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A Study To Determine The Definition And Scope Of The Graphic Arts Industry, James S. Stinson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The 1944 Senatorial Election: The Defeat Of Gerald P. Nye, Daniel F. Rylance

Theses and Dissertations

The problem involved in this thesis is to investigate the causes for Senator Nye's defeat in the 1944 Senatorial election. The particular problem involved here is that isolationism has been commonly interpreted as the decisive reason for his defeat. This, however, is a singular interpretation of history largely stemming from the national scene while ignoring developments on the local level.

The procedure then was to investigate the opinion of Senator Nye from the state level. This included research in personalities and public episodes concurrent with Nye's year in the Senate. It also included a careful analysis of the North Dakota …

A Comparative Study Of Two Programed Instructional Methods And Conventional Instruction In A Unit Of Ninth Grade Physical Science, Ronald James Mckee

Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the Problem

The problem was to determine whether a combination of conventional and programed instruction was more effective than conventional instruction alone in the teaching of a ninth-grade Physical Science unit, "Matter,Atoms, and Molecules." The three treatment groups compared were (1) the Conventional Group, (2) the Introductory Group, in which the programed material was used as initiatory assignments, and (3) the Review Group, in which the programed material was used as review assignments. Student achievement was measured by means of the Adjusted Recall Gain Score, the Adjusted Application Gain Score, and the Adjusted Total Gain Score.

In addition, …

An Investigation Of Selected Strength Test Results As Related To Weight Changes On High School Varsity Wrestlers, Clayton A. Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

The pumose of this Investigation was to relate selected strength tests to weight changes of high school varsity vrestiers during the competitive season and after termination of wrestling tralnin •

Si, Jit i.l(m school varsity wrestlers were used as subjects. The subjects were tested Just before the wrestling season began, twice during the season, and once following tLo ter si nation of the wrestling season*

The strength teats used were the hack lift, leg lift, elbow flexion, and the shoulder bar dip* The back lift and leg lift were tested with the dynamometer* '■'I’-ovv flexion was tested by us© of …

Modern Trends In The Theory And Teaching Of Pass Defense In Football, K. Dewayne King

Theses and Dissertations

This study Is a condensation of a book written by the author, for snore extensive information please refer to "JES.ICHO-A MODERN SYSTEM OE PASS DEFENSE” written by DeWayne (Dewey) King, published by Prentice- Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in July, 1963.

The subject of this thesis is pass defense in football. After .an introductory chapter the author writes about pass defense in its entirety. Chapter II is devoted to The Theory of Pass Defense; where the three types of pass coverage are described and the five measures that can be used to combat a good pass offense are discussed. …

The Attitude Of Manitoba High School Principals Toward Physical Education, Aubrey C. Ferris

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to discover the attitude toward physical education of the one-hundred Manitoba principals of high schools with enrollments over one hundred and fifty. For the basis of evaluation, the Wear Attitude Inventory was incorporated into a questionnaire, to which ninety-one principals responded.

Comparisons between different groups of principals to determine attitude differences were also made. These comparisons were made between: Older and younger principals; principals of schools with small enrollment (less than 300) and principals of schools with- larger enrollment; principals with different educational preparation; principals who engaged in personal recreational sports activities and principals …

A Comparative Study Of Fitness Development Involving Two Different Methods Of Administering Conditioning Exercises, Herbert Lee Deforest

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of two different methods of administering conditioning exercises. The two methods studied were the circuit training method and the calisthenic method.

The subjects selected for this study were thirty-nine fourth, fifth, and sixth grade boys from the Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The thirty-nine subjects were equated into three groups with thirteen in each group. The three groups were the circuit training group, the calisthenic group, and the control group. The circuit training group and the calisthenic group participated in their respective exercise programs for a …

A History Of Changing Trends And Ideas Of Selected Typewriting Equipment And Teaching Aids, Robert M. Vooge

Theses and Dissertations

This study traces a brief history of the following selected items of typewriting equipment and teaching aids: (l) adjustable tables, desks, and chairs; (2) demonstration stands; (5) copyholders; (4) erasers; (5) azoic and rhythm devices; and (6) keyboard charts.

Advertisements and articles appearing in business education periodicals and books, found in the library at the University of North Dakota, are the main sources for this research. A limited number of letters, requesting historical information, were sent to manufacturers and advertisers of the above equipment items. Their replies provided additional data for the study.

The findings of the study are presented …

Rodeo Imagery In Art, Walter Piehl Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

Rodeo is presented not as a by-product of the American Cowboy, but rather an ultimate evolution traceable to the caveman's struggle for survival. This primitive struggle became a -n the Island of Crete. Later it was refined and accepted as the major sporting spectacle of Spanish speaking peoples. From this tradition of highest contest excellence rodeo developed from frontier ranching duties in the Spanish Southwest.

Throughout each of these developmental periods artists seized upon the visual possibilities of this pagentry. Cave artists presented the hunt in a magical way, Minoan artists depicted the bull-leapers grace. Spanish artists, Goya and Picasso, …

July 15, 1966, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

July 15, 1966, edition of "The Dakota Student."

July 8, 1966, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

July 8, 1966, edition of "The Dakota Student."

July 1, 1966, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

July 1, 1966, edition of "The Dakota Student."

A Comparison Of The Straight-Copy Skill Scores Of Students Who Began Their Training On Electric Typewriters With Students Who Began Training On Non-Electric Typewriters, George O. Parker

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was (a) to discover if there are significant differences in the straight-copy skill scores of two groups of typewriting students at the end of one year of instruction— one group began their instruction on electric typewriters and the other on manuals; (b) to obtain student opinion concerning electric and manual typewriters.

The study was conducted during the 1965-1966 school year at the Austin High School, Austin, Minnesota. A total of one hundred twenty-one students made up the experimental groups.

Significant findings were (1) Beginning typewriting students who start on the electric typewriter tend to have …

Spring Commencement: June 5, 1966, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

UND Spring Commencement program from June 5, 1966.

Cost Finding At The Rehabilitation Unit Of The Medical Center At The University Of North Dakota, Marvin L. Kaiser

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Changes Caused By Modern Dance Movement On Flexibility And Balance Of College Freshman Football Players, Daniel J. Neppel

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the changes elicited by modern dance techniques on the flexibility and body balance of college f r e s h man football players.

Two groups were requested to participate in the study. An experimental group of fifteen subjects, which experienced a modern dance program twice weekly, and a control group of thirteen subjects, that did not participate in modern dance, were utilized in this study.

The two groups were given a pretest for flexibility with the Leighton Flexometer and a pretest for body balance with the Stork Stand Test for Balance. The …

A Comparison Of Physical Fitness Levels Between Male Honor Freshmen Students Enrolled In Physical Education 101 At The University Of North Dakota, Douglass A. Hallatt

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare the physical fitness levels of male freshmen honor students and male freshmen students enrolled in physical Education 101 at the University of North Dakota.

This study was directly concerned with physical fitness as measured by the American Association for Health, physical Education, and Recreation Physical Fitness Test. The students involved were all freshmen male students enrolled in the required physical education service program and twenty-seven of the forty-seven male freshmen honor students at the University of North Dakota.

The test was administered to both groups the sixth week of the first semester …

A Visual Presentation Of Man Prostituting Himself, Philip Edward Mullen Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

This study involves the artistic presentation of the concept that: •’Man prostitutes himself and is trapped by his own prostitution." The chief problems of the thesis were the clarification of that concept and its subsequent interpretation in aesthetic form.

Formulation of the basic idea demanded an examination of prostitution in its broader aspects. The use of man's talents for base purposes was considered in the areas of public relations, business, corporation operation, art, education and religion. Then consideration was given to the assemblage as an aesthetic communicative device. This discussion involved the level of articulation available to the assemblage, and …

Anomie, Social Participation And General Assistance Recipiency, Gary R. Smith

Theses and Dissertations

This Thesis was an examination of those persons receiving that form of vrolfc.ro assistanco known as general assistance in terms of the concepts of anomie and social participation. Tho act of receiving general assistanco was presented as a behavioral response contrary to the normative expectations of tho American society. It was hypothesized that general assistanco recipients are more anomic and participate less in society than those low income person not seeking or receiving welfare assistance. It was further hypothesized that chronic general assistance recipients are more anomic and participate loss in society than those recipients relatively loss relient upon assistance. …

A Comparison Of Personality And Teacher Attitude Between Stout State University Undergraduate Fellows And Other Students Enrolled In Teacher Education, Jack B. Sampson

Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to ascertain whether differentiation could be made between Undergraduate Fellows and Eon-Fellows enrolled In teacher education at Stout State University, Menomonie, Wisconsin, on the basis of personality needs as measured by Edwards Personal Preference Schedule and teacher attitude as measured by the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory. Undergraduate Fellows are students recommended by faculty members to participate in seminars, in independent learning activities, and in leadership activities as means of encouraging such students to consider college teaching in the future.

Pseudo-Family Systems Of The Institutionalized, Adolescent, Female Offender, Connie Sevalson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, James H. O'Keefe, John Hove

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Subculture Of Students In Eight Selected Western Canadian High Schools., David Friesen

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No abstract provided.

A Study Of Academic And Biographical Variables For Predicting Achievement In Technical Programs At The North Dakota State School Of Science., Roger Clare Anderson

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No abstract provided.

An Experimental Evaluation Of Short-Term Group Counseling With Nonconforming Adolescents., Albert B. Kuntz

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No abstract provided.

The Role Of The Elementary School Principal As Perceived By The Faculty And Principal Through Selected Role Behaviors., Lowell Francis Latimer

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No abstract provided.

Trial By Controversy : The Evolution Of American Air Power From Birth To North Dakota, John F. Fuller

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No abstract provided.

Guidelines For The Development Of Vocational Education Programs With Specific Application To Grand Forks, North Dakota., Harold Curtis Gulbrandson

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No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Effects Of A Voluntary Physical Fitness Program On Motor Fitness, George Kalliokoski

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No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Scores On Selected Standardized Tests : In Relation To Success Or Failure Of First Year Bookkeeping Students To Determine Placement Criteria For Accounting, Bookkeeping, And Recordkeeping, Bernice Rustad Cunningham

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No abstract provided.