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Eco-Mind: Nature, Humankind, And Mind, James S. Sharak

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

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Group Painting As A Means Of Self-Expression And Communication For Mentally Retarded Persons: Three Case Histories, Yaeko Steidel

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis presents the results of a longitudinal study of a painting class for a group of mentally and physically handicapped young adults. The author's observational journal and the students' paintings provided the basis of the thesis.

The author gave maximum freedom to her students and the students fully exercised creativity through their painting activity. This experience brought a new identity to the group. The students evolved from a collection of separate people into a cohesive social unit.

The author tries to show, in this developmental process, how intellectual and emotional events and problems were met and solved by the …

Twenty-Six Gasoline Stations: The Photograph As Fact And Other Aspects Of Ed Ruscha's Books, Henri Man Barendse

Art & Art History ETDs

This paper analyzes the fourteen books California artist Ed Ruscha published from 1962 to 1972. Initial discussion of the emergence of Pop Art and the so-called "L.A. Look" form the background for a review of the artist's life and career. This is followed by a brief chronology and descriptions of the books establishing their impact and influence on contemporary art and photography. The publications are discussed in relation to significant movements during the decade, such as Conceptual Art, and it is concluded that they are unique and therefore escape easy categorization. Ruscha's inconoclastic attitude and "styleless" approach to photography as …

Decoration And Pattern As Picture, Nancy Norman

Art & Art History ETDs

Many of the concepts for my imagery are drawn from an attitude of affirming the decorative in art and a personal choice to further explore those possibilities. Ornamentation can enhance art, not because it is superfluous and not because it can embellish life with beauty, but as in the ornamental arts themselves it can magnify qualities already present in material life and work. In this presentation I present my decorative ideas in art from a contemporary perspective in terms of an art historical context a well as through my individual vision represented by paintings, lithographs, and paper pieces. Both sections …

The American Efforts To Modernize The Egyptian Army Under Khedive Ismail, Robin Joy Love Buxton

Dissertations and Theses

From 1869 to 1878 approximately fifty American military officers were invited to Egypt by Khedive Ismail for the purpose of modernizing the Egyptian army. During that time the American officers led by General Charles P. Stone designed a staff system for the Egyptian army and they established a series of technical schools not only for the staff officers but for the rank and file as well. In addition to the reorganization, the American officers led exploratory expeditions into central Africa, they refortified the Egyptian coastline and they built roads and lighthouses. In conjunction with their expeditions, the officers produced numerous …

From Obsession To Oxymoron: Sonic Cartoons, Steven Ralph Fitch

Art & Art History ETDs

In this thesis I will identify some of the motives and sources behind my present series of photographs and in the process, attempt to clarify their meaning as visual statements and as cultural artifacts.

Picto-Relieves Ritmicos: Una Forma De Integrar La Pintura Y La Escultura, Miguel A. Sosa

Art & Art History ETDs

The "picto-reliefs" are a solution for the integration of painting and sculptural elements. This integration is resolved by an abstract format where lines, planes and bands are projected in a constructivist manner. In this paper, an examination is made of the relationships that exist between visual images and "sonorous" images, between visual rhythms and musical relationships, and between color and certain qualities of sound. The bands are a key element in the "picto-reliefs". The bands create a three-dimensional form in the painting, therefore transforming the painting into a relief. The bands also possess ''musical power”, since according to the color …

The Pick-Sloan Plan And The Missouri River Sioux 1944-1970, Michael Lee Lawson

History ETDs

Increasingly in the twentieth century, the United States has used its powers of eminent domain to seize large parcels of Indian land for the construction of flood control and reclamation projects. While federal water agencies claim that these dams provide multiple benefits for the general public, Native Americans seldom receive these advantages.

Romantic Deviance And The Messianic Impulse In American Masculinity: Case Studies Of Moby-Dick, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, And Sometimes A Great Notion, William Carl Baurecht

American Studies ETDs

Masculinity is largely a product of myth that collides with reality in the modern world, evoking tensions, dilemmas, and contradictions, while prescribing idealized virtues. Manhood is defined by custom, mores, taboo, and the collective social illusion called the American Dream, a dream founded upon democratic idealism. This dissertation examines male national character. Renditions of manhood in three novels are discussed to explain the contemporary male ethos. Masculinity is engendered within the culture in either-or terms. However, in various ways, the protagonists of this investigation have been found to express a potential for a polymorphous masculinity, one which adheres to the …

Porfirian Investment Policies, 1876-1910, Kennet S. Cott

History ETDs

Studies of Mexican economic development during the era of Porfirio D1az (1876-1911) have focused on foreign investment and the resultant modernization. Little has been written about the policies which promoted development. This study, based on newspapers, government memorias, and the correspondence of Vicente Riva Palacio and Porfirio Diaz, examines those policies and explains how they were formed. Porfirian development policies emerged from a consensus which evolved after Independence. Its major features were that Mexico was potentially rich and that its potential would be realized with the establishment of order and security, development of a transportation system, successful promotion of immigration, …

Issues And Ideas: Shifting Perspectives In My Photographic Concerns, 1974-1978, Robert A. Widdicombe

Art & Art History ETDs

This thesis shall be an examination of the various ideas and interests which have influenced my photography. The discussion will concentrate on the four main bodies of work I have produced since I became seriously involved with photography. The photographs in the first group were done during the years from 1974 through 1976 while I was living in Lansing, Michigan and working as a commercial photographer. The next series of photographs was created between 1976 and 1977, shortly after I began my post-graduate studies at the University of New Mexico. The third body of work is entitled "The Interrupted Landscape" …

An Exploratory Examination Of Age, Attitudes Toward Death, Experience With Death, And The Christian Religion, Barbara L. Sanders

Theses

This exploratory study by Barbara L. Sanders investigates the complex relationships between age, personal experiences with death, attitudes toward mortality, and Christian religious beliefs. Motivated by personal and professional encounters with individuals across the lifespan, the author seeks to understand how these variables interrelate and challenge commonly held assumptions—such as the belief that Christians are more accepting of death or that children fear death more due to inexperience.

The research was conducted through a questionnaire distributed among 60 participants across three distinct age groups: adolescents (10–15), adults in their early middle years (36–49), and older adults (65+). The questionnaire assessed …

An Analytical Study Of Twentieth-Century Cadential Techniques, Rhenda Ronfeldt Pease

Masters Theses

The purpose of this paper is to devise a codification of twentieth-century cadential techniques used by some of the major representative composers. It is because Debussy had such a profound impact upon twentieth-century music -·because of his innovations and influences upon this century's composition - that he is included in this paper. His music will serve as the beginning step away from traditional cadence procedures. Twentieth century compositions which are non-tonal and basically tonal will be studied for their non-traditional cadential procedures. Traditional procedures refer to those classical clichés which one expects to hear at cadence points, such as: IV-V-I; …

The Influence Of Alexander Bain And Herbert Spencer Upon William James, David D. Nelson

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This study investigates the influence of Alexander Bain (1818-1903) and Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) upon William James (1842-1910). James is generally considered to be the foremost American psychologist and the one who "introduced" experimental psychology to the United States. James had become familiar with the psychological writings of Bain and Spencer early in his career, and he used Spencer's The Principles of Psychology and later Bain's The Senses and the Intellect and The Emotions and the Will as textbooks for his course in psychology at Harvard. Bain was foremost English psychologist at that time, and Spencer was widely known as a …

A Descriptive Study Of Parish Clergy And Their Counseling Practices, Gregory J. Ludlow

Masters Theses

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It has been the function of societies throughout history to provide comfort and support for it's troubled members. In the past, this function was performed by the society's religious institutions.Today, as in the past, people who want solutions.to the problems they experience, or who want to gain pathways to possible solutions, look to their religion, their church organization, their clergyman, to their God. The clergymen of a community are apt to be the first professionals of that community to be consulted when the need for help is felt.

Robert Alfonzo Taft: And The Quest For The Presidency, William Little Hafer

Masters Theses

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The Reality That Lies Behind Appearances In Virginia Woolf's Novel The Waves, Bahira Sami

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Music Therapy Versus Music Education: The Effect Of Two Approaches On Severely Emotionally Impaired Children's Musical Growth And Self Esteem Development, Judith Bertsch D'Arcangelis

Masters Theses

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Rapture In The Spirituality Of St. Thomas Aquinas, Diane L. Harwood

Masters Theses

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To Grips, Mike Shearer

English Language and Literature ETDs

To Grips, presented here in part, is a novel based somewhat on the character of Dorothy Parker but projected beyond Parker's lifespan. Josie Palmer, the central character, is turning eighty years old and is forcing herself through a transformation involved with what are the themes of the novel: aging, privacy, and individualism.

Christology And The Cleansing Of The Temple: Integrating Biblical And Dogmatic Theology, Gerhard Bode

Master of Sacred Theology Seminar Papers

Although extremism4 is to be avoided, both Christology "from above" and "from below" can make a valuable contribution to the overall study of the doctrine of Christ. A biblical, historical approach to the study of Christ is vital. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the integration of dogmatic and biblical theology, specifically demonstrating how the findings of biblical theology can be implemented by dogmatic theology to enhance the understanding of the person and work of Christ.

A Study Of A. E. Blackmar And Brother, Music Publishers, Of New Orleans, Louisiana, And Augusta, Georgia: With A Check List Of Imprints In Louisiana Collections, Paul Richard Powell

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

For three decades, 1858-1888, A. E. Blackmar of New Orleans, Louisiana, was one of the leading music publishers in the South. During the Civil War he published more titles than any other Confederate music publisher, operating both from New Orleans and also from Augusta, Georgia. After the war, Blackmar engaged in a number of unsuccessful partnerships but continued to publish music until his death in 1888. He also established business in New York and San Francisco for brief periods. It was primarily as a Confederate music publisher that A. E. Blackmar made his greatest contribution to American sheet music publishing. …

GüNter Kunert: Der KüNstlerische Weg Eines Schriftstellers Der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Jutta Southwell

Dissertations and Theses

It is the purpose of this thesis to present the artistic development of the socialist writer Günter Kunert. He is considered to be one of the important representatives of the literature of the German Democratic Republic where he has spent most of his life. His artistic creativity stretches over three decades.

The different artistic and ideological periods of the development of this writer are presented in chronological order. An attempt is being made to explain why Kunert's work is of a politically provocative nature and why it shows such strong criticism towards the socialist country whose citizen he is.

The …

The Cosmic Powers In Paul’S Theology, Ebong Sam Ukpong

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

This thesis deals with neither the meaning of the terms nor with the exegesis of the passages in which these terms are found. Nor shall we attempt to re-interpret or relate what Paul said about "cosmic powers" to the modern thought-forms. The purpose of this work is rather to examine, first of all, the terms employed by Paul to describe the forces of evil in the light of his own Jewish background. We shall not be concerned so much with the question: What does Paul mean? as with the query: Where did Paul get the terms and ideas for what …

John Page Of Virginia, Lee Randolph Harrison

Theses & Honors Papers

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A Comparative Study Of Language Deficits Of Reservation And Urban Indian Children, Lezlie Kaye Pearce

Dissertations and Theses

This study sought to determine if there are any differences in an analysis of language samples between urban Indian, reservation Indian, and urban White first-grade children. The Mean Length of Response (MLR), Developmental Sentence Score (DSS), and individual DSS items were used to analyze language used by the three groups of children. The study involved thirty-nine children, thirteen children in each group, between the ages of six years, six months, and seven years, four months. All subjects were screened to determine grade, residency, Indian blood, speech, language, hearing, and physical status. Testing for hearing vocabulary was performed at the beginning …

The Piedmont Railroad: A Reflection Of Confederate Railroad Policy, David Maurice Self

History Theses & Dissertations

Confederate railroad policies had a disruptive effect on the final outcome of the war for the South. This thesis endeavors to examine the history of the construction of the Piedmont Railroad as it reflected Confederate railroad policy during the American Civil War. The work is devoted specifically to a study of the obstacles confronting the construction of the Piedmont Railroad from its inception to its completion. One finds throughout this period a fluctuating Confederate policy concerning its railroads and no permanent. official agency to coordinate its affairs. The Piedmont Railroad was to be a vital part of the system of …

The Landscape Photographs Of Darius Kinsey, Ansel Adams, Alvin Langdon Coburn And Harry Callahan, Eric Barton Johnson

Art & Art History ETDs

The landscape is introduced as a useful motif in order to examine the sensibilities of a group of photographers toward the same subject in detail and in addition discuss some aspects of the mediation imposed by the camera lens on any subject. Four photographers are examined with a detailed analysis of four to six images from each: Darius Kinsey (1871-1940), Ansel Adams (1902-    ), Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966), and Harry Callahan (1912-    ). Chapter I, "Darius Kinsey's Logging Views." The background of the American frontiersman's attitude toward the wilderness is introduced as a context for Kinsey's work done at logging …

The Defense System In Libya During The I-Vi Centuries A.D., Ramadan A. Geddeda

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis will examine the significance of the defense system that was a result of the Libyan wars against the Romans, Byzantines, and the Vandals. For economic and strategic reasons these nations were involved in long and bitter wars which lasted over six centuries. The policy of the long distance military expeditions, which was the main instrument of the Romans in subduing the natives in the early Empire, had failed to achieve its goals. Thus, the alternative was to erect a network of roads and forts in strategic spots such as water points, commanding hills, along the caravan routes and …

Chicano Literature In Spanish: Roots And Content, Erlinda Viola Gonzales-Berry

Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs

One of the most patently visible facets of Chicanos' efforts to assert themselves through a form of cultural nationalism has been a burgeoning corpus of creative literature which, above all, has served as a vehicle of self-knowledge. In their task of accumulating evidence for a collective self-portrait, Chicano writers have explored their past, revitalized and mythesized their cultural values, indicted Anglo culture and confronted the question of what it means to be human. In this study I have examined the works of a small group of writers whose most distinguishing and isolatable feature is their use of Spanish as a …