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Student Participation In Extra-Curricular Activities, Bennette Kirk Bedford

All Master's Theses

A study of student participation in extra-curricular activities in the Ellensburg Junior and Senior High Schools was thought advisable in view of the increased attention and study being devoted to this area throughout the nation. Leading educators have implied that such activities are a significant part of any school system. However, until recent years, attempts to make effective use of these facilities have often been neglected.

Effects Of World War Ii Upon Certain Administrative And Instructional Aspects Of Newport News High School, John Franklyn Powers

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Education Through Camping, Claude C. Pollock

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this report was to provide a brief history of camping in the United States, an account of the Auburn, Washington School District’s elementary summer school pilot and first year camping program, the first in Washington State, and to present the education benefits of such a program.

Classroom Lighting, Walter Andrew Hotsko

All Master's Theses

The amount of light needed to produce the most efficient work is still subject to controversy. An adequate amount is recommended by everyone, but the definition of adequate varies as is evidenced in the amount of foot-candles suggested. But the emphasis now has shifted from "how much light should we have" to "how well can we see." Quantity and quality may now be regarded as the twin requirements for good lighting. This new look in school lighting can be summarized in two words--brightness control. It involves the control of brightnesses of everything in the visual field. This new emphasis not …

A Study Of Teacher Constructed Audio-Visual Aids, Marvin Joseph Schroeder

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to determine which teacher constructed audio-visual aids, as evaluated by a sample of audio-visual coordinators, are considered to be the most valuable for classroom use and which materials and equipment are needed for the construction and utilization of these aids.

The Role Of The Lay Educational Advisory Council, Larry Dorman Langseth

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study to (1) trace the historical development of the advisory council; (2) to determine what the current practices in lay councils are; and (3) to synthesize the evaluations and recommendations of school administrators and school boards who are using lay councils.

A Study Of Procedures Used By Teachers With Pupils On Educational Trips To Williamsburg, Virginia, Florence Dickerson Graham

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Grammar School Of The College Of William And Mary, 1693-1888, Carra Garrett Dillard

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Development Of A State System Of Teacher Certification In Virginia, 1870-1950, James Mckinley Helmer

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

An Analysis And Appraisal Of The Women's Intramural Sports Program At The College Of William And Mary, 1945-1950, Inez Lois Smith

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of The School Housing Needs In Ellensburg, Washington, Dike A. Willoughby

All Master's Theses

The improvement of school environment presents a different problem in each school. The problem facing the Ellensburg School District is one of providing more and better school housing. The purpose of this survey is to find out the condition of the present buildings, to make recommendations for improvements and alterations to the existing structures, to point out the needs for future building expansion. This survey is based on the results of an actual school census undertaken during November of this year.

Planning And Equiping The School Lunchroom., Frances Willis

All Master's Theses

A healthy body is the foundation for a sound, wholesome mind. Good substantial and nutritious lunches served in an attractive lunchroom with a pleasant inspiring atmosphere will result in desirable qualities of school children. The school lunchroom may make use of effective atmosphere, arrangement and corresponding circumstances to build and direct creative values.

Designing A Well-Rounded Social Program For A Small College Campus To Meet The Social Needs Of All Student Participants., Virginia Evans Johnson

All Master's Theses

The purposes of this study are: to endeavor, as many other similar studies have done to point up and emphasize certain key concepts and ideas regarding the social life on a small college campus; to recognize existing problems; to give the students’ reactions to these problems and their proposed ways of solving them; finally, to find the needs of the students not reached by the existing program and to plan ways of implanting these in the social whole.

Educating The Korean Juvenile Delinquent For Democracy, Harold Dwight Eastman

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A History Of The Public Schools Of Durango, Colorado, Cecil Morgan Mckinley

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The aim of this study is to record the growth of the public schools of Durango, Colorado, from 1881 to 1944. It is a chronological history, with stress on the problems encountered with the establishing and developing of the school system. The biographies of the schools' administrators, found in the appendix, have a part in explaining the growth and achievements of the Durango Schools.

The material in this school history offers lessons to the educator and the layman. Since no two public schools travel exactly the same path of growth, a narrative of an additional school system adds some practical …

The Development Of Education In Spotsylvania County, 1721-1944, Charles Melvin Snow

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Benedictine Monachism And Its Contribution To Education Past And Present, Vincent De Paul Campbell

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A Program For Using Colonial Williamsburg As A Laboratory For The Study Of Colonial Life, Louise Birnie Forsyth

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Evolution Of Public Education In Isle Of Wight County, Virginia, Lucien Talmage Hall

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Non-Attendance In Miguel Hidalgo School Of Brawley, California, W. G. La Berge

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The majority of studies of non-attendance heve dealt with the entire student body of a school system where the pupils come from many racial or national groups with different economic, social, and cultural backgrounds. In studies where the same racial group was selected the physical environment or the social or economic status of the students differed widely. A wide field of study leaves many questions unanswered or problematical. It is the purpose of the author to confine this study to one racial group.

This is a study of non-attendance in Miguel Hidalgo elementary school where 95 per cent of the …

An Historical Survey Of The Growth Of Education In Prince George County, Virginia., Richard Watson Copeland

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Higher Education Of Virginians In Colonial Days, Virginia Ruth Hornsby

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Study And Teaching Of History In The College Of William And Mary, Ida Trosvig

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Relationship Between Academic Achievement Of College Graduates In Their Major Fields And Of Graduates Out Of Their Major Fields, John Cloyd Miller

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this investigation to determine the relationship between the academic achievement of college graduates and continuation in their major fields.

The Financing Of Education In Homestead Areas, Lester Turnbaugh

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Some explanation is necessary of the method of procedure in compiling material for this thesis. The first step was really taken seven years ago. At that time the writer interviewed state officials at Sacramento, California, in the hope of obtaining state aid for educational finance in the Tule Lake section of the Klamath Irrigation Project. The Governor, the department of education, and the finance department were all consulted, but no legal way was discovered of using state money for the erection of school buildings in the district mentioned. Some county money was available for payment of teachers’ salary, but none …

The Evolution Of Education In Gloucester County, Virginia., Norris Linwood Thomas

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Roanoke, Virginia, As A Social Science Study In The Public Schools, Bessie Myers Brown

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Essentials In Voice Training, Nancy E. Canan

Bachelors’ Theses

The Voice is the greatest instrument that there is in existence It has the power to make more tones varying in quality than any instrument made by man. It is the most beautiful of instruments, in that each voice has its own peculiar beauty. But botwithstanding [sic] all this, this beautiful instrument is treated with less care than those made ny man. How many people learn to take care of the voice just because it is a beautiful instrument? People buy musical instruments and treat them with great care when they know that they can replace them if necessary, but …