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A General Educational Survey Of Alpine Institute And Community, James Benton Cantrell

Masters Theses

Introduction: 1. Purpose. Four years ago the writer, along with two other teachers, was asked by Dr. Warren H. Wilson of the Board of National Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America to form a committee for the purpose of supervising the school at Alpine, Tennessee. The committee was formed and the writer was chosen as chairman, a position that carried with it the task of acting as principal. Following the second year at Alpine, at the suggestion of Dr. Wilson for further study, the Author purposed attending the University of Tennessee and making a study …

A Study Of Personal Accounts Of Fifty South Carolina High School Girls, Vera Burnette

Masters Theses

[From the Introduction]

The three-fold purpose of this study was to learn, (1) something of the amount spent on or by selected high school girls; (2) what they buy; (3) the price paid for various articles bought by or for the girls.

The material for this study was secured by having each girl in the home economics classes in the Greenville Senior High School, Greenville, South Carolina keep an account of everything that was spent for her individually by her family, for the school year 1938 to 1939. It was made clear to each girl that this was …

A Study Of Homemaking Activities And Related Interests Of A Selected Group Of Girls In The South Knoxville (Tennessee) Junior High School, Emily Topper Garnar

Masters Theses

(From the Introduction)

One of the most important problems confronting educational leaders today is that of building a curriculum which will better meet the needs of the individual and the community in which he lives. It is hoped that such a program will make it possible to give students more intelligent guidance in adjusting themselves to the world around them in performing efficiently the persistent problems of everyday living.