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A history of the schools conducted by the Sisters of Saint Francis Seraph of Perpetual Adoration in New Mexico
(Creighton University, 1943)
(First paragraph) Some thirty nine years ago, a small group of Poor Sisters of St. Francis Seraph of the Perpetual Adoration came into the southwest territory of New Mexico to conduct a Public School at the villa of Peña ...
Father Cataldo, S.J.
(Creighton University, 1942)
I write the life of a man who has long been buried in the soil and territory which was once known as the Rocky Mountain Missions. This man came from a humble family. He was born on the island of Sicily which has no true ...
Principles of Education in the Works of G.K. Chesterton
(Creighton University, 1944)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze Gilbert Keith Chesterton's ideas on education and thereby show his view of modern educational philosophy and practices in many of our schools.|After a brief description of the life ...
A History of the Catholic Church in the Grand Island Diocese
(Creighton University, 1946)
The Diocese of Grand Island, created in 1912, was originally included in the Vicariate of the Rocky Mountains in 1851, under the jurisdiction of Bishop Miege, S.J., which was successively divided into the Vicariate of ...
A Syllabus for the Teaching of Biology in Secondary Schools
(Creighton University, 1942)
The problem of this thesis is 1) to examine the available syllabi of biology courses of the West Central States; 2) to evaluate then according to a set of principles; 3) to determine the needs and trends In the teaching ...
The Effect of Instruction in Specific Reading Skills on Eighth Grade History Achievement
(Creighton University, 1940)
The purpose of this study is to determine what effect the development of certain reading and study skills has upon the child's mastery of history. Beyond the skills needed in general reading those skills peculiar to the ...
Synthesis of New Substances as Starting Materials in the Preparation of Compound with Physiological Activity
(Creighton University, 1948)
(First paragraph) From plants of the Apocynaoiac and Scrophulariaceae order, substances are extracted which are heart poisons. Small doses of such substances stimulate deseased heart to a greater contractional activity and ...
The Prose Style of John Dryden: Antecedents and Effects
(Creighton University, 1947)
Any discussion of John Dryden’s prose style necessitates a knowledge and understanding of his literary heritage and environment. For Dryden not only helped produce his own age hut was produced by it, and by the forces that ...
Some Major Figures of Speech in the Letters of Saint Cyprian
(Creighton University, 1940)
This thesis attempts to enumerate the poetical expressions used by St. Cyprian in his Letters. They are classified under the headings of Metaphor, Metonymy, Personification, Antithesis, Anaphora, Simile, Irony and Litotes.|When ...
Autobiographical Note in Father Abram J. Ryan's Poetry
(Creighton University, 1942)
For eleven years, it was my privilege to teach in Mobile, Alabama, at the Bishop Toolen High School which is situated opposite historic old St. Mary’s, better known as Father Ryan's Church.|One evening as I was walking in ...