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English social drama of 1600 and 1900
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
, the excellence of the play as a play and the significance of the socia1 problem for which it attempts a solution. Three plays from each period present problems connected with women....
Art as an interpretation of history during the Hellenistic Age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
In this work, I have not been concerned so much with the trivial events and facts of art in history, as I have desired to interpret in a broader sense the political and social condition of the age through the medium of its ...
William Whitehead : a study of his life, his place in his day, and his works
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1947)
of Whitehead. The Harcourt Papers partially supply this deficiency. The present work treats Whitehead's life and his literary activities. It seeks to evaluate Whitehead's literary productions, and, by presenting the evidence from contemporary journals...
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 ...
The dramatic function of the Aeschylean chorus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
in the dramas of Aeshylus. An examination of each choral part of each play has been made, with a view to determining its dramatic use. In such determination, it is necessary to have at least a general assumption as regards the method of presentation. The most...
The Italian renaissance villa design : its historical development, best examples, design principles, and appropriate use under American conditions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
I will offer a description of the old Roman villas and their history as well as of the greater Italian villas, grouped according to geographical location, and with special consideration of the design and ground arrangement ...
The morality play: medieval and modern
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Text from page 1: Furthermore the medieval drama has proved a source of inspiration to certain modern men of letters as well as to certain writers whose chief aim is the appeal to the popular taste, so that we have a ...
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?...
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)
Text from page 2: "This monograph is an attempt to present the poverty situation as found among negroes of St. Louis by the philanthropic agencies of the city; to give an idea of the work done by these agencies to relieve this poverty; and to point...
The Negro migrant in St. Louis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from page 2: "The purpose of this investigation is to ascertain the conditions of negro migrants in this city, and to learn what additional opportunities they need. Migration to the city will not be seriously diminished ...
The miracle play : medieval and modern
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
"The purpose of the present study is to investigate one of these three types,--the miracle play. It is the aim of the thesis to study typical examples of the medieval miracle and the entire list, so far as possible, of modern specimens; to compare...
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 ...
The work of the Board of public welfare of Kansas City, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The Board of Public Welfare idea is a universal one, by which we mean that such an institution is applicable to other communities. Its spirit, aim, and principles have been tested, and found not wanting; they meet the ...
A re-evaluation of the kernos, with special reference to the kernos in Demeter's rites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
The focus of this paper has therefore become the objects excavated throughout the Mediterranean, which have been called "kernoi." An examination of these vessels of various shape and a survey of the finds from excavated ...
Horace's conception of friendship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
. The reader is stirred by these to a feeling akin to the poet's feeling, and in some measure duplicates the experience of the poet - which for the present study shall be that of friendship - thereby learning more effectively what friendship is. It shall...
British outlook on America, 1800-1850
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1942)
The British Outlook on America offers an interesting field for study and one in which there is a vast amount of material both in books and periodicals. This subject has been treated in such works as The English Traveller ...
A study of tragic situation and character in English drama, 1900- 1912
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
It is the purpose of this study to examine the subject-matter of those English dramas of 1900-1912 which portray serious action and produce tragic effect. In this study all purely aesthetic questions are ignored. The ...
The incidental teaching of English composition in the high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
At the present time, when the efficiency of every department of school work is being questioned, when real improvement is being made in the school as an adequate preparation for life, the question of the value of formal composition is very wisely...
The survivals of medieval religious drama in New Mexico
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1959)
their transmission from the church to the laity. Of the ten extant plays in New Mexico today, three treat subjects from the Old Testaments Adam y Eva, Cain y Abel, and Lucifer y San Miguel. Plays of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel were not new, having been presented...
Interpreters of Chicago : a study in American regionalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1932)
Webster, Margaret Ayer Barnes, and Janet Ayer Fairbank. Because of the diversified ways of presenting the character of Chicago, yet giving it the same characteristics of sprawling size, over-crowded streets, and hustling men and women, touched either...