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Oral History Interview: Beulah Mckeand, Beulah Mckeand

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

Beulah McKeand grew up in the Ceredo-Kenova area of West Virginia. During her interview, she focuses on her childhood experiences and family history. She discusses working at Abbotts, a store in Huntington, West Virginia. She also focuses on folk medicine, specifically uses for yellow root and ginseng. In the audio clip provided, Mrs. McKeand discusses growing ginseng and the market value for the plant.

Interview With Lois French, Donald Raichle, Lois French

Interviews

This interview was conducted by Prof. Donald Raichle in preparation for his book From a Normal Beginning: the Origins of Kean College of New Jersey, printed in 1980. It’s a transcript between Lois French and Raichle.

In this interview, French reflects on her career at Newark State Teachers College.

Newsletter - 1973-07-19, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Determinants Of Curricular Offerings In Selected Public Adult High Schools In California., Vernon Stanley Jaquith

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

One of the tasks of the adult school administrator is that of planning the program to be offered to the public. Is it well balanced academic and vocational areas; does it satisfy the needs of the home-maker, the student, the apprentice; does it offer something for each to fulfill his educational needs? These and a number of other questions must be answered before an adult school program will satisfy the educational needs of the adult community it is to serve. Damon stated it well when he wrote that: Although adult education is assuming a more important place in the public …

Jargon - June 1973, Nova University

Jargon

No abstract provided.

Selected Factors Of Influence On High School Senior's Attitudes Toward Community College Occupational Programs, William B. Biddle

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of selected factors on high school seniors' attitudes toward two-year occupational programs as career educational plans. More specifically, the study analyzed the relationship between the students' educational plans and the following selected factors: (1) parents' perceived influence, (2) fathers' occupations, (3) fathers' education, (4) peers' perceived influence, and (5) the schools' perceived influence. (Abstract shortened.)

Hostos Presents Arts Festival May 9 As Part Of Bronx Week Celebration, Hostos Community College

Early Press Releases

No abstract provided.

School Systems In Communist China (1949-1963), Ting Chih Lang

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to conduct historical research of the educational systems of the People's Republic of China during the period of 1949-1963. It is hoped that this study will help to clarify the Chinese Communist regime's approach to education and some of the problems encountered in its attempt to mold an educational system suitable for its economic and political need and purpose. More specifically, this study met the following objectives:

1. To know the picture of the school ladder.
2. To understand the deviation between actual practice and propaganda of Communist China's education.
3. To comprehend relationships between Party …

Hostos Community College Accepting Applications For Fall Evening Classes, Hostos Community College

Early Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Taylor University Magazine (Spring 1973), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Spring 1973 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

The Supreme Court, Compulsory Education, And The First Amendment's Religion Clauses, Philip B. Kurland

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Characteristics Of Successful Boarding Home Parents Of Eskimo And Athabascan Indian Students, Judith Kleinfield

ISER Reports

No abstract provided.

Implementation Of Regional Data Centers For The State University System Of Florida, State University System Of Florida Management Information Systems

Florida Board of Regents

The goal of the Board of Regents is a distinguished University System which will provide maximum educational opportunities for the citizens of Florida without unnecessary duplication or proliferation through distinguished State Universities which have separately designated responsibilities and which will collectively offer complete programs in all disciplines and professions.

The goal of this plan is effectively utilize the funds for computing and is directed specifically toward: 1. Taking advantage of economies of scale to be realized from a reduced number of more powerful computers. 2. Elimination of duplication of system development efforts now taking place in the University System. 3. …

Report To The People Vol. 9 No. 15, Florence P. Dwyer

Florence Dwyer Report to the People Newsletter 1965

Congresswoman Dwyer's Report to the People of her district, a newsletter sent to her constituents in New Jersey, about the end of the year and many bills that were in the works about topics ranging from social security, voting rights, housing, immigration reform, education, drug control, public research and poverty. [Note: While this document is dated December 1965, the date associated on Digital Commons is January 3, 1973 - the final day of Florence Dwyer's term in Congress.]

College Of Technology, Bolton Street Prospectus 1973-74, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Bolton Street

Courses for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.

Slavery Ain't Dead: Esclavitud No Está Muerto

States

In 1970s the state of Florida was hit by the typhoid epidemic like the rest of the country. The article touches on the health care challenges that farm workers faced and details various injustices. Unjust labor contracts, unequal access to educational opportunities, harmful pesticides and a typhoid crises to name a few of the obstacles that farm workers and working poor individuals faced.

Santa Maria Boycott, Echaverria Set Free, & Doctors Drive: Boicot En Santa María, Libertad De Echaverría Y Unidad De Médicos

Subjects

One of the most prominent practices that farm workers used was boycotts and picketing in front of specific businesses. Even though they engaged in these practices within the laws they were met with opposition, included is one of many examples. The article below focuses on why doctors decided to join the movement and support farm workers.

Slavery Ain't Dead: Esclavitud No Está Muerto

Subjects

In 1970s the state of Florida was hit by the typhoid epidemic like the rest of the country. The article touches on the health care challenges that farm workers faced and details various injustices. Unjust labor contracts, unequal access to educational opportunities, harmful pesticides and a typhoid crises to name a few of the obstacles that farm workers and working poor individuals faced.

The Effect Of Three Levels Of Duration And Intensity Of Exercise Upon The Peripheral Vision And Depth Perception Of Women., Gracie J. Purvis

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Long Way From Home Effects Of Public High Schools On Village Children Away From Home, Judith Kleinfield

ISER Reports

No abstract provided.

The Teacher As Liberator: An Analysis Of The Philosophy Of Education Of Friedrich Nietzsche (1973), Ann Margaret Sharp

Collected Papers of Ann Margaret Sharp

This dissertation will be an exegesis of the educational thought of Friedrich Nietzsche with the central focus on his conception of the teacher as liberator. This will involve an analysis of his conception of freedom, an analysis which involves a grasp of his philosophy as a whole. Nietzsche never wrote a systematic educational philosophy. Yet, in a certain sense, education is his primary concern. "I teach you the overman. Man is something that shall be overcome.... The overman is the meaning of the earth." In Nietzsche's view, the conscious production of the overman, a person who is characterized by a …

What Remains Of Federal Afdc Standards After Jefferson V. Hackney?, Michael E. Armey

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Informational And Procedural Items Used In The Selection Of Teachers In The Public School Systems Of Louisiana., Everett Gail Doerge

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Effects Of General Cardiovascular Training On Localized Muscle Strength And Endurance., Roger Harold Gedney

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Faculty Attitudes Toward The Cooperative Extension Service At Louisiana State University., Margono Slamet

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Conceptual Framework For Determining Basic Concepts In An Extension Education Program Necessary For A Proposed Role Structure Change Of Consumers Of Health Care., Adele Ellen Mary Rogers Lambert

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Survey Of Education Of Aboriginal Children In Selected Western Australian Schools : (Preliminary Survey), C. Makin, D. Ibbotson

Research outputs pre 2011

Information was sought late in 1972 about problems encountered by teachers in schools with a fairly high proportion of Aboriginal children. For this purpose a questionnaire was designed to elicit information about the school situation, the surrounding community, enrolment, age and experience of the teaching staff and actual pedagogical problems encountered and methods of dealing with them. Another principle aim was to ascertain the extent to which the curiculum had been adapted to local situations and to determine what implications this might have for pre-service and in-service training.

The Lesley College (1973-1974), Lesley College

Lesley Course Catalogs

1973-1974 Course Catalog published by the Lesley College. Original volume available for browsing in the Lesley University Archives.

A Submission For The Award Of A Diploma Of Teaching, Churchlands Teachers College

Research outputs pre 2011

The Churchlands Teachers College was established in 1972 and at September, 1973, had a total enrolment of 422, including 253 first-year students and 169 students in their second year of primary training. The programme is being developed in accommodation designed on similar principles to the open-area primary schools which are being established in Western Australia. Teaching blocks are modular cluster units, each of which typically comprises a large open area surrounded by teaching areas of adjustable size, a tutorial room and staff studies. The teaching blocks are positioned in close relationship to the centrally-placed buildings of the Educational Resources Service …

A Comparative Analysis Of Head Start Graduates Their Disadvantaged Peers, And Children Above-Poverty Guidelines, Rodger William Debritz

All Master's Theses

This study investigated the impact of a Head Start program upon its participants and compared the performance of these children to their disadvantaged peers and children above poverty-level guidelines. The results of the study indicated there were no significant differences in the school readiness skills attained by the Head Start and disadvantaged peers groups. Both groups evidenced significantly weaker school readiness skills than did their more advantaged counterparts.

Recommendations include more activities for developing readiness skills and suggestions for additional research.