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John Mcdonogh And His Contribution To Education In New Orleans, Edgar P. Harney

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A History Of The Louisville City Hospital., Louise Hess Meyers

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Food And Drink Of Elizabethan England As Reflected In The Literature Of The Age., Elizabeth Frederick Baggerly 1901-1988

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The Elizabethan Religious Lyric., John Hines Drake 1891-1981

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The Saar Problem., Georgia Wheeler

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Diplomacy At The Outbreak Of The World War., Earl Robertson Martin 1890-1984

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France And An International Police Force., Homer Castle White

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Traffic In Arms., Helen Mercedes Rosebery

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Godwinian And Platonic Doctrines In The Poetry Of Shelley., Elizabeth Wagner

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Organization And Early History Of Yalobusha County, Hiram Percy Hathorn

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Yalobusha County was created by an act of the Mississippi State Legislature on December 23, 1833, from territory ceded to the United States Government by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. The county was a perfect square containing twenty-five townships or nine hundred square miles.

The early towns were Hendersonville, Grenada, Preston, Coffeeville, Troy, Sardinia, Graysport and Oakland. These places had their beginning between 1830 and 1838. Coffeeville oits origin to the fact that it was chosen as the county seat; Grenada, Troy and Graysport, on the river, were used as shipping sites; Hendersonville, Sardinia, Oakland and Preston were inland towns …

The Origin And The Development Of The Welfare Of The Holy Family, Sister M. Catherine Walto Ssf

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This thesis, submitted to the faculty of Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education in 1933, surveys the social welfare, educational, and spiritual activities of the Sisters of the Holy Family, a Catholic religious congregation of African American women founded in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1842. Drawing on institutional records, community documents, and the author's own twenty-five years of experience with the congregation, the study chronicles the development of the Sisters' welfare activities across three areas. Part I examines social activities including the Lafon Old Folks Home, Saint John Berchmans Girls' Orphanage, …

Seventeenth Century Golden Era Of French Drama, Vera P. Duplessis

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Drama is a word belonging to the Greek language which means actions. It is applied to that form of literature which has action in it and is suited for performance.

Seventeenth Centuy Golden Era Of French Drama, Vera P. Duplessis

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Drama is a word belonging to the Greek Language which means action. It is applied to that form of literature which has action in it and is suited for performance. A drama usually tells a story either by means of speeches or dialogue, there are to be spoken by actors impersonating characters and performing the actions according to the story.

The Russian Five Year Plan Is Economically Constructive, Oscar M. Duconge

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The Five Year Plan is a plan by which Russia is to place herself among the great nations of the world through process of industrializing her manufacturers, mechanizing her farms and modernizing her business.

Music And The Child, Leo Dejan

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Isaiah Thorriton Montgomery His Life And Work, Sister Mary Of Victory Ssf

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This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1933, presents a biographical and historical study of Isaiah Thornton Montgomery (1847–1924), the founder of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, the most prominent all-Black town in the United States. Drawing on memoirs, newspaper accounts, and the Journal of Negro History, the study traces Montgomery's origins as the son of Benjamin T. Montgomery, an educated slave on the Davis plantation in Mississippi, through his founding of Mound Bayou in 1887 on a 30,000-acre land grant secured from the Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas Railway. The …

Brief Study Of Working Conditions Of Colored Citizens In New Orleans Louisiana, Ernest J. Wright

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This thesis, submitted to the faculty of Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a bachelor's degree in 1933, documents the working and economic conditions of Black citizens in New Orleans, Louisiana during the Great Depression. The study presents occupational wage data across trades including bricklaying, carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work, as well as domestic service, professional fields, and the insurance industry. Unemployment relief statistics for the Black population of Louisiana are documented, including data on the number of workers receiving relief and average relief payments as of February 1933. The thesis examines the Longshoremen's Organization in detail, tracing …

The Russian Five Year Plan Is Economically Constructive, Oscar N. Duconge

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The Conference Of Algeciras 1906., Marjorie Lucille Rogers

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Newman The Master Prose Writer, Aline Pepin

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This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1932, presents a biographical and critical study of John Henry Newman, examining his life and identifying him as the master prose writer of the Victorian Age. Pepin traces Newman's early education, his fellowship at Oriel College, his ordination as an Anglican deacon, and his rise to leadership within the Oxford Movement through the "Tracts for the Times," before turning to his 1845 conversion to Roman Catholicism, his ordination as a Catholic priest, his founding of the Birmingham Oratory, his tenure …

A Thesis On Shakespeare, Literature's Master Dramatist, Hilda Mary Armstrong

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This thesis, submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education, presents a survey of the life and dramatic works of William Shakespeare, situated within the broader history of English drama. The thesis traces English drama's origins in medieval Catholic Church miracle plays and moralities through the development of Bible drama, interludes, and early English comedy and tragedy, before turning to the Elizabethan stage on which Shakespeare wrote.

A biographical account of Shakespeare's life at Stratford-on-Avon and London is followed by a description of the physical conditions of the Elizabethan theatre, including stage construction, scenery, …

The Fench Writers In The Seventeenth Century: The Literary Works Of Corneille Converted And Stabilized The French Language, Bernard Raphael

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This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932, argues that the literary work of Pierre Corneille converted and stabilized the French language during the seventeenth century. It surveys the major literary institutions and figures shaping French letters during this period, including the Salon de Rambouillet and its role in refining literary taste, and the founding of the French Academy under Richelieu and its work compiling the French dictionary. Corneille's development of French classical tragedy is examined in detail, particularly through "Le Cid," with attention to his treatment of the …

Development Of Geometry And Its Assistance In Promoting Society, Nelson Jean

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This bachelor’s thesis, presented to Xavier University in 1932, traces the history of geometry and argues that the subject has contributed to the development of society. Jean begins with geometry’s origins in practical needs in ancient Egypt, such as land division and taxation after the flooding of the Nile. He then follows its development through the Greeks, giving particular attention to Thales, Pythagoras, and the third-century mathematicians Euclid, Archimedes, and Apollonius.

Jean also discusses the educational and cultural value of geometry and its practical uses in physics, mechanics, architecture, and astronomy. He concludes that geometry is indispensable to society and …

An Interpretation Of The Franco-German Relations From Versailles To Locarno., John Paul Keith

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The Invocation Of The Monroe Doctrine In The Anglo-Venezuelan Boundary Dispute., John F. Soren

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Direct And Representative Legislation In The Early American Colonies., Eugene T. Thompson

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Sir Philip Sidney : Renaissance Courtier And Gentleman., Mariam Sidebottom Houchens

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Josephus As An Historian., Charles Ber Chavel 1906-1982

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The Catholic Spirit In Modern Poetry, Anna Marie Lacaze

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This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education in 1932, traces the revival of Catholic spirit in modern English poetry following its suppression after the Protestant Reformation. Lacaze argues that this revival began with the Oxford Movement of the nineteenth century and its leader, John Henry Newman, whose conversion to Catholicism and subsequent writing exercised a lasting influence on English literary and religious culture.

The thesis opens with an account of Newman's life, his role in the Oxford Movement, his 1845 conversion, and his major prose works, including "Apologia …

Post-War Problems Of Turkey, 1918-1925, Francis Marion Rust

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