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Special Studies Report On Sixteen Arkadelphia Service Stations, Johnny Heflin

Honors Theses

The purpose of the special studies project for the Division of Business and Economics is to gather the necessary information for compiling a directory of all Arkadelphia business and industry. During the first semester I had the opportunity to help compile information from the banks and major industry in our area. This semester my assignment consisted of visiting and securing information from sixteen of the service stations in the area.

There is very little to write about in trying to develop a summary paper of the work. This is due mainly to the fact that one major purpose is not …

Restaurants Of Arkadelphia, Sharon Windham

Honors Theses

This assigned Special Studies project was to make a survey of the restaurants and eating establishments of Arkadelphia. This survey and report are to be compiled with other surveys and reports of various areas in a business directory of Arkadelphia.

The purpose of this business directory, it was my understanding, was not only to give its readers ready reference to these organizations but also to give the student making the survey a first hand knowledge of these organizations. This survey has well served its purpose of giving the student, in this case, me, a working knowledge of the restaurants or …

The Effect Of Labor Unions On Real Wages And Prices, Dan Gaske

Honors Theses

In order to discuss the effect o unions, I feel we should first discuss the growth of unions; for at first they had very little power. Although there were unions of some sort or another existing in America since colonial days, it was late in the eighteenth century when they really began to have an influence. This influence began with the rise of the American Federation of Labor. "Led by Samuel Gompers and Adolph Strasser of the Cigarmaker's International Union, this group was composed primarily of representatives of the skilled trades.... These trades unionists felt that the mass movement of …