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Origin And Development Of The Portable Board Indoor Running Track In Winnipeg, Manitoba, S. Jack Hunt

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The thesis hero abstracted was written under the direction of Walter C. Koenig and approved by John L, Quaday and Roy U. Jorgenson as members of the examining committee, of which Walter C. Koenig was chairman.

The purposes of this study were to furnish interested individuals with: (1) an authentic record of events that led to the construction of the portable board indoor running track and (2) information in methods or details of procedure that will facilitate construction of similar portable board indoor running tracks.

Relationships of the background and planning stages behind the actual construction of the portable board …

A Study Of Furniture Discounting, John Mackay Voss

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Origins And Development Of The Church Of The Firstborn Of The Fullness Of Times, Lyle O. Wright

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The purpose of this work is to present a history of the Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times, including information relative to its origin that will lead to a better understanding of that history.

Directive Effects In The Sulfonation Of Toluene ; Synthesis And Attempted Rearrangement Of Some Anilinoketones ; The Kinetics And Mechanism Of The Addition Of Bromine To Cyclohexene In Dichloromethane. Solution, John Joseph Duvall

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The pure sodium salts of the toluenesulfonic acids were prepared by one of two ways. Both methods started with diazotization of the toluidine. In the first method, the diazonium solution was treated with sulfur dioxide and copper powder, and the resulting sulfinic acid was oxidized to the sulfonic acid with potassium permanganate. In the second method, the diazonium solution was treated with cuprous chloride and sulfur dioxide to give the sulfonyl chloride which was hydrolyzed to the sulfonate. Toluene was sulfonated by SO3 (enriched with S-35) in refluxing SO2 solution. The isotope dilution technique was used to determine the isomer …

A History Of The Discontinued Mediterranean Missions Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Ralph L. Cottrell Jr.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been a proselyting organization almost since its founding. The first missionary for the Church was Samuel Harrison Smith, who was sent by his brother Joseph Smith to sell The Book of Mormon in the area of Livonia, New York. Elder Orson Pratt preached the first sermon outside of the United States, and because many of the listeners had relatives in England, the Church was able to introduce its message to the people of Great Britain. Missionary work of the Church has primarily been to the Christian nations, even though during the …

A Critical Analysis Of The Management Of Springville High School Museum Of Art, Rell G. Francis

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the management policies of the Springville High School Museum of Art, and to arrive at an estimate of their effectiveness by means of a comparative analysis with fundamental elements of generally accepted good museum management.

Materials from the booklet, So You Want a Good Museum by Carl E. Guthe, were used as basic criteria for making the comparison which included investigating the following factors: (1) goals and purposes, (2) collections, (3) organization, (4) administration, and (5) activities.

A survey of literature, visits to museums, and interviews with museum administrators were made to …

A History Of Brigham Young's Indian Superintendency (1851-1857): Problems And Accomplishments, Fred R. Gowans

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The problem of this study was two-fold: first, to determine the accomplishments of the Utah Territorial Indian Superintendency during Brigham Young's term in office; and second, to study the difficulties which hindered this superintendency from functioning in a manner which would be most beneficial to the Indian people. These difficulties fit into three major groups: friction within the superintendency, Indian depredations, and lack of cooperation on the part of the Federal Government.

The main sources of information for this study were the official letters sent by the superintendency to the Indian Commission in Washington. Letters sent from Washington to the …

A Study To Determine How Schools Should Conduct, Evaluate, And Administer Their Intramural Athletic Program, Robert P. O'Connor

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A Book Of Mormon Course Of Study For Indian Students In Released-Time Seminaries, Robert Lee Hales

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This course has been written to present a simplified version of the Book of Mormon for use with students whose reading skills are below average. It was specifically designed for released-time Indian seminary students. The Indian students often find it very hard to compete with white students in seminary. Where this problem exists teachers have found it advisable to form all-Indian classes.

Released-time Indian seminary classes are a recent addition to the L.D.S. Seminary system. In the 1962-63 school year two such classes were held. The future holds promise that many more will be instituted. Teaching the Book of Mormon …

Abraham Alonzo Kimball: A Nineteenth Century Mormon Bishop, Jerry C. Higginson

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Abraham Alonzo Kimball was born of Heber C. Kimball and his plural wife, Clarissa Cutler Kimball, in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois on April 16, 1846. At this time the Mormons were being expelled from Nauvoo so young Abe was taken to Winter Quarters with the major portion of the Mormon refugees. Clarissa Cutler Kimball refused to come West with the Mormons. Instead, she took her young son to Iowa to join a break-off church founded by her father, Alpheus Cutler, called the True Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Abe's mother died about three years later and he was …

The Effectiveness Of Home Night As A Supplement To Lds Seminary Instruction, Joseph L. Allen

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This study was undertaken for the purpose of determining the effectiveness of L.D.S. Seminary-oriented home night program. The home night program consisted of an experimental group of students holding weekly home nights with their parents, following discussion of gospel principles in Seminary during the school hours. A control group was established which supplemented its program writing weekly summaries instead of directing a home night.

Suggested Inspirational Devotionals To Accompany The Church History And Doctrine Course Prescribed By The Department Of Education Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, G. Osmond Dunford

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The Seminaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were organized to provide religious education for high school and junior high school students. Inspirational devotional programs are a part of the class procedure in the Seminaries designed to create a spiritual tone in this religious education. Objectives of these devotional periods are:
1. To encourage students to reflect and meditate on spiritual subjects.
2. To provide opportunities and experiences for student participation in planning and presenting inspirational devotional programs.
3. To establish in the classroom an atmosphere or setting which will stimulate the study of scripture and sacred …

Vegetational Changes Of The Uinta Basin Since Settlement, Bernard Curtis Dastrup

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A general survey of the vegetational changes of the rangelands of the Uinta Basin was made using historical records, documents, interviews, and recent vegetational surveys. Historical vegetatienal information about the Uinta Basin is very limited, most of it pertaining to the vegetation along the streams and rivers. Escalante, in 1776, mentioned the splendid groves of cottonwoods, the fine pastures, and the abundance of game along the rivers. Ashley in 1825 and Powell in 1870 entered the Basin via the Green River. Ashley crossed the Basin following the Duchesne River and its tributary the Strawberry River. He described the groves of …

Latter-Day Prophets And Present-Day Curriculum, Neil J. Flinders

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A gap exists between the religious ideals of human behavior and the common practices of man. Considerable effort has been expended in attempts to discover how to teach men to behave in ways that would be acceptable to society and still satisfy the ideals of the various religions. This problem is one of the major concerns of religious education.

In an effort to solve the above problem among its membership, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has established a program of week-day religious instruction, commonly referred to as the "Seminary program." This organization is currently engaged in an …

A Study Of The Reasons Why Selected Business Education Subjects Are Not Taught In The Public High Schools Of North Dakota, Wayne D. Davison

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An Appraisal Of The Business Curriculum Of The College Of Great Falls, Great Falls, Montana, 1952-1962, Helen Paula, Sister Grant

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The Response To Group Frustration : The Agrarian Basis Of Isolationism, Raymond C. Jorgenson

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A Survey Of Adapted Physical Education At All Levels Of Public Instruction In The State Of North Dakota, James H. Goodridge

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The Day Of The Bonanza : A History Of Bonanza Farming In The Red River Valley Of The North, Hiram M. Drache

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A Method For Simultaneous Catheterization Of The Major Hepatic Vessels Utilizing A Common Hepatic Vein, Allan C. Hoekzema

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Compositional And Thickness Dependence Of Magnetoresistence In Permalloy Films, Harvey B. Haukaas

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A Description And Evaluation Of Current Teacher Education Admissions Policies And Practices In North Dakota Institutions Of Higher Learning, R Cameron Gillund

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A Determination Of K And L For Potato Substances, Ralph W. Leidholdt

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A Description Of The Status Of Science In The High Schools Of The United States, James B. Lehr

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Adding And Calculating Machine Standards In Selected Post-Secondary Schools, Jerald Bruce Lydeen

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A History Of Farm Mortgage Indebtedness And Direct Farm Mortgage Relief In North Dakota From 1920-1950, Paul A. Larson

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The Effects Of Inflation On North Dakota Farm Income, George Kronbach

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An Appraisal Of The Concept Of Historical Cost As A Basis For Valuation Of Tangible Fixed Assets, Richard T. King

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An Evaluation Of The Effect Of Teaching Spatial Skills To Educable Mentally Handicapped Students And Its Influence On Reading, Marlys Marie Mitchell

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The Hall Effect And Its Application In An Analog Multiplier, Donley J. Winger

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