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1949 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.

Proceedings Of The Sixty-First Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science Held At Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, April 15 And 16, 1949: Minutes Of The 1949 Meeting

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Minutes & Reports - Executive Committee; Business Meeting; Secretary; Treasurer; Staff Reports; Committee Reports

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

What An Academy Can Do To Promote The Conservation Of Natural Resources, J. M. Aikman

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Modern man is not a builder. On the contrary he is an exploiter. He depends on natural resources, directly or with minor adaptation and modification, for his material needs. Likewise, he draws upon natural resources for thousands of things in which he takes special delight: things he sees, hears, smells, tastes, touches and feels. All of these natural resources are being cut down, torn down, shot down, burned, plowed up, washed away, blown away, and generally wasted and destroyed. Conservation of natural resources is inconsistent with utilization or use by man. If we use them we no longer have them …

Conservation Knowledge And Attitudes Of Iowa Academy Of Science Members, George D. Lovell

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Over a year ago I received a letter asking if I would serve on an advisory committee to the Academy committee on conservation. The gist of the letter was that Academy members outside the fields usually associated with conservation might be helpful to the regular committee in an advisory capacity. If the aim was to secure members who were woefully ignorant of the field of conservation, mine was a happy choice for membership on the advisory committee. I so informed the secretary and was accepted anyway, so at least my conscience was clear. I felt that at least I could …

Confidence In Correctness Of Responses On An Objective Test, Martin F. Fritz

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

A form of objective test has been given at various times in which the student is required to indicate how certain he is of the correctness of his answers. This may be accomplished by having an answer sheet prepared with three columns, each column representing a degree of certainty according to a so-called scale.

The Problem Of Controlling Level Of Learning In Studies Of Associative Interference In Psychomotor Performance, Jack A. Adams

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The problems discussed in this paper arose during a search for an experimental design that would yield reliable measures of associative interference for the individual subject. Such measures are needed as part of an extensive research project concerned with individual susceptibility to interference in verbal and psychomotor performance. Interference effects are commonly studied in the laboratory under conditions that provide for original learning (OL) of some task to a given criterion, interpolated learning (IL) of a different task to a given criterion, and the subsequent relearning (RL) or recall of the original task. Two measures of interference are sought when …

Keeping Employees Informed, Joann Pitcher, Max E. Thompson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The widening interest in the topic of communicating with employees is evidenced by the increasing frequency with which articles relevant to this problem may be found in industrial, personnel, and business journals during the last three or four years. This increased incidence of articles indicates that men in management positions are beginning to recognize more and more the importance of keeping their employees informed about the company for which they are working in order to improve morale and job satisfaction, to further community and public relations, and to bring about a greater degree of cooperative efficiency throughout the organization.

Reliability And Relationship Of Certain Measures Of Reading Ability, David K. Trites

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

A number of studies (1) have been published concerning various methods of measuring reading rate and comprehension. The ophthalmograph has been described (2) as one of the more objective, semi-laboratory adaptations of these methods. The ophthalmograph is a portable, binocular eye-movement camera. The reading graph, or eye-movement photograph, obtained while the subject is reading a standard selection, provides objective evidence concerning reading speed, fixations, regressions, and other eye movements. By testing the subject on the material read a measure of his comprehension is obtained.

The Alumnus, V32n4, October 1948, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Fall Activities Calendar
-- The Campus Today
-- Honor Memory of Dean Reed, Prof. Watson
-- Long-Term Faculty Members Retire
-- Teachers College Has Changes In Faculty
-- Leeman Wins Silver Medal in Olympics
-- The Panther Parade
-- College Announces Plans for New Campus School
-- Concert Season Opens October 9
-- Mobile Unit Brings Industrial Arts to Rural Schools
-- Newest Contributors to Chapel Fund
-- Keeping Up with Alumni
-- Marriages
-- Births
-- Deaths

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Fall 1948, 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 Sixtieth Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science And The Fifteenth Convention Of The Junior Academy Of Science Of Iowa, April 16 And 17, 1948, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Spring 1948, 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, V32n2, April 1948, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Alumni Reunion Calendar
-- This Year's Alumni Reunion Will be May 23
-- The Campus Today
-- College Broadcasts Over Six Stations
-- College Track Classic to be April 17 and 18
-- Panther Sports Fans Watch Baseball
-- Panther Cagers Win First Conference Title
-- Keeping Up with Alumni
-- Alumni Respond to Chapel Appeal
-- Marriages
-- Births
-- Deaths

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Winter 1947-48, 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.

Minutes & Reports - Executive Committee; Secretary; Treasurer; Staff Reports; Committee Reports

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Officers, Committees, Past Presidents, And Members, Iowa Academy Of Science

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

An Experimental Study Of Repression, D. J. Doland, Charles F. Haner

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The concept of repression is commonly referred to in terms of pleasant and unpleasant material. We say that an individual will tend to remember pleasant experiences and will tend to forget or "repress" unpleasant experiences. Many of the investigators doing research in this field have failed to look into the meaning of the word "unpleasant" as it is used by Freud, and have mistakenly used affective tone as a criterion. The present study has been conducted on the basis of this interpretation of the term "repression," with the emphasis on first determining the frame of reference of the subject, rather …

1948 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.

The One-Way-Mirror Technique As A Scientific Approach To The Study Of Magazine Readership, Herman F. Brandt

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Coextensive with the problem of production in modern civilization is that of consumption. To ascertain what, where, when, and why certain commodities are purchased or utilized presupposes that a certain amount and kind of research has preceded. This applies to all commodities produced, manufactured and sold. Market research today is essential to the manufacturer of the product and it is employed in America's foremost and progressive industries. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent annually for the purpose of ascertaining what the consumer wants and what his buying interests and habits are.

How People Select And Purchase Greeting Cards, Evaluated By Means Of The One-Way-Mirror Technique, Herman F. Brandt

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The purpose of this study was to discover by means of the one-way mirror technique how people select and purchase greeting cards. To discover the buying habits of customers was the major objective throughout the respective studies. It was an attempt to answer questions such as: 1. How much time does the average customer spend in selecting and purchasing the card or cards of his choice. 2. How much time does he devote to picking up cards and reading the sentiments? 3. How many cards does the average buyer pick up? 4. How many cards are purchased by the average …

The Role Of An Irrelevant Drive Stimulus In The Acquisition Of Habit Strength, Max Ulric Eninger

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

One of the concepts most central to Clark L. Hull's systematic theory of behavior is the concept of habit strength, a logical construct which represents the strength of learning in an organism. Habit strength has the status of an intervening variable, and by that, it is meant that it is an hypothetical state of an organism, which is functionally related to antecedent, observable and manipulable events, on the one side, and to certain response manifestations, such as latency, frequency, and resistance to extinction, on the other. It is the task of the experimentalist in the field of learning theory to …

A Short-Form Test Of Cynicism, Martin F. Fritz

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Papers concerned with an extensive study of cynicism and idealism have been given before the Iowa Academy of Science at several previous meetings. Since descriptions of the project along with statistical analyses have already been given, these will not receive detailed consideration here. Tests measuring cynicism and idealism would constitute a contribution to the study of certain phases of personality which have received very little consideration up to the present time. The original investigation made use of a test involving 200 items and this report describes a reduction to a short form by means of certain rational statistical procedures. The …

Proceedings Of The Sixtieth Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science Held At Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, April 16 And 17, 1948: Minutes Of The 1948 Meeting

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Quantification Of The Wechsler-Bellevue Vocabulary, Charles F. Haner, Wilse B. Webb

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The importance of the vocabulary test in mental testing is unquestioned. Such tests have been evaluated and used as the best single index of general intelligence when only one measure can be used. The inclusion of the vocabulary test in a general intelligence test is almost a foregone conclusion. In addition the vocabulary test has been extensively used in studying mental deterioration. Consideri.ng the importance of the vocabulary test it is surprising that so little attention has been given to scoring problems involved. Yacorzynski (1941) has suggested that the vocabulary score used in the deterioration ratio may obscure real deterioration …

The Place Of Biology In General Education, Martin L. Grant

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

General Education is the term used to express the idea that there is a common body of knowledge, of attitudes, and of behavior-patterns that should be considered of such universal significance as to necessitate its formal incorporation into the curriculum of all collegiate institutions. The idea is as old as formal education itself, and back in the day when there was only one curriculum in some educational institutions all education was general education. However, as specialized and professional curricula developed, fewer and fewer areas of subject matter remained to be explored by all students of a particular college, such that …

A Measure Of Retroactive Inhibition In Motor Learning, A. H. Shephard

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

In everyday life it is a common experience to find that some established response interferes with the learning of some new response. Thus the automobile driver finds it somewhat difficult to learn to shift gears using a control on the steering column after having shifted them by means of an older type control. The typist finds that she has trouble learning to type on a second keyboard in which the keys are located in relatively different positions. These are examples of a phenomenon known as proactive inhibition. This term is generally used to refer to a decrement in performance or …

An Investigation Of Learning In A T-Maze With Relevant Drives Satisfied, Irving Maltzman

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Psychologists agree, in general, that the role of motivation in determining the behavior of organisms is an important one. However, different interpretations arise when one attempts to specify precisely what this role may be. Some psychologists believe that motivation serves only as a forcer or activator of behavior. Others hold that in addition to being an activator of behavior motivation must be reduced for learning to occur. Thus, field theorists such as Tolman and Leeper state that the acquisition of learning is not a function of the number of reinforcements, or drive state reductions. Rather, acquisition is dependent upon the …

Previous Learning As A Factor Influencing Perception Of The Phi-Phenomenon, M. E. Wingett, C. F. Haner

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The first serious attempt at control and analysis of apparent movement was made by Exner in 1875. At first he believed it to be the result of 'diffusion circles' emanating from each of the retinal points stimulated, but when the phenomenon was elicited by stimulating a point in each retina he advanced as his explanation a tendency of the observer to see motion whenever the stimuli received made such an appearance possible. Stratton, in 1902 and 1911, reported on his investigations and gave an explanation in terms of a conscious organization of sensations. He spoke of a 'relational activity of …

A Tribute To The Champions 1940-1948, Iowa State Teachers College

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Those behind the scenes
--Panther Team in Action
--"Leadership in Teacher Education"
--1939 Squad - Started Victory String
--1939 Conference Record
--1940 Squad - First Champions
--1940 Conference Record
--"A Lineage of Starbeck Champs"
--"Confidence Based on Merit"
--1941 Squad - Won Second Crown
--1941 Conference Record
--1948 North Central Conference Champs
--"Stranger Than Fiction"
--"Championship Habit is no Accident"
--1942 Squad - Grabbed 3rd Title
--1942 Conference Record
--"Heads Up, Intelligent Football"
--"Interested in His Men"
--"The Finished Product of a Master Coach"
--1946 Squad - Tied Former Record
--1946 Conference Record
--"A Problem and a Pride"
--"Many …