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A Rhetorical Criticism Of The Campaign Speeches Of Adlai E. Stevenson, Max C. Norton

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The 1952 Presidential campaign ushered into national prominence the Democratic nominee, Adlai Ewing Stevenson.

His sudden and dramatic emergence as an important factor in world politics was due in part to his unique oratory. Dynamic in style and content, his speeches commanded the rapt attention of the American people for three intense months during which he delivered over two hundred and fifty. Of interest and importance is the new insight into national problems that he gave to the American voter as a result of these orations.

The problem is to analyze, through his public addresses before and during the 1952 …

Ua94/7/2 Mary Grise Scrapbook, Mary Grise

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Scrapbook created by Mary Grise regarding events of her life as a high school student in 1953-1954. She participated in theatre, tennis, public speaking and musical events and competitions. The scrapbook contains clippings, mementos, programs and essays.

A Historical Study Of The Theatre Of The Mother Lode During The Gold Rush Period, Berton Everett Trulsson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Many events of the gold rush have been adequately narrated in numerous books and articles. The succeeding pages in this thesis will recall, historically by topic, important incidents of one phase of that period never before treated as a separate study that phase is the theatre of the Mother Lode region.

The argonauts of the Mother Lode wanted to be entertained and could pay for it. Many preferred the saloon and gamboling hall, but the theatre did not languish because of this, and in fact, developed in some instances directly out of the saloons and fandango halls.

It was the …

Speech Attributes Of Thomas Starr King, Elton F. Martin

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Suspended in the State Capitol at Sacramento is a portrait of a man under whose name appears the following inscription, "The man whose matchless oratory saved California to the Union". The same name identifies a statue standing in the Congressional Hall of Fame, placed there by the State of California in memory of one of two Californians "most illustrious for their historic renown". The life and speeches of a man who achieved such renown and who earned such an immortal epitaph to his eloquence should be worthy of study by a speech student. The purpose of this thesis is to …

Ua3/2/4 Armistice Day, Paul Garrett

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered on an Armistice Day by Paul Garrett.

Ua3/2/4 [Abraham Lincoln], Paul Garrett

WKU Administration Documents

Address prepared by Paul Garrett regarding Abraham Lincoln. The document includes the following sections:

• Introduction I
• Introduction II
• Honesty
• Modesty
• Tolerant & Kind
• Objective Judgment of Men
• Humor
• Religious Faith

A Study Of Hiram W. Johnson's Public Speaking Technique And Of His Speech Composition : As Manifested In Five Of His Speeches On United States Foreign Policy, Carl W. Fuller

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In the third and fourth decades of the twentieth century Hiram W. Johnson was one of themost important men in Ameican public life. He attained his eminence through the power of the spoken wrod; as a master wielder of that power he is deserving subject for a study to which this thesis claim to be only the plodding and inept introduction.

This thesis does not pretend to be an exhaustive study of Johnson's methods for three reason: 1. Its analysis of Johnson's speech composition is restricted to the third of the developmental stages listed above; 2. speeches selected for analyisis …

Ua94/5/6 Yank, Vol. 2, No. 11, U.S. Army

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Yank magazine removed from Lucian Flora scrapbook. This issue features the war in Italy, Germany and the Philippines.

Ua94/5/6 Mission Accomplished: Africa, Sicily, Italy, U.S. Army

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

U.S. Army publication removed from Lucian Flora's scrapbook regarding the World War II campaign through North Africa, Sicily and Italy.

A Consideration Of The Qualities Which Contribute To The Effectiveness Of The Speeches Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joanna Givan

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study proposes to analyze the qualities of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speeches as determined through a general survey of his speeches and a particular study of those of 1941.

As President Roosevelt is considered an effective speaker of the day, a consideration of those qualities of composition, delivery and audience reaction which have contributed to the effectiveness of his speeches should have value. The year 1941 was selected because it was decisive year in the destiny of our country and as such affected his speeches.

Ua3/2/4 The American Red Cross, Paul Garrett

WKU Administration Documents

Speech regarding the Red Cross delivered by Paul Garrett at unidentified meeting.

Ua3/2/4 World War Ii, Paul Garrett

WKU Administration Documents

Chapel speech delivered to WKU student body by Paul Garrett upon declaration of America's entry into World War II.

Ua3/2/4 This America Of Ours, Paul Garrett

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by Paul Garrett at unidentified meeting.

Ua3/2/4 Confederate Memorial Day, Paul Garrett

WKU Administration Documents

Address given by Paul Garrett in the Bowling Green cemetery on Confederate Memorial Day, 1940

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 84, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, James Sterrett, Louis Greenspan, Elizabeth Woods, Jo Bryant and C.A. Loudermilk.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 83, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, James Sterrett, Tommy Smith, Cornelia Wiley, W.L. Matthews, James Coleman and Hazel Oates.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 80, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Reid Sterrett, Ellick Owen, Jack Heath discussing George Washington.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 79, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Administration Documents

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, John Vincent, Charles Massenger, William Webb, Reid Sterrett discussing Webb's experiences in China.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 78, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Mattie McLean, Finley Grise, Reid Sterrett, E.H. Canon, Helen Gwin, Florence Schneider and Paul Garrett discussing the history of WKU and how a college operates.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 77, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Reid Sterrett and J.H. Poteet discussing the historic triangle of Virginia.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 75, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Ellen Jeffries, Judson Griffin, Mary Marks and Merle Lamon discussing conservation of natural resources.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 71, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Margaret Posey, David Highbaugh, Nell Brown, Robert Clarke and Franz Strahm,

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 69, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Administration Documents

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, L.Y. Lancaster and Mrs. Harvey Murdoch.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 68, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Administration Documents

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show hosted by Eugene Rybski and included Gordon Wilson, Nelle Travelstead, Charles Smith, J.C. Cantrell, Barbara Beyer, Scott McAlister and Robert Kirby.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 67, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, W.J. Edens, M.C. Ford, ? Arnold, ? Hopkins, Osborne Burd, Carl Wade and Harold Tygrett.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 66, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This was a special broadcast for the unveiling of the Cherry Statue on the campus of Western Kentucky University. It includes speakers Earl Moore, Finley Grise, Herman Donovan, J. Lewie Harman, Arndt Stickles and J.R. Whitmer.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 65, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, M.E. Schell, Mary Chisholm and Brice McEuen.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 63, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Administration Documents

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Paul Garrett, Horace McMurtry, Finley Grise, John Vincent, Franz Strahm and Helen Hancock.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 62, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Administration Documents

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Billy Craig, Ben Sisk, Ellouise Martin, Mrs. Wallace McGinley and Ed Ward.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 61, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Administration Documents

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio featuring a debate between WKU and Asbury College on minimum wage. Individuals included in the broadcast were Earl Moore, Louis Salomon, Charles Crain, B.H. Henard, Julius Brasher and Charles Runyan.