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A Survey Of Adult Education In Northern Europe Since The World War, Eva Mcconnell Cook

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Adult education is for all people in all time. The expression of its workings le diverse, determined by locality and tradition. The study of adult education in northern Europe since the World Far is based on the belief that "the world is in need of stronger and more clearly conceived ideals of conscious effort In the service of humanity. The salvation of society must be mined from its depths".

A History Of Education In Mexico Since 1857, Alma S. Andrews

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to give an outline of the marked progress of education in Mexico since 1857, the date of the final separation of church and state.

Having taught tor several years in Americanization schools, the writer has experienced close contact with all classes of Mexicans. Consequently, this study has been entered into for the purpose of bringing about a better understanding of the peculiar needs of the people and of the problems confronting the Mexican nation as a whole.

It is the sincere hope of the writer that this work will absorb the interest or those …

A Report Of A Five Year Experiment In The Formulation And Operation Of A Character Education Program In A Small Rural Secondary School, Mable William Barron

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This report on the formulation and operation of a plan for character education in a rural secondary school is submitted in the hope that it may be one of many similar studies aimed to stimulate interest in and foster character building. It is not contended that this is a perfect scheme. Its defects were clearly revealed in its five years of operation. Its influence and results are more clearly apparent to those who view it from the distance. One of the new teachers stated in February, "I don't know what's responsible but the boys and girls in this school are …

Intramural Athletics For The Small High School, Maurice R. Wood

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Intramural athletics, in the small high school should be a program of sports for all. The small high school with its limited financial and athletic equipment will do well to recognize the general trend of physical education by developing an athletic program of "activity for activity's sake".

Working in the physical education department of small high schools for the past four years, the writer is aware that there is a need for a program of athletics for all. The program presented in this thesis is the result of investigation and practical experimentation with intramural athletics for boys in the Live …

What Certain Libraries And Schools Are Doing Towards Encouraging And Directing The Summer Reading Of Boys And Girls In Elementary And Junior High Schools, Julia Bray

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

At the beginning of summer each year, a vast number of school children all over our land are released for two months or more to enjoy a period of leisure. With the steady growth of cities, it has become a problem in many large urban districts to care for these children, especially the adolescents who find it a perplexing problem to know how to spend their leisure time.

A Two Year Course Of Study For Secondary School Music Students, James Edgar Hogin

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This is Volume II, Volume I is in process of being scanned