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A Study Of The Expectations Of The Relevant Publics In Establishing A Guidance And Counseling Program For The Western Boone County School Corporation, Richard D. Huey

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The Western Boone County Community School Corporation, Thorntown, Indiana, in opening a new high school is concerned with instituting a guidance and counseling service to meet the needs of its students effectively. In instituting these services, it seems imperative to survey the people served in the guidance and counseling program, namely, the students, parents, teachers, administrators, and Board of Education, to discover the relative importance these publics ascribe to the various activities a counselor should be involved with in the school. Its usefulness will depend upon the extent to which the program will use the survey's results in conjunction with …

An Evaluative Study Of The Guidance Services In Usdesea Schools, Jack W. Plake

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A Survey Of The Development Of Meaning Of Selected Concepts In Children: Grades One Through Twelve, Carol Erickson Smith

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The purpose of the present study was to detect the existence of a general pattern in the development of meaning over time, and if such a pattern existed, to compare it with certain points in Jean Piaget's theory of intelligence and in a theory concept formation as suggested by Lev Vygotsky.

A Description Of And Program For Blind Children With Mental Or Emotional Disability, Sarah Ashman

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Indiana School for the Blind has a regular academic program fulfilling the state's requirements, but adjusted to blindness. Only educable children are admissable and when a child is judged to be unable to benefit from the program, he must be rejected for admission or readmission to the school. Many children retained in the school are making minimal gains due to unmet needs for psychotherapy or for a special program designed for retarded or neurologically damaged children.

The present study involves three known groups of mentally handicapped blind children, (1) those who have been rejected for even a trial admission at …

An Analysis Of Desegregation Trends In The Indianapolis Public Schools, Sophia Nicholas Gonis

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The primary purpose of this study was to analyze the recent racial desegregation trends in the school cityJ of Indianapolis, Indiana, particUlarly with respect to pupil personnel, teacher personnel, and school administration policies. Such an analysis would be incomplete, however, without a prefatory, updated history of events that made up "The Indianapolis Story II of desegregation in its public schools. A still third concern of this study was a survey of major legal developments pertaining to school desegregation procedures elsewhere in the nation. These developments have set the national climate in which trends might be further predicted and in which …

The Mmpi As A Predictor Of Success Among Seminary Students, Sue Webb Cardwell

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Purpose of the study. Since the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory is the psychological test that is most widely used in seminaries in the United States, it was the purpose of this study (1) to establish norms for Christian Theological Seminary that could be compared with general norms and with the norms of two other studies, those of United Presbyterian and Southern California School of Theology seminarians, to help answer the question of how clergymen differ from non-clergymen and whether special norms need to be taken into consideration in the interpretation of MMPI protocols with seminary students; and (2) to see …

A Study Of Library Services In Seven Indiana High Schools Using The Evaluative Criteria Of The National Study Of Secondary School Evaluation, Olive Kinsley

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The purposes of this study are three-fold: 1. To organize and summarize the data concerning library services for the libraries filling out these criteria; (2.) To find the strengths and weaknesses of these libraries; (3.) To point up areas in which improvement needs to be made.

History Of Visiting Nurse Association Of Indianapolis, 1913-1959, Charlotte Akins

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The Visiting Nurse Association of Indianapolis, formerly the Public Health Nursing Association of Indianapolis, is a nonofficial community agency in Marion County. It was incorporated January 11, 1913. According to its constitution, it was organized to "provide graduate registered nurses to teach needy individuals and the general public hygiene, cleanliness, and the proper care of the sick; to prevent disease; and to render such aid as may from time to time be proper."I This organization has provided nursing care in homes, in clinics, in industries, and in other situations outside the hospitals since its beginning. Since 1921 it also has …

Oral Communication: A Curriculum Proposal For A Theological Seminary, Robert E. Pebley

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At the time of this writing the author is a lecturer in the Department of Speech, Television, Radio, and Drama at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, Indiana. In this capacity it is my pleasure to work with Dr. Alfred R. Edyvean who is head of this department. The schedule of classes is in the process of being revised by the administration. At the present time a student may enroll and attend classes two or four days a week. The basic courses are set up so that they include two hours of class study per week. This means that a student could …

A Study Of The Development Of Racial Integration In The Indiapolis Public Schools, Thomas F. Jett

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This study was concerned with a review of the events preceding and following the 1949 action of the Indiana Legislative Assembly as it applies to the School City of Indianpolis, located in the Capitol City of Indiana.

A Follow-Up Study Of The Graduates Of Sandcreek High School 1952-1957, Earl Aaron

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The problem in this study is to find what the graduates of Sandcreek Township High School, in Decatur County, Indiana, did vocationally after they graduated; whether they followed their vocational choices in high school; how well they felt the school curriculum met their needs; and which particular qualities they felt were most important in their teachers.

History Of The Indiana Dental College, 1879-1925, Jack D. Carr

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The purpose of this study is to compile an accurate and, in so far as possible, a complete history of the Indiana Dental College. It is hoped that such a study will help to clarify the reasons for the emphasis upon certain aspects of dental curriculums in the past, and that it will help in evaluating the needs of the future program to eliminate encumberaces of traditional approaches which, in some instances, are no longer appropriate.

Some Contemporary Problems Of Christian Education In Norway, Jo Bolstad

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The thesis here presented is an attempt to survey and discuss some of the important problems whih face Christian education in Norway today.

A Project In Pre-Service Training For Church School Teachers, Fannie M. Bennett

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The Leadership Education Audio-visual Kit was completed by the Division of Christian Education of the National Churches of Christ in the United states of America in the Fall of 1950. Downey Avenue Christian Church was searching for a method to train teachers not only for the church school but also for the home. This Kit seemed to be the device needed.

The problem: How may the Kit be used to challenge each person to teach wherever he has opportunity? To teach is easy but to teach in a manner that the person will grow toward Christ is difficult.

Problems And Progress In The Development Of Girls' Education In India, Rozaline Jean Cleaveland

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In a country where only 2.53 per cent of the female population is literate, the importance of education for girls cannot be overestimated. India, being freed from British Rule in 1947, is now an independent self-governing nation. In its draft constitution it has accepted the democratic way of life. Democracy postulates an equality of opportunity for every individual to develop his abilities to the fullest extent and to be able to play his proper role in society. Therefore, in Indian today women have equal opportunity with men guaranteed by the constitution; and, in order to exercise this libety with an …

History Of The Indiana State School For The Blind, Elizabeth M. Wishard

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The problem herein undertaken is to present a study or the Indiana State School for the Blind from the time that an interest in specialized training for blind youth was evidenced in 1844 to the close or the fiscal year 1947 -1946 when the study was begun. This includes one hundred and one calendar years or the school itself, and one hundred and two school terms. Particular attention is given to the historical, physical, administrative, and curricular aspects, as well as to Outstanding personalities, and to as many elements or student and faculty composition as available data permitted.

A History Of Greensburg High School Greensburg, Indiana, Lucy L. Lehman

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Greensburg High School has been and is highly regarded by the residents of Decatur County as shown by various newspaper reports, personal interviews, and school records. Its scholastic standards, its curriculum, its administrative personnel, and its student body unite in striving to build an institution that will raise the social and economic conditions of the community. There are but few residents who remember the early days of the school, but on their part there is a feeling of gratitude and appreciation for those early leaders of education in this community who had the foresight to see the importance of higher …

An Experiment In Cooperative Creative Living With Young Children, Mary Muriel Hobson

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Specifically, this study attempts to answer two questions:

(1) What are the principles and techniques necessary for an experiment in cooperative, creative living with young children?

(2) What (in this specific case) are some of the resulting products of such an experiment?

"Non-Musical" Interests And Abilities Of Students Of Arthur Jordan Conservatory Of Music, Nellie Jones

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The present study is an endeavor to supply additional information which may assist in the evaluation of music students of Jordan Conservatory.

A Statistical Survey Of Beginning Wind Instrumental Methods, Paul H. Patterson

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The purpose of this thesis is to ascertain to what extent authors of beginning brass and wood-wind methods agree and disagree

Present Emphases In Christian Education, Burt E. Coody

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Because of the enormity of the field [Christian education] and in order to be very specific the subject matter will be confined to the curricula of the Sunday Church Schools. More specifically, the aim is to examine the present-day emphases that are to be found in the curricula of Christian education and to offer suggestions for the blending of these emphases that will add to the force and effectiveness of the great job already being done in this area of Christian education.

The Adequacy Of Music Theory In The High School As Applied To Collegiate Music Study, Esther M. Garretson

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This present study grew of of the writer's own conviction of the need for a thorough comprehension of Music Theory for a well rounded musicianship in any field of musical endeavor. More specifically it was understaken to point out the need for more adequate preparation, through the study of Music Theory in Secondary schools, by those students who intend to enroll in a Collegiate Music School; to show that a major portion of the curriculum of such a school is made up of course in Music Theory; and to offer proof that Secondary schools on the whole do not meet …

A Comparison Of The Status Of Music, Home Economics, And Agriculture In The Secondary Schools Of Indiana, Reba Marree Geist

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It is hoped that the facts revealed in this survey will aid in the passage of a law in Indiana concerning Music Education, similar to the law in effect in Indiana dealing with Vocational Education. It is further hoped that these facts will show a need for better programs of music education. The purpose of this survey is to collect data showing what is being done so that better things might be accomplished.

The Minnesota Clerical Test As A Measure Of Piano Aptitude, Helen Ferrell Harlan

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An Evaluation Of High School Chorus Materials, Albert Wilson Canine

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One of the most important problems of a chorus director is how to select suitable materials which will be effectively used with a particular group. This problem is worthy of careful consideration. It is the purpose of this thesis to determine the factors necessary in choosing good material for the high school chorus and to offer a list of the best available selections as an aid to the director in choosing the most appropriate music.

A History Of The Indiana State School For The Deaf, Windell W. Fewell

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This study has been motivated by an intimate contact with the Indiana State School for the Deaf as a teacher and by a growing interest in its development. This interest was further stimulated by coming into contact with the large volume of school records which, in some cases, date back to the beginning of the school in 1843. In spite of the fact that these original source materials have been fairly well preserved, no history of the school, other than comparatively brief sketches, has been written.

The Status Of Primary Music In The Schools Of Indiana, Elizabeth Schwier

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A Survey Of Practices And Procedures In Textbook Adoptions, Ross T. Campbell

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This study is concerned with the methods of textbook selection used in the different states together with the history of textbook adoptions in Indiana.

Christian Education In The Family, Myrna I. Bertels

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It is the conviction of the writer that the world needs "the Way of Life," and that Jesus Christ is that Way;1 that the home is basic to society, and that the Church is the society whereby the Gospel is to be preached. Because of these convictions and the knowledge that the home is not centered around Christ, and that the Church has not yet realized its responsibility in providing more aid and leadership for family education, this paper has been inspired.

Is The Veteran A Better Student Than He Was A Civilian?, Richard E. Emery

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