Browsing Creighton Theses and Dissertations by Issue Date
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Can the Conduct of Savonarola be Justified!
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1923)In order to arrive at a reasonable and fair solution of the question propounded in our theme we shall first take a brief survey of the state of Italy shortly before and at the time when Savonarola began his life as a member ... -
Catiline as Portrayed by Cicero and Sallust
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1924)The documentary evidence we have of Catiline has "been written chiefly by Sallust, Cicero and Plutarch. The last named mentions him in his lives of Caesar and Cicero.|All of these men have failed to give us a true portrayal ... -
The Influence of St. Gregory the Great
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1925)The word "Great" has justly been attributed to St. Gregory who stands as a dividing mark between the Ancient World and the Middle Ages, and who, undoubtedly, did more than any other one individual to direct the course of ... -
A Dissertation on the Apperceptive Basis for the Presentation of Accounting Principles, for a First Years Course in Secondary Schools.
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1925)In order to present a dissertation on this subject we w ill divide the subject matter under two separate heads, namely: | (a) Which of the many accounting principles should be presented during the first year? | (b) What ... -
Virgil and the Transition from Ancient to Modern Literature
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1926)Some writer has said, "If Virgil were the sole remaining monument of the Roman civilization he would he sufficient," Possibly many a reader would contest a statement broad as this; all without exception, however, will agree ... -
A Comparative Survey of the Economical Element in the Public and Parochial School System
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1927)Among the leading problems in the field of education today, the question of school finance is demanding an increased measure of attention. The spirit of investigation and research is growing apace with the needs and ... -
Catholic Education in Omaha, Past, Present and Future
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1927)The history of Catholic education in Omaha seems to have claimed hut little consideration in the past. The lasting deeds of the pioneers in education accomplished at the expense of sweat and blood and often in the face of ... -
Literary Art and Convert Writers
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1928)Art is the result or accomplishment of the creative faculty which employs imagery to work upon the subtler emotions of the human soul. It is more than intellectual skill, more too than merely physical beauty, more indeed ... -
Joan of Arc, Her Imprisonment, Trial and Death
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1928)"The fairest things have sweetest end. Their scent survives their close. But the rose's scent is bitterness. To him. that loved the rose."-- Francis Thompson | Those "fairest things" are verified in the life of Joan of ... -
The Renaissance and the Upheaval of the Sixteenth Century
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1928)In the following pages an attempt is made to show that the principles governing the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century found their source in the Renaissance. | The Political conditions of the times, the inventions, the ... -
Latin in the High School
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1928)Until very recent years there has been a misconception of the position that Latin holds in the secondary schools. Our critics would have us believe that the study of Latin has suffered a rapid decline in the last twenty ... -
John G. Neihardt as an Epic Poet
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1928)This study of John G. Neihardt as an epic writer has been undertaken with the purpose of discovering the influences social, economic and literary, that caused the poet to turn exclusively to this form of literary art, when ... -
Willa Cather and Her Novels
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1928)The state of Nebraska is part of the great plain which stretches west of the Missouri River, gradually rising until it reaches the Rocky mountains. The character of all this country between the river and the mountains is ... -
Early English and French Lyrical Poetry: A Comparative Study
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1928)Self-revelation is the chief characteristic of lyric poetry,and for that reason it is, perhaps, more interesting than any other. A flashlight of intuition fuses emotion and idea and from the resulting union,secret and ... -
The Phenomenon of Lindbergh
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1928)The following study of the Phenomenon of Lindbergh is made with a view to help one in forming a true estimate of the nature, magnitude, and effectiveness of his educational influence. | That the Phenomenon of Lindbergh has ... -
The Bible in English Prose
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1928)The purpose of the present thesis is to show the influence of the Bible on English prose writers. To set forth this influence more directly and clearly a number of representative authors from various periods of English ... -
Newman: The Mainspring of the Oxford Movement
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1929)The great Oxford Movement, the history of which is ever a subject of keenest interest and deepest study, resulted from a number of causes. According to the Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline, 1906, this famous ... -
Narrative History of the Knickerbocker Magazine
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1929)This thesis presents for the most part a narrative history of the Knickerbocker Magazine. The author has tried to bring out the type of periodical that the Knickerbocker belonged to, and something of its aims and influences. ... -
John Keats, The Great Romanticist
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1929)It is the purpose of this thesis to show that John Keats possessed all the essentially Romantic characteristics of Byron, Coleridge, Shelley, and Wordsworth, plus his own-restraint. A word, by way of introduction on ... -
Can Savonarola be Justified?
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 1929)In the Museum of St. Mark in Venice may be seen a portrait labeled: "Frs Girolamo Savonarola." It is a profile and in it Art has achieved, if not a masterpiece, at least a bit of work that has the power to fascinate the ...