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Citation: Thompson, Helen B. The Missouri compromise. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1903. ; Morse Department of Special Collections ; Introduction: In the beginning of the nineteenth century, President Jefferson effected the transfer of Louisiana. The Possession of the mouth of the Mississippi River was a commercial necessity, and Jefferson showed wisdom in seizing the opportunity presented by a fortunate combination of circumstances to secure the purchase of this magnificent domain from the French government. The acquisition of Louisiana brought incalculable wealth, power and prestige to the union, and must always be regarded as the master-stroke of policy which advanced the United States from a comparatively feeble nation, lying between the Atlantic and the Mississippi, to a continental power of assured strength and boundless promise. The state of Louisiana having been formed from the southern part of this great tract in 1812, that portion of the purchase north of the thirty-ninth parallel took the name of Missouri Territory.

Facebook is one of the popular social networking sites used by students. First-year college students who have primarily engaged themselves in Facebook are being influenced and affected by such media platforms. Students who use Facebook frequently are likely influenced by other people. On the other hand, their studies can likely be distracted. Instead of spending their time reviewing their school lessons, students get tempted to allot much of their time using Facebook. This study determined the reasons and feedback of first-year college students using Facebook. This research using a mixed method of quantitative and qualitative in interpreting and analyzing the data. The respondents were the first-year college students of Cebu Normal University, Cebu City. Findings revealed that using Facebook may cause adverse effects on students' academic performance due to frequent use of such media. However, Howeverebook can also bring positive effects to the students' academic performance. As a communication tool, Facebook provides information and acquiring knowledge from the different Facebook users. Facebook is beneficial in their studies. Through Facebook, college students can now share and exchange information through brainstorming and collaborating in the Group Chat. Therefore, the utilization of Facebook in learning as a tool in instruction during the Covid-19 pandemic is beneficial to learners and lecturers.

ABSTRACT George R. Geiger, professor of Philosophy at Antioch College for fifty years, died March 19, 1998. He was a founding member of the editorial council of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology (1941‐1998) and of the Antioch Review (1941‐1998). He was also an advisor to and consulting editor of the Humanist (1955–59). He was the son of the founder of the Henry George School of Social Science of New York City and John Dewey's last doctoral student at Columbia University. Early on in his career he took up his father's cause, that of land value taxation; later he took up a defense of the contributions of his mentor, Dewey, and became in his own words a "journalist of philosophy."