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Use Of Rearing Cover By Mearns Cottontail, Raymond L. Linder, George O. Hendrickson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Intensive research on the Mearns cottontail was conducted from March 26 to September 18, 1954, on an 80-acre tract of the Floyd Fleming farm in Decatur County, Iowa. The cover on the 80 acres was alfalfa for hay 13 acres, alfalfa in pasture 21 acres, grass in pasture 8 acres, corn 22 acres, fallow grassland 11 acres, and trees, shrubs and vines along fencelines and gullies and in a catalpa planting about 5 acres. The plants of the fallow grassland, fencelines and gullies were listed by Hubbard and Hendrickson (1952) in some detail.

The Effects Of Antibiotics Aureomycin And Terramycin On The Disease Crown Gall In Tomato Plants, Charles Raymond Anderson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The disease crown gall manifests itself on various woody or herbaceous plants by the formation of tumor-like enlargements at the crown or on other parts or by extensive production of organs (roots, shoots). In both cases the abnormal development is an uncontrolled hyperplast, resulting in tumors or galls of varying sizes and form or in the production of organs, frequently out of normal position and in excessive numbers. Because of the frequent location of the galls on the stem or trunk near or at the ground level, the disease has been known as crown gall. Various other names such as …

An Investigation Of The Development Of Citizens Committees For Public Schools In The United States, James Leonard Gordon

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The problem as identified in the title of this study is just one phase of the larger, more-inclusive problem of developing and maintaining school-community relations. From the beginnings of our public school systems, the problem of effective communication between the people who are the beneficiaries of public educational services and the people who have the responsibility for performing those services has existed.

An Investigation Of Factors Determining The Selection Of Superintendents By School Boards In Rural Communities In Iowa, Gordon G. Harr

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Authority for public school education in the communities of the United States is vested in the State Constitution so The states have delegated this responsibility for operating, maintaining and supporting these schools to a group of people from the community known as the Directors of the School Board. The Directors of the School Board will hereinafter be known as the board. Members of the board are selected by the people to act in their behalf as a governing and policy-making body. To the individuals of this select group is given the responsibility of selecting and maintaining an adequate administrative and …

A Survey Of The Physical Education, Intramural, And Inter-Scholastic Athletic Programs In Selected Junior-High Schools In Northeast Iowa, Wendell R. Johnson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The history of physical education goes back to the early Greek civilization. The Greeks attached a great deal of importance to physical education in the development of the individual. Since this early beginning a variety of physical education programs have been developed in different civilizations. The Roman civilization looked upon physical education as amens of maintaining the military strength of their country. During the Middle Ages the early Christians believed that the emphasis on the development of the body was degrading and rejected physical education. However, because of the importance of hunting and personal combat during this period, the emphasis …

Reports: The Secretary-Treasurer; Financial Statement; The Board Of Directors; Revised Constitution And By-Laws; Staff Reports; Committee Reports

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

The Control Of Poison Ivy, A. L. Bakke, E. P. Sylwester

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Poison ivy (Rhus radicans L.) is a woody perennial, reproducing by seeds and creeping root stalks. It is found in rocky fields, pastures, fence rows, on roadsides, railroad embankments, under telephone lines, and in rich alluvial woodlands. Poison ivy is native in Iowa and widespread throughout the United States and Canada. Earliest mention of poison ivy was made by Captain John Smith in 1609. J. P. Cornut described the plant in his work on Canadian plants in 1635. It has been shown that as many as 26 different kinds of birds arc responsible for the wide dissemination of poison ivy.

Analysis Of Whistling Patterns In The Eastern Bob-White, Colinus V. Virginianus L., James B. Elder

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The cheery whistle of the male bob-white, Colinus v. virgmzanus L., is a familiar and welcome sign of spring wherever this species occurs. Game biologists have made practical use of the bob-white's whistle by using roadside counts of whistling bob-whites as a means of estimating changes in relative abundance from year to year (Bennitt, 1951) . As devised by Bennitt for use in Missouri, the roadside whistle counts required the services of a large number of observers. Each obsnver was assigned a predetermined "station" consisting of about thirty miles of all-weather road within a major soil type. Counts were made …

An Experimental Study Of Two Methods Of Teaching Certain Fractional Concepts Of Music Rhythm To Fifth Grade Pupils, Teresa A. Gritzner

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The major objective of this study is to examine two methods of teaching certain fractional concepts of music rhythm to fifth grade children. Particular attention will be directed to the methods and tests used, and to the statistical design of this first study relating the two areas of music and arithmetic.

The Use Of Lay People As A School Study Group Preceding A Permanent School-Community Organization, Gerald J. Addington

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Background of the pr problem. Newcastle, Wyoming, county seat of Weston County, is located on the eastern border of the state. It is the only town in School District Number One. The school district encompasses an area of approximately three thousand square miles. In 1954 it included eleven rural elementary schools, two city elementary schools, a junior high school, and a senior high school. Newcastle has grown from a population of approximately two thousand in,1945 to five thousand in 1954. 1 During that same period the population for the district increased from nine hundred to fourteen hundred pupils. 2 This …

The Importance Of Federal Assistance In Maintaining The School Lunch Programs Of Jones County, Iowa, James Joseph Gonski

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

School lunch programs, from their small beginnings early in the century, have become increasingly important to the education, health, and well-being of the youth of America. Through them, growing numbers of the school-age population receive approximately one-third of their daily food requirement. They also may learn about the nutritional values of the foods to which they are accustomed and the various ways these can be prepared and served. Through their school work they gain experience with new foods; they learn how foods are prepared, where they are produced, and how they fit into people's daily diets.

A Plan For Preparing And Operating A Marionette Theatre At The Junior High School Level, Louis E. Glorfeld

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

It was the purpose of this study to present a workable plan for preparing and operating a marionette theatre at the junior high school level. Although a great deal of material for the construction of the marionette theatre has been published and although the marionette theatre has been used in the junior high school, no material has been written specifically for use in the junior high school. This study presents a simple and workable plan for the operation of a marionette theatre which should be of value to the inexperienced teacher and to the teacher who is limited in facilities …

Criteria For The Utilization Of Teacher Committees In Planning New School Buildings, Robert D. Benton

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

A neat, marble-columned school building stood on a hill overlooking the bustling main street and the neat, well-kept homes of Hometown, Iowa. The dedication ceremonies for the building had been held late the previous spring, and the bright, well-lighted classrooms were ready for the fall influx of students. The school building had been the fulfillment of many years of dreaming, planning, and working. Mr. Jones, the superintendent, had spent countless hours in laying out the floor plan just as he thought it should be. Interested citizens had offered their suggestions. which had been graciously accepted, and, for the most part, …

The Democratic Party In The Fifty-Sixth General Assembly Of Iowa: A Study Of The Role Of A Minority Party In A One Party State, Charles Ernest Grassley

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This writer wishes to express his sincere appreciation and gratitude· to Dr. Erma Plaehn, Chairman of his committee, for her most helpful assistance in the preparation of this thesis. Dr. Plaehn's familiarity with Iowa government was an invaluable guide. He also expresses his indebtedness to the members of the committee, Dr. George c. Robinson and Dr. Herman Nelson. This writer also wishes to express appreciation to the following legislators for their contribution to the research: Senator George 0 1Malley and Representatives Casey Loss, Jack McCoy, Lawrence Falvey, Howard Reppert, William Denman, Earl Miller, and Wayne Ballhagen. The writer is most …

A Comparative Investigation Of The Use And Non-Use Of Manipulative Devices In Teaching Seventh Grade Mathematics, George E. Immerzeel

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The problem with which this investigation is concerned may be stated as follows: Is the study of seventh grade mathematics more meaningful when taught with the use of certain manipulative devices or when taught without their use? This study is an attempt to determine whether students taught with the use of manipulative devices are inferior, equal, or superior in terms of standardized test results, certain test questions and certain subjective evaluative techniques.

An Evaluation Of One-Year Shorthand Programs In Secondary Schools With Particular Reference To The Public Secondary Schools Of Iowa, Darrell G. Jones

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Increasing demands are being made of school administrators to enrich the curriculums of the secondary schools. The curriculums of many secondary schools are already expanded to the bursting point. Nevertheless, pupil needs must be satisfied. A careful scrutiny must be made of each offering in the secondary school curriculum. It must be determined whether or not each offering is justified. As the number of offerings in the curriculum must be limited, the curriculum offerings should be constantly reappraised. This study is intended to serve as an evaluative aid in the consideration of the place of the one-year shorthand program in …

The Alumnus, V39n3, September 1955, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- 18 Are Awarded Alumni Scholarships
-- Ericksen New Alumni Prexy for '55-'56
-- "Naughty-Fivers" Steal Show at Reunion
-- Hear Hart "Remember"
-- Independence Alumni Elect New Prexy
-- Campus Classrooms "Ablaze" at Night
-- New Faces in Many T.C. Classrooms
-- California Alumni Greet Dr. Maucker
-- Dr. Thompson Retires as Social Science Head
-- Death Takes Four Faculty With Long Service Records
-- Prof's Casual Invitation Brings Startling Results
-- Panther's Potential Good - Time'll Tell
-- Keeping Up With Alumni
-- Marriages
-- Births
-- Deaths
-- Mail Box
-- Calendar of Events

College Grad: Gladly Would He Learn And Gladly Teach, The College Eye, July 29, 1955

Noteworthy People of UNI Documents

William T. Pettit grew up in Waterloo, and graduated from Iowa State Teachers College (ISTC) in 1953. In 1958, he received a master's degree in American Studies from the University of Minnesota. UNI granted Tom an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 1988. His journalism career began at ISTC and the College Eye student newspaper. He had a long and honored career at NBC, winning three Emmy Awards and the Peabody Award, among other honors.

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Summer 1955, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the Iowa State Teachers College.

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Spring 1955, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the Iowa State Teachers College.

The Alumnus, V39n1, February 1955, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Announce Travel Course to Northwest this Year
-- Sadie B. Campbell Hall Dedicated
-- College Named to Recruit Teachers for Overseas
-- Strayer Steps From Director to Act in Community Theater
-- Minnesota Honors Nichols
-- Former Instructor Named Woman of the Year
-- American Alumni Council Head Speaks Out on the Educational Crisis
-- News Briefs
-- Panther Sports Paradde
-- Spring Reunion Set Sunday, May 29
-- We've Lost Track of a Few
-- Keeping up With Alumni
-- Marriages
-- Births
-- Deaths
-- Mail Box
--Summation of Locations

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Winter 1954-55, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the Iowa State Teachers College.

Susceptibility Of Soybean Petioles To Attack By Diaporthe Phaseolorum Var. Caulivora, John Dunleavy

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Diaporthe phaseolorum var. caulivora is a fungus that causes stem canker disease of soybean. The fungus forms a dark canker at the node of a diseased stem (Figure 1) and as the canker enlarges it eventually girdles the stem killing the tissues above the canker. Stem canker is a disease of considerable economic importance in the north central portion of the United States. The fungus has been observed attacking more than 70 percent of the plants in severely diseased fields in Iowa. Prior to 1948 stem canker was confused with the pod and stem blight disease of soybean, caused by …

Growth, Form And Survival Of Plantation-Grown Broadleaf And Coniferous Trees In Southeastern Lowa, Norman J. Hansen, A. L. Mccomb

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Old fields and degraded forest lands in southern Iowa were acquired by the State of Iowa during the period 1935 to 1941. A forestation program was initiated in conjunction with the Civilian Conservation Corps. Hundreds of acres of conifers and broadleafs were planted, principally during the years 1937 through 1941, on eroded upland ridge tops, steep side slopes and narrow drainage basins in the vicinities of Chariton, Keosauqua and Farmington, Iowa. Because of insufficient knowledge and experience concerning forestation practices applicable in this area, the selection of species and planting procedures was approached experimentally. A survey of these plantations was …

1955 Old Gold, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Yearbooks

The student yearbook of the Iowa State Teachers College, later known as the University of Northern Iowa.

1955 Little Panther, Iowa State Teachers College High School

Malcolm Price Laboratory School Yearbooks

The student yearbook of the Teachers College High School (later the Northern University High School, part of the Malcolm Price Laboratory School of the University of Northern Iowa).

B-Vitamins Stimulatory To Cellulose Digestion By Washed Suspensions Of Rumen Microorganisms, Glen Hall, Edmund W. Cheng, Wise Burroughs

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Numerous investigators have reported the presence of unidentified factors in certain feedstuffs and other materials which stimulate rumen microbial activity in vitro (1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10). Recently Ruf et al. (11) showed that extracts of yeast, cow manure and several feedstuffs stimulated the rate of cellulose digestion when they were added to a purified medium used for the in vitro culture of rumen microorganisms. Since many of the sources of the unidentified factors are known to contain several vitamins of the B group, it appears desirable to study the influence of certain of these vitamins on the …

Pheasant Nesting And Production In Winnebago County, Iowa, 1954, Eugene D. Kloglan

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Since 1935 the Iowa Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit has conducted life history and management studies of the ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) on the Winnebago Research Area in north-central Iowa. From 1939 to 1941, intensive investigations were centered on nesting and production on a 1520-acrc plot lying within sections 13, 14, 15, 23 and 24 of Eden Township, Winnebago County (Baskett, 1947). Field activities were curtailed during World War II, and further research on this plot was not begun until 1949 (Kozicky and Hendrickson, 1951). Changes in farming techniques, cropping practices and types of machinery used by farmers can exert a …

Thymelaea Passerina, A New Weed In The United States, Richard W. Pohl

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

During a survey of the loess bluffs flora of the Missouri River border of Iowa, Morrill (1953) discovered a few individuals of an unknown weed growing on bare vertical loess south of Council Bluffs. It proved impossible to identify this plant with any of the usual American manuals. It eventually was determined to be Thymelaea passerina (L.) Coss. and Germ. Inquiries addressed to the principal American herbaria revealed that only one specimen of the plant had been previously collected in this country. This was found in a pasture in Cedar County, Nebraska, in the northeastern corner of the state.

The Museum At The Iowa State Normal School (State College Of Iowa), Fred Cram

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

So far as a careful scanning of the catalogs of ISNS reveals, the first mention of a museum occurs in the 1896 issue, where on page 45 we find that “Natural Science has its museum well stocked with minerals, rocks, fossils dried and alcoholic specimens.”

While our Museum has usually been referred to as one of natural history, there has accumulated over the years a miscellaneous collection of other materials. There are items of historical value, such as swords, guns, and uniforms. There are old documents, coins, and curiosities. There are boats and other items from river and sea. Industrial …