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Mikhail Naimy: A Study Of His Life With Special Reference To His Poetry, Roger Stanley Monroe

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Al-Ittijāhāt Al-Dīnīyah Wa-Al-Siyāsīyah Fī ShiʿR Aḥmad Shawqī = الاتجاهات الدينية والسياسية في شعر أحمد شوقي, Mukhtar Al-Rahman Ludhi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Andrew Johnson And The Patronage, James Lewis Baumgardner

Doctoral Dissertations

The Constitution bestows upon the president the right to make appointments "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate" to federal position at home and abroad. Over the passage of time, through free use of this power and the implied power of removal, the several chief executives constructed a vast patronage system, of which one primary goal was to reward the party faithful for their services. The purpose of this dissertation is to determine how well Andrew Johnson, the unexpected successor of Abraham Lincoln, used the seemingly powerful patronage weapon and the reasons why he used it as …

Une Comparaison Du Monde De La Foret Dans Le Roman De Tristan Et Iseut Et Le Domaine Perdu Dans Le Grand Meaulnes, Kay L. Griggs

Masters Theses

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Suggested Methods Of Evaluating And Modifying Visual Perceptual Deficiencies As Related To Reading Disorders In Early Elementary Grades, Kenneth Elmer Sturm

Masters Theses

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The Hole And Causes Of Political Instability In The Fall Of Muslim Granada 1461-1492, Janice Fariborz

Masters Theses

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Social Status And Four Dimensions Of Religiosity: Church-Like And Sect-Like Religious Involvement, Gerald A. Van Spronsen

Masters Theses

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Le Developpement Des Idées Politiques De Francois Mauriac, Marcel Elisee Pichot

Masters Theses

Introduction

Francois Mauriac avait abordJ sa carrière littéraire avec le sentiment d'un rôle spirituel à jouer au sein de sa génération. Le prix Nobel et l'Académie ont couronné le romancier qu'un public nombreux considérait déjà comme l’un des grands écrivains du siècle. Ce succès eût pu suffire à cet homme comblé si le destin de la nation ne l'avait pas fait passer du monde des rêves à l'effroyable réalité de deux guerres qui, à vingt ans d'intervalle bouleversèrent toutes les notions préétablies et secouèrent les illusions traditionnelles qui voulaient que la paix fut une résultante inévitable du progrès scientifique. Mauriac …

The Great Objector: The Public Career Of Dr. John R. Neal, Bobby E. Hicks

Masters Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the life of Dr. John R. Neal. Dr. Neal's life was, for the most part, made up of a series of personal defeats which would have forced many men in similar positions to cease their public activities at an early date. However, Dr. Neal persevered and was unswerving in his devotion to whatever cause he chose to defend, whether it be freedom of the individual or welfare of the state. Actually, he left behind a series of accomplishments for which he has received very little credit, althought his contemporary associates continue to …

The Methodological Basis Of Dewey's Philosophy Of Education, Richard Leroy Parker

Masters Theses

The purpose of this investigation was to show the methodological basis of John Dewey's Philosophy of Education, to state his explanation of the method best suited to education, and to establish a relationship, if any, between his philosophy and attitudes in contemporary education.

A search was made covering most of Dewey's written work, including a bound edition of his lecture notes. A thorough study of Joseph Ratner's commentary on Dewey's Philosophy of Education and of Dewey's exposition on logic, or inquiry, was undertaken. It was mainly from these sources that Dewey's Philosophy of Education was determined. The experiences and comments …

The Public Career Of Joseph Alexander Mabry, Jerome Gregg Taylor

Masters Theses

The aim of this investigation into the career of General Joseph Alexander Mabry has been to determine, if possible, the character of this man who had had such a noteworthy career in Tennessee public affairs. The great majority of the source material used on General Mabry has been from original, contemporary sources, since, to date, there has been little written on him by historians.

The scope of this paper has been limited by necessity to his public activities, as they are the only ones upon which there is any information available. General Mabry's activities as railroad entrepreneur, land owner, politician …

The Covenant Comes Of Age: A Study Of Jeremiah 31:31-34, Thomas Decker

Master of Divinity Thesis

This paper purposes to determine the historical and theological context into which Jeremiah introduced the concept of the new covenant found only in Jeremiah 31131-34. The Old Testament was acquainted with many covenants at various times; each held a place of importance with subsequent generations in understanding the relationship of Israel to the Kingdom of God. Integral to the thought of this paper is the question, “How was this once-mentioned new covenant of Jeremiah understood by God's people?" The scope of the problem spans the history of the Old Testament and the Christian Church. But this paper limits itself to …

Marxist Humanism In Dialogue With Christianity, Richard Lischer

Master of Divinity Thesis

In this paper I will attempt to follow Garaudy's suggestion, mentioned above, and retain my own Christian perspective. With that factor in mind, plus an obvious limitation of space, much of the Christian doctrine of man will be presupposed.as I investigate Marxist humanism. The goal of this paper is not the isolation of two humanistic concerns but the description and analysis of their intersection.

A Study Of The Approach To Delinquent Church Members, Carl E. Zahrte

Bachelor of Divinity

One of the most difficult and distressing problems that a minister encounters today is that of dealing with delinquent church members. Those members of a congregation who become lax in their faith through neglect of the means of grace or an evident attitude of indifference in their spiritual life constitute a problem that is not easily solved. Speaking of delinquent or inactive church members, W. F. Crossland asserts: "They constitute a challenge to every church and minister and represent one of the major problems facing the Christian Church. The aim of this study, therefore, has been to examine the extent …

E. L. Mascall's Interpretation Of The Thomistic Doctrine Of Analogy In Relation To Charles Hartshorne's Doctrine Of Analogy And Religious Language, William Bersley

Bachelor of Divinity

This paper proposes to examine the logic of analogy as a form of religious discourse in the writings of Eric Lionel Mascall and Charles Hartshorne. The problem is to exhibit the response of these men to the question: In what way and to what degree is discourse about God analogical?

The Interpretation Of Romans 16:17-20 In Ecclesiology, Richard Kraemer

Bachelor of Divinity

In order to set limits of the kind required it is necessary first to examine the text to the best of one's exegetical ability to determine its meaning--and that in the context of the epistle of St. Paul to the Romans. It is equally important to examine- the way in which this text has been subsequently used in the history of the Christian Church. This, indeed, will constitute the bulk of this paper; for the exegetical traditions of interpretation of this passage have a direct bearing on the way it is currently interpreted and will henceforth be interpreted. This is …

A Survey Of The Sources Of Historical Data And Materials Available For Use By Teacher And Pupils In The Study Of Northwest History At Junior High School Level, John Clark Malone

Graduate Student Research Papers

Were there sufficient sources of historical data and materials relating to Northwest History available for use in Central Washington and how much of this data and material was of a reading and interest level that could be used by junior high school pupils? Where were these sources and were there guides that could be used to locate them? It became the purpose of this study to make a survey of the sources of historical data and materials in Central Washington and to select them on the basis of interest, authenticity, usefulness, and availability and to arrange the information in the …

Impact Of A New Budgeting System On A Science Agency, Jeffery Thomas Kite-Powell

Music ETDs

This thesis presents transcriptions into modern notation of a group of organ Magnificats and organ hymns contained in an early seventeenth-century manuscript of liturgical keyboard music which belongs to the Library of the Cathedral Chapter, Visby, Sweden. The principal objective of this thesis is to present in modern notation, compositions of Hieronymous Praetorius, Jacobus Praetorius and Johann Bahr. Heretofore, these organ works have been accessible only in their original manuscript form, written in the obsolete ‘new German organ tablature.’ New German organ tablature was the type of notation used in Germany from the middle of the sixteenth-century through most of …

Organ Pipes, Donna June Pike

Honors Theses

Pipes actually came into existence at the creation of the earth. We do not know how much time elapsed before man became observant and discovered that when the wind blew over the end of a bullrush or a bamboo joint it made a sound. Man tried blowing like the wind and discovered he could blow this small natural pipe better than the wind. From there it was only a matter of time before man became ingenious and discovered that tubes of different lengths gave different sounds. Two kinds of flutes developed: the traverse flute held sideways, the player directs the …

Samuel Johnson's Part In The Swiftian Tradition: A Study Of Johnson As Swift's Biographer, Critic, And Associate Moralist, Jordan Paul Richman

English Language and Literature ETDs

A study of Johnson's part in the Swiftian tradition begins with his Life of Swift, because his portrayal of Swift's life and work indicates the extent he is able to accept the permanence of Swift's work. His picture of Swift is not damaging as many believe. Johnson made use of earlier eighteenth-century biographical sketches, such as those written by Orrery, Delany, Pilkington, and Hawkesworth. In his synthesis of the early sketches, Hawkesworth is objective, sympathetic, and often close to Johnson's own style and sentiments. Though Johnson's Swift is a man of genius, unable to renounce his childish impulses and acute …

Paradise Lost And The State Of Innocence: A Comparison Of Plot, Characterization, Genre And Theme, Evelyn N. Saucier

English Language and Literature ETDs

Previous studies of Paradise Lost and The State of Innocence have been concerned primarily with the question of rhyme and blank verse. Although the difference in versification is important, there are other areas of comparison which might also be profitably studied. The purpose of this paper is to examine the plots, characterization, and themes of these two works and to suggest several reasons for Dryden’s innovations. The plot of Dryden’s opera consists of incidents similar to those found in the epic. Dryden arranges his material in strict chronological order, discarding the “in media res” technique of Milton. Thus the sequence …

The Critical Career Of Allen Tate, 1922-1952., Vera Louise Norwood

English Language and Literature ETDs

The thesis of this paper rests on the conviction that Allen Tate's essential contribution to letters, despite his connections with the Southern Fugitive and Agrarian movements, is of lasting national importance. He is a critic who, because he is also a modern poet, recognized and developed a new critical stance which was quite relevant to the concerns of other men of letters of his generation. In order to understand how this stance developed one must understand Tate's own loss of traditional values after World War I. This loss is best expressed in his poetry, but its implications are carried out …

Ayn Rand: Her Systematic Appraisal Of The Problems And Challenges Confronting Modern Era, David Clifton Lawson

History ETDs

Ayn Rand feels that the world has fallen into the errors of irrationalism. This has left us almost totally bankrupt of any meaningful cultural values. This irrationalism, or abandonment of reason for emotions, has left man wholly out of touch with reality. The irrational syndrome that Miss Rand describes starts with mysticism, or man's irrational metaphysics and epistemology. The first derivative of mysticism is altruism; it mirrors man's irrational personal ethics. After altruism comes collectivism, or man's irrational social ethic. The final stage of this syndrome is statism, man's irrational socio-economic system. Ayn Rand's answer to the world's renunciation of …

The Ku Klux Klan In Grand Forks, William Lathrop Harwood

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

During the 1920's the Ku Klux Klan powerfully influenced all levels of government in the United States. For example, its strength helped to elect governors and U.S. Senators in eight states. As a result of Klan efforts, Oregon voters in 1923 approved a measure prohibiting parochial schools from teaching the first eight grades, and Portland Klan candidates won seats on the city commission in the same year.

This thesis is a case study of the Klan's political activities in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the trading center of the fertile wheatlands of the northern Red River Valley. Here, the local Klan …

The Language Of The Cultural Chasm In Somerset Maugham's "Of Human Bondage", Martha Lee Combs

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A monograph presented to the faculty of the Department of' English at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Martha Lee Combs in August of 1968.

The Technique Of The Grotesque In The Writings Of Flannery O'Connor, Carol Stumbo

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A monograph presented to the faculty of the Department of English at Morehead state University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Carol Stumbo August of 1968.

Milton And Cambridge : A New Look At An Old Attitude, Roy S. Riner

Master's Theses

From the insights cleaned from current research into John Milton's years as an undergraduate and a graduate student at Cambridge University, this writer has found an overwhelming amount of material dedicated to pointing out Milton's total lack of affection for that university. For the most part, those statements bearing on Milton's dislike for Cambridge are unequivocal. For example, one scholar has remarked that John Milton departed from the University in 1632 "weary and disguised" with the medieval, unbearable antiquated methods of the place. That same scholar continues with the statement that Milton's attitude toward Cambridge was "uniformly unfriendly" and that …

Ellen Glasgow's Virginia Dream, Catherine Carpenter Garrett

Theses & Honors Papers

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The Evolution Of The Becket Controversy In The Twentieth Century, James Patrick Edmiston

Masters Theses

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E.M. Forster’S Short Stories, Joan Meredith Kerns

All Master's Theses

This paper will discuss E. M. Forster's short stories, using George Meredith's theory of the comic spirit and plot as a basis for critical analysis. In addition, it will suggest that some of Forster's characteristic ideas, which may appear in his later novels, occur first, and in developed form, in his short stories.