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The Evans Site: A Contribution To The Archaeology Of The Gallina Region, Northern New Mexico, Charles H. Lange

Anthropology ETDs

The Gallina Region in northern New Mexico is most accurately located by the intersection of 36 degrees 22' North parallel and the 101 degrees 52' West meridian. This is nearly the point at which the Llegua River, coming from the continental Divide about ten miles to the west, flows into the Gallina River (Plate II, a). A circle with this confluence as a center and with a fifteen-mile radius, would include the major portion of the ruins belonging to the Gallina group. Additional sites have been located west of the Divide in the Largo, Companero, Governador (Gobernador) drainages; south in …

Abraham Lincoln As He Appears In Poetry, Joanna Black

English Language and Literature ETDs

This is a study of the life of Abraham Lincoln through the poetry that has been written about him. It is a poetical biography composed of selections illustrating the various events of his life. In the course of this life study the qualities of Lincoln's character and the effect of his ideals on American life come out clearly.

Religious Attitudes Of Seven Major American Poets In The Nineteenth Century, Catherine Crews

English Language and Literature ETDs

The purpose of this study is to discover the religious attitudes of seven of the major American poets in the nineteenth century. The poets to be considered are William Cullen Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Walt Whitman.

Trails Of The Trouper: A Historical Study Of The Theater In New Mexico From 1880-1910, Hazel Vineyard

English Language and Literature ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to present in chronological order the activities both professional and amateur of four cities of New Mexico: Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Roswell from 1880-1910.

Student Participation In Glen Allen High School, George Henry Moody

Master's Theses

In this thesis I have attempted to give a brief review of certain forms of extra-curricular activities from the time of Plato to the present. I have stated from the principles on which student participation is based. The functioning of the program at Glen Allen High School is discussed with the hope that our experiences in this program will be of value to other who may attempt a similar program.

Providing Science Laboratory Equipment At Minimum Expense, James Ira Wood

Master's Theses

The purpose of this report is to present plans and directions for laboratory apparatus, which may be built, by the instructor and pupils themselves from inexpensive materials. The report describes projects undertaken in approaching this problem in a particular school. It is not a complete laboratory manual. The equipment is not all that would be needed either in a course in general science or in physics. It is assumed that some laboratory supplies other than those made by pupils must be purchased, but many simple pieces of apparatus may be built in the classroom by the pupils with great economy. …

A Proposed Home Room Program For Negro High Schools Based On The Opinions Of Sixty Home Room Sponsors Of Oklahoma, Edward Thurman Addison

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to make proposals for home room programs based upon a survey of the home-room organizations of a select group of Negro high schools of Oklahoma. In the survey the writer attempted to determine the present home room practices such as, (1) length of programs, (2) program objectives, (3) how often programs are held, (4) days on which programs are held, (5) program topics, (6) number of programs dealing with Negroes, and the sponsors; attitude toward (7) programs based on Negro subjects, and (8) toward home rooms in general.

Four copies of a questionnaire were …

The Knoxville Livestock Market, Waldo Swinton Rowan

Masters Theses

Farmers over a large area of Tennessee and surrounding states depend on Knoxville as a market outlet for their livestock. Part of the animals purchased are re-shipped to other points, but most of them are packed hare and distributed over a wide area of the southeastern states. Knoxville has one of the largest auction markets of the South. This study was undertaken to get a better understanding of this important and complex market so that all connected with the livestock industry can intelligently work toward an improved and more efficient market.

The purpose of this study is to give the …

The Formation And Study Of Certain Benzoins And Some Of Their Derivatives, Samuel Budd Williams

All Theses

The Purpose of This Work

The ability of certain substances to under-go additional reactions is the organic chemist's primary criterion of unsaturation, and the three distinct types of organic compounds which meet this requirement constitute the great bulk of organic chemistry. In substances of the first type, unsaturation is associated with a strained ring structure and additional reactions result in ring opening. Cylopropane and ethylene oxide are examples. In substances of the second type, unsaturation is confined to a single atom and addition reactions result in an increase in valence of that atom. Triphenlymethyl and trimethylamine are examples. In substances …

Some Reading Deficiencies Of Negro Children Children Of Waller County In The Second And Third Grades, Their Diagnosis And Remedies, Thelma N. Sessums Wells

All Theses

Reading is one of the most complex skills mankind has developed. Before the invention of printing, only a favored few learned to read. The basic task in reading is to discover the meaning intended by the author. Before adequate comprehension is possible, there must, first of all, be understanding of spoken language. The printed equivalents of words must then be learned so that they can be distinguished one from another and recognized quickly and accurately# The eyes must learn to work together in precise coordination and to follow the printed symbols quickly and rhythmically across the page# Good understanding is …

History Of "Poetry: A Magazine Of Verse" And Its Contribution To Modern Poetry, Irma R. Bengtson

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to present a history of "Poetry: A Magazine of Verse" and to show its contribution to modern poetry. The volumes of the magazine, the writings of the founder, Harriet Monroe, and criticisms from contemporary literary critics were read and used as sources for the history of "Poetry" and its contribution. From the study it was found that the poets of the last two decades of the nineteenth century had followed too closely the patterns used by the past generations to present the new life which was at hand. As a consequence poetry had reached …

Recreational Activities Of Blackshear Elementary School, Virginia Bell Perry

All Theses

The Purpose of the Study

The problem of recreational activities is both a wide and a complex one. It is an aspect of the wider problem of education in which physical, intellectual and moral training are collateral and overlapping branches.

In order to understand more clearly the meaning and need of the term recreation, we need only to ask ourselves these questions: What is the work of the whole human being in life? To what extent does physical development and recreation help him to enter into and live this life more abundantly? S. S. Pressey says, "What we today term …

An Analysis And Appraisal Of The Aims Of Negro Teacher-Colleges In Texas In Relation To Their Curriculum Offering, Marie Clater

All Theses

The chief interests of the college should be found in the relations of its students to their world and in mutual responsibilities of the individual to society.

The college has a tradition of loyal service to society through the training of individuals for cooperation in the great enterprise. Its function for the future must be to build for permanence, confidence, friendship, and hopefulness in human life. The college properly does not serve individuals but only through individuals serves the whole of mankind.¹

The problem of this thesis is to analyze and appraise the aims of the Negro teacher-colleges in …

The Formation And Study Of Certain Alkamine Esters Of Substituted Cinnamic Acids, A. Clyde Herald Jr.

All Theses

One of the primary purposes of this investigation was to isolate an alkamine ester of cinnamic acid which might possess anesthetic properties. The study of anesthetics has stimulated a vast amount of research on the formation of esters from cinnamic acid and other related acids. Ever since the discovery of novocaine (18) attempts have been made to find a local anesthetic which will possess not only all of the favorable properties of this substance but which will exhibit in addition vasoconstrictor activity and anesthetize effectively mucous membranes when applied topically. During the course of this research, the alkamine esters have …

An Appraisal Of The Reorganization Of The San Antonio Schools, Arthur Edward Brady

All Theses

Progress has been made in reducing ignorance and illiteracy. The public schools have lifted the general level of education in the United States, therefore, the problem of this study is to appraise the San Antonio Public School System.

Up to the present, so far as the writer has been able to ascertain, no similar study has been made to include Negro schools in the state. A similar study which included only schools for whites, an appraisal of the San Antonio Public Schools, was made by Amos Gray in 1929. Similar studies have been made by persons, but, so far as …

Historical Study Of Public Elementary Schools In San Antonio, Texas With Special Emphasis On Elementary Schools For Negroes From 1910 To 1940, Ira E. Armstrong

All Theses

Judged by outstanding characteristics of policy and economy the history of the development of the San Antonio Public School System which this study will consider falls into three general periods. The first extends from the appointment of Superintendents Charles J. Lufkin (1908-1914) and Charles S. Meeks (1915-1920). The second period extends from 1920-1930 with the appointment of Superintendents Jerimah Rhodes (1920-1925), Marshall Johnson (1925-1929), and Hartley (1929-1931). The third covers the years since the appointment of Superintendents Chester J. Cochran in 1931-1938 and Iziah E. Stutsman to the present time. To be sure, no sharp division separates these periods; the …

Gasoline Tax Sharing Among Local Units Of Government In Tennessee, James Mcgill Buchanan

Masters Theses

Conclusion

The aims of this thesis have been to stress the importance of the gasoline tax sharing problem in this state and to suggest the possible changes that could be adopted.

The Analysis Of Cantilever Plates With Concentrated Loads, Constant Roberts Marks

Masters Theses

(From the Introduction)

The problem of a cantilever plate or slab with variable, discontinuous, concentrated, or eccentric loading occurs frequently in engineering design. Examples are substructure walls, piers, projecting floor slabs, and gear teeth. The solution of most of these problems can be made to depend on the analysis of the plate in question loaded with one or more concentrated loads. Such analyses are available for only a few cases of loading, and no practical method is available to the designer for making any kind of a reasonably accurate stress analysis for many cases he may encounter.

In …

A Geographical Survey Of Blount County, Tennessee, Fred H. Rittgers

Masters Theses

Introduction: Blount County forms one of the eastern tier of counties bordering the East Tennessee State line and is situated slightly south of the middle of the State. It lies between parallels 35° 27' and 35° 53' North latitude and meridians 83° 40' and 84° 10' West longitude. It is hexagonal in shape and has a total area of 571 square miles. About two-thirds of the northwestern part of the county lies in the valley area and the remainder is within the mountain area. (Fig.1).

The geologic history of Blount County, as recorded in the rocks …

Red Clover Hays Of Varying Phosphorous Content For Growing Beef Calves, Ben Hall Mcfarlin

Masters Theses

Introduction: The Tennessee Valley Authority is vitally interested in the effect of phosphorous on crop yields and the nutritional value of these crops on livestock. They manufacture different phosphatic fertilizers and test them on farms and in laboratories. Financial assistance is given by the Tennessee Valley Authority to the Tennessee Experiment Station in this study of the feeding value of clover hays of varying phosphorous contents for growing beef calves. This experiment was originated to (1) study growth of calves fed rations differing only in the phosphorous content of the red clover hay; and (2) to study the availability to …

The Effect Of Lime, Phosphorus, And Inoculation Of Growth And Nitrogen Fixation In Crimson Clover, Borden Searcy Chronister

Masters Theses

Accordingly, this investigation was made to determine the effect of soil reaction on the growth and nitrogen fixation in crimson clover grown on Fullerton silt loam, and the influence of inoculation and phosphorus on the yield and nitrogen content of crimson clover.

Soils Of Knox County In Relation To Physiography And Parent Material, Li Lien Chieh

Masters Theses

Parent material is defined as the unconsolidated residue of rock weathering from which soils develop. It may be shallow or deep, coarse or fine, acid or alkaline; it may be exceedingly resistant to change or it may be subject to rapid alteration. Because such variations have a great influence on the course of soil development, and the properties of the resultant soils, an understanding of the parent material is a basic step in soil study.

The purpose of this study, then, is to describe the physiography and parent material of Knox County, and correlate these factors of the environment with …

A Study Of Content For Teaching Agriculture To Girls And Home Economics To Boys, As Determined By Students' And Teachers' Opinions, Witt Samuel Cloys

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to present data, based on felt needs of rural boys and girls, which may be of assistance to teachers of vocational agriculture and home economics in developing a cooperative or joint teaching program for the rural boys and girls in the high schools of Tennessee.

With a trend toward closer-relationship programs between home economics and agricultural departments, an attempt will be made to show the progress in the development of the different types of teaching programs. In order to determine this development, the work of other investigators will be shown.

Through this study, general …

Release Of Potassium From Soils With Different Base Exchange Capacities, Lloyd Frank Seatz

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the base exchange capacity of the soil and of different complementary exchangeable ions present in the soil on the availability of exchangeable potassium as determined by chemical quick test methods.

Exchangeable potassium may be defined as that potassium which is held by the soil colloidal material and which can be replaced by another cation under suitable conditions. Many authors believe the exchangeable potassium represents the bulk of the potassium used by plants. It has been known for a long time that plants get nutrients from the soil solution. As …

Some Factors Affecting Farm Earnings In Roane County, Tennessee, Lincoln Gosser Kerby

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to determine the relation of various factors to labor earnings among upland farms in the East Tennessee Valley, to ascertain the relation of soils to crop yields, and to make available information which will be of use in this and other similar areas.

Farmers' Business Cooperation In Knox County, Tennessee, Aaron K. Schmidt

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to analyze the successes and failures of rural cooperative organizations in Knox County, Tennessee.

It is hoped that the information obtained will be helpful in showing the type of organization, method of management, and economic and agricultural conditions which contribute most to the success of farmers’ cooperatives in this county, and in other similar areas.

The Role Of Winston Churchill In The First World War, Olaf Ottesen Brandt

Theses and Dissertations

In writing this thesis I have emphasized the qualities of vigor, ability and foresight that Churchill showed to such a statesmanlike degree in the last war, also the special technical training in ships, tanks, planes and their use that he gained. I have endeavored to point out in what ways these have qualified him for his role as Prime Minister of England in the present war. I have brought out his connections with American life through his family, his books and lectures, and his work as munitions minister. I have tried to show that this has affected American public opinion …

The Functions Of The County Superintendent Of Public Instruction In The State Of Kansas, Jesse Earl Vague

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to reveal the true status of the present incumbents in the offices of county superintendent of public instruction in Kansas. This involves three problems: first, to show the age, sex, salary, tenure of office, and the qualifications; second , to show the duties of the county superintendent and the distribution of time allotted to each; and, third, to show the methods, the objectives, and the outcomes of supervision.

The Magnesium Content Of The Rocks Of The Upper Cretaceous System Of Ellis And Osborne Counties, Kansas, Robert Funston

Master's Theses

The recent impetus given industry by the national defense emergency has made everyone more or less conscious of the great importance of minerals. During the past few years some of the industrial leaders of Kansas have been attempting to promote the natural resources of the state. Some minerals once considered of little or no value are now being developed. For many years the limestone rocks of Western Kansas have been used for building purposes. Until recently little work has been done on the chemical composition of these rocks. The author has decided to continue the study by analyzing the rocks …

There Were Thirteen: A Pioneer Novel Of Western Kansas, Gwen Lane Funston

Master's Theses

In my thesis, I wish to present the story of my maternal grandmother as it is revealed in the lives of her thirteen children. I have been interested in the story since I can remember. My earliest memories are of sitting on Grandma’s lap and listening to tales of Indians on the warpath, of Kansas prairie sod houses and rattlesnakes, and of what my aunts, uncles, and my mother used to do when they were small. To avoid any possible embarrassment to living persons, I have fictionized the names of my characters. I have, however, retained all actual dates and …