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Senate Action On The Omnibus Statehood Bill Of 1902, Beatrice Arline Cottrell Jul 1938

Senate Action On The Omnibus Statehood Bill Of 1902, Beatrice Arline Cottrell

History ETDs

It is the purpose of this thesis to trace the Statehood Bill of 1902 through the Senate, giving a brief picture of the leaders and most active participants in the debates, presenting the major arguments of the two opposing factions, and relating the methods used to bring about the defeat of the measure. Through an examination of the parties and policies of the Senators who took leading roles in this life-drama, an attempt has been made to determine the extent to which politics, sectional interests, and personal concerns of the politicians were influencing factors in the dispute.


The Statehood Policy Of Albert J. Beveridge: 1901-1911, Charles Edgar Maddox Jun 1938

The Statehood Policy Of Albert J. Beveridge: 1901-1911, Charles Edgar Maddox

History ETDs

This thesis will examine the personality and policy of Albert J. Beveridge, of Indiana, in his role as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Territories from 1901 to 1911. Particular emphasis is placed upon his attitude toward the admission into the Union of three territories, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma. This, therefore, is an effort to disclose the motives, methods, and theories which determined and characterized Beveridge's statehood policy.


Shakespeare's Use Of The Ghost In His Tragedies, John Carl Burcham Jun 1938

Shakespeare's Use Of The Ghost In His Tragedies, John Carl Burcham

English Language and Literature ETDs

The purpose of this study is to set forth the idea, already conceded generally, that Shakespeare was a supreme dramatic artist; that he became supreme through creative genius that affected all that came under his magic hand; that the purpose of his creative efforts was to produce a poetic, or dramatic, illusion. And the focal point of this paper will be that the ghost in Shakespeare was, in his own mind, as much his own creation as was any other dramatic device he used.


Innovations In The Vocabulary Of Christopher Marlowe. A Dictionary Of New Words, Word Meanings, Forms And Functions, Urvin Rundle Jun 1938

Innovations In The Vocabulary Of Christopher Marlowe. A Dictionary Of New Words, Word Meanings, Forms And Functions, Urvin Rundle

English Language and Literature ETDs

The present study proposes to fill this gap in our knowledge of Marlowe’s attitudes by an objective study of the relationship between elements in his diction and the principal language movements of his time. Since these movements are all characterized by innovations of words, word-meanings, forms, and functions, our study resolves itself into an examination of such innovations in the language of Marlowe.


The Indians Of New Mexico In The Civil War, Mary Bewley Jun 1938

The Indians Of New Mexico In The Civil War, Mary Bewley

History ETDs

This paper is a study of the place of the New Mexico Indians in the Civil War and of their relationship to the governments involved. The part which New Mexico played in the struggle between the North and South was so overshadowed by the conflict in the East that little mention of it is made in general accounts. The Indian as a participant has received even less consideration.


A Study Of Character Tradition In The Comedy Of Humours By Ben Jonson To The Year 1602, Fern Hogue Mitchell May 1938

A Study Of Character Tradition In The Comedy Of Humours By Ben Jonson To The Year 1602, Fern Hogue Mitchell

English Language and Literature ETDs

The writer's objective in this study is to show that some of the same elements used by Ben Jonson had been used by early English dramatists, and that Humour as a character trait had already been used before the presentation of the comedies of Jonson.


A Brief History Of Roosevelt County New Mexico, Henry E. Morgan May 1938

A Brief History Of Roosevelt County New Mexico, Henry E. Morgan

History ETDs

The area now constituting Roosevelt County is a part of the great buffalo plains mentioned by Castaneda, a soldier with the Coronado expedition that visited the region in 1540. Up to the early seventies it was the home of the Camanches and other Indians of the Llano Estacado.


American Public Opinion And The League Of Nations, 1918-1920, Jay G. Gentry May 1938

American Public Opinion And The League Of Nations, 1918-1920, Jay G. Gentry

History ETDs

The purpose of this thesis is to trace the character of American public opinion concerning the league of Nations during the period from December, 1918 to March 19, 1920, in which the issue of the League was one of the paramount subjects before the American people. In this connection attention was paid to the nature of the arguments presented, whether they were in favor, against, or only partially for the league, and whether each group remained steadfast to its preliminary view. Further, attention was given to the academic quality of the arguments of each group. The thesis itself has been …


The Indian In Southwestern Fiction, Ella Brice Morris Kennedy May 1938

The Indian In Southwestern Fiction, Ella Brice Morris Kennedy

English Language and Literature ETDs

To the writer of fiction who has his ear to the ground, the recent multiplication of books in Indian fictional literature in the Southwest offers both a hint and a challenge. For years the growth of Indian fiction in the Southwest was slow and its product unimportant, and this in spite of the fact that excellent examples were set by both Helen Hunt Jackson and Adolf Bandelier . Perhaps the primitive mind was thought too rudimentary for the complex psychological studies popular in the closing years of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth.


Trends In Form In Recent Women Poets, Carl C. Nelson May 1938

Trends In Form In Recent Women Poets, Carl C. Nelson

English Language and Literature ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine the tendencies of contemporary women poets as to verse, form, rhythm, and meter. The study was based on the 1936 publication of Henry Harrison's Contemporary American Women Poets. None of these poems had appeared in any other anthology. It was made up from books printed by thirty-nine publishers and two hundred nine periodicals.


The Characterization Of Arthur, Guinevere, And Lancelot By Malory, Tennyson, Robinson, And Masefield, With Observations Of The Formal Aspects And The Philosophy In The Work Of These Writers, Ethel Elizabeth Erlandson May 1938

The Characterization Of Arthur, Guinevere, And Lancelot By Malory, Tennyson, Robinson, And Masefield, With Observations Of The Formal Aspects And The Philosophy In The Work Of These Writers, Ethel Elizabeth Erlandson

English Language and Literature ETDs

The purpose of this study is to touch upon these sources only briefly and to consider in some detail the likenesses and differences of four selected versions written since the invention of the printing press. Especial emphasis will be given the handling of the three chief characters: Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot. The first version is the long prose one of Sir Thomas Malory called Le Morte D'Arthur, which was published by Caxton in 1485. The other three versions, modern and written in poetic form, are: Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King, published in 1889; Edwin Arlington Robinson's Lancelot, published …


The Mormons In Chihuahua, Their Relations With Villa And The Pershing Punitive Expedition, 1910-1917, Raymond J. Reed May 1938

The Mormons In Chihuahua, Their Relations With Villa And The Pershing Punitive Expedition, 1910-1917, Raymond J. Reed

History ETDs

It is the purpose of this paper (1) to give a brief survey of the Mormon Colonies in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico; (2) to trace the relations between two of these colonies, Colonia Dublan and Colonia Juarez, and Francisco Villa during the years from 1910 through 1917; (3) to trace the relations between these two colonies and the Pershing Punitive Expedition; and (4) to show the invaluable assistance given the American soldiers, in their pursuit of Francisco Villa, by the many Mormons employed by the United States government as scouts and trackers.


St. Louis In The Santa Fe Trade, Ruth A. Leeper May 1938

St. Louis In The Santa Fe Trade, Ruth A. Leeper

History ETDs

Many works have been written concerning the Santa Fe trade and the various traders who had a part in carrying it on; but to the writer's knowledge no one has written an account of the part which St. Louis had in this great commerce. Writers generally state the Santa Fe was the western end of the trail and Franklin of Independence was the eastern end. St. Louis was situated off the highway, as it were; and, although she might have participated in the trade, being off the highway, it is usually judged that her part in it was slight. The …


A Comparative Study Of Four Autobiographical Novels, Florence Marion Olson Jan 1938

A Comparative Study Of Four Autobiographical Novels, Florence Marion Olson

English Language and Literature ETDs

The purpose of this study is to analyze and compare four biographical novels written in the century ending with the year 1914 and to note especially the growth in the conception of personality which resulted primarily from the introduction of the new sciences.