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Photography As Used By Artists, James R. Weeks

Theses and Dissertations

This study was undertaken to show the relationship of photography to the fine arts* A brief examination of the development of photography and its use by artists is included. This examination indicates that since the beginning of photography, artists have made use of it in their art.

The study includes photographic processes used by the author in creating works of art. The text is illustrated with thesis projects which support the discussion.

A Study Of Zone Offensive Techniques Used By Class "A" High School Basketball Coaches In North Dakota, Denis J. Limke

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine what types of zone offense are used by Class "A" High School Basketball Coaches in North Dakota.

Thirty-seven questionnaires along with basketball court diagrams with four different zone defenses already drawn on them were sent to all Class "A" basketball coaches. Thirty-one questionnaires were received and an analysis made. Each type of offense was then drawn and explained on a court diagram.

The most common defense encountered within the last five years was the "2-1-2" zone defense.

All coaches used screens to prevent normal defensive movement and believed in movement of offensive …

The Affect Of An Individual's Membership Segment On Attitude Orientation, Values, And Political Participation, James H. Larson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to discover the effect of a voluntary association on the individual's political behavior, attitudes, and values. If the process of internalizing norms, attitudes and values of the association does occur, it should occur in relation to the various types of psychological membership segments of the relationship-space model. In addition, the purpose of the study is to relate the membership segments of the r-space model to reference group theory.

The voluntary associations of Grand Forks, listed with the Chamber of Commerce, were grouped according to the classification scheme of Gordon and Babchuk: degree of accessibility; …

A History Of The Women's Physical Education Department At The University Of North Dakota, Margaret L. Milne

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to compile a history of the Women's Physical Education Department at the University of North Dakota. The historical method of research was followed with limited use of the questionnaire technique of research.

The historical method included the collection of data which were grouped into a time and subject sequence. Material x^as criticized and interpreted by accepted historical techniques. This particular method included the treatment of data for cause and effect x-diich permitted the development of patterns for testing of che hypotheses.

A questionnaire x^as developed and sent to select individuals which included former women …

The Effect Of Ankle Weights On The Jumping Performance Of A Selected Group Of High School Basketball Players, Dennis W. Gienger

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to ascertain what effects the use of ankle weights would have on standing broad jumping performance of selected high school basketball players.

Three groups of twelve subjects each were used in this study. Each group was tested at the start of the experimental period, after six v/eeks of training and at the end of the twelfth training week. The test involved standing broad jumping performance measured to the nearest one-fourth inch.

Comparisons were made between the means within each group on the pre-, mid-, and final tests. Comparisons were also made between the three …

An Evaluation Of The Specialized Professional Physical Education Programs In State Supported Colleges And Universities In North Dakota, Stephen B. Hurd

Theses and Dissertations

This study compared the physical education curricula for undergraduate, male physical education majors at colleges and universities in North Dakota with the curriculum recommended by the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation's Professional Preparation Conference in 1962. The schools studied were Dickinson State College, Mayville State College, Minot State College, North Dakota State University, the University of North Dakota, and Valley City State College.

The latest catalogues from the schools were surveyed to determine whether an institution offered a specific course or experience, defined as a minimum of ten regular class sessions, in each of the 51 categories …

The Relationship Between Training In Verbal Interaction Analysis And Selected Counseling Process Variables, Arthur J. Redding

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between training in verbal interaction analysis and selected counseling process variables. The counseling process variables were counselor personality traits and the therapeutic conditions of empathic understanding, respect, and genuineness.

Procedure: The subjects in the study consisted of thirty beginning counseling practicum students enrolled in the Department of Counseling and Guidance at the University of North Dakota. The group was divided into three experimental groups and three control groups. The experimental groups received fourteen hours of training in Flanders' verbal interaction analysis as modified by Amidon. The control groups met …

The 1966 Republican Campaign In North Dakota, Joseph Charles Crawford

Theses and Dissertations

The 1966 Republican Campaign in North Dakota discusses the efforts of the Party from May, 1965 through November, 1966. The pre-convention period illustrates the effort of the North Dakota Republicans to rebuild their organization after the 1964 defeat. Analysis of this effort is made with regard to finances, organization, and research.

The study then discusses the 1966 state convention, the rise of youth in the Party organization, background and insight into all the races, and a complete tabulation of all ballots. Special emphasis is placed on the problem of the John Birch Society and on how that problem was resolved …

The Nonpartisan League : A Quest Of Community, Leonard Wentz

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is the examination and appraisal of the rise and decline of the Nonpartisan League as a mass movement in North Dakota. Previous interpretations have been mostly economic in nature. This study interprets the League members I situation from the socio-psychological view. This thesis will attempt to show the editorial directions of leading newspapers with regard to the agrarian situation from 1916 to 1920.

The procedure involved a study of the sociological conditions of the North Dakota farmers before they accepted the Nonpartisan League ideology. The Nonpartisan Leader's editorial policy was viewed to show its interpretation …

Saftey Glasses In Wyoming Industrial Arts, Wayne E. Simonson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Selected Dimensions Of The Counselor-Client Relationship, Derwyn L. Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

The Problem This study sought to answer some questions about the inter-personal relationship between the counselor and client in a university counseling center. The research questions were: Do male clients require different levels of counselor empathy, respect and genuineness from female clients? Are different levels of the counselor-offered therapeutic conditions required for different types of problems? Do the counselor-offered conditions help promote conditions conducive to constructive change in clien il

Procedure The clients in this study were twenty-seven male and twenty-seven female students at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The counselors were nine male doctoral …

Marketing Practices Of Selected Dry Cleaners In North Dakota, Marland R. Lee

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis was to describe and analyze the marketing practices of selected North Dakota dry cleaners. The first dry cleaning plants in the state of North Dakota are believed to have been established during the late 1890s. The data used in the study was collected from a sample of full-service dry cleaning plants in North Dakota. A mail questionnaire was employed in the survey.

The results of the survey showed that the average reporting dry cleaning plant in North Dakota was somewhat smaller than the typical dry cleaning plant in the United States. The median gross receipts …

The Tax Aspects Of Profit-Sharing Plans, Larry Kemnitz

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Management Consulting: Its Present And Future Use In Business Decision-Making, Joseph Mitchell

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No abstract provided.

Legislative Reapportionment In North Dakota -1961-1965, Donald P. Benkusky

Theses and Dissertations

'The North Dakota Constitutional Convention of 1889 provided that the representation of both houses of the legislature be based on population. The Convention made the first apportionment in 1889, and the Legislative Assembly made the subsequent ones in 1901, 190?, 1911, 1915, and 1931* Between 1931 and 1961 no apportionment was made by the Assembly despite substantial population shifts within the state*

Failure to apportion for thirty years led to the passage ir. ti.e June 1960 primary of an initiated constitutional amendment. The amendment froze the Senate apportionment that was established in 1931, based representation in the lower house on …

A Comparison Of Multiple Unit Activity During Classical, Instrumental, And Discrimination Learning Using A Noxious Unconditioned Stimulus, James V. Beardsley

Theses and Dissertations

Multiple unit recording is a relatively new electrophysiological recording technique which records spike potentials from many neurons. In the Halas laboratory and others, systematic changes have been observed during classical conditioning but none under other conditioning procedures . Recently, some have interpreted changes in evoked potentials and multiple unit potentials as due to emotional arousal (fear) and thus related more to a conditioned emotional response (CER) than to conditioning per se. If a CER occurs, and not a learning modification, then during classical aversive conditioning a high sustained neuronal response ought to occur. This would reflect the high degree of …

Regression In A Verbal Conditioning Situation As A Function Of Psychiatric Illness, Perry O. Orwick

Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate regression among psychiatric groups in a verbal conditioning situation. Secondary purposes were to study the conditioning performance of the psychiatric groups and their awareness of the reinforcement contingency.

The actual Ss were 30 male and 30 female patients selected from the resident population of the North Dakota State Hospital. Ss were selected on the basis of the official diagnosis of schizophrenia, psychoneurosis, or personality trait disturbance, age, and months of hospitalization. Sixteen individuals in each of the diagnosis x sex categories were randomly selected to serve in either an experimental or …

The Position Of The Female Secretary In The United States From 1900 Through 1967: An Historical Study, Elizabeth Shaughnessy Oelrich

Theses and Dissertations

The problem was to trace the development of the position of the female secretary in business in the United States from 1900 to 1967. The paper was divided into five sections; namely, origins of the secretarial position; the secretarial position, 1900-1920; the secretarial position, 1920-1940; the secretarial position, 1940-1967; and secretarial specialties.

The historical research method was used to compile data for each section in relation to descriptions of the position, education and experience required, extensiveness of the position, salary, professionalism, and the effect of two wars, a depression, automation, and specialization.

The bona fide secretarial position has not basically …

An Analysis Of The Marketing Practices Of North Dakota Motels, Kenneth L. Mellem

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis describes and analyzes the marketing practices of North Dakota motels. The data were obtained principally from a survey of selected North Dakota motels. A mail questionnaire was sent to 150 randomly chosen motel and a 43 per cent return was received. The main topics discussed in the thesis are: organization structure, size gross revenue, facilities, advertising methods, location, and room rate policy.

The most common form of ownership of North Dakota motels was the single proprietorship. As this form of ownership usually limits the amount of capital available, most motels in North Dakota were relatively small. Ninety four …

Gubernatorial Veto In North Dakota, Charles D. Whiting

Theses and Dissertations

This study attempts to determine the extent that Dakota territorial and North Dakota State governors have exercised the gubernatorial veto. The approach is historical. The development of the gubernatorial veto is outlined, the state constitutional provisions concerning it are presented, and individual performances by governors are indicated. A more detailed account of the veto exercised by the current Governor, William L. Guy, is given.

Dakota Territory was created with the governor having an absolute veto over acts of the legislature. Later Congress granted the legislature the power to override a veto. Ten territorial governors used the veto and a number …

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles As They Apply To Equity Transactions And Equity Presentation On The Balance Sheet, David Dietzler

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No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Personnel Turnover Problem In National Accounting Firms, Douglas J. Mackay

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No abstract provided.

Sample Preparation And Electron Microprobe Analysis Of Lignite And Deposits, Thomas D. Wilhelm

Theses and Dissertations

A suitable technique for preparation of lignite ash deposits for electron microprobe analyses was developed. Six samples were prepared and systematically analyzed on the microprobe for chemical concentrations and distribution relationships at four separate positions on the tube deposit. The six samples were collected on air cooled tubes placed in the combustion gas stream during combustion of four high sodium lignites and two low sodium lignites in the Bureau of Mines pilot plant combustor.

Sodium-sulfur compounds were found in a layer completely surrounding the tube. The thickness of this layer was reduced when covered by the bulk of the deposit. …

Weight And Isometric Training In Relation To Certain Aspects Of Golf Performance, Richard L. Wenzel

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a weight lifting and isometric exercise program could be developed, which would enable a golfer to increase his distance off the tee without adversely affecting the accuracy of various golf shots.

One group of ten subjects was used in this study. This group was tested in the fall of 1966 to determine the distance and accuracy with which they could hit the ball off the tee. The golfers were also tested for the degree of accuracy which they possessed in hitting the chip shot both for distance and angle deviation. They …

The North Dakota State Sales And Use Tax Enforcement; Changes In Statute, Ogranization, And Administrative Procedures, Micheal L. Puklich

Theses and Dissertations

Inadequate tax enforcement in the past has caused the North Dakota Legislature to increase the rate and/or broaden the base of the sales and use tax law since the passage of the original Sales Tax Law in 1935 and the Use Tax Law in 1939.

The objective of this thesis is to bring out the changes in the Sales and Use Tax Statutes, the North Dakota Tax Department organizational structure and administrative procedures and to provide suggested changes.

By 1965, most of the necessary changes in the Sales and Use Tax Statutes which provided the Tax Commissioner with the necessary …

Dispersal Of Mites Within Apple Trees Of An Abandoned Orchard In Central Utah, Eugene Eldon Nelson

Theses and Dissertations

From January to July, 1967, a study of dispersion and distribution characteristics of Typhlodromus mcgregori Chant, Bryobia praetiosa Koch, and Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten) was made in an abandoned apple orchard in Highland, American Fork, Utah and in the laboratory at Provo, Utah. Bryobia praetiosa overwintered on the spurs and the other protected sites and with the advent of spring migrated out of the tree and back onto the cover crop. Coinciding with the movement of B. praetiosa out of the tree was the hatching of winter eggs and maturation of B. rubrioculus primarily on the spurs but as far down …

Distribution Of The Major Plant Communities In Utah, Robert Howard Foster

Theses and Dissertations

Utah is a state containing a complexity of landforms in a unique continental setting which results in a variety of climatic and edaphic conditions. The variety, however, is not expressed on a latitudinal plane from north to south but is primarily altitudinal, changing from the playa or valley floors to the mountain tops. The associated arrangement of vegetation, consequently, is usually according to elevation, the elevation generally regulation precipitation and thus edaphic conditions. Slope exposure and position of landforms relative to storm-tracks are modifiers, and prevent fixed posisions for many vegetation types. Vegetation in Utah is as variable as are …

The Distribution Of Overwintering Arthropods In A Sheep Pasture In Utah County, Utah, Richard Frank Ashley

Theses and Dissertations

The parasitic mites on mammals living in the chaparral community of Utah are practically unknown ecologically. Keegan (1953) was the first to publish on parasitic mites from Utah. He listed mites of 12 species and 9 genera from Tooele and Juab counties from hosts which included one Peromyscus truei, five P. crinitus, and 20 P. maniculatus. Brennan and Beck (1955) published on the chiggers of Utah and included a key to 38 species. Allred (1954, 1956, 1957, 1958) studied the geographical distribution, seasonal occurrence, and biology of mites found on mice of the genus Peromyscus in Utah.

A Comparative Study Of The Teaching Methods Of The Lds And Non-Lds Sunday School Movements In The United States Prior To 1900, Ronald Lewis Knighton

Theses and Dissertations

Sunday schools were an important part of the development of religious education in the United States and in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (L.D.S. Church). It was the purpose of this study (1) to analyze the teaching methods of both the L.D.S. and non-L.D.S. Sunday school movements in the United States prior to 1900; and (2) to compare the teaching methods used by these Sunday school developments and determine similarities and differences.

National Bank Examinations: Do They Provide Adequate Protection?, Arthur A. Hiltner

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.