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  Fort Hays Kansas State College Inauguration 1969

  Fort Hays Kansas State College

  In October 1969 Fort Hays Kansas State College inaugurated Dr. John W. Gustad as the fifth president of the Western Kansas institution. This book includes the texts of the addresses given at the inauguration and during the week following the ceremony. Scholars from throughout the United States as well as distinguished faculty members from the Fort Hays State staff appeared during the inauguration series.

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  Hitler and Keitel: An Investigation of the Influence of Party Ideology on the High Command of the Armed Forces in Germany Between 1939 and 1945

  Helmut J. Schmeller

  The eventual struggle between these two Weltanschauungen, National Socialism, and Marxism, needed to be translated into reality. The Program of the National Socialist German Worker's Party proposed in Point 22 the creation of a People's Army. After 1941 he intensified his attempts to make the Wehrmacht the tool of National Socialist ideology. It is the purpose of this study to trace Hitler's evolving program of using the military to accomplish his political ends.

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  The Social Views of Dwight L. Moody and Their Relation to the Workingman of 1860-1900

  Myron Raymond Chartier

  This evaluation is complicated for two basic reasons. The amount of subjectivity that enters into one's assessment always plagues any attempt on the part of the historian to be objective; however, it seems that religious phenomenon is even more difficult to evaluate honestly. This writer believes that he has no "axes to grind" in regard to Moody and the workingman. The record of history has been the primary interest.

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  A History of the Violin Étude to About 1800 Volume II

  K. Marie Stolba

  The purpose of this study is to investigate and ascertain the history and development of the étude as a specific form of didactic literature for the violin. All influential factors, both non-musical and musical, are considered; in a study of this type, however, more space is devoted to the musical than to the non-musical elements. This being the case, an investigation of instructional materials for the violin comprises the major portion of this writing. The period covered is form 1523 to around 1800.

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  J.C. Denious: Public Servant and State Promoter of Southwestern Kansas

  Larry N. Lane

  This biographical study is primarily concerned with the political, economic, and social activities and interests of Mr. Denious while he served in the capacity of State Senator and Lieutenant Governor. In the course of state growth and development, it is unfortunate that important contributions by certain dedicated public servants are little known or remembered. In a small way, it is the purpose of this study to help rectify this situation.

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  Invertebrate Fauna and Environment of Deposition of the Niobrara Formation (Cretaceous) of Kansas

  Halsey W. Miller

  This paper reevaluates, and where desirable, synonymizes species. Previously unrecorded species are described and illustrated. The environment of the Niobrara Formation in Kansas is described. The author collected specimens in Scott, Logan, Gove, Trego, Rooks and Phillips Counties, Kansas.

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  A Comparative Analysis of the Rhetoric of Two Negro Women Orators-Sojourner Truth and Frances E. Watkins Harper

  Janey Weinhold Montgomery

  The purpose of this study was to compare the rhetoric of two Negro women orators--Sojurner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper as shown by a critical analysis of selected speeches from 1851 to 1875.

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  Kansas Mennonites During World War I

  Arlyn John Parish

  The story of the Mennonites of Kansas during World War I has never been told. This account should be of interest both as an incident in general Mennonite history and as an episode in the social history of the United States, for it demonstrates many of the problems of incorporating a minority group into the broader society.

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  A History of the Violin Étude to About 1800 Volume I

  K. Marie Stolba

  The purpose of this study is to investigate and ascertain the history and development of the étude as a specific form of didactic literature for the violin. All influential factors, both non-musical and musical, are considered; in a study of this type, however, more space is devoted to the musical than to the non-musical elements. This being the case, an investigation of instructional materials for the violin comprises the major portion of this writing. The period covered is form 1523 to around 1800.

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  Mammalian Distribution Within Biotic Communities of Northeastern Jewell County, Kansas

  Kenneth W. Andersen and Eugene D. Fleharty

  The purpose of this investigation was threefold. First, to obtain as complete a list as possible of mammals occuring in the area through collecting and observational procedures. Second, to determine their specific distribution within the study area, and third, to correlate and elucidate the relationships between their distribution and the major vegetational regions within the study area.

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  Parallelism in Romans

  Paul M. Biays

  This work concerns a study of the epistle to the Romans in light of the ancient Jewish poetical trait of parallelism. The intent is to show the influence of the poetical trait in Paul's most systematic prose writing.

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  A Bibliography of Scholarship About Henry David Thoreau: 1940-1967

  Christopher A. Hildenbrand

  This bibliography, an attempt to accumulate most scholarly contributions about Thoreau in a single compilation, orginally covered twenty-five years from 1940-1965. For purposes of this publication it has been expanded and revised to include everything to mid-1967.

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  Soil-Vegetation Relationships of A Blue Shale-Limy Upland Range Site in Ellis County, Kansas

  Larry D. Zavesky

  The objective of this study was to determine the soil-vegetation relationships of a blue shale-limy upland range site. Vegetative composition and production were determined for each soil within the range site. Some of the more important physical and chemical properties, such as texture, depth of development, and general fertility, were determined for each soil.

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  Ecological Studies of Blue Grama Grass (Bouteloua gracilis)

  F. W. Albertson, D. A. Riegel, and Gerald W. Tomanek

  Blue grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis) was selected for detailed description here because of its wide distribution and importance throughout the Great Plains Region in the United States.

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  An Approach to Graduate Study

  John C. Thorns

  The second volume of the Art Series, Fort Hays Studies, Fort Hays Kansas State College, is related to the first volume in that it too is an approach--and approach to graduate study. The examples shown in this issue are photographs from thesis projects dealing with three dimensional forms of some of the advanced students, graduating from this department during the past ten years.

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  Alessandro Rauerij's Collection of Canzoni per Sonare (Venice, 1608) Volume I Historical and Analytical Study

  Leland Earl Bartholomew

  The crowning musical achievements of the Renaissance lay chiefly within the realm of vocal music. The masters of the sixteenth century brought to supreme climax the development of Mass and motet, chanson and madrigal; yet the Renaissance also witnessed a flowering of instrumental music, destined ultimately to supplant in importance the older, vocal art.

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  Alessandro Raujerij's Collection of Canzoni per Sonare (Venice, 1608) Volume II Edition

  Leland Earl Bartholomew

  Among the Venetian printers who published music in the opening decade of the seventeenth century, Alessandro Rauerij was one o fthe most active. The Canzoni consists of nine part-books-- eight for the melodic voices; the ninth, an organ-bass. The collection contains thirty-six instrumental canzonas. The present volume constitutes a modern edition of Rauerij's collection and is presented in an open score.

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  Mrs. Underwood: Linguist, Littérateuse

  Carol Ward Craine

  The purpose of this study is to present a literary biography of Mrs. Underwood: to make an acquaintance with her as a woman and author, and to survey the scope of her writing with some critical analysis.

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  Frontier Army Life Revealed by Charles King, 1844-1933

  Hazel M. Flock

  The purport of this study is to picture army life of the old West as revealed by the works of Charles King, author and military man of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I have emphasized the period of frontier policing by the army during the settling of the West, more commonly referred to as the Indian Wars of the 1870's.

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  A Preliminary Survey of the Algae of Cheyenne Bottoms in Kansas

  Henry J. McFarland, Edward A. Brazda, and Ben H. McFarland

  The purpose of this study was to classify and describe some of the algae of Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Refuge, Barton County, Kansas. The general geographic location is northeast of Great Bend, Kansas. A natural basin has been converted by dikes into a group of pools. The study was made over a two year period starting in May, 1960.

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  Dry-Plains Conservation: an activity or experimental method of teaching soil and water conservation in Southwestern Dry-Plains natural science classrooms.

  David W. Pierson

  This paper is an attempt to provide teachers in the dry-plains regions with certain concepts and techniques believed to be of value in assisting students to develop an understanding of the uniqueness of their environment. While most of the activities, experiments, and demonstrations were first organized for a biology class, many of them should be suitable for use in other classes which involve the natural sciences.

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  Euphthiracaroidea of California Sequoia Litter: With a Reclassification of the Families and Genera of the World (Acarina: Oribatei)

  Neil A. Walker

  The specimens on which this study is based were collected in litter under both the coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens Endlicher, and Sierra redwood, S. gigantea Decaisne. The results of this study are the taxonomic discrimination of the speicies of each redwood region.

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  A History of the Hays (Kansas) Daily News

  Robert J. Spangler

  The report of this history has been arranged to provide, first, an understanding of the background and antecedents of the Hays Daily Newsl second, a thorough description of the first issues of the new paper; third, a brief insight into the character and personality of the founder and editor; and fourth, a survey of the evolution of the daily from 1929 to present. A summary of the study concludes the report.

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  Bibliography of Master's Theses: Fort Hays Kansas State College 1930 - 1962

  Paul K. Friesner

  Fort Hays Kansas State College has offered the master's degree since 1929 and a modern graduate program has been developed. Prior to 1942 a thesis was required of all candidates for the master's degree; but since that time, candidates in certain subject areas have been permitted to substitute master's reports, and creative thesis, production thesis, or substitute course work for a thesis.