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H.H. Munro And The Surprise Ending, William Matta

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Educational Needs Of Patients Undergoing Treatment For Cancer : A Comparison Of Patient And Nurse Perceptions, Roxanne Kathleen Hurley

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The Relationship Between Self-Concept And Perceptions About Placement Of Eighth-Grade Students At Wahpeton Indian School, Joyce Burr

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Serving God And Government : The Grey Nuns On Devil's Lake Reservation, 1874-1901, Eleanor E. Merrow

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A Comparative Study Of Cleopatra In Three Selected Plays : Shaw's Caesar And Cleopatra, Shakespeare's Antony And Cleopatra, And Dryden's All For Love, Alan A. Fuller

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The Relative Frequency Of Sounds And Various Sound Groups Used In The Initial Position Of Phrases By Standard Speakers During Reading And Monologue, Gail C. Tonsaker

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Incremental Repetition Within J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth: Shadow, Light, And Silmaril Within Mortal-Immortal Marriages, Nancy Lynn Hayes

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This thesis explores the use of incremental repetition to emphasize points of both syntactic and thematic importance within the Middle-earth works of J.R.R. Tolkien. By studying three specific terms: shadow, light, and Silmaril, and how their meaning changes with each occurance, it is possible to see how much Tolkien's mythology owes to his syntactic structure.

Through my research, I have concluded that not only was Tolkien's use of incremental repetition deliberate, but that it was also an essential part of his skill in creating his mythology.

Application Of Combined Jointed Media And Discrete Slip Plane Characteristics To Subsidence Predictions, David W. Basinger

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This thesis presents an application of a numerical formulation incorporating the effects of joints, cracks, and fractures to a soil subsidence predictions problem, and the extension of that formulation to combined discrete slip planes and jointed media continua formulations. The results obtained are compared to each other and to a physical centrifuge simulation performed previously on the same problem.

Ormsby Macknight Mitchel And The Railroad: A Study Of The Significance Of Lines Of Communications In The Civil War, 1861-1862, Michael Robert Terry

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This thesis analyzes a minor campaign of the American Civil War, but one which illustrates the importance of the railroad, as a line of communications, to strategy. In the Spring of 1862, the Union Army in the west concentrated at Pittsburg Landing, in Tennessee, preparatory to an advance south on Corinth, Mississippi. General Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, in command of the Third Division of the Army of the Ohio, was given the defensive duty of safeguarding the Federal left, which included Middle Tennessee, against any Confederate threat from Chattanooga. Instead, Mitchel advanced to and captured Huntsville, Alabama.

This action provided several …

The Use Of The Holland Constructs, As By The Act Assessment, To Predict Collard Persistence, Achievement, Stability, Raymond Gerszewski

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This study examined the use of the Holland constructs, as measured by the ACT Assessment, in the prediction of college persistence, achievement, and stability. Specifically, this research measured the combined effects of expressed and inventoried Holland type, congruency, consistency, and differentiation~ along with the predictors of sex, academic aptitude, and achievement, upon persistence, achievement, and stability. In addition, the relationship of the Holland constructs and these other predictors was examined.

ACT Assessment records for a large sample of new, first-time freshmen (N=ll58) who entered the University of Nor.th Dakota in the Fall of 1978 were retrieved and matched with Student …

Reading Ability And Perception, Christopher J. Revis

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Skilled reading can be partly understood as a set- of interrelated component processes (Perfetti & Lesgold, 1979). The efficiency with which any one of these component pro cesses operates could limit or improve the efficient opera tion of the other component processes. However, there is some controversy over which of these component processes are important in showing differences in overall reading ability. The processes of interest in this study are those at the perceptual level. The purpose of the existing study was to examine the relationship between perceptual processes involved in reading and individual differences in reading ability among college …

An Assessment Of The Attitudes And Perceptions Of School Board Members, Community Members, And State Legislators Toward Community Representation By Local School Boards In North Dakota, Michael L. Ward

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The purpose of this study was to examine the representativeness of school boards in North Dakota in terms of the expressed desires, opinions, and wants of the community. Hypotheses stated that perceptions of school boards did not differ significantly in areas of general representation, representation in policy development, and representation at the state legislative level as perceived by school board members, community members, and state legislators. Additional variables considered in the study were sex, age, income level, occupation, education, and size of school district enrollment.

A survey instrument was mailed to randomly selected community members, all school board members, and …

Touring A Children's Theater Production Designed For Grades 1 Through 6, Paula D. Lindekugel

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Very little is done with the elementary theater programs in the North Dakota school systems. To test the feasibility and ac ceptability of a dramatic production designed for grades one through six, Aurand Harris' Androcles and the Lion was chosen, designed and directed for a tour production. The p ay was presented in eight northeastern North Dakota schools to a total audience numbering over two thousand students.

To determine a response of the acceptability to such a produc tion a pre- and post-one shot Likert design survey was implemented and results were analyzed.

Surveys'show that the production was well received …

A Student Guide To Autotab, Thomas L. Reardon

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The Young Child's View Of Human Diversity: An Exploration, Sara Fritzell Hanhan

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Chapter 11 Reorganization: Creative Management Or An Abusive Of The System?, William R. Zilliot

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Recent developments within the Bankruptcy Court system are controversial. Several of the largest corporations in the United States are currently undergoing reorganization. To some companies, Chapter 11 is the only way out of staggering debt, to others Chapter 11 is a means to stall liability suits, and to still others Chapter 11 represents a way to force wage concessions in the place of honoring union contracts. The entire Bankruptcy Court system itself has been successfully challenged as being Unconstitutional, and continues to operate only by a special dispensation from Congress.

When these developments are placed in an historical context, they …

A Comparison Of Perceptions Of Selected Germanic Executives To Determine If Case-Study Analysis Education Affects Their Decision-Making Process, Richard L. Painchaud

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Problem. The problem of this study was to determine if case-study analysis education was perceived to affect top-level executives in making operating decisions without favoring any of the twenty-two selected influences.

The term selected influences was adopted to represent the twenty-two inputs or variables that were selected as modifiers in the managerial decision-making process. These inputs to decision-making represent many of the functional, social and cultural areas influencing daily life.

Procedures. The study was conducted between September 1983 and February 1984 in the Vienna, Austria (Europe) area.

Seventy-seven top-level executives holding the position of Generaldirektor, Vorstandes, Geschaftsfuhrer, Minister, or Ambassador …

Dedalus And Icarus: The Influence Of James Joyce On The Poetry Of Hart Crane, Ayman F. B. Hussein

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This dissertation is a pioneer study of the influence of James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses on Hart Crane's White Buildings. As such, it is both an influence study and a close reading of Crane's finest poems in a new light.

The first part of the essay (the introduction and the first three chapters) tackles the question of influence, the authors who helped shape Crane's literary make-up, and the extent and limitations of these influences as compared to the thorough-going influence Joyce exerted on Crane. In those chapters I examine the role played …

The Role Of Symbolic Form In The Bedtime Nature Stories Of Thornton W. Burgess, Ronald A. Royer

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The task of this research is to examine the epistemological premises inherent in Thornton W. Burgess' nature stories for children as defined by Ernst Cassirer's philosophy of symbolic forms. Its purpose is to identify these premises, examine them in light of Cassirer's philosophy, and explore their relevance to education theory.

Burgess holds that children are characterized by their potentiality, that their interest in animals is inherent, that they instinctively sense themselves superior to animals, and that for these reasons it is possible to convey any lesson to the child through the medium of a fact-based animal story.

During the course …

A Character Study Of Two Trouser Roles For Mezzo-Soprano In Opera: "Cherubino" From W. A. Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro And "Octavian" From R. Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, Tammy Jo Hensrud-Kerian

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Trouser roles are roles in opera in which women portray young men. These roles present a special problem for the singer-actor - the problem of performing a character through transvestism.

This thesis is a study of two popular trouser roles for mezzo-soprano. It addresses the general history of trouser roles and the specific characters of "Cherubino" from W. A. Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and "Octavian" from R. Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. The study analysis of these two roles incorporates the history of the characters as reflected through the development of librettos in which they appear, a character study focusing on …

Nothing In Mitigation: Natural Law And The Nuremberg Trials, Nels Erickson

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This thesis examines the War Crimes Trials conducted in Nuremberg, Germany during the period 1945 to 1948. It specifically analyzes the crimes of conspiracy to commit aggression and crimes against peace. It interprets the indictments, proceedings, and judgments of the International Military Tribunal from the perspective of natural law, that is the innate moral feeling or inherent sense of right and wrong held to characterize mankind.

The thesis also examines the German "guestion," again in terms of the international morality manifested at Nuremberg. Particular emphasis is placed on the opposing concepts of loyalty to one's nation and one's duty to …

The Impact Of The Mormon Migration On The Community Of Kirtland, Ohio, 1830-1839, Mark R. Grandstaff

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In the early decades of the nineteenth-century, an era of cultural change and disorientation, many turned to revivals to displace insecure emotionalism and to insure themselves of a place in the emerging society. Others, such as the Mormons sought an all encompassing plan that would dispel confusion and restore order to a decadent society. This search led some Mormons to follow their Prophet to Kirtland, Ohio. Once in Kirtland, various sociological conflicts developed which affected how the citizens of Kirtland would perceive their Mormon neighbors. Tantamount to these conflicts was the rapidly increasing Mormon population which triggered a corresponding rise …

The Audit Report, Victoria Beard

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The Nonconformists Of Leeds In The Early Victorian Era: A Study In Social Composition, Susan L. Fales

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This thesis examined the Nonconformist denominational membership in the Borough of Leeds during the early Victorian era to determine the social composition of its members. The chapel goers of Old Dissent, represented by the Unitarians, Baptists, Independents, and the Society of Friends, and New Dissent, represented by the Wesleyan Methodists, Methodist New Connexion, Primitive Methodists and the Mormons were the basis for this study. The results of the occupational, residential, family, and migration analysis revealed a surprisingly high percentage of working classes (72) represented among the Dissenters. This fact flys in the face of contemporary observation and historical investigation, which …

Radicals And Immigrants: Senator William H. King's Response To Nativism, 1917-1924, Craig D. Galli

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When Senator William Henry King took office in 1917, Utah and the nation were apprehensive about the presence of large numbers of foreign born aliens and citizens. Utah's King joined the wartime hysteria and promoted many nativistic policies directed against the foreign born population. During the post-war Red Scare he continued his crusade, concentrating on the suppression of Bolsheviks and the Industrial Workers of the World.

But when Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924--a nativistic law designed to curtail the immigration of southern and eastern Europeans--King was the bill's only opponent from the West or South. Since anti-radicalism and …

An Adaption Of A Student Team Learning Technique To Selected Objectives Of The Muscogee County English Course Of Study For Grades Five And Six, Steve Olive

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This project adapts selected objectives of the Muscogee County English Course of Study for grades five and six to a student team learning instructional method known as Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT). This method uses a cooperative classroom reward structure and peer tutoring to build peer support for achievement. Extensive research has shown TGT to be very effective.

Included in the adaptation package are TGT implementation instructions for teachers, all materials necessary for using TGT for one six-weeks period in fifth and sixth grade English classes, and directions for developing materials to use with other objectives. The materials were field tested with one …

Labor Strikes In The Columbus Textile Mills During The Summer Of 1934, James H. Creek

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One major and three minor textile strikes occurred in Columbus, Georgia, during the summer of 1934. Each minor strike centered around issues at separate mills -- the Muscogee Manufacturing Company, the Georgia Webbing and Tape Company, and the Eagle and Phenix Mills. On September 1, a nation-wide general strike began. Eight of the twelve mills in Columbus were inoperative due to the strike, and three of the remaining four mills were forced to shut down on the second day of the strike due to the high number of strike sympathizers among their employees. Approximately 12,000 workers struck for higher wages, …

Junior High School Teachers' Attitudes Toward Using The Microcomputer As An Instructional Aid, Gordon L. Cooksey

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This study was a descriptive survey of a junior high school's teachers' attitudes toward using the microcomputer as an instructional aid. The subjects were 25 academic teachers at a Muscogee County, Georgia, junior high school. Most of the teachers had been part of a pilot program to introduce a microcomputer laboratory at the junior high level. The data gathering instrument for this study was a 20-item questionnaire devised by the researcher. The questionnaire was pretested and administered in the spring of 1984. The results revealed highly favorable attitudes among teachers in the four academic disciplines toward using the microcomputer as …

Selected Tales From Georgia Indian Tribes With Suggested Application In Junior High School English And Social Studies Curricula, M. Diane Boss

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After finding several references which suggest that there was a need to include Native American Studies in schools, the author of this report decided to create, "Cherokee, Creek, and Yuchi tales with Suggested Activities"; a resource supplement that would be of help to teachers of junior high school English and/or social studies in Columbus.

The completed resource supplement on Georgia Indian folk-tales include tales from three tribes, Cherokee, Creek, and Yuchi, selected because of their importance and proximity to Columbus. Twenty-three tales were chosen based on criteria established by the author.

The resulting collection of stories and instructional suggestions includes …

What Georgia's Middle Graders Are Reading: An Analysis Of Selected Georgia Book Award Recipients, Mary M. Bass

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This project is a thematic analysis of thirty books nominated for the Georgia Children's Book Award Program. Books selected for analysis include the annual winners and one other book, randomly selected, from each year since the program began in 1969. A brief history of the program and the rules for the inclusion of a title are included in the report. A one-page review-analysis of each title includes a readability level, publication date, year nominated, brief sketch of the protagonist, and a synopsis of the book. The review of the literature focuses on similar studies along thematic lines and notes the …