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The Quebec Act
(Creighton University, 1930)
The purpose of this thesis on the Quebec Act is to show that Religious Intolerance played an important role not only in the opposition manifested toward the act in England and America hut also in the events that brought ...
The Life and Editorials of C.P. Mooney
(Creighton University, 1932)
In choosing a subject for original investigation, the writer being a native Memphian, who grew from childhood during the years of C.P.J. Mooney's editorship of the Commercial Appeal, and who felt the steady growth of the ...
The Conflict Between Thomas Becket and Henry II
(Creighton University, 1930)
One of the most conspicuous and familiar objects in the neighborhood of London is the high hill and pointed spire of Harrow. Guided by this landmark, two horsemen in the year 1143 or thereabouts made their way from London ...
St. Augustine's Idea of Monasticism as Set Forth in his Correspondence
(Creighton University, 1931)
The purpose of this dissertation is to discover, from Augustine's own words, as expressed in his letters, as much as may he learned from direct statements about his views on the subjects of monasticism and the monastic ...
Partial Pressure of Hydrogen Chloride Above its Solutions in Non-aqueous Solvents. II Nitrobenzene Solutions
(Creighton University, 1938)
It has been pointed out by Rodebush and Ewart and in the first paper of this series that the vapor pressure of a volatile acid solute like hydrogen chloride provides a measure of the basicity of the solvent. The importance ...
Plato's Influence Upon Justin Martyr as Shown in the Dialog with Trypho
(Creighton University, 1935)
Statement of the Thesis|1. Conversion of Justin marked a new era in gospel history because the intellectual enemies of the faith were met.|2. Justin's knowledge of Plato helped him to encounter the philosophers of the ...
Standardization of the High School Curriculum in the Ten Small Schools of Pottawattamie County of the State of Iowa
(Creighton University, 1937)
One of the important problems that has been facing the schools of the country is the formation and standardization of curricula in all schools to take care of transfer pupils without loss of time and credits. The problem ...
A Study of Causes of Antelope County’s Rural School Retardation
(Creighton University, 1930)
An attempt is made in this study to answer two questions: (1) how much retardation is in the rural schools of Antelope County, Nebraska; and (2) what are the causes of the retardation found there.|Both over-age pupils and ...
A Study of Omaha Social Settlements
(Creighton University, 1934)
The social settlement as defined by John Lewis Gillin is "a center in which men and women of education, wealth and leisure, may meet on terms of neighborly friendliness the less fortunate citizens of their community, where ...
The Slaveholders, the Mexican Liberals, and the Texan Revolution
(Creighton University, 1939)
The revolt of Texas from Mexico and its subsequent annexation to the United States produced a conflict of opinion. Anti-slaveryites of all degrees united against acceptance of the new republic either in the family of nations ...