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Midwestern Mosaic: A Study Of The Homogeneity Of Ethnic Populations In Omaha, Nebraska, 1880, Kathleen Louise Fimple

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The aim of this study is to delimit neighborhoods in an urban setting using the ethnic homogeneity of the population as the major criteria. The study will seek to compile data at a very large scale--i.e., city blocks or streets--and present cartographically an accurate delimitation of community and neighborhood. In addition, some analysis of the ethnic homogeneity of such areas will be carried out in order to assess the selective inclination of certain national groups to concentrate spatially. The specific study area is Omaha, Nebraska, in the year, 1880.

Clothing Of Pioneer Women Of Dakota Territory, 1861-1889, Joyce Marie Larson

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Hard-times of the Dakota Territory demanding strenuous physical labor compelled the investigator to study the clothing and dressmaking needs of pioneer women 1861-1889. This historical study of costume provides an insight into the life styles [sic] and the role of pioneer women as they interpreted clothing into their physical and utilitarian needs in adapting to the new frontier. The purpose of this research was to study the costume of the American women who resided in the Dakota Territory prior to the statehood of South Dakota, November 2, 1889. During the period 1861-1889, the Missouri River served as a geographical barrier …

The Development Of Children's Literature In The Eighteenth Century And Its Effects On Children's Literature In The Twentieth Century, Crenola Sneed Coleman

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No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Attitudes Toward Community Colleges With Attitudes Toward Four-Year Colleges, Robert L. Gillespie

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Purpose. The purpose of this research was to determine if the attitudes of high school seniors toward community colleges and four-year colleges were significantly different according to socio-economic measures, and to see how they compared with their teachers'attitudes. (Abstract shortened.)

The Status Of Science Supervision In Florida School Districts, Roy F. Ellis

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No abstract provided.

The Minnesota River Lowland : An Area Study, Ronald R. Crawford

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This thesis is a systematic-area geographical study of the extreme northeastern part of South Dakota known as the Minnesota River Lowland (Fig.1). Most of the Minnesota River Lowland region lies in Minnesota and North Dakota, but this study will be limited to that area if the region within South Dakota. This area study is not limited to one criterion such as location, climate, or human occupance. Rather, it incorporates the sum total of all the criteria included in a systematic-regional study.

Estimating The Elasticity Of Demand For Rail Transportation Of South Dakota Wheat, Karen Ann Olson

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The overall objective of this study is to estimate the price elasticities of demand for rail transportation of wheat produced in South Dakota in 1974. The specific objective of this study is to estimate the demand for rail transportation in shipping wheat and the corresponding elasticity coefficients. By accomplishing this, the impact of changes in rail rates on quantities shipped by rail can be estimated. The degree of substitutability between rail and truck is also measured by estimating the elasticity of substitution. To accomplish the above, data on 1974 grain shipments is used to estimate demand functions from which the …

An Analysis Of Urban Sprawl And Its Impact On Sioux Falls, South Dakota And Adjacent Areas, Robert G. Mckay

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It is the intention of the writer to recognize and analyze urban sprawl as a continuing process of urbanization. The general purpose of the study is to better understand the patterns of growth of urban sprawl and its impact upon future expansion. It is also intended to examine problems and benefits that are products of urban sprawl. Sioux Falls, located in the southeastern portion of South Dakota, constitutes the study area. The study examines the growth of that city during a ten year period, beginning from 1966 through 1976, It is the purpose of the study to determine the causes …

Taking Hold : A Study Of Land Acquisition, Land Ownership, And Community Development In Northeast Brookings County (1870-1916), Debra Robson Salonen

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The process of settlement on the American frontier has traditionally been a topic of extensive study for both geographers and historians. Especially intriguing has been the conquest of the vast treeless prairie—an environment remarkably foreign to settlers from the woodland east and Europe. Until fairly recently, however, scholars have tended to look at this process in rather general terms. Studies typically deal with large areas and base their conclusions on the assembly of widely scattered and isolated pieces of information. As John Fraser Hart states in his book. The Look of the Land, “We need far more detailed and intensive …

Ecological Changes On Pine-Grassland Burned In Spring, Late Spring, And Winter, Janet Ruth Schripsema

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The research with which this thesis is concerned will, hopefully, provide additional data to develop a proscribed fire management program with the following objectives: reduce wildfire conflagration hazards which exist because of unnatural fuel accumulation, eliminate or reduce exotic plants, invigorate stagnating prairies through reduction of litter, open up dense pine thickets, reduce forest insect problems, create firebreaks, develop a natural vegetative mosaic by preventing unnatural pine encroachment into prairies, and re-establishing pine savannahs (Shilts 1976).

An Analysis Of The Public Television Audience In The Oxford, Mississippi, Area, 1977, Susan Helen Langdon

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No abstract provided.

Use Of Municipal Water Quality Data To Estimate Suitability Of Lagoon Effluents For Irrigation, Dale Allen Johnson

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There are approximately 184 lagoon systems in South Dakota used to treatment of municipal waste water (4). The water quality of these lagoon systems was not available due to lack of samplings. An investigation was initiated by David Odens to determine the suitability of some of these lagoon systems for irrigation. The objectives of Odens’ investigation were as follows: “1. To evaluate the suitability of lagoon effluents for irrigation on the basis of probable water quality, 2. To classify these waters with respect to their suitability for irrigation, and 3. To estimate the quantity of lagoon effluent available for irrigation …

An Analysis Of The Development And Growth Of Educational Broadcasting In Nigeria / By Christina Thomas Udofa, Christina Thomas Udofa

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No abstract provided.

The World Of The World Is Round : Gertrude Stein's Experimentation In Psychological Realism, Gwendolyn Gong

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No abstract provided.

The Geographical Distribution Of Ciguatoxic Fish In The Easternhalf Of The British Virgin Islands, William Thomas Davin

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No abstract provided.

A Critical Evaluation Of Rhetorical Processes In The Preaching Of Pearl Howard Welshimer Through An Analysis Of Representative Sermons, Keith Peter Keeran

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The, purpose of this study was to describe, analyze,

and evaluate the preaching of P. H. Welshimer. Within the

frame of reference of classical rhetorical theory, as

amplified by twentieth century rhetoricians essentially

within the classical tradition, this study sought successively

(1) to determine the biographical and influential

factors that accounted for Welshimer's success as a

speaker; (2) to trace his phenomenal preaching career;

and (3) to describe, analyze, and evaluate his rhetorical

practice on the basis of five selected sermons.

Urban Land Use Inventorying With Small Scale Aerial Photography, Thomas R. Loveland

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The underlying aim of this thesis is to show that small scale NASA aerial photography is a valuable planning tool through which urban planners can extract the accurate land use information necessary to their planning and decision making processes. This aim will be achieved through an examination of the following points: 1. The utility of the aerial photography to urban planners possessing little photo interpretation experience or sophisticated equipment for the extraction of information. 2 The accuracy and suitability of the land use information obtained from the interpretation to the urban planning process. 3. The availability of NASA high altitude …

Water Quality Management Study For The Big Sioux River Basin, Thomas L. Thelen

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This paper deals with the development of a water quality management strategy for the Big Sioux Basin located in eastern South Dakota. The first step in the development of a strategy is the collection and review of all available literature and data for the basin. From this information a physical description of the basin with regard to location, geology, climate, and hydrology can be made. Also, information on the history, population, economy and development of the basin should be included. Comparisons of available surface water quality data of the basin to existing surface water quality standards should be, made to …

An Evaluation Of Football Injuries In South Dakota High Schools During The 1975 Season, Micheal George Keough

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The purpose of this study was to determine the number, location, cause, and frequency of occurrence of football injuries that occurred during the1975 season in South Dakota high schools. An assessment of time-loss due to injury and the extent of medical supervision and care was also included. A second problem was to analyze the data and to formulate recommendations for the improvement of injury prevention and treatment programs.

An Analysis Of The Wooden Sculpture From The Western Sudan In The Fulton Collection, Patricia Ann Johnston

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No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Soils And Vegetation On Landsat Spectral Signatures, Gary Dean Lemme

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States government has realized the potential and importance of developing operational agricultural inventorying procedures using satellite data. They are actively carrying on an extensive research program titled: “Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment” better known by the acronym LACIE. One of the many areas being investigated is training set selection. Along these lines, a research project was undertaken during the 9174 growing season with the general objective being to study the influence of soils and vegetation on LANDSAT signatures. The specific objectives of the study were: 1. To investigate the relationships …

Nitrogen Fixation And Other Microbial Activities In Soil On Antelope Range Station, Thomas J. Schneeweis

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This is a study of the symbiotic and non-symbiotic nitrogen fixing organisms on Antelope Range Station. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation is carried out by the native leguminous plants and the bacterial genus Rhizobium. This bacterium causes nodules to form on leguminous plants, and this symbiotic relationship is capable of utilizing gaseous nitrogen as a nitrogen source. Some experimentation was also done on a lichen found throughout the area studies. While speciation was not attempted, the lichen specimens were morphologically similar. These lichens also represented a symbiotic relationship, but in this case a nitrogen fixing blue-green algae formed a thallus with a …

The Revolution And Its Treatment Of Women's Rights Themes, Dorothy J. Cline

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To give this report historical perspective, the women’s rights movement in America was studies from the settlement of New England to and including the year in which The Revolution started publication. The history of the founding of The Revolution and the newspaper’s experiences during Miss Anthony’s proprietorship were also studies, and against this background The Revolution was examined for evidence of editorial treatment of the basic themes of the women’s rights movement. All issues of The Revolution during the period between January 8, 1868, and May 22, 1970, were examined for the purpose of identifying women’s rights theme and exemplifying …

The Development Of Validated Metric Teaching Materials: Basics, Barbara Vanhove Hoff

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The purpose of this study was to develop a “Basic Metric” self-instructional programs for use by female adult consumers who wish to learn to use the metric measurements. Such a study was not conceived as an experimental or descriptive type of research but rather as a creative project in which innovative teaching materials are developed. Although the creative element is of major importance, the use of programming required a scientific procedure for developing the teaching materials. The sequence of steps in programming is similar to the steps advocated by systems designers. Field testing of teaching materials was a second purpose. …

The Spirit Of The Times : A Pontotoc, Mississippi, Newspaper, 1841-1842, James Rudell Willis Jr.

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No abstract provided.

Infiltration Basins For The Final Treatment Of Lagoon Effluent In South Dakota, Peter S. Johnson

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The declared objective of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 is "to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nations waters. " A schedule of required treatment is also· promulgated that calls for the equivalent of secondary treatment by July 1, 1977 and the best practicable waste treatment by July 11, 1983 for all publicly owned treatment plants. This Act serves notice that many existing wastewater treatment plants will have to be upgraded to meet the new federal regulations required by the Act. This, coupled with the already questionable quality of lagoon effluent, …

A Multi-Variate Analysis Of Selected Socio-Demographic Factors Associated With The Attitudes Of Big Stone Lake Area Residents Toward Community Services, Oscar J. Schinkel

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A research project was conducted in the Big Stone lake area. This area included Roberts and Grant Counties in South Dakota and the city of Ortonville in Minnesota. In 1969 a 2800 acre tract of land was purchased near Big Stone City, South Dakota by a consortium of three electric power companies. A 450 megawatt plant will be constructed on the site. The completion date is projected for the summer of 1975. This planned industrial facility for a relatively rural area provided an opportunity to study the effects of rural industrialization. This phase of the total research project ascertained the …

A Descriptive Analysis Of Production Methods And Techniques Of The Mississippi Authority For Educational Television, James Samuel Fisackerly Jr.

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No abstract provided.

Depositional Systems In The Lower Claiborne (Eocene) Of Central Mississippi, Terrence Timothy O'Donnell

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No abstract provided.

A Quantitative Analysis Covering 60 Years Of Changing Patterns Of Land Use Along A Major Traffic Arterial In Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Virgil Clayton Sandvig

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Minnesota Avenue, a commercially zoned strip in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, referred to as an urban arterial by the City Planning Office of major arterial by Harlan Bartholomew and Associates, constitutes the study area. We are concerned in this study with a narrow (eighty feet of right of way, twenty-seven city blocks long) piece of public land and its contact with both private and public parcels of property. Minnesota Avenue in its entirety extends from South Dakota Highway 38 on the north through the approximate center of the city of Sioux Falls joining Interstate 229, a circumferential route on the …