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History Of The Davis County Clipper From Its Inception In 1891 To The Present 1970, Cammon I. Arrington Jan 1970

History Of The Davis County Clipper From Its Inception In 1891 To The Present 1970, Cammon I. Arrington

Theses and Dissertations

To write a descriptive history of the Davis County Clipper and its editors was the purpose of this study.

The first person involved with the newspaper was Lamoni Call who had been printing a small brochure to advertise his business. He asked John Stahle, Sr. to join him in printing some news along with the advertisments.

Regular publication began early in 1891 under the name of the The Little Clipper. Dissolution of the partnership came in 1894. Mr. Stahle maintained the editorial side of the newspaper his entire life. His son John Stahle, Jr. lived and loved the printing …


Attitudes Of Lds Seminary Students Toward Different Methods Of Grading, Rex L. Coles Jan 1970

Attitudes Of Lds Seminary Students Toward Different Methods Of Grading, Rex L. Coles

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was twofold: to determine the attitudes of students toward different parts and methods of grading in LDS Seminary, and to determine if significant differences exist in attitudes of students toward their class and teacher when using different methods of grading including a suggested method.

The study reported the areas most preferred by students about grading and the areas least preferred. It reported the evaluation of the suggested method of grading including those areas of most value to the students and those of least value.

The suggested method of grading helped to raise the subjects' grades …


Rainflowers Marilyn Mcmeen Miller, Veneta Nielsen Jan 1970

Rainflowers Marilyn Mcmeen Miller, Veneta Nielsen

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


The Dead Sea Scrolls, 1947-1969 Edmund Wilson, Richard Lloyd Anderson Jan 1970

The Dead Sea Scrolls, 1947-1969 Edmund Wilson, Richard Lloyd Anderson

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Basic Philosophies Of Seminary Teachers Determined By The Ames Philosophical Belief Inventory, V. Mack Sumner Jan 1970

A Study Of Basic Philosophies Of Seminary Teachers Determined By The Ames Philosophical Belief Inventory, V. Mack Sumner

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not there were differences in the basic philosophies of Seminary Teachers who were ranked highest and lowest by experienced coordinators. It also sought to determine which philosophical background was associated with the most successful teachers, and which with the least successful.

Seminary teachers of three districts were surveyed by the Ames Inventory, and each coordinator identified his ten most successful and least successful teachers. The results of the Inventory and the teacher rankings were tabulated and compared, using Chi Square analysis to determine if differences were significant.

The findings indicated …


Form-Function Relationships In The Development Of Lds Church Architecture, Ebbie Lavar Davis Jan 1970

Form-Function Relationships In The Development Of Lds Church Architecture, Ebbie Lavar Davis

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the functions: ordinances, meetings, programs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the development of the physical plant. Inversely, the effect of Church house forms on the development of Church function was investigated. It was found that:
1. In Latter-day Saint Church development, form has always followed function.
2. Function has influenced form to a great extent. Priesthood, meeting, or other program needs are a prime factor in changing the form and design of Church buildings.
3. Form has influenced function only insofar as the physical …


Orson Hyde And The Carson Valley Mission, 1855-1857, Albert R. Page Jan 1970

Orson Hyde And The Carson Valley Mission, 1855-1857, Albert R. Page

Theses and Dissertations

The Mormon Church has for years been given credit by historians for the settlement of Carson Valley. Prior to 1854 the LDS Church actually had no connection with that valley except that it was part of the Utah Territory, which the Church controlled. When political dissension against the Mormons developed in Carson Valley, Brigham Young decided to organize the area into a county in 1854. The following year he sent Orson Hyde and other officials there to organize the county government. Within a year Hyde so influenced Young that he agreed to send 250 colonists to Carson Valley in order …


Full Issue, Byu Studies Oct 1969

Full Issue, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Introductory Pages, Byu Studies Oct 1969

Introductory Pages, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


How To Have A Quiet Campus, Antique Style, Hugh Nibley Oct 1969

How To Have A Quiet Campus, Antique Style, Hugh Nibley

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Chistopher Layton, Colonizer, Statesman, Leader Myron W. Mcintyre And Noel R. Barton Eds., Ivan J. Barrett Oct 1969

Chistopher Layton, Colonizer, Statesman, Leader Myron W. Mcintyre And Noel R. Barton Eds., Ivan J. Barrett

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Index, Byu Studies Oct 1969

Index, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


End Matter, Byu Studies Oct 1969

End Matter, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


The Message Of The Doctrine And Covenants John A. Widstoe, Roy W. Doxey Oct 1969

The Message Of The Doctrine And Covenants John A. Widstoe, Roy W. Doxey

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Poems / By Mary L. Bradford, Mary L. Bradford Oct 1969

Poems / By Mary L. Bradford, Mary L. Bradford

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Religious And Secular Correlates Of The Lds Family Home Evening Program, Gordon E. Mauss Aug 1969

Religious And Secular Correlates Of The Lds Family Home Evening Program, Gordon E. Mauss

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to describe and explore three phenomenon of the L.D.S. Family Home Evening Program: (1) the nature of religious commitment in an L.D.S. sample, (2) the degree of participation, (3) the relation of certain religious and secular variables.
The data for the study were made available to the researcher by A. L. Mauss, as part of a larger study designed to measure the impact of Urbanism upon Mormonism. The instrument, modeled after the Glock and Stark studies, was adapted to a random sample of 958 members of the L.D.S. Church in Utah.
The nature of …


Full Issue, Byu Studies Jul 1969

Full Issue, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Introductory Pages, Byu Studies Jul 1969

Introductory Pages, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


A Stained-Glass Replica Of Joseph Smith's First Vision, Byu Studies Jul 1969

A Stained-Glass Replica Of Joseph Smith's First Vision, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


End Matter, Byu Studies Jul 1969

End Matter, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


The Rabbit Hunt, Douglas H. Thayer Apr 1969

The Rabbit Hunt, Douglas H. Thayer

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Quest For Empire Klaus J. Hansen, James R. Clark Apr 1969

Quest For Empire Klaus J. Hansen, James R. Clark

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Poems From "Jesus Christ The Son Of God", Robert N. Scott Apr 1969

Poems From "Jesus Christ The Son Of God", Robert N. Scott

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Ring Of Truth: A Translator's Testimony J. B. Phillips, Richard Lloyd Anderson Apr 1969

Ring Of Truth: A Translator's Testimony J. B. Phillips, Richard Lloyd Anderson

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Introductory Pages, Byu Studies Apr 1969

Introductory Pages, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Book Note, Byu Studies Apr 1969

Book Note, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Byu Studies Apr 1969

Full Issue, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Utilization Of Selected Church Periodicals By Lds Seminary And Institute Of Religion Personnel, Dennis G. Murdock Jan 1969

A Study Of The Utilization Of Selected Church Periodicals By Lds Seminary And Institute Of Religion Personnel, Dennis G. Murdock

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare the use of selected official and unofficial Church periodicals by Seminary and Institute personnel of the Church with the objectives and purposes of those periodicals. It was also to determine the relevancy of those periodicals to the department personnel and their students. The magazines studied were: The Improvement Era, The Instructor, Church News, Impact, Brigham Young University Studies, and Dialogue.

The most prevalent concern about all religious press in the ninteen-sixties has been their relevance to real life. This study discovered that there was a variety of opinions about the relevance of …


The Use Made By Lds Institute Instructors Of Statements And Messages Of The Modern Prophets In Answering Current Issues Of Importance To College Students, Gale J. Brimhall Jan 1969

The Use Made By Lds Institute Instructors Of Statements And Messages Of The Modern Prophets In Answering Current Issues Of Importance To College Students, Gale J. Brimhall

Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to evaluate the L.D.S. institute instructors use of statements made by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These leaders have instructed Church school teachers to teach what the prophets have said and not the teachers own ideas or views on doctrine.

The data from this study show the following: (1) Approximately twenty per cent of instructor responses in selecting the stated principles of the Church on a current issue are incorrect; (2) The ability of the instructors to recognize prophet's statements from non-prophet's statements is seventy-three per cent; (3) Over ninty per …


A Study Of The Impact Of Three Films Upon Lds College Students' Acceptance Of Certain Patterns Of Affection, William R. Cunningham Jan 1969

A Study Of The Impact Of Three Films Upon Lds College Students' Acceptance Of Certain Patterns Of Affection, William R. Cunningham

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this investigation was to try to measure the perceived effect of three films upon L. D. S. college student's attitudes toward premarital affection immediately after viewing each film and over a time interval of three to four weeks. The sample consisted of seven health classes (180 males and 195 females in total) in the Department of Health Education at the Brigham Young University. A questionnaire was devised by the investigator and used as the instrument to determine the student's perceived attitudes toward premarital affection.

The students evidenced significance change in the conservative direction only after viewing the …