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Thunderstorms And Tornadoes Of February 1, 1955, Jean T. Lee

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration: Technical Reports and Related Materials

The purpose of this paper is to describe and illustrate some of the features that are of particular interest in the forecasting of one of the most death-dealing series of convective storms of the 1950s that occurred during the afternoon and evening of February 1, 1955. This series of severe storms included tornadoes, destructive winds, hail, and heavy rain that first struck near Marianata, Arkansas, then roared through Commerce Landing, Mississippi and northern Mississippi. then moved on to near Huntsville, Alabama.

Includes features at the surface, at 850 mb, 700 mb, and 500 mb, and upper air conditions, along with …

Speak Truth To Power, A Quaker Search For An Alternative To Violence: A Study Of International Conflict, American Friends Service Committee

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

A Study Of State Provisions For Financing Pupil Transportation In The United States, Gerald A. Tooley

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Effects Of Government Price Supports Upon Production, Disposal, And Market Price Of Wheat In The U.S.A, John Alexander Goodes

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Historical Study Of The Development Of Physical Education Programs In Germany And The United States From 1921 To 1951, Richard A. Miller

Tennessee State University Alumni Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Effect Of Shift Classes On Reading Age, Joseph Lawson Hendrick

Master's Theses

The effect of shifts upon learning has for sone time been the subject of debate among school administrators, teachers, parents, and others concerned with the education of children. This study was developed because of the need of objective information bearing on the total problem or shifts in the elementary school. Each area of learning needs to be investigated to determine the merits, if any, as well as the shortcomings of partial-day or shift programs of instruction.

This study attempts to determine whether there is a difference between the reading achievement of second grade children non shifts" and those on regular-day …

Inside Japan., Far East Reporter

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Communists And The People, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

The Truth About Socialism, Norman Thomas

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Police-State Terror Against Foreign-Born Americans, Abner Green

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Methodist Junior Group Graded Curriculum To Discover Its Adequacy For Rural Children, Edna Annis Quinn

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to discover to what degree the Methodist Group Graded Curriculum for junior age (nine-ten-eleven year old) children is applicable to the experiences or rural children. Criteria for evaluation have been set up through examination of the philosophy governing certain public school programs for rural children, and the philosophy tor religious education of rural children as revealed in certain national and denominational publications on rural church life end education.

An analysis has been made of the Junior Group Grade Curriculum of the Methodist Church for the cycle beginning October, 1949, and extending through September, …

Effects Of American Foreign Policy, Corliss Lamont

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Red Tape And Barbed Wire: Close-Up Of The Mccarran Law In Action, Sender Garlin

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Socialism In The United States, A Brief History, Harry Wellington Laidler

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Socialism Is The Only Answer, Leo Huberman

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Current Trends In Basketball Coaching, Cade Suran

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The problem of the thesis, Current Trends~ Basketball Coaching, is a study based upon the systems of various college basketball coaches selected from representative sections of the United States. This study includes information in regard to various phases of the game of basketball as well as the ideas and philosophy of certain coaches. The Purpose of the Study The purpose of this thesis is to portray the following trends in basketball coaching, past and present, as found in certain schools of thought concerning the game: 2 (a) to show the early development of the game of basketball; (b) to present …

Physical And Health Education In The Universities And Colleges Of Canada, The United States Of America And Great Britain., R. K. Gray, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin 1945-1951

This report sets out information gained from a survey of the professional training and service or required programmes of Physical and Health Education in the universities and colleges of Canada, United States of America, and Great Britain. It contains an account of departmental organisation, staffing, course duration, facilities, course content, time allocation and degrees conferred at each institution visited. From this data an attempt has been made to distinguish the common pattern existing in each of these countries and to draw some implications for Australian purposes. It is hoped that the information contained herein will be of value to physical …

A Study Of The Certification Of Elementary Teachers In The Forty-Eight States, Grace Bales Ramos

Master's Theses

The problem ot certifying a sufficient number of well qualified elementary teachers is yet to be solved. One of the aims of this paper is to consider the situation that exists and to show that improvement is needed.

This study contains information given in the state certification rules and regulations, (published by almost all of the state departments or education or other offices of certification) written and oral communication from state certification officials, information compiled by the Council of State Governments, reports from the NEA Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards, and statistics from the NEA Research Division and …

Problems Of Jewish Culture, Morris U. Schappes

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

"Welfare State" Or Socialism?, Art Preis

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Place Of Trial Of Civil Cases, William Wirt Blume

Michigan Law Review

Places involved in a study of place of trial may be classified in various ways. The most general classification is: (1) Places within one sovereignty, (2) Places in different sovereignties. Where there is choice of place within one sovereignty, the only rational basis for making the choice is convenience-convenience of the parties, jurors, witnesses, and of the court itself. The same is true when the choice is between courts of different sovereignties, but without cooperation between the sovereignties rational choice may not be possible. The purpose of this discussion is to compare choice of place in England before 1800 with …

An Analysis Of Vocabulary Variables At The College Level, Betty Ann Allen

Master's Theses

The strength and growth of vocabulary is one or the decisive factors in successful college work. Educators find it helpful to evaluate not only the general vocabulary ability of the college student, but also the more specialized directions which the development of the student 's vocabulary may take.

The author's interest in this problem grew out of the results obtained with fresh­men in the Westhampton College orientation program in September 1948. In working up the data from 119 freshmen 's scores on the Michigan Vocabulary Profile Test, results were such as to arouse interest in analysis of freshmen performance on …

In Defense Of The Communist Party And The Indicted Leaders, William Z. Foster

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Intellectuals In The Fight For Peace, Howard Fast

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Higher Education For American Democracy, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin 1945-1951

On July 13, 1946, President Truman appointed a number of outstanding American civic and educational leaders to a Presidential Commission on Higher Education, charging them to examine the functions of higher education in the United States of America and the best means to perform these, On December 11th 1947 the chairman of the Commission (George F. Zook) submitted the first volume of the report of the Commission to the President.

The six volumes of the report are all titled "Higher Education for American Democracy" and are, in order: Vol. 1, Establishing the Goals, 2. Equalizing and Expanding Individual Opportunity. 3. …

How To End The Cold War And Build The Peace, National Council Of American Soviet Friendship

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

The Ballot And The Class Struggle, Daniel De Leon

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Communist Trade Union Trickery Exposed: A Handbook Of Communist Tactics And Techniques, Karl Baarslag

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Capital And Labor, Arnold Petersen

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Truancy : Its Sociological Implications, Helen Marie Hulcher

Master's Theses

The term,"truancy", is interpreted in various ways. Julia Richman, District Superintendent of the Public Schools of New York in 1909, said, "The law in some states defines "truancy" as a failure to attend school, making no difference between the parents offense in keeping the child at home and the child's offense in remaining away from school without the parent's knowledge. It is this latter form which the school and the school alone must check." A. o. Neal, Superintendent of Schools, Franklin,Indiana, in the same year said, "Some Juvenile courts in Indiana have held that the truancy law means not only …