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A History Of The Richmond, Virginia, Fire Department, Donald Lee Morecock Aug 1958

A History Of The Richmond, Virginia, Fire Department, Donald Lee Morecock

Master's Theses

Firefighting has become a potentially dangerous profession one and one which has become more and more scientific as the years have passed. In early, days, when more of the human element was involved in those organizations devoted to fire protection, the fire house was a gathering place for town politicians, retired workers, and for those who, while not firemen themselves, were continually fascinated by the deeds of daring performed by those who manned the hose. In this paper, the author has attempted to give a picture of fire fighting in Richmond from the very earliest tiems up to the Fire …


A Study Of Political Parties In Virginia During The Civil War, David Mason Armbrister Jul 1958

A Study Of Political Parties In Virginia During The Civil War, David Mason Armbrister

Master's Theses

The purpose in writing this paper is to advance an opinion, one cushioned by actual factual findings brought forth in the course of research and study . This opinion holds that with the emergence of the Confederate States of America, and the ultimate inclusion of the state of Virginia in this confederation, political parties, as such, were stamped beneath the feet of marching soldiers and a patriotic, zealous citizenry, which was too concerned with the immediate state of war and their desire to secure independence from the "yankee" tyrants under their "dictator" Lincoln, to devote attention to matters of political …


A Brief History Of The Baptists Of Louisa County, Virginia To 1865, Roscoe Ashburn Musselwhite Jun 1958

A Brief History Of The Baptists Of Louisa County, Virginia To 1865, Roscoe Ashburn Musselwhite

Master's Theses

This is a brief history of the Baptist of Louisa County, Virginia, to 1865. It would be impossible to gather all the impressions made on Virginia society and the American way of life by Louisa Baptists. The author of this paper has not always been a Baptist, but is a Baptist by conviction. Much of the tradition and color of the old days is still noticeable in the Louisa County Baptist Churches. Louisa County has been and ever shall be a better county in which to live because of Louisa Baptists.


A Philosophic Study Of The Fifth Amendment , J. Timothy Kelley Jan 1958

A Philosophic Study Of The Fifth Amendment , J. Timothy Kelley

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Problems And Personalities Of The Civil Service Reform In The Administration Of Benjamin Harrison , Carl Joseph Armbruster Jan 1958

Problems And Personalities Of The Civil Service Reform In The Administration Of Benjamin Harrison , Carl Joseph Armbruster

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of George Wilson Knight's Imaginative Interpretation Of Shakespeare , Joan Evelyn Biedertsedt Jan 1958

A Study Of George Wilson Knight's Imaginative Interpretation Of Shakespeare , Joan Evelyn Biedertsedt

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Thucydides' Account Of The Athenian Empire In The Light Of Contemporary Coinage , J. A. Brinkman Jan 1958

Thucydides' Account Of The Athenian Empire In The Light Of Contemporary Coinage , J. A. Brinkman

Master's Theses

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A Metaphysical Analysis Of Life , Francis Joseph Catania Jan 1958

A Metaphysical Analysis Of Life , Francis Joseph Catania

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Foundations Of Political Society According To John Locke , Thomas Joseph Curran Jan 1958

The Foundations Of Political Society According To John Locke , Thomas Joseph Curran

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Concreteness In Chesterton , John William Glaser Jan 1958

Concreteness In Chesterton , John William Glaser

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Disputed Questions In Wordsworth's Ode: Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood , Frank Anthony Grady Jan 1958

Disputed Questions In Wordsworth's Ode: Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood , Frank Anthony Grady

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Efforts At Anglo-American Adjustment: 1763-1775, George Henry Holczl Jan 1958

Efforts At Anglo-American Adjustment: 1763-1775, George Henry Holczl

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Index To A Microfilm Of Shaviana Displayed For Shaw's Centennial By The Shaw Society Of Chicago , Marion King Jan 1958

Index To A Microfilm Of Shaviana Displayed For Shaw's Centennial By The Shaw Society Of Chicago , Marion King

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Wordsworth's Lucy Poems , John K. Locke Jan 1958

Wordsworth's Lucy Poems , John K. Locke

Master's Theses

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Protagonists Of Seven Representative Plays Of Joanna Baillie In Relation To Aristotelian Principles Of Characterization , Ruth Mcgugan Jan 1958

Protagonists Of Seven Representative Plays Of Joanna Baillie In Relation To Aristotelian Principles Of Characterization , Ruth Mcgugan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Firmitas Animae : A Study Of Fortitude In The Philosophy Of St. Thomas Aquinas, James William Sanders Jan 1958

Firmitas Animae : A Study Of Fortitude In The Philosophy Of St. Thomas Aquinas, James William Sanders

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Innate Idea In The Later Philosophical Works Of Rene Descartes: Its Development, Nature, And Function, Charles George Boysen Jan 1958

The Innate Idea In The Later Philosophical Works Of Rene Descartes: Its Development, Nature, And Function, Charles George Boysen

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


James Madison's Doctrine Of National Sovereignty At The Constitutional Convention Of 1787, Edward Patrick Echlin Jan 1958

James Madison's Doctrine Of National Sovereignty At The Constitutional Convention Of 1787, Edward Patrick Echlin

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Imitation In Plato's Aesthetic Theory, Thomas Patrick Kennealy Jan 1958

Imitation In Plato's Aesthetic Theory, Thomas Patrick Kennealy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Religious Festivals Of Ovid's Fasti Adapted For Use In The Early Christian Church, John Leo Klein Jan 1958

The Religious Festivals Of Ovid's Fasti Adapted For Use In The Early Christian Church, John Leo Klein

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Metaphysical And Psychological Principles Of Pleasure According To St. Thomas Aquinas, John F. Kramer Jan 1958

The Metaphysical And Psychological Principles Of Pleasure According To St. Thomas Aquinas, John F. Kramer

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Originality Of The Aeneid, Robert Joseph Lab Jan 1958

The Originality Of The Aeneid, Robert Joseph Lab

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


John Locke On Knowledge Of The Natural Law, Arthur F. Mcgovern Jan 1958

John Locke On Knowledge Of The Natural Law, Arthur F. Mcgovern

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Bishop John England, Pioneer American Catholic Spokesman On Church- State Relations, James Gerald Mccann Jan 1958

Bishop John England, Pioneer American Catholic Spokesman On Church- State Relations, James Gerald Mccann

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Shaw's Doctrine Of Realism In Caesar And Cleopatra, Gene D. Phillips Jan 1958

Shaw's Doctrine Of Realism In Caesar And Cleopatra, Gene D. Phillips

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comparative Study Of The Development Of The Notion Of Concept In The Psychology And Philosophy Of William James, Paul Vincent Robb Jan 1958

A Comparative Study Of The Development Of The Notion Of Concept In The Psychology And Philosophy Of William James, Paul Vincent Robb

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


White Jacket: A Study Of Herman Melville's Literary Technique In Nautical Fiction, Henry Alphonso Robertson Jan 1958

White Jacket: A Study Of Herman Melville's Literary Technique In Nautical Fiction, Henry Alphonso Robertson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Coleridge's "Dejection: An Ode", William. Shurr Jan 1958

A Study Of Coleridge's "Dejection: An Ode", William. Shurr

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Actual, Virtual, And Habitual Intention In St. Thomas Aquinas, Edmund Robert Skrzypczak Jan 1958

Actual, Virtual, And Habitual Intention In St. Thomas Aquinas, Edmund Robert Skrzypczak

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Human Love And Struggle In The Poetry Of Robert Frost, John T. Trahey Jan 1958

Human Love And Struggle In The Poetry Of Robert Frost, John T. Trahey

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.