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Adolescence And Guidance, Mary Verna Downey

Bachelors’ Theses

Adolescence is a period of great bodily and mental changes. It is the period when most young people must choose their life work. It is unfortunate that this is true, because it is a time of instability. However, this is the situation. Life offers many alluring prospects at this period of adolescence. Wise guidance is necessary to direct the young person to choose the occupation for which by interests and abilities, he is best fitted.

It is at this time that the school and other agencies of guidance have their opportunities of functioning.

A Survey In The High Schools Of Western Kansas On The Relation Of Training And Experience Of Teachers Of Commercial Subjects To The Achievement Of Pupils Enrolled In These Classes, Melvin Wilbur Torrey

Master's Theses

While assisting in the work of the commerce department of the Fort Hays Kansas State College, the writer frequently had called to his attention the degree of thoroughness, or lack of it, with which high school students are being prepared for college work. This degree of preparation presented itself frequently in the matter of preview tests given to beginning college students in commercial courses, the purpose of which was to discover the placement of these students in college classes. For instance, many classes in the commercial department of the college require for entrance on the part of the student, certain …

A Comparative Study Of The Teachers Of Sevier County, Tennessee, With The Teachers Of Dickson, Hickman, Morgan And White Counties, Tennessee, Okla R. Sarten

Masters Theses

The primary purpose of this thesis is to make a comparative study of the status of the teachers of Sevier County with the teachers of Dickson, Hickman, Morgan and White Counties, the area, population, amount of taxable property, and number of teachers being approximately the same, in order to ascertain whether or not Sevier County is keeping pace with comparable counties in the character of teachers employed.

The development of children will, in very larger measure, depend upon the character of their teachers. Therefore, it is exceedingly important that frequent inventories be taken of the teaching corps in order to …

Molecular Organic Compounds Of Ortho And Para Aminobenzoic Acids, Weldon E. Cate

Masters Theses

The nature of the linkage between the components of molecular organic compounds is not clearly understood, although the existence of this type of compound has been known for many years. Since efforts to explain the structure of molecular compounds by the different theories of valence have met with only partial success, a series of investigations is being carried out in the Chemistry Laboratories of the University of Tennessee in an effort to formulate a theory by which the structure and properties of this interesting but perplexing type of compound may be explained.

The object of this investigation of the molecular …

The Catholic Spirit In Modern Poetry, Anna Lacaze

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

1. All art sas its underlying philosophy. Poetry which is one of the greatest printed branches of art, has its philosophies which vary greatly indeed. Some poets hold as their philosophy that the highest form of beauty is purely natural and they sing the praises of beauty of form, figure etc. Others hold that the highest form of beauty is intellectual and these praise and glorify the beauty of a well ordered mind. While others hold that man was made for God, and that God is the highest form of beauty. These attempt to portray the relationship of man to God, …

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Newman The Master Of Prose Writer, Aline Pepin

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

1. In every period of history there are some characters which stand out very prominently for some great achievement, idea or movement. On some occasions one individual occupies this place of honor, as in the case of Napoleon after he saw gallantly quelled the revolt in the city of Toulon during the Revolutionary War. Literature, like history, has its heroes who, with their pen, influence the world. The 19th century produce the diversity of religious opinion and inquiry, colored by the delicacy of expression which is characteristic of the time. The Victorian age enjoyed the many “masters of expression" for it …

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The Teaching Of Negro History In The Elementary School, David Joseph Jackson

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

One of the reasons why there is such a great lack of cooperation within the race is ignorance of race ability. Students in high-school and college often times have but a vague and obscure concept of the Negro race, educationally, industrially, economically, and when in time these students seek to make and adjustment they find themselves handicapped . For this reason in order that, that love of race, that race consciousness, that makes not only for loyal race brothers, but rather which makes for true loyal law abiding citizens of America, Negro History, should find a place in the curriculum …

The Relative Merits Of Teaching Schorling And Clark Mathematics Without The Aid Of Drill, Compared To Teaching It With The Aid Of Two Kinds Of Drill, Edward E. Royse

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

This study attempts two things: (1) to find if Schorling and Clark Modern Mathematics, one of the adopted texts of Kansas, provides enough drill in the eighth grade; and (2) to weigh the value of two kinds of drill, viz., a flash-card machine and a drill test book.

The Home Room Of The Junior High School, Gertrude M. Dean

Bachelors’ Theses

It is my purpose, in this paper, to discuss the unit of the junior high school, the Home Room.

I have consulted the leading authorities on second­ary education, junior high schools, and home rooms, in order that I may quote from the material that they have written on this subject.

I have found that much has been published in the last five years concerning the importance of the home room. I have obtained my material from books written about junior high schools, from books which discuss extra-curricular activities, from magazines, and from pamphlets.

I shall present my subject by giving …

Problem-Solving In Arithmetic, Eva M. Acker

Bachelors’ Theses

For a century arithmetic has been a popular subject in the elementary schools, and has consumed more time than any other subject. The war had an effect in reducing this time on arithmetic, largely due to the war-time emphasis on health, food production, back-of-the-line morale, and kindred subjects. More recently, school activities and playground work have come in for a reasonable share of the school time. The Twenty-ninth Yearbook recognizes the child as the center of interest, and the final criterion of all values being the effect any technique of teaching or any content of instruction has on the child. …

Correlation Of Art With The School Subjects Of The Upper Grades, Irene E. Cappon

Bachelors’ Theses

Art pervades every phase of life. Beauty is universal in its appeal. All children seem to delight in form and color from infancy. There seems to be a natural impulse in all to express· thoughts and feelings creatively and constructively through pencils, crayons, paints, clay, wood, and other media. All children find pleasure in seeing their efforts take visible form.

The Advance And Development Of The Program Of Training Teachers In Religious Education, With A Detailed Study Of The Ten-Year Period From 1921 To 1931, Nellie C. Young

Graduate Thesis Collection

The demand for trained leadership has become imperative. The educational function of the church, in its relation to childhood and youth, is widely recognized as of primary importance. With a noticeable growing interest in religious education, not only the Church School is improving but also developments in the form of week-day and Vacation Church Schools are rapidly becoming part of the local church and community program of religious education.

Survey Of Intestinal Parasites At The Knox County Industrial School, Mary Lance Vance

Masters Theses

Summary: A study of the whole school accommodating two hundred twenty-seven children, one hundred and five girls and one hundred and twenty-two boys, shows that 31.6 per cent of the children harbor no parasite, 47.7 per cent are parasitized by E. coli, I. butschlii, E. nana, C. mesnilli or G. lamblia, which are considered as symbiots. Therefore, a total of 52.3 per cent harbor pathogenic organisms. Ascaris infection occurs in the largest number, 24.2 per cent, then E. histolytica, 15.5 per cent, H. nana, 11.0 per cent, Necator, 7.5 per cent, Whipworm 5.0 per cent.

Teaching Conservation In The Elementary Schools, Carrie B. Bluett

Bachelors’ Theses

The aim in the writing of this thesis is to show the importance of the teaching of conservation in the elementary schools. This teaching is not to be a mere side issue, but in the subject of Citizenship, standing equal in importance with history, manners and morals, safety cautions, civics and civic information and thrift instructions.

The Assembly With Particular Reference To Grades Kindergarten To Sixth A, Ethel Jane Bennett

Bachelors’ Theses

In these days of the changing curriculum with emphasis laid on character training, with the ultimate outcome in view rather than information gained or skills acquired, and with respect for personality an aim of the school, we find the assembly one of the chief factors in the school for obtaining these goals.

A Study Of The Psycho-Graphs Of Fifty-Five High School Students To Determine The Relationship Between Musical Talent And Various Degrees Of Intelligence, Marie H. Weatherly

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

From time immemorial music has played an important part in the life of the race; but it has been incidental rather than purposive. This incidental process meant that only those persons who had extreme talent and the inner urge became musicians. Frequently, these persons were either highly intellectual or at the other extremity of mentality, so the belief arose that musical talent was associated with great intelligence and to be a successful musician one must have wide experience, a liberal education, broad purpose and high ideals; or that a musician was among the most un-intelligent of men, sometimes near the …

Potentialities Of The Maladjusted Child, Mary H. Broderick

Bachelors’ Theses

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Extra Curricular Activities In Junior High School, Rosa M. Bufton

Bachelors’ Theses

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A Comparative Study Of Pupils, Teachers, And Expenditures Of Standard And Non-Standard One-Room Rural Schools Of North-West Kansas., Myrtel Newbold

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is primarily to secure facts from which a comparison of the Standard and the Non-Standard one-room rural schools may be made in order to determine whether or not the expenditures of the Standard one-room rural school are greater than those of the Non-Standard one-room rural school, and whether or not the achievement of the pupils in the Standard one-room rural school is sufficiently greater than that of the pupils in the Non-Standard one-room rural school to pay to maintain the Standard one-room rural school on its present basis.

A Comparison In The Efficiency Of The Teaching Of Arithmetic In Grades Four To Eight, Inclusive, In The Standard And Non-Standard, One-Room Rural Schools Of Western Kansas, Roy Ernest Mohr

Master's Theses

Considerable discussion regarding the effectiveness of the teaching in the one-room rural school versus the standard school has been going on for some time, and it is hoped that the results of this study will throw some light on this subject which appears to be more or less perplexing at the present time. Education has become a science and its accomplishments can be quite definitely measured by the use of standardized tests. Before their time, the task of comparing schools in educational achievement was practically impossible; with age-grade and achievement norms scientifically determined, it became a simple matter to make …

A Study Of Music Education In The Senior High Schools Of Western Kansas, William Robert Horn

Master's Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to present the following specific facts regarding music education in the State of Kansas. (1) To survey the general status of music in the senior high schools of Western Kansas; (2) To ascertain the professional preparation and teaching experience of the music teachers in these schools; (3) To make a survey of the teaching load of the music teacher; (4) To learn the equipment of the music departments; (5) To study the finance and financing of the music departments; (6) To survey the music courses of the senior high schools; (7) To learn of …

A Survey Of The Teaching Of Physical Education In Western Kansas, William Mcmullen

Master's Theses

In general this thesis is a survey of the teaching of Physical Education in the schools of Western Kansas, together with recommendations and suggestions for its improvement as the data warrants. The specific purposes of the study are these: first, to discover the extent to which Physical Education is offered in the schools of Western Kansas; second, to ascertain the personal and professional qualifications of the Physical Education directors; third, to determine the amount of Physical Education work required of each student in order to complete a high school course; fourth, to discover if room, equipment, and supplies are furnished …

Relative Importance Of Heredity And Environment, Harriet Sanders

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

The most interesting and educational topic of discussion today is, I think, that on Environment and Heredity, in which many questions arise such as "Which has the greatest force in man's life, Heredity or Environment?" "Does his training or environment influence his attainment??" or "What is the relative importance of nature and nurture?" My attention is centered mainly on the relative importance of each as such in the life of the organism.

The Prime Aim Of Teaching Latin Should Be For Its Cultural Value Rather Than The Correlative Or Disciplinary Values, Xavier University Of Louisiana

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

In choosing subjects of this nature there are certain causes or reasons which influence such a choice. In this case it is not my purpose to offer a defense for the study of Latin as an educational subject, nor is it my purpose to propose a special method of presenting Latin as to make it a more attractive part of the curriculum. I am influenced principally by the fact that among educators and Latin teachers themselves there is a widespread divergence of opinion as to what ought to be aims of teaching Latin.

Relative Importance Of Heredity And Environment, Harriet Sanders

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

The most interesting and educational type of discussion today is, I think, that on Environment and Heredity, in which many questions arise such as, "Which has the greatest force in man's life, Hereditary or Environment?" "Does his training or environment influence his attainment?" or, "What is the relative importance of nature and nurture?"

The Construction Of A Standard Health Program For A Rural School With Its Application To Cache County, Wilford Price

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of the study is threefold (1) To formulate standards in health work for rural schools (2) To ascertain the conditions pertaining to health that exist in the Cache County Schools. (3) To apply standards to the existing conditions.

Adapting The Curry Method To A Present Day Speech Curriculum, Ruth Brunnquell

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis was written with the thought that the method founded by Dr. Curry, as presented in his text books, and taught at the Curry School of Expression, Boston, Massachusetts, is the natural normal one for developing good speech, and that every college, whether it has a large or a small speech department, will benefit by using these methods.

Supervision And Student-Teaching In The Elementary Grades, Margaret Markey Bennett

Bachelors’ Theses

Sane Supervision carries with it three sets of principles. "Growing" is the great end - the growing of all together - growth is the essence or good life - to grow is to live. The teacher's business is to help the child to grow. The child influences in turn others to grow. The supervisor works with the teacher to help them to grow as persons in themselves and also specifically in their chosen work. "Professional Study is Necessary". Proper study of avail­able sources will throw light on nature, processes of learn­ing, of method, of subject-matter. If teachers will avail themselves …

Essential Objectives Of Instruction In Reading In The Junior High School, Olive L. Christensen

Bachelors’ Theses

Reading is so obviously the key subject of the grades and has, so many ramifications and contacts with the other school subjects and with important attitudes and habits of mental work that we cannot have too much light thrown upon its aims and objectives.

Survey Of The Industrial Needs Of Electricity To Obtain Information To Be Used As A Basis For A Curriculum In Electricity In The High School, Joe Rondelli

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to find what information had been found useful, by one hundred select individuals gainfully employed and interested in the industrial use of electricity, in order to choose items to be used for the construction of a curriculum in electricity for high school pupils.