1900-1909 Theses (MU): Recent submissions

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  • Housing conditions in St. Louis 

    Miller, Edwin Burch (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
    "Citizens of the City of St. Louie have joined with Mr. Lawrence Veillier, Deputy Commissioner of the New York Tenement House Commission, in the belief that St. Louis has no tenement problem. Regarding a housing problem ...

  • A comparison of the phonology of Latin Umbrian and Oscan 

    Freudenberger, Norman (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1901)

  • The histology of voluntary muscle in cattle and changes which occur during fattening 

    Bullard, H. Hays (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
    Abstract derived from the Introduction section of the thesis: The present investigation does not enter into a general consideration of the histology or voluntary striated muscle but is confined to a few phases of the ...

  • The Homeric and Hesiodic conception of the universe 

    Ammerman, J. W. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
    Abstract taken from the Introduction section of the thesis: The chief purpose of this paper is to give a full account of the Homeric and Hesiodic ideas of the different parts of the universe, the main sources of information ...

  • The emerging Negro in advertising 

    Hasser, Charles J. (Charles John), 1940- (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.

  • The effect of different nutritive planes upon the economy of gain and the rate of growth of young cattle 

    Evvard, John M. (John Marcus), 1884- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
    This investigation was undertaken in order that something might be learned concerning: (a) the cost of maintenance of live weight in ungrown cattle; (b) the effect of a maintenance ration upon the condition of ungrown ...

  • Wordsworth's theory of diction 

    Kahn, Thekla (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 ...

  • The women characters in Schiller's dramas 

    Dyas, Virginia Bouchelle (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
    It is the confirmed opinion of the majority of critics that Schiller's genius proclaimed itself in the portrayal of strong, manly, and heroic characters, and that the tenderness, gentleness, and delicateness of his female ...

  • The withdrawal of pupils from school 

    Major, John William McGarvey (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
    This subject has, perhaps, received more attention and less careful study than any other educational problem. The numerous compulsory school attendance laws, both in Europe and America, testify to the consideration this ...

  • Vectors in four dimensions 

    Pemberton, Walker S. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
    The interest attaching to n-dimensional geometry comes chiefly from two sources, first the light thrown upon analysis by a geometric interpretation of its results when more than three variables are involved, and second, ...

  • The variable RS Cassicpeiae (108.1904) 

    Haynes, Eli Stuart (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
    The variability of this star was discovered by Madame Ceraski from plates made by Blakjo at Moscow, and was announced in A. N. No. 3953. The photographs indicated a variation from the ninth to the eleventh magnitude ...

  • The use of simul, simulac (atque) and synonyms, cum primum ut primum and ubi primum from the earliest literature down to the Augustan age 

    Corder, Lotta F. (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 ...

  • The use of simul, simulac (atque) and synonyms, cum primum, ut primum and ubi primum, from the Ciceronian period on 

    Sewall, Helen Alberta (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 ...

  • Use of green manures & cover crops for the south 

    Chapman, Abel Hugh (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
    The problem of restoring the fertility to the worn soils and of maintaining that of the new or fresh soils is perhaps the most serious one with which the farmers of the cotton states are confronted. It is indeed unfortunate ...

  • The use of faxo and obsecro in Plautus 

    Stump, Margaret Lou (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)
    In the reading of Plautus one notices many words used paratactically which in classical Latin subordinate the following clause. Prominent among these words are faxo and obsecro, and it is the purpose of this paper to discuss ...

  • The treatment of irrational numbers in the secondary schools 

    Hedges, Peter Thompson (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1908)
    The subject matter of this paper was suggested by the belief that a treatment of irrational numbers, from the stand point of the "cut" number, has certain points of superiority over the common treatment from the standpoint ...

  • Thoracic index in the Negro 

    Rodes, Charles Bradford (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
    The following investigations were undertaken in order to determine the thoracic index, (i. e. the ratio of the antero-posterior to the transverse diameter) according to age and sex in the Negro, by means of a series of ...

  • Die theorie des einakters 

    Busch, Ella Adeline (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)
    Discusses various dramas and the techniques of one-act plays.

  • Temperature as a factor modifying the toxic action of certain chemicals on the germination and development of a few fungi 

    Brooks, Charles (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
    The purpose of the experiments, the results of which are presented in this paper, was to determine what might be the modifying effect of temperature on the toxic properties of certain chemicals as shown by the effect of ...

  • The taxation of railway gross receipts in Wisconsin 

    Snider, Guy Edward (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
    The classification of railways for the purpose of taxation is one of the prominent features of the Wisconsin system. By means of the classification certain railways are fostered and the industrial development of the state ...