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Editor's Comments, Robert M. Ward
Editor's Comments, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
As incoming editor, I wish to extend my appreciation to Gamma Theta Upsilon's Board of Directors for their confidence in me, and to the membership for their continuing support of the Society. During recent meetings, the Board decided that Volume 19 should initiate a new format. This has resulted from a policy change that now directs the editor to include materials previously contained in the Newsletter. The Second Vice President will continue to receive these news items from the chapters, prepare them for publication, and send them to me. In this instance, I am pleased to cite the highly professional …
Cover And Forewords, Robert M. Ward
News From The Chapters 1980-81, Robert M. Ward
News From The Chapters 1980-81, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
News from the Chapters 1980-81
Volume 20 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
Volume 20 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
Volume 20 Complete Issue
Bending Traditions To Avoid Breaking The Rulesthe Arthur, Illinois Amish, Page Redmond
Bending Traditions To Avoid Breaking The Rulesthe Arthur, Illinois Amish, Page Redmond
The Geographical Bulletin
When the people of the Amish faith fled religious persecution in Europe and arrived in Pennsylvania about 1727, they came not to start a new life, but to preserve the old ways of living and farming.1 However, the reality of the outside has crept into their sheltered culture in the form of land shortages and higher prices for that land which does exist. These pressures, coupled with the all too constant awareness of the world outside their culture and its many changes and advances, have caused a weakening in some of the once strictly held traditions. From the outside, it …
Rural Development Versus Rural Preservation: Conflicting Usda Land Use Programs And Policies, Susan Oglesbee Burt
Rural Development Versus Rural Preservation: Conflicting Usda Land Use Programs And Policies, Susan Oglesbee Burt
The Geographical Bulletin
With the mounting cost of farm ownership and operation, and the rapid increase in urbanization, the issue of farmland preservation has come to the forefront in many states, counties, townships, and villages. These factors, combined with inflation, severe fluctuations in the economy, and restrictions in the use of natural resources, have brought about heightened concern on the part of farmers in recent years. Farmers and rural communities are seeking alternative ways to cope with these conditions. Sale of their land to the highest bidder is one option that often results in conversion of prime agricultural land to other uses. The …
Suburban Land-Use Policies And. Community Pressure Groups In Southfield, Michigan, Joseph H. Kogelmann
Suburban Land-Use Policies And. Community Pressure Groups In Southfield, Michigan, Joseph H. Kogelmann
The Geographical Bulletin
Creation and preservation of affluent suburban communities is dependent upon the existence of political expedients, whose primary function is to insure perpetuation of exclusionary socioeconomic barriers. Local land-use policies, as determined by municipal zoning regulations and building codes, have become mechanisms by which the status quo is maintained. The content of local land-use policies is particularly susceptible to political influence of community pressure groups. These groups are often a major force in the community decision-making process as they seek to mold local public policy in accordance with their own conceptions. Suburban elected officials have been extremely responsive to demands of …
Seasonal And Annual Precipitation Efficiency In The Eastern United States·, Jeffrey T. Lutz
Seasonal And Annual Precipitation Efficiency In The Eastern United States·, Jeffrey T. Lutz
The Geographical Bulletin
PreCipitation efficiency (Pe) is the percentage of the average atmospheric water vapor above a station that is released and falls to earth as measurable preCipitation in a given time period. Pe is a single parameter describing the efficiency of atmospheric mechanisms in releasing moisture. Temporal and spatial variations in Pe are controlled primarily by synoptic atmospheric systems. The relationship between atmospheric systems and seasonal! annual variations in Pe is investigated for the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Regional variations in seasonal and annual averages of Pe suggest the relative effectiveness of dynamic and thermodynamic preCipitation mechanisms. Basically, the …
Gtu- A Regional Perspective, Leon C. Hallman
Gtu- A Regional Perspective, Leon C. Hallman
The Geographical Bulletin
These listings are indeed similar, both placing emphasis in the same general areas of concern and suggested activity. However, I bel ieve a dichotomy exists, not between GTU's brochure and the Association of College Honor Societies Booklet of Information, 1981-82, but HERE within Gamma Theta Upsilon, an Interna7 tional Geographical Honor Society. Where does it say: recognize academic and mental achievements, recognize excellence of performance, reward and recognize the attainment of scholarship of a superior quality? GTU's stated purposes do not include these ideas or concerns. GTU's purposes are to create interest, to strengthen training, to make geography practical for …
Crucible Of Excellence: The Honor Society, O. Orland Maxfield
Crucible Of Excellence: The Honor Society, O. Orland Maxfield
The Geographical Bulletin
It has been some time since I have heard the rather piquant phrase, "to defend one's honor." Indeed, I do not often hear the word "honor" or read of it in the current mass media. It is as though we take "honor" for granted or it has been relegated to the zone of discard along with integrity and virtue. Perhaps we have become jaundiced by the everyday, commonplace, dishonorable actions of political and business figures, and sometimes even of our closer acquaintances. Think for a moment of the aphorisms relative to honor that you have heard all of your lives. …
Editor's Comments, Robert M. Ward
Editor's Comments, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
Once upon a time in the land of academia, there existed an esteemed Department of Geography. It was steeped in tradition and was recognized by its peers as being among the foremost academic departments in the world. Yet this recognition was inadequate to spare it from an abrupt termination. This Department of Geography whose allegiance was once claimed by such notable geographers as Carl Sauer, Preston James, George Kish and others was sentenced to extinction by the Board of Regents on June 19, 1981. It is small consolation that the doors of the Department will officially close during mid-1982. I …
Cover And Forewords, Robert M. Ward
Volume 21 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
Volume 21 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
Volume 21 Complete Issue
Metrics, And How It All Came About, Harold E. Padelford
Metrics, And How It All Came About, Harold E. Padelford
The Geographical Bulletin
Surveying? Just use the laser beam for a measuring device; accuracy of one mm to a range of eight km. But why the need for accuracy and what is a meter? The use of the meter as the basis of all linear measurement has been a matter of controversy for several centuries. Some few nations oppose the adoption of the metric system, most nations have adopted it wholly. No effort will be made here to analyze the controversy. However, the controversy leads one to wonder why and how the metric system came into existence. The purpose of this article is …
News From The Chapters 1980-81, Robert M. Ward
News From The Chapters 1980-81, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
News from the Chapters 1980-81
The St. Clair River Delta A Unique Lake Delta*, C. Nicholas Raphael, Eugene Jaworski
The St. Clair River Delta A Unique Lake Delta*, C. Nicholas Raphael, Eugene Jaworski
The Geographical Bulletin
Because of long-term and shortterm lake level changes, the geomorphology and vegetation patterns of the St. Clair River delta are unique. Marine delta studies and Late Quaternary chronology in the Great Lakes have progressed significantly in the past decade and the delta is investigated from the viewpoint of these developments. Although this delta has a shape similar to the Mississippi River delta, several forms and processes are different.
United States/Canada Electricity Exchange: The Case Of The Michigan/Ontario Border, Carl F. Ojala, Elwood J.C. Kureth
United States/Canada Electricity Exchange: The Case Of The Michigan/Ontario Border, Carl F. Ojala, Elwood J.C. Kureth
The Geographical Bulletin
The energy problem is the first of its kind to have repercussions throughout the world. Driven by unavoidable economic circumstances, it would have developed eventually regardless of the decisions of particular world leaders or consortiums. Energy supply and demand have created new tensions and uncertainties within and among countries. The problem has profound impact on the management of a nation's economy and affects relations between nations. It requires adjustments for all to make; it involves breaking old contacts and establishing new international ties.
Cover And Forewords, Robert M. Ward
Volume 23 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
Volume 23 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
Volume 23 Complete Issue
Data Collection And Field Research Opportunities And Problems In India, A. K. Chakravarti
Data Collection And Field Research Opportunities And Problems In India, A. K. Chakravarti
The Geographical Bulletin
There are few countries in the world which can provide such a wide range of problems for field study as India. For both macro and micro level studies, spatial variations in physical, cultural, economic and political conditions within a short distance may be phenomenal and provide a complex matrix for analysis. India is divided into linguistic states. A linguistic state in turn may contain tertiary subcultures, each with a different set of conditions within its boundaries. On a linguistic state may be superimposed three distinct areas of tertiary subcultures, viz., urban, rural-and tribal, each with different levels of education, standard …
Protecting Farmland In Maryland: A Review Of The Agricultural Land Preservation Program, Craig Shollenberger
Protecting Farmland In Maryland: A Review Of The Agricultural Land Preservation Program, Craig Shollenberger
The Geographical Bulletin
During the past ten to twelve years, we have witnessed an acceleration in the conversion of farmland to non-agricultural uses. The rate of conversion averaged approximately three million acres per year between 1970 and 1980. The loss of farmland has been more acute in some states than others. For example, New Hampshire and Rhode Island could lose all their prime farmland by the year 2000 if present rates continue. West Virginia could lose 73% of its prime farmland, Connecticut 70%, Massachusetts 51%, Maryland 44%, Vermont 43%, and Utah 35% if current trends continue.
A Study Of Student Reaction To Overhead Projection Of Map Concepts, Horace Macmahan
A Study Of Student Reaction To Overhead Projection Of Map Concepts, Horace Macmahan
The Geographical Bulletin
More often than not, the most conspicuous teaching device in any college or university classroom is the overhead projector. It has become so essential to many instructors that it remains in the room as a permanent fixture. But how effectively do transparencies projected onto a screen convey the ideas that we want to teach? For example, does overhead projection of map images enhance the learning of map concepts? Or would chalkboard sketches of map symbols, elevation contours and so forth be a more receptive teaching medium?
Astronomical Geography: An Examination Of The Early American Literature, James W. Vining
Astronomical Geography: An Examination Of The Early American Literature, James W. Vining
The Geographical Bulletin
Judging from textbooks in geography, there must be educational value in starting with the general and proceeding to the specific, an application of the deductive approach. It is not uncommon today for introductory physical geography and earth science textbooks to precede the examination of the planet's interior, land-water surface, and atmosphere with a brief survey of the fundamentals of astronomy. Not only is this true today, it has been true from the beginnings of American geography, as this study documents. Specifically, this paper examines the information on astronomy in geography school books published before 1850 for the purposes of determining …
The Dark Heart Of Europe: Culture Conflict In Transylvania, Dean Sinclair
The Dark Heart Of Europe: Culture Conflict In Transylvania, Dean Sinclair
The Geographical Bulletin
The Dark Heart of Europe: Culture Conflict in Transylvania
Editor's Comments Guest Editorial Applied Geography: Retrospect And Prospect, Charles F. Gritzner
Editor's Comments Guest Editorial Applied Geography: Retrospect And Prospect, Charles F. Gritzner
The Geographical Bulletin
Just as the wayward Christian often seeks atonement and salvation during troubled times of crisis, so too has geography knelt before the altar seeking to be born again. In the judgment of some, we have sinned. We have worshiped false idols and turned our backs to the desperate cries of even our own followers. Now we ourselves plead for understanding, a new perspective, and redemption. A voice calls out, warning us that there is but "one Lord, one faith, one baptism." As Christians, we know we have heard Truth; as geographers, aware of the many perceptions of god held by …
Cover And Forewords, Robert M. Ward
Volume 22 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
Volume 22 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
Volume 22 Complete Issue
News From The Chapters 1982-83, Robert M. Ward
News From The Chapters 1982-83, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
News from the Chapters 1983
Comments On Robert Ward's Apathy, Sharafat Khan
Comments On Robert Ward's Apathy, Sharafat Khan
The Geographical Bulletin
I am a firm believer in quality research and teaching. Thus I was very pleased to read Robert Ward's comments regarding "apathy" on the part of the students to produce and submit quality research papers for publication. While I am in congruence with most of the comments, I do, however, feel that Dr. Ward is rather overly critical than one might expect. Dr. Ward fails to consider the many pressures under which most students must work, especially at the graduate level. I am not making .any excuses nor attempting to protect the student body, but I feel that this dimension …
A Crack In The Dustbowl, Robert Garino
A Crack In The Dustbowl, Robert Garino
The Geographical Bulletin
Dust storms have been a common occurrence in the southwestern plains of the United States. Thus, the name "dustbowl" is an apt one given to a region which includes the central part of the six state area of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska (Figure 1). Before the 1930s, there had been periodic droughts in this region, but the dusty conditions that accompanied them had always been restricted to the drought stricken area. Since the population of this region was relatively small, and few acres of land were farmed, the dust severely affected only a small number of …