Student and Lippitt Prize essays Copyright (c) 2013 University of Rhode Island All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize Recent documents in Student and Lippitt Prize essays en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 09:56:43 PDT 3600 The Liquor Traffic Once More http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/73 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/73 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:24:24 PST Argument for the prohibition of alcohol. Includes statistics and history of the movement toward temperance legislation.

]]> Reuben Wallace Peckham Law enforcement The American Food Problem http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/72 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/72 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:48:13 PST Explores the importance of food and nutrition science for effective and efficient food production.

]]> Charles Lawrence Sargent Science Public health Comets and Meteors http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/71 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/71 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:48:11 PST Defines and describes named comets and meteor events and their scientific study.

]]> Lincoln N. Oatley Science The Water Supply of the Rhode Island College http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/70 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/70 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:45:05 PST Development history and current status (as of 1896) of the water supply system at the Rhode Island State College (now University of Rhode Island).

]]> Edgar Francis Tabor Natural resources Some Contributions of Pure Math to Science http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/69 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/69 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:38:03 PST An examination of the connection between math and science through discoveries in the subjects of astronomy, mechanics, physics and chemistry.

]]> Herbert B.E. Case Mathematics Chemistry Science Iron and Its Value http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/68 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/68 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:34:58 PST Argument for iron being the most important metal by reviewing its history and general uses.

]]> Archie F. Grunnell Chemistry Engineering The Colonial Dame http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/67 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/67 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:34:57 PST A study of women’s social, domestic and work lives during the settlement of the first colonies of the United States with a particular focus upon Lady Arabella Johnson and Mercy Otis.

]]> Gertrude Marie Hanson American history Lifestyles Johanna Ambrosius http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/66 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/66 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:30:52 PST A short contemporary (to 1895) biography of German poet Johanna Ambrosius (1854-1939) which includes critiques of selected poems by Ambrosius.

]]> Bessie B. Hoxie Humanities Literature A Central Heating-Plant for the Rhode Island College http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/65 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/65 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:16:33 PST A proposal for transferring the University of Rhode Island’s heating system to a central structure that would ensure safety, financial savings and convenience.

]]> Albert Prince Kenyon Energy policy Engineering Higher education Petroleum http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/64 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/64 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:14:34 PST Explores the strengths and weaknesses of origin theories of petroleum while also discussing the chemistry and process of producing oil in the United States.

]]> Charles F. Kenyon Chemistry Government Education of the Indians http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/63 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/63 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:12:36 PST Overview of the U.S. Government’s failed and successful attempts to educate natives of the country.

]]> Eliza Alice Tefft American history Education policy Federal government Labor Versus Capital http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/62 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/62 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:09:39 PST Commentary on the concepts and movements of the nineteenth century labor industry.

]]> Irving Thomas Labor economics Labor law American history Der arme Heinrich and the Golden Legend http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/61 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/61 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:07:44 PST Literary summary and critique of the poem Der arme Heinrich by German poet Hartmann von Aue.

]]> Sarah Estelle Arnold Literature The Strawberry http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/60 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/60 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:00:01 PST An instruction on the most effective procedures for growing, cultivating and enjoying the strawberry plant.

]]> George Washington Barber Agriculture Inversion Applied to the Common Equations of the Conic Sections http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/59 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/59 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:48:03 PST A solution of applying inversion to the mathematic equation of conic sections, beginning with a definition of inversion and statement of the problem.

]]> Edna Maria Cargill Mathematics Public Highways http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/58 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/58 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:46:19 PST The history of public highway development throughout many of the world’s civilizations and a discussion concerning their overall importance, features and use.

]]> John Peter Case History Public policy Urban planning Our National Police http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/57 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/57 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:46:18 PST A brief history and review of the effectiveness of the nineteenth century army, or ‘national police’ of the United States.

]]> William Case Clarke American history Law enforcement The Effect of Inventions Upon Social Problems http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/56 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/56 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:44:32 PST A study of the most notable effects of new inventions upon social issues, including employment opportunities, distribution of industry and the life of a laborer.

]]> Henry A. Congdon Labor economics The British and French in Newport (First Prize Lippitt Prize Essay) http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/55 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/55 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:44:31 PST An essay documenting the positive influences the French had over the town of Newport following hostilities between England and the U.S. colonies.

]]> Mary W. Dimock American history Politics Society The Life History of an Animal Cell http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/54 http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lippitt_prize/54 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:41:51 PST Chronicles the life cycle of an animal’s cell, including physical features of the cell, formation of new cells and cell divisions.

]]> William Ferguson Harley Science