The Loyola University Student Historical Journal is published annually by the Pi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta International History Honor Society. Each year the Journal serves as the culmination of the chapter’s scholarly activities. Since 1966, first The Loyola University Student Historical Association, the Phi Alpha Theta have published the Journal to encourage scholarly activity by students and make public the best of their research efforts. The papers selected for publication were chosen from among those submitted to an editorial committee that included members of Loyola’s history faculty and officers of Phi Alpha Theta. The papers were judged on scholarship and writing. Students who wish to submit a paper for the next publication should contact the Department of History at Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118.