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General Academic Catalog (1957-1958, 1958-1959), University Of Omaha

Undergraduate Catalogs

The general catalog for the academic years 1957-1958 and 1958-1959.

Graduate Academic Catalog (1957-1958 And 1958-1959), Municipal University Of Omaha

Graduate Catalogs

Bulletin of the Graduate Division for the academic years 1957-1958 and 1958-1959.

General Academic Catalog (1955-1956, 1956-1957), University Of Omaha

Undergraduate Catalogs

The general catalog for the academic years 1955-1956 and 1956-1957.

Professional Performance Of Y.M.C.A. Senior Secretaries, Related To Factors Of Their Intelligence, Personal Values, And Interests, Cecil Fayette Mcgee

Student Work

The problem of selecting social service executives by government organizations and social service agencies has long been an important one. Other organizations directing the efforts of people need to know what qualities characterize successful social service executives. Social service executives administer and supervise many activities which involve the time and effort of other people. They should, therefore, be carefully selected so that the objectives of their employing organizations may be effectively and economically achieved.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether any relationship exists between performance ratings of Young Men’s Christian Association Senior Secretaries and their intelligence, personal …

Graduate Academic Catalog (1954-1955, 1955-1956, 1956-1957), Municipal University Of Omaha

Graduate Catalogs

Bulletin of the Graduate Division for the academic years 1954-1955, 1955-1956, and 1956-1957.

A Study Of The Ecological Distribution Of Income, Education And Occupation In Omaha, Nebraska, Francis A. Weathers

Student Work

A social ecological study involves the spatial, selective and distributive functions and relations of human beings in a given geographical and cultural area. In the present study, Omaha is viewed as an ecological area for purposes of the following analysis. Briefly stated, the purpose of this study is to present the ecological distribution of income, education, and occupation in the several census tracts in Omaha, Nebraska. Following the pattern of ecological studies in general, it is assumed that such characteristics will be distributed in a pattern. Ecological distribution, of these indices, refers to the differential distributionof Income, education, and occupation …

Political Consequences Of The Development Of Russia's Inland Waterways, Count L. Bower

Student Work

The foundation for present Russian industrial development was laid in the period 1925 to 1933. Russians, with the aid of American technicians built factories in accordance with American standards. They installed American equipment and machinery in these factories. At the same time they constructed huge dams and power plants. Russia was then a market for American products and certainly offered no competition to United States industry. This was so, even though it was recognized that within the great Russian land mass lay huge reserves of resources. Few recognized then that these factors could, if developed, enable Russia to build an …

General Academic Catalog (1953-1954, 1954-1955), University Of Omaha

Undergraduate Catalogs

The general catalog for the academic years 1953-1954 and 1954-1955.

Adjustment Of Displaced Persons …, Vojislav Dosenovich

Student Work

This study concerns Displaced Persons. At the end of World War II thousands of Europeans had been displaced from their homes and countries, either as prisoners of war, slave laborers, or refugees. Many preferred to remain in exile rather than return to their native lands where political conditions had undergone radical changes. The allied forces in Germany and Italy provided shelter, food, and clothing for these people, with the United States pioneering in this activity. The United Nations Rehabilitation Act was directed to care for displaced persons before the International Refugee Organization was created in 1947.

Ethnic Assimilation: A Study Of Japanese Families In The United States And Hawaii, Kazuichi Hamasaki

Student Work

There are many definitions and possible interpretations of ethnic assimilation. It can mean anything from "elevation of economic status and adaptation to new standards of civilization, to changing of the color of skin. However, in the final analysis, ethnic assimilation divides into two phases, physical and cultural. When we speak of physical assimilation, we immediately think of two or more racees blending into a dominant race and losing all former identities. This theory of assimilation may occur in a democratic country but is most improbable.

The Impact Of The Urban League On A Community, Frank Wilkerson

Student Work

The Urban League is a social service organization for the improvement of living and working conditions of Negroes. It is also interested in increasing cooperative and understanding relationships between white and colored citizens. Specifically, its program is one of research and community organization in the fields of (1) employment, industrial relations and vocational guidance, (2) housing, (3) health, (4) recreation, (5) race relations.

An Ecological Study Of The Second Ward Of Omaha, James R. Mead

Student Work

An ecological study relating to sociology involves the spatial, selective and distributive functions and relations of human beings in a given geographical and cultural area. These functions and relations characterize the forms and types of social interaction. The sociological concept of the term "ecology" has been borrowed from the students of botany and zoology. Ecology has been defined as "that phase of biology that considers plants and animals as they exist in nature, and studies their interdependence, and the relation of each kind and individual to its environment. This definition is not sufficiently comprehensive to include all the elements that …

Comparative Preferences Of Radio And Television Programs With Emphasis On Effects Of Television On The Preferences Of Radio Programs, Haruko Ohara

Student Work

The main purpose of this study was to compare preferences of radio and television programs and determine as far as possible the effect of one upon the other with emphasis on efforts to measure the effects of television on preferences of radio programs. This involved two minor problems: 1. to determine and show trends in the relative preferences of the types of radio and television programs by those who have regular access to both radio and television; 2. to find out wheather selectivity of telvevision programs through time is at work.

Graduate Academic Catalog (1951-1952 And 1952-1953), Municipal University Of Omaha

Graduate Catalogs

The Graduate Division Catalog for the academic years 1951-1952 and 1952-1953.

General Academic Catalog (1951-1952, 1952-1953), University Of Omaha

Undergraduate Catalogs

The general catalog for the academic years 1951-1952 and 1952-1953.

A Study Of The People Of Omaha On Vacation, John R. Dick

Student Work

The word "vacation" carriews with it’s a number of keen anticipations: 1) a change from our daily routine of work 2) an opportunity to travel and to see other countries 3) a visit with friends and relatives 4) and experience of new pleasures and 5) an enjoyment of new adventures. Most people look forward to a vacation trip with sincere anticipation. The very expectation of a trip seems to make the daily work easier and the burdens lighter.

Correlations Between The Bernreuter Personality Inventory And The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory At The College Level, William Walter Farquhar

Student Work

The basic problem of the study was to determine the extent of relationship between the Bernreuter Personality Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory at the college level. Primarily this is a problem of method.

The Nebraska Congress Of Parents And Teachers: A Survey Of The Inter-Relationships Within The Organization, Evelina J. Aitken

Student Work

How can an organisation such as the Nebraska Congress of Parent and Teachers be evaluated honestly as to its present value and effectiveness? What kind of yardsticks can be used? Although a true evaluation includes an approach to ascertain whether the organisation lives up to high standards and also includes a consideration as to whether it compares favorably with other in‐stitutions, this survey has been conducted mainly through an opinion pell from the members of the organisation and It comprises only the relationships within the organization.

An Ecological Study Of Negro Juvenile Delinquency In Jacksonville, Florida, 1940-1947, Lucile J. B. Shropshier

Student Work

Problem of the Study: - This problem will be concerned with a study of Juvenile Delinquency among Negroes in Jacksonville, Florida for the years 1940-1947. Background: - In this study we employed the survey method. The author's main technique was the personal interview with Juvenile Court officers, school principals, teachers, Parental Home Records, and records of public and private agencies and Juvenile Court records. The other techniques used were to gather and analyze data on housing economic status, health, recreation, churches, social agencies and other organizations or prophalaties that may help in the problem. Delinquency as a responsibility of the …

A Survey Of The Leisure Time Activities Of Elementary School Children Of South Side Omaha Based On Responses To A Questionnaire, Libbie Parke

Student Work

The purpose of this survey is to make a detailed inventory of the leisure time activities of the children of grades 4 to 8 inclusive, of sixteen school in the industrial area of South Side, Omaha, Nebraska, to ascertain how and where they spend their spare time. It aims also to discover what these children would like to do but do not do, together with the reasons therefore. This method provides an opportunity to study information which reflects the children's own point of view.

A Study Of Religious Drama As A Resource Of The Church, Illustrated By An Original Biblical Drama, Marien E. Griffith

Student Work

The main purpose of this study is to determine the place of religious drama in the church. Data of information were secured from personal letters and interviews with pastors and lay-people in Omaha, Nebraska; Council Bluffs, Sioux City and Des Moines, Iowa; St. Louis, Missouri; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; Idaho Falls, Iowa; and Monrovia, California. A questionnaire was used as a guiding basis for the interviews. The case method and survey method were used. An original Biblical drama is presented to illustrate what the possibilities are in this field of activity.

Drama is one of the most interesting of …

The Certain Areas In Which Omaha High School Youth Desire Counseling, Mabel B. Carlson

Student Work

Human engineering is a great job. Many individuals fail to do their part in solving such problems as war, crime, and international intrigue because they have the attitude that the part they can play is so minute that their services would have little significance. However, these serious social problems have origin in individual selfishness; in the indifference of an individual to the needs and welfare of others; in jealousies and unfriendliness which individuals evidence in their day-by-day relations to others. People are taught to feel and think about themselves and others; and if our institutions of learning are to make …

A Study Of School Holding Power And An Analysis Of Factors Related To Early School Leaving., Owen W. Morgan

Student Work

The main purpose of this study was an investigation of the educational fate of all of the boys who entered Omaha Technical High School as freshmen in September of 1946.

An Intensive Study Of The Relation Of The Four Basic Wishes To Family Maladjustment, Virginia Maes Haradon

Student Work

Nowhere more, perhaps, than in family maladjustment is the expression "merely the boy (or girl) grown tall" more apropos, for here we see the current difficulties to be so frequently, if not largely, carry-overs of difficulties having their incipience in childhood and adolescence. As a personal interview unfolds itself, time after time the problem is seen as an accentuation of, or outgrowth of past maladjustment of the individual or those in his immediate environment.

A Workbook For Sociology In The Secondary School, Mildred Surface

Student Work

After completing a survey of the teaching of sociology in the secondary schools I find that many teachers feel there is a need for the course on this level. Those who answered the survey questionnaire reveal that sociology is valuable because it helps the student to understand his personal problems and realise something of the problems of society. In practically all the schools contributing to the survey, sociology is a very popular course with the student because it lends discussions that appeal to his personal interests, the survey also reveals a need for textbooks, workbooks, reference material and other mechanical …

A Study Concerning Adolescent Leadership, Richard G. Thomas

Student Work

The world has long been faced with the problem of leadership. In almost every group endeavor, a leader is needed. It is said that in both World War I and World War II, many thousands of dollars were wasted upon men, trained to be combat officers, who, completing their training, were found inefficient because they lacked the ability to lead others.

An Ecological Study Of The Negro In Ward Seven, Murphy Cleophas Williams

Student Work

The concept of the term "ecology' as it relates to sociology and social research is well interpreeted in Gist and Halbert's book, Urban Society… From the above explanation and from the interpretations of the term "ecology" in the writings of Park and Eurgess and others, we get the idea that an ecological study involves the spatial, selective and distributive functions and melations of human beings in a given geographical and cultural area, and that these functions and relations characterize the forms and types of social interaction.

A Study Of Intra-Urban Mobility In Omaha, Magdalene Pickens

Student Work

"Mobility" is moving about, from one place to another. The word urban is from the Latin word, "urbanus", meaning "belonging to a city". "Intra" is a prefix meaning "within", taken from the Latin preposition "intra", which has the same meaning. Intra-urban mobility then, is the moving from place to place of the individual or family within the city. This thesis will treat of the intra-urban mobility of Omaha, Nebraska and its suburban areas, for the period of three years, from 1942 to 1945.

Unification Of Lutheran Social Agencies In Nebraska, Walter A. Juergensen

Student Work

The Lutheran Church is becoming more aware of its responsibility over against social welfare work. However, the very fact that there are so many divisions, also known as synods or conferences, within the Lutheran Church itself, immediately proves a hindrance in carrying out its ministry of mercy. What is the past record of the Lutheran Church in welfare work? Which organizations are in existence which help carry on this work as a Whole? What is meant by Lutheran social welfare work? What is the history of each of the Lutheran welfare agencies found in Nebraska? Is it not possible to …

A Study Of The Housemother Problem As Represented In The National Greek Letter Sororities: A Survey Of Ten Mid-West States, Mabel Henderson Plummer

Student Work

THE HOUSEMOTHER PROBLEM There is one general subject of vital interest to all college girls--the Sorority. Each fall as young women enter our state universities and colleges there is an effort made for them to become identified with some sorority. Those sororities which support chapter houses upon the various campuses have as the house­ mother, women with varying degrees of ability, experience and preparation.