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A History Of The Council Of Social Agencies Of Louisville, Kentucky., Mary Trueheart Williamson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Community social planning has recently received the spotlight of attention under the impacts of war and its related demands for a united nation and community. But to those who have had a more intimate contact with the field of social work this is not a new development. For more than twenty years there has been in urban areas a steady growth of organizations known as councils of social agencies, welfare councils, or community councils whose job it has been to coordinate and plan the social welfare programs for the communities of which they are a part. As in other cities, …

Convalescent Care In Louisville, Kentucky., Grace B. Caswell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study is undertaken to survey and evaluate the adequacy of convalescent facilities available for indigent persons who have been under the care of the surgical service at the Louisville General Hospital. The adequacy of convalescent care will be measured first, in relation to its scope, second, in relation to its help to the patients, and third, in its interaction with other community agencies. The study is prompted by the recognition of the fact that convalescence is a sadly neglected field of medical care. Convalescence will be defined for the purposes of this study as the more or less gradual …

Re-Education Of Handedness In The Rat Following Cerebral Injuries, David Roland Mcgiboney Jr.

Psychology ETDs

Answers to the following questions were sought in this study:

1. Although the loci of lesion will usually involve a single general area of the frontal lobe, will there be any noticeable difference between the amount of recovery or re-education with the variations in the loci within the general area?

2. Is mass of destruction significant with regard to re-educability of handedness?

3. Is there a difference in re-educability between animals with lesions involving the cortex only and animals which have both cortical and subcortical destructions?

4. Are there significant differences in the recovery of young adult versus older adult …

Observations Of The Use And Efficacy Of Changing A Patient's Concept Of His Role : A Psychotherapeutic Device, Ethel Edwards

Master's Theses

The problem we faced was to try to develop some form of psychotherapy that would not consume a great deal of time. It was desirable that it should be applicable to a wide range in type of cases and that it should be simple enough so that it would require little training on the part of the therapist.

Adoption Procedures And Practices In Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1941., Ruby Arnold Dennis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study is an attempt to evaluate the procedure employed in the adoption of children in Kentucky since the enactment of the new adoption law in June, 1940, which made mandatory a social investigation during the sixty-day period required between the date of the filing of the petition and the date of the court hearing. It aims (1) to examine the operations of the Kentucky law in the area of Jefferson County tor which the records were made available by the State Department of Welfare, Child Welfare Division, Frankfort, Kentucky, and (2) to measure the local procedure by the standard …

A Study Of Day Care Particularly In Reference To Louisville, Kentucky., Nancy Lee Johnson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A problem of great concern to many communities in the United States is that of day care of children of working mothers. Since the beginning of the defense program and particularly after the United States entered the war, wide publicity has been given to the problem of children left without supervision while their mothers worked. Communities that were affected by increases in population began to establish committees to cope with the situation. Numerous surveys were conducted in an attempt to measure the adequacy of existing facilities and the extent of the need for additional day care centers. Congressional action made …

A Further Validation Of Role Therapy, Alexander Robinson

Master's Theses

This study has been planned as a means of throwing more light on certain psychotherapeutic techniques and methods in order that a more valuable, direct, and understandable method of treating neurotic patients may some day be worked out. The specific problem is to understand and recognize more clearly various actions in Edwards and Kelly's (5) "Role Therapy” to learn what in the therapy benefited the patient, and discover how and to what kind of disorders it might be most effectively applied. This paper is an attempt to help explain, criticize, and continue with the problem, as described and studied by …

The Relationship Of Personality Traits As Measured By The Bernreuter Personality Inventory To Some Physical Traits Of Freshmen College Women Of Kansas State Teachers College At Pittsburg, Kansas, Lois Watson Smith

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to determine the amount of relationship existing between certain personality traits and certain physical traits of approximately 135 freshmen women at the Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg, Kansas.

Procedure. A personality test and various physical tests were administered to approximately 135 freshmen women at the Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg. The six personality trait scores measured by the Bernreuter Personality Inventory were correlated with the physical test scores measuring General Motor Capacity, General Motor Ability, Physical Fitness Index, and body build. Pearson's formula for determining the coefficient of correlation was used …

A Study Of Twenty-Eight Working Mothers And Their Problems., Marianna E. Lawson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

What are the problems of working mothers was the question that was uppermost in our minds when we began our study of twenty-eight working mothers and their families. We felt that through examining data regarding ages, occupation, education, marital status, number of dependents, et cetera that we would be able to ascertain at once some of the difficulties these mothers were facing. We wanted to know how much of the financial burden the mother carried and whether she was showing any signs of strain because of her double duties of wage earner and housekeeper. What help did she have from …

Participation In Social Institutions By Relief Families In A Selected Rooming House Area In Salt Lake City July 1933 To July 1934, D. Ivo Eames

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A series of happenlngs in Salt Lake City during the early years of the reoent depression strongly Indlcate that certain relief clients were, at that time, more or leas chronic trouble makers. They frequently threatened and sometimes inflicted bodily harm on social case workers; they inflicted riots, held protest meetings and wrote protest letters to state and national officials. A check-up on the addresses of these clients showed that the majority lived in the same or near-by areas.

A Study Of Japanese International Short Wave Radio Propaganda, Leonard A. Smoll

Psychology ETDs

This study of Japanese war-time propaganda, beamed toward the United States and disseminated by the medium of international short wave radio, was inspired by these considerations. War-time restrictions on the press, local broadcasting, and landline facilities close the channels to which Japan could get the desired propaganda material into a neutral country, she would have no assurance that the material would reach the ultimate objective in unadulterated form. These obvious barriers to Japan's propaganda machine raise the question: Is there any channel or communication through which Japan may direct biased information straight to the recipient, and delivered uncensored? The answer …

The History Of Silver City, New Mexico 1870-1886, Conrad Keeler Naegle

History ETDs

In the best days of its past Silver City was never so good as now; never so prosperous, optimistic, filled with the spirit of growing and building.

Parenthetically, if anything we write about Silver City or any place else seems so glowing that you incline to skepticism, suspecting it was written for the gratification of the local inhabitants, don't take our word for it. Go see for yourself. You will discover more than we have put down on paper.

Administrative Reorganization Of The Government Of The State Of Virginia Under Governor Byrd, Robert Greg Barr

Honors Theses

Administrative reorganization is a tremendous subject. In the final analysis, it involves the history of administrative organization, proposals for its improvement, reforms in its structure, desirability of further changes, and the adequacy and beneficial effects of changes already instituted, as well as the broad ramifications of governmental theory inextricably related to any scheme of administrative structure. It is a study of the entire executive branch of a government in all its aspects. These subjects offer interesting fields of research for the student of government and history, as well as the student of economics in some instances. Exploitation of the opportunities …

The Standardization Of The Kelly Spatial Insight Test, Darlieene Thompson

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to standardize the Kelly Spatial Insight Test, a test of performance ability. The task was to establish norms by which individual cases can be compared with each other.

The Performance Of Young Children In A Classification Task, Frances Virginia Rau

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of A Test Of General Culture., Delton Clifford Beier

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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The Interrelation Of Migration And Socio-Economic Status Of Open-Country Families In Oklahoma., Robert Turner Mcmillan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Rise And Effect Of Social Organizations In Louisiana During Reconstruction, Berenice C. Allain

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

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A Study Of Human Development Through Esthetic Experiences, Margaret Fox Winder

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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The Role Of The Land Grant In The Social Organization And Social Processes Of A Spanish-American Village In New Mexico., Olen E. Leonard

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Dictionary Of Athletic Terms For Twelve Sports, Chris Lester Kjeldsen

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Every person who either participates in or witnesses an athletic activity acquires an interest in the definitions of the terms that have specific meaning in relation to that activity. In seeking definitions, the layman, the student, or the instructor naturally desires the simplest, most do noise, and the best understood definition at his disposal. It is with this idea in mind that I have endeavored to cover twelve sports.

An Investigation Into The Need And The Use Of Patriotic Holiday Reading Material In The Primary Grades., Mary Walker Barnard 1906-1996

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Benjamin Morgan Palmer, A Southern Divine., Wayne Carter Eubank

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Marriage Trends In Madison County, Indiana 1899 To 1942, Leona Bernice Nelson

Graduate Thesis Collection

This thesis is basad on a study of the marriage license applications for Madison County, Indiana. The principal years studied were 1899, 1814, 1929, 1937, and 1942. The aim of the writer is primarily to point out the marriage trends in Madison County rather than deal with the social effects which these trends may bring.

Student Agricultural Work Experiences In San Joaquin County, With Particular Reference To The Work Experiences Of Students Of Stockton And Lodi Public Schools In The Summer Of 1942, Frank L. Nash Jr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

As early as February, 1942, fears of an agricultural labor shortage began to be expressed in California. The Pacific Southwest Area Committee of the Young Men’s Christian Association asserts in a statement of policy on Emergency Harvest Camps, “The California State Chamber of Commerce’s Central Coast Council’s Agricultural Committee points out that ‘the removal of enemy aliens from coastal areas, the absorption of migrant workers into defense industries, and increased government quotas for the production of many crops has created a serious agricultural problem.’ (News release, February 28, 1942).”

In San Joaquin County 5,000 Japanese were evacuated. Most of these …