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The Theology of George Eliot
(Creighton University, 1941)
Christian theology has always paralleled great intellectual movements and leading developments of Literature. The close mental relations of Christian doctrine with Platonism and Neo-Platonism, Greek and Roman classic ...
The Ballad of the White Horse: A Twentieth Century Poem Built on an Ancient Formula
(Creighton University, 1941)
This paper undertakes to study The Ballad of the White Horse as an excellent modern Imitation of the old folk ballad whose primitive spirit Chesterton recaptures through his exultant Christianity. It attempts to show that ...
The Influence of the Benedictines in the Development of Education
(Creighton University, 1948)
The student of education or of history, either profane or ecclesiastical, can hardly pass over the contributions that the Benedictine Order has made to civilization. Still, despite the fact that the Order holds precedence ...
Cyprian the Attorney: Traces of Roman Legal Education Evidenced in St. Cyprian’s Letters
(Creighton University, 1941)
Little is known of the early history of Thascius Cyprianus, (born probably about 200 A.D. in or near Carthage) until the period of his intimacy with the Carthaginian presbyter Caecilius which led to his conversion 246 A.D. ...
Edmud Rostand, a Cultured Humanist
(Creighton University, 1941)
As a refined humanist Edmond Rostand challenged the aesthetic and cultural trends of his time. At the turn of the century! drama in Prance was at the end of the realistic movement and especially of its naturalistic phase. ...
The Elemental Ideas of Harriet Beecher Stowe Revolutionized: Popular Thought in a Critical Period of American History
(Creighton University, 1947)
Reacting to oppression, and. its consequent cruelty, Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1851 wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. The novel was a reply to the evils of the slave system. For too long a time, an attitude of heartless submissiveness ...
Philosophy of Education Found in the Rule of St. Benedict
(Creighton University, 1947)
In view of the growing complexities of life, a rapidly changing civilization and the bewilderment of the post-war world, educators today are reaching out for principles and standards whereby to evaluate their educative ...
Equilibrium Study of the Three Component System Oxalic Acid — Sodium Oxalate — Water at 25°
(Creighton University, 1944)
The experimental measurement of chemical equilibria frequently presents problems of considerable difficulty. In some cases the position of equilibrium may be such that the reaction goes nearly to completion in one direction, ...
The Mississippi River in American-Spanish Relations, 1776-1795
(Creighton University, 1947)
The territory west of the Allegheny Mountains and east of the Mississippi was under the dominion of several nations. Marquette (1673) and La Selle (1669 ~ 1682) by their voyages on the Great River gave France her claim to ...
Shakespeare’s Concept and Dramatic use of Color
(Creighton University, 1949)
Shakespeare’s art has teen the subject oi intensive study since the seventeenth century, scholars have paid tribute to Shakespeare the lyricist, Shakespeare the dramatist, Shakespeare the poet, wo phase of his varied genius ...