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The slave code of Texas.
(1929) Lockhart, W. E.
The life of Governor Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham.
(1930) Lanham, Martha Anderson
It is the purpose of this paper to give the career of S.W.T. Lanham showing the part he had during the periods of struggle and strife through which the United States passed during the years of his life, as soldier of the Confederacy in the War between the States, as pioneer on the western frontier of Texas, as teacher in a log cabin school house, as lawyer and District Attorney, as Congressman from a district of eighty-odd counties, and finally as Governor of Texas.
Slavery in Texas
(1933) Engelking, Johanna Rosa; Guittard, Francis G.; Baylor University.
History of Baylor University.
(1941-07) Williams, Earl Francis
This thesis has been written for those who love Baylor University and wish to know the rich history of the "grand old school." The purpose has been to show the development of the institution from its beginning in the days of the Republic of Texas to the present-day Baylor University whose influence extends to many parts of the world. In tracing this history, it was necessary to show Texas as it was prior to the year 1845 and that in these early years of Texas, a movement for higher education was slowly but surely gathering force. Many prominent Baptists were the leaders in this movement, which led to the founding of Baylor University at Independence. This same desire to provide an opportunity for higher education led to the founding of the institution which was later to become Waco University and then Baylor University at Waco. Baylor University at Independence passed away, but there was left an influence that is still felt in the lives of the hundreds of students who continue to pass through the portals of Baylor University at Waco. An effort has been made to portray the life and spirit of Baylor University and to show how the ideals of these leaders who made Baylor University possible are still evident in the life and traditions of the institution and are molding the aims and ambitions of the students of Baylor of the present day. Thanks are due to R.A. Burleson, the son of Doctor Rufus C. Burleson; to Pat M. Neff, President of Baylor University and to others whose first hand information concerning Baylor University under Doctor Burleson has been helpful in writing this thesis.
Oscillating satellites about the straight line equilibrium points.
(1952) Clayton, Robert Lee
The problem as studied in this thesis is the behavior of a satellite at the three equilibrium points. When a satellite is displaced from rest at one of these points it will either oscillate or rapidly leave the system. The equations of motion were first set up between the satellite and two other rotating bodies. These equations were then expanded in series and certain restrictions placed upon them. With these restrictions, constants of integration were found, and the integrated equations of motion were also found. An application was then made to the Solar System in which the Sun and Jupiter were taken as the major bodies. The masses of these two bodies were then substituted into the equations of motion and equations were found for the three points of equilibrium. The orbits were then plotted at the three points.
Journalism in the curriculum of Southern Baptist colleges and universities.
(1960-08) Castello, Sherry Boyd.
This thesis is a study of the development and present status of journalism education within the thirty colleges and universities operated by the Southern Baptists. It includes a listing of the earliest courses in journalism offered in the various institutions and outlines the colleges which now give majors or minors in the subject as well as those still including journalism courses in the English department. A study is made of the current curriculums in journalism, noting the subjects which are fundamental and widespread and others which are made possible only by larger enrollments and faculties. Attention is also given to the methods of instruction, and in particular to the opportunities for practical experience offered to journalism students. A chapter is devoted to the study of journalism faculties, noting individual professorial rank, education, and experience. Because Baylor University's department of journalism is responsible for substantially one-half of all Southern Baptist journalism education, special consideration is given to its continual development.
Lithostratigraphic and depositional framework, near-surface Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian strata, southern Brazos Valley, North-central Texas.
(1965) Seals, Mary J.
The purpose of this study was to interpret the depositional framework of the original Cisco Group, Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian, in the shallow subsurface of North-central Texas, Stratigraphic interpretation was based on several subsurface mapping methods—(1) stratigraphic cross sections, (2) isopach maps of limestone-bounded intervals, (3) sandstone percentage maps, (4) structure contour maps, (5) channel sandstone isopach maps, (6) paleotopographic maps, (7) well sample study, and (8) various special maps and cross sections. Several classifications of the Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian strata have been proposed; however, Plummer and Moore's (1922) classification, although not completely suitable, applies best to the study interval. The problem of the Pennsylvanian-Permian boundary was not a concern of this study. The strata of the Cisco Group in the study area consist, in order of abundance, of shale, sandstone, limestone, and coal. Rock characteristics and interpretation of depositional environments was of necessity based primarily on electrical responses and geometric distribution. Little is known about shales within the study area except that they may be highly fossiliferous, commonly carbonaceous, and probably represent transitional environments. Relatively thin, widespread limestones persist throughout the study interval and represent decrease in clastic influx. The persistent limestones are important in subsurface correlation. Sandstone deposits can be divided into sheet sandstones of probable marine origin and linear channel-fill sandstone bodies. Topographic and structural lows were apparently controlled to some degree by differential sand-shale compaction and by compaction of shales underlying massive sandstone bodies. These local compactional features are superimposed on a broad, regional monocline. Interpretation of channel trend relationships to structure and underlying strata has been an important aspect of this investigation. The dominant orientation of channel trends is in a west-southwest direction, which probably reflects a source area to the east and northeast of the study area. Channels are best developed in structural lows which apparently were also paleotopographic lows. In non-channel areas differential shale compaction created topographic lows on which a succeeding channel would probably develop. Subsidence due to shale compaction beneath massive sandstone bodies also created topographic lows, which are commonly areas where an upper channel crosses a lower channel. As many as five intersections were observed in a local area. Continued surface and subsurface research is necessary to describe sufficiently the depositional history of the Cisco Group of North-central Texas. Suggestions for further study include (1) extension of the study downdip and along strike, (2) more dense well control on a larger map scale, (3) mineralogic, petrologic and sedimentary structure studies, and (4) paleotopographic surface and subsurface studies.
Phytoplankton production in a central Texas reservoir.
(1969) Kimmel, Bruce Lee; Lind, Owen T., 1934-; Baylor University.
Phytoplankton production and other environmental variables were measured from June to November, 1968 to determine factors affecting production and trophic status of the producer community in a shallow, polymictic, central Texas reservoir. The reservoir was highly productive and eutrophic. Net phytoplankton production estimates, derived from data, averaged 390 mg C m“3 day“^, 857 mg C m“2 day”^, and 300 g C m"^ yr~for the impoundment. Light extinction by organic and inorganic turbidity limited phytoplankton production by decreasing the photic depth. Nutrient limitation was of minor importance, although greater production occurred near points of nutrient inflow than in other reservoir areas. Wind-mixing of the reservoir is believed to accelerate its eutrophication by promoting rapid nutrient recirculation, and thus maintaining nutrient availability for primary production. The impoundment is expected to age more rapidly with time as its basin shallows and phytoplankters spend an increasingly larger fraction of their lives in the productive zone.
Uptake and utilization of alanine-1-14C by freshwater algae.
(1969) Campbell, David Bennett; Lind, Owen T., 1934-; Baylor University.
Experiments were conducted x^ith Chlorella pyrenoidosa, Cosmarium formosulum, and Gloeocapsa sp. to determine their relative heterotrophic capacity at various conditions. Cultures were incubated in nutrient media with 0.5 uc DL-alanine-l-^C added at various temperature (10C, 20C, 30C) and illumination (0 ft-c, 2137 ft-c, 8547 ft-c) conditions. A temperature increase resulted in an increase in alanine uptake in Ck pyrenoidosa and C. formosulum. Uptake decreased in Gloeocapsa at 20C but increased at 30C. High light intensity and darkness stimulated uptake in C. pyrenoidosa and C. formosulum and uptake was minimal at 2137 ft-c. Uptake occurred at all illumination conditions with Gloeocapsa, but was maximum at 2137 ft-c. Alanine was incorporated into cytoplasmic protein in C. pyrenoidosa and C.. formosulum but a significant amount was incorporated into protein in Gloeocapsa only at 2137 ft-c. These species were concluded to be facultative heterotrophs.
Pond succession on the Kaibab Plateau, Arizona.
(1969) Kimmel, James Ross; Lind, Owen T., 1934-; Baylor University.
Quantitative data were obtained for a serai comparison of five sinkhole ponds on the Kaibab Plateau, Arizona. Species diversity, community metabolism, primary production, and relative serai rank were assayed. Information theory and non-information theory species diversity indices were used to compare the phyto- and zooplankton, benthos, and emergent vegetation both within and among ponds. Species diversity of these four pond features showed large fluctuations, hence diversity indices afford distinction only between early versus late serai stages. The ponds were divided into early versus late categories based on community metabolism estimates, as calculated by the diel oxygen curve method. Primary production values, derived from diel oxygen curve values, indicate that primary production increases during succession to a certain point, then decreases as the aquatic ecosystem approaches senescence. Methods of estimating serai stage based on measurements of individual characteristics were ineffective, so a systems analysis approach was developed. Species diversity, photosynthesis-respiration ratio, and mean depth wer*e related mathematically to produce a serai ranking value which varies directly with serai stage. Values calculated with this formula correspond well with presumed serai stages of the ponds.
Age and growth of the white crappie, Pomoxis Annularis Rafinesque, in Lake Waco, Texas.
(1969) Chen, Terry Huei-Hsiung; Lind, Owen T., 1934-; Baylor University.
The major collection of white crappie was from 17 July 1967, to 10 April 1968, by traps and gill nets. Other fish were taken by anglers and seines in June 1968. A total of 1142 fish were included in this study. Spawning season for Lake Waco crappie was from late February to early May and was at its peak in March and April. White crappie in Lake Waco may spawn after one year. Growth rate of Lake Waco white crappie was rapid. The average back-calculated total lengths(TL) for Lake Waco crappie for the last 4 years were as follows: 145mm for the first year’s growth, 216mm for the second age group, 271mm for the third age group, and 309mm for the fourth age group. In the white crappie scales started to develop on the caudal peduncle in fish 16mmTL. The first fully scaled fish observed was 31mmTL. The region between the dorsal fin and pectoral fin was the last place to develop scales. The mathematical expression of the length-weight relationship for the white crappie of Lake Waco is: log W = -5.6131 + 3.2954 log L where W= body weight in grams L=total length in millimeters. The body-scale relationship demonstrated a parabolar curve. The equation L=35.506219 + 1.215665 S + 0.000931 s2 fitted the body-scale relationship of Lake Waco white crappie well. Principal food items of white crappie were small fishes (mainly shads, Dorosoma cepedianum and D. petenense), aquatic insects, and small crustaceans. Lymphocystis was only found in the spring, and about 1.7 percent of the fish were infected. Infection by nematode parasites, Camallanus oxycephalus, was observed in the spring and summer, but infected fish showed no signs of weakness.
Some effects of thermal history on the largemouth black bass, Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede), of two central Texas reservoirs receiving power plant effluents.
(1972) Venables, Barney James; Lind, Owen T., 1934-; Baylor University.
Mean annual growth of the first three age classes of largemouth black bass from Tradinghouse Reservoir was near the average growth reported in the literature for southern waters. Largemouth black bass collected from the discharge canals of Tradinghouse Reservoir (which has received power plant effluent for only 2 years) and Lake Creek Reservoir (which has received power plant effluent for 20 years) showed no difference in male or female gonadal development, condition factor, or thyroid activity; however, the largemouth black bass collected from the Tradinghouse Reservoir discharge canal showed signs of decreased physiological activity with respect to the Lake Creek sample. No significant detrimental effects of the power plant effluents were detected.
The ostracode Cypridopsis vidua: physiological response due to thermal stress.
(1973) Wysong, Mark Lee; Lind, Owen T., 1934-; Baylor University.
Upper temperature effects were measured on the mean oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, ingestion, assimilation, and egestion rates of the ostracode Cypridopsis vidua. to determine positive or negative effects of temperature stress. Oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production were near the literature reportings of the Class Ostracoda, with a linear increase with increasing temperatures. Respiratory Quotients were very low. Ingestion and assimilation rates were positively linearly related with temperature to 30C and 25C. respectively, above which each was negatively affected. Assimilation efficiency dropped from 70 percent at 15C to 16 percent at 35C. Ingestion and assimilation rates increased per mg biomass with decreasing size of organism. Active avoidance of 30 and 35C temperatures was observed.
An historiographical appraisal of the writings of Nicolas M. Zernov.
(1976) Barrett, Roby C.; Daniel, Wallace; Baylor University.
Purpose of the Study; The purpose of this study is to place the writings of Nicolas M. Zernov in their proper relationship to Russian historical and protest literature, and to provide a synthesis of Zernov's numerous publications that deal with Russian history. With the exception of the family chronicle, no work on Zernov has been published, and the chronicle does not include an analysis of his writings or the place of those writings in any Russian literary tradition. Procedure: The author examined all of the available references, both primary and secondary, which pertained to Zernov and Russian historiography. The references included Zernov's writings, both articles and books, and an interview with Zernov at Oxford in March,1975. The works on Russian historiography came, primarily from the Staatsbibliothek, the library of the Seminarfuer Geschichte Osteuropas, the library of the Seminarfuer Slavische Philologie, and the Universitaetsbibliothek Muenchen, all of which are located in Munich, West Germany. Other libraries used included those at Baylor University, Southern Methodist University,and the University of Texas at Austin. The private collections of Dr. Wallace Daniel and myself were also researched. Findings: Zernov's approach to Russian history has been basically different from that of other Russian historians. For him, the historical narrative was the medium through which he presented a moral approach to politics and socia lrelationships. Using the social and political institutions of Kiev as the ideal, Zernov compared and criticized the subsequent periods of Russian history. Zernov's descriptions reflected his consistent criticism of Western secularism and his belief in the spiritual mission of Russian Orthodoxy. Such pronouncements place Zernov squarely within the protest tradition of Russian literature. Conclusion; Zernov's writings represented a marriage of the political traditions of Western democratic liberalism and the spiritualism of the Slavophiles and Russian Orthodoxy. Zernov gave a moral and ethical interpretation of the political and social institutions of Russian history. He called for the union of Russian Orthodox spirituality and morality and the democratic political institutions of the West.
Structure and photosynthetic response to abrupt thermal stress of a periphyton algal community colonized in a power plant discharge canal.
(1976) Lukins, David Alan; Lind, Owen T., 1934-; Baylor University.
Tremendous increases in energy needs have led to construction of many new power plants. Effects of heated power plant effluents on aquatic organisms have not been clearly established, Periphyton community structure was used to assess these effects. Species diversity (H") was used to monitor changes in periphyton algal community structure in the discharge canal of a fossil fuel power plant near Waco, Texas. Diversity decreased closer to the power plant discharge. Minimum diversity was 0,96 in June at the sampling station closest the power plant and maximum diversity was 2.89 at the station farthest from the discharge in March. Diatoms dominated the attached algal flora at all stations in the January and March samples. By May diatoms were being replaced by bluegreens at the sampling station closest the power plant, yet diatoms were still the major group at all stations. By June bluegreens were dominant at the station closest the power plant and were increasing at the other' stations but were not dominant. Primary periphyton production per unit biomass was measured following exposure to abrupt thermal change as encountered during shutdown and startup of a power plant. Production was greatest for samples colonized near the power plant discharge for both 10 C and 30 C experimental temperatures. Maximum primary periphyton production using methods was 0.61 ug C organic matter * hr“*.
The production, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics of Elodea sp., Potamogeton sp., and Nitella sp. in Sam Rayburn reservoir, Texas.
(1978) Neely, Robert Kyle; Lind, Owen T., 1934-; Baylor University.
The 1977 annual maximum biomass of Elodea sp., Fota- — 2 mogeton sp., and Nitella sp. was found to be 1013.6 g m~ , 168.4 g m **, and 32?.6 g m~'', respectively. Combined, these plants produce 80,528.16 kg dry wt lake”* year”*. However, this value is only 0.289?5 of phytoplankton production. Production of the macrophytes may have been greater had a a severe draw-down not occurred. The seasonal changes in ash weight and nutrient concentrations did not conform to the typical curves» nor did the seasonal change in biomass conform to the expected sigmoid curve (Westlake, 1965b)* The atypical patterns were due to the effects suffered from the water level change. Nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in the plant tissues were not found to be indicative of environmental concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus. This occurrence may have been due to neither nitrogen nor phosphorus of waters or sediments being limiting. Evidence for secretion of phosphorus by Elodea sp. was found. Diffusion gradients of phosphorus were found between the interior and exterior of the Elodea sp. stands.
The life of Fannie Coddington Browning.
(1983) Slavik, Sherrell A.; Herring, Jack W., 1925-1999
Fannie Coddington was born in New York on September 6, 1853. Her father, Thomas B. Coddington, was a wealthy metal merchant with locations in both New York and London. In 1868, Fannie moved with her family to London where she became acquainted with the poet, Robert Browning, and his family. Pen Browning, Robert's son, was attracted to Fannie and after a few years proposed marriage. The Coddington family disapproved of the match and in 1875, Fannie returned to New York. There, she dedicated herself to religious and charitable work with Grace Church. After the deaths of her father, mother, and elder sister, Fannie traveled to England with her younger sister, Marie. She was reunited with Pen Browning and on October 4, 1887, the couple were married. They purchased the Palazzo Rezzonico in Venice as their home. The poet, who had the greatest love and admiration for his daughter-in-law, was visiting them when he became ill and died on December 12, 1889 . Although the couple had many friends and were socially active in Venice, their life was unhappy. Fannie was unable to bear a child and suffered frequently from disabling physical pain as well as from the resulting emotional strain. Pen hired a beautiful Venetian nurse/model who aroused Fannie's jealousy and eventually caused a separation. In 1893, after six years of marriage, Fannie left for New York where she spent the next few years in philanthropic endeavors. In 1899, at the encouragement of her friend Enid Layard, Fannie agreed to meet Pen to try to reconcile their differences. In May, she returned to Venice and her husband but left again in January of 1900 to live at Enid Layard's until she finally acquired her own apartment in March of that year. She lived independently, boarding nurses and working with various charitable organizations. In 1906, Fannie chose to leave Italy and to make her home at Oxford in England. In July 1912, Pen died and because he left no will, an auction of the Browning estate was held the following May. Fannie moved to America, making her home in Washington, D.C. in 1914. In 1928, she published Some Memories of Robert Browning. In 1931, Fannie returned to England to Hayward Heath, London. There, in 1933, she hired Miss Dorothy Ivatt, an employee of Hayward Heath Hospital whom she had come to know and trust; she consequently dismissed her companion of twenty years. Miss Louise Vincent. Shortly afterward, she tried to break the trust fund of almost $400,000 which she had established a few years earlier, but lost the case because the judge ruled that she was influenced by Miss Ivatt. Fannie lived with Miss Ivatt in Anchorhold cottage in Hayward Heath until her death on September 20, 1935.
Subsurface Stratigraphy of the Strawn and Canyon Groups of west central Texas, Concho and Menard counties
(1983) Woodard, Jan N.; Grayson, Robert; Parker, Don; Baylor University.
Carbonate rock units of the upper Strawn Group (Desmoinesian) developed on the western flanks of the Llano uplift on a positive topographic platform, the Concho shelf. Late Mississippian and early Pennsylvanian orogenic uplifts along the Texas craton exposed the Ordovician Ellenburger Group carbonate rocks to extensive erosion and provided the paleotopographic unconformity upon which these cyclic limestones and shales were distributed. Orogenic activity related to the advancing Ouachita Fold Belt occurred synchronously with late Strawn deposition. The rising Ouachita orogenic belt initiated a fluvial-deltaic depositional complex that prograded over a slowly subsiding carbonate shelf. In early Canyon time (Missourian) deformation along the Ouachita Fold Belt decreased in intensity and a more stable carbonate platform environment was reestablished on the shelf. Cycles of marine and prodeltaic shales capped by algal limestones characterize the Canyon Group. Paleotopographic variations in the lower Canyon indicate early Missourian tectonic movement in the Ellenburger limestones. In contrast, the wedge-shape geometry of the upper Canyon carbonate units suggest shoreward-building carbonate banks. These banks developed over very porous, water-saturated prodelta shales and gained thickness as accumulating carbonates compressed the unconsolidated distal muds.
The effects of phosphorus starvation on phosphate storage, three storage products and cellular organelles of Chlorella pyrenoidosa.
(1983) Ransom, Charlotte B.; Lind, Owen T., 1934-; Baylor University.
The ultrastructure of phosphorus starved, phosphorus restored and total nutrient cells of Chlorella pyrenoidosa was described by i morphometric analysis. The rate of phosphorus incorporation into polyphosphate bodies of phosphorus starved cells was described as a volume fraction of the whole cell volume over a 210 min period. Maximum phosphorus incorporation into polyphosphate bodies of phosphorus starved cells occurred in the first 30 min of exposure to phosphorus. After 180 min exposure, the volume fraction of the polyphosphate bodie's of these cells decreased significantly. Several different trends were observed in the volume fractions of other cellular components. The volume fraction of starch in the chloroplast was significantly larger in the total nutrient cells than in cells of any other treatment. Lipids and pyrenoid volume fractions were significantly higher in phosphorus starved and phosphorus restored cells than in total nutrient cells. Phosphorus starved cells had the smallest volume fraction of vacuoles. Upon exposure to phosphorus, the vacuolar volume fraction increased until it equalled that of total nutrient cells. No significant differences in the volume fractions of the chloroplast, nucleus or mitochondrion were observed for any treatment.
The effect of the form and concentration of nitrogen on geosmin production by an aquatic actinomycete (streptomyces isolate WM1C1).
(1983) Katzif, Samuel D.; Lind, Owen T., 1934-; Baylor University.
Actinomycetes are organisms that produce geosmin which is one of the organic compounds responsible for the earthy (musty) odor in water. This study was designed to isolate an actinomycete, confirm it as a geosmin producer, and determine the effects of the form and concentration of nitrogen on the production of geosmin by the isolate. Five actinomycetes were isolated from the muds of Lake Waco; four were identified as Streptorayces and one as a possible Nocardia sp. or Micromonospora sp., and two Streptomyces spp. were confirmed to be geosmin producers by GC-MS. The effects of nitrogen on one Streptomyces sp. were reported as affecting threshold odor number (R.O.N.), biomass production (mg dry wt), and Specific T.O.N. (T.O.N.-mg dry wt ^). The forms of nitrogen used were NO^-N as KNO^, NH^-N as NH^Cl, and organic nitrogen (ORG-N) as asparagine and the concen- tration range of nitrogen was 0.000 mg'L to 0.600 mg * L. T.O.N. values increased linearly as concentrations of NO^-N and NH^-N increased while ORG-N (0.300 mg'L inhibited geosmin production. Biomass production increased linearly as concentrations of NO^-N and ORG-N increased (0.000 mg*L ^ to 0.600 mg'L"'*") but low concentrations of all three nitrogen forms did not promote significantly larger biomass proudction than the nitrogen-free media. Specific T.O.N. increased as concentrations of NH^-N and NO^-N increased with NH^-N producing significantly higher Specific T.O.N. per flask.

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