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History Of Mormon Exhibits In World Expositions, Gerald Joseph Peterson

Theses and Dissertations

The history of Mormon Exhibits in world expositions is an important chapter in the over-all accounting of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints total missionary program. In seeking more proficient means for accomplishing this task, involvement in world expositions offered a fresh opportunity to which the Church quickly responded. Finances, inexperience, non-acceptance by the world religious community and struggle for security appeared to be significant obstacles to extensive activity in early world's fairs.

Eventually as the Church strengthened, it became less the national spectacle and significantly was given its first real world's fair opportunity in an exhibit sponsored …

A History Of The Nauvoo Legion In Illinois, John Sweeney Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

The Nauvoo Legion was a branch of the Illinois state militia, located in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. To obey the state military service requirement, provide adequate protection for themselves, and display loyalty to the state, the inhabitants of Nauvoo organized a militia within their city. Having received necessary state approval, the citizens designated their militia the "Nauvoo Legion," which functioned from February, 1841 to January, 1845, when the Legion charter was repealed by the state legislature.

Organized and staffed mainly by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Legion was considered by some opponents as a …

Kelsey, Texas: The Founding And Development Of A Latter-Day Saint Gathering Place In Texas, James Clyde Vandygriff

Theses and Dissertations

Kelsey, Texas, was a flourishing Latter-day Saint colony for more than a quarter of a century, beginning at a time when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was encouraging its converts to stay in the mission field. Kelsey was an attempt by the Church to provide Latter-day Saints from the southern states a safe haven from persecution which existed in the South, while leaving them in a geographic area in which they could be comfortable.
The growth and success for many years of the Kelsey Academy was the result of an interesting partnership, not always tranquil, between the …

Some Demographic Aspects Of One Hundred Early Mormon Converts, 1830-1837, Laurence Milton Yorgason

Theses and Dissertations

Questions regarding the conditions of the origin of Mormonism have been asked repeatedly since Joseph Smith first made his claims public regarding his religious experiences. The same questions have been asked by both proponents and opponents of Smith's story: "How did Mormonism begin?", "Who was Joseph Smith?", "What was Joseph Smith?", "What did he do?" If it could be shown that Joseph Smith was an honest, upright, and sincere person, then the religion he produced was more likely to be reliable and truthful. If it could be shown that Joseph Smith was a fraud and a deceiver, then presumably, the …

An Analysis Of The Interrelationship Between The Oregon School Law Of 1922, The Press Of Oregon, The Election Of Walter Pierce And The Ku Klux Klan, Robin Huffman

Dissertations and Theses

Oregon in 1922 was the scene of significant Ku Klux Klan activity. This thesis examines the interrelationship of the Klan, the press of Oregon, the gubernatorial race of that year and the passage of the Compulsory School Act. In addition, one chapter covers the ultimate fate of the Compulsory School Act in the courts.

Specific material in this thesis is derived principally from newspapers and periodicals of the time, although general sources on the Ku Klux Klan were utilized for the broader discussions of the situations.

The existence of the Ku Klux Klan in Oregon in 1922 directly affected both …

The Hero With Three Faces, Rebecca Susanne Larson

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

A study of the relationship between myth and literature in relation to: 1) the origin and form of myth as literature developed through the Legend of King Arthur; and 2) the function of myth as literature tracing Dr. Philip Potter’s motif of salvation through the novels Zorba the Greek, Don Quixote and The Once and Future King.

Quartet No. 2 : For Strings, Ronald Asa Hensley

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A musical score.

Jews In The Mirror: From Hatred To Reconciliation In American-Jewish Fiction., Joseph D. Gallo

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Isaac Rosenfeld's short novel The Colony¹ is an orwellian allegory which on a significant level explores the range of attitudes expressed by contemporary Jews toward themselves and other Jews. Set in an exotic fictional country on the Indian subcontinent, the narrative pits the intellectual Satya, successor to a prophet-like leader, against the machinations of a controlling technology given to efficiency and the waging of modern war. During a rally at which he urges his audience to passively "despise and disobey," Satya is seized and imprisoned, whereupon his true ordeal begins. He is accosted by foes even more formidable than …

In This Wild Water: The Biography Of Some Unpublished Manuscripts By Robinson Jeffers, 1887-1962, James Michael Shebl

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

For Robinson Jeffers, poet-philosopher and naturalist of Carmel, California, the universe is one entity, a "being out of grasp of the mind enormous." Its parts are only differing manifestations of a single energy; all bear upon one another, influence one another. According to Jeffers we humans attain true freedom and peace by turning avmy from self, from mere humanity and human contrivances, imaginings, and dreams. This is Jeffers' Doctrine of Inhumanism: a dark philosophy which proved increasingly unpopular as Jeffers more and more adamantly insisted upon dramatizing mankind's smallness in the immense context of the universe.

The biography of The …

Changes In Attitudes Of High School Girls Towards Dance Subsequent To Public Performance Opportunities, Carolyn Brent Culliver

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The aesthetic awareness of dance can be experienced by most people. Dancing is both interesting and stimulating to those who can share its common interest. Dance provides them with a chance to tone muscles and acquire better body control while keeping physically fit. It allows those individuals to release tensions, frustrations, and anxieties and yet to experience creativity and enjoyment. Elizabeth Haynes and Margery Turner, among others, have discussed dance as a self-expressional art form.

Now students’ attitudes are affected by the opportunity to perform is related in part to the manner in which teachers are able to motivate students …

Transformational Technique In Gabriel Fielding's "In The Time Of Greenbloom", May Grant Robbie

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Gabriel Fielding's In the Time of Greenbloom is a major twentieth century novel that has received literary critical attention. With its dramatic plot and colorful characters, it has an immediate surface appeal for most readers. The novel requires deeper, symbolical reading in order to reach its central theme, man's potential for transformation.

John Blaydon, the protagonist, is a very different young man at the end of the novel from the child he is at the beginning. His activities, the narrative base of the novel, reveal more than the external events of his life. Fielding uses them as objectification of confrontations …

Synopses, Comparisons, And Evaluation Of The Leopold Auer And Erich Doflein Violin Methods., Allan Riggs Fuller

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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New Deal Programs And The Great Depression In Effingham County, Edward Lee Allen

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Symbolic Meaning In The Objects Of Robert Rauschenburg And Jasper Johns, Jacqueline Crouch

Masters Theses

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Sculpture Through Interchangeable Boxes, Dale Wisniewski

Masters Theses

The objective of this paper is to focus attention on the versatility of the solid geometric box and its variations as utilized by the author in creating a multitude ot interchangeable sculpture from a single set of boxes. The intent of the artist, in using the box, was to create a set of boxes which could be arranged in a variety of positions to become at each time a unique and valid sculpture. For purposes of this paper the term box will be used to denote structures comprising three dimensions with opposite sides being parallel and adjacent sides at right …

Freudian Dream Symbols In Q.E.D., Melanctha And Ida, Victoria M. Davis

Masters Theses

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Increased Rate Of Response In Programmed Reading Through Contingent Peer Tutoring, Nancy Lynn Grimes

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Beyond Noah's Arc, Ten Panel Polyptych, Dennis D. Berger

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Acrylic Sheet In Combination With Other Plastics As A Personal Art Form, Olga K. Durham

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The Photo-Image: Its Transformation And Reformation, John Lim

Masters Theses

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Tradition In American Realism, George L. Ganley

Masters Theses

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Borrowed Images: Work In Color Separation Photo Serigraphy, Eugene Arnold Staudt

Masters Theses

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Hermann Hesse And Vedanta Philosophy: A Discussion Of The Correlation Between The Basic Themes In The Later Novels Of Hermann Hesse And The Traditional Philosophy Of India, James Edgar Carnahan

Masters Theses

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Whitman's And Melville's Civil War: A Comparison Of Drum-Taps And Battle-Pieces, Martha M. Gower

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The Innocent Character In Twain's Public Scenes, Connie J. Link

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Lawrence Yates Sherman: United States Senator From Illinois, 1913-1921, Jerome Bentley Holstein

Masters Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to consider the political career of Lawrence Yates Sherman. Sherman, who served as United States Senator from Illinois, 1913-1921, was a colorful individual in Congress during one of the Republic's more turbulent periods. As a United States Senator, Sherman dealt with many vital issues. However, Senator Sherman is best-known for his "irreconcilable" position on the question of ratification of the Treaty of the League of Nations.

Actually, Sherman's political career was much more extensive than merely opposition to the League of Nations. Sherman was the "favorite-son" candidate of Illinois for the nomination of the …

The United States And The Spd, 1945-1949: An Examination Of Policies And Attitudes, Bruce L. Berry

Masters Theses

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The Illinois Populists: Radical Politics At The Township Level, 1892, David Merle Holford

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A Structured Analysis Of Ostpolitik: A Paradigm Of A Systems Approach, James E. Getz

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Development Of The Land-Fantasy Drawing In Pen And Ink, Nance Baffaro Bracken

All Master's Theses

The variations one can find in earth, water, horizon line, and sky, together with imagination, are what I have been working with in developing the pure pen and ink drawing. Embossments and color allowed an expansion and an abstraction to this medium. Various line qualities are the base of my drawings, and they work together to express emotion, content, and imagery. My thesis expresses my approach to this medium