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A comparison of the phonology of Latin Umbrian and Oscan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1901)
Non-conformal transformations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
For many years conformal transformations have been studied. Riemann surfaces of many of them have been constructed and their principal properties have been discovered and examined in the study of the theory of functions ...
Life histories of two little known parasites of the apple and pear
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
The Sooty Blotch is a very common fungus upon the fruit of the apple and pear. It was first reported by Schweinitz in 1831 from Pennsylvania. Since then it has been reported from all parts of the United States and Europe. ...
Relation of the glochidium of fresh-water mussels to the tissues of the host
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
The present study, which has been made in connection with the investigations now being carried on at the University of Missouri for the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries on the artificial propagation of fresh water mussels, was ...
An experiment in the seventh grade of the Teachers college elementary school, University of Missouri, in the attempt to find a principle which would remedy some of the defects of the present elementary school curriculum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1908)
This thesis describes an attempt to remedy some of the defects of the modern elementary curriculum. That there were such defects has been felt by the author since he first taught in a rural school. As a result of courses ...
Experiments in the application of pragmatic principles to the teaching of English composition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1908)
Composition, in the sense of meaning the organization and expression in language of one's thoughts, was an important activity of man at a very early time, for the reason that it was necessary to him in his struggle for ...
Examining and certificating teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
One of the first laws in the United States on the subject of examining and certificating teachers was passed in Massachusetts in 1826. It stated that the School Committees should ascertain the qualifications of the teachers ...
On finite groups with special reference to Klein's Ikosaeder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)
In speaking of the icosahedron and other regular solids in the following work we shall include not only the space construction but also the sphere surface upon which the corners, edges and faces of the solids may be ...
Convergence of infinite series
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1900)
We shall define an infinite series as a succession of series formed after sum definite law. Most generally the series are actual numbers or are at least regarded as constraints, and we are concerned with their sum. There ...
Early financial history of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)
The financial history of Missouri properly begins with the history of the territory of which Missouri was, in the earliest time, a part. That territory, however, the field of attempted French colonization and of Spanish ...
A study of the chemistry of nerve degeneration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
It has been pointed out by a number of experimentors, that after section of a nerve, certain chemical changes are demonstrable. A notable example is the presence of fat, formed by degenerative processes and shown by Marchi's ...
Euripides as a poet of nature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
On the shores of Salamis, Euripides used for his study a cave which overlooked the sea, and in this secluded place wrote most of his tragedies. Thus leading a life of seclusion, Euripides devoted much time to studying ...
Presentation and stage setting of Greek tragedy of the fifth century B.C.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
The purpose of this thesis is to see what facts we may gather concerning the presentation and stage setting of Greek Tragedy of the fifth century B. C. from the study of the extant plays of Aeschylus and several of those ...
On the motion of a sphere on a rough horizontal plane
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
The problem discussed in these pages is that of the motion of a billiard ball when struck by a horizontal cue. This is a special case of the motion of a sphere on a rough horizontal plane.
A critical study of the hexameter of Virgil's Ecologues and Aeneid I-VI, and a Comparison with that of the Culex and Ciris
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
The object of this paper is two-fold: to discuss the structure of Virgil's Hexameter, giving some of the peculiarities and metrical licenses; and to compare it with his doubtful poems, the Culex and Ciris, noticing whether ...
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 ...
The Jews in England during the 13th century
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
There has been much difference of opinion as to when the Jews first appeared in England. Most historians say they were brought over from the Continent by William the Conqueror upon pecuniary consideration. But there are ...
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 philosophy of Josiah Royce, professor of the History of philosophy at Harvard, as set forth in his World and the individual
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
My first purpose when I undertook the subject of Professor Royce's philosophy was to make a thorough comparative study of his various works. The difficult character of his conceptions and the somewhat formidable volume of ...
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 ...