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A Study Of The Library Facilities And Personnel Of Five Selected High Schools Of Northern Utah, Clyde H. Morris

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

It is the purpose of the present study to determine, and, as far as possible, to evaluate in terms of the Cooperative Study of secondary School Standards the following items as found in 5 selected high school libraries in Northern Utah: (1) objectives, (2) library materials, including book collection, periodicals, pamphlets, clippings, bulletins, and visual aids, (3) organization and administration, including finances, library personnel, classification and cataloging, accessibility of the library, and the librarian's responsibilities, (4) selecting of library materials, (5) utilization of the library, (6) housing and equipping the library, and (7) special characteristics. Since an administrator must know …

A Comparison Of Transported With Non-Transported Pupils In The High Schools Of The Millard County School District, Golden P. Wright

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The transportation of pupils to and from our schools has grown by leaps and bounds during the past few years until now it has developed into an educational activity of major importance. The Utah school bus which collided with a freight train in November 1938 and carried 23 of its passengers to their death was but one of over 86,000 such motor vehicles in operation in the United States during the school year of 1938-1939. Approximately 4,000,000 school children rode these buses daily over school-bus routes that extended in excess of 1,000,000,000 miles. the annual expense for this transportation was …

Certain Factors In Relation To The Present Occupational Status Of Former All-Day Students Of Vocational Agriculture In Utah, Mark Nichols

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Vocational agriculture had its birth in Utah rural high schools in the spring of 1918. It is a program for training present and future farmers for proficiency in agriculture. The instruction in Utah, as in most states, has been devoted to the training of all-day (high school) students.

Since 1918 considerably over one million dollars of federal, state and local funds have been expended for all-day instruction in vocational agriculture in Utah. The primary objective of the program is to train these boys to become farmers or farm leaders. From time to time the following questions have been asked: Do …

A Study Of The Teacher Placement Bureau Of The University Of New Mexico From 1929 To 1938, David H. Boyles

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In meeting the problem of securing qualified teachers in the past ten years New Mexico school administrators have shown a trend toward greater use of the institutional teacher placement bureaus. It is a purpose of this report to show to what extent the University is accepting the responbility of knowing the state's occupational needs, of selecting youth according to their abilities for fulfilling the varying needs, of aiding leaders in the field in making replacements and additions, of supplying adequate and proper preparation, of placing their graduates in positions, and of providing opportunities for their continued study and preparation.

A Study In Fiddle Tunes From Western North Carolina, David Parker Bennett

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Music at Chapel Hill by David Parker Bennett in 1940.

Investigations On Whole-Part Learning From 1930 Through 1939., Agnes Catherine Lemaire

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Causes Of The Reading Difficulties Of Thirty Children In The Butler Reading Clinic The Summer Of 1939, Evelyn Townsend

Graduate Thesis Collection

The problem presented by these children of normal or superior intelligence who are failing to read sufficiently well to carry on the activities expected of them in their school and out-of-school experiences is one which deeply concerns and definitely challenges educators.

A Study Of Student Publications, Ernest Brown

Graduate Thesis Collection

Journalism and school publications have taken their place in the curriculum of the schools of today. This has created a need for a study to show the changes that have been made in school publications since the middle of the nineteenth century; the purposes they are serving; their organization and make-up; and how to recognize the type of publication which is serving the schools needs best.

A Safety Survey, Shyrl G. Craig

Graduate Thesis Collection

One of the foremost subjects for country-wide and consideration is our terrifying death and accident rate. Engineers, and govenment officials from city, state, and national government are directing unusual energies towards a partial solution of the problem. Without safety, the most important things in life are impossible to achieve and safe living is the keystone of our personal and national well-being. Accidents destroy economic security. Millions suffer privation and want when the bread-winners of the family are injured or when family sayings are used up in caring for injured children. Our national economic loss from accidents amounts to billions of …

The History And Development Of Education In The Catholic Colleges And University In The State Of Indiana, May E. Moran

Graduate Thesis Collection

This dissertation of "The Development of Education in the Catholic Secondary and Higher Schools in the State of Indiana" was made in order to set forth as a unit some of the achievements of higher education made by the pioneer Sisters and Fathers of the Catholic Church. Very little has been written about these religious educators and their works, as their institutions and deeds have progressed without much publicity.

Needs Of Local Employers And The Commercial Educational Program For Negro Students, Anna B. Dawson

Graduate Thesis Collection

The number of Negro students who have enrolled in the commercial subjects in recent years has grown with such rapidity that it is almost startling.  Many educators of the Negro race in other cities have seen the necessity to do research work concerning the training of Negro commerce workers but investigation has shown that no such study has been made in Indianapolis relative to the training of these students to meet the needs of those who employ them.

Safety For Elementary School Playgrounds, Willard J. Day

Graduate Thesis Collection

The problem of the present study, that of playground safety, arose as a result of two conditions: first, numerous accidents on the playground of the Charles Major School, of which the author is principal; secondly, the observation that certain schools have completely abandoned the use of playground apparatus, the reasons generally given for such abandonment being frequence of injuries and damage suits against school officials resulting from these injuries.

Extra-Curricular Activities Of The High Schools Of Tipton County, Robert L. Duncan

Graduate Thesis Collection

Most educators are undecided as to the relative values of the various kinds of extra-curricular activities.  As a result of this condition certain activities of doubtful value are greatly emphasized in many schools while other activities of more importance are not offered at all.

Industrial Arts Objectives, David R. Winegarden

Graduate Thesis Collection

Several incorrect concepts have caused the Industrial Arts work to fail to function to its fullest extent.  One idea is that of regarding the school shop only as a producer of "things;" if students produce good "things" they are successful.  The individual as a learner is hardly taken into consideration; the project on which he works and the skillfulness with which he manipulates tools and materials are only seen.

Making Clubs More Effective In The Junior High Schools In Indianapolis, Irma M. Biedenmeister

Graduate Thesis Collection

Since 1932, the course of study and time allotment for the junior high schools in Indianapolis, has set aside one period a week as a definite time on the program for organzied clubs. As this time is allotted and required, several questions naturally arise. Is the junior high school pupil too immature for club life? How can these club periods be used ot the best advantage for the pupil? Are they effective? If not, how can they be made so? Are there any suggestions that would aid in fulfilling the purpose of the assignment of school time for clubs?

Military Training In The Secondary Schools, Louis H. Chaney

Graduate Thesis Collection

The entire subject--military training in the secondary schools--is at present highly controversial. Its educational value has been a matter of debate since the earliest appearance of such training in the college curriculum over a century ago. Since the World War, the debate has become more heated and pointed. Certain aspects of the training, especially military education as a part of a school's requirements for graduation, are receiving criticism from organized opposition.

The Junior High School Music Teachers And Some Problems They May Encounter, Adelaide T. Riley

Graduate Thesis Collection

It is the purpose of this thesis to investigate materials which have a place in revealing the indispensable value of the junior high school teacher. Special attention has been given to personal characteristics, general and musical training, teaching procedure with types of pupils with whom she makes daily contact and outstanding problems with which she may be confronted.

A Survey Of Physical Education In Schools For The Deaf, Jacob L. Caskey

Graduate Thesis Collection

Educators are familiar with the problems that arise in a school or school system in connection with the formulation and the maintenance of an adequate physical education program. Teachers in schools for the deaf are no exceptions. The same and also many additional problems confront them. The more paramount of these will be discussed in this work.

Cultural Materials In Representative German Textbooks Used In The Chicago Public High Schools During The School Year 1938-1939, Elmer C. Coble

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

St. Elizabeth's Parish And The Negro, Mary Robert Dennis

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Characteristics Of The Freshman Class Of September, 1939 At Gage Park High School, Mae K. Callahan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Economic Status Of The White Teacher In Louisiana Outside Of New Orleans., Linus Peter Terrebonne

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of Achievement In The Various Colleges Of The Louisiana State University With Special Reference To Certain Aspects Of The Junior Division., William Augustus Lawrence

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Certification Of Elementary School Teachers In Louisiana From 1854 To 1938., John Buell Aycock

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Lighting In The Schools Of Shelby County, Indiana, Wray Orem

Graduate Thesis Collection

Many cases of poor sight have been observed by the author during his teaching experience.  Since the classrooms in which these children studied were poorly lighted, it was though a survey of conditions in several schools would prove valuable in influencing the improvement of lighting conditions in these classrooms and in others.

A Follow-Up Study Of The Graduates Of An Orphans' Home, D. Samuel Cade

Graduate Thesis Collection

This study was made of the graduates of a semi-public school located on the grounds at the Indiana Masonic Home at Franklin, Indiana.  Almost all of the graduates are obliged to work for their living immediately after graduation and the present curriculum was arranged to meet this need.  This study was made to determine if the program has been functioning and, if not, to find out what changes should be made to make it fulfill the needed requirements.

A Survey Of The Reading Achievement In The 9b At Arsenal Technical Schools And Suggestions For A Remedial Program, Leunice H. Horne

Graduate Thesis Collection

This study evolved from the realization that there was a distressing need among high school students for tangible help in reading .

As a result of this, I enrolled in the Butler University course of Clinical Practice in Reading, under Dr . Townsend, for definite help in meeting this necessity. He inspired me to make a survey of reading difficulties and do some experimental remedial reading in the school at which I was teaching, Arsenal Technical Schools, Indianapolis, Indiana.

A History Of The Education Of The Chinese In Hawaii, Sylvianne Fei-Ai Li Chun

Honors Papers

In the transplanting of any race or people, a period of acclimatization by the process of natural or formal education must inevitably ensue if that group wishes to survive both mentally and spiritually; and in many cases physically.

In any community a human, in order to make himself agreeable and useful, must learn to cooperate with his or hers neighbors. This is usually accomplished by first learning the language of one's country of adoption, then to learn the philosophy of the inhabitants already established there, and finally to apply one's self diligently by industry and perseverance to occupation.

The Chinese …

Using Radio Sound Equipment In The School, Louis L. Rodd

Theses

In this study of "Using Radio Sound Equipment in the School," an attempt will be made to show that such equipment has great value as an administrative and as a teaching aid, and in just what manner such a device can be of the greatest assistance.

A Study Of The Educational Background Of Employing Officials (Trustee And Advisory Board) In Rural Townships Of Indiana, Olive Liddell Casey

Graduate Thesis Collection

The problem at hand is concerned with whether or not educational officials in the rural townships of Indiana today have adequate background for the performance of the duties of pertinent to their office.