Text from page 3: The purpose of this study is to consider the part that was taken by Benton in the political affairs of Missouri during the earlier years of his service in the Senate, to determine what were the influences ...
The principles underlying the selection of a course of study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
The problem of this study is to find the principles that should underlie the selection of the school curriculum. It is not a scientific investigation of the social and psychological facts upon which the course of study should be based, nor...
The radio broadcasting enterprise of Free China
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"The purpose of the study: This is a study of the radio broadcasting enterprise e of Taiwan, the last stronghold of Nationalist China. As it represents the spark of sturdy independence, the valiant stand of human freedom, Taiwan is considered...
The story of the farmer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
. There are books about corn and wheat and cotton. Little has been written about the man himself, the kind of a life that he leads and his relations to other men."...
The limitations of the Ricardian theory of rent : a study of static theory in relation to changing business practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
PART I. Adaptation of the theory of rent to the time of its origin. The early dominance of the landlord class -- The rise of a trading class -- The competitive theory in the natural order of Adam Smith -- The historical basis for the belief in free...
Training teachers for trade and individual subjects
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
for skilled mechanics in all occupations. These were needed both in industry and for military service. All nations are looking forward to a period of prosperity following the period of reconstruction. The industrial prestige of the nation will depend not only...
Investigations of rural conditions in Boone County, Missouri, as related to the county farm adviser
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
of this paper, in so far as possible with the limited data at hand, is to learn what we can of the economic and social conditions of Boone County, Missouri, from the viewpoint of Farm Advisers just beginning work, to locate and consider a few of the farm...
The English Civil Parish
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
English constitutional history, since the beginning of the political revolution in the seventeenth century, has been the subject of study of every civilized nation. This wide spread interest has resulted in a thorough search through English...
The spirit of home in the literature of the Lower South
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Text from page 3: In 1867 Harte began writing stories of the West that were focused upon locality, employing in them a technique similar to that of Poe. He has been heralded as the first contributor to the literature of locality. I shall challenge...
Place names of St. Louis and Jefferson County
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1939)
"Strangely fascinating are place-name, not only by their euphony, but by their romantic associations." So attractive is the study of place-name that it develops in the student a curiosity concerning the origin of all names. Realizing that behind...
A study in sentence structure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
The present study is a report of the results of the attempted correction of eighteen types of grammatical errors through the "incidental method" of teaching composition. This method as opposed to the "Formal Method" is shown in this dissertation...
A plan for the reorganization of rural school administration in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
the country school is far below the standard now reached by the elementary school in the city; and no high school at all is provided for a large majority of pupils in the country. Some of the hindrances to rural school betterment are a clumsy, inefficient...
Development of manual arts instruction in cities of the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from page 1: "The aim of this study is to trace the development of manual arts instruction from the time when it was first suggested as a possible solution for the problem of a more practical training in school for the actual occupations...
Recent Jewish immigration to the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
on the subject and was available here, both the good and the bad, the scientific and the purely sentimental, and to separate the wheat from the chaff of this material in order to arrive at a rational conclusion regarding this vast subject. The writer was guided...
A comparison of some methods of estimating radium
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
The quantitative determination of the small amounts of radium present in the atmosphere, spring waters, minerals and rocks involves two steps: (1) The quantitative separation of the radium emanation in a known weight of the sample and (2...
The Star Chamber under the early Tudors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
attaching to the Star Chamber is the result of Stuart misuse of its powers and not of the Tudor practices. An attempt will be made to show that the court, at least so far as the early Tudors are concerned, served a useful purpose and does not deserve...