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Horace's conception of friendship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
Friendship is the most elevating of human affections, and yet it is a relation that cannot be explained or defined. It begins and ends in feeling, and feeling is a matter of purely personal organization. It is this subjective ...
History of the academy in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
The demand for the academy in Missouri was the same as the demand for it in any other western state - a popular demand for secondary education. This demand was along several lines; first it was to inculcate special forms ...
Mythology of Propertius
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
It is seldom that the mythology of the ancient Greeks and Romans is distinguished from their religion. This arises largely from the fact that the same supernatural beings figure in each. But mythology and religion represent ...
Investigations of rural conditions in Boone County, Missouri, as related to the county farm adviser
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The agricultural development of the past five years has established in thirty-three states of the union outside of the southern states "County Agricultural Agents" or "Farm Advisers" whose duty it is to live in the county ...
The fatty acids present in human milk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
In beginning of this thesis an effort was made to find all the available references on the subject of the chemistry of human milk fat in order that a bibliography might be made which would cover all the work done on the ...
The effect of early pregnancy and lactation on the growth of young breeding animals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The purpose of the investigation described in this thesis was to determine the effects of early breeding in swine. If breeding immature animals results in evil consequences, these bad results should be observed in one or ...
An experimental study of methods of teaching high school German
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
The purpose of this paper is to report some experimental work done in the University High School on the methods used and the results obtained in the first year's work in German. Since the methods used in this work are ...
The railroad and warehouse commission of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
In this age of corporate business activity, a study of the legal and social relations which this form of business enterprise has borne to this State becomes of immediate interest. Such a study is of concern because the ...
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 ...
Cotton seed and cotton-seed products as feeds for live stock
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The purpose of this work was to get together the results of the different experiments with cotton seed and cotton seed products in order that comparisons might be made of the feeding values of the different products with ...
Luther uber literatur : I. Seine gedanken uber deutsche dichtung
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
Discusses Luther's usage of literary forms drama, tragedy, and comedy to make the Bible more relatable to the people.
Wordsworth's theory of diction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
With the questions, "What is Wordsworth's theory of diction?", "Did Wordsworth put his theory into practice?", and, indirectly, though necessarily, "Is Wordsworth's theory a correct one?" this paper purposes to deal. In ...
Alliteration in the hexameter books of Lucilius
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
It is very evident (1) that Lucilius used the device of alliteration, (2) that he used it very freely, and (3) that he must have used it purposely. In general, his alliteration means nothing, though occasionally it does ...
Puns in Plautus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)
A pun is commonly defined as an expression in which the use of a word in two different applications, or the use of two different words pronounced alike or nearly alike, presents an odd or ludicrous idea. But time and again ...
An investigation of the country church in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
The Country Church has recently become a subject of new interest and of great importance. It is attracting the attention not only of the ministry but also of the laity and must be considered anew. There is a vague feeling, ...
Solutions of differential equations not obtained by giving particular values to the constant of integration in the general solution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1903)
In considering the solution of Differential Equations, let the equation be taken in the form f(x,y,p)=c, in which p denotes dy/dx, and f is a rational, integral, and algebraic function of x, y, and p of degree n in p. It ...
Contribution toward the chemical compostition of the crystalline rocks of south-east Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The study of the chemical composition of the crystalline rocks of South-East Missouri was undertaken a few years ago by Prof. J.A. Gibson. Prof. Gibson, assisted by Mr. W.J. Bray, collected several samples of granites near ...
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, ...
Apple orchards of Missouri : soils and varieties
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the apple soils of Missouri; telling why some are better than others for growing fruit, giving their locations, and also discussing the varieties best suited to these sections. In ...
The methods of missionaries in civilizing savage and barbarous peoples viewed from the standpoint of sociology and pedagogy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
This thesis assumes that missionaries are a civilizing force. Their work is frequently initial and fundamental in civilizing savage and barbarous peoples. But what is meant by civilization? The significance usually attached ...