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The Development Of The High School In The United States, Mary Renata Colvin

Bachelors’ Theses

The making of American institutions and the making of American character, can hardly be thought of as distinct processes, but are two aspects of one process. The one cannot be understood apart from the other. Schools have always occupied a position midway between church and state. In the early days they were affected more strongly by ecclesiastical considerations, in more recent times, by considerations more political. Among the schools too, the high schools hold an intermediate position. They have been, and are influenced by educational institutions above and below them. Speaking in a general way, secondary education is an education …

The Function Of The Priest And Of The Prophet In The Propatation Of Religion, Charles Ernest Davis

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

As one peers across the vistas of the past two types of holy men stand out with striking prominence and significance. The advance of religious thought and life has largely been due to the activities and contributions of these two, the priest and the prophet.

It has been the purpose of this research to seek to discover the particular functions of each of these, to show their correlation in producing religious advance, and to make certain suggestions as to how the values each has to contribute to the program of the modern Christian church may be more adequately realized.

Vocational Guidance, Mary Leonore Walsh

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of High School And College Grades, Ivy Bernice Wilkinson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The task I have set myself is one to which my interest has been led by a varied experience in high school teaching followed by several years teaching in college where our high school product is largely disposed of. In all that experience the giving of grades was a bugbear, a necessary evil apparently, and it occurred to me that if those grades had or could be made to have some value beyond the moment, sone directive or prognostic value, they might lose their 111-reputation in the minds of both pupil and teacher. With this thought in mind I interviewed …

Predicting College Success, William J. Bullock

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Characteristic Traits Of The Disciplinary And Truancy Case In The Public School, Clara B. Thormyer

Graduate Thesis Collection

This thesis is a study of the characteristic traits of disciplinary and truancy cases in the public schools of Indianapolis and vicinity. It seeks to answer the questions which follow. 1. What is the age of the boy or girl who is the disciplinary and truancy problem in school? 2. What is the intelligence quotient of these pupils? 3. What is the educational status and what responsibility has the home and the school in these cases?

The Evaluation Of The Free School Finance Practice In Virginia, Eli Leonard

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Catholic Curriculum In The Elementary Catholic Schools, Mary Josepha Coady

Bachelors’ Theses

Of the institutions that play an important part in our modern civilization perhaps there is not one that is commanding more general attention than the elementary sohool.

The Education Of The Accelerated Child, Robert Marber Francis Derse

Bachelors’ Theses

Nature has bestowed upon some of its children a gift so mysterious in its operations, so wonderful in its products and so tremendous in its influence that it baffles the most cultured and powerful minds in the attempt to analyze its workings. Even the possessor is unable to trace either -its origin or its mode of action. It is the common parent of invention and science of music and poetry and its chief distinction lies in the ability to penetrate farther into the field of truth than ordinary minds can do. To live in worlds that are unknown except to …

The Teaching Of History In The Grades, Alice Brierton

Bachelors’ Theses

In considering the teaching of history in the grades, one must necessarily begin with a clear-cut statement of what he means by history.

The time has long since passed when students consider history a record of war and strife and reconciliation; when they regard it as a summary of meaningless dates doled out to them to be memorized. They realize that History is not one of these, but when they are asked to define it, they cannot answer so easily.

From a group of forty seventh and eighth grade children whom I asked to give their own definition of History, …

Social Service In The Public Schools, Elizabeth R. Witt

Graduate Thesis Collection

This dissertation opens with an argument in favor of Social Service in the public schools. The second part discusses the manner by which Social Service came into the schools.

Roanoke, Virginia, As A Social Science Study In The Public Schools, Bessie Myers Brown

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Evolution Of The Public School System In Tennessee, John Taliaferro Rennolds

Masters Theses

(From Introduction)

It is my purpose here, as far as possible, to trace and interpret the educational trend of the public mind in this state and the legislation which was its outcome; also the results, as far as the records make them appear, of this legislation in its practical application and its effects upon public opinion, which again was reflected in the legislation. We shall attempt to follow, as nearly as the meager records, especially before the Civil War, will permit, the trial and error method which has characterized the development of the schools of our State.

Chinese Secondary Education, Pao H. Mao

Graduate Thesis Collection

It is not easy to define the limits of secondary education. Each person has periods in which he can receive education. The middle period of this time can be called the period for secondary education. Looking at it from the stand-point of society, the government has established a school system for the education of its people which can be called secondary education. With the individual the maximum period of receiving education is from six to twenty-four years of age. The period from twelve to eighteen is the suitable period to term the central part or the period of secondary education. …

Oral English In The Elementary School, Pauline Ehbets

Bachelors’ Theses

Since oral English is natural and necessary to the child, it was long thought that instruction in the mother tongue was unnecessary. The establishment of the High Schools in 1876 made definite demands in literary expression upon the elementary schools. Today there is a growing conviction that it is a basic part of every branch of the curriculum, and that it should be a separate study only for definite techni­cal demands...

Rural Education In India, Lalit K. Shah

Graduate Thesis Collection

The following study is a historical survey of Indian education, a review of present day conditions, and a discussion of the future of Rural Education in India.

High School Enrollment And Costs, Ellen K. Ocker

Graduate Thesis Collection

During the last half century, there have been many surveys of city school systems. These surveys have been general; they have compared an entire school system with another of similar size. This thesis is also a compartive study of a school system but it compares the costs and enrollment in the four high schools of a single city. The aim of this thesis is then, (1) to compare the enrollment and costs of a single subject in the four high schools and (2) to compare the enrollment and costs of the various subjects in one school.

How May High School Pupils Be Guided In Their Selection Of Science Work Other Than By The Mere General Opinion Of The Teacher., Rosewall Page Bowles

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Modern Languages In The High Schools Of Virginia, Clarence Luck Charlton

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Teaching Of Games In Elementary Schools, A. Watt Hobt

Masters Theses

(From Introduction)

The great impetus given to games during recent years and the knowledge that play, to be educational, must be taught and supervised, has led to a demand for teachers of play and a resulting demand for college courses for teacher training in play. Many states have recently passed physical education laws requiring play instruction by trained teachers. The play movement has changed according to Rainwater; "From provision for little children to that of all people; from facilities operated during the summer only to those maintained thruout the year; from out-door equipment and activities only to both …

Origin And Development Of The Jesuit School, Mary Booz

Bachelors’ Theses

The Council of Trent 1545-1563 and ecumenical or general council restored the ancient discipline for the training of clergy. The rise of European universities caused buses to creep in and it was necessary to issue a decree that a seminary for the instruction and preparation of religious students be established in every diocese.

Silent Reading, Nano Armstrong

Bachelors’ Theses

There are two distinct types of reading, oral reading and silent reading, and each type calls for a different ability on the part of the child. Therefore, it is very important that we recognize at the outset these two different abilities. Both kinds of reading are now taught, but by far the greater part of our time and attention is devoted to oral reading. When we consider that after leaving school most of our reading, in fact practically all of it , is of the silent reading type, it is easy to understand that there is error in this arrangement.

Essentials In Voice Training, Nancy E. Canan

Bachelors’ Theses

The Voice is the greatest instrument that there is in existence It has the power to make more tones varying in quality than any instrument made by man. It is the most beautiful of instruments, in that each voice has its own peculiar beauty. But botwithstanding [sic] all this, this beautiful instrument is treated with less care than those made ny man. How many people learn to take care of the voice just because it is a beautiful instrument? People buy musical instruments and treat them with great care when they know that they can replace them if necessary, but …

Pestalozzi And His Principles As Exemplified In American Methods Of Teaching., Albert Pettigrew Elliott

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Cost Of Instruction Of The Various High School Subjects In Maine, Ava Harriet Chadbourne

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem to be worked out in this brief paper is the determination of the costs of the unit of instruction in the various High School subjects as taught in a number of cities and towns in the State of Maine.

The purpose is first (1) to begin the establishment of standards of High School costs in Maine (2) to determine the comparative costs of the same subjects in different schools in our state and to judge whether we are wasting our money or not (3) and to determine the comparative costs of these different subjects of instruction in our …

The Model School As An Educational Factor, John Henry Purnell

Historical Dissertations & Theses

The term "model" school has two meanings. One is that which relates to an elementary school, sometimes a secondary school, connected more or less intimately with the professional work of a normal school, or training school for teachers. The other refers to a school which presumes to show the efficiency of certain educational theories and to increase the efficiency of the schools of the state, nation or empire by setting an example. This study has been mainly from the point of view of one interested in setting an example for other schools; but some of the schools connected with institutions …

The Public School Teacher In Massachusetts, George Allen Coe

Historical Dissertations & Theses

This study has been undertaken for the purpose of securing an idea of some of the more important professional conditions and tendencies observable in the teaching body as found in the public schools of Massachusetts. The last sections present in addition to conclusions that have been reached directly or indirectly as a result of the findings herein presented a few suggestions as to what needs to be done for and by the teachers, at least in the humble opinion of the writer.

The Preparation And Certification Of High School Teachers With Special Reference To Tennessee, R. A. Moser

Masters Theses

Statistics relative to the actual preparation that the high school teachers of Tennessee have had are very difficult to obtain. At the beginning of the study of this subject, the writer sent the accompanying questionnaire, to all the high school teachers-including both country and city schools-of the state, but the number returned was not sufficient to form any scientific conclusion on the subject. Of the four hundred fifty blanks sent to the various high school teachers of the state only sixty were returned giving the desired information.

Of the sixty returned, twenty-seven hold certificates issued on diplomas which is evidence …

The Child's Bible, Leonidas Latimer Loofbourow

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Every lover of scripture takes a Bible for himself within our larger one. He may read the 60 books from a sense of duty or profit, but there are portions that he loves, which he reads time and again. Those are the Bible within the Bible that he has made for himself. Any Bible used long and effectively by one person has this story to tell. Torn edges, pencillngs, thumbmarks plentiful here, and large sections of clean pages there show what the owner may never have dreamed, that he has his personal edition of our common Bible. This is inevitable. …

Industrial Education In Massachusetts, Thomas Francis Sullivan

Historical Dissertations & Theses

A study of the history of industrial education in Massachusetts is instructive and of peculiar interest for several reasons. It was the first state to scientifically investigate industrial education, and to pass laws as committing the state to actively engage in the establishment of industrial schools. It has had a more varied history in the administration and control of this form of education than any other state, and exceeds all other states, with the possible exception of New York (in 1911), in the number of and the variety of types of industrial schools.