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A Histological Study Of The Malpighian Tubules Of Gryllus Domesticus, William Mack Madison

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Several investigators have made reports upon the structure of the excretory system of the Gryllus domesticus. Bordas, 1899, presented work on the Gryllus domesticus, while Stuart (7), presented work on the Melanoplus differentialis. The present work is based primarily on the work of the two above named workers. There are no discrepancies to be reported here on any previous works, but rather, this investigation tends to prove that the structure found in the malpighian tubules of the Melanoplus differentialis is similar to those found in the Gryllus domesticus.

Many of the methods in microscopical techniques have been handed down tradition-wise …

A Study Of Health Knowledge, Practices Misconceptions And Superstitions Among 7th & 8th Grade Students Of Hopkins County, Vema Land Grays

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First among the seven Cardinal Principles of education is health. There is no doubt that this is necessary for the attainment of every worthwhile ambition and achievement, If health is our first objective in education, every teacher should find time and place for instruction suitable to the age and experience of the child in the practices which make for health.

Throughout the elementary school life of the child the facts and rules of health constantly confront him. In the primary grades health teaching is dependent largely upon the resourcefulness of the teacher. There is no formal text book in these …

A Study Of The Letter Writing Of The High School Students In Cuney High School, Allie Rean Hall Smith

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This thesis is a study of the letter writing that was done by students in the high school English classes of Cuney High School during the first semester of the year 1947-1948.

Special attention has been given to errors of form, arrangement, spelling, punctuation and grammar. After the errors were collected, they were grouped according to various types. The predominating types have been carefully studied and discussed in this thesis.

The need for the study of errors in the letter writing of high school students in the Cuney High School, Cuney, Texas is based on the concrete evidence found in …

A History Of South Dakota Boys' State, Lawrence Blood

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Application Of Stressed Vocabulary Study To Current Reading And Study Of American History, Helen M. Hubbard

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Historical Study Of The Negro In Tennessee - 1796 To 1868, Lillian R. Maxey

Tennessee State University Alumni Theses and Dissertations

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An Analytical Study Of The 1946-47 Testing Program In The Survey Of Literature Course, Myrtle Blackman Blackman

Tennessee State University Alumni Theses and Dissertations

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A Study Of The Division Of Business Administration And Education At Tennessee Agricultural And Industrial State College, R. Bartley J. Campbelle Jr

Tennessee State University Alumni Theses and Dissertations

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A History Of The Development Of County Public Schools For Negroes In Montgomery County, Tennessee From 1922 Through 1947, Katherine Leavelle Allen

Tennessee State University Alumni Theses and Dissertations

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A Comparison Of State Income Tax Laws With The Federal Income Tax Law As Levied On Resident Individuals, Jack Jay Erdman

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Business Education In North Dakota High Schools 1947-48, Lois Josephine Hallen

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A Study Of The Homemakers' Clubs In Rural Grand Forks County, Pauline E. Renke

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Major Aspects Of Pauline Eschatology, Martin G. Bohn

Graduate Thesis Collection

It is our purpose in this dissertation to discuss some of the major phases of St. Paul's teaching concerning the consummation of the ages of history. So far as we can understand his thinking on the subject, he held to the Biblical presentation of history as constituting basically two ages: the present age and the age to come.

A Study Of The Value Of The High School General Educational Development Tests As Predictors Of College Success, George Edberg

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Student Withdrawals From The Independent High Schools Of Bastrop County, Texas, During The Period Of 1936-1946, Estus Essie Simpson

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A Study Of The Eating Habits And Related Factors Of Some Pupils In Grades 4,5 And 6 In Selected Schools In Texas, Lillian M. Lewis

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Despite the large number of studies in nutrition that have been made in the last half-century in the United States, the relation of human diet to various aspects of health still deserves extensive investigation. A vast amount of data are yet needed to fill the gaps in the information concerning human nutrition. Therefore, the writer chose to study the eating habits of pupils in grades h, 5, and 6 for the purpose of determining the extent to which the habits in relation to diets conformed to standards, and in light of the findings to make suggestions for improvement. The need …

A Follow-Up Study Of Students Who Have Left Phyllis Wheatley High School, San Antonio, Texas, Since 1942, Doris Rayford Scott

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Vocational guidance does not end, as many are wont to believe, with the placement of an individual in a vocation, no matter how carefully and wisely selected. The follow-up program is indeed vital but often neglected, and it is the responsibility of the individual or individuals who have spent limitless time and effort in carrying through the preceding steps of the guidance program to see to it that the individual, student, or drop-out, functions successfully in his chosen vocation.

Arthur Jones rates the follow-up step in this manner: MThe follow-up program of guidance is as important as the other steps …

Negro Labor And Property Holdings In Shelby County, Texas 1870-1945, Leo Bertice Chumley

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The problem of collecting data for this study has been difficult. Negroes in rural areas live and die without leaving any records of any kind about county records, which in most cases, are kept in such condition that not very much information could be obtained from them. A diary was found that gave some insight into Negro life of Shelby county. Personal interviews with people who have lived in the county proved interviews with people who have lived in the county proved very valuable in understanding the condition under which Negro of the county has had to live. National and …

A Study Of Attendance At Four Corners School In Sugarland, Texas 1946-47, Eva Jane Mccullough-Barlow

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Over a period of five years the average enrollment at Four Corners School, Sugar Land, Texas, has been 85, but the average graduating class has been two and a larger number of children has had irregular attendance than the number that has attended regularly. At the 1940 session of the Texas State Teachers Association, State Superintendent of Education, L. A. Woods pointed out that the small number of Negro high school graduates was due to the low percentage of attendance in both the elementary and secondary schools. In the light of these considerations, the writer is faced with the question: …

The Development Of The George Washington Carver High School Karnack Texas As A Consolidated School, Theophilus Clay Franklin

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Historial Background of Harrison County:

A band of 1800 Americana left the United States in 1825 with a Spanish impresario, Harden Edwards, to settle a grant of land that had boon made to him by the Mexican government. This grant was made near the east border of the Northeast. Texas and Louisiana, They arrived at Nacogdoches, the capital of the colony, and started exploring the territory for home-sites that afforded opportunities much as they desired. Very soon Edwards had to give up this $ 50,000 venture on account of controversies with the old land settlers, who were protesting his attitude …

An Experiment In Play Direction Of Shelley's The Cenci To Test The Values Of Interpretation, Katherine Stirwalt

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Achievement In Physical Science In Relation To The Type Of High School Attended, Joseph A. Stremel Rev.

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

Certain standards set up by the State Board of Education upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction must be met by a class “ A”, “ B, “ or " C" school. Administrators in class "A" and "B" high schools are required to hold a Kansas administrator's certificate, and this requirement must also be met by all administrators in class "C" schools by September 1, 1952. At the present time, teachers in class “ A” schools must have at least fifteen semester hours of preparation in a teaching field, in class "B" schools at least twelve hours, …

Achievement Of Pupils At Upper Grade Levels In Russell County, Kansas, Lawrence C. Dillon

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The use of tests and measurements has been fascinating to the writer through several years of school experience. How much pupils learn, whether they measure up to other pupils and in what fields of knowledge they excel have been questions to which the answers were always interesting. Therefore, when it became a possibility to use results of a state-wide testing program as thesis material it was at once accepted. The work has been interesting and the findings justify the labor involved, in the opinion of the writer.

Religious And Educational Contributions Of German-Russians To The Development Of Rush And Ellis Counties, Kansas, Alex G. Stremel Rev.

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

Due to the unawareness of these contributions by the general public and the lack of historical facts in the Fort Hays Kansas State College library concerning these German-Russian colonies, the writer selected this thesis problem: "Religious and Educational Contributions of German-Russians to the Development of Rush and Ellis Counties, Kansas." In developing the thesis the following plan obtains: (a) a statement of facts concerning the German-Russian emigration to the State of Kansas. (b) the development of the seven original colonies: Liebenthal, Catherine, Victoria, Munjor, Pfeifer, Schoenchen, and Hays. (c) the contribution of each colony to the field of religion and …

The Relationship Of Reading And Spelling Ability At Various School Levels, Robert C. Richards

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

Current emphasis in spelling and reading appears to be on the unitary nature of the child's development especially in relation to the language arts. While the writer is interested in the analysis of reading abilities and spelling ability in order to determine the fundamental language abilities common to both skills, the specific problem of this investigation is to, "discover the consistency of the relationship of spelling and reading abilities of pupils from the fifth grade through the ninth grade inclusive". This relationship refers to the linear correlation relationship derived from the use of standardized tests. The particular phases of the …

A Study Of The Responses Of Pupils In Grades Four, Five, Six, Seven, And Eight In The Use Of Signs, Expressions, And Forms In Fundamental Processes Of Arithmetic, Muyrel M. Blaikie

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A Study Of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel And Stella, Benjamin S. Cywinski

Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus

The general purpose of this thesis is to determine the literary value of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella. First of all, an analysis of the sonnet cycle as such is undertaken to evaluate these lyrics with respect to the unity and logical development of theme. Secondly, a close study of the content material is proposed with the aim of reflecting the poet's ability to personalize and adapt conventionalized modes of expression and of portraying his excellence as a poet-courtier and literary craftsman. Thirdly, two research problems are projected--one, relating to the identity of the lady of the sonnets, the …

The Validation Of A Short Form Test Of Adult Intelligence, Carolyn Marsh O'Neal

Master's Theses

This thesis deals with the validation of a short form of the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale. The data used for this validation were obtained from the Psychology Clinic of the Medical College of Virginia, The State Mental Hygiene Clinic, and the files of the Psychology Department of the University of Richmond.

The Critical And Popular Reception Of The Pulitzer Prize Novels, 1930-1939, India Rawlings Foster

Master's Theses

This study will deal with the ten novels that were winners of the Pulitzer Prize during the years 1930 - 1939 inclusive. It will attempt in each instance the character and quality of the prize-winning novel, the theme it treats, any literary or artistic tendency it may seem to indicate, the critical reception it received, and the popular favor with which it met. A brief review of each novel will be presented. This will be followed by representative excerpts from the comments of reviewers and critics, and by data to indicate the nature and extent of its popular appeal.

A Survey Of Labor Legislation, Melvin Walde Burnett

Master's Theses

During the last fifty years, labor legislation and public opinion have fluctuated widely. People showed little interest in the unions and their fight for free collective bargaining, until the thirties when the New Deal ushered in a new era. President Roosevelt and the federal government, supported by public opinion, undortook to aid substantially the unions in their organizational and collective bargaining activities. By this time the people believed that one way to help recovery was to give every aid to unions, who in turn would fight for higher wages.