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The case of James Erith, 1820 settler, and his struggle for compensation

  • Authors: Woods, Timothy Phillips
  • Date: 1969
  • Subjects: Erith, James, 1790-1869 , British settlers of 1820 (South Africa) , Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Emigration and immigration
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2618 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013451
  • Description: James Erith, a freeholder of the country of Kent, was one of the “1820 Settlers" who emigrated to the Cape and were settled mainly in the Zuurveld in the present district of Albany. This investigation was prompted by the fact that though he was by no means the settler to suffer misfortune and injustice, he was the only proprietor of a small party who eventually secured compensation. The case was the case of James Erith but the initiative and persistence was that of his wife, Jane Erith, who made in all five voyages spread over twelve years, before she secured some at least of the ends she sought and the family settled in Cape Town. The Eriths fought their case with the respective Colonial Offices for twelve years in all, and in the case of the Colonial Office, London, confronted no less than four Secretaries of State in five successive Cabinets. In the course of their struggle the Eriths received (a) the balance of their deposit; (b) cash compensation for cattle stolen by the Xhosa, and in the fina1 arbitration in 1832 the sum of £500 cash. James Erith, master baker, remains a rather shadowy figure, sharp-sighted to his own interest, querulous and not very effective. The triumph of 1832 was in the main the triumph of Jane, his wife, an amateur and robust Portia. Shrewd, tenacious, deft in argument this importunate woman knew how to stand her ground; there can have been few women who secured passage on a naval vessel and then allowed the Admiralty to submit its account to the Colonial Office. How the Eriths subsisted between their eviction from Waaye Plaats in 1823 and the arbitration award of 1832, has not been established. On occasion in London Mrs. Erith stayed with the Rev. R. Stewarts, Rutland House, Black Heath Road in Greenwich: in Cape Town it is believed that Erith plied his old trade. When he died there, in 1869 at the age of seventy nine, he left a house and three cottages to his daughter Ellen: mortgaged property in the district of Caledon, to his son-in-law George Budge : a house and three mortgaged properties in Simon’s Town to his daughter Anne Budge. He left an income of £24 per annum to his daughter Jane Moodie, widow of the late John Powell. The records used in this study, in addition to those printed in Theal, were the series C.O. 48 from the Public Record Office, London, now available on microfilm in the Cory Library at Rhodes University and records of the District of Albany in the Archives, Cape Town. The investigation has, it is thought, thrown new light on the background to the emigration scheme of 1819, on the mishandling of the Settlers in the Zuurveld after their arrival in the Cape, and on the punctilious attention to detail given by the Colonial Office, London. While it is true that the interests of the Eriths were probably smothered in the Tory endeavour to damp down the attack on Somerset in l826-1827, the Secretaries of State are by no means discredited by this analysis. It sasys much for any pattern of administration that in the thick of the Reform Bill crisis, the efforts of a single obscure member of Parliament, Mr. J O Briscoe, could secure a final arbitration award.
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The geology of a portion of north-western Albany

  • Authors: Wright, Alexander Ross
  • Date: 1969
  • Subjects: Geology -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:5068 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013440
  • Description: [Introduction] During 1965 the author, in looking for a project for a thesis to be submitted for the degree of Master of Science in Geology, decided to map a suitable region in order to gain experience in geological field work. The exact nature of the region itself was of no great importance, but since this study was to be conducted through Rhodes University, it was decided that an area, as near to Grahamstown as possible, would be the most suitable. With this in view, the geologist in charge of the Grahamstown Office of the Geological Survey was invited to suggest an area suitable for study, and if possible, to obtain financial assistance. He indicated the region which has been mapped and which will eventually form part of the proposed sheet 143. It is immediately adjacent to, and to the west of the 1:125,000 sheet 136 of Grahamstown completed by Mountain in 1940.
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The ideals of consciousness and conduct in Henry James's The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl

  • Authors: Bryer, Lynne
  • Date: 1969
  • Subjects: James, Henry, 1843-1916. Ambassadors , James, Henry, 1843-1916. Golden bowl
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2321 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014635
  • Description: The mature work of Henry James gives the fullest expression of certain ideals which I have called the ideals of consciousness and conduct. These ideals are the subject of this thesis. As they are best illustrated in the two novels The Ambassadors (1903) and The Golden Bowl (1904), I have first analysed these books in detail. Though emphasising "theme" rather than "techniques" (I make the usual working distinction while recognising its limitations), I have also attempted to show how intimately James's technique is related to his exploration of consciousness and conduct. In Part Three I have tried to gather up ideas arising from the analyses of The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl to compare them, expand on them and generalise from them. In this way I have arrived at conclusions that may help to interpret mature vision of James.
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The Patchway Gold Mine : a mineragraphic and petrographic examination of ore from the Patchway Gold Mine, Rhodesia, and an appraisal of the relationship between gold mineralisation and geological structure

  • Authors: Ward, J H W
  • Date: 1969
  • Subjects: Gold ores -- Geology -- Zimbabwe , Petrology -- Zimbabwe , Geology -- Zimbabwe , Ores -- Zimbabwe , Gold mines and mining -- Zimbabwe
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:5069 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013471
  • Description: A remarkable correlation between hydrothermal gold mineralisation and geological structure is discussed. The mineralisation occurs in vein quartz which occupies a fissure in Archaean greenstones of the Basement Complex in Rhodesia, It has been determined that gold which is silver-rich is typical of low-grade ore, and is associated in space with sulphides that crystallised early in paragenesis. Silver-poor gold is characteristic of highgrade ore which is concentrated along the crestal zone of anticlinal warps in the fissure. It is suggested that the local pattern of fracturing and folding is related to fundamental wrench faulting.
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Wood-wind instruments at the cross-roads : a survey of recent changes

  • Authors: Honey, Albert Edward
  • Date: 1969
  • Subjects: Woodwind instruments Woodwind instruments -- History
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
  • Identifier: vital:2685 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012331
  • Description: Since the rise of the "Stile Rappresentative" early in the seventeenth century, the composer has made definite and increasing demands on specific performance and tonal combination of instrumentalists which has materially affected the developnent in technique and, consequently, the improvement in construction and design of every musical instrument. The monodic "Stile Rappresentative" required expressive instruments with an extensive range to match the singers and, consequently, many instruments of the Renaissance period were rendered obsolescent. For instance, the shawms, pommers and crumhorns disappeared from concerted music-making with the exception of military and outdoor use, mainly in German windbands. More flexible instruments were required, and thus cornetts, flutes (mainly recorders and fipple-flutes), oboes and bassoons came gradually into their places, which for the main part they have occupied in the orchestra ever since that time. The String sections, too, underwent radical changes. A gradual metamorphosis from the Consort of Viols to the Violin Family took place following the work of the craftsmen Gasparo da Salố (1540 - 1609) and Giovanni Paolo Maggini of Brescia, perfected by the famous Cremonese school founded by Andrea Amati and continued by Stradivarius.
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A systematic study of the dynamics of human communication : with special reference to systems emergent from the Action Frame of Reference

  • Authors: Kapelus, Saville
  • Date: 1968
  • Subjects: Communication , Content analysis (Communication)
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:3369 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012624 , Communication , Content analysis (Communication)
  • Description: "Communication" has been described as one of the busiest crossroads in the study of human behaviour. Workers in many disciplines have stressed the importance of knowledge about communication to their own work as well as contributing to the general pool of literature on the various aspects of the subject. Intro., p. 1
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Activity rhythms in the larvae of myrmeleon obscurus ramb : (neuroptera, myrmeleontidae)

  • Authors: Morrison, G J
  • Date: 1968
  • Subjects: Ant lions , Myrmeleon
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:5868 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012906
  • Description: 1) An investigation was undertaken into the various activity rhythms found in the larvae of Myrmeleon obscurus (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae). Pit construction was used as the criterion of activity. 2) The capacity sensitive electronic circuit used to monitor the daily pit building activity is described. 3) Various factors affecting the size of the pits constructed by ant-lion larvae were investigated. Pit size was found to be correlated with the size of the larvae, larger larvae constructing bigger pits. Population size was also shown to have an effect, since the more crowded the animals were the smaller and closer together their pits became. The death rate due to competition between the larvae also increased as the ant-lions became more crowded. 4) Feeding frequency also affected pit size. Ant-lions which were starved constructed very small pits. 5) Pit size was affected by the texture of the sand, maximal pit size being attained in sand with a grain size of between 353 μ and 211 μ. This was shown to be the most abundant grain size in sand from the natural habitat. In sand coarser or finer than this, pit size was reduced. 6) Generally smaller pits were constructed at lower temperatures, but this response depended largely on the lunar cycle. The upper and lower critical limits for pit construction were found to be 11° C and 42° C. Below and above these temperatures no pits were constructed, although the ant-lions remained alive. 7) Daily destruction of the pits decreased the pit size. 8) The existence of the daily pit building activity rhythm, which occurs at dusk, was demonstrated in individuals and in populations of ant-lion larvae. This rhythm was studied using the capacity sensitive circuit, and also by direct observation of groups of animals over a 24 hour period. 9) The daily activity rhythm appeared to be endogenous, since it continued for at least a month both in constant light and in constant dark. The rhythm was altered by reversals in the daily light-dark cycle, and it was concluded that light was the main phase setting factor. 10) An attempt was made to determine the location of the "clock" or "clocks" controlling the daily activity rhythm. This was investigated by chilling the heads of individual ant-lions with a fine copper wire, and also by chilling large groups of animals in the refrigerator. From these experiments no definite conclusions could be drawn about the location of the "clock". 11) The existence of a lunar pit building cycle was demonstrated in both field and laboratory populations of ant-lions. Maximal pit size was attained at full moon. Very low temperatures were found to suppress these lunar peaks. 12) The lunar pit building rhythm was shown to be endogenous, since it continued for at least two months in constant dark and one month in constant light. 13) The lunar pit building rhythm of very young larvae was investigated, and it was shown that while larvae which hatched in the field appeared to possess a lunar rhythm, larvae which were hatched in the laboratory did not have a rhythm. It was therefore concluded that the light of the moon was necessary to establish the lunar rhythm. 14) Some possible explanations for the lunar cycle were investigated experimentally. It was concluded that the lunar rhythm was not related to the number of prey present at various times of the lunar cycle or to the spacing of the animals in their habitat. The lunar rhythm was shown to be due to the combination of a lunar day activity rhythm and a solar day activity rhythm. 15) Some aspects of the daily rhythm are discussed, and this rhythm is compared with those found in other insects. Probable functional reasons for the rhythm are presented. Summary, p. 133-136.
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An analytical commentary on Act No 40 (Welfare Organisations Act) of 1947 and its relation to Act No 79 (National Welfare Act) of 1965

  • Authors: Barratt, Inez
  • Date: 1968
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSocSc
  • Identifier: vital:21286 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/7690
  • Description: From Introduction: Act No. 40 of 1947, after nineteen years in operation has been superseded by Act No. 79 of 1965. Here an attempt will be made to establish first those conditions which, in the years preceding 1944, produced a demand, both from the general electorate, from members of the legislature and from those actively concerned with the problems of social welfare in South Africa, that appropriate legislation be promulgated to alleviate the conditions. As Act 40/1947 was drafted in an attempt to remedy antecedent conditions, so it is hoped to show that in its provisions, and their attempted execution by the organs established in terms of the Act, there may be discerned the germs of at least some of the provisions of Act 79/1965. Effects of past economic depressions as well as a more recent increased awareness of overseas conditions and thinking, coupled with the war-time atmosphere and the start of rapid industrialisation all .affected the legislation that was finally passed. The degree of unanimity amongst those who advocated control of Welfare bodies through legislation will be considered, as well as the adequacy of the means available for its enforcement. So, too, will habits of thought and action which both affected interpretation and limited co-operation on several levels, for they also are amongst the factors which, by limiting the Act's effectiveness, strengthened the demand for new legislation. Attention will also be paid to that reaction against things regarded as "foreign” which, always present in South Africa, gathered strength from the 1860's, gained expression in official quarters especially after 1948 and which, together with the policy of separate development, greatly affected activities in terms of Act 40/1947.
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An investigation of oblique incidence propagation of radio pulses between Grahamstown and Durban

  • Authors: Nadasen, Arunajallam
  • Date: 1968
  • Subjects: Ionospheric radio wave propagation , Radio waves
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:5533 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012925
  • Description: This thesis describes the investigation carried out on the propagation of radio pulses of frequency 4.73 Mc/s between Grahamstown and Durban. The thesis is divided into two sections - A and B. Section A consists of two chapters. The introductory chapter gives a brief account of how the existence of the ionosphere came to be known. Then follows a description of the different layers of ionization and a review of the theories that have been propounded on the formation of these layers. Chapter 2 deals with the apparatus which includes the transmitter in Grahamstown and the receiving apparatus in Durban. The receiving apparatus comprises: i) a superheterodyne receiver whose gain was high (between 130 and 140 dbs); (ii) a time delay calibrator which could measure time differences of 100 μsec fairly accurately; (iii) a 310 A Tektronix oscilloscope; (iv) a continuously running 35 mm recording camera. Section B is made up of three chapters and is concerned with the actual analysis of the data recorded. The theory of propagation of radio waves in the ionosphere is discussed in Chapter 3. The effects of the magnetic field are neglected since it is found that the error introduced would not make the results unacceptable. Chapter 4 contains the analysis of the data recorded. One summer day and one winter day are discussed in detail in order to obtain the pattern of the diurnal variations for both summer and winter. Some interesting phenomena are also dealt with. An attempt to do ray tracing was successful and the paths followed by a Pedersen and a lower ray from Grahamstown to Durban have been drawn. New topics for further research are discussed in Chapter 5. There are two appendices. Appendix I gives the time delays of all the pulses recorded and their possible identifications. An overall picture of the propagation via the various layers throughout the day (both for summer and for winter is presented in Appendix II.
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Contributions to the development of the piano sonata : the sonatas of W.F. Bach, C.P.E. Bach and G. Benda

  • Authors: Heuschneider, Karin
  • Date: 1968
  • Subjects: Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann, 1710-1784 Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, 1714-1788 Benda, Georg, 1722-1795 Sonatas (Piano)
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
  • Identifier: vital:2683 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012263
  • Description: This investigation deals with three leading representatives of the North German Pre-Clasaical School. The sonatas of W.F. Bach and G. Benda have as yet received little attention. E .Bach, on the other hand, was always regarded as the most influential composer in the early history of the German piano sonata. Nevertheless, the existing literature on C.P.E. Bach is concerned with certain aspects or his works only or is devoted to introductory discussions. The aims of this research is to trace the development of the piano sonata and in particular the evolution of the 'sonata form' within the German Pre-Classical School. The works of W.F. Bach present the earliest stage in this development, which reaches its culmination with C.P.E. Bach. The final consolidation of the sonata form is then achieved in the piano sonatas of G. Benda.
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Form and symbol in ancient Egypt

  • Authors: Verwey, Erdmuthe Wilhemina
  • Date: 1968
  • Subjects: Signs and symbols -- Egypt
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MFA
  • Identifier: vital:2443 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006133
  • Description: From thesis: The Egyptian civilization was regarded by the ancients as the ultimate example of' a morally regulated way of life; their judicious political economy was the admiration of the Elians and both Pythagoras and Plato accepted it as ideal, the former in a small select society and the latter on a larger scale .However a society like this,which is accepted, and acted upon as a completed one, in which everything has been considered, (especially the education of and the habituation to it, to make it second nature), does not take the nature of spirit into consideration, because it is precisely that infinite impulse which acts in contemporary life, and changes its very form. This impulse expressed itself in Egypt in a peculiar way. One would expect that a society, which appears to have been so complete, so fixed in every way, could have no characteristic of its own. Religion, one would expect would have been introduced in the same calm peaceful way, in accordance with the regular order of things. Unlike the Chinese civilisation, where every change is excluded, and the fixedness of character recurs perpetually, this calm order in Egypt was threaded with a spirit full of stirring and urgent impulses. We have here the Oriental Massiveness in combination with the African element. It is a spirit which begins to emerge from the merely natural, without freeing itself from nature. It cannot reach free consciousness of being, it only produces this as a problem: the enigma of its being. One half emerges, the other half is hidden. The buildings of the Egyptians are half below the ground while half rises into the air. The whole country is divided into a Kingdom of life and a Kingdom of death. This, however, is in reality no division, but a unity. The fundamental conception of that which the Egyptians regarded as the essence of being, rested on the fixed character of the natural world - in particular the fixed physical cycle of the Nile and the Sun. These two elements, strictly connected, formed the basis of a very simple and unchanging mode of life. Unchanging, because there is a definite physical cycle which the Nile, in connection with the sun, pursued. The sun rises, reaches its culmination, and then retrogrades. So does the Nile.
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The letters of Hannah Dennison, 1820 settler, 1820-1847

The life and work of Benjamin Tyamzashe: a contemporary Xhosa composer

  • Authors: Hansen, Deirdre Doris
  • Date: 1968
  • Subjects: Tyamzashe, Benjamin, 1890 -- Criticism and interpretation Xhosa (African people) -- Music Hymns, Xhosa Composers, Black -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
  • Identifier: vital:2639 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002304
  • Description: In this study I have tried to show what Tyamzashe has achieved without the solid musical training any composer worthy of the name should undergo. I have also tried to show the forming of his own musical style under the impact of outside influences. This study is therefore not to teach one anything new, but simply to communicate the results of three years research. In it I have attempted to set the scene in which Tyamzashe's life unfolded itself under the influences of people and circumstances. In doing so I have tried to bear in mind the main theme - Tyamzashe himself. My problem was not so much what to include but what to leave out; thus I have not provided the scene with a detailed background. The section on missionary contact is necessary for an understanding of the great changes brought about by culture contact, as well as for putting Tyamzashe into his historical background. I have also stressed Lovedale because musical change as exemplified in the music of early Bantu converts was centralized there. Finally, the thesis of this study is: despite the changes introduced into Bantu music by culture contact, one perceives, in the works of Tyamzashe, the beginnings of a new pattern of integration. p. 2-3.
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The South African Commercial Advertiser and the Eastern Frontier, 1834-1847: an examination of the ways in which and the sources from which it reported frontier conflicts

  • Authors: Frye, John
  • Date: 1968
  • Subjects: Fairbairn, John, 1794-1864 , South African Commercial Advertiser (Newspaper) , South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2622 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014918
  • Description: [From Introduction]. The name of John Fairbairn is remembered with honour in South Africa for the part he played in the achievement of a freer press in the Cape Colony, in the campaign to prevent Britain from establishing a convict station on Cape soil, and in the movement which resulted in the establishment of a form of representative government in the Cape in 1853. More controversial is his share, as the editor of the first modern newspaper in the Colony, in a campaign to secure just treatment for the natives both inside and outside of the Colony. It is with his treatment of the conflicts, both small and great, between the Colony and the AmaXhosa tribes on its Eastern Frontier that this study is concerned.
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Tragic themes in the plays of Arthur Miller

  • Authors: Wortham, Christopher John
  • Date: 1968
  • Subjects: Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 , American drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism -- 20th century
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2306 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012875
  • Description: Aeschylus wrote that we learn through suffering. Whether one agrees with this statement or not, one has to recognise that it has given rise to a great deal of discussion about tragedy. What kind of suffering we can associate with tragedy will be considered in the chapters which follow. The more immediate concern is the business of learning. Man can learn a good deal about the problems that confront him, but he cannot learn all there is to know about anything. His knowledge is relative. He may postulate the absolute, but it is beyond the grasp of the human mind to perceive the absolute in its absoluteness. The relativist can avoid an epistemological quagmire by simply accepting that a relativistic attitude is only of relative value; he has the intellectual humility to recognise that whatever he thinks or says is likely to reveal only part of the truth. Arthur Miller has suggested that the best serious literature is concerned with the absolute, in that he criticises one of his contemporary playwrights for writing a work which "fails to extend itself so as to open up ultimate causes". Chap. 1, p. 1.
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A study of bantu retail traders in certain areas of the Eastern Cape

  • Authors: Savage, R B
  • Date: 1967
  • Subjects: Retail trade -- Bantu-speaking peoples -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Black people -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
  • Identifier: vital:1069 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007703 , Retail trade -- Bantu-speaking peoples -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Black people -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
  • Description: The beginning of the eighteenth century marks the start of economic relations between the colonists of the Cape and the Bantu. As early as 1702 a quarrel about the bartering of cattle had broken out between parties of Whites and Bantu, each of which had made their way, from opposite directions, into the area between the Gamtoos and the Kei Rivers. The Bantu, who were encountered in the Eastern Cape, belonged to the Xhosa-speaking tribes. They were cattle farmers who also practised some agriculture, but this was considered a subsidiary activity which was left to the women. Their economy was a self-sufficient subsistence one with each family an almost entirely self-supporting unit. Each relied on its own cattle and crops and built its own dwellings. To serve its own requirements, each family made domestic utensils out of wood, grass and clay. Iron implements were, however, made by special smiths.
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A study of the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Authors: Rodda, Peter
  • Date: 1967
  • Subjects: Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 , American literature -- Criticism and interpretation , American fiction -- 20th century
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2311 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013072
  • Description: Henry Dan Piper has exploded the legend that all of Fitzgerald' s books where out of print when he died. There may be similar romantic exaggeration which does not bear examination in the popular view that Fitzgerald's reputation as an artist was eclipsed in his later years and magically revived after his death by the editing and publication by Edmund Wilson in 1941 of the unfinished novel Last Tycoon, and of The Crack-Up. Investigation by Matthew J. Bruccoli has shown the essential oversimplification inherent in the widely-held belief that Fitzgerald's last complete novel to be published, Tender is the Night was dismissed or ignored by reviewers demanding novels of social conscience. Fitzgerald attracted legends and since his death has become something of a folk-hero the type of the golden boy who achieved early and instantaneous fame, lives riotously and is then engulfed by the backwash of his own youthful folly somehow leaving an unpublished masterpiece to confound his critics at his early death. Preface, p. 1.
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Absenteeism in the footwear industry in South Africa

  • Authors: Townsend, A C
  • Date: 1967
  • Subjects: Absenteeism (Labor) -- South Africa , Footwear industry -- South Africa , Employees -- South Africa , South Africa -- Industries
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:3384 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013408
  • Description: From Introduction: During the past three decades or more, the study of absenteeism in industry has been carried on in many different ways, by numerous investigators and in a wide range of industries. The purpose of such studies has varied; sometimes they have been stimulated by purely academic interest and have sought to investigate the relationship between absenteeism and various other measurable factors in the work situation such as age, race, sex, length of service and wage rates. Most studies, however, have been prompted by the urgent necessity to determine whether an absence problem existed within a specific factory, community or industry and to discover some effective means of dealing with it. Most studies have been empirical and pragmatic as has befitted their intentions. Inevitably, those who have conducted studies of the latter type have asked two questions (a) how do the absence rates emerging from this investigation compare with those from other studies and (b) are they 'normal' or 'abnormal'? In other words, does the data which has been gathered indicate the existence of an absence problem? The main purpose of this monograph is to demonstrate that the Gross Absence Rate is not an effective basis for the discovery of answers to either of these questions. It will seek, in other words, to demonstrate the truth of the following fundamental postulate: THE GROSS ABSENCE RATE IS NOT, IN ITSELF, A SUFFICIENT BASIS FOR THE COMPARISON OF THE ABSENCE BEHAVIOUR OF ONE GROUP OF WORKERS WITH THAT OF ANOTHER OR WITH A PRE-ESTABLISHED NORM, NOR IS IT AN ADEQUATE INDICATOR OF THE PRESENCE OR OTHERWISE OF AN ABSENCE PROBLEM AMONG ANY GIVEN GROUP OF WORKERS. Although this study will include some account of investigations into the relationship between absence rates and various socio-economic factors, it will do so primarily in order to seek support for the above postulate.
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An investigation into the preservation and development of the human voice with special reference to children and adolescents

  • Authors: Gruber, I M S
  • Date: 1967
  • Subjects: Voice Voice culture -- Exercises Voice -- Care and hygiene Singing -- Studies & exercises
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
  • Identifier: vital:2681 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012103
  • Description: The voice is the only natural and, when properly trained, also the most perfect instrument. Any other instrument, be it string, wind or percussion, is a separate entity, an object devised by man, and over the years altered, improved and perfected. None of those, from primitive pipes to the most intricate electronic apparatus can produce a single sound without human aid. It needs someone to play it manually and/or orally. Intro., p. 1.
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An investigation of chlorbutol in ophthalmic and parenteral solutions

  • Authors: Summers, Robert Stanley
  • Date: 1967
  • Subjects: Parenteral solutions , Solutions (Pharmacy) , Ocular pharmacology
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:3842 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007694 , Parenteral solutions , Solutions (Pharmacy) , Ocular pharmacology
  • Description: From Introduction Chlorbutol , which is tri-chlor-tertiary-butanol, was first prepared by Willgerodt in 1886 (1). The reaction he used for its preparation is still used today, though slightly modified (2)(3)(4), and is suggested by its original name "acetone-chloroform". The substance was prepared by adding solid potassium hydroxide to a cold mixture of acetone and chloroform (5 ). Chlorbutol is a derivative of the trichlorinated derivative of methane, and its formation may best be described by the use of structural formulae.
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