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Survey Of Student Opinion Toward Desegregation At The University Of Tennessee, Barbara Stone

Masters Theses

The South is currently undergoing a period of transition for the traditional values, basic to a southern way of life, were upset by the 1954 Supreme Court decision concerning the desegregation of public schools. This ruling intensified the conflict between these traditional beliefs and attitudes of white supremacy and the fundamental principles of Christianity and democracy. Such conflict will not easily be resolved because it inevitably involves emotional behaviors which are not subject to logic or reason. The decision of the Supreme Court permitted the process of desegregation to be worked out by the local educational boards with all possible …

The Concept Of Social Stratification According To Saint Thomas Aquinas , Mary Ann Frances Biesel

Master's Theses

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A Study Of Some Of The Factors Involved In The Friendship Selections Of Juniors In High School, Delno Tyree Perkins

Honors Papers

Before we examine the friendship patterns of Lorain High School Junior Class, it is well to discuss briefly the meaning of the relationship, friendship, in the existing society and to refer to certain studies dealing with selective association and friendship patterns among high school students. It is important to examine the peculiarities in the social process of friendship within the culture and also to note its particular functions and characteristics within the subculture of a high school situation as a background for the present study.

Friendship in the culture of the United States is difficult to define because it is …