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Shakespeare's Supernatural Manifestations : Nature, Function, And Meaning / By Betty Rooker Thorton, Betty Rooker Thorton Jan 1967

Shakespeare's Supernatural Manifestations : Nature, Function, And Meaning / By Betty Rooker Thorton, Betty Rooker Thorton

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Exploration Of Ways To Permanently Paint Sculpture Cast In Fiberglass And Polyester Resin / By Robert Barry Snyder, Robert Barry Snyder Jan 1967

Exploration Of Ways To Permanently Paint Sculpture Cast In Fiberglass And Polyester Resin / By Robert Barry Snyder, Robert Barry Snyder

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Facing A Hostile Public : A Mississippi Editor's Dilemma, Joseph Luther White Aug 1966

Facing A Hostile Public : A Mississippi Editor's Dilemma, Joseph Luther White

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Four Original Plays, Merrell Williams Aug 1966

Four Original Plays, Merrell Williams

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A Sociological Analysis Of An Action Group : Wednesday In Mississippi, Kate Wilkinson Jul 1966

A Sociological Analysis Of An Action Group : Wednesday In Mississippi, Kate Wilkinson

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The Systematics And Ecology Of The Characeae (Nitella And Chara) Of Southwestern United States And Northern Mexico., Donald R. Tindall May 1966

The Systematics And Ecology Of The Characeae (Nitella And Chara) Of Southwestern United States And Northern Mexico., Donald R. Tindall

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General. – The Characaeae is the only extant family of an ancient and unique group of nonvascular aquatic plants which are classified as a separate division, the Charophyta (Groves and Bullock-Webster, 1920; Zaneveld, 1940; Imahori, 1954; Bold, 1957; and others) or as a separate class in the Chlorophyta (Fritsch, 1944; Smith, 1950; Wood and Imahori 1965; and others). Charophytes, like many green algae, are relatively simple haplobiontic plants with zygotic meiosis. However, their complex sexual apparatus, characterized by gametangia enclosed within several sterile cells, distinguishes them from all green algae. The basic morphological features of the genera Nitella and Chara …


Fall Velocity As Affected By Fine Material Concentration, Albert Fook-Hung Yuen Mar 1966

Fall Velocity As Affected By Fine Material Concentration, Albert Fook-Hung Yuen

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Sediment transport is one of the major problems confronting the hydraulic designer of today. Various aspects of sediment are encountered in the design of irrigation and drainage canals, the planning and design of reservoirs, the control of soil erosion, and the improvement and control of rivers and floodways. Due to the many variables encountered and the complex nature of the transport mechanics this problem has defied a completely satisfactory solution. Although a great deal of study has been devoted to sedimentation problems, there is much to be accomplished. Extensive investigation must be performed to increase the knowledge of the mechanics …


An Application Of Tractive Force Theory To The Design Of Rock Spillways, Franklin Alan Williams Mar 1966

An Application Of Tractive Force Theory To The Design Of Rock Spillways, Franklin Alan Williams

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Hydraulic engineering, the application of engineering principles and methods to the regulation and control of water, has been practiced for centuries. Relics of aqueducts, canals, dams, and sewer systems have been identified (20) among the ruins of civilizations that prospered 2500 years before the birth of Christ. Historically, the hydraulic engineer has been a pragmatist choosing whatever design method was available to achieve a functional design. To this day the solution of problem in hydraulics by the rational formula of hydromechanics is often impossible because if the complex variables involved. Design by empirical formula and model treating is internationally accepted …


A Study Of The Status Of Young Men's Christian Association Physical Directors And Assistant Physical Directors In The North Central Area And Surrounding Areas, David Leroy Waggoner Feb 1966

A Study Of The Status Of Young Men's Christian Association Physical Directors And Assistant Physical Directors In The North Central Area And Surrounding Areas, David Leroy Waggoner

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The purpose of this investigation was to determine the status of Young Men’s Christian Association physical directors in the North Central Area and other selected Young Men’s Christian Associations is surrounding areas. The following procedure was employed to obtain the data presented in this study: compilation of the mailing list; development of the questionnaire and introductory letters; mailing of the questionnaire; and development and mailing of the follow-up letter. As a result of the finding obtained during this investigation, the following appeared warrented. Men in the Young Men’s Christian Association physical directorship professuin are youthful with the largest single percent-age …


Evaluation Of The Effects Of Low Temperature On The Anaerobic Digestion Of Animal Wastes, Anthony Thomas Voell Feb 1966

Evaluation Of The Effects Of Low Temperature On The Anaerobic Digestion Of Animal Wastes, Anthony Thomas Voell

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The history of anaerobic sludge digestion has shown an ever increasing body of knowledge concerning the causes and operation of anaerobic organic wastes. Two of the earliest methods used in he anaerobic treatment of organicwastes were cesspools and septic tanks. The theory of the design of these units was based upon retaining the waste material and allowing it to undergo bacterial decomposition. An improvement in the anaerobic treatment process was made with the advent of the Imhoff tank. In this unit the sedimentation and digestion portions were separated so that the sludge digestion unit was not in contact with the …


A Study Of Reading Times And Reader Preference When Line Length And Alphabet Length Are Simultaneously And Directly Varied, Joseph W. Truex Feb 1966

A Study Of Reading Times And Reader Preference When Line Length And Alphabet Length Are Simultaneously And Directly Varied, Joseph W. Truex

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The printer-publisher approach to readability of print has been more intuitive than empirical. They have traditionally stressed the esthetic quality of print, claiming . . . that the softer, freer-flowing oldstyle types, as exemplified by Cloister, Garamond, Granjon, and others, were easier to read in mass and less tiring to the eye than the sharp, precise modern-face letters. (17-161) The early investigators of readability of type were psychologists, physiology and pedagogy of reading. Huey said that the size of type was the “most important single factor” in ease of reading. From prior research reported it was evident that two opposing …


A Study Of The Gothic And Promethean Themes In Frankenstein, Lawrence L. Syverud Feb 1966

A Study Of The Gothic And Promethean Themes In Frankenstein, Lawrence L. Syverud

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There have been many misconceptions about Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Or, The Modern Prometheus. One of the greatest errors is that the name of the monster in Shelley’s novel is Frankenstein. The name Frankenstein belongs to the young scientist who created the hideous creature; the name of the creation is simply the Monster. There is also confusion caused by the authoress herself. Mary Shelley, in her 1831 Introduction to Frankenstein and also by her subtitle of the novel, indicated that her book is both Gothic and Promethean in theme. This study will consider the assertion that Shelley’s Frankenstein is not Gothic …


Fluorometric Determination Of Magnesium In Soil Extracts, Roger A. Swanson Feb 1966

Fluorometric Determination Of Magnesium In Soil Extracts, Roger A. Swanson

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Determination of magnesium in soils has been studied extensively in the last half-century. The classical gravimetric method, based on precipitation of magnesium ammonium phosphate, has been replaced largely by faster and more convenient methods. Volumetric methods involving titration of Mg with various indicators were the first major changes. With advanced instrumentation, spectrophotometric and flame photometric methods have been used to determine Mg in soil extracts. All procedures mentioned have various disadvantages including color stability, foreign ion interference, equipment cost, and convenience. There was a need for a reliable, economical, and convenient method for determination of Mg in soil extracts. The …


Study Of Totipotency In The Leaf Cells Of The Carrot Plant, Ch'i Sun Feb 1966

Study Of Totipotency In The Leaf Cells Of The Carrot Plant, Ch'i Sun

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Studies of the totipotency of cells of various parts of carrot tissues and organ formation by the cultivated carrot leaf cells have been made in this investigation. It is believed that each matured cell, even though appearances differ from cell to cell, still contains the whole set of genes as in a zygote. The differences in appearance are due to the functional genes. This potential of the matured cells to go back to the zygote state is called totipotency. Theoretically, if certain stimuli were applied to force these nonfunctional genes to become functional, all these cells may behave in the …


The Effectiveness Of Teaching The Novice The Soccer Instep Kicking Technique As Compared To Teaching The Traditional Techniques Of Kicking The Extra Point In Football, Michael James Sterner Feb 1966

The Effectiveness Of Teaching The Novice The Soccer Instep Kicking Technique As Compared To Teaching The Traditional Techniques Of Kicking The Extra Point In Football, Michael James Sterner

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The purpose of this investigation was to compare the soccer “instep kick” technique and the “traditional” kick technique used in place-kicking to determine whether one method is more efficient and the more effective to teach to subjects with no previous kicking experience than the other. The following procedure was employed in this investigation. Twenty subjects were chosen at random form the required freshmen physical education classes at South Dakota State University. Two experimental groups were determined and equated from the results of the Sargent Jump Test. The groups were determined randomly to be Group A (Instep Kick) and Group B …


A Comparison Of Corn Silage And Forage Sorghum Silage In The Production Of Beef, Herbert Lawrence Sorbel Feb 1966

A Comparison Of Corn Silage And Forage Sorghum Silage In The Production Of Beef, Herbert Lawrence Sorbel

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Production of silage per acre varies in different areas of the United States. The type of forage used has a large effect on the tonnage of silage produced. Two of the common crops used for high production of silage in South Dakota are corn and forage sorghum. When stored as silage, sorghum has produced as high as 27 tons of feed yielded on and one-half to two times as many tons of silage per acre of corn. Ruminant animals are well adapted to utilizing large amounts of roughages in their rations. These animals have the capacity to consume three to …


Aflatoxin Formation On Selected Human Foods By Strains Of Aspergillus Flavus, Link, And Penicillium Rubrum, Stroll, Ronald Arlyn Sonstegard Feb 1966

Aflatoxin Formation On Selected Human Foods By Strains Of Aspergillus Flavus, Link, And Penicillium Rubrum, Stroll, Ronald Arlyn Sonstegard

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The occasional contamination of foods by biologically active compounds arising from metabolic processes of mold contamination represents a situation which has probably existed since prehistoric times. This is due in part to the ubiquitous distribution of fungi and the frequent opportunity for their growth during the harvest and subsequent storage of foods, and the recognized capabilities of these organisms to produce complex molecules. Within the last decade an increasing body of knowledge has become available concerning the effects of carious deleterious biological metabolites on the health of animals and man. Increased sophistication of methods and approaches to biological problems and …


Ground Water Quality Variation At A Refuse Landfill, Richard Jay Sawinski Feb 1966

Ground Water Quality Variation At A Refuse Landfill, Richard Jay Sawinski

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Upon relocation of the Brookings sanitary landfill several years ago, local landowners exhibited concern that the quality of their ground water supplies might possibly be deteriorated by such a waste disposal operation. The site was an inactive gravel pit area, with many excavations extending into the shallow water table. Late in 1964, with the support of the City and State Health Department officials, the Civil Engineering Department of South Dakota State University undertook a comprehensive research project to determine the possible effects of refuse disposal on ground water quality at the landfill site. The initial work conducted by James H. …


Approximations To Structural Parameters By Various Numerical Methods, Ali Salehe-Rad Feb 1966

Approximations To Structural Parameters By Various Numerical Methods, Ali Salehe-Rad

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The study presented in this report is restricted to the investigation of the errors involved in computing flexibility and stiffness factors by approximate numerical techniques for various numbers of subdivisions of some typical structural shapes. The beams were (a) uniform EI, (b) nonuniform EI with rectangular cross-sections, and (c) I-beam cross-sections from an actual structure. The I-beam represents on span of the Big Sioux River Bridge crossing of Interstate 29 in Moody County, South Dakota, which is to be constructed in 1966. The methods in this report are (1) Newmark’s technique, (2) conjugate beam method, (3) finite difference solution of …


The Correlation Of Soil Tests With Yield Response And Uptake Of Phosphorus By Barley, Anthony Unusa Salami Feb 1966

The Correlation Of Soil Tests With Yield Response And Uptake Of Phosphorus By Barley, Anthony Unusa Salami

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This study has stemmed from the results of a number of fertilizer experiments conducted by Carson et al. (12, 31) with spring wheat on Chestnut soils in the North Western part of South Dakota. Results of experiments with phosphorus conducted on non-fallowed land during the years 1961 through 1964 showed that added phosphorus produced a higher percentage yield increase on soils having a low phosphorus produced soil tests as determined by modified Bray No. 1 method (11) than on soils with high P. On the other hand, the yield increases from added phosphorus on fallowed land have not been as …


An Inquiry Into The Legibility And Pleasingness Of Five Ink Colors Printed On Yellow Stock, Philip Kent Ruggles Feb 1966

An Inquiry Into The Legibility And Pleasingness Of Five Ink Colors Printed On Yellow Stock, Philip Kent Ruggles

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The relation of color of print to color of background is an important factor to be considered in printing because color does affect legibility. It is the opinion of this investigator that with the increased use of color in all aspects of American life today, relevant research in certain areas of color and color perception should be undertaken. In the area of color a considerable amount of academic research has been done. This research was done mainly by psychologists who were primarily concerned with both the psychological and pedagogical aspects of reading.


Performance Evaluation Of An Anaerobic Stabilization Pond System For Meat Processing Wastes, Dwayne Allen Rollag Feb 1966

Performance Evaluation Of An Anaerobic Stabilization Pond System For Meat Processing Wastes, Dwayne Allen Rollag

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The meat packing industry is decentralizing its processing operations. Many of the large metropolitan packing houses are being abandoned because they cannot readily assimilate the newer, more efficient processing methods due to the high cost of providing such improvements. These plants are being replaced by small, rural installations which are relatively inexpensive to modify. Shorter livestock haul distance are an additional economic advantage to the small plants. The advent of the stabilization pond into the meat processing waste treatment field has been due, in part, to the desire for low cost waste treatment. Also, the new, small abattoirs and packinghouses …


Development And Application Of A Computer Program For The Steady-State Thermal Analysis Of Nuclear Superheater, Delvin Gene Rapp Feb 1966

Development And Application Of A Computer Program For The Steady-State Thermal Analysis Of Nuclear Superheater, Delvin Gene Rapp

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One of the most promising concepts for future commercial thermal reactors is the boiling-water, integral-superheat reactors (5) (9). Its economic advantage, based on the assumption that present day turbine throttle conditions can be met, is the combination of two separate effects. The first is the higher thermal efficiency that is inherent in the superheat cycle. With a higher thermal efficiency, less fuels must be consumed for each kilowatt of electricity generated. This reduces fuel costs. The second effect is the lower coolant flow rate associated with this concept. Because of a higher energy extraction per pound of steam passed through …


Attitudes Toward And Extent Of Leasing In The Printing Industry, Raymond Joseph Prince Feb 1966

Attitudes Toward And Extent Of Leasing In The Printing Industry, Raymond Joseph Prince

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Since 1955 the printing industry has been looking at leasing as a means of financing. There have been controversy over the advantages of leasing and what benefits it can be expected to offer. This project was undertaken because of the small amount of research in this area and because of the lack a combined body of knowledge about leasing. A third reason for undertaking this study was because of the financial pressure, especially in this continued era of tight money, which forces the search for new answers to capitalization. The study was carried out by mailing a questionnaire, covering letter …


The Effects Of A Constant Work Load Isometric Exercise Program On Arterial Blood Pressure And Pulse Rate, Patrick Joseph Murphy Feb 1966

The Effects Of A Constant Work Load Isometric Exercise Program On Arterial Blood Pressure And Pulse Rate, Patrick Joseph Murphy

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a constant work load isometric exercise program on arterial blood pressure and pulse rate. A secondary purpose was to determine the recovery time of the two factors mentioned above. Nine male freshmen students at South Dakota State University volunteered to take part in the study conducted over a six week period during the spring semester of the 1965-66 school year. Each subject participated daily in an isometric exercise program which consisted of nine exercises predetermined by the investigator. Arterial blood pressure and pulse rate readings were recorded daily for …


Experiments To Produce Contrasty Halftone Negatives From Originals With Below And Above Basic Density Ranges, Rafiqul Karim Molla Feb 1966

Experiments To Produce Contrasty Halftone Negatives From Originals With Below And Above Basic Density Ranges, Rafiqul Karim Molla

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From time to time new methods and techniques are developed in halftone photography which add convenience and accuracy to operation. Increased quality in less time and with fewer problems are the results of such developments. Printing customers are becoming more quality conscious and the printer must strive to bring them the results of new dimensions and techniques if he wants to survive in competition. Black and white halftone photography is one of the most delicate skilled crafts in the field of graphic arts. The varying quality of continuous-tone originals probably presents the biggest challenge to a cameraman. There are tonal …


An Investigation Of The Need For A High School Graphic Arts Program On The Monterey Peninsula, James Lee Mitchell Feb 1966

An Investigation Of The Need For A High School Graphic Arts Program On The Monterey Peninsula, James Lee Mitchell

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Employing more than 800,000 persons in the United States today, printing is steadily increasing its horizons. In 1960 there were more than 33,000 printing establishments which paid over $4,328,000,000 in wages, and turned out products valued at more than $5,000,000,000. The outlook for the future is increasing activity in all phases of printing and a resultant increased need for qualified personnel. Printing of some description is carried on in every sizable community in the United States. The country newspaper and the commercial print shop usually occupy a position of importance in the economic and cultural growth of the community. In …


Attitudes Toward Physical Education Of Students Enrolled In The Basic Instruction Program In Physical Education At South Dakota State University, Jerry P. Miller Feb 1966

Attitudes Toward Physical Education Of Students Enrolled In The Basic Instruction Program In Physical Education At South Dakota State University, Jerry P. Miller

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The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes toward physical education of students enrolled in the basic instruction program in physical education at South Dakota State University as determined by the Wear Physical Education Attitude Inventory, Short Form A. The following procedure was employed: On given dates all students enrolled in the basic instruction program were given the Wear Physical Education Attitude Inventory, Short Form A. The data collected were processes by IBM at the office of Machine Records. Data were grouped into age, sex, home state, semester enrolled, colleges attended, participation in high school physical education, and …


A Study Of Attitudes And Opinions Of Subscribers Toward The Sisseton Courier, Donald P. Miller Feb 1966

A Study Of Attitudes And Opinions Of Subscribers Toward The Sisseton Courier, Donald P. Miller

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“The Weekly Newspaper’s Leadership role as Seen by Community Leaders,” written by Alex S. Edelstein and J. Blaine Schultz, identified a group of 46 community leaders. The leaders were typical community leader of rural and semi-rural communities. The article evaluated the role the newspaper played in community affairs. . . .one member said it was the newspaper’s role to initiate specific projects, 59 per cent said the newspaper should work jointly with community leaders to initiate projects, 39 per cent said the newspapers role was to provide publicity – not to initiate projects. (6-569) One respondent in the Edelstein and …


Chemical Variation Of Ground Water Quality In The Vicinity Of A Refuse Landfill, James Henry Mccormick Jan 1966

Chemical Variation Of Ground Water Quality In The Vicinity Of A Refuse Landfill, James Henry Mccormick

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Research on the effect of buried refuse on ground water quality provides information so that adequate safeguards can be established in such operation, while at the same time allowing maximum use of these disposal sites. Today, with over 1400 communities disposing of their refuse by sanitary landfill techniques (1-104), and many thousands more disposing of this material in open dumps on land without the degree of sanitary control recommended by health agencies, a potential danger to ground water aquifers exists. What is the magnitude of this danger, and what concern should be given it, is the basic attitude under which …