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Women in war work, 1914-1918
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
of the hard work of spinning and weaving in the homes, and later the famer's daughter had worked in the "manufcatures."...
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 ...
A critical history of the Texas Christian Advocate, 1849-1949
(University of Missouri., 1952)
Before Tohaikovsky wrote his Fifth symphony and the year Wordsworth died, preachers with guns and an old hand press were publishing a newspaper on the Texas frontier. The preachers were Methodists and they called their ...
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 cost of milk production
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
This condition of milk prices has lead to considerable unrest in the dairy industry. State and federal experts have studied the problem, and extension and country agricultural workers, city chambers of commerce, special ...
The progressive development of illustrative manual arts through the elementary grades
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from page 8: "The problem of this thesis is to show how illustrative manual arts, used as a method of teaching the present accepted curriculum, may be made a means of obtaining certain educative values commonly ...
Place names in the southwest counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1930)
Counties: Barton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, and Polk...
often became the nuclei of villages, rendered great service to the pioneers, who were turning an untamed wilderness into homes and villages..."--Page 1....
often became the nuclei of villages, rendered great service to the pioneers, who were turning an untamed wilderness into homes and villages..."--Page 1....
The senatorial career of George Graham Vest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1932)
G. G. Vest is known to most people, if at all, as the author of the famous eulogy on the dog. To a small group, he is known as the "Senator of two Republics" but to many he is known not at all. His work as a United States ...
Vocational education for Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text taken from the Introduction section of this thesis: The problem of vocational education is of sufficient importance to render unnecessary an explanation or apology for offering this dissertation on the subject. It is ...
Church Federation in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
1. A Divided Church. The 1906 Census Report on Religious Bodies gives the number of Protestant denominations in the United States as 164. We are so accustomed to this divided condition of Christendom, having no experience ...
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, ...
The withdrawal of pupils from school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
passed compulsory attendance laws. Such laws, however, are based on the assumption that fault is entirely with the parents or the pupils, and that they must be forced to take advantage of opportunities which they do not themselves appreciate...
The psychology of individual differences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
of business had a few mental tests, a reliable measuring rod of an individual's ability, what a saving of time and trouble it would be."...
Political development in the mini-state Caribbean : a focus on Barbados
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
"Seconds after midnight, November 30, 1966, a new trident-bedecked, gold and blue banner caught the prevailing Caribbean breeze signaling the birth of another new nation. The fact that this former British outpost, Barbados, ...
Sports column writing : a comparison of ten 1957 and five 1927 columnists
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"It is the purpose of this study to: (1) Compare the sports column style of the 'Golden Era of Sports'(1927) with our modern (1957) columnists and (2) To analyze the content of the modern sports columns as exemplified in ...
The modern Chinese press on Taiwan
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"The purpose of this study is two-fold. One is to present facts about the present conditions of the Chinese press on Taiwan whereupon the Republic of China is based. The other is to evaluate the development and limitations of the Chinese press...
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. ...
Rural church survey of Boone county, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
This thesis is the report of a study made of the rural churches of Boone County, Missouri. The object of this study is to ascertain the status of these churches; whether they are declining or growing, and to determine as ...
Place names in the central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1928)
This study is an attempt to determine, while the sources are yet available, the origin of the. names of the towns, streams, country schools, and townships of the following central counties of Missouri: Boone, Callaway, ...
Jessie Bonstelle: A Biography
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 1988)
This thesis is a study of an oft-forgotten trailblazer in the theatre, Jessie Bonstelle, nee Laura Justine Bonesteele-Stuart. Through this paper I hope to bring her back into prominence among theatre historians as she ...