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The Organization, Powers, And Administration Of The District Attorney's Office In The Second Judicial District Of New Mexico, Harold R. Goff

Political Science ETDs

The district attorney is one of the most important law enforcement officials in New Mexico because the laws he enforces touch upon every phase and life of the community. The purpose of this study has been to determine the function and powers of the district attorney, and how they are administered, as well as the organization of the district attorney's office.

Material for this study was obtained from the laws passed by the legislature of New Mexico, leading writers on the subject, civil and criminal dockets of Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, interviews with an assistant district attorney, district clerk, and …

A Study Of The Government Of The City Of Oberlin, Kansas, Jack S. Cronk

Master's Theses

The primary aim of the writer in preparing this thesis has been to investigate the various departments of government of the city of Oberlin, Kansas. This study was not made from the viewpoint of the critical observer interested in uncovering either outstanding efficiencies or inefficiencies. The material presented is submitted for the purpose of collaborating practical knowledge with theoretical knowledge in the study of municipal government.

Real Property Assessment Variations In Dickinson County, Kansas, And Their Effect On School Finance, Robert B. Gilkison

Master's Theses

The problem of this thesis is indicated in the title, "Real Property Assessment Variations in Dickinson County Kansas and Their effect on School Finance.” This problem will be considered under two major phases: (1) a critical analysis of the 1938 assessment of all rural real property in Dickinson County, Kansas to determine what irregularities exist and what the cause for these irregularities appear to be, and (2) to ascertain the effect of these inequalities upon the financing of the public schools of the county. The schools in the two second class cities of the county will not be included in …

The Attitude Of The American People Toward War As Expressed In "The Saturday Evening Post" And "Atlantic Monthly" Magazines During The Years 1938 And 1939, Marion Franklin Coulson

Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to discover the attitude of the American people (including various classes from the common laborer to the President) toward war as expressed in a limited body of current literature. The materials concerning war published in the Saturday Evening Post and the Atlantic Monthly magazines during the years 1938 and 1939 have been chosen for this purpose.

A Comparison Of The Personal Property Tax Burden Of Five Separate Groups Of Business In Norton County, Hobart E. Rader

Master's Theses

The subject of this thesis, "A Comparison of the Personal Property tax burden of Five Separate Groups of Business in Norton County", was selected after much consideration and investigation. The purpose of the investigation is to find to what extent the personal property tax burden is borne by business and what group bears the heaviest burden. The first four chapters of this thesis cover materiel and data considered essential in discussing the problem of personal property tax burden of business in the state as it might be expected to affect Norton County. These chapters lay the background concerning the wealth …

School Revenue From The Oil Industry Of Lea County, Jesse B. Harwell

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In this study the following questions will be investigated:

1. What is the history of the oil industry in Lea County

2. What are the constitutional and statutory bases of school revenue from the oil industry in New Mexico?

3. What has been the annual income, both direct and indirect from the oil industry in Lea County in 1927 to the school year 1937-1938?

a. What percent of the state's total revenue for each of these years has been from the oil industry of Lea County?

4. Is the oil industry of Lea County producing a satisfactory portion of school …

Counting Systems Of North American Indians, Helen F. Stevenson

Anthropology ETDs

The following paper is a study of the numeral systems of North American Indian tribes. Not only the basic systems of counting are considered but, also, the recording devices, the words used for basic numbers with their concrete meanings, "magic" or "pattern" numbers and their relationship, if any, to the system of numeration. Not all of this material is recorded for every tribe; therefore only in so far as material is available is the study complete.

The object of the study is to examine the recorded data on numeration systems and to show the extent of correlation with linguistic and …

Development Of The Partido System In The New Mexico Sheep Industry, Ralph Charles

Economics ETDs

One of the institutions extending widely among the Spanish-Americans in northern New Mexico in the past was a livestock leasing arrangement known locally as the partido system. While it has long been recognized as a legitimate business custom, in the past few years it has been severely criticized by certain public agencies which are active in behalf of the subsistence class of native people.

A Preliminary Sketch Of Keresan Grammar, Robert Francis Spencer

Anthropology ETDs

It will be well here to outline briefly Keresan grammar before embarking on a more detailed technical discussion. I do not and cannot hope to present a full grammar of a highly complex linguistic system. There are many points in the grammar of the language which must remain obscure or at which I can merely suggest. A good many more years of field-work would be necessary before even a partially complete analysis could be presented; I attempt to offer only an outline, thereby suggesting and discussing the more salient grammatical features, and presenting a shell of what I consider to …

Some Factors Affecting The Change Of Attitude Of College Freshmen, Iris Mabel Stevenson

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate some of the factors which influence the change of attitude toward a proposition, using 314 college students enrolled in elementary and educational psychology courses at the Fort Hays Kansas State College during the winter 1938-1939.

A Study To Determine The Factors Affecting Efficiency In Use Of Irrigation Water In Weber County, Utah. 1938, Archie L. Christiansen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Utah has two major natural resources, land and water. Because these do not, when separated, have the same agricultural value as when used jointly by separation each loses much of its significance.

A Study Of Bicameral And Unicameral State Legislative Systems, With Special Reference To Utah's Needs, Wendell Bryan Anderson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Legislatures originated to advise and subsequently to curb autocrats who claimed to rule under Divine mandate. The people's struggle through the centuries to build a bulwark against oppression and tyranny is particularized by Sparta's Senate, Athens Council and Assembly of Four Hundred, Rome's Senate of Elders and Comitis Curiate, Charlemangne's Imperial Assembly, and Saxon England's Witenagamot. The archeotype of America's lawmaking bodies, nevertheless, is not found in Greece or Rome, but rather in the British Parliament as it was anciently composed.

Registration Trends At The Utah State Agricultural College, 1900-1939, A. Vernon Obray

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

One of the most vital interests of Utah people is education. Since early days this interest has been maintained at an active level. At the present time the compulsory attendance school age is 18, and according to Supt. Skidmore * 95 per cent of those of school age in Utah attend the lower divisions, and college registration is increasing each year.

The Development Of Equalization And Assessment In Utah With Special Reference To The Assessment Of Rural Lands In Cache County, Theodore R. Maughan

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Uniformity of assessments and equity in the taxation of all tangible property within the state has long been the ideal of the people of Utah, yet the history of equalization and assessment is replete with the effective blocking - by pressure groups - of attainment of this ideal. Taxing officials, in general, and students of taxation, in particular, have repeatedly pointed out gross inequalities and rank injustices in our assessing system which should be corrected. But, selfish interest plus ignorance on the part of the taxpayer has permitted these abuses to remain in our taxing system. An accidental, hit-and-miss, guess …

The Distracting Influence Of Radio Speech Upon Performance In Silent Reading, Thomas Michael Kennedy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Organization And Development Of The Boys' Club Of Saint Louis, Francis T. Williams

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Attitudes And Adjustments Of Aged Rural People In Iowa., Judson Taylor Landis

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Christian Critique Of Totalitarianism, Clyde Norwood Parker

Master's Theses

In presenting a subject of this kind it is evident that some limitations must be set. A full treatment of Totalitarianism would necessitate not only an examination of its various aspects as exemplified by the several nations of the world under Dictator rule today, but also some consideration of strong totalitarian tendencies in many of the so-called democracies of the world.

Likewise, Christianity is an all-inclusive term under which are many religious denominations with their individual organization and peculiar interpretation of the Christian Gospel. This makes it necessary to present A Christian Critique rather than ~Christian Critique.

Therefore, it shall …

A Phonetic Analysis Of The English Spoken By Mexican Children In The Elementary Schools Of Arizona., Klonda Lynn

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Y.W.C.A. In Shelbyville, Kentucky., Esther Morrison 1915-1989

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Aldous Huxley : A Study In A Changing Philosophy, Lee Quellen Charette

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

"Art," besides being art, "is also philosophy," Aldous Huxley says in Vulgarity in Literature. Throughout the years in which he has been writing, Huxley has never lost sight of this dictum. His philosophy has ever formed an integral part of all that he has produced, and especially has it been basic in his novels.

Because of the importance of philosophy to Huxley, the artist, I have aimed in this study at following the course of his changing philosophy. I have tried to present Huxley in his early years advocating a philosophy of meaninglessness and then, after becoming dissatisfied with such …

A Follow-Up Study Of One Hundred And Nine Delinquent Children In The San Joaquin County Junvenile Court, 1932-1933, Jack Ramsey Parsons

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem of juvenile delinquency is one that has received increasing emphasis during the past ten years. The rise and spread of the Coordinating Council Movement, the number of surveys made by public and private agencies on the subject, the increasing number of books published that deal with the problem and the new knowledge that has come from the Child Welfare Centers, the psychiatrists, and the psychologiste have all been noted and used by the various groups of interested citizens. Not only have we seen the rise of leisure time activities that are designed to meet the needs of the …

A Study Of The Deviations Of Voice Articulation And Rhythm Of The Students Of The Stockton Junior College, Andrew W. Shook

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Th purpose of this study is to discover to interpret the nature and the extent of the deviations of voice, articulation, and rhythm of those students who were enrolled as regular students in the Stockton Junior College during the school year ending in June of 1939. Such deviations presumably reflect the speech needs of these individuals. The interpretation of such discoveries should, in a concrete and graphic manner, show not only the speech needs of those individuals tested, but also the general tendencies of any similar group of students of Junior College level in this location. However, the specific task …

A History Of The Third Term Tradition, 1789-1928, Elmer Ellsworth Stevens

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In discussing the Third Term Tradition, I have tried to compile a. history of the precedent rather than an argument for or against it. From Washington to Franklin Roosevelt many different viewoints and arguments have been advanced. Out of the wealth of material which is available I have attempted so far as possible to select impartially representative utterances on both sides of the question.

In our national history there have been several presidential elections in which the third term question was a major issue. That is especially true of the campaign (1940) which is now being fought. However, this paper …

A Brief History Of Woman's Missionary Union, Southern Baptist Convention., Pearle Bourne

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Housing Project In Louisville : Its Social Interpretation : A Study Of College Court., Howard B. Hollenbeck 1916-1971

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Auditory Acuity To Pure Tones And The Ability To Discriminate Between Sixteen English Consonants., Robert Newcomb Plummer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Education As A Function Of Government In Virginia, Macon Flournoy Fears

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Doctrine And Covenants, John William Fitzgerald

Theses and Dissertations

The general topic of this thesis is the changes that have occurred in The Doctrine and Covenants through its various editions, beginning with A Book of Commandments which was printed in 1833, to the 1937 edition of The Doctrine and Covenants.