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The Cheese Industry In Nebraska, Evelyn Clark Burnett
The Cheese Industry In Nebraska, Evelyn Clark Burnett
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The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to investigate the evolving conditions in the dairy industry which have contributed to the reappearance of the cheese industry in Nebraska and (2) to examine the plants singly and to appraise them collectively as a viable new industry in the state.
Romeo And Juliet As A Dramatized Sonnet, Maxine Elizabeth Crain
Romeo And Juliet As A Dramatized Sonnet, Maxine Elizabeth Crain
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In An Apology for Poetry, Sidney repeats the ancient dictum that poesy in an “art of imitation.” He continues by explaining that poesy is essentially “a speaking picture” with an end to teach and delight. This conception of literature was not confined to the study of poetry. The writers of emblem books, common from the medieval allegory writers to the metaphysical, suggest that painting is even dumb poetry. This is not necessarily a confusion of genres, but it says something about the basic premise of this paper. The sonnet tradition and what Shakespeare wrote in his sonnet sequence, particularly Sonnets …
An Evaluation Of Some Selected Objectives Of Modular Scheduling For The Class Of 1970 At Westside High School, Leslie L. Sladek
An Evaluation Of Some Selected Objectives Of Modular Scheduling For The Class Of 1970 At Westside High School, Leslie L. Sladek
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Many standards of our society are in a state of flux at the present time. So must be many of the traditions and standards of our secondary schools, as education is the foundation stone of a democratic society. Educational programs must have as an end result the production of a preponderance of individuals who feel that others think of him or her as an individual with dignity and worth. In addition, the graduates of this elusive program must eagerly hold a commitment to their fellow man and to the proposition that alternatives for orderly change do exist within our society. …
Renaissance Kings-Mirror Literature: The Dual Vision, Andrea Doerr
Renaissance Kings-Mirror Literature: The Dual Vision, Andrea Doerr
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Since man has lived in some semblance of organized society, whether banding together out of need for protection or for fellowship, he has felt a need for some form of government. Who rules? How is he selected? What powers does he have? What are his obligations to his subjects? In many primitive societies, such decisions were made on the basis of strength and brutality, which the victor becoming the ruler until someone stronger could grasp authority for himself, only to struggle consistently to remain in power. In many cases the oldest person ruled, judged to be the wisest by virtue …
Prophets Of Doom: The Views Of Jonathan Swift And George Orwell, Mardelle J. Susman
Prophets Of Doom: The Views Of Jonathan Swift And George Orwell, Mardelle J. Susman
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Although some two hundred years remove them from one another, English satirist Johnathan Swift and Eric Hugh Blair (George Orwell) share a close literary kinship. Swift, the eighteenth-century author of the world classic Gulliver’s Travels, is generally recognized as the superior of the two, since he possesses the distinguished reputation of the Enlightenment man who rubbed elbows with other recognized greats, such as Alexander Pope, John Gray, Addison and Steele. Orwell, a twentieth-century man, and the son of an English soldier perhaps has not yet arrived at the same height of greatness. The author of seven novels and an essayist …
A Hierarachy Of Residential Neighborhoods Determined By Blight Conditions: The Case Of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Joseph W. Preusser
A Hierarachy Of Residential Neighborhoods Determined By Blight Conditions: The Case Of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Joseph W. Preusser
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The purpose of this study is twofold. In the first place, there is a relative lack of geographical research devoted to the residential sections of cities. This is regretable since residential land-use is predominant in most urban areas. Secondly, there has been very little study of blighted areas by geographers. The majority of the work carried out on this subject has been mainly the product of sociologists and land economists.
The Manifest Anxiety-Defensiveness Scale, Induction Of Threat To Self-Esteem, And The Resolution Of Dissonance, Dennis F. Gardner
The Manifest Anxiety-Defensiveness Scale, Induction Of Threat To Self-Esteem, And The Resolution Of Dissonance, Dennis F. Gardner
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It has been suggested that self-esteem is a significant contributing variable in determining defensive behavior (Asch, 1948; Janis & Field, 1959; Lazarus & Longo, 1953; Rosenzweig, 1938; Sears, 1940). Several studies suggest that individuals of high and low self-ssteem (SE) manifest different patterns of response to the experience of success and failure (Altrochi, Parsons, & Dickoff, 1960; Stotland & Hillmer, 1962; Stotland, Thorley, Thomas, Cohen, & Zander, 1957). Further, Slock and Thomas (1955) and Altrochi, Parsons, and Dickoff (1960) have shown that persons with high SE tend to avoid threatening materials, while persons with low SE tend to approach and …
A School Reorganization Study Of Harrison County, Iowa, Arnold L. Bradley
A School Reorganization Study Of Harrison County, Iowa, Arnold L. Bradley
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Education for all youth has been the optimum philosophy of education in our modern society. Society has an obligation to provide the minimum services necessary for educational opportunities to be available to youth in all areas of the country.
A Study Of Business Education Teacher Load In Five Omaha Public High Schools, 1953-1969, Merle Gier
A Study Of Business Education Teacher Load In Five Omaha Public High Schools, 1953-1969, Merle Gier
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One belief rather widely accepted by educators today is that the effectiveness of teacher-pupil relationships and the quality of teaching are determined by the diligence and competence of the teachers themselves and also largely by the working conditions and the weight of teaching assignments which help to govern the teaching load.
A Case Study Of The 2nd Summer Debate Institute Sponsored By The University Of Nebraska At Omaha, James Lee Hullinger
A Case Study Of The 2nd Summer Debate Institute Sponsored By The University Of Nebraska At Omaha, James Lee Hullinger
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Perhaps at no time has a society been so concerned with communication and the development of communication skills at all levels as we are today in the United States. Many famous people has attributed much of their success in leadership positions to communication skills developed in a college forensics program. For example, V. I. Cheadle, the Chancellor of the University of California at Santa Barbara, wrote, “If I were to choose any single activity in school which contributed to my career, I would certainly choose debating.”
A Study Of Nineteenth And Early Twentieth-Century British History As Reflected In The Writings Of Francis Brett Young, Mary Miller Anzulovic
A Study Of Nineteenth And Early Twentieth-Century British History As Reflected In The Writings Of Francis Brett Young, Mary Miller Anzulovic
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This paper deals with social, economic, and political conditions of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain as they were presented in the writings of Francis Brett Young. Since his works provide the primary source of information for the study, they will have been listed in the first two major divisions of the Bibliography. All other Bibliography entries were selected because they were significant enough to the study to merit mention and footnote citations.
Appearance And Mode Of Perception In A Simulated Interview, Stephen Edward Markowitz
Appearance And Mode Of Perception In A Simulated Interview, Stephen Edward Markowitz
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This study dealt with the effects of appearance and mode of perception upon the interviewing process. Research to date has stressed the predictive validity of the interview and ignored the dynamics of the on-going process. The present study was a microanalytic investigation of some of the factors influencing the interviewer.
A Comparative Study Of The Educational Systems Of India And The United States, Jarugula Subba Rao
A Comparative Study Of The Educational Systems Of India And The United States, Jarugula Subba Rao
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To understand any system of education one must understand the people who created it: their land, history and culture. Each system of education is a reflection of its own culture. It is dangerous to generalize concerning any system of education without an exhaustive understanding of its culture. While problems appear much the same in other countries, the answers that are worked out in response to them often differ widely.
The Development Of School Board Policies For The Alta Community School District, Paul L. Bjorkgren
The Development Of School Board Policies For The Alta Community School District, Paul L. Bjorkgren
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Public education in the United States is a function of the states. In discharging this responsibility each state has recognized that a considerable degree of local control of education is essential. The establishment of local school districts and the creation of local boards of education to administer school district affairs reflect this point of view. This decentralized control of education places heavy responsibilities on local boards of education. Although state mandatory laws and regulations governing education must be followed, numerous decisions on educational matters have been left to the discretion of local boards. It is not surprising that educational policy …
A Survey To Determine The Acceptability Of A Merit Pay System In The Bellevue Public Schools, James Edward Marsicek
A Survey To Determine The Acceptability Of A Merit Pay System In The Bellevue Public Schools, James Edward Marsicek
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In September, 1968, the Board of Education of the Bellevue Public School System approved a new salary schedule for their teachers which represented a substantial increase (about 10-12%) for all staff positions. This generous increment made the schedule, in the opinion of the Board, much more competitive with other school systems in the sub-urban area and in the state.
The Founding Of Florence, Nebraska, 1854-1860, Marian G. Miles
The Founding Of Florence, Nebraska, 1854-1860, Marian G. Miles
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The community of Florence, since 1917 a part of the city of Omaha, had rather ususual history of settlement in that it was founded not once, but twice. In 1846 the area was occupied by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Winter Quarters, as it was then called, had a population of approximately 3500 inhabitants and was the scene of much activity. Abandoned in 1848, it lay prey to plundering Indians and prairie fires until 1854 when James Mitchell and the Nebraska Winter Quarters Company laid claim to the area and established another settlement which they …
On Zeros Of Solution Of Self-Adjoint Differential Equations., Marsha J. Hunter
On Zeros Of Solution Of Self-Adjoint Differential Equations., Marsha J. Hunter
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This study will deal with the zeros of solutions of self-adjoint linear differential equations of second order. In the following we consider some def1n1t1ons and theorems that relate to ordinary differential equations. Definition 1.1. A homogeneous linear differential equation of order n has the form a0y{n ) + a1y(n-l) + ••• +any= 0 where a0 �� 0 and e��ch a1 = a 1(x) is continuous on an interval (a,b), 1 = 1,2, ••• ,n. Definition 1.2. If L(y) 1s a linear operator and L(y) = a0(x)y''(x) + a1(x)y'(x) + a2 (x)y(x}, then 1ts adjoint, L(z}, 1s denoted by [��0(x)z(x)] '' …
Effects Of Proportion Of Positive Instances And Degree Of Restriction On The Induction Of A Principle, Dennis C. Dervin
Effects Of Proportion Of Positive Instances And Degree Of Restriction On The Induction Of A Principle, Dennis C. Dervin
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An experiment is reported in which student subjects attempted to discover a principle by pairing number and letters. Seven groups of subjects varied on two dimensions, proportion of positive instances sampled and degree of restriction in choosing number-letter pairs. It was found that subjects who sampled a higher proportion of positive instances were more successful that those sampling a lower proportion. Furthermore, subjects who were unrestricted in their choice of number-letter pairs, because they sampled a higher proportion of positive instances, performed more efficiently than subjects who were restricted and sampled a lower proportion of positive instances. Finally, when both …
Concurrence With Persuasive Suggestion As A Function Of The Sex Of The Speaker, Sex Of The Listeners And The Form Of Persuasive Suggestion Used, John A.G. Klose
Concurrence With Persuasive Suggestion As A Function Of The Sex Of The Speaker, Sex Of The Listeners And The Form Of Persuasive Suggestion Used, John A.G. Klose
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Twelve groups of Ss participated in twelve different conditions to assess the relationship of concurrence to the sex of the speaker, sex of the listener and form of suggesttion used by a speaker. None of these independent variables was significantly related to the number of concurrent and nonconcurrent responses of Ss. However, nonconcurrent responses increased significantly for all groups of Ss with each suggestion in a series of four suggestions. This finding lends support to the theory of psychological reactance (Brehm, 1966).
Edmund Burke: Establishment And Dissent, Henrietta Lee Hardy
Edmund Burke: Establishment And Dissent, Henrietta Lee Hardy
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The purpose of this thesis will be to present the principles which Burke expressed concerning the relationship between Establishment and Dissent, and to describe the tangled pattern of events which influenced his application of the principles which he held with perhaps too great a consistency throughout his public life.
Russell And The Revolutionaries: A Study Of Anglo-Irish Relations, 1842-1852, Barry B. Combs
Russell And The Revolutionaries: A Study Of Anglo-Irish Relations, 1842-1852, Barry B. Combs
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Perhaps no time in the history of Anglo-Irish relations has brought more criticism on a British administration than the period of the great of 1846-50. The man most responsible for British policy during those years, Lord John Russell, has been accused of having only a superficial interest in the well-being of millions of Irish people, and it had been said that his actions were motivated primarily by political considerations. At the same time, the period is marked by an apparent complete failure of Irish leadership, beginning with the declining influence of Danel O'Connell and the Repeal Association after 1843, and …
Sir George Grey In South Africa, 1854-1861: His Policies, Scheme For Federation And Recall, James Kozol
Sir George Grey In South Africa, 1854-1861: His Policies, Scheme For Federation And Recall, James Kozol
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Sir George Grey is widely recognized as one of the ablest colonial administrators in the Victorian Age. He remains, however, a controversial figure. This is partly due to the numerous confrontations that he had over the years with his various superiors in London. In any phase of his career, wheather in South Australia, New Zealand or South Africa, Grey's abilities cannot be questioned: yet, his lofty, idealistic goals were often hindered by his autocratic methods and egotistical manner. This is especially true in the years 1854-61 when Sir George served as Governor of the Cape Colony and British High Commissioner …
The Mexican Punitive Expedition And The United States Army Aviation Section, Perry R. Nuhn
The Mexican Punitive Expedition And The United States Army Aviation Section, Perry R. Nuhn
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The United States Army Signal Corps Aviation Section was a weak air service devoted primarily to experimental testing prior to World War I. In March 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered a punitive expedition into Mexico to capture the Mexican nationalist, Francisco (Panco) Villa. One of the organizations assigned to the expedition was the Frist Aero Squadron: The Signal Corps' only operational unit. This study examines the Mexican punitive expedition, preparedness for World War I, and the development of United States air power. It concludes that the Mexican punitive expedition was a critical point in the history of the United States …
Monetary Internationalism, The War Debts And Anglo-American Preparatory Negotiations For The 1933 London Economic Conference, Dale N. Shook
Monetary Internationalism, The War Debts And Anglo-American Preparatory Negotiations For The 1933 London Economic Conference, Dale N. Shook
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From the end of World War I through 1932, the United Kingdom, in spite of its economic depression, remained the primary source of capital for the world. Following the war, however, the United States replaced the United Kingdom as the major source of foreign capital in Europe. American post-war loans, combined with the effects of the war, brought monetary and economic instability to Europe. Consequently, throughout the 1920s, and early 1930s the central banking esablishment and a relatively small number of diplomats, businessmen, and economists made an effort, through the League of Nations, to attempt to achieve monetary internationalism as …
A Correlational Analysis Of Sme Non-Job Activities Of An Industrial Population, Joseph R. Nevotti Ii
A Correlational Analysis Of Sme Non-Job Activities Of An Industrial Population, Joseph R. Nevotti Ii
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Herzberg's Motivator-Hygiene Theory has had a significant impact on human motivation research; however, several factors related to the theory have been overlooked. The purposes of this thesis were to develop an objective instrument with which to measure job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction; to determine how an employee would react when his motivator and hygiene needs are frustrated; and to look at the relationship between job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction and certain personality, intellectual environmental factors.
A Study Of A High Delinquency Area, Margaret Ensminger Grabill
A Study Of A High Delinquency Area, Margaret Ensminger Grabill
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This is a report of an ecological study of delinquency in a Chicago neighborhood having the fifth highest rate of delinquency compared with the 75 other neighborhood communities in the city. Ecology, broadly defined, is the study of the interrelationships between organism and the immediate environment in which it lives. In sociology, some ecological studies have been concerned with total urban areas. Others have investigated smaller areas such as neighborhoods or census tracts. The unit areas are compared with one another in terms of certain characteristics considered to be the independent variables such as housing, income, and mobility and certain …
Populism And Industrialism: The Ideology Of The Official Organ Of The Nebraska Populist Movement, Samuel Emlen Walker
Populism And Industrialism: The Ideology Of The Official Organ Of The Nebraska Populist Movement, Samuel Emlen Walker
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After nearly forty years, John D. Hicks' The Populist Revolt remains the standard work on Populism. Despite the shortcomings of ignoring the international economic context and a tendency to accept at face value the Populists' complaints, it is the best one volume of political history of the movement. In addition, it established the interpretive framework in which the subject has been viewed. This framework consists of two components, the agrarian and the retrogressive contexts. Populism was a political reform movement led by economically distressed farmers in the south and midwest, joined by the western silver states, that sprung from the …
The Abrogation Of The 1832 Treaty Of Navigation And Commerce Between The United States And Russia: Influence Of A Minority Group On International Affairs, Ned Herman Rubinstein
The Abrogation Of The 1832 Treaty Of Navigation And Commerce Between The United States And Russia: Influence Of A Minority Group On International Affairs, Ned Herman Rubinstein
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The decade of the 1960's directed the attention of many historians to the problems of the Black American; discrimination, political and social inequality, ghetto concentration, and so on, and so on. Their story is not unique, yet it must be told if justice is to be served. Perhaps this study of success of another minority group -- the American Jew -- will give additional purpose and hope to the cause of the Black. For it can be done! This study is limited to the activities of a minority group in international affairs, and how that group influences the relationship between …
An Investigation Of The Use Of Flexible Modular Scheduling In The Elementary School, William M. Stackhouse
An Investigation Of The Use Of Flexible Modular Scheduling In The Elementary School, William M. Stackhouse
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Plato, in The Republic, proposed a social organization and an educational system based on the fact of individual differences. The recent period has witnessed systematic efforts to identify the range and nature in which individuals differ and to provide for these differences.
An Analysis Of A Pre-Student Teaching Experience In The Preparation Of A Social Studies Teacher, Franklin Wayne Ellis
An Analysis Of A Pre-Student Teaching Experience In The Preparation Of A Social Studies Teacher, Franklin Wayne Ellis
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In recent years the growing realization of the importance of education has brought about much criticism of teacher education institutions and their practices and procedures in pre-service training from those within the profession as well as from those without. The particular need appears to be for a kind of pre-service program which will provide for the development of skills, understandings, and attitudes in order to make it possible for beginning teachers to realistically and successfully cope with the teaching situations they will face.