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The Symbolism of Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Creighton University, 1931)
It is the aim of this prefatory chapter to define symbolism in some manner, to give the reader some notion of the different stages in meaning through which the word has passed and to show the different attitudes toward the ...
The Origin of the University of Oxford
(Creighton University, 1931)
The purpose of this study on the origin and early history of the Oxford University is to trace the development of this English university during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and to outline the steps by which it ...
The Selective Action of Certain Volatile Oils in the Destruction of Bacteria
(Creighton University, 1930)
In a recent investigation made by the author and a co- worker certain apparent discrepancies were noted in the results obtained. The object of the aforementioned investigations was to determine the value of secreted ...
A Nutritional Survey of Junior High School Pupils
(Creighton University, 1931)
This survey is the outgrowth of a common school problem of assisting the underweight child to meet the normal demands on his strength and to develop right attitudes and ideals for the health of the normal child. In one ...
Ward as a Tractarian
(Creighton University, 1931)
The pages of history reveal the lives of individuals, the rise of nations and of great movements, and we read them through, occasionally elevated by the heroism of some lofty soul, but more often borne down by the records ...
Innocent III, Suzerain: John Lackland, Vassal
(Creighton University, 1930)
Innocent III in a spirit of humility quoted these words as the text of his sermon given at his consecration. The words of this simple discourse epitomize well the life of the man who uttered them, a man at whose deeds a ...
A Study of Direct Salesmanship as a Method of Increasing Students' Interest in High School Subjects
(Creighton University, 1931)
"Education offered by the American High School usually 'just misses the tail of the procession,' declared Dr. Goodwin Watson, professor of education at Columbia University, New York City, in a scathing appraisal before ...
A Comparison of Chaucer's Nonne Presstes Tale and Spenser's Mother Hubberd's Tale
(Creighton University, 1930)
"The fable in general, and the beast-fable in particular, are among the very oldest and most universal of the known forms of literature." A fresh and special development of it took place about the twelfth century, or ...
Contemporary Life Reflected in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
(Creighton University, 1933)
The Canterbury Pilgrimage was an episode in the life of Chaucer which belonged to the England of his time. During his last years of leisure he recorded the impressions of his years of observation of men and women of the ...
Lucy Larcom in American Literature
(Creighton University, 1931)
In every age and among all peoples poetry has flourished. Poetry is inseparable from life.|From the earliest days of the scop and the gleeman, mankind has used poetic rhythm as a vehicle to express the ideals, feelings and ...