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Publications: June, 1971 To October, 1982, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

The publications listed in this booklet cover period from June, 1971 to October, 1982. A list of studies published prior to June, 1971 is also available from the Center for Applied Urban Research.

The Christian Church (Disciples Of Christ) In Indiana: A Study Of The Churches And Their Leadership, James P. Johnson

Graduate Thesis Collection

This research project is a study of 227 Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ) in Indiana. These 227 churches were identified by the Regional Office of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Indiana as being fully cooperative with the work within the Region. The project was conducted in two parts or phases. Phase 1 was a study of the churches based upon statistical data which the churches reported to the Yearbook. Phase 2 was a study of the attitudes of selected leaders within these 227 churches. It should be noted in the beginning that this study does not tell the …

A Comparison Of The Language Achievement Levels Of The Mexican-American Migrant Child With That Of The Mexican-American Non-Migrant Child, Kieth L. Miller

All Master's Theses

This study was undertaken in order to determine what differences exist between Spanish speaking migrant children and Spanish speaking non-migrant children in the area of Reading and Word Knowledge.

Ua3/3 National Association Of College & University Attorneys Speech, Kelly Thompson

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by President Kelly Thompson at NACUA meeting regarding college students of the 1970s. This file includes both Thompson's note cards and a notes.

Ua12/2/2 1971 Talisman Pt. 2, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

1971 Talisman yearbook part 2

• President Dero Downing
• Administration
• College of Applied Arts & Health
• Bowling Green College of Commerce
• Ogden College of Science & Technology
• College of Education
• Potter College of Liberal Arts
• Graduate School
• Scholar of the University – Philip Morgan
• Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges & Universities
• Honors Program Encourages Thinking
• Outstanding Students Win Oratorical Honors
• Honorary Fraternities & Sororities
• Professional Fraternities & Sororities
• Service Organizations & Clubs
• Associated Student Government Attempts to Change Image with Meaningful Endeavors
• College Heights Herald Marks 47^th Year with Continuing Progress
• Musical Offerings Range from Bach to Rock …

The Impact Of The Federal Stamp Program On Food Purchasing Habits Of The Socioeconomic Class, Joe Turner

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The implementation of the Federal Food Stamp program affords an opportunity to do responsible research on this topic due to the manner in which the program is administered. The fact that coverage is authorized on a county basis rather than a state-wide basis, which requires that each individual county request and apply for the Stamp Program, provided the availability of a sample area in southern Kentucky where five contiguous counties existed, three of which were participating in the program and two of which were not. This permitted both a control and experimental group from which to draw a sample.

Ua12/2/2 1971 Talisman, Part I, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1971 Talisman yearbook part 1

Foreword

Student Life – Photo spreads

• Homecoming
• Athletics
• Classes
• Concerts
• Theatre
• Entertainment
• Greek Life

Profiles

• John Lyne – Associated Student Government President
• Jim McDaniels – Basketball All-American
• Jim Warford – Talented Actor
• Sue Lausten – Expert Marksman
• Howard Bailey – Black Student Leader
• Chuck Crume – Naturalist, Artist, Student
• Sally Webb – Panhellenic President

Beauties

• Homecoming Queen – Suzanne Riggins
• Mountain Laurel Representative – Joy French
• Military Ball Queen – Tina Showalter
• Miss Western – Mary Sowers
• Valentine King & Queen – Martha Johnson, Mark Pride
• Athenian King & Queen – Marshall Galloway & Claudia …

Age, Emotional Maturity And The Decision To Marry, Patricia Ann Duclos, David F. Thomas, Joanne Zusman

Dissertations and Theses

The decision to marry and choice of mate are two issues contemplated by most individuals during their lifetime. It is our belief that the manner in which an individual makes these decisions is a reflection of that individual’s level of emotional maturity.

In our society, the right to enter into a marriage agreement is largely determined by chronological age. Our research problem began with the hypothesis that there is no direct relationship between chronological age and emotional maturity at the time of marriage.

For our study, marriages were divided into two general categories: 1) teenage marriages in which at least …

Concentrated Employment Program Dropouts:The Conflict Of Personal Expectations And Institutionalized Values., Margaret Haar Norris

Sociology ETDs

Amounts of money spent by the federal government for social welfare measures to end poverty have risen to unprecedented figures during the last decade. One of the developments in this reputed effort to eliminate poverty has been the creation of a number of manpower training programs and coordinating agencies. The agency so designated in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the Concentrated Employment Program (CEP). During its first year of operation, it experienced a dropout rate of 23 per cent, a figure which leads to the question of why the program is unable to retain a large number of its enrollees long …

¡Qué Tal! May 15, 1971, Mexican American Graduate Studies, San Jose State College

¡Qué Tal!

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Predictors Of Placement From A Juvenile Detention Facility, Diane C. Brock

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this project was to determine whether certain personal, socioeconomic, and court-related factors are significantly related to the differential placement of delinquent and dependent children from the detention facility at the Donald E. Long Home. A stratified random sample was composed of 173 placements of children who were held in detention after a preliminary hearing.

The review of literature revealed that little systematic. Information is known regarding the placement process as it is related to differential placement of children from a detention facility.

A code sheet was developed for recording the information in the children's records maintained by …

The Flor-Ala Vol. 40 No. 15, University Of North Alabama

Flor-Ala 1970-1979

1971-05-10

"Opening Remarks And Responses To Questions From The Audience", Edmund S. Muskie

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 54, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Sutherland, David. Head-Fee Decision Expected in June
• Kent State Memorial Set for Tonight
• West Hall Won’t Be No-Hours Dorm as Planned Earlier, Charles Keown Says
• No More Heralds Till Summer
• Hightower, Paul. Greeks Violate 3 University Rules on Housing
• June 7 Registration Set for Summer Team
• ‘71 Self-Study is Underway
• Theatre Department Ends Season with Plays by Beckett, Williams
• Art Faculty Exhibits Work at Louisville, Berea
• Twilight Concert Set Tonight
• A Red-Letter Year for Lectures, Sports
• Needed: a Pre-Exam Break
• Todd, Tom & Mike Kohnhorst. …

Attitudes Toward Non-Scientific Medicine In Southern Appalachia, John Dec

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis will focus on what Mechanic terms "cultural and social aspects of medical care"; more specifically, it is the layman's evaluation of medical practitioners and practices. Medical practices are defined as the behavior directed toward maintenance or improvement of health while medical orientation designates the cognitive and affective attitudes toward health care.

Dissonance & Smoking: An Evaluation Of Festinger's Theory Of Cognitive Dissonance, Boyd Hildebrand

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The theoretical proposition to be evaluated by the research may now be stated as follows:

The greater the dissonance being experienced by a person the more actively he will 1) seek out new information which will provide cognition consonant with existing cognitive elements and 2) avoid those sources of new information which would be likely to increase the existing dissonance.

Self-Orientation Of Southern Appalachians, Arshad Rizvi

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis has as its aim the investigation of the sociopsychological orientation of the people living in Southern Appalachia. To determine the attitudes of self-orientation of the Southern Appalachians, the present study includes, at the nearest level, the family, and then progresses out to the community, the region and the society. It is proposed that in comparison to the urban population, the rural population has a more favorable attitude toward familism, localism, and regionalism; that is to say, residents of the rural area have the orientation to care more for their family than the collectivity (i.e., the community), and they …

The Application Of Principles Of Behavior Modification And Control By The School Social Worker, Jill Cannon '71

Honors Projects

No abstract provided.

Man And Mortality, Susan Hammel

Student Scholarship

This document explores the sociological and psychological dimensions of death in modern society, specifically examining how contemporary American culture handles mortality. It begins by highlighting death as a taboo subject, noting that technocratic advancements have increasingly isolated the dying individual and complicated the definition of death through life-prolonging machinery and organ transplantation. The author references various philosophers and psychologists, such as Freud and Heidegger, to argue that individuals often maintain an intellectual acceptance of mortality while emotionally denying their own personal demise. 

A significant portion of the text is dedicated to the American funeral industry and the economic costs of …

Relationship Of The Self-Concept To Selected Measures Of Performance Among Male Navajo Students At Intermountain School, Melvern Eugene Graham

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The relationship of various measures of high school performance and a measure of the self-concept were examined for the 1970-71 senior male students at Intermountain School, Brigham City, Utah. Some significant correlations were found.

Their junior year vocational training grade and grade point average were found to be significantly correlated to their self-definition score, as ere all but one of the teachers' subjective evaluations.

General aptitude, reading ability, previous years at Intermountain, and class grouping were not found to show any significant correlation with the self-definition test score. Age was found to be correlated at the .01 level with the …

The Influence Of Social Environment On Children's Perception Of Policemen, Sarah C. Klingel

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this thesis was to examine children's perceptions of policemen as these are related to the social environment in which he lives; and to investigate the social class, sex, and racial influences upon their perceptions.

An oral picture test, consisting of 12 pictures, was administered to 39 fourth-grade children in two Ogden, Utah, public schools.

The findings of this study is that there is mixed support for the hypothesis that significant differences exist between middle- and lower-class children in their perceptions of policemen. Support was approached for the second hypothesis: there exist significant differences between males and females …

A Study Of Attitudes Of L.D.S. Senior Citizens Of Logan, Utah Regarding Personal Adjustments, Antoine R. Munk

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The objectives of this study were first, to examine the attitudes of L.D.S. (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; also commonly known as the Mormon Church) senior citizens living within the city limits of Logan, Utah regarding certain of their personal adjustments during old age (a personal adjustment score was derived from a scale developed by Cavan, Burgess, Havighurst and Goldhammer, 1949); and second, to determine whether selected variables were related to these attitudes toward personal adjustment. The variables examined in determining this relationship were chronological age, sex, marital status, the individual's definition of present health, …

An Acculturation Study Of Japanese-American Buddhists In Northern Utah, Priscilla Tomich Timper

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The primary purpose of this study was to present a sociological analysis of American Buddhism in northern Utah. Specifically, the analysis covered the acculturation changes of American Buddhism in X __ , Utah, the functions of the acculturation changes, and the effects of secularization on the Buddhists.

The findings were as follows:

1. Buddhism in X___ is becoming "American Buddhism" just as Buddhism in Japan became Japanese Buddhism.
2. Buddhism in X___ reinforces the norms and values of the X___ society but also puts a strain on social relationship by contributing to ethnocentrism and racial segregation.
3. The Buddhist Society in X___ has …

A Descriptive Study Of The Role Of The Teacher Aide In The Home Economics Classes Of The State Of Utah, Carol Zeneth Isrealsen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The definition of aide for this study was a non-certified person in the classroom who aids and assists the professional with non-related tasks.

The present role of the teacher aide in Home Economics was described and suggested guidelines for future aide utilization were proposed.

The study was conducted in three phases : 1) Personal Interviews were conducted of three teacher aides and two teachers presently employed in Utah. 2) Correspondence with fifty program directors or teachers using aides in other states. 3) Time-Activity analysis of 12 junior and senior high Home Economics teachers.

Instruments used were: 1) A twelve item …

Continuance Vs. Discontinuance In Family Counseling, Katherine Anderson, Alice Dudley, Mayetta Rocks

Dissertations and Theses

The study was designed to examine the social workers' and clients' perceptions of change in the treatment process; specifically to examine the question of why clients discontinue service prior to planful termination. Also, the authors attempted to assess the client's perception of gain and the worker's assessment of gain.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 53, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Weaver, Kim. Warning; Pollutants Worsen Diseases of Heart, Lung, Says Benjamin Schelle
• Honor Society Gets National Charter – Omicron Delta Kappa
• Weaver, Kim. Draft-Counseling Machinery Rolling
• Faculty Regent Spot Unsettled; Lowell Harrison, Curtis Englebright Vie
• What’s Happening
• Students Can Mix Academics, Politics
• Jazz Ensemble to Compete in Great Appalachian Festival
• Demonstrations Reflect Nation’s Changing Mood
• Green, Rhoda. Dislikes Graduation Time
• Bailey, Don. Wants Courtesy, Not Sarcasm
• Jones, Linda. Says Problems Are Many
• Cunningham, Doyle. Defends Scott Ashby
• Marks, John & Kathy Thomas. Feels Some Personnel …

The Rattler (Volume 55, Issue 14, Edition 1), St. Mary's University

The Rattler (Previous issues)

Founded in 1919, The Rattler is the student voice of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The newspaper documents campus life, academic and social issues, student opinion, and local and national events as they relate to the University community. Content typically includes news articles, editorial commentary, arts and culture coverage, sports reporting, and advertisements.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Re-Evaluation: Survey of Courses is Postponed Till Fall
• Ashby, Scott. Letter to Faculty
• Environmentalist to Speak Thursday – Karl Schelle
• Herald Cops Top Honors in Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association Competition
• Talisman Ready for Distribution at 9.A.M. Friday
• Alpha Omicron Pi to Feature Sizzling Fashions
• Registrar’s Office Has Summer School Enrollments Forms
• Sunday Concert Combines Talents of Western, Bowling Green High
• Sigma Xi Banquet to Honor Researchers
• Junior Recital Set by Ohio Countians – Debbie Grabill, Terry Tichenor
• Zephyrus Sales Begin Today
• Why Must Graduates and …

The Flor-Ala Vol. 40 No. 14, University Of North Alabama

Flor-Ala 1970-1979

1971-04-26

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 51, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Students Favor Compulsory Head Fee
• Sutherland, David. Council Extends Library Hours; Pass-Fail Grading Examined
• Afro-American Minor Adopted by Regents
• Weaver, Kim. Sigma Nu, Alpha Omicron Pi Survive After Greek Week Races
• What’s Happening
• WKU Chicken Crosses to Liberal Side of Road
• Too Much Talk Only Screens Out Inaction on Pollution
• Ashabraner, Nelda. Calls Morning Graduation Idiotic
• Podgursky, Henry. Prefers an Evening Graduation
• Brown, Robert. Volunteers for Anti-Litter Campaign
• Showalter, Tina. Says Administration Lacks Trust
• Adamson, Wanda. Sees Room for Parking Improvements
• Hoppe, Arthur. Found a …