Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons^™

A Study Of The Active Amateur And Semiprofessional Theater Groups In Central California, Phyllis Jane Nusz

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In the last several years lists of theater organizations in California newspapers hare grown steadily. This writer asserts a need for study of active amateur and semiprofessional theater groups in California for gaining knowledge and understanding of cultural activities taking place about the Western United States. Such material would help students and adults interested in drama gain information where theaters remain active according to particular tastes.

After receiving a list of nonprofessional theater members of American National Theatre and Academy's California regions, theater activity presented itself to be of such quantity within the state that it became necessary to make …

A Description And Analysis Of The Hearing Conservation Program Of The Office Of The Stanislaus County, California, Superintendent Of Schools, Robert Mccord Colville

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive description of a school hearing conservation program that might be used by personnel planning other programs, to serve as a guide or for comparison. A secondary purpose of the study was to analyze and evaluate the hearing conservation program of the Office of the Stanislaus County Superintendent of Schools in order to find more efficient ways of administering and conducting the program and otherwise improve its effectiveness.

Radio Listening And Television Viewing Habits Of Students Of Daniel Webster Junior High School And The Relationship Between Those Habits And Academic Achievement, William Mulford Hill

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study (1) to investigate the radio listening and television viewing habits of seventh, eighth; and ninth-grade students at Daniel Webster Junior High School, Stockton, California, (2) to determine whether there was a relationship between grades received at school and the amount of time spent listening to the radio and/or watching television; and (3) to show whether there was any direct application of radio listening or television viewing in their academic work.

A Survey Of The Judging Standards In High School Speech Contests Of Northern And Central California, Thomas Walwyn Stephens

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Part of the importance of the problem can be seen through the value of speech contests. One of the various means of realizing the purposes of speech education is through the speech contest, the practice of getting together with others for the comparison of formal speaking activities. The value of the speech contest was recognized centuries ago by the Greeks. “Speech contests are old devices; that stimulate a student to his greatest endeavors by a desire to win approval or victory over his fellows in not a product of this mad, modern naturalistic age.” From that early beginning contests have …