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Age as a factor in animal breeding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
in connection with his breeding operations, so that he may improve or buildup his herds, in order that he may secure a larger income from his capital invested in livestock, and Second: The scientific breeder, who wishes to find out how the characters...
The use of simul, simulac (atque) and synonyms, cum primum, ut primum and ubi primum, from the Ciceronian period on
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
A language when compared to a people shows many points of similarity. Though both are continuous themselves, each is made up of individual units that have their birth, growth and death, but in the case of words, as not in individuals, their length...
Some considerations in the teaching of mediaeval and modern history in high schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1908)
This paper is an attempt to show what is considered by the writer to be the function of Mediaeval and Modern History at the Teachers College High School, to find out what method this function can best be realized, to show ...
Age as a factor in animal breeding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
resources, is a question of vital importance to a country. But, unfortunately, this question has received very little attention among the breeders and biologists. One or two experimental stations did some work along this line, but their work is neither...
An age-grade census of Missouri rural schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
It is the problem of this study to make a diagnosis of the educational conditions in the rural schools of Missouri by means of the age-grade census, to compare these conditions with those of other school systems, to determine the shortcomings...
A critical review of the theory of education in Plato's Republic
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
Plato, in a sense, outlines two systems of education. He first states and, with a few minor changes, accepts the traditional education of the Greek people. Later he outlines an original system of his own which is to follow and supplement...
The effect of age and condition on the mineral composition of the ash of the bovine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
and in most cases incomplete. Furthermore, a great deal of the data as presented by various investigators cannot be compared because of lack of uniformity in reporting results as well as in the selection of samples for analysis. Forbes in his bulletin on "The...
The withdrawal of pupils from school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
lawmakers as well as educators. It is a well-known fact that a very small percent of the pupils who enter the public schools - to say nothing of those who do not enter - ever complete the elementary course of study, and that a very large percent withdraw so...
The use of simul, simulac (atque) and synonyms, cum primum ut primum and ubi primum from the earliest literature down to the Augustan age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
The Latin language has a large number of equivalent expressions meaning "as soon as". If they are compared with those used for any other single temporal idea, they are found to be far more numerous than those used for other temporal notions....
Some features of scoring as a tool in beef cattle selection
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"It is the purpose of this paper to actually evaluate the effectiveness of such as method as a measure of animal improvement; to determine if these phenotypic comparisons can actually foretell the final value of an animal, and too offer perhaps some...
Influence of Catullus on Latin poetry of the Augustan age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
To what extent Catullus was a factor in the poetry of the Augustan age, or more accurately, what he contributed to it in form and substance is the object of this inquiry. A sympathetic reading of his poems alone assures us that it would have been...
A study in seventh grade subject-matter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
as much opportunity to do graduate study as any work taken in the University. Therefore in working on the course of study for the seventh grade it seemed very feasible to embody some of this study in a Master's thesis. As a result the following thesis...
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...
Child pain rating after injection preparation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
are too frequently performed on children by health professionals without considering the child's feelings. Nurses are the health professionals most frequently present to help the child cope with the experience of pain (McCaffrey, 1972), which is a...
An analysis of production costs and applications high cost of living and panics and depressions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
necessary they may be for certain purposes, are not the stress points in the present entrepreneur economy. We shall not only limit the first part of the discussion to the entrepreneur analysis but shall confine it chiefly to the one great reason why...
The conception of tragedy in recent English drama
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
at the beginning of the present activity in dramatic composition? 2. What plays of the period discussed embody tragic conceptions of life? 3. In what respects do these tragic conceptions differ from the previous conceptions of tragedy in English literature?...
The psychology of the Negro
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
The problems of race psychology have always been of absorbing interest. The existence of racial differences in intellect, morals and temperament is a matter of common observation among historians and anthropologists. It has always been regarded...
Poverty and relief among Negroes of St. Louis, Missouri as indicated by the work of the philanthropic agencies of the city
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
out a working plan for the more effective continuance of their labors in the future."...
The emerging Negro in advertising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1966)
This thesis studies the existence and use of African Americans in advertisements in the United States by examining the origin, growth, purpose, problems, and future of racial integration in advertising....
Vocational education for Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
and educational magazines, and in educational, social, and industrial meetings. There is at present a general concensus of opinion that such education is needed, but no plan is generally accepted as to how this is to be secured. It is my purpose to deal...