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Technically Sweet Los Alamos:The Development Of A Federally Sponsored Scientific Community., Majorie Bell Chambers

History ETDs

A study of the history of Los Alamos casts light upon effects of isolation, hostile environment, and inexperience upon idealistic, paternalistic community development and provides insight into what factors support community. An administrative history of this federally sponsored scientific community based on a critical examination of Manhattan District and Atomic Energy Commission records and an historical analysis of experiences of earlier Indian, Spanish and Anglo-American settlers in the area verifies Walter Prescott Webb' s theory that successful settlement in a hostile environment requires advanced technology and government subsidy. The spectacular setting of Los Alamos and its fortress-like fastness have attracted …

"In The Toils" Or "Onward For Zion": Images Of The Mormon Woman, 1852-1890, Gail Farr Casterline

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this thesis is to identify and discuss various popular images of the Mormon women of Utah between 1852 and 1890, the period during which the Latter-day Saints openly practiced plural marriage. The phrase "in the toils" refers to the basic image present in the minds of many Americans--that the women of the church were an oppressed, unhappy, enslaved group of individuals. This image, expressed in different ways, is found in many published writings of the period examined.

After demonstrating the presence of this "in the toils" image, this study then attempts to analyze and evaluate its significance. …

Nathaniel West: The Vision Of A Writer, Rawhieh Mohamed Agamieh

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Consciousness And The Unconscious: Henry James And Jungian Psychology, Marlene L. Hall

English Language and Literature ETDs

James's early, middle, and late works demonstrate the author's continuing interest in what have become specific Jungian archetypes. This interest, which centers upon the consciousness-expanding potential of the archetype, is most completely expressed in James's "major phase" novels. Here the anima, the shadow, and the mask, as well as other Jungian archetypes, take the form of specific images and personfications, both helpful and harmful. And, when The Awkward Age, the last long novel of James's middle period, is read with the "major phase" novels, the total effect, without destroying the completeness of any single novel, mythopoetically suggests the history of …

Recital Report, John B. Talcott

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Through the advice of the major professor, Dr. Max F. Dalby, the writer chose to perform a recital on the clarinet and the alto saxophone, with emphasis on the saxophone. In undertaking the preparation necessary to perform a master's recital, the writer hoped to realize these objectives:

(1) To become better acquainted with major works for the saxophone and clarinet, and to develop the skills necessary to analyze and interpret those works.

(2) To improve his performing ability.

(3) To discover the problems inherent to high level performance on the saxophone and clarinet.

(4) To devise methods of teaching best …

The Humor Of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Diane Lynn Benit

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Problems In The Evaluation Of Children's Art, Linda Chaffins

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the School of Humanities at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters of Art Education by Linda Allen Chaffins on April 26, 1974.

Reality And Illusion In Miguel De Cervantes' Don Quixote And John Barth's The Sot Weed Factor, Vicki Redmond

Honors Theses

Illusion is an integral part of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote and John Barth's The Sot Weed Factor. It plays an important part in both the characters of the protagonists, Don Quixote and Ebenezer Cooke, respectively, and in the lives and actions of several of the secondary characters. Furthermore, the reader of these works himself is influenced by the aura of illusion and fantasy which surrounds all the actions in these novels. The idea of illusion and fantasy that is so prevalent colors the way in which the reader identifies with these characters and their deeds. In both of these …

The Two Phases Of Swift's Satiric Art, Arthur G. Elser

English Language and Literature ETDs

Critics have searched for a critical pattern with which to describe the ironic works of Jonathan Swift that will also help determine the meaning of those works. However, the ebullience of the Hack of the Tale and the good natured Isaac Bickerstaff do not seem to fit into a critical pattern which will also include the inhumanity of the modest proposer or the misanthropic Gulliver of book four. Recognizing that the early ironic works of Swift, those written prior to his "exile" into Ireland, seem more light and humorous than those ironic pieces written after his six year abstention from …

The Port Of Boston: Perspective On A Maritime Dilemma, Louis Edward Cellineri

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

Few in Massachusetts, or even in the metropolitan Boston area, however, understand their Port's past, and few still appreciate its present contributions and sympathize with its struggles and problematic future. Whatever its past fame or present indignities, the excitement of a vibrant, profitable waterfront does not enter into the advocacy and implementation of harbor recreational and residential development plans, with or without commercial activities. This near dismissal of the Seaport's present and potential value in certain circles, only presents another dilemma to those attempting to cope with this veritable maritime bag of worms. But despite all these obstacles, the Port …

A Comparison Of Stock Love Situations In The Works Of Petrarch, Donne, And Cervantes, John W. Metzger

Honors Theses

The works of Petrarch, Donne, and Cervantes have in common a considerable emphasis on stock love situations. These stock situations include such occurrences as the meeting of lovers, the reaction of the lover to the disdain of his lady, the burning desire of the lover to be physically present with his lady, and the parting of lovers. A certain twist in a situation, originally used by Petrarch, in the poetry of Donne or prose of Cervantes, can provide an excellent insight into the ideas concerning love of all three authors. Petrarch espoused a rather narrow love philosophy. In the great …

Oreste Poursuivi Par Les Furies Dans L'Andromaque De Racine Et Les Mouches De Sartre, Ann Harrington Archer

Master's Theses

Le but de cet essai est de retrouver l'origine de ces deux différentes conceptions d'Oreste dans la littérature antique, puis de montrer comment chaque Oreste exprime les croyances et les idées de son propre créateur: Racine, chez qui la fatalité de la tragédie, le prédéterminisme du Jansénisme et peut-être le pessimisme naturel se mêlent pour accabler l'individu; Sartre , chez qui, Dieu étant mort, l'homme est "condamné a être libre" et pour qui la tragédie de 11 existence n'est que le point de départ pour l'individu forcé de créer sa propre destinée.

Goe, And Finde A Mistris : The Concepts Of Woman In The Poetry Of John Donne: The Elegies, The Anniversaires, The Songs And Sonets, Leanne Wade Beorn

Master's Theses

This study of the concepts of woman in the poems, combined with an analysis of the poems' internal structure and content in relation to the literary background, seems to me to be a most profitable approach to the whole of Donne's love poetry. By focusing on the concepts of woman I shall provide a common basis for comparison, since woman figures in all of the poems but one. By summarizing the characteristics of the major literary traditions about love operative in Donne's time, I shall provide information which is essential to understanding the diversity of attitudes in the poems. And …

Graduate Recital Thesis In Composition, Sidney Wong

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Mind And Mission Of St. Francis Xavier, Warren Andrew

Graduate Thesis Collection

Francis Xavier is of historical importance in two respects: (1) he was one of the small band of men who, led by Ignatius of Loyola, founded the Society of Jesus, and (2) he was the first Christian missionary to Japan. In addition to these major points of importance, he life and work are in close relation to the historical events, both ecclesiastical and secular, of the first half of the sixteenth century. A more complete biographical study of Xavier must bring in the names and offices of numerous leaders of church and state in many countries. It must also, at …

The League Of Nations And The Jews Of Europe: 1919-1939, Jay M. Pilzer

History Theses & Dissertations

Abstract unavailable.

O'Neil's And Albee's Attitudes Toward Illusion And Reality Developed In The Plays The Iceman Cometh And Who Is Afraid Of Virgina Woolf?, Ursula Diezemann

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Color Infrared Aerial Photography In Determining Salt Marsh Vegetation And Delimiting Man-Made Structures Of Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia, Robert E. Holman Lll

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Color infrared aerial photography was found to be superior to color aerial photography in an ecological study of Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia. The research was divided into three phases: 1) determination of the feasibility of correlating color infrared aerial photography with wetland species composition and zonation patterns, 2) determination of the accuracy of the aerial interpretation and problems related to the aerial method used, and 3) comparison of developed with undeveloped areas along Lynnhaven Bay's shoreline.

Wetland species composition and zonation patterns of major cones were correlated with aerial infrared photography and resulted in a high degree of accuracy. Problems with …

Animal Imagery In The Comedies Of Ben Jonson And William Congreve, Carl Raymond Ludwigson

English Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

The Agricultural History Of Berrien County, Michigan 1850-1900, Linda Moore

Honors Theses

Berrien County covers an area of 600 square miles, with approximately 385,000 acres.lb The soils of Berrien County are classified in the Gray-Brown Podzolic Geological Region (Limy Materials). Five different land divisions are represented in Berrien County. The first of these is Land Division R. St. Clair and Blount soil series-of Land Division R are formed from glacial tills of clay loam, silty clay loam, or silty clay. The topography which is associated with Land Division R is level to rolling and is generally favorable for agricultural purposes. The soils are deep and fertile and suitable for growing such staples …

Anti-Catholicism In The 1920'S And Al Smith, Michael Alfonso Reynolds

Honors Theses

The origin of this project stems from an episode in the life of my maternal grandfather. An Italian immigrant in a small Michigan community, he found his religion and ethnic origin were a handicap in business and society. In 1927, the local Ku Klux Klan ordered him to close his grocery store and c encouraged him to leave town. His reply was emphatically negative. By chance, a short time later, he heard the Klan had planned a rally to take place on the outskirts of town. After packing his Ford with his children and his pocket with his gun, he …

State Response To The Civil Right Issue, 1883-1885, Robert Lionel Rowe

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study is to reexamine the assumption in American historiography that the United States Supreme Court's monumental decision in the Civil Rights Cases striking down the 1875 Civil Rights Act represented the end of the Nineteenth Century commitment to "equality under the law" and the civil rights issue. The evidence shows that while the decision had overwhelming support, much of this was support for the Court’s view that such legislation was not within the scope of Federal power.

Eleven states responded to the Supreme Court’s decision by rapidly enacting civil rights legislation. The research centered on gathering …

The Promethean Archetype, Lois Viscoli

English Language and Literature ETDs

The Promethean archetype reaches its fullest development in Blake and Shelley. In order to determine a common outline as well as variations of content within the myth, descriptions, aspects, and symbols associated with Prometheus in the accounts of Hesiod, Aeschylus, Apollodorus, Apollonius, Lucian, and Pausanias reveal that the archetype is a pattern which persists amid variations.

The core of the archetype – that man must pay a price for fire – suggests that, although greater awareness is available, man must suffer for it. On a cosmic-mythical level, the works of Hesiod and Aeschylus parallel works of philosophy, poetry, and religion …

Social Action As Social Change Through A Process Of Insulation, Leonard Siegfred Nelson

Dissertations and Theses

This study has attempted to investigate the radical change in the Greater Portland Council of Churches’ (GPCC’s) organizational goals and actions--from its relative uninvolvement over to its preoccupation with local social, political and economic issues. In the past, classical sociological theory of religion has placed great emphasis on religion’s integrative, or conservative functions in society. Empirical studies have documented the conservative socio-political views of the majority of Protestant parishioners. Knowing this, I expected to find a significant conservative reaction swelling up from the lay parishioners of the GPCC's member congregations. A preliminary investigation revealed this assumption to be invalid. The …

The Emergence Of Twentieth Century Illusionism, Thomas Alan Goodman

Art & Art History ETDs

Until the nineteenth century, representational illusionism in art remained fundamentally concerned with the problems of achieving a "convincing" likeness of things in nature, that is to say, with achieving the illusion that a painting is a window through which we see the real world. During the nineteenth century, however, the commitment to this notion of painting underwent a series of radical challenges. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the reasons for these challenges and the reasons why "new" illusions for painting were "discovered" in the nineteenth century and a new form of illusionism emerged during the early twentieth …

Business Practices Of The Cely Family, L. Stanley Tinder Jr.

History ETDs

The trade of the Renaissance era in the Mediterranean is a subject with its own inherent interest and fascination. But as rich and impressive us the spice trade among the Italian city-states became, it did not provide the economic system of modern Europe. Leadership in this respect came from the much less renowned English merchants of the Staple and similar enterprises that developed within the rising national states of Northern Europe in this period. Merchants of the Staple based their prosperity upon a high bulk, short haul product, wool. This fact deeply affected the nature and methods of English commerce. …

Agrarian Reform And The Modernization Of Agriculture In Latin America: A Study Of The Mid-Twentieth Century Agrarian Reform Programs In Mexico, Bolivia, Cuba, Venezuela, Chile And Peru, Andrew J. Hogan

Latin American Studies ETDs

After discussing the issues of large-farming units vs. small farming units, labor-intensive vs. mechanized agriculture, the Green Revolution and its effects on, employment and food consumption, the author sets forth a "theory" of agrarian reform. Agrarian reform programs in Latin America are implemented after a specific set of his­torical circumstances and in response to a particular set of economic and political pressures. The 'historical process consists of the follow­ing steps: the disequilibrating event, the precursor legislation, the reaction, the reform period. Upon entering the last stage (the reform period), the political system typically falls into the hands of an emerging, …

Military Aspects Of The War Of 1812 On The Eastern Shore Of Maryland, Jo Ann Maloney Staples

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.

A Program To Introduce Intermediate And Advanced Esl Students To America Through Boston, Catherine T. Tansey

MA TESOL Collection

This is a program to introduce intermediate and advanced ESL students to America through Boston. It consists of texts, film titles, vocabulary lessons, charts and field trips which make the students become aware of and familiar with the environment in which they are learning English

Films In French: Suggestions For Use And Selected Examples, Rosemary Ann Cook

MA TESOL Collection

No abstract provided.