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A History Of Thomas Jefferson High School, Marion Noonan Moody

Master's Theses

This study has considered the background of the city which the school serves; the school plant; the school staff; the school population; and the school program in order to create plans that will establish progress in future high schools. This study is composed from past events in the hopes of learning from previous experience in order to create further developments in high schools.

A Further Investigation Of The Effects Of Achievement Imagery And Differential Instructions On Maze Learning Performance, Ann Hunter

Master's Theses

One of the personality variables that has been the object of considerable interest in recent years is "need achievement." This variable was first defined by Murray as the need for "success in competition with some standard of excellence." McClelland and his associates, measuring need for achievement from written responses to TAT-type pictures, have reported Significant and useful relationships between this variable and several behavioral criteria.

In order to have a more objective method of measuring need achievement, the Iowa Picture Interpretation Test (IPIY) was developed at the State University of Iowa laboratories. The IPIT obtains scores on four variables: achievement …

An Investigation Into The Preparation For The Elementary Principalship In The White Public Schools Of Virginia Having Five Or More Teachers, Robert Donald Ford

Master's Theses

Much attention has been focused in recent years upon the growing demand for elementary teachers, and the subsequent shortage of qualified personnel. Co-existent with this shortage of trained teachere is the short supply of qualified, trained personnel to assume he unique role of leadership demanded of an elementary principal.

It is the author 's belief that, amid all the hue and cry for "good teachers". Not enough attention has been given the importance of obtaining good principals. This concern has led the author to ask, "Where do the persons who are appointed to the elementary principalship come from? What is …

A Study Of The State Teachers' Scholarship Program In Virginia, Nora Jones Culpeper

Master's Theses

A State Teachers Scholarship Program was inaugurated in Virginia in 1947. The program, based on appropriations made by the General Assembly of Virginia for each biennium, has been in continuous operation for eleven years. It provides financial assistance in the form of scholarship grants for in-service teachers and for individuals who are preparing to enter the teaching profession.

The State Teachers' Scholarship Program, designed to foster the cause of education in Virginia,should be appraised in terms or its effectiveness. It is a recognized fact that any service which has been in operation for a period of time should be evaluated …

The Educational Program Of The Civilian Conservation Corps, James Ensign Britton

Master's Theses

Federal participation in American public school education began with the public school land grants of 1785. The succeeding years saw many extensions of federal aid to education, e.g., research conferences with state and local edu- cation officials with the purpose of bringing to their attention the problems of youth and to plan attacks on these problems, and publishing and distributing reports of educational accomplishments of states and localities. But, throughout this period, extending until 1933, the central government's relation to education was clear. Public education was regarded as a state prerogative. What broad controls the Federal Government exercised over certain …

An Analysis Of Instalment Credit Within Commercial Banks, Wayne Atwell Freeland

Master's Theses

Within the past two decades, the rapid expansion of consumer installment credit activity by commercial banking has been a noteworthy development. Commercial bankers have made an about face in a brief period of financial history. As recently as the early 1930's the attitude of commercial bankers toward installment credit was one of hesitance and reluctance. Since that period commercial banks have expanded to become the largest single holder of installment credit.

The primary purpose of this thesis is to review and evaluate the principles, methods and procedures used in the investigation and credit decision of consumer instalment credit as established …

Density Measurements Of Urea Adducts, Pascal Angelo Tarantino

Master's Theses

The principal objective of this thesis is to investigate the densities of four different homologous series of urea adducts to discover the effect functional groups have on the density and molar ratio of the adducts. The four series selected are straight chain saturated hydrocarbons of the following types: n-paraffins, alcohols, acids and bromides. The number of carbon atoms contained in the chains are 8, 10, 14 and 18 for each of the respective series.

Since the discovery of urea complexes in 1939 by Frederick M. Bengen, an exceedingly high interest has been awakened in many chemical laboratories all over the …

A Comparative Study Of The Development Of The Notion Of Concept In The Psychology And Philosophy Of William James, Paul Vincent Robb

Master's Theses

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Protagonists Of Seven Representative Plays Of Joanna Baillie In Relation To Aristotelian Principles Of Characterization , Ruth Mcgugan

Master's Theses

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A Metaphysical Analysis Of Life , Francis Joseph Catania

Master's Theses

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Automation In Accounting Through Electronic Data Processing, John Edward Traylor

Master's Theses

Similar to the Industrial Revolution with its impact on factory management during the early nineteen hundreds is the electronical means of processing data to the office. This new era in office and accounting procedure has opened the door to many new systems in the processing of paper. For the first time in the history of man we are able to do these things:

1. Present timely reports to management of large-scale operations.

2. Eliminate present manual and machine methods with their undesirable elements of inaccuracy.

3. Eliminate the necessity of writing down an element of information more than once.

4. …

Shaw's Doctrine Of Realism In Caesar And Cleopatra, Gene D. Phillips

Master's Theses

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Imitation In Plato's Aesthetic Theory, Thomas Patrick Kennealy

Master's Theses

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Fakability Of Interest Tests , James Anthony Becker

Master's Theses

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In Vivo Antagonism Between A Strain Of Shigella Flexneri And Microorganisms Found In The Normal Intestinal Flora , David John Hentges

Master's Theses

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The Computer, The Industrial Relations Aspects, A Case Study , Arthur Anthony Malinowski

Master's Theses

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Healing Of An Experimental Incision In The Human Attached Gingiva , Henry Robert Mittelman

Master's Theses

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A Study Of George Wilson Knight's Imaginative Interpretation Of Shakespeare , Joan Evelyn Biedertsedt

Master's Theses

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Concreteness In Chesterton , John William Glaser

Master's Theses

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Disputed Questions In Wordsworth's Ode: Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood , Frank Anthony Grady

Master's Theses

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A Study Of The Cleansing Of The Sanctuary In Relation To Current Denominational History, Donald Karr Short

Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study to (1) review very briefly the experience of the believers who expected Christ to return in the year 1844; (2) to examine the teaching which grew out of this experience that has come to be known as "the cleansing of the sanctuary," and (3) primarily to discover, if possible, any additional meaning or application this teaching may hold at this time for the Seventh-day Adventist denomination and consequently for the entire world.

An Investigation Of The Concept Of Perfectionism As Target In The Writings Of Ellen G. White, F. W. Bieber

Master's Theses

This thesis provides an examination of the concept of Perfectionism in the writings of Ellen G. White. During her lifetime, the topic was hotly debated in many of the churches, which may have influenced her teaching.

Objectives Of Interscholastic Athletics And Factors Affecting Their Achievement, Aloysius Albert Zimmerman

Master's Theses

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A Historical Survey Of The Lutheran Charities Of Chicago, Ralph Gerald Cathcart

Master's Theses

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A Comparison Of The Problems Of Institutionalized And Non-Institutionalized Children , John Walter Keller

Master's Theses

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Wordsworth's Lucy Poems , John K. Locke

Master's Theses

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Preparations For Collective Bargaining , Paul Proteau

Master's Theses

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An Mmpi Study Of Religious Seminarians , Patrick John Rice

Master's Theses

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Area Agreements With The International Brotherhood Of Teamsters Made By One National Company, 1940 To 1957 , Edward William Sexton

Master's Theses

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The Family Court Of Cook County Illinois: Structure And Function, Joel Francis Tenore

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.