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Adapting An Industrial Arts Course To The Needs And Interests Of The Home, Virgil Pugh

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The problem confronting all teachers in industrial arts today is to make the curriculum fit the needs of the pupil in the school, home, and community. The problem in this thesis has been to make a course of study in home mechanics to meet the needs and interests of the homes in the community of Pratt, Kansas. To work out this problem a check list of one hundred ninety items consisting of things done about a home was prepared and taken to one hundred eight homes in the Pratt community. The fathers in these homes checked this list to indicate …

The Reptiles Of Cherokee County, Kansas, Myron Alec Hurd

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Cherokee County has an area of 585 square miles. The greater part is covered with hydrophytes and mesophytes, but there are some Xerophytic areas. A large part of its area is covered with typical prairie grassland. Thickets of plum, sumac, persimmon, hawthorne, blackberry, and buck brush occur in pastures and wastelands. Along the streams may be found the elm-ask-oak assocations and other plants. Along the embankments may be found blackberry, sumac, and wild rose. Surrounding the ponds and marsh areas are rushes, reeds, button willows, and willows.

The mean annual temperature is 56 degrees fahrenheit. The three summer months average …

A Survey Of The Schools In Tower County, North Dakota, Theodore S. Grimsrud

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A Study Of The Effect Of Various Members Of The Aldehyde Series On The Complement-Fixation Reaction, Jack Mehl Burnett

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In this problem the effect of certain members of the aldehyde series on the complement-fixation reaction was determined by using formaldehyde, ethyl aldehyde, croton aldehyde, acrolein, cinnamaldehyde, benzaldehyde, and n-butyl aldehyde with typhoid-antityphoid and sheep red cell anti-sheep red cell systems of complement-fixation.

Our findings are summarized as follows:

1. It was found that formalin in the concentration of 1:5,667 produces sensitization of the complement-fixation reaction, apparently without altering the specificity of the reaction.

2. Ethyl aldehyde, croton aldehyde, acrolein, cinnamaldehyde benzaldehyde, and n-butyl aldehyde did not produce this sensitizing effect.

3. It was observed that croton aldehyde and acrolein, …

A Study Of Certain Characteristic Nature Motifs As They Appear In The Design Of Ancient And Modern Textile Fabrics, Theresa M. Carmody

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A study of certain characteristic nature motifs is herein given as they appear in the design of ancient and modern textile fabrics.

The three countries studied to such purpose are Egypt, Persia, and India. To obtain the necessary and interesting information in order to make the study a thorough one a survey was made of the historical background of ancient design and its relationship to modern textile fabrics. Art museums were visited and plates selected which illustrated the characteristic nature motifs of each country. From modern silk ships and department stores there were chosen fabrics which seem to show a …

Willa Cather As A Novelist Of Character, Inez Cunningham

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The purpose of the thesis is to examine the methods of character portrayed in the novels of Willa Gather.

The Novels of the author were studied and evidcen of acharacterization were ntoeed. A classification of the methods by which the characters were revealed to the reader was made together with their accompanying illustrations.

It was found that Miss Cather used economy of characterization. Her novels are note concerned with plot, but with a biography of her characters, for she realizes that the deepest interest in fiction lies in the characters themselves. Miss Cather is at her best in her portrayal …

Suggested Procedures For Teaching Poetry As Illustrated In Scott's The Lady Of The Lake, Minnie A. Conley

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The problem was to select and illustrate the type of factual material that might be used in building a background for teaching poetry, show its use in introducing the poem and its place among other procedures in the study of a poem.

In Chapter I the importance of the problem was discussed, and a brief summary of related studies given, followed by an explanation of the organization of the material in the thesis.

Chapter II was devoted to a discussion of objectives, principles of psychology, procedures, and application of principles to teaching of poetry.

The contents of Chapter III consisted …

Factors In Post-War Germany Contributing To Hitler's Rise To Power, James Elmer Crawford

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The purpose of this study was to determine why the liberal government established in Germany under the Weimar Constitution failed, and why the German people again submitted themselves to a government more autocratic and far less inclined to regard individual rights than that established under the Hohenzollerns.

The study has shown that serious weakness in the Constitution and in its administration contributed to the overthrow of the Republic organized under it.

Universal enfranchisement empowered the embittered youth and the emotional women to se their votes to overthrow the very government which granted that franchise.

Proportional representation with its peculiar system …

The Social Customs Of The Indians Of The Lower Columbia River Region, Margaret W. Oliver

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Excerpt: "When the pioneers pushed westward to Oregon they found the land already occupied by Indian tribes. Their manners, their mode of life, and the effects of their contact with the whites have been of peculiar interest to those who study frontier history. Those who journey [sic] to the Oregon country found there tribes of Indians who differed greatly from the Indians they found on the plains. This thesis presents a study of the social customs of the aborigines who occupied the lower Columbia River region. It also attempts to describe the relations between the whites and the Indians and …

Indian Missions Of Southeastern Kansas, Grace M. Gilbert

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Excerpt: "Six Indian missions were established in the southeastern section of Kansas between 1824 and 1847. Four of these missions were established by the Presbyterian church and two by the Roman Catholic church. Neosho Mission near the present village of Shaw, Neosho County, was the first to be established. It was founded September, 1824, by the Reverend Benton Pixley, a college graduate, a Latin student and a Greek scholar. He was the first resident missionary in this region. Boudinot Mission was also established in 1824 but hostile Indians caused it to be closed. Hopefield Mission was begun about this same …

A Study Of The Removal Of The Cherokee Indians From Their Home In Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, And North Carolina To Indian Territory, Walker C. Hubbard

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Excerpt: "A study of the removal of the Cherokees from their homes in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina to the Indian Territory begins with a discussion of the early history of the Cherokees. In the first part of the study of the early history of the Cherokees a brief discussion is made of the origin and the language of the Cherokees. The second part of the introduction takes up the study of the original home of the Cherokees dealing with its location and description. The history of the land cessions of the Cherokees to the United States is also …

An Analysis Of The Credits For The Biological Science Courses Of High School Graduates Who Have Entered The Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Olive Jane Faulkner

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A Historical Study Of The Effects Of The Colonial Land System : Social, Political, Economic, Chester Carl Kaiser

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The problem involved in this thesis is the effect of the colonial land system upon the social, political, and economic phases of colonial society.

The writer examined the following primary source material: Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York; Hart, Source Book in American History; James, Narratives of New Netherland 1609-1664; Myers, Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware 1630-1707; Phillips, Plantation and Frontier Documents 1649-1863; Tyler, Narratives of Early Virginia 1606-1625.

The secondary material which was most helpful n this study was: Dexter, History of Education of the United States; Jernegan, The …

Changes In The Statistics Of A Normal Frequency Distribution Caused By Elimination Or Modification In The Lower Half Of The Distribution, George Clifford Kelley

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This thesis makes a study of the changes in the statistics of the normal frequency distribution caused by elimination of modification in the lower portion of the distribution. This study was made by calculating the statistics of (1) the normal distribution with six percent of the lower range eliminated, (2) the normal distribution with twenty percent of the lower range eliminated, (3) the normal distribution with six percent eliminated and modified from the point of elimination to the man of the eliminated distribution, (4) the normal distribution with twenty percent eliminated and modified from the point of elimination to the …

A Remedial Reading Program For Pupils Of A Small High School, Hubert P. Dillon

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A Survey Of The Educational Conditions And Needs Of The Schools Of Greensburg, Kansas, Dee J. Housholder

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The Problem. The school system of Greensburg, Kansas, consists of a graded school district and a rural high school district. Since 1922 the high school has used gratis a building belonging to the graded school district. In 1937 this lease expires--a new building will be needed in the near future. This study was undertaken in an attempt to determine the educational conditions and needs of the Greensburg school system in order to suggest ways of solving the problem confronting the community.

The Method of Procedure. The problem was divided into three parts. In the first division a study was …

The Calculus Of Residues, Wallace H. Guthridge

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The problem with which this thesis is concerned is primarily that of evaluating definite integrals by means primarily that of evaluating definite integrals by means of residues. This rather necessarily implies a secondary problem, namely, methods of computing residues. Hence, this thesis attempts to give various methods of determining the residues of functions and some types of definite integrals which can be evaluated by using residues.

The method of attack was simply a perusal of the available literature on functions of a complex variable which included a discussion of residues and their applications.

This study lists eleven methods of finding …

The Technique Of Science Instruction Of Visually Handicapped Students, William Clare Hoover

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In recent years there has been a greater degree of recognition of science as an important hugh school study for blind students. In an effort to find more exactly the status of science in its emohasis in schools for the blind, a questionnaire was sent to forty-four schools, and twenty nine replies were recieved. The replies show that most of the high schools offer one or more years of science, the most common being general science, physics, the order of the divisions according to the amount of time allotted is mechanics avarage seven in size. Ten is the average limit …

The Organization And Administration Of A Boys' Intramural Athletic Program For Junior High Schools, Harlan E. George

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The Problem. This study was undertaken to determine how an educationally effective and complete boys' intramural athletic program could be organized and administered in a three-year junior high school. The fourfold purpose includes: (1) the building of an intramural athletic program in keeping with the objectives set up by educational philosophers, physical education speacialists, and school administrators; (2) a study of the essential parts of three differently organized intramural programs; (3) the building of a better program in the writer's own school; (4) the presentation of commendable practices in handbook form for the guidance of others.

The Method. 1. Outstanding …

A Study Of The Allison Magneto-Optic Method Of Chemical Analysis, B. Vincent Stevens

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The Magneto-Optic Method of Chemical Analysis was studied in an effort to apply it to the solution of some problems of insecticidal activities.

A set-up, as nearly identical as possible to the one in operation at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., was constructed and the problem of determining the reliability of the method first undertaken.

Altough every effort was expended in the attempt to check the results of Allison and to utilize the method, it was not possible to consistently check the minima of even the calibrating solutions. The personal equation was eliminated by utilizing several observers, but in no …

The Relationship Between Chemical Constitution And Insecticidal Activity Vi: The Synthesis Of Some Esters Of Furoic Acid And Furfuryl Alcohol And Their Insecticidal Activity, Blaine Logan Glendening

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It was observed that certain compounds which occur in nature contain in the molecule a group of atoms arranged as a furan nucleus. This is exemplified in rotenone, certain other compounds extracted from derris and cube root, and in the fish-poisoning plants studied by Spath.

This study was undertaken in order ti determine if toxicity towards insects was an inherent property of the furanic nucleus. In particular, it was decided to test the toxicity of certain esters of furoic acid and furfuryl alcohol against flies. Accordingly, a number of typical esters were syntesized and their activities determined.

In no case …

Unit Assignments For A Two Hour Course In Vector Geometry For The Junior College, Lynn E. Smith

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This thesis is a syllabus of a two hour undergraduate course in vector geometry. Vector analysis is usually a graduate course which has its application in the fields of physical science. The course as proposed in this thesis is an elementary geometry of vectors suitable for the mathematical curriculum of the sophmore year.

The course is divided into twenty-eight unit assignments, allowing eight periods for review and testing. This gives the course elasticity, and allows the instructor to give diagnostic tests with the accompnaying remedial and review work.

Direct statments of the theorems of formulas are given, with the proofs …

The Relationship Between Chemical Constitution And Insecticidal Activity Vii: The Activity Of Coumarin Derivatives, James Elder Stafford

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Several investigations have found that some "natural" substances poisinous to fish and some insects contain the coumarin nucleus. The purpose of this paper is to find out if the coumarin nucleus is responsable for the activity of these compounds.

To determine this a number of simple coumarin compounds with varying substituents were made and tested for their insecticidal activity by spraying a number of flies with a kerosene or carbitol acetate-kerosene mixture containing the compound.

The results of the tests seem to indicate that insecticidal activities is not an inherent property of the coumarin nucleus.

The Selection And Organization Of Curriculum Materials In Textiles For The Primary Grades, Alice Frances Spelman

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This study was made to present textile material in a reader for use in the home life unit of the social studies program of the primary grades.

In order to select the content for the reader, an analysis was made of the textile and slothing unit in then representative states courses of study.

To determine the objectives of present day primary reading professional literature by authorities in the primary field was studied.

It was found that textiles and clothing are important factors in each home life unit of the courses of studies analyzed and that the obvious trend in content …

A Study Of The Meaning Of Certain Descriptive Labels Of Cotton Textiles As Guides In Consumer Buying, Reba E. Smither

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The purpose of this study was to learn what reliable information the consumer purchaser could obtain concerning the performance of cottom textiles and clothing bearing shrinkage labels. Minor studies were made of Permanent Finish, Crease-resisting, and Laundry-Tested and Approved labels.

Letters asking for reliable inforamtion regarding cottom fabrics bearing these labels were sent to all sources that could be located by the writer. Information was received from the originators of patented processes, national associations, testing laboratories, and Federal Bureaus. Replies making general statements regarding performance were followed up by letters asking for definite and specific information.

It was found that …

A Proposed Health Program For A Rural School In Mississippi, Beatrice Beulah Robinson

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The problem was to construct a suggested health program for the combined fourth, fifth, and sixth grades in a rural Negro school in Mississippi.

The technique consisted of setting up certain health objectives on the basis of what seemed to be the greatest need. Observing certain fundamental principles of education and curriculum construction, eight units of work were organized. Each consisted of certain objectives, suggested producedures, and desirable content material.

The suggested units are as follows:

Unit I. Malaria Fever.

Unit II. Scables

Unit III. Hookworm.

Unit IV. Pellagra.

Unit V. Vincent's Angina.

Unit VI. Tuberculosis.

Unit VII. Influenza.

Unit …

Frequency Curves, Howard Charles Menne

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This thesis arose out of the need for a brief discussion and outline of the representation of frequency distributions by theoretical frequency curves derived by the method of moments. A preliminary discussion of the rectangular histogram, the frequency polygon, and certain fundamental notions of mathematical statistics is followed by the presentation of the two most commonly encountered systems of frequency curves derived by the method of moments, the Pearsonian Generalized Frequency Curves and the Gram-Charlier Series Curves. The presentation of these two systems of curves contains the fundamental basis for development, the various types of curves in each system, the …

A Study Of The Chemistry And Synthesis Of Pyrrole, Clyde Henry Mathis

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There is at present no method by which pyrrole, a compound found in both plants and animals, may be satisfactorily synthesised in quantities at low cost. Believing that such a synthesis is desirable, the research here reported was undertaken to investigate the possibility of producing pyrrole from inexpensive materials. This paper has included a study of the chemisty of pyrrole and the closely related compunds, thiophene and furance. The first step in the synthesis was an attempt to produce ethylene cyanide by the substitution of ethylene chloride for the bromide. The yield thus obtained was not great enough to justify …

A Study Of The Three Component System Ethyl Alcohol, Hydrogen Chloride, And Water, Wilbur Oldham

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A study has been made of the physical properties of the three component system water, ethyl alcohol, and hydrogen chloride. Peculiarities have been found in several of the physical properties studied and hypotheses have been advanced to account for the formation of the maximum and minimum points in the physical curves. All of the physical properties did not show maximum or minimum points at the same composition of water and alcohol due to the complexity of the various factors probably enteting into the cause of the deviations from expected behaviors. However, evidence of complex molecule formation had been found at …

The Moral Purpose Of Hawthorne's Fiction, Helen Irene Leeper

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The purpose of this thesis is to consider Hawthorn's use of moral thems, to dicuss the tales according to definite morals set forth by the author, and to reach a conslusion about his ideas on morality as reflected in the stories. The study is based on thirty tales of Hawthorne selected and edited by Carl Van Doren for The World Classics published by the Oxford University Press.

After reading primary and secondary material, I came to the conslusion that in nearly every tale Hawthorne has had in mind a definite moral, which could be stated in one sentence. Thus the …