Student Theses, 1936-1974
| Elmhurst College
Arrangement
Box 1
1 Abele, R. Reinhold. "Soren Kierkegaard's Philosophy of Man." Philosophy, 1954
2 Achtemeier, Paul J. "Santayana and the problem of knowledge." Philosophy, 1949
3 Baker, Cynthia. "A man and his works: Harold Pinter." Speech, 1968
4 Baumann, Robert J. "America enters." History, 1937
5 Bettmann, John C. "The influence of Plotinus upon Saint Augustine of Hippo." Philosophy, 1967
6 Bizer, Armin Conrad. "A study of the problem of evil in the philosophy of Josiah Royce and C.S. Lewis." Philosophy, 1953
7 Bizer, Rober. "The ethics of Spencer." Philosophy, 1945
8 Bliznick, Peter M. "Composition and performance of music for lyrics from the film 'Mr. Wrenrobbin, who do you think you are?'" Music, 1970
9 Bloesch, Richard John. "The philosophical orientation of American composers." Philosophy, 1952
10 Bohn, Roger E. "Christian science?" Philosophy, 1954
11 Borneman, Wesley. "Aristotle and Plato: concept of the idea." Philosophy, 1946
12 Bosworth, Herbert H. "L'histoire de la Caisse d'Escompte." 1937
13 Bowers, Mary S. "Sweeney Agonistes." Music?, 1967
14 Boyd, Frank R. "Theatrical makeup." Speech, 1969
Box 2
1 Brash, Joel. "College speech courses: an important asset to the future industrial salesman." Speech, 1968
2 Braun, Theodore A. "The suburban mind." Sociology, 1947
3 Bree, Judy. "F. Scott Fitzgerald: the man and his writing." 1969
4 Briggeman, Robert E. "The philosophy of Schopenhauer and its pessimistic consequences." 1938
5 Britt, James. "A comparison of the rational and non-rational elements of a religious experience..." Philosophy, 1950
6 Brown, Robert E. "Forms of public address as used by an Associate Youth Director of a Y.M.C.A." Speech, 1968
7 Brueseke, Richard Sommer. "A historical survey of the Uniate Catholics." History, 1954
8 Buchhold, Louis, Jr. "The accomodation of Judaic thought to Greek philosophy in the philosophy of Philo Judaeus." Philosophy, 1957
9 Cain, James A. "The juvenile street gang." Sociology
10 Cain, James A. "A study of the correlation of religious ethnocentrism and general prejudice." Sociology
11 Carter, Marge. "A study in make-up design for the movie 'Mr. Wrenrobbin, who do you think you are today?'" Speech, 1970
12 Colman, Lois. "The responsibility of Kaiser William II for the World War." 1937
13 Cory, Donald W. "The philosophy of Samuel Alexander." Philosophy, 1948
14 Crusius, Donald N. "An inquiry into the influence of evolutionary pragmatism upon the philosophy of Mr. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes." Philosophy, 1953
15 Daudermann, Laverne. "The changing emphases of materialism as effected by scientific discoveries." Philosophy, 1938
16 DeBartolo, Michael J. "Motivational research." Speech, 1969
Box 3
1 Denbeaux, Fred. "The ethical theories of Immanuel Kant with particular reference to their theological implications." 1936
2 Dickbernd, David Elroy. "Paul Tillich's concept of the unlimited God." 1965
3 Dillenberger, John. "Plato's philosophy of history." Philosophy, 1940
4 Donao, Sachiko. "Problems of Japanese Americans." Political Science, 1958
5 Duzan, Norman Wm. "The life of William Cobbett as shown in his writings." History, 1945
6 Eastman, Gordon. "The meaning of value in the writings of John Dewey." Philosophy, 1950
7 Eimer, Andrea. "The role of the social worker in a medical setting." Sociology, 1967
8 Ellerbrake, Richard. "The theory of natural right among the classics." Philosophy, 1955
9 Engelhardt, Ivan L. "Whitehead and Bergson." Philosophy, 1957
10 Engelsdorfer, Delvin T. "A study and comparison of the religious experience of William Ernest Hocking and Alfred North Whitehead." Philosophy, 1951
11 Engler, David Eugene. "An analysis of Erich Fromm's concept of the individual in relation to values." Philosophy, 1965
12 Fawell, Marilyn. "American political parties and their influence in Congress." Political Science, 1972
13 Felson, Roger. "The conflict between Italy and the Vatican." History, 1958
14 Fine, Howard D. "A utopian community--the Koreshan unity." History, 1967
15 Fine, Howard D. "Utopian or intentional communities of the United States and Canada." 1969
Box 4
1 Finne, Bruce. "The social and legal philosophy of Louis D. Brandeis." Philosophy, 1963
2 Firmer, Margaret Grace. "Fur trade of the West 1600-1845." 1937
3 Fraccaro, Joseph W. "William James: a pragmatism rooted in individuality." Philosophy, 1966
4 Fredrickson, Bob. "Radio announcing as a career." Speech, 1967
5 Fredrickson, Dennis F. "The nature of religious language - a discussion in regards to analytical philosophy." 1965
6 Fricke, Robert W. "The philosophy of the British-Israel movement." Philosophy, 1950
7 Gabler, Don. "A comparative study of the philosophies of history of Reinhold Niebuhr and Albert Schweitzer." Philosophy
8 Gardner, Steven O. "An examination of the elements of the theater in relation to Dadaism, Surrealism, and Expressionism." Speech, 1971
9 Gaspar, Robert Paul. "Foreign aid and pressure groups." Political Science, 1962
10 Gauntt, Holly. "'Marvelous enlightenment is not given it must be worked for:' LSD." Sociology, 1967
11 Gerber, Dorothy. "The relation of eschatology and ethics as represented in Albert Schweitzer and Rudolf Otto." Philosophy, 1950
12 Gerstenberg, Sibylle. "Herder's philosophy of mankind." Philosophy, 1948
13 Goldsmith, Charles. "Mysticism and Meister Eckhart." Philosophy, 1948
14 Greer, Arthur E. "A critical study in the realm of essence of George Santayana." Philosophy, 1951
Box 5
1 Groggel, Eleanor. "Kierkegaard and the Christian Church." Philosophy, 1945
2 Gruen, William C. Jr. "Martin Heidegger's claim to being." Philosophy, 1964
3 Grunwald, Donald. "A philosophical study of Leo Tolstoy." Philosophy, 1948
4 Gunkel, Jorlyce." Speech: its value in the business world." Speech, 1969
5 Habermehl, Arthur Jr. "An inquiry into Schleiermacher's nature of religion and its distinction from morality..." Philosophy, 1956
6 Haddad, Olga. "Hegel's philosophy of history." Philosophy, 1940
7 Haertig, Robert L. "A philosophical study of attitudes in the approaches to the Negro-White race problem in the United States." Philosophy, 1950
8 Hagstrom, Ronald G. "The judicial reform movement in Illinois from 1900 to 1950." Political Science, 1960
9 Hahn, William C. Jr. "Nietzsche, Ecce Homo." Philosophy, 1959
10 Hansen, Merle. "Kierkegaard: the poet." Philosophy, 1946
11 Hein, Charles T. "Words as symbols." Philosophy, 1949
12 Hellman, Phyllis. "A chronological history of the opera." Speech, 1968
13 Hemmert, Terri. "Singles vs. albums: rock radio today and tomorrow." Speech, 1969
14 Hempen, Dale A. "Meeting and encountering other minds." Philosophy, 1966
15 Hempenius, Richard F. "An inquiry into the process of conversion." Philosophy, 1952
Box 6
1 Heniff, Joseph W. "Is James Burnham's book 'The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom," correct?" Political Science, 1971
2 Henning, Mark L. "The role of speech training in business." Speech, 1970.
3 Herrmann, Robert. "A critical evaluation of an empiricist ethical philosophy." Philosophy, 1941
4 Hilander, Evelyn Jo. "Egyptian archaeology in the nineteenth century." 1937
5 Hoecker, Vernon. "A comparative study of the treatment of crime and criminals in the United States and the Soviet Union." 1936
6 Hoefer, David D. "Kierkegaard as a theologian." Philosophy, 1966.
7 Holmer, Lawrence Thomas. "The British view of Napoleon Bonaparte in four British periodicals from 1812-1815." History, 1953.
8 Horosz, William. "Jonathan Edwards: life at work in thought and faith." Philosophy, 1945
9 Huber, Ralph Edward. "The philosophy of William James and its effect upon American thought." Philosophy, 1938
10 Irion, Paul E. "Volitional theories of German idealism." Philosophy, 1943
11 Jablecki, Michael C. "United States foreign policy and foreign aid to Brazil." Political Science, 1968
12 Jackson, Bonnie Jean. "Foreign policy crisis management and the domestic influence." Political Science, 1973
13 Jannusch, Bruce A. "Dr. Rudolf Carnap's neo-positivistic logical semantic trends; its basis and development." Philosophy, 1956
14 Janssen, Clifford John. "A study of the development of the Moravian Church in America as an American church." History, 1950
Box 7
1 Johanningsmeier, Alfred. "The educational philosophy of John Dewey." Philosophy, 1945
2 Kaiser, David P. "The Federal Reserve: the formative years and the years of maturity." Business Administration, 1967
3 Kalbfleisch, George. "Hume's denial, and Kant's affirmation of the synthetic power of the mind." Philosophy, 1937
4 Kalkbrenner, Eugene. "Hedonistic theories, conceptions and their relation to morality." Philosophy, 1943
5 Kallenbach, Allen L. "The government of Europe under Napoleon Bonaparte." History, 1957
6 Kalter, Richard. "Richard Wagner and his aesthetic and religious development from Arthur Schopenhauer to Christianity." Philosophy, 1946
7 Karasek, Robert. "History of Elmhurst." History, 1936
8 Kasper, Robert Elmer. "An examination of the approach of logical positivists in the theories of ethics and human value." Philosophy, 19t0
9 Kauffman, Lisle. "Liberty according to Mill."
10 Kehrli, Norman G. "The English roots of democracy from the twelfth to the twentieth century." 1942
11 Kemp, Ronald A. "A study of comedy through selected periods of history." Speech, 1971
12 Klemme, Armin. "The religious thoughts of Royce." Philosophy, 1946
13 Klick, Cora. "The ethical theory of Arthur Schopenhauer." Philosophy, 1943
Box 8
1 Klohr, Donald. "Pascal: God and the world." Philosophy, 1946
2 Knapp, George W. Jr. "Protestant church finance in United States during the twentieth century." Economics, 1938
3 Knudson, Wayne C. "Plotinus: his life and philosophy." Philosophy, 1958
4 Kohring, Clarence Jr. "An inquiry into Friedrich Nietzsche's relationship with Richard Wagner." Philosophy, 1950
5 Kolkmeier, Donald F. "The relation of the individual with the absolute in the idealism of Josiah Royce." Philosophy, 1955
6 Kolze, Robert H. "Wisdom as expressed by Plato, Aristotle and Hebraic wisdom literature." Philosophy, 1947
7 Komada, Paul. "The impact of the common market on United States foreign economic policy. " Political Science, 1964
8 Konrad, James H. "A study of the self in the philosophy of Bernard Bosanquet." Philosophy, 1953.
9 Konzak, Jeff. "Organizational requisites and individual needs: an antithetical interaction." 1974
10 Koob, James F. "Gabriel Marcel: a timely perspective." Philosophy, 1964
11 Koshewa, William. "The idea of progress." Philosophy, 1944
12 Kotwicki, Stephen. "An evaluation of present United States' China policy." Political Science, 1967
13 LaMar, Jack. "The moral philosophy of British intuitionism: a critical analysis." Philosophy, 1958
14 Lane, William T. "Utilitarian ethics of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill." Philosophy, 1941
15 Larson, James W. "The role of the British Commonwealth of Nations in international relations." Political Science, 1961
Box 9
1 Lauer, Walter. "The Boston school of personalistic idealism." Philosophy, 1937
2 Lebold, Keene R. "A Christian approach to ethics." Philosophy, 1947
3 Limper, Armin. "Schleiermacher: religion and Christianity." Philosophy, 1945
4 Low, Myron J. "A study of the Japanese mind in the democratic process." History, 1951
5 Ludwig, Melvin F. "The theology of John Wesley." Philosophy, 1947
6 Maack, Phyllis. "An analysis of the relationship between social work and social action." Sociology, 1966
7 Maronn, Armin J. "Trends in the factors considered as making for success in marriage." Sociology, 1936
8 Maschmeier, Ralph. "Some historical bases of relativism in ethics." Philosophy, 1941
9 Matsunaga, Hiroko. "Religion in Japan." Sociology, 1967
10 Mattern, Thomas R. "The essence of Feuerbach and the man Marx." 1968
11 Mauch, Theodor. "Kierkegaard's category 'the individual.'" Philosophy, 1943
12 Mayer, Charles F. "A comparative study of municipal civil service methods in the United States and Britain." Political Science, 1956
13 Mayer, Donald E. "An analytical comparison of the philosophies of Schopenhauer and Bergson." Philosophy, 1955
14 Melchert, Ernest J. "A presentation and critique of the ethics of Nicolai Hartmann." Philosophy, 1936
Box 10
1 Mellin, Warren Roger. "A handbook on the basic laws of negotiable instruments." Economics, 1938
2 Menzel, Emil W. "Solitariness." Philosophy, 1950
3 Meyer, Norman E. "The poetics of Aristotle and its influence on tragedy through the ages." Philosophy, 1955
4 Meyer, Paul. "Water and Mesa Verde." Archaeology, 1966
5 Meyer, Ralph C. "The ethics of G.E. Moore."
6 Mies, Kenneth. "A study of Tillich's concept of correlation." Philosophy, 1964
7 Mongan, Jack. "Psychodrama: an independent study of its history, educational applications and theatrically technical aspects." Speech
8 Moore, Kathleen P. "Adult education and the needs of modern society." Sociology, 1966
9 Morkel, Karen. "Frustration and rewards." Sociology, 1966
10 Mosher, Catherine R. "An independant (sic) study on the inaugural addresses of Presidents Truman through Nixon." Speech, 1970
11 Mueller, Robert. "A philosophy of analogy." Philosophy, 1950
12 Mutton, Robert. "The relationship of love and justice in the theology of Reinhold Niebuhr." Philosophy
13 Naefe, Dave. "Alliance for progress: an evaluation of its operation 1961-64."
Box 11
1 Niensted, John. "'Creative evolution' and 'emergent evolution' as contrary and contradictory and agreement." 1936
2 Nolte, Robert. "The inadequacy of Pareto's circulation of the elite in explaining social classes." Sociology, 1942
3 Oberkircher, F.D. "The philosophy of George Santayana." Philosophy, 1937
4 Osborn, John M. "Sociological aspects of the economic development of Israel: a structural analysis." Sociology, 1966
5 Ostendorf, David L. "Explication of a transition: the resolution of the conflict between the objective truth of Christianity and revelation..." Philosophy, 1969
6 Pantermuehl, Roland. "Conception of the self in the philosophies of instrumentalism and objective idealism..." Philosophy, 1936
7 Pauwels, Diana R. "Special investigations in the study of the evaluation of children's literature." Education, 1969
8 Pedersen, Janice. "Crisis-oriented casework in the Travelers Aid Society." Sociology, 1967
9 Penna, Frank. "The coalition: military relations among the Allies (1941-1945)." History, 1959
10 Pepmeier, Max H. "The conception of God (in personalism)." Philosophy, 1949
11 Petersen, Herman T. "The dialectic of Hegel and its influence on British absolute idealism - Bosanquet and Bradley." Philosophy, 1938
12 Pfautsch, Lloyd. "Augustine's relation to Neoplatonism and Plotinus." Philosophy, 1943
13 Pheiffer, Kenneth Wm. "Elmhurst College and its early administrators...Kranz...Weygold...Meusch." History, 1945
14 Plocher, Frederick G. "The philosophy of J.E. Boodin." Philosophy, 1938
Box 12
1 Prasse, Edgar. "The evolutionary naturalism of Herbert Spencer." Philosophy, 1938
2 Rasche, Carl C. "The meaning of determinism and its relation to human decision." Philosophy, 1939
3 Rasche, Richard F. "The ethics of humanism." Philosophy, 1941
4 Rauh, Walter. "The contribution of eighteenth century France to the growth and development of the democratic ideology." Philosophy, 1942
5 Reed, Craig. "Kierkegaard and Hegel." Philosophy, 1945
6 Reinertson, Alice J. "Three centuries of American music texts." Music, 1966
7 Rota, C. David. "The pragmatic method of valuation." Philosophy, 1969
8 Sakumura, Joe. "The problem of relations." Philosophy, 1949
9 Salerno, Carol L. "J.M.B. a study in self-determined fate." 1969
10 Salerno, Carol L. "Readings in group discussion." Speech, 1969
11 Sallstrom, John. "Analytic philosophy and religion." Philosophy, 1961
12 Sanderson, Sandy. "Theatrical make-up." Speech, 1969
13 Schatz, William Karl. "Good and value as prescribed by generic interest presented in R.B. Perry's 'General theory of value'." Philosophy, 1953
Box 13
1 Schieman, Richard. "A study of the epistemology of Leibniz." Philosophy, 1956
2 Schippel, Paul D. "Friedrick Hayek and John Dewey on social control." Philosophy, 1956
3 Schlundt, Edward. "Technological unemployment."
4 Schneider, Eugene A. "Elmhurst College as a proseminar in Evansville, Indiana." History, 1945
5 Schoerluke, Henry P. "Moral liberalism versus the Christian ethic." Philosophy, 1944
6 Schumacher, Calvin. "The Bergsonian doctrine of free will." Philosophy, 1946
7 Schumacher, F. "Hegel's philosophy of religion." Philosophy, 1943
8 Schupp, Eugene. "A study of philosophies of history." Philosophy, 1948
9 Secker, Harry G. Jr. "Epicurean ethics and Christian ethics." Philosophy, 1946
10 Sedgwick, James. "A survey of the master's degree programs in special education offered at six state universities in Illinois." Speech, 1970
11 Seger, Joe. "On the freedom of faith and conscience." History, 1957
12 Sellar, Barbara. "Pop proclamation--'The times they are a-changin'." Speech, 1968
13 Seyfert, Warren Hartley. "Conscience: a historical survey." Philosophy, 1944
14 Shaffer, Susan. "E.E. Cummings and his transcendental vision." 1969
Box 14
1 Sheehan, Jan. "The problems and promises of radio news." Speech, n.d.
2 Siebert, Warner H. "Religion and George Santayana." Philosophy, 1953
3 Siml, Anita. "Television commercials." Speech, 1969
4 Simonson, Richard E. "An investigation into the exclusion of metaphysical inquiries in philosophical analysis." Philosophy, 1954
5 Sindelar, Barbara. "Eugene O'Neill: a study in masks." English, 1967
6 Smith, Ruth E. "The end." History, 1945
7 Sommer, Otto. "Ernst Cassirer: the philosophy of symbolic forms." Philosophy, 1952
8 Sonneborn, George. "India strives for freedom." History, 1945
9 Spina, Valerie. "The founding fathers paradox of theory and practice."
10 Stanger, Richard L. "The historical roots of the existential mode of thinking in the nineteenth century." History, 1958
11 Stearns, Barbara. "Chaos umpire sits." Philosophy, 1964
12 Stoaks, Mary E. "A semester course in beginning speech offered to sophomores in high school." Speech, 1968
Box 15
1 Striker, Mary. "Hull House theaters in Chicago." Speech, 1968
2 Strobel, Eldred. "A few aspects of depreciation." 1938
3 Strong, Robert W. "The existential phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty." Philosophy, 1965
4 Swiston, Andrew. "Franklin Roosevelt and the election of 1932." Political Science, 1969
5 Tanner, Barbara. "Readings in semantics." Speech, 1968
6 Taylor, Kenneth. "The ethical system of Roman stoicism as an example of the ethic of duty and reason." Philosophy, 1941
7 Trapp, D. Jane. "Personnel management." Economics, 1938
8 Traut, Fred G. "Thomas Jefferson - his approach to religion." Philosophy, 1947
9 Troutman, Evelyn. "The contributions of Hegel to sociological theory." 1937
10 Tschudy, James C. "The role of polarity and paradox as conceptual tools in the understanding of reality." Philosophy, 1964
11 Tucker, Sally Anne. "A comparison of two Picaresque novels." English, 1967
12 Vogel, Donald Carl. "Baron vom Stein and the Prussian reforms of 1807-1809." History, 1950
13 Volle, Alvin F. "A study of the metaphysics of Heideggerian existentialism." Philosophy, 1951
14 Wardecker, Kathe Jane. "A sociological study of the German concentration camp." Sociology, 1966
15 Warehime, Harold M. "Christ on Skid Row." Sociology, 1953
Box 16
1 Washburn, Jost Brainard. "Ethical value theories from the phenomenological point of view, according to Max Scheler and Nicolai Hartmann." Philosophy, 1941
2 Weeg, A. Howard. "A theistic vs. a naturalistic anthropology." Philosophy, 1939
3 Weltge, Ralph. "The myth and its relation to culture." Philosophy, 1952
4 Wickman, John. "WIlliam A. Peffer's influence on the Populist party." History, 1953
5 Wiessner, Karen. "Resocialization of the mentally ill in the United States." Sociology, 1966
6 Willhouse, Albert Jr. "The pragmatic methods of Charles Peirce and William James." Philosophy, 1949
7 Winger, Daniel T. "An investigation concerning the adequacy of Whitehead's method of extensive abstraction." Philosophy, 1954
8 Wise, R.L. "United States diplomatic relations in French Indo-China 1942-1954." History, 1964
9 Witzeman, Robert. "An inquiry into the rise of objective relativism as an answer to the problem of epistemology." Philosophy, 1950
10 Wlodek, Michael. "The evolution of World War I German imperialist thought." Political Science, 1971
11 Wobbe, R. Kenneth. "Genesis of the Tractarian movement." History, 1937
12 Woelke, Fred L. "Political aspects in ethics." Philosophy, 1946
13 Wosikowski, Thomas L. "Alfred North Whitehead's interpretation of Hume and Kant." Philosophy, 1952
Box 17
1 Young, Earl P. "The Soviet agrarian policy." Economics, 1938
2 Ziebell, Kenneth. "The philosophy of history of Spengler and Toynbee." Philosophy, 1954
3 Zimmerman, Carl A. "A study of John Dewey's naturalism." 1964
4 Zimmerman, Frederick. "The religious philosophy of Immanuel Kant and its historical relation to Christian thought." Philosophy, 1938
5 Zwetz, Janet. "Up the stairs of concepts." English, 1969
