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The Impact Of The Telephone Industry On The Economy Of Virginia, Homer W. Marshall Jr Aug 1965

The Impact Of The Telephone Industry On The Economy Of Virginia, Homer W. Marshall Jr

Master's Theses

There are forty-two independent telephone companies and the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia currently providing telephone services throughout the State of Virginia. The general goal of this study is to establish the economic nature and significance of the telephone industry on the State of Virginia. The basic function of this industry is to provide an increasingly vital service - communications within and between areas of the State, The United States, and foreign countries. Some of the background conditions covered in this study, as well as findings, are mentioned in this introduction as an invitation to the reader to …


Cognitive Dissonance In Task-Orientedgroups Under Intermittent And Continuous Success, Arthur Hiram Strock Ii Jun 1965

Cognitive Dissonance In Task-Orientedgroups Under Intermittent And Continuous Success, Arthur Hiram Strock Ii

Master's Theses

In a recent study by Burke (1961), the psychological effects of participation in task-oriented groups were studied. This study incorporated selected communication networks, the wheel, circle, and the all-channel, from a number of experimental arrangements that were conceived and developed by Bavelas (1950). Burke’s eighteen five-man groups were seated at a partitioned table containing slots in a center post through which written messages could be sent. This apparatus was similar in design to the table first used and described by Leavitt (1951). The groups worked on a task that required the members to find one symbol among five that was …


Mencius -- Political Philosophy, Chi-Hsiung Shih Apr 1965

Mencius -- Political Philosophy, Chi-Hsiung Shih

Master's Theses

Chinese civilization has strongly influenced Asia since its establishment roughly about .four thousand years ago. The influences have penetrated tho Asiatic countries through the ages and all the traces could be found in history. There is a saying that East is East and West is West. In the so-called East or oriental civilization, the Chinese part of contribution occupies its backbone.

Western civilization usually could be defined with the combination or three parts namely 'democracy', 'sciences' and 'Christianity'. The first two parts can be further traced to the pre-Platonic period in Greece; ·while tho third part was, of course, the …


The Method In Beckett's Madness : A Critical Study Of Samuel Beckett's Drama, Robert Grattan Apr 1965

The Method In Beckett's Madness : A Critical Study Of Samuel Beckett's Drama, Robert Grattan

Master's Theses

This paper presents an argument for a better under­ standing of Samuel Beckett's drama, a type of drama which is typical of our modern world, a drama of experimenta tion, of revolt, and of paradoxes. This is the Theater of the Absurd.


The Elizabethan Justice Of The Peace: An Image Inspected, 1558-1603, George Stephen Sipek Jan 1965

The Elizabethan Justice Of The Peace: An Image Inspected, 1558-1603, George Stephen Sipek

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Positive And Negative Verbal Reinforcement On The Verbal Behavior Of College Females As A Function Of Need-For-Approval, George Edward Schultz Jan 1965

The Effects Of Positive And Negative Verbal Reinforcement On The Verbal Behavior Of College Females As A Function Of Need-For-Approval, George Edward Schultz

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Duns Scotus And Leibniz On The Ontological Argument, William Martin O'Meara Jan 1965

Duns Scotus And Leibniz On The Ontological Argument, William Martin O'Meara

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Meaning Of Nothingness In The Early Philosophy Of Martin Heidegger, Leo Bonaventure Wren Jan 1965

The Meaning Of Nothingness In The Early Philosophy Of Martin Heidegger, Leo Bonaventure Wren

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Benjamin Harrison, Governor Of Virginia 1781-1784, Sara Etheredge Teeter Jan 1965

Benjamin Harrison, Governor Of Virginia 1781-1784, Sara Etheredge Teeter

Master's Theses

The purpose of this research has been to study in detail the administration of Benjamin Harrison as governor of Virginia from November, 1781 to November, 1784.

The work of any governor is influenced to a great degree by the political, economic, and social conditions of the society in which he serves, and by the character of the man himself. Therefore, the first chapter of the study presents a summary of conditions in Virginia at that time, and the second delineates the man his family background, his political experiences, and his character traits.

The third chapter examines Harrison's administration as governor, …


Rigidity: Its Relation To Intelligence As Measured By Psychological Tests And School Performance, Denis Cabezon Jan 1965

Rigidity: Its Relation To Intelligence As Measured By Psychological Tests And School Performance, Denis Cabezon

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Analysis Of Examiner Variance On The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, John Joseph Henning Jan 1965

Analysis Of Examiner Variance On The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, John Joseph Henning

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of The Training And Practices Of Priests In Pastoral Counseling Using The Reports Of Those With Specialized Training And Some Experience, Paschal Baute Jan 1965

An Investigation Of The Training And Practices Of Priests In Pastoral Counseling Using The Reports Of Those With Specialized Training And Some Experience, Paschal Baute

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comparative Study Of The Effect Of Temperature On Testicular Protein Labeling In Common Laboratory Animals, Richard Buyer Jan 1965

A Comparative Study Of The Effect Of Temperature On Testicular Protein Labeling In Common Laboratory Animals, Richard Buyer

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Response To Music And Its Relation To Personal And Social Adjustment, Mary Frederick Arnold Jan 1965

Response To Music And Its Relation To Personal And Social Adjustment, Mary Frederick Arnold

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Relative Efficacy Of Selected Drugs Upon The Physical Activities And The Attention Span Of A Ten Year Old Brain-Damaged Child, Ruth Elaine Atkinson Jan 1965

The Relative Efficacy Of Selected Drugs Upon The Physical Activities And The Attention Span Of A Ten Year Old Brain-Damaged Child, Ruth Elaine Atkinson

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the relative efficacy of selected drugs in reducing the hyperactivity end increasing the attention span of a ten-year old child who had been medically diagnosed as having brain damage.

The evaluation of the effects of three drugs, Chlordiazepoxide (librium), Fluphenasine Hydrochloride (Prolixin), Thioridazine (Mellaril), and a combination of Mellaril and Methylphenidate Hydrochloride (Ritalin), was made by a psychiatrist after consideration of (1) written observations of the child’s school activities during a two-hour period, (2) a tabulation of data based on the observations, (3) reports made by the parents and teacher of the …


Philip Ii Of Spain And The Council Of Trent, 1562-1563, Jose Arcilla Jan 1965

Philip Ii Of Spain And The Council Of Trent, 1562-1563, Jose Arcilla

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Critical Method Of Yvor Winters, Richard William Bollman Jan 1965

The Critical Method Of Yvor Winters, Richard William Bollman

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Critique Of Some Recent Research In The Identification Of The Gifted Child, Patricia Chisholm Jan 1965

Critique Of Some Recent Research In The Identification Of The Gifted Child, Patricia Chisholm

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Paper Mill Industry In The Lower Fox River Valley, Wisconsin, 1872-1890, Dorothy Heesakker Jan 1965

The Paper Mill Industry In The Lower Fox River Valley, Wisconsin, 1872-1890, Dorothy Heesakker

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A New Method Of Scoring The How Supervise ? Test, Edward J. Hester Jan 1965

A New Method Of Scoring The How Supervise ? Test, Edward J. Hester

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Paul Tillich's Educational Views, Bobetta Jacobs Jan 1965

An Analysis Of Paul Tillich's Educational Views, Bobetta Jacobs

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Susceptibility To Persuasion Under Conditions Of Sensory Deprivation, John W. Mccloskey Jan 1965

Susceptibility To Persuasion Under Conditions Of Sensory Deprivation, John W. Mccloskey

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study To Determine If There Is A Relationship Between Treatment Success And Patient Attitudes, Gene L. Dongieux Jan 1965

A Study To Determine If There Is A Relationship Between Treatment Success And Patient Attitudes, Gene L. Dongieux

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Court Decisions On Union Growth - 1945-1948, Aloysius Joseph Memmel Jan 1965

The Impact Of Court Decisions On Union Growth - 1945-1948, Aloysius Joseph Memmel

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Specific Bacterial Antibodies In The Inflamed Human Gingiva, Thomas F. Schneider Jan 1965

Specific Bacterial Antibodies In The Inflamed Human Gingiva, Thomas F. Schneider

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Differential Cardiac Responses To Activation Of Right And Left Cardiovascular Reflexes, Marva Charlyne Worthen Jan 1965

Differential Cardiac Responses To Activation Of Right And Left Cardiovascular Reflexes, Marva Charlyne Worthen

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Youth Hiring Practices And Policies: A Survey Of Employers In Metropolitan Chicago, Frank Joseph Stangel Jan 1965

Youth Hiring Practices And Policies: A Survey Of Employers In Metropolitan Chicago, Frank Joseph Stangel

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Attitudes Toward High School Athletics: An Analysis Of The Attitudes Of Different Groups In The School System As Related To Their Particular Role In The System, Claude Louis Vincent Jan 1965

Attitudes Toward High School Athletics: An Analysis Of The Attitudes Of Different Groups In The School System As Related To Their Particular Role In The System, Claude Louis Vincent

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Malcolm And Hartshorne On The Anselmian Argument For The Existence Of God, James Allan Meyer Jan 1965

Malcolm And Hartshorne On The Anselmian Argument For The Existence Of God, James Allan Meyer

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Accelerated Program In The Chesterfield County School System, Charles Willard Krause Jul 1964

A Study Of The Accelerated Program In The Chesterfield County School System, Charles Willard Krause

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.