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A Study Of Coleridge's "Dejection: An Ode", William. Shurr

Master's Theses

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Actual, Virtual, And Habitual Intention In St. Thomas Aquinas, Edmund Robert Skrzypczak

Master's Theses

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The Growth And Development Of A Program For Exceptional Children In The State Of West Virginia, Marcia Walker Blandau

Master's Theses

West Virginia is a comparatively young state. Special Education in the public schools is younger still. Throughout the history of West Virginia, the state has had financial difficulties and political factions. When West Virginia became a state she had no institutions, no social organs to provide for the general welfare, no common schools, no normal schools, and no university. Within sixty-five years the state had provided twelve institutions tor exceptional children. And today, six years before the state celebrates its first centennial, West Virginia has a well established special education program.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the …

The Principal's Part In Planning The Program For The Gifted Child, Jack Edwards Dickson

Master's Theses

A major responsibility of school administration lies in recognizing current trends in education. One or the current major trends in education today is that or discovering, planning and providing for the gifted child. More than ever, men and women with ability are needed in positions of influence in all fields of human relations and technical know- ledge. To discover and develop talent and ability, and to facilitate their use for common good, must be a major objective of the school and community. "The democratic ideal can be most fully attained when every individual has opportunity for educational experiences commensurate with …

The Extent Of Dropouts In Public Schools In Richmond And Metropolitan Area, Donald Barham Beaman

Master's Theses

About the middle or the nineteenth century the graded school emerged, which resulted in a great number of failures, which, in turn caused an overloading of lower grades and many dropouts in the upper grades.l Although dropouts in large numbers began at about this time it has been only in recent years that they have been classified as a problem. The problem rises largely from the concept that everyone should be in school until eighteen, or until he completes high school. Statistics dealing with the trends of all youth show that eighty per cent enter the ninth grade and only …

The History And Significance Of The Student Cooperative Association In Virginia, Mercer Weldon Kay

Master's Theses

For a number of years it had been the hope of the headquarters staff of the Student Cooperative Association that a study be made of the history of the organization. The Student Cooperative Association is an outgrowth of the Cooperative Education Association which was organized in Virginia in 1905. There were a number of fragmentary and scattered references made to the work of the Student Cooperative Association and its predecessor, the Junior Community League. The majority of these articles were written in appraisal of an individual chapter or community accomplishment, with little or no reference made to a statewide organization. …

A History Of Education In Suffolk And Nansemond County, Virginia, Robert Bell Moore

Master's Theses

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An Approach To The Development Of Executive Personnel, Donald Gray Burnette

Master's Theses

On September 25, 1956, the president of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia appointed a committee of company officers to make a study of what is known and of what is being done by industry to develop executive personnel. Upon completion of the study, the committee was to make a formal report to the president with its recommendations as to what action the company should take in order to develop qualified executives to meet future needs.

The procedure which was used in making this study was to analyze and appraise the philosophies and practices of the above companies as related …

Ratio Analysis Of Financial Statements, Donald Eugene Furr

Master's Theses

The twentieth century has been witness to a phenomenal rate of growth in accounting. To a large degree this growth can be attributed to large scale production, a characteristic of this complex industrial era. More accountants than ever before are engaged in the tasks of recording, classifying, summarizing and interpreting financial data. Financial statements are the end products of an accountant's task.

For every accountant employed in the construction of a statement, there are scores of people interested in the analysis and use of such statements, particularly the balance sheet and income statements. These persons include creditors, bankers, investors,executives and …

Performance Budgeting : Report And Evaluation Of Its Use In Municipal Administration, William Robert Harton

Master's Theses

The Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, better known as the Hoover Commission, in its Report on Budgeting and Accounting to the Congress of the United States in February, 1949, reported that the Federal Budget was poorly organized and improperly designed to serve its major purpose which was to present an understandable as well as a workable financial plan for the expenditures of government. The report further indicated that some or the fiscal procedures and concepts of the federal government came down from the. time of Alexander Hamilton resulting in an accounting system which was outmoded …

The Story Of The West Baden Springs Hotel , John William O'Malley

Master's Theses

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Recreation For The Aged In The Catholic Homes For The Aged Of The Diocese Of Chicago , James Tracy Hanna

Master's Theses

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Development Of Union Counseling In The Congress Of Industrial Organizations , Robert Edward West

Master's Theses

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The Working Men's Party Of New York City, 1829-1830, James A. O'Brien

Master's Theses

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A History Of The United Cement, Lime And Gypsum Workers International Union , John Martin Heneghan

Master's Theses

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A Study Of The Administration Of The Government In Sussex County, Virginia, Alton Field Owen

Master's Theses

After careful observance or the government of Sussex county as it presently, operates, and after a number of interviews with both citizens and officers or the county, and after an intensive study or the, Optional Forms Act of 1952, it is my sincere belief that the citizens of Sussex County, would realize greater benefits and be able to exert more influence in their local affairs if they would change from the present form or local government to the County Executive form of local government.

An Analysis Of Sovereignty And Its Application To Segregation In Public Schools, Patricia Minor Murphy

Master's Theses

Division of authority between the national goverment and the state governments has been a problem since the origin of the United States and this problem is especially prominent today in so far as it concerns the public schools. In the present situation, both constitutional and emotional difficulties are concerned; for this reason, history, constitutional analysis, and recent developments in trends of thought are all essential parts of a discussion concerning the present problem of segregation in public schools.

Almost three years ago, the Supreme Court rendered its decision in the Segregation Cases, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), in which it held …

An Electromyographic Study Of Certain Leg Muscles In The Easy Standing Position , Lucille Virginia Naponiello

Master's Theses

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Studies On Serum Glutamic Oxalacetic Transaminase , Herndon Guinn Shepherd

Master's Theses

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The Effect Of Arterenol And Epinephrine On Experimental Arteriopathy , Bernard Friedman

Master's Theses

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Histological Effects Of Cortisone On The Maxillary Incisors And Associated Tissues In The Albino Rat , Mar-Yohana Genia Mar-Yohana

Master's Theses

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An Exploratory Investigation Of Anxiety In Alcoholics , Daniel John Anderson

Master's Theses

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An Experimental Investigation Of The Relationship Between Personality Traits And Social Preference Of Classmates , Mary Brudny

Master's Theses

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The Criminal Law Reforms Of Sir Samuel Romilly , Martin Francis Conley

Master's Theses

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Origin Of The Double-Zone Effect In The Disc-Plate Sensitivity Determinations With Proteus Species , Roberta Smith

Master's Theses

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An Analysis Of The Role Of Labor, Management And Government In The Administration Of Health And Welfare Plans , Milton C. Jossey

Master's Theses

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The Crew Of The Narcissus: A Study Of Joseph Conrad, Charles Edwin Herman

Master's Theses

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An Analysis Of The Investment Policies Of International Unions , Merlin Joseph Kingsley

Master's Theses

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Theodore Roosevelt And Civil Service Reform , Joseph Anthony Linehan

Master's Theses

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Labor And Management Interests In The Illinois Unemployment Compensation Act From 1945 Through 1955 , Quentin Foch Patterson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.