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An Annotated Check-List Of The Fishes Of The Iowa-Cedar River Drainage Basin In Iowa, Robert E. Cleary

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The Iowa-Cedar River drainage basin, which finds the larger of the two rivers, the Cedar, as a tributary to the smaller, is second in size of various inland river drainage basins in the state. The combined rivers drain 11,615 square miles or, roughly, one-fifth of the area of the state. The Iowa River, which has its source in Crystal Lake, in Hancock County, flows southeast for a distance of 329 miles and has a 685-foot fall from source to mouth. From its source the river has a gentle slope of 1.5 feet per mile till it reaches Franklin and Hardin …

Returns From Tagged Channel Catfish In The Des Moines River, Iowa, Harry M. Harrison

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The Channel Catfish was shown by Speaker (1948) in a sample of 1800 Iowa anglers to be the most important species of fish inhabiting the inland streams of Iowa. Therefore, any information concerning its life history and habits is important and of value in formulating a management policy for the species. To get information on the life history and habits of the channel catfish, tagging experiments were initiated in 1947. Tagging was carried on through 1949 and recoveries are continuing. The information sought by this investigation was: (1) to study the possibility of using marked fish for an inventory of …

Food Habits Of The Carp In Northwest Iowa Lakes, Tom Moen

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

In the comparatively short time since carp (Cyprinus carpio) were brought to the United States, they have dominated an amazingly large percentage of the fishery resources of this country and an equally large percent of the efforts of fishery management. Carp have been credited at one time or another, by sportsmen and biologists alike, with being the root of all fishery problems and in many cases game problems as well. The food and feeding habits of the carp usually receive the lion's share of this blame. The data presented in this study form a portion of a general …

A Study Of Digital Variations Of The Human Hand, Guillermo Mendoza

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The writer's interest in this study is a direct outgrowth of his teaching classes in Genetics for many years. Much has been written in the genetic literature about the inheritance of abnormalities in hands and fingers such as brachydactyly, clinodactyly, etc., and yet, relatively little has been done to study the normal occurrence of these inherited variations in the average population. Thus, the purpose of this study is to analyze in an average population sample, such as a college student body, some of the anatomical variations that normally occur in the digits of the hand. The study of these variations …

Crowing Cock Count, Richard C. Nomsen

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The crowing cock count is one of the major techniques used to census the pheasant population in Iowa. Together with the roadside census (Bennett and Hendrickson, 1938) and the rural mail carrier count, it forms the basis of determining the pheasant population indices. Successful in estimating the numbers of mourning doves in Nebraska by counting their calls, McClure (1944) devised a system of counting pheasant calls as an index to their population levels. At first, aerial bombs of the fireworks variety were detonated to increase the intensity of the calls. In a later study (McClure, 1945) one minute counts during …

Determination Of The Incubation Period Of Bacillus Larvae White, Causal Organism Of American Foulbrood In Honey Bees (A Pis Mellifera L.), O. W. Park

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Diseases of the immature stages of the honey bee, i.e. the brood, cause large annual losses in bees, honey, and equipment. It would be bad enough if such losses were reflected only in the increased cost of producing honey, but far more serious is the decreased yield of at least 50 orchard, garden and farm crops. These are crops such as apples, cucumbers and the clovers which require or benefit from the pollinating services of the honey bee. Two types of brood diseases, both known as foulbrood, had been recognized prior to 1900, but were inadequately distinguished until White (1907, …

A Check List Of Mammals Of Present Occurrence In Iowa With Notes On New Additions And Distribution Since 1937, Emmett Polder

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

There is little definite information regarding the distribution limits of mammals known to occur in Iowa and neighboring states. The purpose of this paper is to add to the rather sketchy knowledge of mammal distribution in Iowa. There is need for much more observation and collection of specimens and data before a comprehensive picture of mammal distribution is completed. A better knowledge of where certain mammalian forms do, or do not, occur is important to the students of ecology, game management, parasitology, taxonomy, and agriculture since the mammal coactions with other life forms have important relations to these fields.

Recent Status Of The Beaver In Iowa, Glen C. Sanderson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Many years prior to the settlement of Iowa her streams had been scoured by Indian hunters and white trappers for fur, principally beaver. The hunters and trappers had taken the cream of the beaver before the earliest settlements were established; however, remnants of the population were still present as is attested to by the fact that Iowa geography has many names alluding to the beaver. Beaver could not stand both persecution and civilization, so they disappeared from Iowa sometime after the seventies and in 1872 the legislature placed them on the "continuous closed season" list. By the late twenties there …

Trimitus Parvus Grasse (Protozoa, Mastigophora) From A Garter Snake, Thamnophis Radix, L. H. Saxe, Eugene M. Schmidt

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Reptiles collected in the vicinity of the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, Dickinson County, Iowa, during the summer of 1950, were examined for helminths by Burnham (1951) and for protozoa by Schmidt (1954). lvlonocercomonas colubrorum, Trichomonas batrachorum and Haemogregarina sp. were found in both Thamnophis radix and T. ordinatus parietalis. An enteric flagellate of the genus Trimitus was found in a single specimen of T. radix. Special consideration is herein given to Trimitus because though this genus has been reported from North American amphibians and reptiles it appears that neither descriptions nor figures have been published, and also, because there …

The Cherokee Frog, Rana Sylvatica Cherokiana Nom. Nov., Of The Appalachian Mountain Region, Emil Witschi

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Locality: Murphy, North Carolina, elevation 462 m (1540 ft.) (Appalachian Mountains), January 1953. Live Size: Female, nose to anus 82 mm, toe to toe (4th) 270 mm. Male, nose to anus 67 mm, toe to toe (4th) 248 mm. Shape: Typical body shape of brown frogs, with straight and rather pointed rostral head. Dorsolateral folds, from the dorsal circumference of the ear to the caudal fusion above the anus. Diameter of tympanic membrane 5.5 mm in the female, 5.0 mm in the male.

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Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

1953 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).

A Proposed Design For Utilizing School-Made Photographic Slides In The Secondary School, Everett G. Brower

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study is concerned with photography as a means . of constructing supplemental instruction materials. The study was designed to appeal to the educator who is concerned with vitalizing and extending the educational program of the school. Photography has been generally accepted as a worth-while leisure time activity for society, and recently educators have begun to realize its value as a teaching medium. The terms motion picture and audio-visual education have become almost synonymous. As a result, many of the simpler teaching aids have been neglected and have been relegated to undeserved minor importance. However, the use of the simpler …

The Character Of Robinson Jeffers: A Study In “Inhumanism”, Betty Jean Evans

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

When one reads many of the long narrative poems of Robinson Jeffers, one wonders at the characters who act out their lives against a backdrop of the contemporary California coastal region. The characters live isolated lives as ranchers, farmers, and farm women; they go about the business of eking out an existence, of cultivating their land, of caring for their livestock. Often, they commit horrible, unnatural acts and always, they or their families are involved in episodes which result in death or injury. Although these characters do not have the stature of an Oedipus or a Medea, their lives and …

Status And Analysis Of The Use Of Motion Pictures In Science Teaching In Selected Iowa High Schools, Walter Jackson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Since 1920 the motion picture as an aid to classroom teaching has been subjected to much research. As a result of these studies, reliable information about the values and limitations of this device is available. Techniques of operation and methods of presentation have been devis ed to assist the teacher in the use of this audiovisual aid. Through continuing research a better understanding of the use of films can be achieved, and more desirable results can be obtained from better utilization of available equipment.

Materials And Methods For The Study Of Some Common Molds In High School Biology, Milton Forbes

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purposes of this study are (1) to compile a list of experiments dealing with molds that may be of use in a high school biology course; (2) to outline general techniques associated with the culturing and study of molds; and (3) to bring together a list of various instructional materials of value in the study of molds.

A Study Of What 1,085 Parents Think Of Selected Areas Of Mason City Public School Education, Evan Dale Foster

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The public school was established to educate youth; and the state has delegated responsibility to school boards, administrators, and teachers for the accomplishment of this end. While the citizens through their representatives create school laws the local community retains many means for determining the program of its own public school. Thus it would seem highly desirable for public school personnel to know the opinions held by the parents about various parts of the school program.

The Alumnus, V36n4, December 1952, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Services of the College
-- Alumni Membership Program Gets Under Way
-- Lay Cornerstone for New School
-- Alumni Meet at I.S.E.A. Convention
-- Graduate Program in Full Swing
-- Building
-- Professional Advancement?
-- Panther Sports Parade
-- Keeping up With Alumni
-- Marriages
-- Births
-- Deaths

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Fall 1952, 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.

Letters To The Editor, The College Eye, September 26, 1952

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.

The Alumnus, V36n3, September 1952, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Organize Alumni Club for Muscatine County
-- Educators and Lay Leaders Attend Third Annual School P/R Workshop
-- Convention Time - Is Reunion Time!
-- Alumni Adopt 4-Point Plan
-- New Dormitory Named for Sadie B. Campbell
-- Panther Sports Parade
-- From 4,500 Miles Away -
-- Mail Box
-- Keeping up With Alumni
-- News From Friends in the Service
-- Marriages
-- Births

-- Deaths

Summer Commencement [Program], August 21, 1952, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Commencement Programs

The program of the commencement ceremonies, including a list of institutional leadership, a list of the departments by college, awards given at the ceremonies, and a list of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.

Iowa State Teachers College Courses Of Instruction And Program, Summer 1952, 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.

Spring Commencement [Program], June 7, 1952, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Commencement Programs

The program of the commencement ceremonies, including a list of institutional leadership, a list of the departments by college, awards given at the ceremonies, and a list of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.

Crossroads, V1n5, June, 1952, Iowa State Teachers College

Crossroads

Crossroads: Iowa State Teachers College's New Magazine (vol.1 no.3) was the self-described "Iowa State Teachers College Student Magazine of Literature and Humor." The current University of Northern Iowa was known as Iowa State Teachers College from 1909 to 1961.

The Alumnus, V36n2, May 1952, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Alumni Office Sends Notices to Special Reunion Classes
-- Founders Day Commemorates 75 Years
-- Maude Gilchrist Succumbs
-- Chicago Alumni at 20th Annual Meeting
-- The Rivals Produced in 1902
-- Directory of Service Personnel
-- McCuskey Resigns
-- Keeping up With Alumni
-- Marriages
-- Births
-- Deaths
-- Mail Box

Crossroads, V1n4, May, 1952, Iowa State Teachers College

Crossroads

Crossroads: Iowa State Teachers College's New Magazine (vol.1 no.4) was the self-described "Iowa State Teachers College Student Magazine of Literature and Humor." The current University of Northern Iowa was known as Iowa State Teachers College from 1909 to 1961.

The Sixty-Fourth Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science And The Nineteenth Convention Of The Junior Academy Of Science Of Iowa, April 18 And 19, 1952, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Spring 1952, 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.

Crossroads, V1n3, March,1952, Iowa State Teachers College

Crossroads

Crossroads (vol.1 no.3) was the self-described "Iowa State Teachers College Student Magazine of Literature and Humor." The current University of Northern Iowa was known as Iowa State Teachers College from 1909 to 1961.