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Libraries In Negro High Schools Of Missouri, Adolphus R. Houston

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

This study proposes to do the following things: (1) to find out the type of libraries that Negro high schools of Missouri have; (2) to discover something about their organization and administration; (3) to ascertain what equipment and furniture they have; (4) to learn the library policy and uses made of libraries; (5) to find out what services libraries offer students; (6) to procure information about their distribution of volumes; (7) to ascertain the number and kind of periodicals received; (8) to suggest that Negro high schools without libraries provide the best possible type that the school can afford.

The Social And Economic Effects Produced Upon Small Towns By Rapid Industrialization, John Fred Holly

Masters Theses

Introduction: The introduction of an industry into rural areas or small towns, unless they are mill centers, and the absorption of rural peoples into these industries involve many changes of social and economic significance. The shift from an agricultural to an industrial economy has by its very nature many consequences. This study is an attempt to measure, as far as is possible, the effects of such changes.

The City of Elizabethton, Tennessee underwent a very rapid change beginning in 1925 when the American Bemberg Corporation located a rayon establishment there. With the shift of economy many significant changes occurred. Therefore, …

Development Of Public Assistance In Louisiana., Marianna Evans

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study is to show how a public assistance program has developed to meet the needs of a rapidly urbanizing society, and how, in Louisiana, this program has evolved from an incidental, casual, and uncertain activity of local governing units to an integrated, well-organized governmental function.

Legislative provisions for aid to dependent individuals form the base of the study; statistical information concerning the extent of assistance and explanation of the administrative organization of the various public assistance agencies bring out the sociological implications of a public assistance program.

The activities of Louisiana’s unemployment relief agencies of the …

Some Aspects Of Chihuahua Archaeology, Robert Hill Lister

Anthropology ETDs

The Chihuahua (Casa Grandes) culture area, the most southern area of specialization definitely associable with the Anasazi culture, has its center in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The entire region occupied by the culture, however, extended slightly into adjacent portions of Sonora, Arizona, and New Mexico.

The Statehood Policy Of Albert J. Beveridge: 1901-1911, Charles Edgar Maddox

History ETDs

This thesis will examine the personality and policy of Albert J. Beveridge, of Indiana, in his role as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Territories from 1901 to 1911. Particular emphasis is placed upon his attitude toward the admission into the Union of three territories, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma. This, therefore, is an effort to disclose the motives, methods, and theories which determined and characterized Beveridge's statehood policy.

Religious Education In Prisons, John L. Gwin

Masters Theses

The problem of crime is one of growing importance, and every means available should be used to reform and train the prisoner so that when he leaves the penitentiary he will go out and become a useful member of society. The average age of American prisoners is nineteen years. This means that after a few years most of our prisoners will re-enter society, and certainly it must be possible to do much to help these young people to readjust themselves to our social order.

An Investigation Of Drawing By Pueblo Indian Children, Marian Eller

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study is the investigation of drawing made by Pueblo Indian children. it involves the construction of a scale by which the drawings may be graded.

Juvenile Delinquency Of Ellis County, Kansas, 1900-1937, Harry R. Pollock

Master's Theses

This study of juvenile delinquency contains 184 cases and covers a period of 57 years, from 1881 to 1938 . The case history of each delinquent was secured from the State Industrial School for Boys at Topeka, Kansas, The State Industrial School for Girls at Beloit, Kansas, and the State Industrial Reformatory at Hutchinson, Kansas. The institutional records also contained the parole reports. The boys were located, their present occupation determined, and their school and church records determined where possible. As there are no records in the probate court concerning the cases, the writer was compelled to compile the records …

Criminal Cases In Ellis County, Kansas, 1867-1937, Wallace F. Baker

Master's Theses

Many articles have been written on crime and its problems. There is only one true way by which crime maybe studied , and that is by analysis and investigation. In this thesis the purpose of the writer had been to investigate the kind and number of cases that have passed through the district court. Those cases receiving fines and jail sentences necessitated a search of the records to find if the sentences were served and the fines paid . The history of Ellis County was used to give the reader a background for consideration of the cases. Two kinds of …

The Federal Reserve System And Its Relation To Monetary Conditions In The United States: A Study Of The Banking System Of The United States, Gertrude F. Goldberg

Business and Economics Honors Papers

This 38 page thesis examines the history of the banking system in the United States and its problems.

Factors Affecting Vocational Guidance, Margaret Pankaskie

Master's Theses

It is the special purpose of this study to find how personality factors affect the employability of youth. In a study of this kind it is necessary to consider the personality as a whole in relation to a larger situation, the ethnological traits of the group, the society in which the youth lives, the economic changes taking place in the community, and the physical and mental capacities in which he is endowed.

The Northwestern Shoshone Indians, (A) Under Tribal Organization And Government, (B) Under The Eccleastical Administration Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints As Exemplified At The Washakie Colony, Utah, Joshua T. Evans

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Northwestern Shoshone Indians is the tribe of Indians that inhabited the territory north of the Great Salt Lake comprising the northern part of Utah and the Southern part of Idaho. The Indians have loose boundary lines, yet we can definitely state that this tribe occupied the territory from the Weber river on the South to the Snake river on the North; from Bear Lake and Bear river on the East to Raft river and Goose creek on the West. Their confines would take in Weber, Rich, Box Elder, Cache, and part of Morgan, counties in Utah; and Bear Lake, …

Past Trends Of Cooperative Marketing And Its Present Economic Status In Utah, Lamoine B. Christiansen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The agricultural interests of the United States and Utah have experienced some trying situations during the past quarter century. Periods of depression followed by periods of expansion and prosperity have resulted in a condition of instability and insecurity in agriculture.

The effect of alternate periods of prosperity and depression in agriculture becomes increasingly important as agriculture changes from self-sufficing to commercialized types of business enterprises. Many of the difficulties inherent in the present complex social and capital structure were of minor significances in the early types of agricultural activities.

Changing conditions in agriculture and in social institutions in general have …

The Influence Of External Factors Upon The Functions Of The Family Since 1929, Evelyn M. Eckhoff

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to show the influence of external factors upon the functions of the family since 1929. The writer will consider the affectional, religious, economic, protective, recreational and educational functions, and will endeavor to determine the extent to which external factors have affected the functions of the family and the family itself.

Studies on the social aspects of the depression, published by the Social Science Research Council, have been particularly helpful in the preparation of this thesis. The writer refers especially to the Research Memorandum on the Family in the Depression, Research Memorandum on Religion in …

Teachers' Use Of Cathartic Methods, Harry Mason

Master's Theses

The specific problem of this study is to ascertain some of the difficulties experienced by teachers in eliciting emotional catharsis from their pupils and interpreting its results, and to describe these difficulties in operation concepts. The term emotional catharsis is used to mean a spontaneous expression of emotionally toned thoughts or ideas. The term operational concept is taken to mean a unified representation of a state of affairs which is organized so as to suggest its outcome. The term repression is used as defined by Freud. The term rationalization used in the Freudian sense, and refers to the tendency for …

The Criminal Cases Of Russell County, Kansas, Clyde Leon Dutt

Master's Theses

The gathering of criminal statistics has long been recognized as a need and a valuable aid to the federal, state and county officials and to students who desire information over a period of years of the history of a municipality or other governmental area. The primary aim of the writer of this thesis has been to investigate all the criminal case s of Russell County so far as offenses against the law have been prosecuted in the district court. The data presented covers the entire history of the country, finding the total number of cases for the sixty-five years, then …

The Influence Of College Courses On Individual Differences., Clarke Carson Mcilree

Master's Theses

What is the effect of college training upon individuals? More specifically, do college students become more alike or more unlike in , respect to the achievement involved in a college course as a result of taking the course? That is the question which this study will investigate. The importance of this question to the educator is that it involves educational technique and philosophy. If it is found that our educational system decreases individual differences and has the effect therefore, of equalizing opportunity, our philosophy of universal education as an important factor in the achievement of democracy is valid. On the …

Comparison Of Navajo And Pueblo Indians In Musical Talent, Shlanta A. Boghdan

Psychology ETDs

The object of this investigation is to make a comparison in musical talent of the Navajo and Pueblo Indians from the seventh to twelfth grade inclusive. Since these two tribes have different characteristics, one purpose is to determine the differences in musical talent which may exist. Although some of the Indian tribes have been tested by the Seashore Measure of Musical Talent, no comparison has been made of these two tribes.

An Experimental Study Of The Effect Of The Introduction Of An Intellectual Factor In A Problem Of The Motor Learning Type, Ernest Vernon Mcclear

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Elementary School Library And How It Functions In Indiana, Helen Estelle Fullenwider

Graduate Thesis Collection

The elementary school library is still in the pioneer stage of development in the schools of Indiana. In truth, there are few elementary school libraries in the state in the correct definition of the words. Nevertheless some type of library service, although inadequate, is available to every school and pupil in the state. It is the purpose of this study to review the history of library service to children and to ascertain what the present types of library service to children are, and to give some information relative to the library programs that are followed by certain elementary schools in …

The Administration Of The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, Clarence Waldo Johnston

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Evolution Of Louisiana Parishes In Relation To Population Growth And Movements., John S. Kyser

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Speech Of Three Generations In One Family, And In Like Generations Of Three Different Families In Monroe, Louisiana., Grace E. Ingledue

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Speech Of Haynesville, Louisiana, At Three Age Levels., Johnnye Akin Fenn

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Explicit Instructions To Plan Upon Perfomance, Helen Cecelia Quinn

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Prohibition In Kansas From 1861-1881, Edna Pearl Elliott

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

During the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804, the liquor problem first entered Kansas, when two men were punished for drunkenness while on duty. From 1804 to 1848 little is to be found in records that gives any information on this question but from 1848 to 1861 it was a live issue. Laws were enacted prohibiting the sale of intoxicating beverages to the Indians, the Dram-shop Law of 1855 was passed, the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention was held, and Kansas was admitted as a state January 29, 1861, without a liquor control law in her Constitution. The demand for better liquor …

Recreation In Louisville : An Historical Sketch., Elizabeth Arterburn Wilson 1902-1998

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Seargent Smith Prentiss, Whig Orator Of The Old South., Dallas Claude Dickey

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Compilation Of Books In The Field Of Advertising That Have Been Written Or Copyrighted From January, 1928 To March, 1938, Eileen Mary Curtin

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is simply to provide the faculty and students of the College of Journalism with an easily accessible file for reference work in the field of Advertising. It was compiled with the intention that those persons especially interested in advertising developments, would have an index of all the material that has been written in the last ten years in that and allied fields. Since there is no other complete listing of Advertising books including such subjects as radio, typography, publicity etc. readily available in compact form, it is hoped that this thesis can be used as …

An Appraisal Of The Roosevelt Monetary Policy, Robert J. Wright

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Probably no economic institution of our modern world is affected with a greater public interest than money. Few subjects have been more discussed and few factors have had more influence upon the progress of civilization than has money. It has become perhaps the most indispensable of all the tools which we use in our urbanized modern life. [...]