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What Older Nebraska Women Eat, P. C. Fry

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

There are many Nebraskans who have reached the status of senior citizens. These Nebraskans in their 60's, 70's and 80's have attained a special place in our society. We can learn much from studying how they have eaten through the years and comparing their diets with what we have learned from similar studies in other states.

An Analysis Of Certain Problems In Using Television In The Henrico County Schools, Anne Morton Fitzgerald

Master's Theses

The developments that have taken place and are continuing to develop both on national and local levels justify an analysis to ascertain whether educational television may be used as a means of supplementing effectively the educational program of Henrico County.

It is the purpose of this study (1) to secure information on the effect of educational television, (2) to secure information on the problems of scheduling and using staff and facilities. and (3) to determine what types of learning activity lend themselves best to television.

An Academic History Of The Class Of 1958 In A Selected Henrico County High School, Carrie Payne Barker

Master's Theses

Paced with rapid and continuous growth in the school population, the County School Board of Henrico County, Viginia, authorized in 1959 an intensive and extensive survey of the curricular offerings in its secondary Schools. The purpose of this survey was two-fold: to discover the educational needs of its youth and to determine to What extent the county high schools were meeting these needs.

Otterbein Towers July 1961, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine

No abstract provided.

Federal Aid To Education, Wallace Loe

Graduate Student Research Papers

The problem was to study the area of federal aid to education from the historical point of view. The writer wished to answer these questions: (1) How long have we had federal aid to education? (2) What kinds of federal aid to education do we have?

A Survey Of Teacher Orientation And A Proposed Orientation Program For Camas, Washington, Gale Richard Marrs

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to determine the problems and needs confronting new and beginning teachers, to survey the practices used to meet these problems and needs, to sample the types of teacher orientation used in the state of Washington, and to develop a proposed orientation program for the Camas Public School District 117.

The Relationship Of Cost To Quality Education, Dale T. Mitchell

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to show a relationship of cost to quality in education. The material presented will be from many sources. Some of the research was somewhat outdated, but because of no recent studies on the subject, the material was used. It is the writer's hope that the reader will weigh all of the material and make his own comparisons with the present day situation.

The Devlopment Of A Handbook Of Policies, Procedures, And Materials For A Remedial Reading Program, Lois G. Norris

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of the study was to develop a plan for presenting policies and procedures to be used in a school system so as (1) to aid teachers in understanding the causes of reading problems in order that more preventive measures might be taken; (2) to inform administrators and teachers of the working procedures of the remedial reading program and the assistance available; l3) to furnish pertinent information about reading difficulties; (4) to suggest and make available instructional aids to help the classroom teacher or the special reading teacher; and l5) to present bibliographies of the most recent books for …

An Investigation Of The Use Of Television To Improve School-Community Relations, Don Erwin Patterson

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to determine how school-public relations could be improved through the use of commerclal television and (2) to suggest a program of action.

A Study Of Outdoor Education In America, Vernon T. Reis

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study to (1) explore the philosophy and historical background of Outdoor Education in the United States, (2) point out its importance to our present society, (3) show its relationship to learning and curriculum, and (4) cite its values.

Constructing Athletic Equipment For Small High Schools, Gordon Snaza

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this paper was to make available to administrators and coaches a detailed and descriptive report on the construction of athletic equipment. This author, having coached in a small high school, knows the hardships coaches in small high schools encounter in acquiring athletic equipment and facilities.

A Survey Of Material Portraying The Importance Of The Role Of The Principal To Faculty Morale, Robert Andrew Van Woert

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of the study was to indicate the importance of the role of the principal in relation to morale. In presenting the material surveyed, the primary area will be the human relationship between the principal and the staff. Since most authorities view this point as the most important single aspect of morale, no outside forces will be dealt with. The study is limited primarily to the role of the secondary principal.

A Study Of Design And Structural Considerations In Planning Secondary School Science Classrooms, Ellis Eugene Wells

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this paper to present a survey of present day thinking on the design and construction of secondary school classrooms and to point out many features that have won general acceptance as being educationally desirable and financially feasible.

Providing For Individual Differences In The Elementary School Arithmetic Program, Robert S. Allen

Graduate Student Research Papers

How can individual differences be provided for in the elementary school arithmetic program? It is obvious that if all pupils in the elementary schools are required to follow the same course of study, read the same books, do the same exercises, solve the same problems, and pass the same examinations, there can be little provision for individual differences. It was the purpose of this study to present practices used or usable to provide for individual differences.

The Influence Of Pressure Groups Upon Curriculum Development, Donald K. Ellis

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this research was to locate and present information that would indicate (1) the purposes of pressure and special interest groups, (2) the effect or effects that such groups had on curriculum development, (3) the techniques utilized by these groups to influence the curriculum, and (4) the methods educators should use to place the interests of pressure and special interest groups in proper perspective.

A Study Of Effective Evaluation Of Teaching Performance, Clyde Edwin Henry

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was (1) to define the general areas that help determine teaching performance, (2) to find a way to evaluate these areas as objectively as possible, and (3) to devise a form on which the results can be placed and easily interpreted. The problem was to study methods of evaluating the teaching staff without endangering their morale, without criticism of favoritism, and with a final goal of detecting and correcting weaknesses in the teaching profession.

The Chironian Vol. 23 No. 2, New York Medical College

The Chironian

No abstract provided.

1961 Summer Session Schedule Of Classes, Morehead State College

Morehead State Catalog Archive

1961 Summer Session Schedule of Classes for Morehead State College.

Book Reviews, Daniel H. Pollitt, Dale W. Broeder, George M. Joseph, Robert E. Mathews, W. H. Howery, Brendan F. Brown, Ilmar Tammelo, W. Paul Gormley, Chester James Antieau, Albert I. Kegan, Delmar Karlen, Albert A. Ehrenzweig

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

The Inkwell, Armstrong State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

The Echo: June 6, 1961, Taylor University

1960-1961 (Volume 43)

Graduation Extra

Graduation, Alumni Day Climax Year – Evans, Burkhalter Join Music Ranks; Haines Complements Education Dept. – Phinney Reports Enrollment Steady – Board Of Trustees Convenes… Ft. Wayne Site Of Historic Session Thursday – Dr. Roye Attends Liberal Arts Study – Business Club Cops First Place – Audrey Raab Is Managing Editor – Students Work To Fill Empty Bank Accounts – Paper Mache Contest Tomorrow – Just Thinkin’… Read A Newspaper – Trojan Players Present ‘Gennys’ At Formal Banquet In Marion – Sophomore Win ‘Class Of Year’ – ‘Uncle John’ Says.. ‘Find Yourself, Relationship To God’ – Council Announces …

A Survey Of The Public School Administrators' Attitudes Toward Physical Education, Patrick A. Tabor

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to identify certain attitudes of the administrators of the public schools in the state of New Mexico. It is the further purpose of this study to determine the incidence of particular attitudes.

Hypothesis: The administrators of the state schools hold certain adverse opinions about physical education.

An attempt to measure an attitude is an attempt to measure an intangible. THe use of the questionnaire method of determining attitudes is limited by the response a person can give.

This study is limited to the public school administrators of the state of New Mexico.

Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College - 1961 - One Hundredth Annual Commencement, Office Of The Registrar, Lsu Health Sciences Center-No

Graduation & Commencement Programs

The program for the 100th Annual Commencement of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College held June 3rd, 1961.

General Education, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Taylor University Bulletin "The Alumnus" (June 1961), Taylor University

Taylor University Bulletin (1912-1963)

The June 1961 edition of The Taylor Bulletin “The Alumnus”, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Pacific Review June 1961 (Bulletin Of The University Of The Pacific), Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of The Status Of Secondary School Intramural Sports For Boys In The State Of Michigan, Robert Epskamp

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

General Academic Catalog (1961-1962, 1962-1963), University Of Omaha

Undergraduate Catalogs

The general catalog for the academic years 1961-1962 and 1962-1963.

A Descriptive Study Of The College Elementary School Camping Experience Of Four Fifth Graders, Betty Anne Charlton

All Master's Theses

This study presented a review of the philosophy and history of school camping, the evolution of the outdoor education program at the College Elementary School, and a study of four fifth grade children before, during, and after their first school camping experience. Interviews, observations, written tests, sociograms, examination of records, and standard camp evaluations were utilized.

A Suggested Four-Point Pupil Progress Reporting System For The Eastmont Elementary Schools, Richard E. Allstot

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was (1) to develop a suggested pupil progress reporting system for the Eastmont School District and (2) to survey the literature of acceptable progress reporting systems which may be adjustable to the elementary schools of the Eastmont School District.