Thesis (M.A.)--Harding University Graduate School of Religion, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-173).

Thesis (M.A.)--Harding University Graduate School of Religion, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-173).

Thesis (M.A.)--Harding University Graduate School of Religion, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-173).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Harding Graduate School of Religion, 1980. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-133).

Educational reform in the New South took many forms. After the ravages of the Civil War, education in the South was chaotic and sporadic. Diverse external groups sought to improve the situation of the southern poor. They ranged from successful businessmen who organized philanthropic ventures such as the Southern Education Board to mission associations established by church denominations to minister to the disadvantaged rural population—both black and white. Within the South, various individuals and groups played critical roles in improving southern rural education. This study focuses on the creation of Tallulah Falls School in the north Georgia mountains by the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs. Tallulah Falls School’s founding in its cultural and social context reflects upon a number of issues that characterized the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century. Of significance were the vision of a New South as articulated by Henry Grady and others, and the ‘discovery’ of Appalachia in the 1890s, followed by the perceived need to ‘repair’ it. Also influential was a different vision of a New South that drew upon the Lost Cause philosophy as articulated by the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy. Industrial education was seen as a means not only to educate but also to alleviate concerns about the potential loss of rural America and the legendary yeoman farmers that had been the foundation of the nation from its earliest days. The rise of great fortunes and the emergence of a middle class led those who had the resources to uplift and ‘repair’ through philanthropic means that which seemed to threaten the virtues and vitality of America. Although their motives were not purely altruistic, clubwomen exerted great effort to bring educational opportunities to the rural people of Georgia. Through personal involvement and by means of political and social reform, these clubwomen were prepared to their position and influence to ‘heal’ the children. Their endeavor at Tallulah Falls stands as an example of their determination to uplift poor, disadvantaged mountain children and their families and bring to them an awareness of an efficient, modern world.

Thesis (M.A.)--Cincinnati Bible College & Seminary, 1999. / Includes abstract and vita. Later published as: Torn asunder : the Civil War and the 1906 division of the Disciples; Joplin, Mo.: College Press Pub. Co., 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-114).

Thesis (M.A.in Church History)--Cincinnati Christian University, 2007. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-106).

Thesis (M.A.in Church History)--Cincinnati Christian University, 2007. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-106).

Thesis (M.A.)--Cincinnati Bible College & Seminary, 1999. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-114).

David Lipscomb, editor of the Gospel Advocate for almost half a century, was a man of wide influence. He was intensely devoted to the cause of Christ. In the estimation of his admirers he "had a keener and deeper insight to the meaning of the Holy Scriptures and of God's dealings with the race than any other one man in all Christendom." Though such a judgement is open to question, the man becomes a fit subject for such a study as we have attempted to make.