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The Development Of A Course Of Study In Homemaking For Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, And Eighth Grade Girls, Viola Iydelle Munyan

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For some time, the author has been pondering the values of the course given in her school in relation to (1) present day theories, (2) courses offered in other schools, (3) the children in the community in which she works, (4) the carry-over in the homes, and (5) the extent to which it contributes to better daily living for them as individuals. The purpose of this study has been to find, from the children, from the mothers, and from personal observations, the greatest needs and interests of the children of the Horace Mann Training School in Salem, Massachusetts, in order …

A Reorganization In The Continuity Of Subject Matter In Mathematics, Beryl E. Warner

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This thesis considers a reorganization in the order of arrangement of certain topics in elementary and undergraduate mathematics; i.e. , arithmetic, algebra, plane geometry, solid geometry, trigonometry, analytic geometry, and calculus. Two terms important in the discussion are reorganization, the process of changing the relative position of topics or proofs in mathematics to an earlier or later place in the development of subject matter, and continuity, the logical order of topics arranged according to the need of one to explain the other.

The purpose of the thesis is two-fold; First, to show what arrangement of topics may be desirable; and, …

History Of The Public Land Policy Of Maine, 1620-1820, Margaret Fowles Wilde

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There have been many accounts of individual settlements in Maine and a few histories of the State, but no one has ever attempted a history of its land policy or analyzed the effect that such a policy or lack of policy might have had on the development of the State of Maine.

Maine was one of the earliest sections of the Atlantic Coast to be explored but one of the slowest in development. The latter may have been due to a number of factors but undoubtedly the lack of a definite, well developed land policy had much to do with …