University Of Southwestern Louisiana Research Articles

Coupling of airborne sound into the earth.

While a student at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982, I was attracted to the Physical Acoustics Research Group at the University of Mississippi after reading a list of physical acoustics publications left by Professor Gordon Baird on a graduate student recruitment trip. I made a brief visit to UM and met Hank, Bolen, and Crum. Hank offered me an assistantship ten times greater than the one at USL. I recall him saying the U.S. Army had a seismic sensor to detect tanks, but when helicopters flew overhead, the sensors alarmed. Aspects of this work were described in the paper, of Bass and Bolen [“Coupling of airborne sound into the earth: Frequency dependence,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 67, (1980)]. During graduate years at UM, I met Keith Attenborough and was introduced to the work of Keith, Hank, and Lee on microphones buried in soils and rigid frame porous media acoustics. Under their direction, my graduate acoustics education was spent applying Biot poroelasticity to first foot of the ground. In ...

Bibliographie selective sur le metissage culturel franco-louisianais (cadiens/creoles noirs)

ANCELET, Barry J., 1995, The limits and direction of creolization: from Mercier's L'habitation St Ybars to the Eunice Mardi Gras, presente a Lafayette, American Folklore Society meeting, 11-15 oct. 1994, Cajun and Creole folktales, Jackson, University Press of Mississippi. 1989, Cajun Music : Its Origin and Development, Lafayette, University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1992, “ Cultural Tourism in Cajun Country : Shotgun Wedding or Marriage Made in Heaven ”, Southern Folklore, 49 (3) : 256-26...

Arkansas's Minister of Hate: A Research Odyssey

GERALD L. K. SMITH IS KNOWN TO MANY Arkansans as the creator of the Christ of the Ozarks statue, the Passion Play, and other tourist attractions at Eureka Springs. To some outside Arkansas, he is known for having been national organizer of Louisiana senator Huey P. Long's Share Our Wealth clubs and as a collaborator with Father Charles Coughlin in the 1936 Union Party challenge to Franklin D. Roosevelt. But many more probably know Smith as one of the most notorious figures of the American far right and the dean of American anti-Semites from the 1930s through the mid1970s. In the 1930s and 1940s he could fill football stadiums with crowds who came to hear his anti-Semitic message. He had drawn his hatred of Jews from books and tracts such as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (a notorious forgery), as well as from such figures as Coughlin, Henry Ford, and William Dudley Pelley. After Long's death, he briefly joined Pelley's Silver Shirts and would eventually be investigated by the FBI for his fascist sympathies. He created anti-Semitic organizations such as the Committee of One Million and the Christian Nationalist Crusade as fundraising vehicles, was a principal in the America First Party, and ran for president three times as candidate of the Christian Nationalist Party. In 1942, Smith began to publish an anti-Semitic monthly, The Cross and the Flag, which appeared until his death in 1976. Smith lived in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, and California, but for the last decade of his life he considered Arkansas his summer home. Arkansas was the site of his proudest accomplishments, his Christian shrines, which revived tourism in Eureka Springs and the surrounding area and helped make it a leading destination of visitors to Arkansas. In Arkansas, Smith could relax, shielded from the national press, and play the role of kindly Christian gentleman. If his antiSemitic outbursts were never entirely suppressed, they were at least subdued there. He never permitted any of his anti-Semitic tracts and pamphlets to be sold in Eureka Springs. Researching a biography of Smith occupied fifteen years of my academic career. From 1973 to 1988, I traveled the United States collecting information on Smith, organizing it, and finally shaping it into a narrative published as Gerald L. lK. Smith: Minister of Hate. The book was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography and won several lesser awards. I had become interested in Smith while in New Orleans in 1973 working on the final stages of my Ph.D. dissertation on Leander H. Perez, the arch-segregationist of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Both Smith and Perez had been cogs in Huey Long's political machine and a biography of Smith seemed a natural sequel to my nearly-completed biography of Perez. After defending my Ph.D. dissertation in the summer of 1973 and accepting a position as assistant professor of history and associate editor of Louisiana History at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana-Lafayette), I pushed forward with my research on Smith, collecting newspaper clippings about his life. Eventually, I obtained clippings from most major cities with papers that had covered Smith extensively, including Shreveport, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Tulsa, New York, Detroit, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Eureka Springs, and Little Rock. I traveled to each city to photocopy the files, or hired someone native to the city to do it for me, usually a graduate student at a local university. Some papers were reluctant to permit photocopying, but ultimately I succeeded at all the major dailies, as well as the Eureka Springs weekly. While collecting clippings, I also began corresponding with Smith, telling him that I was interested in writing a book about his life and that I taught Louisiana history and was interested in Huey Long. Proud of his apprenticeship under Long, Smith proved receptive from the start and invited me to come to Eureka Springs to visit him. …

The Power of Words

Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Southwestern Louisiana; Lafayette, Louisiana

VISUALIZATION OF RECONSTRUCTED POTENTIAL FIELD ON MRI-DERIVED SCALP AND CORTICAL SURFACES

*Center for Advanced Computer Studies and **Department of Mathematics, The University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA

The Torrance creative scholars program

The Torrance Creative Scholars Program was established in 1989 as an outgrowth of the research of E. Paul Torrance, internationally renowned authority on creativity. Its primary purposes are the identification and nurturance of creative potential. Housed at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, the program offers two levels for students completing grades 4–8. Students who qualify on Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking are invited to participate in a Spring Recognition Ceremony. Most of these students further choose to attend a two‐week summer program that provides instruction and practice in several creative strategies and helps them to understand themselves as creative individuals. Program evaluation results have been encouraging, with parents and students confirming instrumental data reflecting improvements in creative motivation and self‐concept. After nine years of piloting, the program model is ready for dissemination; non‐profit institutions in other states are invited to apply for designation as satellite sites.

A "Dukedom Large Enough": The de Grummond Collection.

A “Dukedom Large Enough”: The de Grummond Collection Anne Lundin (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 1. Cover of Randolph Caldecott’s Queen of Hearts London; Routledge, 1881. Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 2. Alphabet cards (ca. 1820). Reflecting on the loss of his dukedom, the dispossessed and philosophical Prospero in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” says, “My library was dukedom large enough.” That must be the conviction of many a book collector whose holdings are properties of sentimental attachment and small universes of knowledge. Many of the major research libraries of the world—the Bodleian at Oxford; the Huntington in San Marino, California; the Houghton at Harvard; and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.—were once in private hands. Two of the major children’s literature research collections in the United States—the Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota and the de Grummond Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi—were the creation of indomitable collectors whose holdings helped to preserve original materials and rare books and to shape the nature of scholarship in the field. Irvin Kerlan, M.D., donated his collection of award-winning books and manuscripts to the University of Minnesota to build a collection. Lena de Grummond, Ph.D., built a collection herself while working on the faculty of the University of Southern Mississippi. The legacy of both these collectors is enormous in the field, but my interest is in Lena de Grummond and her unique kind of collecting and institution-building. I worked at the de Grummond Children’s Literature Research Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for five years (1987–1992) as an assistant curator which is when I became intimately involved with the collection. I met Lena de Grummond on ceremonial occasions before her death in 1989, and I have written about the collection. 1 This is my first reflection on the collection after five years away, actively working as a scholar and teacher. From this distance, I am struck by how formative the collection was in shaping my own contextual sense of scholarship and the importance of the study of print culture. I am [End Page 303] still so impressed with how much one person can do; how a particular passion can work to such high purpose. Lena de Grummond (1899?–1989) came to the University of Southern Mississippi in her retirement. Born in Centerville, Louisiana, her education included an undergraduate degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and a master’s degree in library science and a doctorate in education from Louisiana State University. I like to speculate that Lena de Grummond was influenced in her library education by the powerful role model of Anne Carroll Moore (1871–1961), the legendary New York Public Library supervisor of work with children who trained a host of librarians and library educators in her expansive style, a style that involved much celebration of literature, an identification of the librarian as writer, and a sense of outreach. Dr. de Grummond worked in Louisiana for many years in various aspects of librarianship and teaching: a staff member of the Louisiana State Library, a high school teacher-librarian, and, until her retirement in 1965, a state supervisor of school libraries for fifteen years. She also wrote several historical novels with her daughter, Lynne Delaune, that were particularly significant in shaping her own perspective as an author interested in the authorship of others. 2 With the prospect of several teaching positions, Dr. de Grummond chose Hattiesburg for its sense of place—a picturesque college town in the piney woods of the neighbor state of Mississippi. When beginning to teach children’s literature in the library school, she became inspired by a new possibility in pedagogy. Teaching from one of the standard textbooks of the mid-1960s, she was frustrated by the flat presentation, the dry recitation of titles. How little could these textbooks communicate the creative process by which children’s books come into being! From her administration of school libraries across the state of Louisiana and from her own writing experience, she had met many authors and illustrators and had viewed firsthand the materials that...

Local adaptation and host–parasite interactions

The environment and, in particular, the biotic component of the environment experienced by every organism is usually variable in space and time. This is particularly true for parasites: their environment (the host) is predominantly biotic; this can be highly heterogeneous both qualitatively (different genotypes, host races and host species) and quantitatively (abundance of host individuals). The question of how organisms evolve in heterogeneous environments was explored at a recent workshop on local adaptation in host–parasite interactions. The workshop was held in January at the Université P. and M. Curie, Paris, France, was co-organized by Yannis Michalakis (Université P. and M. Curie) and Susan Mopper (University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, USA) and was jointly funded by the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and the United States National Science Foundation. The presentations featured very different host–parasite systems, such as copepods on flatfish (Thierry de Meeus, University of Montpellier, France), phytophagous insects (Isabelle Olivieri, University of Montpellier), viruses (Gregory Dwyer, University of Chicago, IL, USA), and parasitic cuckoos (Anders Pape Møller, Université P. and M. Curie).

Ontogentetic changes in the cuticular scales of a jumping spider

Microscopy Research and TechniqueVolume 40, Issue 1 p. 79-80 Short Communication Ontogentetic changes in the cuticular scales of a jumping spider V. R. Townsend Jr., Corresponding Author V. R. Townsend Jr. Department of Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504-2451Department of Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504-2451Search for more papers by this authorB. E. Felgenhauer, B. E. Felgenhauer Department of Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504-2451Search for more papers by this author V. R. Townsend Jr., Corresponding Author V. R. Townsend Jr. Department of Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504-2451Department of Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504-2451Search for more papers by this authorB. E. Felgenhauer, B. E. Felgenhauer Department of Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504-2451Search for more papers by this author First published: 07 December 1998 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980101)40:1<79::AID-JEMT11>3.0.CO;2-QCitations: 4AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume40, Issue1Special Issue: Insect Sensory Organs as a Model System in Sensory Physiology and Developmental Biology1 January 1998Pages 79-80 RelatedInformation

Disease diagnosis validation in TROPIX using CBR

1 A PhD research project of the author at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Nigeria, with bench work at The Center for Advanced Computer Studies, The University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA. 1 TROPIX is a practical application project initially designed to help improve health care delivery in the rural/semi urban clinics and public hospitals in Nigeria due largely to limited laboratory facilities, medical doctors, and expertise. This paper is devoted to the use of case-based reasoning (CBR) paradigm in concert with statistical association-based reasoning (ABR) for disease diagnosis, validation and therapy selection components of the research. Essentially, tentative disease diagnosis arrived at by some classification method using similarity and dissimilarity aggregate functions, the matched vector functions ( MVF), aided by the application of evidence ratio factors ( ERF) for tied match cases is passed to the CBR model for validation by reusing past similar cases. The design and organization of the case-library using singular value decomposition ( SVD) technique on the disease-attribute decision matrix to generate primary/secondary storage key clusters, as well as the use of domain-specific case-object properties that help to build a good case-base are described in some detail. The paper presents a disease case validation algorithm for appropriate data filtering and therapy selection enhancement from the new case-base.

Recruitment of Primary Healthcare Physicians in Rural Areas

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsC. William RoeAnne Perch intends to work in healthcare administration. RamMohan R. Yallapragada is an associate professor in the Department of Accounting Betty Birkenmeier is a graduate student and research assistant in the Department of Management; Joel P. Authement is the Celeron Professor of Management; and C. William Roe is the associate dean and MBA director, all at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

Technology and Creativity by Subrata Dasgupta

966 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE trusted by the general public. In explaining their approach the edi­ tors expend considerable energy attacking the works of Thomas Kuhn and Leo Marx who, for reasons not clear to me (since the editors point out that Kuhn and Marx have had few imitators), they regard as having had a disastrous effect on the practice ofAmerican history in recent years. It is difficult to see how the editors’ grand scheme can be applied over nearly two centuries of history, no matter how well chosen the examples in this volume. New areas of expertise have been created, arrogated by experts, and imploded by various forces throughout the history of modern industrial societies. Moreover, it seems to be in the very nature of societies with democratic tendencies to live in tension between the knowledge elites who are called on to perform special tasks and those who oppose the power accumulated in the process. The ambiguities of this tension are well illustrated in Alan I. Mar­ cus’s final essay dealing with the DES beef controversy of the 1970s. In a debate over the health risks of eating beef from cattle fed syn­ thetic estrogen to make them grow faster, it was difficult for the pub­ lic to decide what expert information was reliable and in what forum the debate should be held. Marcus notes that the New York Times proved to be an effective way for experts to get their arguments be­ fore the public, presumably because journalism required that their scientific concepts be presented in lay terms. By virtue of its stimulating essays this volume is recommended to the readers of Technology and Culture. Darwin H. Stapleton Dr. Stapleton is the director of the Rockefeller Archive Center in North Tar­ rytown, New York. Technology and Creativity. By Subrata Dasgupta. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xvii+233; figures, notes, bibliography, index. $25.00 (cloth). Subrata Dasgupta, professor ofcomputer science and engineering at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, has set out to explore the elements of a systematic and empirically tested “general cogni­ tive theory of technological creativity” (p. 186). His are tentative steps, and this book presents a lot of raw material that underpins this search, often by explication of the ideas of other authors rather than by directly presenting a comprehensive theory. His first chap­ ters deal with definitions of technology, technological “problems,” and the role of the technologist as an intellectual. He then shifts to a discussion of the interplay between invention and design. Then, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 967 for the first time employing historical case studies, he examines the process of defining and testing hypotheses, developing new ap­ proaches, and evolving new artifactual forms. Finally, in what is the richest chapter, Dasgupta sets out to define the nature of technologi­ cal knowledge. Dasgupta draws on a disparate set ofcase studies: the development of superalloys for gas-turbine blades, the convex-hull algorithm, the Britannia Bridge, the Newcomen engine, and ENIAC. In each in­ stance he recounts the developmental process undertaken by the primary characters as a means of reconstructing the articulation and testing of hypotheses and then the development of breakthrough, creative approaches. All of this is his way of testing his own “Knowl­ edge-Level Hypothesis on Ideation” (p. 102). By this Dasgupta means that the creative solution to a technological problem is the output of a cognitive process where the sought-after technological goal is the input. The thrust here is to highlight the “minds of indi­ vidual cognitive agents and not . . . some collective historical con­ sciousness” (p. 149). When it comes to the nature of technological knowledge, Das­ gupta devises an approach inspired by philosopher Michael Polanyi ’s conception of “operational principles.” Much of the chapter is spent in refuting the reductionist “technology as applied science” perspective by illustrating the development of technological opera­ tional principles through design and invention, experimentation, prior experience, visualization, and the abstraction of preexisting scientific principles. The value of this material lies in the elaboration of categories oftechnical knowledge and the discussion ofprocesses by which new knowledge is generated. Dasgupta is not the first to tackle these issues, of...

A Study of Computer Anxiety in Undergraduate Students Enrolled in the Dietetics Curriculum at the University of Southwestern Louisiana

LEARNING OUTCOME: To identify the level of computer anxiety of undergraduate dietetics majors at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. The main purpose of this study was to explore the level of computer anxiety of undergraduate dietetics majors at the Univerity of Southwestern Louisiana (USL).The secondary purpose was to determine if selected personal and computer usage factors were related to computer anxiety in these students. The final purpose was to develop a clear description of the students’ demographics. A total of 167 students participated in the study. A demographic and computer usage questionaire, developed by the researcher, and the Computer Anxiety Scale (CAS), developed by Marcoulides, Rosen, and Sears (1985) was used. Data revealed that the majority of dietetics majors at USL are white females between the ages of 18 and 23. Approximately one-third of the participants were identified as having computer anxiety. Factors recognized as having a significant impact on the participants’ experience with computer anxiety were their computer knowledge (self-reported), and the number of years of computer usage. These findings can be used to support the increased need for computer education in undergraduate dietetics curriculums at each academic level. Special educational techniques should be employed to include computer applications in course lectures and laboratories. The final outcome should be an increase in the students’ preparedness for post-baccalaureate dietetics education and entry-level positions within the dietetics profession.

Correction to "A Modified HME Architecture for Text-Dependent Speaker Identification"

Manuscript received November 22, 1996. K. Chen was with the National Lab of Machine Perception and Center for Information Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. He is now with the Department of Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1277 USA. D. Xie was with the National Lab of Machine Perception and Center for Information Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. He is now with the Center for Advanced Computer Studies, The University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504 USA. H. Chi is with the National Lab of Machine Perception and Center for Information Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. Publisher Item Identifier S 1045-9227(97)02888-9. 1K. Chen, D. Xie and H. Chi, IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 1309–1313, Sept. 1996.

Fostering Relationships With Business/industry: A Partnership Model

LEARNING OUTCOME:To describe the efforts regarding fostering relationships between university dietetics programs and business/industry.Fostering relationships with business/industry is proving effective at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL). A partnership model, conceptualized from the dynamic effects experienced in the Dietetics Program of the School of Human Resources, couples university faculty and students with leaders in business/industry. The two components fostering this winning partnership are advisory committees and undergraduate internships.The focus of this research presentation is the mutual benefits derived from fostering partnerships. It is a model by which others can measure their success in creating and/or maintaining ties with business/industry leaders. Advisory committees offer the university curricula updates, internship sites, scholarships, professorships, and guest lecturers. These committees provide a method of public relations and educational options that make university students more employable in business and industry. Undergraduate internships provide the university with aid in placing future graduates, offering relevant work experience, and providing public awareness of the university's program. It helps business/industry by providing intern labor at no expense to the business and by helping to prepare a pool of qualified applicants for future positions.Through advisory committees and internships, university faculty formulate a vision of the future with business/industry leaders. Students gain work experiences, enrich academic knowledge, and gain employment in specialized areas. Business/industry leaders participate in shaping the work force and hire qualified graduates from the program.

THE EFFECTS OF NOISE IN SCALP-RECORDED EEG AND EP DATA IN APPROXIMATING VOLTAGES ON THE CORTICAL SURFACE

*Department of Mathematics, The University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504 and **Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905

COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT AND TOOLS FOR NETWORK-BASED INTERACTIVE NEUROSCIENCE DATA VISUALIZATION

*Department of Mathematics and **Center for Advanced Computer Study, The University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504 and ***Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905

Evaluating College Student's Comprehension of the New Food Label, Nutrition Facts.

LEARNING OUTCOME: To compare comprehension of new food labels of college students prior to and after their participation in a type of food labeling education.This study was undertaken to compare comprehension of the new food label of two groups of college students prior to and after their participation in one of two types of food labeling education. The sample consisted of 168 students enrolled in HUMR 101, Orientation and Management, at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. The instrument employed in this study was a questionnaire developed by the researcher after a similar questionnaire employed in a previous study. Chi-square analysis was used to analyze data.Data revealed that 62% of the sample scored 70% or better on the pretest and can be considered knowledgeable about the new food label., Comparable to the 1979 Jacoby et al study where 51 % of the sample demonstrated understanding, these results suggest an increase in comprehension of the new food label. Analysis of the data revealed that there was a significant improvement in student comprehension of the new food label after exposure to education. However, the data was not significant in indicating one form of education as more effective than another, education seminar verses printed literature. The experience gained by the researcher, however, suggests that seminars provide a very important avenue of interaction.This study revealed that questions which required calculation were frequently missed. Also, percent daily values were frequently targeted as areas of confusion. This is an important implication for educators to direct more attention to these areas.The results were not statistically significant to identify any academic major performing better than another. The label was frequently reported as easier to understand and the serving sizes were frequently reported as unrealistic.

Erratum

In Cahiers élisabéthains 48 the name of Joseph L. Helm was inadvertently omitted from the list of Guest Contributors. James L. Helm is an English instructor at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A. Address: PO. Box 12314, New Iberia, LA, 70562-2314, U.S.A.

Cross, Crozier, and Crucible: A Volume Celebrating the Bicentennial of a Catholic Diocese in Louisiana ed. by Glenn R. Conrad

BOOK REVIEWS 291 Cross, Crozier, and Crucible: A Volume Celebrating the Bicentennial of a Catholic Diocese in Louisiana. Edited by General Editor Glenn R. Conrad. (Lafayette, Louisiana: The Archdiocese ofNew Orleans in cooperation with the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1993. Pp. xxxii,683. $35.00.) As the title suggests, this work was put together to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the establishment of a Catholic diocese in Louisiana. The general editor, Glenn Conrad, was assisted by five associate editors, namely, Earl F. Niehaus, Alfred E. LemmonJ. Edgar Bruns, Emilie Dietrich Griffin, and Charles Nolan. Each of the editors helped in organizing and bringing the project to completion in addition to writing some of the individual essays. The book is divided into six sections. In all, thirty-nine contributors either researched or wrote the forty-six essays (including section introductions) in the volume. Part I looks at the ethnic breakdown of Louisiana historically. Part II examines the role of bishops and the growth of missions within the state. Part III analyzes efforts at evangelization and education, while Part IV concentrates on looking at specific individuals and movements and their contributions to Louisiana Catholicism. Finally, Part V explores the richness of Catholicism in Louisiana's fine arts, while Part VI provides an extensive bibliographical essay. The book concludes with an epilogue written by Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb, in which he provides his personal prognosis for Louisiana Catholicism based on the book's title, Cross, Crozier, and Crucible. Undoubtedly, the book attempts to look at practically every aspect of the Louisiana Catholic Church within the last 200 years. In evaluating Cross, Crozier, and Crucible, the most outstanding characteristic of this work is its size. At 683 pages with a chronology, a briefphoto essay, an appendix on bishops and archbishops of Louisiana, and an index, the book is massive. Its coverage of relevant topics is good. Some of the essays are well done, especially Earl Niehaus on blacks and Catholics, Elisabeth Joan Doyle on the Catholic Press in Louisiana, Patricia Lynch on Mother Katharine Drexel's rural schools, and Boniface Adams on the Holy Family Sisters. Charles Nolan's bibliographical essay is more than a starting point for anyone interested in the Louisiana Catholic Church. Moreover, the book's approach offers an interesting perspective on the Catholic Church. Here, the editors not only decided to take a general overview of what was developing in the Church's history, but they also emphasized the importance of the individual as a person and/or movement as well. The chapters on James Thomas Nix by Rosary Hartel and Al and Patti Mansfield's essay on the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Louisiana reflect this quite effectively. Nevertheless, just as the book has its strengths, there are some weaknesses too. It is not surprising that there is a basic "uneven" quality in the essays. There tends to be more of an emphasis on the earlier periods of Catholicism's development in Louisiana even though authors generally talked of the paucity of sources available. Ironically, despite its comprehensiveness, the book offers lit- 292 BOOK REVIEWS tie statistical information on Louisiana Catholicism. The editors really could have helped those interested in Louisiana Catholicism had they provided such information. And lastly, the book does not address the important issue of placing Louisiana Catholicism in the context of Southern Catholicism or Catholicism in general. Still, despite these shortcomings, Cross, Crozier, and Crucible is a factual goldmine for anyone interested in how the Catholic Church developed in Louisiana over the last 200 years. Michael V. Namorato University ofMississippi At Peace withAll Their Neighbors: Catholics and Catholicism in the National Capital, 1787-1860. By William W. Warner. (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. 1994. Pp. xi, 307. $29.95.) It is not unusual for an author to exceed his mandate, but in this case what began as a history of a single parish by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beautiful Swimmers was transformed in the doing into a sweeping retrospective of regional Catholic history during the nation's first half-century. Attention to Holy Trinity, the oldest parish in the District of Columbia, pretty much ends at Chapter Two; the...