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A Study Of South Dakota Future Farmers Of America Who Obtained The American Farmer Degree During The Years 1951 Through 1967, Lester Wayne Mason

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This study was conducted to determine the activities of the vocational agriculture students since they received the American Farmer Degree. Are former American Farmers exhibiting leadership in their communities? Have they made progress in their occupational fields? What are their occupations? Which FFA activities are the most useful and most valuable? The purpose of this study is to answer these and similar questions. The names and local chapters of the 50 South Dakota FFA members who received American Farmer Degrees from 1951 through 1967 were secured from the State Adviser by means of a letter (Appendix A). Letters {Appendix B) …

Instant Feedback Via Video-Tape And Its Effect On The Learning Of A Selected Side Horse Routine, Lloyd Charles Olson

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It was the purpose of this study to determine if the use of video-tape with instant knowledge of results in the teaching of a selected side horse routine causes significant change in the learning process -as compared to teaching the routine by the traditional teaching-method. The traditional method employed in this study consisted of verbal cues and demonstrations by the writer. The following procedure was employed: Twenty-four male volunteer freshman students at South Dakota State University were placed into two groups equated by their motor educability and shoulder girdle strength scores. The subjects in the two groups were novice gymnasts …

Selected Social And Personal Factors Associated With The Educational And Occupational Aspirations Of Rural South Dakota Youth, Jean D. Pederson

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Recognizing the urgent need of higher educational and occupational attainment among rural youth in South Dakota, a research design was devised which would reveal the social and personal factors associated with educational and occupational aspiration levels. If a relationship between these factors and high and low levels of aspiration exists, this information should be of interest to educators, parents, and adult s concerned with the youth potential of South Dakota. This study is a part of a research project conducted by the Rural Sociology Department at South Dakota State University in the spring of 1967. The general aims of the …

An Inquiry Into School-To-Home Communications Among Selected South Dakota Communities, Larry K. Tennyson

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The demand for information about schools is increasing dramatically. War and cancer are the only subjects that claim greater public interest today," according to Leslie J. Stiles, professor of inter-disciplinary studies at Northwestern University. This opinion is shared by others in the field of educational public information, some of whom question the topical-coverage allocation and the display given to educational news by the press and by school officials The contrast between what parents want to know about schools and what is disseminated to them about schools has been described by researchers for nearly forty years. Yet, Stiles says, little progress …

Biological Activity Of Trimethylselenonium-Selenium And Influence Of Vitamin E On Its In Vivo Formation In Rats Using A Torula Yeast Diet, David Ding Tsair Tsay

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During recent times, many efforts have been extended to investigate the metabolism of selenium compounds-in microorganisms, animals and plants. Several investigators (1-3) have proposed some hypothetical metabolic pathways for selenium. However, the role of selenium in the life function of animals remains unknown. Liver necrosis, as induced by the feeding of a Torula yeast diet which is unsupplemented with vitamin E and selenium, is known to be a fatal symptom in rats (4-6). The addition of either vitamin E or selenium to the diet is associated with the prevention of this condition. Schwarz (7) has suggested that vitamin E and …

The Effects Of A Weight-Training Program Upon Selected Pole Vaulting Skills, Gary A. Busch

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a weight-training program upon selected aspects of pole vaulting. Thirty volunteer male freshman at South Dakota State University enrolled in the basic physical education instruction programs were equated into two groups using the converted scores of the free running speed test, pole carry speed test, and pole carry speed and plant accuracy test. The experimental groups participated in and eight-week weight-training program. The weight-training program consisted of five lifts: arm curls, military presses, heels raisers, leg presses, and dead lifts. Initial and final tests were administered to both groups …

Motivation And Incentive Employment In The United States Army Officer Corps, Lee Martin Jones

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The Integration Of The Sculptured Angel Motif With Religious Architecture As Influenced By Historical Precedents In France / By Nancy Anita Richardson, Nancy Anita Richardson

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The Love Ethic Of Ernest Hemingway / By Jo Harriet Strickler, Jo Harriet Strickler

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Women In Hospital Pharmacy : A Descriptive Survey In An Eight State Area Of Female Pharmacists In The Hospital Setting, Jo Ellen Austin

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Creep On Cracking Of Soil-Cement Base, Frank Cherng Yao

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Water Quality Changes Under Ice Cover In Northern Prairie Lakes, Steven P. Gloss

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Water quality changes under ice cover were studied in seven northern prairie lakes. The lakes are high in dissolved materials and exist essentially as closed systems during the winter months. Ice cover ranging from 53 to 86 cm developed on the lakes. Melted ice samples showed small amounts of dissolved impurities present in surface layers of the ice. No substantial concentrations of any ions were found in the ice of lower layers. Specific conductance increased over 40% under ice cover in two of the lakes studied. Increases in other lakes ranged from 19 to 38%. Major ions showed increases similar …

Evaluation Of The Ovulated Follicle Technique As A Means Of Determining Pheasant Production, C. Denis Allen

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A study of the ovulated follicle technique for determining egg production in pheasants was conducted during 1967 - 1969. Evidence indicated collection of wild hens for follicle counts should be between 5 and 14 weeks after cessation of laying. Questionable follicles encountered should be considered ovulated follicles and included in the counts. Most questionable follicles were believed to originate from ovulated atretic follicles that were harder to identify because of their particular stage of regression. The influence of freezing on atretic follicle counts was studied, and no adverse effects were found. A technique was developed for selectively staining atretic follicles. …

Summer Movements Of Bigmouth Buffalo In Lake Poinsett, South Dakota, Thomas J. Clifford

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Movements of bigmouth buffalo in Lake Poinsett, South Dakota were studied from 1 June to 31 August, 1968. Bigmouth buffalo were individually marked with Styrofoam floats and tracked visually during daylight hours. Buffalo at a relatively constant, slow rate averaging .346 km/hr (0.05 km/hr to 1.4 km/hr). Two study indicated that bigmouth buffalo in Lake Poinsett had no home range or homing tendency and inhabited all vertical strata. Bigmouth buffalo schools in Lake Poinsett exhibited a free interchange of individuals. An evaluation of large mesh gill nets as a commercial fishery tool indicated that 10.0 cm bar measure gill nets …

Fish Populations Of Two Small Impoundments In Northeastern South Dakota, William C. Thorn

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Thirteen species and large standing crops of fish were found in Blue Cloud Abbey Pond and Labolt Pond, South Dakota. Adult population was estimated to be 5184 fish in Abbey Pond and 5016 in Labolt Pond. Composition of the populations differed. Black crappies were most numerous in Abbey Pond; white crappies, in Labolt Pond. Total standing crop of adult fish in Abbey Pond (573.1 kg/ha) was slightly greater than in Labolt Pond (550.6 kg/ha). Black crappies in Abbey Pond and white suckers in Labolt Pond were the species with highest standing crops. Growth of fish was more rapid in Labolt …

Effects Of Aldrin On Young Pheasants Under Semi-Natural Conditions, Ronald Eugene Thill

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Effects of aldrin on young pheasants were studied under semi-natural conditions in four one-acre enclosures during the summer of 1968. The center two-thirds of each plot was planted in corn; remaining peripheral cover was maintained in smooth brome and alfalfa. Prior to planting, center portions of two plots were sprayed with 2 pounds of aldrin per acre on Hay 20, while remaining plots served as controls. On June 12, four family units consisting of two broody pheasant hens and two bantam hens with 15 three-day-old chicks each were confined in plots. Hens and broods were given free run 10 days …

A Study Of Land-Grant University Alumni Magazines And Of Reader Responses To The Montana Collegian Of Montana State University, Jeffrey B. Nelson

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This study was confined to the current state of affairs in alumni publishing at Land-Grant universities, for several reasons. Perhaps the main one is that the author is an alumni editor at one of these universities (Montana State University) and is also an alumnus of another one (South Dakota State University). Brought in from the newspaper field in the summer of 1967 as the Montana Collegian's first "professional" editor, the author had a broad mandate from the president of the institution, from the alumni director and the public relations director. Change the magazine, broaden its coverage and content and improve …

George W. Hopp : Brookings County Press, Kenneth E. Schaack

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The first and primary objective of this study is to uncover and compile information about Hopp and the County Press. The second and secondary objective of the study is to point out characteristics of the county press and Hopp which seem to be typical of other early Dakota papers and editors. No attempt is made to reach any general conclusions which would be applicable to all papers in all parts of the United States. What was the Brookings area like before 1890? What did Hopp and the Press do for Brookings area development? What type of man was George W. …

An Evaluation Of The Roadside Technique For Censusing Breeding Waterfowl, Darrel W. Sauder

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An evaluation of the roadside technique for censusing breeding waterfowl was conducted in east-central South Dakota. On the 54-mile transect used in 1968, number of coutns necessary to be within 20 percent of population mean with specified confidence of 0.90 for blue-winged teal (Anas discors) and gadwall (Anas strepera) was five and three using miles or wetlands. Within same limits counts needed for mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) were at least four for miles and three for wetlands. Shorter transects, used in 1967 required more counts. Transects 21 miles long required up to 10 counts based on miles and 11 based on …

A Comparison Of Cheese Yields Produced From Normal And Abnormal Milk, Raymond L. Rennich

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Mastitis has long been a problem to the Dairy Industry. All milk constituents are affected. Abnormal milk usually has a slightly higher total nitrogen and a lower casein content than does normal milk. Since the percent casein is believed to have the greatest influence on the yield of cheese, it is postulated a lower casein content in milk will produce a proportionately smaller amount of cheese for a given volume of milk. Cheese factories presently buy milk on the basis of fat percentage and weight with no regard to the amount of total protein or casein present. Therefore, it would …

The Status Of Journalism In North Dakota High Schools, Neil Rae Mcfadgen

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With the mass media exerting a tremendous influence on our day-to- day living, scholastic journalism with its emphasis on mass communication becomes a vital part of any high school curriculum. Career literature written about opportunities in journalism strives to motivate the high school student to consider professional journalism as his life' s work. Even though the percentage of high school students who have been active in journalism functions and then elect professional journalism as a career has been small in the past, there has been a decided increase in the college journalism enrollments since the year 1951. According to the …

The Relationship Between Poetry And Painting In The Works Of Wallace Stevens / By Mary Sue Rickels, Mary Sue Rickels

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Syntheses And Antimicrobial Activities Of Some 4-Aza-Sitostane Derivatives, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein

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Research into the chemical and pharmacological properties of aza­steroids has become of interest because of their potential value as pharmacodynamic and chemotherapeutic agents. A nitrogen atom, for example, would be able to interact, unlike carbon, with a variety of sites in enzymes by means of ionic-ionic, ionic-dipole, dipole-dipole and hydrogen.bonds. Azasteroids having a nitrogen, atom might be adsorbed more strongly or in a different orientation to a given enzyme, and also may produce.a different biologic effect with a new spectrum of biological activities. The pharmacological.activities of a number of synthetic azasteroids, have been reported.

This investigation is concerned with the …

On A Generalized Inverse On A Matrix / By Sammy Jay Tinsley, Sammy Jay Tinsley

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The Order Of The Multiplicative Group Of Orthogonal Matrices Over Finite Fields / By Don Lowery Rushing, Don Lowery Rushing

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Naturalism In Dreiser's Female Characters, Ann Jackson Arnold

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Clothing Buying Practices Of Junior Girls In South Dakota High Schools And Colleges In Relation To Size Of Institution, Linda Petrich Clifford

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The young adult group constitutes an increasingly large segment of the United State� population and consequently has an important impact on the economy. This group of consumers has received a great deal of attention in recent years by clothing manufacturers, retailers, and advertisers. Clothing educators are now placing more emphasis on the teaching of clothing consumption practices that are personally satisfying. Many studies have been conducted on various aspects of high school and college girls' clothing buying practices. However, no research has focused on the differences between the two age groups or on the clothing buying practices of these groups …

The Effect Of Replication On Queueing Simulations, Musvathy K. Dyanesh

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Many industrial systems may be characterized as an arrival of some type of unit (such as sales orders, batches of raw material to be transformed into parts or broken machines) to a system of servicing stations. In the service stations, the units are serviced in some manner. Thus, the sales order requires checking and preparation of additional paper work; the materials to be transformed require the machines upon which the production process takes place, and the broken machine requires the repair personnel. Waiting lines or queues may form due to lack of control over either the rate of arrival of …

The Integration Of Family Life Education In An Innovative Elementary School In Watertown, South Dakota, Sharon Lohr Devaney

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With the help of a home economics consultant, teachers at Lincoln Learning Laboratory, Watertown, South Dakota, attempted to integrate Family Life Education into the curriculum in the second semester of the school year, 1967-68. . . . It was felt that the following objectives could be accomplished. (1) To enrich the curriculum of Lincoln Learning Laboratory through the integration of Family Life Education. (2) To give the participating teachers some in-service training. (3) To create an awareness of -the possibilities for integration of Family Life Education in teachers in the area since Lincoln was being promoted through communications and observations …

Protestant Church Members' Attitudes Toward Community In Seven South Dakota Counties, Don Martin

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This study was developed as a result of an effort by the Aberdeen Area Ministry to assess the attitudes of members of its congregations toward their churches and their communities. It was felt the ministry could better serve if any disparity between their role and the perception of this role by parishioners was alleviated. As a result of striving to find means to improve services it was decided that a survey would be conducted. The result would be the determination of church members attitudes toward their churches and their communities. From this emanate two studies, one of which deals extensively …