Browsing W & L Historic Theses by Title
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A Study of the Proceedures [sic.] for a Laboratory Course in General Organic Chemistry
This Thesis is a study of certain organic reactions with a view of adapting them to use in the laboratory instruction in a course in general Organic Chemistry. P:roject No.1, pages 1 thru 5, deals with the formation of a ... -
A Study of Type I Hypersensitivity (Anaphylaxis)
Type I hypersensitivity reactions were studied in vitro using the Schulz-Dale Assay. This assay involved the suspension of pieces of sensitized mouse ileum (smooth muscle of the gut) in an organ bath to allow exposure to ... -
Subversive Texts, Randomness & Fright, and the Narrative Deconstructure of Thomas Pychon's Gravity's Rainbow
Our inability to paraphrase and reconstruct this book's 11 story, 11 however, is not simply a product of its length and complexity. Rather, the book is structured in such a way that it makes this kind of coherent recall ... -
Summer Soldier, Sunshine Patriot: Liberalism and the Crisis of Military Service in the United States
This paper is not about politics or military strategy. It is not about international relations or just war theory. This is a paper about America on the sidelines. This is a paper about a nation at the mall, even as a tiny ... -
The Synthesis of 1, 2, 3, Triphenylpropane
The preparation of symmetrical triphenyl-propane has been carried out by several different methods, principally by German chemists. Altho there is very little in the chemical literature on this compound, the method most ... -
The Synthesis of 4-carboxybenzenesulfhydrazide and an Investigation of Its Use in the Resolution of 3-methylcyclohexanone
The present problem was undertaken to provide an intermediate for the resolution of racemic carbonyl compounds. But before continuing, a short discussion of the different types of reagents and a brief explanation of the ... -
The Synthesis of Diisobutylethylcarbinol
Interest in the general problem of the synthesis of tie higher molecular weight, (C10 and higher ), tertiary alcohols was s timulated by the discovery that in a routine laboratory preparation involving the condensation of ... -
Tchaikovsky's Ballets
Because of Tchaikovsky's influence, people listen to a ballet score just as they would listen to a symphony. It is doubtful that anyone would want to do the same with the ballet music by Minkus or even Adam. Today, ... -
"Tell us a story": Ancient Rhetoric and the Power of Story-Telling in Legal Fiction
The power of storytelling in the practice of law is a theme which resonates throughout Twentieth Century American legal fiction. Put simply, it's the idea that "whoever tells the best story wins the case." Storytelling can ... -
The Amerasia Affair and John Stewart Service: Weighing the Evidence of History
Amerasia was a small, left-wing monthly magazine, now defunct, dedicated to the discussion of Asian political and cultural affairs. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, it was openly critical of the Chinese Nationalist ... -
The Americanization of Immigrants as Expounded in the Biographical Material Relative to Aliens
Manifold are the reasons for the exodus of people from their native lands to emigrate to America. Many have come because of political suppression, many because of financial difficulties, many because of racial differences, ... -
The Benson Project: Urban Economic Renewal Strategies in Practice
Efforts to stimulate economic renewal should include a consideration of renewal strategies to ensure their effectiveness and ultimate success. The following study presents four tenets of economic renewal, developed from ... -
The Birth of the Modern Book: Re-reading Vollard's Livres d'artistes
Ambroise Vollard certainly treated all his book projects as works of art. He was tremendously involved in all his book projects, from choosing the literary artist and visual artist to editing the final appearance of the ... -
The Cardboard Sublime: Novella and Postscript
Aristotle claimed that the purpose of art is to delight and to instruct. In dealing with the latter, it is necessary to consider the virtues advocated by a work of literature. At first glance of the opening chapters, it ... -
The Economics of Equal Education Opportunity
There are four primary objectives for this thesis. First, an economic model of learning behavior is developed combining microeconomic theories with economist Gary Becker's theory on the allocation of time. The economic ... -
The Environment, Future Generations, and John Rawls
I would like to note that my thesis's main point is not to present an entirely new and complete argument as to why we should preserve the environment, and more importantly, I do not argue that the only reason we should ... -
The Fabrication of Antireflective Coatings by the Self-assembly of Silica Nanopartical and Polycation Bilayers
This study examines several factors that affect the quality of antireflective coatings created by the self-assembly of alternating layers of silica (Si02) nanoparticles and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) or poly(diallyld ...