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An Investigation Of The New Scott-Foresman Basic Reading Tests, The Lee-Clark Reading Readiness Test, The Lee-Clark Reading Tests, And The Gates Reading Readiness Test In Primary Grades, Milton A. Dallman

All Master's Theses

There were four purposes for the study: 1. To determine the interrelationships existing between the primary grade tests within the New Scott-Foresman Basic Reading test series. 2. To determine the relative efficiency of two reading readiness tests, the Lee-Clark test and the Gates test, in predicting children’s later success in reading. 3. To determine the relative efficiency of the Lee-Clark Reading Test: Primer and the Lee-Clark Reading Test: First Reader in predicting subsequent success in reading. 4. To establish norms for the New Scott-Foresman Basic Reading Tests that may be used in the community in which the study was conducted.

An Investigation Of Elementary School Filing Methods, Richard Perry Comstock

All Master's Theses

In establishing a standard procedure of filing materials that are relative to day-by-day operation of school office management, it becomes necessary to indicate the purposes for which the paper is planned. The purpose of the study is to secure information through a systematic study of the managerial operation of the elementary school files, with aims to produce: (1) utmost efficiency and expediency in the use of filing and finding of materials, and incorporated into: (2) a recommended system of filing organization and procedure.

A Comparison Of The Doctoral Requirements Of Forty-Four Institutions Conferring Both The Degrees Of Doctor Of Philosophy In Education And Doctor Of Education, Margaret C. Carter

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to present a brief description of the development of American graduate schools and the evolution of the research and professional doctoral programs; (2) to tabulate the requirements for the Ph.D. in education and the Ed.D. at those institutions found to offer both programs; (3) to indicate the similarities and differences in the two programs; and (4) to note any practices peculiar to a specific institution.

Ua12/2/2 1956 Talisman, None

WKU Administration Documents

1956 Talisman yearbook, 50th anniversary yearbook.

Introduction

• Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow – Our Golden Year
• Dedication – Spirit of Western
• President / Administration / Faculty / Staff
• 25 Years of Service Plaque

Book 1 Yesterday

• Fifty Years at Western State
• Kentucky Legislature of 1906
• Governors of Kentucky Since 1906
• Superintendents of Education Since 1906
• Regents Since 1906
• Deans of Western Since 1906
• Registrars of Western Since 1906
• Oldest Buildings on the Hill – Van Meter, Home Management, Diddle Dorm
• Longest in Service at Western – Arndt Stickles
• Mary Bradley / H.L. Donovan / Flora Stallard
• Honor Graduates
• First Mountain Laurel …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 13-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Western Commencement Exercises Scheduled May 31
• Spradlyn, Betty. Herald Reporter Reviews ’56 Graduation Activities
• George Grise’s New Book Just Released
• Awards Day Slated for Wednesday
• Alumni Luncheon Slated May 31
• Western Will Stay on Central Standard Time
• Navy Procurement Officers Visit Campus
• Five Western Coeds Injured in Auto Wreck
• 3000 Attend Senior Day at Western
• A Memorable Day Pleasantly Revived – High School …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 11-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Breakfast Highlights ’56 Kentucky Education Association
• Regional Music Festival Held on Campus Today
• Western Allotted $1,192,235 in New Budget Bill
• Sagabiel, Jack. Neill Owen to Play for Talisman Ball April 20
• Joseph Running Heard in Recital
• Governor Appoints New Regents – W.R. McCormack & Robert Spragens
• Senior Memorial Committee at Work
• New Parking Lot Under Construction
• April 12 Deadline for Writing Contest
• Davis, …

Senate Meeting April 3, 1956, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Graduate Catalog, 1956-1958, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 1950-1959

Marshall University General Graduate Catalog for the 1956-1958 academic years.

1956-1958 Marshall College Bulletin, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 1950-1959

Catalog of Marshall College in Huntington, W.Va, for the 1956-1958 academic year.

Senate Meeting March 7, 1956, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

An Appraisal By The Graduate Students Of The Terminal Education Program At Wenatchee Junior College, Alice A. Low

All Master's Theses

Wenatchee Junior College has been cognizant of the fact that its terminal program needed revision and expansion. The results of this study which have expressed the opinions of those students who have graduated from a two year course have revealed a number of conclusions and implications for further study which may be helpful in any type of curriculum revision.

Special Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting regarding bond issue, oil rights on farm, scholarships from Kentucky Distillers and Keeneland, salary list and workmen's compensation.

Snow Skates For Billy: A Regional Book For Primary Grades, Bertha Grotta Willett

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to create a book with a local setting that might bridge the gap between text book reading and actual reading of library books. (Many young children enjoy library books chiefly as picture books and rely on adults to read the story to them.)

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 7-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• New Student Advisory Council Organized
• Mrs. Sarah Grahm Joines Library Staff
• Casting for New Play Completed – Western Players
• Industrial Arts Seniors Will be Honored
• Faculty Honors President Kelly Thompson at Banquet
• Colburn Stuart Appointed Advertising Manager
• Calendar Printed
• Robert Siddens Named Field Representative
• Ray Rodgers Joins Western Trade School Staff
• Joseph Running Featured in Orchestra Concert
• Alvin McPherson Gives 186 Warnings – …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 6-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Air ROTC Discontinued at Western
• Forty Six Will Receive Degrees January 26
• Library Expansion Plans Announced by President Kelly Thompson
• New Clothes Presented January 19, 20, 21 – Western Players
• Margaret Pickens Chosen Mountain Laurel Representative
• New Literature Course Offered
• Joe Creason Speaks at Chapel
• We Congratulate – editorial
• Black Christmas – editorial
• AROTC Elects Honor Cadets & Company
• Eleventh Bird Census Completed …

Catalog, 1956-1957, Indiana State University

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Uses Of Standardized Test Results In The Assumption, Illinois Elementary School, John N. Survance

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Status Study Of The Elementary School Principalship In Southwestern Iowa, Roy Keith Duncan

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study is to report the status of the elementary school principalship in the state of Iowa for the school year of 1954-1955.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 5-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Work on Two New Dormitories to Begin Next Week – East Hall, North Hall
• Paul Terrell Speaks at Forty-First Teachers Meet
• Western Wins First in Debate Tournament
• W.C. Lawton Will Receive Ph.D.
• Twenty-Nine Chosen for Who’s Who
• H.B. Gray Named Alumni President
• School Christmas Party Given December 15
• Why Do We Celebrate Christmas
• Spradlyn, Betty. Jim Wilson, a Man of Many Talents
• Bill …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 4-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Twenty-Sixth Annual Homecoming Festivities Begin Today
• Dr. J.L. Harmon Talks at Founders Day November 16
• Pattye Thompson, Ligon Holloman and Emmalene Jones Contest for Crown
• Clyde Vincent Elected Northern Kentucky Alumni President
• Music Clinic Planned Dec. 1-2
• President Kelly Thompson Honored at Dinner
• Our Obligation to Western Alumni
• Debate Squad Begins Action
• Raymond Ward Has Valuable Document
• College High Debaters Give Program at …

Senate Meeting November 1, 1955, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Anderson College Handbook, 1955-1956, Student Government Association

Handbooks

The Anderson College student handbook for the 1955-1956 school year.

A Handbook To Aid In The Control And Coordination Of The Athletic Program For The Moses Lake Schools, Moses Lake, Washington, James Talmage Adamson

All Master's Theses

As athletic director of the Moses Lake school system, it has been this writer's responsibility to organize, coordinate and conduct the athletic program. Moses Lake has been undergoing a period of tremendous growth, which has resulted in an increase of student enrollment and the necessity of increasing the athletic program. To effectively operate a good program under this condition, it has become necessary to establish some method which will serve the following purposes: (1) the dissemination of information concerning the athletic program for coaches, administrators, teachers, students and parents; (2) the clarification of athletic philosophy, duties, standards and regulations; (3) …

A Guidance Program For Gilbert School District, Joseph F. Lilinski

All Master's Theses

The guidance program is the responsibility of all members of a school district. The school and community must work jointly if the program is to obtain the success it is capable of accomplishing. Guidance can be completely successful only when we secure complete and continuous co-operation between administrator, classroom teacher, special teacher, specialists, parents and the community.

An Attempt To Identify Attitudes Related To Student Drop Outs At Central Washington College Of Education, Robert Joseph Kuss

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was not to determine all those attitudes which affect a student’s decision to remain in or leave the college. It was rather to survey the attitudes and opinions of the members of a group which had already left the college before completion of their studies insofar as Central Washington College was concerned. Three factors were determined on the basis of their proximity to the lives of the students and their concomitant effect on the attitudes of those students.

A Survey Of Existing Practices Of The School Lunch Program In The State Of Washington, William E. Davis

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study (1) to survey the existing conditions in the lunchrooms of the schools in the State of Washington which are classed as group three, four, and five, according to the Washington Education Association’s Thirty-Second Annual Teachers’ Salary Schedule; and (2) to show the practices, types of equipment being used, supervisory methods, and administrative policies of these programs.

A Proposed Guidance Program For Drakesboro Consolidated School, Ovid Arnold

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to show the need for and determine a basis for a guidance program. "Guidance is a means of helping individuals to understand and use wisely the educational, vocational, and personal potentialities and opportunities which they have or can develop."¹

Why do we need a guidance program? Who can be benefited by it? First, our teachers need the services of a guidance program in order that they may know more about their pupils, -- their abilities and interests as well as their weaknesses. Information about the pupil's background, the different schools he has attended, …

A Study Of The High School Graduates Of Bullitt County, Kentucky, Thomas S. Jeffries

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

With the advent of the free public high school, there has been a thirty-fold increase in secondary school enrollment in the last fifty years. If we are to maintain and improve the quality of our democracy, it is essential that education have the primary purpose of meeting the needs of these students. “Consequently, the school program must be planned in terms of pupil needs and in relation to goals that are important to the students themselves. Activities and experiences must be provided which afford practice in all areas of democratic living, which are aimed at the improvement of life in …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 31, No. 15-Z247, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Western Opens 49^th Year Sept. 15
• Construction Begins in Near Future on Two New Dormitories for Men – East Hall, North Hall
• July 15 is Date of Conference Fish Fry
• Vesper Services Begin July 10
• Lt. Col. A.E. Calhoun Will Replace Colonel George Sibbald
• Enrollment for Summer Session Set at 967
• Commencement for Over 130 Will Be August 3
• College Heights Herald …

Extraclass Activities In Lutheran Elementary Schools Of Eighteen Western And Mid-Western States., Paul M. Schwarting

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to present the status and types of extraclass activities in Lutheran elementary schools of the West and Mid-West; (2) to state the positive contributions made by a balanced extraclass program toward a well-rounded education for children; (3) to suggest possible ways in which small schools can include activity programs to enrich the curricula; and (4) to give a summary of the findings with recommendations for improvement of extraclass activities in Lutheran elementary schools. It was not the purpose of this study to trace the development of extraclass activities in the Lutheran schools …