A critical study of Anthony Trollope's South Africa
- Authors: Davidson, J H
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation , Literature and history -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century , South Africa -- In literature
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2602 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010964 , Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation , Literature and history -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century , South Africa -- In literature
- Description: In the year 1877, during a lull in the Eastern Question, the English newspapers discovered South Africa. There a Dutch republic, the Transvaal, had all but succumbed to the onslaughts of a native chief - or so it seemed; and now it was annexed to the British Crown. Clearly, this was a corner of the world of which, as its colonists boasted, England would hear much more; and Parliament was shortly to set its seal of approval upon Lord Carnarvon’s essay in imperial architecture, South African Confederation. Intro., p. 1.
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A cross-cultural study of susceptibility to the Müller-Lyer and Ponzo illusions
- Authors: Smith, T V G
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: Personality and culture , Xhosa (African people) -- Psychology , Visual perception , Optical illusions , Cross-cultural studies
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3239 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013235
- Description: In order to investigate certain anomalies evident in the literature, the performances of three Xhosa groups (rural dwellers, urban dwellers, and undergraduates) of varying degrees of acculturation and a White undergraduate group, each group consisting of 30 subjects, were measured on tests of mode of field approach and susceptibility to the Müller- Lyer and Ponzo illusions. In addition, the effect of the introduction of a mental set, which facilitated the perception of perspective in the Ponzo figure, on susceptibility to the illusion was ascertained. Mode of field approach was measured by a portable version of the Rod-and-Frame Test. Susceptibility to the Müller-Lyer illusion was measured by a conventional movable- slide, subject-adjustable device, while a piece of apparatus which also worked on the movable slide principle and was subject-adjustable was developed to measure susceptibility to the Ponzo illusion. The set to facilitate the perception of perspective in the Ponzo figure was introduced by having subjects match the length of Ponzo contrast lines embodied in a photograph and a line-drawing of a bridge, both of these pictures having strong perspective cues. The subjects were required to perform the tasks in prescribed order. Standardised English or Xhosa instructions were ensured by the use of "programmed" worksheets for each task. Prior to each experimental task, the more unacculturated subjects performed comprehension checks to ensure that they understood the concepts of equal length and verticality. The results of the study suggested that: (i) When groups of differing acculturation levels are tested, there may be a pronounced negative association of field dependence with susceptibility to the Müller-Lyer and Ponzo illusions. In general, the more unacculturated the subject, the more field dependent and the less susceptible to illusions he was. However, there was no evidence which either strongly supported or refuted the relationship between these attributes at the intra-group level. (ii) There is no intra- group association between susceptibility to the Müller-Lyer and to the Ponzo illusions. This would indicate that they are not necessarily generated by similar inference habits or by similar contour properties. (iii) The introduction of a "perspective set" increases susceptibility to the Ponzo illusion only among acculturated subjects, who have well-developed pictorial depth perception skills and who habitually infer depth in inverted - V configurations. (iv) There is a significant association between acculturation and field independence. The unacculturated subjects, presumably because they lack the skills of visual analysis which are engendered by Western culture, were more field dependent than the acculturated subjects. (v) Provided that their degrees of acculturation are more-or-less equivalent, as were those of the two undergraduate groups, there are no differences in mode of field approach or susceptibility to the Müller-Lyer and Ponzo illusion among Xhosa and White subjects. Summary, p. 112.
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A reading of Emily Dickinson
- Authors: Wilson, Ian
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2286 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007689 , Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
- Description: From Chapter 1: Even before the publication of The Poems of Emily Dickinson in the variorum edition by Harvard University in 1955, under the editorship of Thomas H. Johnson, there was a steadily growing interest in the work of this poet and in her position both in the sphere of American literature and in the larger field of English poetry. In 1957, The Letters of Emily Dickinson appeared, with Johnson as editor, and Theodora Ward as associate editor. With this publication critical literature received an incentive to increase and extend the exploration already undertaken.
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A study of the performance of a Bantu sample on a test of perceptual field-dependence under conditions of normal and abnormal sensory environments
- Authors: Cogill, Charles John
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: Perception -- Testing , Senses and sensation -- Cross-cultural studies , Bantu speaking peoples
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3201 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010503 , Perception -- Testing , Senses and sensation -- Cross-cultural studies , Bantu speaking peoples
- Description: For purposes of this background study, previous research findings relating to the development of the concept of field dependence - independence may be traced in five clearly distinct and logical stages: Stage 1: The Determination of the Factors Responsible for the Maintenance of Proper Orientation to the Upright. Stage 11: The Investigation of Individual Differences in the Manner of Establishing the Upright. Stage III: The Consideration of Possible Hypotheses to Account for Consistent Individual Differences in this Mode of Perception. Stage IV: An Investigation of the Relationship Between an Individual's Characteristic Way of Perceiving and his General Personality Organisation Stage V: The Ultimate Extension and Elaboration of this Work into the Construct of Psychological Differentiation which proposes that individuals are likely to function at a more differentiated or less differentiated level in many areas of behaviour. Some discussion of these stages is necessary to provide background for the present study. Chapter 1, p. 1.
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An investigation into the application of Austrian didactics and methods of elementary musical education in South African school
- Authors: Nowotny, Ingrid Heidelinde
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: School music -- Instruction and study -- South Africa , Music -- Study and teaching (Elementary) , Music theory -- Elementary works
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:2688 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012970
- Description: Why teach music? To answer this question one has to be able to see the full value of musical education. One has to recognize its effect on the unfolding of character and personality on the one hand and, on the other, its value for the development and sharpening of the intellect. In ancient Greece, the cradle of Western culture, the significance of music for man, the people, and the state was frequently emphasized. The Greeks regarded music almost as a magic force, the inherent harmony of which was capable of transforming things and creating order by reconciling contrarieties. Similarly they believed that the power of music could restore the harmony in man's soul. Intro., p.1.
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An investigation into the loss of preservatives from opthalmic solutions, during filtration sterilization
- Authors: Naidoo, Nadasen T
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: Filters and filtration , Sterilization
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:3851 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012931
- Description: Most eye drops are dispensed in multi-dose containers, hence protection should be given against microbial contamination during use. To remain sterile during it's use, the solution should contain a preservative in such concentration so that it kills micro-organisms in a short time. It has been stated in the literature that the instillation of contaminated eye drops constitutes a greater danger than the intravenous injection of a contaminated solution since the cornea is nonvascular and lacks the normal antimicrobial defences of the blood stream. Amongst the preservatives used, those included in the official formulations for eye drops are Chlorhexidine Acetate, Phenyl Mercuric Nitrate, Benzalkonium Chloride, and to some extent Phenylethanol, which may be used in combination with Benzalkonium Chloride. The main purpose of this investigation has been to determine the adsorption of these preservatives by different filters during sterilization by filtration. Part 1, p. 2.
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An investigation into the relationship between creativity and academic performance in school children
- Authors: Noble, Sybil
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: Creative ability , Academic achievement , Performance in children
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3221 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012964
- Description: The subject of creativity is of interest not only to the research worker and educationist but also, with its related mental health aspect, to the clinical psychologist. As the writer's interest is in clinical psychology the opportunity, which occurred in 1968, to undertake research on creativity, was welcomed. This opportunity arose out of a larger piece of research into the relationships between personality variables and mathematical ability in school children. This involved the administration of personality tests and tests of arithmetic and mathematical ability to all the English speaking school children in Grahamstown from Standard 2 to Standard 10. The writer assisted in this testing program and did the greater part of the marking, scoring and entering on computer sheets. Thus personality test scores for over 2,000 children from the age of 8 or 9 to 17 or 18, both boys and girls were available. It was found possible to extend the computer program to calculate a score for creativity based on a combination of Cattell's personality factors and it was decided to compare these creativity scores with actual school performance, as measured by internal school examinations, which with the cooperation and agreement of the Cape Education Department and local schools, the writer was able to obtain. Intro., p.1.
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An investigation of compounds occurring in leonotis species
- Authors: Naidu, Krishna
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: Leonotis -- Analysis , Chemistry -- Analytic , Nuclear magnetic resonance
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:3852 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012934
- Description: Two labdane diterpenoids 8-hydroxymarrubiin and leonitin were isolated from Leonotis dysophylla (Benth.) and Leonotis leonitis respectively. Spectral studies of 8-hydroxymarrubiin, C₂₀H₂₈ O₅ʻ showed the presence of a β -substituted furan, a Ϫ-lactone, three tertiary methyl groups and tertiary hydroxyl group (s). The NMR spectrum of 8-hydroxymarrubiin and marrubiin C₂₀H₂₈O₄ʻ were almost identical with the exception of the C₁₇- methyl group which appeared as a singlet in 8-hydroxymarrubiin and as a doublet in marrubiin. The extra oxygen atom was therefore assumed to be present as a hydroxyl group substituted in the C₈₋ position. This was further confirmed by the formation of an epoxide and a Ϫό-dilactone. Leonitin, C₂₀H₂₈O₇ʻ was shown by spectral and chemical evidence to be a diterpenoid dilactone possessing an ester function and an ether linkage. Comparison of the NMR spectra of compound X and leonitin suggested that the acetoxy function occurs in the C₂₀- position. This was further supported by the formation of a 'Ϫό -dilactone. The absence of a β -furan moiety was apparent from chemical and spectral evidence, A structure for leonitin is proposed and aspects of its stereochemistry discussed.
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An investigation of the structural problems in relation to some synthetic waxes
- Authors: Stokhuyzen, Rolf
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: Chemistry, Analytic , Waxes , Synthetic products
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:4443 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007695 , Chemistry, Analytic , Waxes , Synthetic products
- Description: From Introduction: Wax and wax-like substances have been defined in many ways. One reasonably extensive definition, by Hatt and Lamberton (1956) is given below: "The term "wax" seems best used to denote a group of substances which qualitatively have certain physical properties in common. These properties are familiar ones, for in almost all countries some natural wax - beeswax, Japan wax, Chinese insect wax, the carnauba and candelilla waxes of the Americas - has been an important material in art and industry from prehistoric times. Waxes are understood to be opaque or translucent solids, which melt without decomposition to form mobile liquids at temperatures in the region of 100⁰C. They differ in hardness, but are all essentially soft substances with poor mechanical strength. Most waxes can be easily shaped or kneaded at a little above ambient temperatures. In fact, the term could easily have been made to cover the whole class now named thermoplastics." Pure n-paraffins would be too crystalline and brittle for use as waxes, whereas mixtures of n-paraffins have some valuable properties. The molecules bear such close resemblance to one another that they form mixed crystals of lowered crystallinity and the melting point is a function of the mean molecular weight. This is a desirable feature for it permits crystallinity and brittleness to be reduced without a marked loss in the melting point or hardness. It also allows a mixture to simulate a pure compound very closely. Waxes, in general, have been put to a large number of uses. They are used, for example, in candles, polishes, paper-coating, plastics, printing, matches, rust protectants and insulation. Each application requires its own appropriate range of wax properties.
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Religious orders and personal and group attitudes and values
- Authors: Wright, Beryl
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: Church and social problems -- South Africa , Christians -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Attitudes
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSocSc
- Identifier: vital:3358 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007685 , Church and social problems -- South Africa , Christians -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Attitudes
- Description: From Introduction: For many years I have been interested in the relationship between ethical and moral attitudes and values and religious belief. I became aware of a conflict in attitudes concerning the role of the Church in society as a member of the Methodist Church, and this stimulated me to study seriously the role of the Church in present day society. I found that members of the Wesley Guild, of which I myself was a member, conceived of the Guild in three forms: (a) as a social club; (b) as an institution for training in Christian service, both at the level of spiritual belief and practice and at the level of practical help to those in human need; (c) as an assooiation where individual spiritual values are fostered. Members differed in their view of the Guild, some seeing it in terms of all three enumerated forms, others emphasising one or two of these forms. This induced tension within the Guild. Wider observation led me to the view that this diffused concept of the Church and its functions was not peculiar to the Wesley Guild. It seemed to be general to the South African Church. I became confirmed in this view when, as a student at Rhodes University, I found that many theological students of different denominations shared it.
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Some aspects of the Franco-German economic relations between the two world wars
- Authors: Wolf, Hans J
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: Economic history -- 1918-1945 , France -- Economic conditions -- 20th century , Germany -- Economic conditions -- 20th century , France -- Foreign relations -- Germany , Germany -- Foreign relations -- France
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:1067 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007687
- Description: From Preface: In this thesis I have aimed at covering a field in Economic History where not many suitable publications are available in English. During the interwar period, the maintenance of peace and harmonious international relations was directly dependent on a reconciliation of the conflicting interests between France and Germany. In studying the economic implications of the Franco-German antagonism, I have tried to throw light upon the crucial role which this relationship played. The Appendix offers a quantitative survey of economic conditions in the two countries and of the relevant production and exchange problems. To assist the reader who is not completely familiar with this period, a brief summary of the relevant conferences, agreements and treaties is also offered in the Appendix, as well as some short biographical notes. I would like to make it clear, however, that this thesis is neither supposed to be a paraphrase of the Appendix, nor a mere treatise on the commercial relations between the two countries concerned. I aimed rather at revealing the forces behind the events and at illustrating how economic problems became quite often subject to political and military considerations. When trying to attain some understanding of Franco-German relations, it seems advisable to look not only at the interbellum period, but in the first instance to become aware of the currents of history which finally led to the two disastrous World Wars.
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The Cape Midlands: its demography (1911-1960) and regional income (1954/55-1959/60)
- Authors: Banach, John A
- Date: 1970 , 2013-12-09
- Subjects: Demography , Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Population , Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Economic conditions , Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Population
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
- Identifier: vital:1062 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007585 , Demography , Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Population , Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Economic conditions , Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Population
- Description: The area covered in this survey of the Cape Midlands is roughly that portion of the Eastern Cape Province which looks to Port Elizabeth as its principal industrial and market centre where the density of the population is the closest. It lies generally within the geographical region described by Professor J.V.L. Rennie as the Eastern Province Midlands Area. "The Midlands area appears to include all that part of the Eastern Province lying west of the Great Fish and Tark rivers and at least as far inland as the Great Escarpment. The term (Cape Midlands) is commonly applied to local organisations in the larger inland centres of Graaff-Reinet and Port Elizabeth interests. Intro. p.1-2
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The religious system of the Ndlambe of East London district
- Authors: Bigalke, Erich Heinrich
- Date: 1970
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) -- Religion
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2113 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007648
- Description: From conclusion: This study has had a twofold objective, to present ethnographic data on a people who belong to the Xhosa tribal cluster and more specifically, to throw light on aspects of the ancestor cult among the Xhosa. In particular an attempt has been made to explore the nature of the interrelation between the social structure and the ancestor cult. Attention has been focussed on the lineage as an institution, on the rituals devoted to the ancestors and on the means of explaining misfortune. Though the Ndlambe, in common with other groups of indigenous people in the Eastern Cape, have been experiencing developments brought about by social change during the better part of two centuries, the recent implementation of the Betterment Scheme has resulted in drastic demographic changes. The former settlement pattern of scattered homesteads has given way before village formation. Beyond the fact that it has resulted in the closer proximity of homesteads, with the opportunities for cooperation and conflict that this situation implies, nothing is known of the direct organizational influence of this development. More…
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