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Some English words of interest, derived from the French, based on Aiol and La Chanson de Roland
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)
The greater number of English words derived from French probably came into the language either in the period of intercourse between the two countries preceding the Norman conquest, or subsequent to the conquest and as a ...
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 ...
The function of literature in secondary education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
No subject in the curriculum of the secondary school receives more attention than does literature. This was true in the days when it was to be found only in a foreign tongue and before complexity of interests had given a ...
The complex refractive index of water
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 1981)
A spectrum of the imaginary part of the complex index of refraction for water as a function of wave number was compiled from the literature and theoretical considerations. The spectrum ranged from 10⁻⁶ through 10⁸ cm⁻¹. ...
Place names of six south central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1938)
Counties: Osage, Gasconade, Miller, Maries, Phelps, and Pulaski
Place names of six counties in southeast Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1945)
Counties: Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Perry, Reynolds, and Wayne Counties.
A study in seventh grade subject-matter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
Two years ago the writer came into the University Elementary School to devote about half time to teaching the seventh grade and the other half to graduate work in the University. As the writer worked along he found that ...
The effect of different nutritive planes upon the economy of gain and the rate of growth of young cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
of widely different nutritive planes upon the economy of gain; (d) the relation between the total feed and grain eaten and the total productive feed and grain eaten; (e) the energy value of normal growth; (f) the relation between the condition of fatness...
The metabolism and localization of glycerol by bovine spermatozoa
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1958)
Since the discovery that glycerol, a trihydroxy alcohol, would provide protection for spermatozoa during the freezing and thawing process, many questions have arisen concerning its metabolism and mode of action. Most of ...
The diplomacy of the congress of Berlin
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
First paragraph of the Conclusion section of this thesis: A study of the diplomacy of the Congress of Berlin, necessarily, calls for a brief review of tha work of the Congress and some notice of its more important features. ...
The fat and lipase content of the blood following fat feeding and during increased muscular work
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Summary: 1. The fat content of the blood inoreases after a meal rich in cotton seed oil fat. 2. Cotton seed oil fat is more slowly digested than cream fat. 3. The lipase content of the blood increases after a meal of cotton ...
The social and political effects of the Spanish Colonial system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The Spanish colonies in America were occupied by three races, whose mixture and action upon each other produced a new race and a new society. Of the three race elements, the negro is of no importance, except in the islands ...
Factors affecting the growth of dairy animals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from introduction: All successful breeders are continually striving to improve the quality of their herds. The value of any dairy herd is determined to a great extent by the way in which the heifers within that herd ...
The teaching of handwriting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Text from page 1: The problem of this investigation is to study the uses of diagnosis and corrective measures in the teaching of handwriting.
Negro criminality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
It is not the purpose of this study to solve the "Negro Problem" or to offer a program of amelioration, but rather to seek and make clear the causes and predisposing conditions of Negro criminality.
The theory of the social forces
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from page 1: "Professor Ross has well said that "the corner stone of sociology must be a sound doctrine of the social (1) forces." While this is true sociologists seem to be at loggerheads when it comes to making a ...
Athena and Ares and a comparison of the two as divinities of war
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
The aim of this paper will be to set forth the conception of Athena as found in the principal early sources of Greek mythology, namely the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer; the Theogonia, Works and Days, and Shield of Heracles, ...
Women in war work, 1914-1918
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
Contrary to the popular belief that women in factories are doing men's work, are the facts which are brought to light as the conditions of work when the factory system was established in the United States of America. It ...
Winter structure and development of apple buds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Text from page 2: Practical orchard experience shows that much can be done to regulate the fruitfulness of trees. It is apparent, therefore, that if the fruit grower wishes to understand the factors and influences which ...
The vitamin C content of Bloomsdale spinach as affected by home canning and home cooking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1930)
"The subject of vitamins has assumed in the past years great prominence. The role which they play in nutrition is today generally recognized. Much of scientific and practical value has been learned regarding them although ...