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The Development of the American Novel

Creator:: Makelim, Lenora
Abstract:: The most interesting study connected with the development of the American novel is the accompanying feature of the growth of the country itself. In a certain way the changes seem peculiar, but in another way they are exactly what we might be led to expect. In tracing the development from...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

A High School Teacher's Wardrobe

Creator:: Starr, Ruby Irene
Abstract:: Any woman's wardrobe is important, as it is to a great extent an indication of her character. A High School teacher, holding the position she does, as a director of the aims and ideals of young girls must be especially careful in her dress. Her clothing should be neat, well...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Bacteria in Milk

Creator:: Jackson, Laura Estella and Hess, Ruth Jeannette
Abstract:: "Bacteriology is such a broad subject that a life-time spent in its perusal would fail of an entire knowledge of the subject, so the authors have chosen a field which is certainly one that ought to interest every individual because it pertains to milk, one of the most important foods...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

The Position of Sidney Lanier in American Letters

Creator:: Leech, Esther V.
Abstract:: American Literature, previous to the Civil War, is of necessity confined closely to the writers and writings of New England and New York. At present however a gradual widening of the literary field may be clearly discernible. The South and West now contribute their share, and no one can truly...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

An Experiment in Catering

Creator:: Snow, Mabel Rae
Abstract:: The menus herein presented were served to a group of seven people, the object of the experiment being to provide wholesome and attractive meals at a moderate cost. The food values of the menus were not calculated, but much thought and care were taken in the planning of the meals,...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Life and Work of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Creator:: Williamson, Mabel Gertrude
Abstract:: "In his style Hawthorne early developed that maturity of dignified composure, free from constraint or affectation, and that lucid expression, which are among its most characteristic traits. With little faculties for the harmony of verse he had a singular command over the musical qualities of prose, enabling him to produce...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

The supplying of carbohydrates for the home table

Creator:: Edwards, Bertha Beulah
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Basketry

Creator:: Raber, Elta Marie
Abstract:: Basket making is a primitive art which has been practiced by man as far back through the ages as history can record. When Moses was found hidden in the bulrushes by Pharaoh's daughter, he was in a basket which his mother had woven. When the Israelites were returning to the...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

The Digestion of a Meal

Creator:: Beeler, Beulah
Abstract:: Probably no other process of such importance is so little understood as that which takes place within our own bodies. We know that we drink water and are refreshed, eat a meal and are strengthened, that the food we consume is in some way converted into living tissue; but the...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Installation and Equipment of a School Kitchen

Creator:: Price, Minnie
Abstract:: "A woman inherits capabilities of becoming such an helpmeet, but she stands sadly in need of training for the development of these capacities and for the acquirement of skill in doing these tasks after she realizes her ability. Education does not consist of facts stored away in the brain, there...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Literature on the Pacific Coast

Creator:: Shepard, Alice Gertrude
Abstract:: As the atmosphere, the general bustle and rush in our busy eastern cities is vastly different from our quiet and peaceful west, so is there a great difference in the themes and styles of eastern and western authors. The influence of pioneer life and of western scenery, of climatic conditions...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Hygiene of the School-oom; with Special Reference to the Diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat

Creator:: Pimm, Carrie Maude
Abstract:: The education of the child should consist of the organization of acquired habits of action and tendencies to behavior which shall fit him for the world in a social and physical sense. The subject of social effect is often dwelt upon with great length and detail, which to often the...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

The Growth and Development of Southern Literature

Creator:: Olsen, Rubie Irene
Abstract:: "The literature that has been produced in the South springs from the depth and fullness of the southern nature; it is all picturesque, in one manner or an other. Creative art is everywhere evident, especially in the works of Edgar Allan Poe. The works of George Washington Cable receive vitality...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

A Problem in Furnishing a Seven Room Farm Bungalow

Creator:: Leech, Ielleen Allanna
Abstract:: ''Country life is a book whose pages are yet uncut." This I firmly believe, and one of these pages treats of the decoration and furnishings of the country house. Because of this great need in the country and because the problem of fitting up a country house is now confronting...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Basket-Making

Creator:: Brogden, Edith Stanley, Haskell, Vera Etta, Raber, Helen, and Irwin, Zoa
Abstract:: "The purpose of this volume is to give practical assistance to those who may be interested in basket-making. The problems discussed in this book have been carefully planned and execut ed, applying fundamental principles of color, form, and design. Many of the difficulties in basket-making, which we have experienced, cannot...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Course in Cookery, Seventh and Eighth Grade

Creator:: Romtvedt, Alvhild
Abstract:: It is only recently that Cookery has been looked upon as a science of vital importance. At present the majority of the people fail to realize the vast importance it bears to the happiness and welfare of humanity and it is becoming further established every year. Oregon is retarded in...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Basketry and Weaving in the Home

Creator:: Ridgeway, Katie Maysel
Abstract:: In connection with the handicrafts which are cultivated because of their artistic or commercial value, and also because there is at the present time a reaction toward hand work that tends to provide a market for the products of the craft-worker, the mind turns naturally to the only real handicraft...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

The making of wax reproductions of fruits

Creator:: Wilson, Lena May
Abstract:: See thesis for abstract.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Meats

Creator:: Goodrich, Agnes Maud
Abstract:: Prepared and unprepared food may be compared with civilized and uncivilized man. The latter takes his nourishment as it is offered by nature; the former prepares his food before eating, and in ways that are agreeable and pleasing to the taste. Some of the ways in vvhich meats were prepared...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

The Power and Growth of the American Press

Creator:: Bath, Grace Monemia
Abstract:: Before discussing the American press of the day, with its freedom and power, a brief historical review of the development of journalism in its several functions seems in place.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Candies and Candy Making

Creator:: Connell, Grace Elizabeth
Abstract:: "The boiling and spinning of sugar and the making of candies are classed among the 'frills of cookery'. But though everyone cannot hope to master all the intricacies of this branch of the culinary art, there is no reason why young people should not become, with advantages to themselves, expert...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Life and Works of Edgar Allen Poe

Creator:: Edington, Anna Leta
Abstract:: A complete list of the poetic works of Edgar Allen Poe.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Dietetics, Menus, Cost of Food, and Dietary Standard of an Average Family

Creator:: Aitken, Frances Alva 1889-1970
Abstract:: The experiment under discussion was carried out in Corvallis, Oregon, during the week beginning Sunday April 3, 1910 with a family of six persons, consisting of a mother, who acts as a housekeeper and housemother; a young man, an instructor in the college; two boys, one in college and the...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

A Course of Study in Cookery

Creator:: Bleeg, Hedwig S.
Abstract:: This course of study has been planned for the seventh and eighth grades in Oregon schools. One period each week, or ninety minutes or more, is needed. The study or cookery should be closely correlated with the other school branches. High ideals of workmanship, neatness, accuracy and skill should be...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Life and Works of George Eliot

Creator:: Gilkey, Beulah Gustavia
Abstract:: The women of the past ages have made little progress in literature, and many are those who have ascribed it to lack of talent which is evident in the gentler sex; but more agree with Eliza V. Farnham when she says, "I will yield to none in the grateful admiration...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Luncheons

Creator:: Currin, Mabry Zerilda
Abstract:: All living things require food but none make use of such a variety of foods as does the human race. Many half civilized people of the earth live on very coarse materials. The American Indians, for example, do not use a great variety of foods such as we do, but...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Seasonable Menus and Recipes

Creator:: Rodgers, Emily Fern
Abstract:: The daily preparation of meals is an important end extremely interesting home problem, a fact which is not wholly appreciated by the average house keeper. The importance of the provision of food. is wall. shown in the words of Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, "The prosperity of a nation depends upon...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

The selection and care of staple groceries, dairy products and meats for the home

Creator:: Cate, Mary Enid
Abstract:: Throughout history, the supply of foods necessary to bodily sustenance has been an engrossing if not altogether profitable occupation. Exception may be taken to the use of this term, but when we consider the number of laboring families whose first and greatest aim is to meet the call of the...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Bread and Bread Making

Creator:: Parsons, Bessie Florence
Abstract:: The art of bread making has been handed down from one generation to another for centuries, with gradual improvement until at the present time we have mastered what we consider a perfect method. The aboriginal savages did not use a leavening agent by which bread can be made light. They...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

The College Girl's Wardrobe

Creator:: Sprague, Helen Maude
Abstract:: The mother's first thought, when her daughter finishes her preparatory work and expresses a desire for College is, "How can I let her go?" This seems the greatest problem though when she becomes reconciled to the fact that she must lose her sometime, she debates with herself, "Is my daughter...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Cereal Breakfast Foods

Creator:: Bell, Sadie
Abstract:: "After writing this thesis I have drawn for my conclusion that cereal breakfast foods as a class are nutritious, convenient, and reasonably economical foods and should have a very important place in the diet."--Conclusion
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

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