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The Relationship Between The Home Environment And Certain Phases Of Achievement, Maude M. Meriwether

Graduate Thesis Collection

This study is the outgrowth of the writer's conviction that the home environment has a great deal to do with the lack of progress among the retarded pupils and the rapid achievement of our better students. After visiting the homes of what are often termed, "the problem cases," we usually return with the feeling that with such home conditions, it is a great wonder that the pupils progress as well as they do.

The Elementary School Library And How It Functions In Indiana, Helen Estelle Fullenwider

Graduate Thesis Collection

The elementary school library is still in the pioneer stage of development in the schools of Indiana. In truth, there are few elementary school libraries in the state in the correct definition of the words. Nevertheless some type of library service, although inadequate, is available to every school and pupil in the state. It is the purpose of this study to review the history of library service to children and to ascertain what the present types of library service to children are, and to give some information relative to the library programs that are followed by certain elementary schools in …

Reading Difficulties Of The Third Grade, Beulah Plake

Graduate Thesis Collection

The problem of what to do with the poor reader and the non-reader of the third grade has disturbed the author for several years.  Solutions in the form of preventative measures beginning in the first grade, do not effect the problem immediately.  In schools where no such measures have been taken, a class of third grade poor readers and non-readers is always at hand, and something should be done with them before they leave the primary grades.

A Retrospective Study And Critical Evaluation Of Radio Education In The Public Schools, Teresa H. Glockling

Graduate Thesis Collection

The purpose of this study is to investigate and report the pioneer experiments which have been carried on in radio education; to determine exactly what radio has to offer education; to ascertain the correct techniques of teaching by radio and to evaluate its worth as a classroom device.

1938 Yearbook Of The Breckinridge Training School, Morehead State Teachers College

Breckinridge Training School & University Breckinridge School Yearbooks

1938 Yearbook of the Breckinridge Training School on the campus of Morehead State Teachers College.

Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 1938, Bryn Mawr College. Alumnae Association

Alumnae Association Publications

No abstract provided.

Bryn Mawr College Annual Report , 1937-38, Bryn Mawr College

Annual Reports of the President of Bryn Mawr College

Includes the President's Annual Reports to the Board of Directors of Bryn Mawr College for the years 1937-1938, 1942-1943, and 1943-1944.

Bryn Mawr College Undergraduate College Catalogue And Calendar, 1938-1941, Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College Calendar

Volume contains calendars of undergraduate courses and calendars of graduate courses for 1938, 1939, and 1940-1941.

Bryn Mawr College Yearbook. Class Of 1938, Bryn Mawr College. Senior Class

Bryn Mawr College Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Test 303: Allis-Chalmers Model Wc (Distillate), Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

All tractors tested at the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory were certified by their manufacturers as being stock model machines, conforming to specifications filed with the application for test. No special or high-test fuels were used except as recommended by the manufacturer as necessary.

All results within the official tractor test report were actually attained in tests and are without correction or allowances for friction, temperature, altitude, etc. The results were initially accomplished with the tractor in charge of skilled operators employed by the University.

Unless otherwise noted, each tractor was apparently in good condition at the end of the testing …

Hi-O-Hi 1938, The Fiftieth, Oberlin College

Hi-O-Hi Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Test 302: Allis-Chalmers Model B, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

All tractors tested at the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory were certified by their manufacturers as being stock model machines, conforming to specifications filed with the application for test. No special or high-test fuels were used except as recommended by the manufacturer as necessary.

All results within the official tractor test report were actually attained in tests and are without correction or allowances for friction, temperature, altitude, etc. The results were initially accomplished with the tractor in charge of skilled operators employed by the University.

Unless otherwise noted, each tractor was apparently in good condition at the end of the testing …

Test 306: Massey-Harris Model "101" S, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

All tractors tested at the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory were certified by their manufacturers as being stock model machines, conforming to specifications filed with the application for test. No special or high-test fuels were used except as recommended by the manufacturer as necessary.

All results within the official tractor test report were actually attained in tests and are without correction or allowances for friction, temperature, altitude, etc. The results were initially accomplished with the tractor in charge of skilled operators employed by the University.

Unless otherwise noted, each tractor was apparently in good condition at the end of the testing …

Test 310: M-M Twin City Model Uts (Gasoline), Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

All tractors tested at the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory were certified by their manufacturers as being stock model machines, conforming to specifications filed with the application for test. No special or high-test fuels were used except as recommended by the manufacturer as necessary.

All results within the official tractor test report were actually attained in tests and are without correction or allowances for friction, temperature, altitude, etc. The results were initially accomplished with the tractor in charge of skilled operators employed by the University.

Unless otherwise noted, each tractor was apparently in good condition at the end of the testing …

Test 311: M-M Twin City Model Uts (Distillate), Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

All tractors tested at the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory were certified by their manufacturers as being stock model machines, conforming to specifications filed with the application for test. No special or high-test fuels were used except as recommended by the manufacturer as necessary.

All results within the official tractor test report were actually attained in tests and are without correction or allowances for friction, temperature, altitude, etc. The results were initially accomplished with the tractor in charge of skilled operators employed by the University.

Unless otherwise noted, each tractor was apparently in good condition at the end of the testing …

Test 315: International Tractractor Model Td-18 (Wide Tread), Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

All tractors tested at the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory were certified by their manufacturers as being stock model machines, conforming to specifications filed with the application for test. No special or high-test fuels were used except as recommended by the manufacturer as necessary.

All results within the official tractor test report were actually attained in tests and are without correction or allowances for friction, temperature, altitude, etc. The results were initially accomplished with the tractor in charge of skilled operators employed by the University.

Unless otherwise noted, each tractor was apparently in good condition at the end of the testing …

The Evolution Of Linear Drawing As A Subject Of Study: A Critical Study Of The Cumulative Philosophies Affecting The Teaching Of Drawing With Special Reference To Education In The United States., Orville Addison Tearney

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Public Secondary Business Education In Louisiana: Its Evolution, Organization And Administration., Howard Magruder Norton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Annotated Bibliography Of The Pedagogy Of Speech In The Secondary School, Mary Jean Schwalbach

Bachelors’ Theses

The problem of finding what had been written concerning new approaches in the teaching of Speech led the compiler of this bibliography to a consideration of two periodicals that deal with the subject: The Quarterly Journal of Speech and the English Journal. These two publications are most likely to be accessible to workers tn this field.

An Inquiry Into The Importance Of High School Speech To College Students, Kathleen Margaret Foley

Bachelors’ Theses

That the ability to speak effectively, to phrase ideas in a compelling fashion, is an asset is not denied. The emphasis place upon good speech by business men, by professional men, and by educators attests to its importance.

1938 Faculty Meeting Minutes, Morehead State Teachers College

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty meeting minutes of the Morehead State Teacher College for 1938.

The Literary Criticism Of Alfred Tennyson, Peter L. Decker

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Taylor University Catalog 1938, Taylor University

Undergraduate Catalogs

The 1938 academic catalog of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Radio And The English Teacher, Doris L. Lynn

Graduate Thesis Collection

This study was begun unconsciously two years ago when through the efforts of the teaching force of the school where I was principal, we secured a public address system of radio.  During that time, the realization of the worth of the radio as an educational factor grew daily.

The Construction And Operation Of A Reaction Time Machine, Austin T. Funk

Graduate Thesis Collection

The Encyclopedia Britannica states that "One of the cardinal problems of psychophysics is the measurement of the duration of the mental processes".  To accomplish this purpose it is necessary to have a chronograph or chronoscope measuring in small fractions of a second with connections suitable to the experiment.

A Survey Of The Reading Achievement In The Third Grades Of A Group Of Selected Schools In St. Louis And Suggestions For A Remedial Program, Rubye G. Peake

Graduate Thesis Collection

This investigation presents an account of a survey of the reading achievement of third grade pupils in nine schools in St. Louis, Missouri.  The method of securing data, the treatment of data and results obtained are described in detail.

Biography Of Leonard P. Ayres, Cora A. Trefz

Graduate Thesis Collection

Leonard P. Ayres---to educators this name means the creator of the first practicable scales in handwriting and spelling for the elementary school child. To those who served in the World War, his name brings back memories of statistical reports concerning men, munitions, and supplies. Financiers and business men throughout the country say, and have said, for almost twenty years that the name Ayres, is simultaneous with unbelievably correct business and stock market predictions.

Calendar Of Events January 1938, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Art Events of January 1938 includes an article by Royal Farnum of RISD called Sweden's Message to Rhode Island. This is concerning craft museums in their natural habitat. Art exhibitions, concerts, plays and lectures that took place in Rhode Island were listed. Art exhibitions in Massachusetts and the Museum of Modern Art in New York also were listed.

Test 312: John Deere H, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

EXPLANATION OF TEST REPORT: John Deere H

TEST A: The manufacturer's representative operates the tractor for a minimum of 12 hours using light to heavy drawbar loads in each gear.

This serves as a period for limber up, general observation and adjustments. Adjustments that are permissible include valve tappet clearance, breaker ,point gap, spark plug gaps, clutch and others of a similar nature. No new parts or accessories can be installed without having mention made of it in the report. No data' are recorded during this preliminary run except the time that the engine is operated.

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The Triangle 1938, Southern Junior College

Yearbooks

Southern Adventist University's yearbook from the year 1938.