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Some Aspects Of Financing Interscholastic Athletic Programs In Group Ii High Schools In Virginia, Ellett R. Mcgeorge

Master's Theses

Any consideration of the high school athletic program would seem to be incomplete without attention being given to the method of its financing.

"Since athletics first came into our nation's school system, means and ways and have been sought by which they could be financed." Great strides have been made in raising the status of the athletic program. However, there remain schools that are confronted with the continuous problem of financing their total interscholastic athletic programs. In that face of rising costs of athletic equipment and operation there is tendency to reduce the activities of the interscholastic program and place …

An Academic History Of The Class Of 1958 In A Selected Henrico County High School, Carrie Payne Barker

Master's Theses

Paced with rapid and continuous growth in the school population, the County School Board of Henrico County, Viginia, authorized in 1959 an intensive and extensive survey of the curricular offerings in its secondary Schools. The purpose of this survey was two-fold: to discover the educational needs of its youth and to determine to What extent the county high schools were meeting these needs.

An Analysis Of Certain Problems In Using Television In The Henrico County Schools, Anne Morton Fitzgerald

Master's Theses

The developments that have taken place and are continuing to develop both on national and local levels justify an analysis to ascertain whether educational television may be used as a means of supplementing effectively the educational program of Henrico County.

It is the purpose of this study (1) to secure information on the effect of educational television, (2) to secure information on the problems of scheduling and using staff and facilities. and (3) to determine what types of learning activity lend themselves best to television.

A Comparative Study Of The Ability And Academic Achievement Of Senior High School Boys With Relation To Participation In Interscholastic Sports, Grant Hudson Jr.

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Status Of High School Newspapers In The Virginia Public Schools, Joyce Still Gibson

Master's Theses

The school newspaper dates back over one hundred years, and it is now regarded as one of the most important activities of the modern high school.

The purpose of this study is (1) to present a brief history of journalism in the United States and in Virginia, (2) to acquaint the reader with various publications associations and the seryices they render, and (3) to present the status of high school news­ papers in the Virginia public high schools in 1961.

The writer will, in no way, attempt to discuss the technical aspects of the actual publication of a paper, but …

A Survey Of University Of Richmond Evening School Students : Their Motives, Progress After Study And The Extent Of Assistance By Employers In Educational Programs, Robert A. Dell

Master's Theses

The aim of this thesis is to suvey a representative group of Evening School students and business firms to gather qualitative data concerning the Evening School and present these data in a quantitative manner.

Research was conducted by questionnaire in order to collect original source data. Replies to questionnaires have been analyzed. Tabulations of data are included throughout the text. A summary follows analyses of replies.