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An Intensive Study Of Factors Relating To Reading Readiness With Implications For Prediction Of Success In The Developmental Reading Program, Janet R. Venatta

Masters Theses

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Elements Of Reform In The Wesleyan Movement, Elizabeth Browning Baker

Masters Theses

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Some Plebeian Characters In Shakespeare: Their Sources And Use, Clarissa Flenniken

Masters Theses

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Literary Introduction To The Japanese Writings Of Lafcadio Hearn, Peter John Lindmans

Master's Theses

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Bryan's Influence On Wilson's Nomination In 1912 , Henry Joseph Bourguignon

Master's Theses

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Political And Economic Factors In The Decline Of The British Empire, Pasquale Anania

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The decline of British influence in world affairs is one of the more pronounced political phenomena of modern times. Over the past century key territories subject to British rule have been slipping loose from their imperial moorings at an ever more rapid rate. Those remaining subject to British authority grow progressively more belligerent.

In his search for an understanding or this eclipse or British sovereignty, the contemporary historian finds himself groping through a network of complexly interrelated social, political, economic, and psychological processes. One or another student or history has argued that specific instances or groups of these processes are …

The Class Structure Of A Minority Group In A Valley City, Marcus Asie Williams

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

There is an accepted principle amongst sociologists that all communities have some pattern of stratification. Since the Valley City Negroes, the minority group selected for this research. represent a community structure, some pattern of stratification is present. At the time of this study the specific nature of the class structure tor this community had not been identified.

Statement of the problem. It was the purpose of this study (l) to delineate the social class structure of the Negro community of the Valley City metropolitan area in the year 1950~1951; (2) to show the relationships of membership in associations to class …

Japan's Foreign Policy, 1931-1941 : As Influenced By The Militarists And The Zaibatsu, William F. Hecomovich

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

There are the ways in which Japan was prepared for war. The purpose of this paper will be to show how the militarists achieved the power that they did, power so great that it enabled them to go over the heads of, and the protests of, the civilian branch of government and even the Emperor himself if necessary. The history of the warlords needs to be examined in order to furnish a background needed for a study such as this.

The primary function of this investigation will be to show the role played by these two factions during the “decisive …

Problems For The High School Actor, Greydon Pierce Milam

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

”Problems for the HIgh School Actor” has been prepared so that the teacher and the student have been given a certain degree of flexibility in its use. The order of presentation of the various problems, the amount of time spent on any one time, and the focusing on the major amount of emphasis may vary from class to class and from year to year as the interests, needs, and skills of the enrollee vary. The most educationally worthwhile method can be used to meet these varying situations.

This study has been developed so as to make possible further study of …

Creative Use Of Metals In Art Education, James Susumu Kaneko

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the problem: This study is to show how metal sculpture can be used in art education.

A History Of The Mormon Settlement Of Central California With Emphasis On New Hope And San Francisco, 1846-1847, And Modesto, 1920-1954, Kenneth Wayne Baldridge

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Mormon contributions to California history are generally well known. Most school children have heard of the march of the Mormon Battalion. The name of Samuel Brannan is known to almost any student interested in this area. The more inquisitive scholar is familiar with the voyage of the BROOKLYN and subsequent relations of the Mormons to the history of San Francisco. The mention of New Hope, however, brings puzzled looks to the faces of most people, including Mormons today living within twenty miles of the area.

The Mormon movement to California was part of a general exodus by the Church of …

Symphony No. 1, C Major, James D. Crawford

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A musical score prepared in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree.

The Perennial Crisis In Morocco, Semi Hasen Abed Judah

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Morocco occupies an unrivalled position in North Africa. It faces both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and thus dominates the Strait of Gibraltar, the gate into the Mediterranean, end, thus, ultimately, into the Red Sen. and the Indian Ocean..

The area of Morocco.is about 172,104 sq. miles, or about 20,000 sq. miles larger than California. The basic population is Berber, or pre-Arab, but has been Arabized to varying degrees. All population figures for North Africa are estimates because no accurate census of the Moslem population has been made. However, the approximate figure is bine million. According to the Etude demographics …

Tso-Chan I An Exegetical Translation, Paul F. Fung, George D. Fung

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This original panuscript of Teo-ch'an 1, . the Procedure of Dhyana, is part of a collection of eight voluman of 勍修百丈清规, Ch'sh Hau Pe Ca Ching Kuel, or in Japanese, the Chokushu Hyakujo Shingi. Its compiler is, Tokki or Te-kuel who, in 元朝, the the Yuan Dynasty, 1280-1368, received an imperial 大智夀聖禪寺, He resided at the $$ decree to do this work. He resided at 2 Shuo Chih Shou Sheng Shan Szu, which was in a locality that was a part of the Pai Chang mountains, in Hong Chow, about 150 miles east of Hankow. This monastery was started in, …

Rondo In G Minor For Piano And Orchestra, Donald Eugene Barrett

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This is a thesis from the Conservatory of Music.

The Relationship Of Bhoodan Yajna And Sarvodaya Vinoba Bhave's Land-Gift In India And Its Relationship To The Gandhian Ideal Of Non-Violent Social Order, Urmila Agarwal

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between the hooden Yajna (Land-Gift) movement of Vinoba Bhave and the Gandhian ideal of non-violent social order for India.vis., Gervodaya.

The plan of the paper is briefly as follows.

The first chapter gives the background information about Vinoba Shave and the Bhoodan Yagna movement. It is indicated how this movement, beginning on April 18, 1951 in Hyderabad (scan), steadily developed into a com, reheusive all-India program during the last about five yours. The second chapter explains the meaning of sarvodaya (literally, uplift of Man also lives the stalls of the …

Textual Evidences For A Reconstruction Of Vedic Culture, Ved Vrat

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Contemporary scholars of Indian philosophy are of the opinion that the Vedas are purely ritualistic. This opinion finds support in the translations and commentaries of Sayanacharya and Mahidhara, on which their scholarship is based. The interpretation of the Vedas by the above mentioned authors is against the root derivatives of the words and antagonistic to the expositions of the various hymns given by the Vedic sages and Riahia. In order to be a valid translation it has to be in conformity with the ideas and derivatives contained in Vedanga, Alteraya, Shatpatha, Brahmans, etc. Sayanacharys says that all the four Vedas …

Hugh Blair : A Study Of His Rhetorical Theory, Edward P.J. Corbett

Dissertations

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Oregon Boundary Settlement, Edward J. Doherty

Dissertations

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The President's Refusal Of Information To Congress, Paul A. Becker

Master's Theses

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Fortune In Chaucerian Tragedy, James Joseph Donnelly

Master's Theses

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The Encomienda System In The Philippine Islands : 1571-1597, Jane Calkins Forster

Master's Theses

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Nineteenth Century Liberalism And Newman's Idea Of A University, Frederick Murdoch Henley

Master's Theses

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The Teaching Of Saint Thomas Aquinas On The Participation Of Creatures In Good, John J. Kinsella

Master's Theses

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A Critical Analysis Of The Epic Hero In Paradise Lost, Joseph Matthew Kuntz

Master's Theses

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The Alaskan Boundary Dispute : A Milestone In Canada's Maturing Desire For Political Independence, Edward J. Mcmahon

Master's Theses

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A Critical Analysis Of Scholarship Concerning Sir John Fortescue (C1934-1476), Ronald Joseph Malecki

Master's Theses

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The Hamartia Of Richard Ii, Edward Francis Mulhern

Master's Theses

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The Contribution Of Buchan, Jamieson, And Motherwell To The Scottish Ballad Revival, Bernard C. O'Halloran

Master's Theses

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Milton's Doctrine Of Chastity : An Interpretation Of Comus, Philip C. Rule

Master's Theses

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