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Hunting and Fishing and Hemingway

Description: Hunting and fishing made up a large part of the life of Ernest Hemingway, and these sports, in turn, frequently served as a means of communication for some of his most serious ideas.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Bryant, Ella
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X-irradiation and Drug Effects on Ventral Root Potentials in Cat Spinal Cords

Description: The purpose of the present study was sixfold: 1. To study the effects of x-irradiation on spinal cord activity. 2. To study the effects of CNS drugs on spinal cord function as reflected by changes in the ventral root potentials. 3. To ascertain whether one can alter the observed spinal response to ionizing radiation by applying CNS drugs prior to, during, and following x-irradiation of a given spinal cord segment. 4. To shed some light on the role of higher brain centers on spinal reflexes. 5. … more
Date: August 1964
Creator: Crow, Robert V.
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William Faulkner's Concept of Knowledge Beyond Reason

Description: This thesis on William Faulkner's concept of knowledge beyond reason includes a study of style and characterization and a study of possible sources.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Deauquier, Sybil Hall
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Variables Related to Parents' Stated Reasons for Institutionalizing Mentally Retarded Males

Description: The purpose of this investigation is to determine some of the variables related to parents' stated reasons for institutionalizing mentally retarded males. The variables to be studied are the age, education, and income of the parents and the age, level of retardation, and number of siblings of the child.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Dreisbach, Linda Kay
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The United States and the British Reciprocity System, 1815-1825

Description: This thesis analyzes early Anglo-American commercial relations and reforms, post-war American maritime policy and its effect on Europe, including Britain, British domestic forces which promoted reform, the specific measures passed by Congress and Parliament, and finally, the Anglo-American colonial trade struggle, with emphasis upon the United States long quest to gain admission to the British West Indies.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Ellis, Robert Lee
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An Evaluation of Ministerial Speech Training in Meeting the Speech Needs of Ministers in the Fort Worth-Dallas Area

Description: This study attempts to determine whether available ministerial speech training meets the current speech needs of active Protestant ministers by asking: 1. In the opinions of ministers, how comprehensive was their speech training? 2. In active ministers' opinions, what are the current speech needs of ministers? 3. According to the information obtained from school catalogs and the speech departments of the schools from which the ministers graduated, what speech training is available at these inst… more
Date: August 1964
Creator: Evridge, Dorothy J.
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Friendship in the Life and Poetry of Edwin Arlington Robinson

Description: The aim of this thesis is twofold: to recapitulate the influences of friendship upon Robinson's life and to explore in depth the theme of friendship as it is revealed in the short poems and in the narratives.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Graham, Don Ballew
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Some Properties of Rings and Ideals

Description: The purpose of this paper will be to investigate certain properties of algebraic systems known as rings.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Higgins, Jere B.
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The Pennsylvania Rifle: the Evolution of its Tactical Employment in the American Revolution

Description: There are two opinions as to the effectiveness of the Pennsylvania Rifle during the Revolutionary War. On one hand it is alleged that the rifle was, at best, not particularly useful, and that its disadvantages outweighed its advantages. In contradiction to this we find that the British military appealed to London for rifles, and that the British government specified that there be a definite number of riflemen among the mercenaries they hired. Furthermore, according to Fortescue, the British mil… more
Date: August 1964
Creator: Johanns, Walter Alfred
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The Relationship between Acceptance by Peers and Acceptance of Self

Description: This study investigated the adolescent self-concept. The concern was with the relationship between peer status as measured by a reputation scale and self-concept as measured by how an individual feels he is perceived by others.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Jost, Nancy J.
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After the Storm: an Adaptation of Sobre las Ruinas, by Roberto J. Payró

Description: The present thesis is an experiment in adaptation of one of Roberto Payró's plays for staging in English. Sobre las Ruinas was chosen both because it is one of the best known of his works and because no previous translation is known to exist.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Kimbell, Minerva A.
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A Study of Physical Education Programs of Negro Elementary Schools of Texas

Description: The study is an evaluation of the physical education programs of ninety-one elementary Negro schools of Texas. The following purposes were established for the study: 1) to obtain information concerning the administration, conduct, and scope of physical education programs in Negro elementary schools of Texas; 2) to evaluate the physical education programs of selected Negro elementary schools of Texas on the basis of criteria such as Texas Education Association and documentary sources; and 3) to… more
Date: January 1964
Creator: Holmes, Charles Murphy
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Relationship of Personality Traits of Students in the Same Major Field of Study and of Students in Different Major Fields of Study

Description: The purpose of this study is to investigate the similarity in personality traits among students in the same major field of study and the difference in personality traits between students in different fields of major study. Investigation will also be made of the relationship between vocational interests of the subjects and their major fields of study.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Robbins, Wm. Callaway
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Selected Issues in Government and Steel

Description: The purpose of this study has been to examine selected issues involved in the growth and development of the steel industry with particular reference to the part played by government. A secondary purpose is a study of the steel industry, itself - its founders, type of organization, and some of its problems.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Rowlett, Lon F.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Study and Case Analysis of Selected Current Problems of Electronic Parts Wholesalers

Description: The purposes of this study will be to determine and pinpoint the problems of greatest current significance in electronic parts wholesaling; to describe and analyze the problems selected, utilizing case illustrations where needed to more effectively present the problem or possible solutions to the problem; and to indicate possible means of solving each problem.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Thornton, Nelson LeRoy
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Levels of Psychological Health Related to the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Test

Description: The purpose of the present study is to develop an operationally defined standard of psychological health which will be proposed as: 1) one of the goals of psychotherapy; 2) a device for aiding in the evaluation of psychotherapy, and 3) a tool for screening those individuals in the general population who are in need of counseling in order to maintain their mental health.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Bonney, Lewis A.
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The Coupling Mechanism in the Organolithium-Organic Monofluoride Reaction

Description: In this work, the principal concern will be with the coupling reaction and it is anticipated that the other reactions referred to above will be considered further when products of the RX-R'Li reactions are discussed.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Carl, William P.
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Compact Topological Spaces

Description: The purpose of this paper is to investigate some properties of compact topological spaces and to relate these concepts to the separation properties.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Conway, Thomas M.
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The Synecology of Phyco-Periphyton in Oligotrophic Lakes

Description: This study is designed to (a) demonstrate the highly productive nature of the littoral area as compared to the pelagic region, (b) the possible importance of phyco-periphyton in the diets of fish, (c) the effects of meteorological conditions on distribution of phytoplankton, and (d) a demonstration of the invalidity of using artificial substrates as a universal means of measuring productivity.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Foerster, John W.
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A Serological Study of the Antigenic Fractions of the Aerobic Actinomycetes

Description: The purpose of this investigation is to alleviate this confusion by first testing means of separating the antigenic components of the aerobic actinomycetes--obtaining, if possible, a monospecific antigen. Antisera produced from these monospecific antigens will then be tested for their possible use in the serological grouping of the aerobic actinomycetes.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Hutcheson, Josephine
Partner: UNT Libraries
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