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A Survey Of Playgrounds And Playground Equipment In The Elementary Schools Of New Mexico, Richard V. Traylor

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine what types of playgrounds and playground equipment are being used in the elementary schools of New Mexico and to compare and evaluate the size, placement, and serviceability of these facilities according to standards set forth by the National Recreation Association and other authorities.

This study is largely concerned with information and material gathered from the elementary schools in municipal systems within this state, but information from two independent rural schools will be used. Private and parochial schools will not be considered in this study.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 27, No. 5-4z245, Wku Student Affairs

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• Birds I View
• Looking Backward
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• Mind Your Manners
• Kentucky Building News
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• Faculty Notes
• Training School Notes
• Club News
• Campus Crossfire – cartoon
• Looking Around

Articles in this issue:

• Music Highlights Weekend
• Military Ball Tonight to be Heard Coast-to-Coast
• Winter Concert Set for Sunday Afternoon Here
• All-State Band Concert Tonight
• Poems Accepted for Publication
• Talisman Will be Out May 15
• Christmas Holidays Begin December 19
• Christmas Bazaar
• Music for Today – editorial
• Hill, Eleanor. Do You Belong?
• Harvard President Backs …

Senate Meeting December 5, 1950, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Administrative And Supervisory Practices Affecting The Induction And Orientation Of Beginning Teachers, Paul A. Breeding

Masters Theses

(Introduction) Despite the abundance of educational research, little material of outstanding significance is available on the relation of administration and supervision to the induction and adjustment of beginning teachers. While scattered materials are available, such as a few master's thesis, and occasional articles in periodicals, there seems no comprehensive study available dealing with this challenging problem in .American education.

World War II, and particularly the years immediately following the War, have given vigorous impetus to this problem. This study seeks to analyze and synthesize the literature now available in many books, periodicals, and bulletins; and thus determine what …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 27, No. 4-Z245, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Birds I View
• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Mind Your Manners
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Society Page
• Faculty Notes
• Training School Notes
• Club News
• Campus Crossfire – cartoon
• Looking Around

Articles in this issue:

• Students, Faculty Elect 28 Seniors to “Who’s Who”
• Modern Minstrel to Give Chapel Show Nov. 27
• Grid Victory is Top Event of Homecoming
• Toppers Meet OVC Champs in Home Game Tomorrow
• Bill Dolan Elected Senior President
• Sophomore Hayride
• Military Ball May Be Broadcast by Mutual
• “Goodbye My Fancy” Set for December …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 27, No. 3-Z245, Wku Student Affairs

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• Birds I View
• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Mind Your Manners
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Society Page
• Faculty Notes
• Training School Notes
• Club News
• Campus Crossfire – cartoon
• Looking Around

Articles in this issue:

• 21^st Homecoming is Next Weekend
• Thursday Show Stars Charles Laughton Actor
• Chapel Next Week Features Writer on Philosophy – Roger Holmes
• Woody Herman Engaged for Military Ball
• Judge Clarence Bartlett to Speak Founder’s Day Here November 15
• Seniors of ’51 Class Applying for Degrees
• Latest Draft Data Explained
• Religious Week …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 27, No. 2-Z245, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Birds I View
• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Mind Your Manners
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Society Page
• Faculty Notes
• Training School Notes
• Club News
• Campus Crossfire – cartoon
• Looking Around

Articles in this issue:

• Association Meeting on Campus – Third District Educational Association
• Religious Emphasis Week Planned for Oct. 31-Nov. 3
• Votes for Senior Officers to be Cast Next Week
• Grads to Give KCA Speeches – Kentucky Classical Association
• J.R. Whitmer Announces Staff of This Year’s Talisman
• Vets Club Sponsors Dance Tonight in Gym
• Cheering …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 27, No. 1-Z245, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Birds I View
• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Mind Your Manners
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Society Page
• Faculty Notes
• Training School Notes
• Club News

Articles in this issue:

• Vernon Stone, Bill Ford Head Staff of College Heights Herald
• Illness Ends in Death for M.L. Billings
• Jesse Stuart, Early to Speak at Third District Education Association October 20
• Classical Association to Meet Here
• Injury Fatal to Doug Smith
• Western Enrolls 1720 Students
• Concert Series Tickets to go on Sale Monday
• Religious Emphasis Week Starts October 31 …

1950-1951 Lsu Medical Center Catalog/Bulletin: School Of Medicine, Office Of The Registrar

Catalog and Bulletin

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Reported Studies Of The Philosophies And Objectives Of Forty-One Member Secondary Schools Of The North Central Association In The State Of New Mexico, Merle M. Milfs

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to analyze the two series of reports for the 1948-49 from forty-one member high schools of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in the state of New Mexico and to present such conclusions and recommendations for the programs of those schools as warranted by the data presented. The reports upon which this study is based include (1) Special Report on Criterion I (Form A-3) to the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and (2) Annual General Report on Criteria (Form A-2, 1948-49).

Expenditures By Students Attending New Mexico Secondary Schools, Max Kaslo

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this thesis (1) to ascertain the expenditures made by students in connection with their high school attendance in New Mexico; (2) to discover in what areas of the curriculum or extra-curriculum major costs may exist; (3) to learn the amount of income the high school students in New Mexico earn; and (4) to draw pertinent conclusions and make constructive recommendations from the data.

History Of Education In Taos County, Enos E. Garcia

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to trace the progress of the educational development in Taos County, New Mexico, from the period of the Spanish Occupation to the modern educational system as it exists in 1950.

A Survey Of The Bullitt County School System, J. O. Ward

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis on a survey of the school system of Bullitt County is being made for the purpose of recommending consolidation of the high schools and of larger grade centers.

A County Wide Study Of Pupil Transportation In Mcminn County, Tennessee, Reuben R. Godsey

Masters Theses

BACKGROUND FOR THE STUDY

The need for a study of school bus transportation in McMinn County, Tennessee, was first called to the attention of the writer in 1948. This was further accented by attendance at a number of school board meetings, and by hearing discussions of the routes that buses were traveling at that time. It was believed that some improvement of the routes could be made.

The writer discussed the transportation problem with the county superintendent of McMinn County. He urged the writer to give some thought to the problem as a thesis. The problem was later discussed with …

The Use Of Clerical, Intelligence, And Personality Tests For Guidance Purposes In Shorthand I, Typewriting I, And Office Machines, Charles Clinton Green

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to find a test or combination of tests in the areas of intelligence, clerical ability, and personality that could, for prognostic purposes, be relied upon as a tool to aid in a counseling situation for students desiring to enroll in shorthand I, typewriting I, or office machines. Three well-known, standardized tests were used in the investigation. Juniors and Seniors of the Labette County Community High School at Altamont, Kansas enrolled in the subjects mentioned made up the experimental group. The tests were administered and the correlations of the results determined. In addition to the …

Today's Junior High School, William R. Oliver

All Master's Theses

The writing of this paper provides a means for the survey of the principles of organization and the ways of meeting the needs of junior high school students. It is the intention of this paper to present the functions, the principles and the methods of instruction prevalent in the junior high school.

A Study Of The Objectives Of The Teachers Of The Etowah City School System In Relation To Actual Classroom Activities And The Total School Program, Helen Ruth Hopper

Masters Theses

(From the Introduction)

Supervisors of instruction in the State of Tennessee are necessarily concerned with improving instruction given to the children of the state. This mean, of course, that they are directly concerned with the teaching personnel and what the personnel teach.

The writer has been in supervision for only two years; however, she has some very definite ideas concerning the approach to supervision. One of these ideas is indirectly responsible for this study. That idea is the belief that to improve a school program you must first know what teachers think they are trying to do and …

A History Of Administration In The Albuquerque Public Schools, Helen Stansifer Kavanaugh

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to record the development of the Albuquerque Public School System from 1891 to 1948. It is a chronological history with emphasis on the administrative problems and policies pertaining to the founding and development of a typical school system and with no attempt to formulate recommendations or to level criticism.

Study Of Non-Enrollment & Absences In Kentucky, Mitchell Davis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

During the school year 1944-45, the Division of Census and. Attendance of the Kentucky State Department of Education attempted to find the answer to two very important and timely questions concerning school enrollment and attendance in the state. These two questions were first, 'Why do children fail to enroll in school?" and second, 'Why do children fail to attend regularly after they do enroll?"

Survey forms were prepared and sent to all of the 257 school districts in the state, calling for the number of census children by age, grade, sex and race not enrolled in school and why they …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 26, No. 15-Z245, Wku Student Affairs

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• Faculty Notes
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• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni Flashes
• Personals
• Vets Views
• Kentucky Building News
• Musical Notes
• Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore

Articles in this issue:

• Rural Life Conference Set for July 21-22
• John Sherman Cooper to Address Seniors July 28
• Mack Sisk Takes Top Kentucky Press Association Award
• Kentucky’s Jesse Stuart Slated for Chapel Speech
• Commission OKs Preliminary Set of Student Union Building Plans – Garrett Hall
• Western Enrolls 1,365 for Summer Term
• D.J. Wilgus …

Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College- 1950- Eighty-Ninth Annual Commencement, Office Of The Registrar

Graduation Programs

No abstract provided.

1949-1950 Marshall College Bulletin, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 1950-1959

Catalog of Marshall College in Huntington, W.Va, for the 1949-1950 academic year (summer session).

Accreditation Of Public Schools, Clarence Hodges

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problems of this thesis are three-fold:

1. To familiarize administrators and citizens with the problems and needs of accreditation to the extent that these problems become axiomatic,
2. To determine who does the accreditation and how comprehensively is it done,
3. To revise the present state form used for accreditation of Kentucky schools by comparison with other state-accrediting forms.

A Survey Of Opinions Of Recreation Leadership Needs In The Public Schools In The State Of Washington, Robert Hodges

All Master's Theses

The primary purpose of this study is to determine what the needs of the public schools in the state of Washington are in relation to recreation leadership so that the higher educational institutions of the state may have some basis for the planning and organization of their teacher training programs. The secondary purpose of this study is to enable the students who are preparing themselves for entering this field to have some idea of the opportunities and the disadvantages that prevail in this area of work.

The Ability Of Pupils In A Selected High School To Estimate Quantitative Measurements, Eugene W. Zylstra

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to ascertain with what degree of accuracy pupils of junior and senior level in a selected high school are able to estimate quantitative measurements; and (2) to determine whether or not the ability to make accurate estimates is related to such factors as mental ability, computational ability, or the amount of formal mathematics taken in high school.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 26, No. 14-Z245, Wku Student Affairs

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• Book Marks
• Hilltopics
• Society Page
• Faculty Notes
• Club News
• Sports
• Birds I View
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni Flashes
• Personals
• Vets Views
• Kentucky Building News
• Musical Notes
• Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore

Articles in this issue:

• College Heights Herald Celebrates Its 25^th Year
• Western’s 27^th Graduating Class Get Degrees June 1
• Grads to Hear Two Educators
• Herald Editors Have Chosen Varied Careers
• Arch Rivals Meet in Ohio Valley Conference
• Hawkins, Edith. Western Music Department Plays Top Role in Laurel Festival This Weekend
• Herald Staff …

The Value Of The Application Photograph As A Teacher-Selecting Instrument, Robert P. Jeffries

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to discover information which may contribute to a better understanding of the value of application photographs for prospective teaching positions. Specifically, this study is concerned with the following aspects: (1) the extent to which superintendents of schools use photographs in teacher selection; (2) the influence in which three physical characteristics, namely, size, contrast, and expression, may have upon teacher selection; and (3) the value which the superintendent of schools places on the photograph as an instrument of teacher selection.

A Digest Of Opinions Of Attorneys-General On Education In New Mexico 1898-1948, Vondolee S. Page

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the problem. The history of the public schools of New Mexico like those of the nation can, to an extent, be traced through the opinions offered by the attorneys-general. A total of 710 opinions have been written concerning the public schools and education since the first report of the attorney-general in 1898. No segmentation and study of only those opinions directly affecting the schools and education has ever been made, those opinions omitted being repetitive of questions already discussed.

It is the purpose of this study (1) to review all the opinions offered by the attorneys-general which have …

Teacher Load In Selected Secondary Schools, Robert George Clingenpeel

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to measure the teaching load of Santa Fe, New Mexico, public secondary school teachers and to compare this load with available norms. Teacher load is determined in units by the Douglass formula.

The Status And Administration Of Audio-Visual Aids In The Public Schools Of New Mexico, Everett Miller

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to survey the administration of the audio-visual programs in the public schools of New Mexico and (2) to show either the equality or inequality of this type of education in different school districts of the state.