Browsing W & L Historic Theses by Issue Date
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The Influence of Darwin's Origin of the Species on English Literature
In the study of five important writers of prose as well as verse in the Victorian Age, we can see how the impact of Evolution was reflected in literature. The work of Da rwin, especially with its connotations on man (we ... -
An Attempt to Investigate the Reduction of Ruthenium Tetroxide by Potentiometric Methods
The titration curve for osmium tetroxide is similiar to the one obtained for ruthenium tetroxide becauee there is a minimum on each curve and the potential increases with each addition of HCl. . . . Another point of ... -
Prussian Liberalism in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Conservatism in Prussia was r etained and liberalism defeated. What caused this defeat? What were the weaknesses of liberalism which doomed it in Bismarck's empire? To me the most important factor was that the dichotomy ... -
Is Germany Still a Nation on Probation? Patriotism vs. Nationalism in 21st Century Germany
In the wake of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the international media were raving about the progress made by the host country Germany in its attitude toward national pride. Journalists emphasized that, although the specter of ... -
Pollen Feeding and Its Effect on a Generalist Predator, the Chinese Praying Mantid, Tenodera sinensis
The Chinese praying mantid, Tenodera sinensis (Saussure), is a univoltine generalist predator that hatches early in the spring and must oviposit in the fall. At both crucial times of early nymph development and oogenesis, ... -
European Economic Community Enlargements: The Common Agricultural Policy, The Wine Sector, and Their Effects on Integration
The purpose of this paper is to address some of the problems of European integration, with particular emphasis on the Common Agricultural Policy ( CAP) and the last two enlargements of the Community. Greece joined the ... -
Creativity Under Fire: Effects of Exaggerated Time Restrictions and High Standards of Criteria on Creative Production
Investigates how two psychological stressors -- exaggerated time restrictions and high standards of criteria -- affect the creative performance of 44 8th and 48 11th grade students and alludes to the relation between ... -
On the Theory of Action
This paper concerns several points of action theory. I begin with a discussion of Arthur Dante's thesis on basic and nonbasic action, clarifying and differentiating between, the two. While Danto advances the notion of ... -
An Investigation of the Synthesis of [delta]9,10 Octal-1-one
The synthesis of [delta]9,10 octal-1-one has been begun in large quantities. The intermediate , methyl-[gamma]-(1-cyclohexenyl)-[gamma]-oxobutyrate has been obtained in workable amounts. A study of the use of semicarbazones ... -
Pendleton Scott Clark: Life and Works
Pendleton Scott Clark was an active architect in Lynchburg, Virginia and surrounding areas from 1920 until his death in 1975. The firm Clark started in the 1950's; Clark, Nexen, and Owen; is still practicing in Lynchburg ... -
The Synthesis of Certain Substituted Sym-Diphenylcarbazides
It is perhaps advisable here to give a complete resume of the reactions involved in these syntheses. In all cases, a substituted aniline was the starting product which was diazotized with NaN02 in acid solution at a ... -
Indians on the Eastern Shore of Virginia: Evolving Relationships with the English and Powhatan Indians
My work parallels that of historian Helen C. Rountree who closely examined the Eastern Shore Indians in Powhatan Foreign Relations, 1500 - 1722; Pocahontas's People; The Powhatan Indians of Virginia; and Eastern Shore ... -
Knowledge Through Participation: The Epistemic Status of Religious Belief
Critical philosophy has severely restricted the role of philosophy of religion. A hallmark of the critical approach is an acceptance of Locke's epistemological ethics: belief ought not to go beyond what explicit data or ... -
The Story of Cleopatra in English Literature
Perhaps no story is better known than the story of Cleopatra. Even the ordinary child would have a pretty definite idea of beauty if someone would say to him that such and such a girl is as beautiful as Cleopatra. In spite ... -
What Happens to a Dream Deferred: The School Desegregation Crisis in Cleveland, Ohio and the Rise of Carl Stokes
School desegregation in the North was not as successful as the effort in the South. Civil rights activists in cities like Cleveland, Ohio, attempted to integrate the schools by applying the tactics of the Southern civil ... -
Compressions of Linear Operators Yielding a Single Point Numerical Range
This thesis will focus on finding subspaces M such that the compression of T to M, denoted TM, has a single point numerical range. . . . The motivation for finding such subspaces lies in a theorem from quantum coding ... -
Late Wisconsin Glacier Surface Elevations and Flow Directions from the Beartooth Plateau to the Clarks Fork Valley, Wyoming
During the Pinedale glaciation of the Late Wisconsin, an ice cap covered most of the land comprising the Beartooth Plateau and the highlands to the south, stretching to the Clarks Fork Valley in northwestern Wyoming. The ... -
Insights into the Factors Controlling the Distributions of the Narrow Endemic, Helenium virginicum and its Widespread Congener, H. autumnale, Through a Study of Their Relative Competitive Abilities and Growth Rates
We undertook a growth and competition study of H. autumnale and H. virginicum to gain insight into the causes of their distributions. We used a multiple de Wit replacement series to study competition, run concurrently with ... -
Thesis in Chemistry [Double Cesium and Rubidium Salts of Lead Tetrabromide]
Salts in which lead is quadrivalent are comparatively unstable and usually they readily pass over into the corresponding compounds in which the lead is divalent. Salts of Hexa-chloroplumbic acid 2Hcl. Pb cl4 are known and ... -
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 ...