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1938

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Ellis County Kansas

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Juvenile Delinquency Of Ellis County, Kansas, 1900-1937, Harry R. Pollock May 1938

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 …


Factors Affecting Vocational Guidance, Margaret Pankaskie May 1938

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.