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A Survey Of Negro Attitudes Toward Race Relations In A Medium Size Midwestern City, David L. Fields

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No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Latvian Exile-Immigrant Group In Kalamazoo, Henry George Halla

Masters Theses

Chapter I

Introduction

Statement of the Problem

The general purpose of this study is to determine whether such families in the Latvian population of Kalamazoo as insist upon considering themselves exiles and refuse to accept their immigrant status are less acculturated and assimilated than are such families that accept their immigrant status regardless of the fact that their original emigration from Latvia was a departure into exile. Also this study proposes to determine what social, cultural, economic and other variables are associated with each of the two types of families.

Survey Of Student Opinion Toward Desegregation At The University Of Tennessee, Barbara Stone

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The South is currently undergoing a period of transition for the traditional values, basic to a southern way of life, were upset by the 1954 Supreme Court decision concerning the desegregation of public schools. This ruling intensified the conflict between these traditional beliefs and attitudes of white supremacy and the fundamental principles of Christianity and democracy. Such conflict will not easily be resolved because it inevitably involves emotional behaviors which are not subject to logic or reason. The decision of the Supreme Court permitted the process of desegregation to be worked out by the local educational boards with all possible …

An Analysis And Study Of The Population Of Pana, Illinois, Antoinette Paula Strader

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No abstract provided by author.

A Study Of Southwest Jasper County, Illinois, Kneffler V. Fulk

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No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Pittman Center On The Community Life, Russell Hall

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It can be said very definitely that the school has done a good work of the conventional type in the educational field. It has, without a doubt, changed the moral and religious life of the people for the better. It is furnishing some needed recreation for the young people. It is also doing good work in the medical care and prevention of disease. All of these enterprises are handicapped, however, by the great economic problem which has not been solved and has hardly been attacked.

Religious Education In Prisons, John L. Gwin

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The problem of crime is one of growing importance, and every means available should be used to reform and train the prisoner so that when he leaves the penitentiary he will go out and become a useful member of society. The average age of American prisoners is nineteen years. This means that after a few years most of our prisoners will re-enter society, and certainly it must be possible to do much to help these young people to readjust themselves to our social order.

Changes In Social And Economic Status Of People In Sullivan County For A Thirty Year Period, Lewis I. Chase

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Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study is to indicate some of the more important trends in Sullivan County, largely within the last thirty years. Whenever it has been difficult to get information indicating trends then it has been necessary to present conditions without adequate foundational information to indicate trends.

County Jails In Tennessee: A Survey Of Forty-Five County Jails, Rollin Virginius Wilson

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De Tocqueville has said, "The American county jail is the worst prison in the world." The system of county jails has grown up with little interest or attention on the part of the citizens of the state of Tennessee. Some have contended that any sort of prison is too good for the criminal, but the public does not realize that thousands who are innocent, are detained annually in these jails to await trial. Moreover, no man is guilty under the law until he is convicted in the courts.

The county jail, which creates one of our greatest social problems, can …

Housing Conditions In Knoxville, Margaret Louise Welles

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No abstract provided.