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A Comparative Study Of Textbooks In Citizenship For High School., Trellie Albert James Sep 1938

A Comparative Study Of Textbooks In Citizenship For High School., Trellie Albert James

Master's Theses

The problem of this thesis is to make a comparative study of textbooks to be used in citizenship classes in high schools. It consists of two parts: first, the establishment of a measuring scale to be used for selecting the texts and, second, the comparison of the texts.


The Administration Of The Finances Of Extra-Curricular Activities In High Schools Of North Central Kansas., Martin H. Isaacson Sep 1938

The Administration Of The Finances Of Extra-Curricular Activities In High Schools Of North Central Kansas., Martin H. Isaacson

Master's Theses

School administrators and the public in general are realizing the important place that extra-curricular activities have in the modern high school. Witness for example the large number of discussions and the many articles written on various phases of this subject. A steadily growing appreciation of their value as a means of training pupils in the practical arts of citizenship is among the factors which account for this conviction. It is natural for the high school boy or girl to be interested in the organization and management of extra-curricular activities. Under such conditions there is splendid opportunity for developing desirable character …


Education And The State Superintendent Of Public Instruction In Kansas, Mary Marcella Landwehr Jul 1938

Education And The State Superintendent Of Public Instruction In Kansas, Mary Marcella Landwehr

Master's Theses

One of the most important and common features of the school systems of the several states is the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction. This study seeks to show the conditions pertaining to the office and particularly to present these conditions as reflected by current legislation in Kansas.


A Study Of The Administration And Organization Of The High School Band In Western Kansas, Paul H. Andree May 1938

A Study Of The Administration And Organization Of The High School Band In Western Kansas, Paul H. Andree

Master's Theses

This study is a scientific investigation to determine the educational values of band instruction as a part of the curriculum as well as the accepted methods of procedure, organization and administration of the high school band in Western Kansas. It is obvious that in such an extensive survey as this, it is necessary that the factors involved be limited to certain particular phases of the problem. For this reason and since the greatest outward appearance of advance in the band movement has been made in the past decade in Western Kansas the present survey will present the situation as found …


History Of The Development Of Education In The Community Of Hays, Kansas, Kathryn Elizabeth Mclain May 1938

History Of The Development Of Education In The Community Of Hays, Kansas, Kathryn Elizabeth Mclain

Master's Theses

The History and Development of Education in the community of Hays should be valuable, not alone to chronicle, and thereby preserve events, which were vital in the life of the community, but also to reveal the tendency in rural education. It should help us to a greater appreciation of the long strides taken by our educational organism of Western Kansas from the first little one-room school of the frontier Fort to our wonderful facilities of the present.


The Evolution Of Ethical Codes In The Teaching Profession In The United States, Daniel Frederick Klemm May 1938

The Evolution Of Ethical Codes In The Teaching Profession In The United States, Daniel Frederick Klemm

Master's Theses

This investigation includes not only the development of the codes of ethics adopted by the state teachers’ associations, but the codes which have been adopted by local associations of teachers as well . The impetus gained from the formulation and adoption of local codes of ethics and their enforcement carried the movement onward and finally resulted in the adoption of similar codes by state teachers’ associations for state-wide application. Examples of local codes are Batavia, Illinois; Boise, Idaho; and Sedalia, Missouri. Parenthetically it may be said, however, that, since the advent of the state codes as well as the national …


Educational Trends: A Study In Educational Trends Affecting School Development In Kansas From The Beginning Of Statehood To The Present Time, Lawrence Sayler Apr 1938

Educational Trends: A Study In Educational Trends Affecting School Development In Kansas From The Beginning Of Statehood To The Present Time, Lawrence Sayler

Master's Theses

It shall be the purpose of this study to determine trends in Supreme Court decisions affecting public education in Kansas. An attempt will be made to determine guiding principles that have guided the Supreme Court in their opinions on cases that have had an important bearing on the progress of education in the state of Kansas. If it is true that the Supreme Court has been liberal in its interpretation of laws as passed by our legislature then it may be said that the Supreme Court has been an aid to the progress of education in the State of Kansas. …