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Charles A. Beard And The Rise Of American Civilization, Mary Jane Jeffrey

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the purpose of this thesis to analyze the work of Charles A. Beard, historian of American civilization with special reference to the American Revolution, the Constitutional Convention, Slavery and the Civil War, the Rise of Big Business, the Development of the West, the Spanish American War and the World War. This is accomplished through the discussion of certain topics taken from Rise of American Civilization, Vol. I and II and from Economic Interpretation of the Constitution.

The Significance Of The Thirty Years War, Robert E. Dobyns

Bachelors’ Theses

The great European conflict from which the following thesis derives its title had a complicated origin, an unprecedented range, and far reaching consequences. The story of its origin reaches back into a period before the actual occasion of the conflict. Whether The Thirty Years War can be regarded as a war for political supremacy or as the inevitable result of deep seated religious differences not to be settled by ambiguous parchment compromises.- or finally as the cautiously prepared opportunity and still more cautiously allowed to mature by the farsightedness of France. We do know that the war gradually absorbed into …

The Various Views And Controversies On Church Polity In The Lutheran Church Of America, To 1827, Walter O. Forster

Bachelor of Divinity

In order to present an accurate picture of that portion of Lutheran Church History to which this study is devoted, we must have some foundation from which to work common to all of the Lutheran bodies which come into consideration. The only fundamental of that kind we have been able to discover is the statement of the Lutheran position on church polity which is contained in the Lutheran Symbols. However, even this is hardly satisfactory. That is the case partly because the Lutheran Symbols were not held in high regard by some of the Lutheran groups in America; partly because …

The Kingdom Of Heaven Or The Kingdom Of God In The New Testament, William F. Doeling

Bachelor of Divinity

Today with ever greater insistence is urged the question, “What is the Kingdom of God?" The question is evidently prompted by a dissatisfaction with former definitions. A new definition is wanted, a new interpretation of the Kingdom and the Gospel of the Kingdom is sought. It is not enough to answer that God is unchangeable, His purposes and Kingdom likewise. No, the question must be answered again.

Justification In The Old Testament, Fred R. Lammert

Bachelor of Divinity

This topic needs discussion not only because of the value of such study, but also because of the large amount of opposition to the Old Testament at the present time and the immense forces that are directing their efforts to overthrow the Old Testament. On the one hand we have those opponents who because of anti-Semitic fanaticism want to reject the Old Testament from the outset, while on the other hand we meet those who wish to oppose the Old Testament by their own conjectures and thus overthrow it. The latter, negative Bible critics, try to find in the books …

The Doctrine Of Baptism In The Epistles Of St. Paul, Clarence W. Stradtmann

Bachelor of Divinity

When discussing the doctrine of baptism in any New Testament writing we must first come to an agreement on the one point on which an important part of the argument hinges, namely, the exact meaning of the word.

The Deity Of Christ According To The Epistle To The Hebrews, Thomas Coates

Bachelor of Divinity

The title and the contents of the Epistle prove that the addressees were Jewish Christians, and the emphasis placed on the temple worship points to the fact that they residents of Palestine, especially of Jerusalem. The letter constitutes a warning to the Jewish Christians to remain steadfast in their adherence to Christ, amid all the vicissitudes of life. They should not relapse into their former mode of worship, naturally meaningful and dear to them as it was, for Christ is the fulfilment of the Old Testament symbolism, and the new covenant is superior to the old. The Epistle was probably …

Some Lost Towns Of Western Kansas, Rebecca Wells Taylor

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The early settler in Kansas seemed to have a penchant for establishing towns. Wherever a few settlers were gathered, though several miles apart, a convenient location found an enterprising storekeeper ready to sell. Soon this store became a gathering point. It was not long before a few dwellings were built around the store and it became a center for trade. A United States post office was established and a new town was born. Some of the pioneer towns were organized before the post office was established , some later, as a result of the mail center. I have chosen not …

The Richmond, Fredericksburg And Potomac Railroad During The War Between The States, Grayson Lewis Nickel

Honors Theses

The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad has perhaps had one of the most interesting histories of any railroad in the Untied States.

The Indians Of The Great Plains 1861-1876, Alice Caroline Wallner

Bachelors’ Theses

The Great Plains, in 1840 appeared to those living in the Eastern part of the country.as a forbidden land which man was never to occupy. This land was barren except for the roaming Indian tribes, a few trappers and hardy frontiersmen who moved West. In log homes near Santa Fe some of the braver families had settled; a few forts had been constructed for trade with the Indian and for protection. Other than the early settlers mentioned, none ventured beyond the Missouri river, and the Great Plains were barren, wind-swept lands, later to be conquered and settled.

The Chivalresque Enfluence On The Don Quijote De La Mancha, Francis Xavier Krembs

Bachelors’ Theses

The Chivalresque Novels are rambling narratives of the great deeds preformed by the various legendary heroes. Some are purely fictitious yet often times they contain facts which are historically correct. They are romantic in every sense of the word. The good always triumphant over the evil and the ending pleasant with the usual rewards and punishments.

In the pages of the Chivalresque Novels, which usually numbered in the thousands, men sought and found refuge from the reality that faced them in life.

Europe was an armed camp when these novels were at the apex of their popularity. No one had …

Frederick Jackson Turner: Historian Of The West, Dorothy Kleiman

Bachelors’ Theses

Turner was born on November 14, 1861, at Portage, Wisconsin. He was born in that section of the country which in his works he interpreted as having produced the real foundation for the development of American life. No outstanding events occurred in the early life of Frederick Turner, or at least no record has been made of them. One may assume his life was very similar to that of any normal, happy individual. It can be said that the eventful later years of his life overshadowed those earlier days. For beginning with the year 1884, Turner's life proceeds through progressing …

The Black Prince In France, Walter Charles Kitzerow

Bachelors’ Theses

When in 1337 the One Hundred Years' War no longer contented itself with casting dark shadows before, but actually reached its inception, he who was to become the most prominent figure in the conflict was, as yet, a lad of only eight years. Very likely no one but the boy himself, later to become known as the Black Prince, entertained the thought that he would play a conspicuous part in the struggle.

A Consideration Of The Advertising Carried In The New York Times And The New York Herald During The Civil War Period (1861-64, Inc.), Franklin R. Ullrey

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to consider the nature of the advertising carried in the New York Times and the New York Herald during the Civil War period (1861-64 inc.). Particular attention is given to what is advertised, in what manner the advertising advanced or was detrimental to social betterment, content and layout of the advertisements and to exaggerated claims made in the advertisements.

Tragic Episodes In The “Aeneid” Of Virgil, Ruth Shoemaker

Bachelors’ Theses

Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, entire and of a certain magnitude and effecting through pity and terror a proper catharsis of the emotions. There is agitation of the emotions but also a purgation of them. Unity is derived from a central figure rather than from the structural form. The successful writer of tragedy wins sympathy at the end for the man who was great before he succumbed to his flaws. Where the action is real and serious and there is no chance of escape there is tragedy.

The Age Of Louis Xiv, Anthony Swanke

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the object of the writer to try to give some kind of a picture of this glorious age of Louis XIV. To attempt to show to some degree the important role Louis XIV played in France, and Europe itself all through this period. He practically rearranged all the boundaries of his own country, and did a great deal toward bring about the many changes found in his neighbors. He was without any question the predominating power of Europe throughout his entire reign.

Is Man's Natural Desire For Perfect Happiness A Convincing Argument For Immortality, Felix Frank Taterczynski

Bachelors’ Theses

The argument with which I shall concern myself in this treatise is not of isolated interest, but one which at one time or another is bound to occupy the thought of every thinking person. My aim here is not to construct a new original philosophical doctrine of my own, but to construct or offer an interpretation, on well-founded and established principles, of a doctrine which is hidden in the minds of every rational being. As a passing remark I say that I am not writing this thesis as a philosophic expert, because I am well aware of the fact that …

A Comparison Of Schiller's "Die Jungfrau Von Orleans" And Shaw's "Saint Joan", Elsa H. Wernicke

Bachelors’ Theses

Today, almost 2700 years after the heroic deeds of this Hebrew warrior, we read of another tale of deliverance and heroism, that of the vocation, the battles, the triumphs and martyrdom of Joan of Arc, peasant girl of Domremy and deliverer of her beloved France. May 1920, Pope Benedict XV, solemnly enrolled her among the canonized Saints of God as supreme token of admiration.

The Development Of Railroad Corporations In The United States To 1870, Robert A. Hahn

Bachelors’ Theses

The intention of the first part of this paper is to show how a few of the hundreds of separate railroads in the United States were begun during the years 1830 to 1850. All were built to fulfill a certain purpose, and nearly all were purely local enterprises with no thought of the great systems which were to develop. There was seldom the idea of consolidations in the building of these early railroads. They were built to serve the purpose and the need at hand. But the necessity for through service between distant points soon required that the different railroads …

The Socialism Of Norman Thomas, Robert Theo. Hummer

Bachelors’ Theses

Perhaps the most important economic issue of the present day is Socialism. Though this system is as old as feudal society, with its aristocratic and favored few, it has a more vital appeal as a remedy tor present modern ills, especially in view of the "great calamnity',the "sin of 1929" and its results, the present economic depression. This "cure-all" had its birth among the proletariat and was immediately opposed on all sides. The controversy it evoked has raged on through time and probably will not cease as long as socialism is what it is. For if Socialism were merely an …

Irish Learning And Its Effect On The Carolingian Renaissance, Jane Donald

Bachelors’ Theses

When the Roman Empire disintegrated and its learning was, for the time, buried by an avalanche of barbarism, Ireland alone of the many provinces which had shared in its commerce and learning, was undisturbed. Ireland had a mission; it was to be the haven in which classical learning was kept alive and it was to be the means, when the time was ripe, of carrying this culture throughout Europe.

The Prose Works Of Annette Von Droste-Hulshoff, Helen Isabel Mervash

Bachelors’ Theses

Heredity and environment are important factors in life, but nowhere else do they have as important a role as in the life of a writer. In the works of every writer can be traced the influences of home life, of ancestors, of childhood surroundings and of friends. It has been the author’s purpose to attempt to show the great part Annette von Droste-Hulshoff’s Westphalian environment and tradition have played in her prose works.

Gustav Frenssen, Der Romanschriftsteller, Herbert Hiller

Bachelors’ Theses

No abstract provided.

New Mexican Weaving And The Practical Vegetable Dyes From Spanish Colonial Times, Mela Sedillo Brewster

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

This study deals with the history of New Mexico as it affects the crafts. It covers the general history and techniques of spinning, loom development and weaving. It considers designs of 17th century Spain and Colonial Mexico and the misinterpretation of designs in New Mexico. It deals primarily with the Spaniards and their descendants who will hereafter be referred to as New Mexicans. Linguistic influences and changes are noted whenever they apply to the crafts. The Indian weaving is discussed only insofar as it helps to understand the New Mexican. Conclusions concerning the craft are drawn both from the study …

A Glossary Of The Variants From Standard French Used In The Parish Of Saint James., Marie Alice Dugas

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Development Of Catholic Institutions In Chicago During The Incumbencies Of Bishop Quarter And Bishop Van De Velde, 1844-1853, Marie Catherine Tangney

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Economic Development Of The South, Howard C. Smith

Honors Theses

An exploration of the Southern economy, examining the slave system, the effects of the Civil War, industry problems, trade unions, and big business.

Civil Service Under Grover Cleveland, James Taugher

Bachelors’ Theses

The handing out of political offices to party adherents by a president of the United States has brought about difficulties in the administration of every president. During the term of President Jackson, the spoils system was particularly rampant, and soon clear- thinking people and reformers demanded a change in this system. A Civil Service League was formed and widely publicized.

Backgrounds Of Foreign Affairs In American Pre-War Thought Magazines, Thomas E. Moore

Bachelors’ Theses

I intended in this thesis to examine the background in international relations and foreign affairs which the five journals of opinion of my choice were furnishing to their subscribers, particularly those newspapermen and editors who read these journals for information with which to provide in turn their own readers and for use in the formulation of their own foreign policy and attitude toward international affairs.

I was particularly curious, in view of what great catastrophe was about to descend upon the world in those days, to determine by an examination of the magazine files, specifically what informational material was being …

Life And Works Of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Lorraine T. Pallanch

Bachelors’ Theses

In this treatise I have attempted to make a study of the life and works of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward. The only material available to me was her autobiography and her numerous works. Since I have been unable to find any critical material other than brief comments published in periodicals at the time of her death, I have discussed rather than criticized her works for the most part.